…tanto Paul como John están en Italia, Paul y John están los dos en Italia…
…a nombre de un tal John Smith/una tal Sarah Brown…
…(1165–1216), son of Henry II, king of England 1199–1216; known as John Lackland. He lost most of his French possessions, including Normandy, to Phillip II of France. In 1209 he was excommunicated for refusing to accept Stephen Langton as Archbishop of Canterbury. Forced to sign Magna Carta by his barons (1215), he ignored its provisions and civil war broke out…
…(1878–1961), Welsh painter; full name Augustus Edwin John. Frequent subjects of his work are the Gypsies of Wales; he was also noted for his portraits of the wealthy and famous, particularly prominent writers. He was the brother of Gwen John…
…(b.1945), Welsh rugby union player. During his international career (1966–72) he played at half back and scored a record ninety points for his country…
…(1876–1939), Welsh painter. The sister of Augustus John, she settled in France. In 1913 she converted to Catholicism; her paintings, noted for their grey tonality, often depict nuns or girls in interior settings…
…(b.1947), English pop and rock singer, pianist, and songwriter; born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; full name Sir Elton Hercules John. His many hit songs include ‘Your Song’ (1970) and ‘Nikita’ (1985). His tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, ‘Candle in the Wind’ (1997), became the highest-selling single in history…
…an Apostle, son of Zebedee and brother of James; known as St John the Evangelist or St John the Divine. He has traditionally been credited with the authorship of the fourth Gospel, Revelation, and three epistles of the New Testament. Feast day, 27 December…
…an American family of film and stage actors, notably Lionel (1878–1954), his sister Ethel (1879–1959), and their brother John (1882–1942)…
…John (circa 1450-circa 1498); Italian name Giovanni Caboto. He sailed from Bristol in 1497 in search of Asia, but in fact landed on the mainland of North America, the first European to do so…
…Robert III (circa 1337–1406), son of Robert II, reigned 1390–1406; born John. An accident made him physically disabled, resulting in a power struggle among members of his family…
…(1570–1638), English botanist and horticulturalist. He was the earliest known collector of plants and other natural history specimens, and took part in collecting trips to western Europe, Russia, and North Africa. His son John (1608–62) added many plants to his father’s collection, which was eventually bequeathed to Elias Ashmole…
…an island in the Caribbean, one of the three principal islands of the US Virgin Islands…
…(d.1381), English rebel. Ball was a priest who preached an egalitarian social message. He was excommunicated and imprisoned for heresy, and following the Peasants' Revolt was hanged as a traitor…
…(circa 1649–1708), English composer and organist. The organist of Westminster Abbey 1668–79 and 1695–1708, he wrote much church music and taught Henry Purcell. His masque Venus and Adonis (circa 1682) was a forerunner of English opera…
…(1912–92), American composer, pianist, and writer; full name John Milton Cage. He was notable for his experimental approach, which included the use of aleatory music and periods of silence…
…(1938-), US political adviser; full name John Wesley III Dean. After serving as presidential counsel to Richard Nixon, he became the chief witness in the Watergate hearings 1973–74, was convicted of conspiracy, and served four months in prison. He wrote Blind Ambition (1976)…
…(1527–1608), English alchemist, mathematician, and geographer. He was Elizabeth I’s astrologer and in later life he absorbed himself in alchemy and acquired notoriety as a sorcerer…
…(1586-circa 1639), English dramatist. His plays, which include 'Tis Pity She’s a Whore (1633) and The Broken Heart (1633), explore human delusion, melancholy, and horror…
…(1895–1973), American film director; born Sean Aloysius O’Feeney. He is chiefly known for his westerns of which many, including Stagecoach (1939) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), starred John Wayne…
…(1516–87), English religious writer. He is famous for his Actes and Monuments popularly known as The Book of Martyrs, which appeared in England in 1563. This passionate account of the persecution of English Protestants fuelled hostility to Catholicism for generations…
…(1685–1732), English poet and dramatist. He is chiefly known for The Beggar’s Opera (1728), a low-life ballad opera combining burlesque and political satire…
…(circa 1372–1415), Bohemian religious reformer; Czech name Jan Hus. A rector of Prague University, he supported the views of Wyclif, attacked ecclesiastical abuses, and was excommunicated in 1411. He was later tried and burnt at the stake…
…(1745–1829) US chief justice 1789–95. With James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, he was the author of the Federalist 1787–88. He served as the first chief justice of the US and was responsible for Jay’s Treaty (1794–95), which settled outstanding disputes with Britain…
…(1624–96), king of Poland 1674–96; known as John Sobieski. In 1683 he relieved Vienna when it was besieged by the Turks, thereby becoming the hero of the Christian world…
…a personification of England or the typical Englishman, represented as a stout red-faced farmer in a top hat and high boots…
…an edible dory (fish) of the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, with a black oval mark on each side…
…(b.1961), New Zealand National Party statesman, Prime Minister since 2008; full name John Phillip Key…
…(circa 1505–72), Scottish Protestant reformer. Knox played a central part in the establishment of the Church of Scotland within a Scottish Protestant state, and led opposition to the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots when she returned to rule in her own right in 1561…
