- John Dryden
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- John Forbes Nash Jr.
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- John H. Holcomb
- John H. Secondari
- John Hay
- John Henry Newman
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- John Howard
- John Huston Finley
- John J. Plomp
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- John L. Kane Jr.
- John L. McClenahan
- John le Carré
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