John Bennett

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John Bennett may refer to:

  • John Bennett (composer) (c. 1735–1784), British composer and organist
  • John C. Bennett (1804–1867), American physician and leader in the Latter Day Saint movement.
  • Sir John Bennett (1814-1897), British watchmaker and politician
  • John Bennett (author) (1865-1956), author and illustrator of children's books.
  • John Bennett (hockey player) (1885-1973) played for the Philadelphia Blazers
  • John G. Bennett (1897-1974), British mathematician, scientist, technologist, industrial research director, and author.
  • John "Jock" Bennett (fl. 1900), British music hall comedian, appeared with Robert Martell as "Bennet and Martell", father of Billy Bennett.
  • John B. Bennett (1904-1964), U.S. Representative from Michigan
  • John W. Bennett (1916-2005), twentieth-century anthropologist
  • John Makepeace Bennett (1921-), an Australian pioneer of computer science.
  • John Bennett (actor) (1928-2005), British actor (The Fifth Element)
  • John Bennett (athletics) (1930-), long jumper, Olympic silver medal winner (1956)
  • John M. Bennett (1942-), American poet
  • John Bennett (Australian politician) (1942-), former member of the Tasmanian state parliament
  • John Tuson Bennett (1944-), Australian solicitor and legal historian
  • John Bennett (footballer) (1946-), a former professional footballer in England.
  • John O. Bennett (1948-), state senator and acting governor of New Jersey
  • John A. Bennett (-1961), as of 2006 the last person executed by the US military.
  • John Bennett (poet), a California poet, one of the "small press poets" active in the 1970s. See Juice Magazine
  • John Bennett (drummer) is the drummer of the UK doom metal band The Prophecy

[edit] See also

  • John Bennet, composer
  • John Bennet (scuba diver), first scuba diver beyond 1000 ft
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