John Cooper

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John Cooper can refer to:

Contents 1 Politics 2 Arts, music and entertainment 3 Sports 4 Academics 5 Others

[edit] Politics

• Jack Cooper, Baron Cooper of Stockton Heath (1908–1988), British Labour Party MP for Deptford 1950–1951, and trade union leader
• John G. Cooper (1872–1955), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• John Sherman Cooper (1901–1991), United States senator and member of the Warren Commission
• John Tyler Cooper (1844–1912), mayor of Atlanta, Georgia

[edit] Arts, music and entertainment

• John Cooper (composer) (around 1575–1626) or Giovanni Coprario, an English composer
• John Cooper (musician), lead singer/bass guitar player for musical group Skillet
• John Cooper (comics), British comics artist
• John W. Cooper (1873–1966), first African-American ventriloquist on the American vaudeville circuit
• John Cooper (1793–1870), English actor

[edit] Sports

• John Cooper (car maker) (1923–2000), Co-founder of the Cooper Car Company and last surviving Formula 1 team principal from the formative years of the sport.
• John Cooper (athlete), British athlete (1940–1974), winner of two Olympic silver medals
• John Cooper (American football), Former head football coach at The University of Tulsa, Arizona State, and Ohio State
• John Cooper (motorcyclist), British road racing motorcyclist
• John Cooper (tennis), Australian tennis player

[edit] Academics

• John Montgomery Cooper (1881–1949), U.S. ethnologist specialized in South America
• John M. Cooper (born 1939), Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, specialist in Ancient philosophy
• John A. D. Cooper, first president of the American Association of Medical Colleges and a national leader in medical education

[edit] Others

• John Laver Mather Cooper (1828–1891), Member of the United States Navy and American Civil War double Medal of Honor recipient
• John A. Cooper, Sr., Late founder of Cooper Communities and places such as Bella Vista, Arkansas
• John Cooper (Desperados), Character from Desperados video game.
• The John Cooper School, Private day school in The Woodlands, Texas.
• John "Radar" Cooper, "Merch guy" for Switchfoot.