John Holmes

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John Holmes may refer to:

Contents 1 Arts and entertainment 2 Athletes 3 Diplomats 4 Educators 5 Politicians 6 Other

[edit] Arts and entertainment

• John Holmes (actor) (1944–1988), pornographic film star
• John Holmes (composer) (d. 1629), English cathedral musician and Renaissance composer
• John Holmes (poet) (1904–1962), poet whose work appears in the Faber Book of Modern American Verse
• John Clellon Holmes (1926–1988), poet, novelist and essayist of the Beat Generation
• John Eric Holmes (born 1930), author and promoter of fantasy role-playing games
• Jon Holmes (b. 1973), British comedy writer and broadcaster

[edit] Athletes

• John Holmes (football player) (born 1986), former player for the West Virginia Mountaineers
• John B. Holmes (born 1982) American golfer better known as J.B. Holmes

[edit] Diplomats

• John Holmes (British diplomat) (born 1951)
• John Wendell Holmes (1910–1988), Canadian diplomat and academic

[edit] Educators

• John Holmes (professor), University of Queensland professor
• John Holmes (schoolmaster) (c. 1702-1760), Master of Gresham's School in Norfolk, VA
• John Clough Holmes (1809-1887), merchant and progenitor of the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan

[edit] Politicians

• John Holmes (Canadian senator) (1789–1876)
• John Holmes (Canadian MP) (1828–1879), Canadian MP
• John Holmes (U.S. politician) (1773–1843), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine
• John Edwin Holmes (1809–1863), first lieutnenant governor of Wisconsin.
• John Robert Holmes (b. 1927), Canadian MP

[edit] Other

• Admiral Sir John Holmes (1640?-1683), English naval officer
• John Holmes (mercenary), 19th century Anglo-Indian mercenary
• John Haynes Holmes (1879–1964), American churchman and pacifist