John Baker
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Military figures
- John Baker (American Revolutionary War), American Revolutionary War hero, for whom Baker County, GeorgiaBaker County, GeorgiaBaker County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. , the population is 4,074. The 2007 Census Estimate placed the population at 3,781. The county seat is Newton.Baker County is included in the Albany, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
was named - John Baker (RAF officer)John Baker (RAF officer)Air Chief Marshal Sir John Wakeling Baker GCB, MC, DFC, ADC, RAF was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force in the middle of the 20th century.-Flying career:...
(1897–1978), British air marshal - John Drayton BakerJohn Drayton BakerJohn Drayton Baker, born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on 31 May 1915, enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve as seaman 2d class on 21 January 1941 at Brooklyn, New York.-Navy career:...
(1915–1942), United States Navy officer - John Baker (general)John Baker (general)General John Stuart Baker, AC, DSM was an Australian army general. He was Chief of the Australian Defence Force from July 1995 to July 1998...
(1936–2007), Australian Chief of the Defence Force, 1995–1998 - John F. Baker, Jr.John F. Baker, Jr.John Franklin Baker, Jr. is a retired United States Army Sergeant who served in the Vietnam War and received the Medal of Honor.-Personal life:...
(born 1945), Medal of Honor recipient - John Baker (admiral)John Baker (admiral)-Biography:Baker was appointed a lieutenant by Lord Dartmouth on 14 Nov. 1688; on 12 Oct, 1691 he was advanced to be captain of the Mary galley, and during the war then raging with France successively commanded the Newcastle, the Falmouth, and the Medway, for the greater part of the time in the...
Political figures
- John Baker (English statesman)John Baker (English statesman)Sir John Baker was an English politician, and served as a Chancellor of the Exchequer, having previously been Speaker of the House of Commons of England.-Early life:...
(1488–1558), Speaker of the House of Commons, 1545–1552 - John Baker (MP for Bedford) (by 1501–> 1538) Mayor and MP of Bedford
- John Baker (MP for Canterbury)John Baker (MP for Canterbury)John Baker was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom in 1796 and 1797 and from 1802 to 1818....
(c. 1754–1831), MP for Canterbury - John Baker (representative)John Baker (representative)John Baker was an American politician who represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1811 to 1813....
(died 1823), United States congressman from Virginia - John Baker (Baker Brook)John Baker (Baker Brook)John Baker is the namesake of the towns of Baker Lake and Baker Brook, New Brunswick, Canada, just west of Edmundston...
(1796–1868), political activist, founded the village of Baker Brook, New Brunswick - John Baker (Australian politician)John Baker (Australian politician)John Baker was an early South Australian pastoralist and politician. He was the second Premier of South Australia, succeeding Boyle Finniss; however, he only held office for 12 days from 21 August to 1 September 1857 before being succeeded by the third Premier of the colony, Robert Torrens.-Early...
(1813–1872), briefly the Premier of South Australia in 1857 - Sir John Baker (Portsmouth politician)John Baker (Portsmouth politician)Sir John Baker was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected at the 1892 general election as one of the two Members of Parliament for Portsmouth, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1900 general election, when both Portsmouth seats were won by the Conservative Party.He...
(1828–1909), Liberal Member of Parliament for Portsmouth, 1906–1910 - John Baker (UK politician)John Baker (UK politician)John Baker was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Yorkshire, he was the son of a bricklayer, also named John Baker. He held various jobs in iron foundries, steelworks, brickyards and engineering works prior to becoming a locomotive driver...
(1867–1939), British Labour MP for BilstonBilston (UK Parliament constituency)Bilston was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Bilston in what is now the southeast of the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands...
, 1924–1931 - John Baker, Jr., sheriff of Wake County, North Carolina and professional football player
- John Harris BakerJohn Harris BakerJohn Harris Baker was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and a United States federal judge, brother of Lucien Baker.-Early years and education:...
(1832–1915), United States congressman - John Henry BakerJohn Henry BakerJohn Henry Baker, III , is a semiretired farmer and landowner from Franklin Parish in northeastern Louisiana who was active in the rebirth of the Republican Party in his state during the 1970s and 1980s. Baker was his party's nominee for the District 22 seat in the Louisiana State Senate in 1972...
(born 1934), Louisiana political candidate - Sir John Baker, 2nd BaronetSir John Baker, 2nd BaronetSir John Baker, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1640. He supported the Royalist side in the English Civil War....
(1608–1653), English politician - John Baker (Ohio politician), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
Sports figures
- John Baker (musher)John Baker (musher)John Quniaq Baker is self-employed American dog musher, pilot and motivational speaker of Inupiat descent who consistently places in the top 10 during the 1,000+ mi Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Baker won the 2011 Iditarod with a finish time of 8 Days 19 Hours 46 Minutes 39 Seconds.Baker started...
, American dogsled racer - John Baker (baseball)John Baker (baseball)John David Baker is an American professional baseball catcher for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball.-Personal:...
(born 1981), American baseball player - John Baker (diver), British diver at the Olympics
- John Baker (footballer), Ghanaian international footballer in squad that won 1982 African Cup1982 African Cup of Nations (squads)-Cameroon:Coach: Branko Zutic|-Ghana:Coach: Charles Kumi Gyamfi -Libya:Coach: Bela Gotl|-Tunisia:Coach: Ryszard Kulesza|-Algeria:Coach: Mahieddine Khalef|...
for the fourth time - John Baker (runner)John Baker (runner)John Willard Baker was a runner for the University of New Mexico where he received his degree in physical education. After he graduated he became the first physical education teacher at Aspen Elementary in Albuquerque, New Mexico when it opened. John Baker also started a running team called the...
(1944–1970), runner from the University of New Mexico that was invited to run in the Olympics - Johnny BakerJohnny BakerJohn W. "Johnny" "Bake" Baker was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Southern California, where he was a two-time All-American at guard...
(1907–1979), American football player and coach - John Baker (defensive lineman) (1935–2007), professional football player and sheriff of Wake County, North Carolina
- John Baker (punter)John Baker (punter)John Baker is a former American football punter in the National Football League. He was signed by the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2000. He played college football at North Texas....
(born 1977), American football punter - John W. Baker (born 1942), American football defensive end
- John Baker (cricketer)John Baker (cricketer)John Baker is a former English cricketer. Baker was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.Baker made his first-class debut for Somerset in the 1952 County Championship against Lancashire. From 1952 to 1954, he represented Somerset in 9 first-class matches, with his final match...
(born 1933), former English cricketer
Others
- John Baker (biologist)John Baker (biologist)John Randal Baker FRS was a biologist, physical anthropologist, and professor at the University of Oxford in the mid-twentieth century. He is best remembered for his 1974 book, Race, which classifies human races in the same way in which animal subspecies are classified...
(1900–1984), biologist and professor at Oxford University remembered for his study of race - John Baker, Baron BakerJohn Baker, Baron BakerJohn Fleetwood Baker, Baron Baker OBE was a British scientist and structural engineer.-Early life:Baker was born in Liscard, Cheshire, a son of J.W. Baker and Emily Fleetwood...
(1901–1985), engineer - John A. Baker, Jr.John A. Baker, Jr.John Alexander Baker, Jr. was a United States diplomat, most notable for serving as Director of the Bureau of Refugee Programs from 1979 to 1980.-Biography:...
(born c. 1928), U.S. diplomat - John Baker (author) (born 1942), British novelist
- John Baker, British musician and member of The KorgisThe KorgisThe Korgis are a British pop band, originally composed of singer / bassist James Warren and singer / drummer Andy Davis , both former members of 1970s band Stackridge, along with unofficial members violinist Stuart Gordon and keyboardist Phil Harrison.-Career:The Korgis released their first single...
- John Baker (NZ music historian), New Zealand music historian
- John Baker (Radiophonic musician)John Baker (Radiophonic musician)John Baker was a British musician and composer who worked in jazz and electronic music. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Music where he studied piano and composition. In 1960 he joined the BBC as a sound mixer, before transferring, in 1963, to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop where he remained...
(1937–1997), composer and musician at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (1963–1974) - John Baker (legal historian)John Baker (legal historian)Sir John Hamilton Baker, QC, FBA, FRHistS, FBS is an English legal historian. He has been the Downing Professor of the Laws of England at the University of Cambridge since 1988.-Biography:...
(born 1944), English legal historian, Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge - John Gilbert BakerJohn Gilbert BakerJohn Gilbert Baker was an English botanist.Baker was born in Guisborough, the son of John and Mary Baker and educated at Quaker schools in Ackworth and York....
(1834–1920), British botanist - John Henry Baker (professor)John Henry Baker (professor)John Henry Baker, PhD is an American author and professor Emeritus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA.He is author of "Urban Politics in America", Copyright 1971 Charles Scribner's Sons .-External links:* *...
(born 1936), American author and professor Emeritus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA - J. N. L. BakerJ. N. L. BakerJohn Norman Leonard Baker was a geographer associated with Jesus College, Oxford for nearly sixty years....
(John Norman Leonard Baker, 1893–1971), Fellow in Geography at Jesus College, Oxford - John Roman BakerJohn Roman BakerJohn Roman Baker is a British poet, playwright and novelist mainly associated with the work of Aputheatre . Winner of the Brighton Festival award for Best Theatre in 1990 for his play 'The Ice Pick'...
(born 1944), playwright and activist - John Baker (entrepreneur)John Baker (entrepreneur)John Baker founded the eLearning or Learning Management Systems company Desire2Learn in 1999 after identifying his own unfulfilled need for learning online while studying Systems design engineering at the University of Waterloo....
(born 1976), President of Desire2Learn - John Austin BakerJohn Austin BakerJohn Austin Baker was the Bishop of Salisbury in the Church of England from 1982 until 1993.Baker was educated at Marlborough College and Oriel College, Oxford. Ordained in...
, Bishop of Salisbury, 1982–1993 - John Gilbert Baker (bishop)Gilbert Baker (bishop)John Hyndley Gilbert Baker was bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong and Macau from 1966 to 1980.Baker was a British Church Missionary Society missionary in China from the 1920s until after the second world war...
, former bishop of Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong and Macau - John Baker (artist)John Baker (artist)-Life:Baker was mainly employed in the decoration of coaches. His biographer Edward Edwards, in his Anecdotes of Painters , remarks on the effect of fashion in this area of art, and on Baker's high reputation in it, in his day. On the foundation of the Royal Academy John Baker was elected a...
- John Wynn BakerJohn Wynn BakerJohn Wynn Baker , was an agricultural and rural economist.Baker was from 1764 until the time of his death officially connected with the Dublin Society, of which he had previously been an honorary member. His enlightened schemes for the improvement of agriculture received liberal support from the...
, economist - John Baker (rector)John Baker (rector)John Baker, D.D. , was vice-master of Trinity College, Cambridge.Baker was admitted to Westminster School, on the foundation, in 1691, and thence elected to Trinity College in 1695 . He was elected a minor fellow of Trinity 2 Oct. 1701, and a major fellow 17 April 1702...
See also
- Jack Baker (disambiguation)
- Jon Baker (American football) (1923–1992), American football linebacker
- Jon Baker (producer)Jon Baker (producer)Jon Baker is a music industry executive. He has worked as a fashion designer, promoter, and is currently co-owner of Geejam, a luxury resort and recording studio located in San San, near Port Antonio, Jamaica.-Early Life:Baker was born in 1960...
, music industry executive - Jon Baker, musician, member of The Charlatans
- Jon Baker, fictional character in the TV show CHiPsCHiPsCHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol...