John Banks
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John Banks may refer to:
- Sir John Banks, 1st BaronetSir John Banks, 1st BaronetSir John Banks, 1st Baronet, was an English merchant and MP, who rose from relatively humble beginnings to be one of the wealthiest merchants in London and owner of several properties.-Life:...
(1627–1699), English merchant and Member of Parliament for several constituencies in Kent - John Banks (playwright)John Banks (playwright)John Banks was an English playwright of the Restoration era. His works concentrated on historical dramas, and his plays were twice suppressed because of their implications, or supposed implications, for the contemporaneous political situation....
(died 1706), English playwright - John Banks (major)
- John Banks (U.S. politician) (1793–1864), United States Congressman
- John Banks (activist) (born 1915), English political activist and writer
- John Banks (New Zealand politician) (born 1946), New Zealand politician
- John Banks (motorcyclist)John Banks (motorcyclist)John Banks was a leading British motocross racer from the 1960s and early 1970s.As a member of the BSA factory racing team, Banks finished second to Paul Friedrichs in the 1968 F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Championship. He duplicated this result in 1969, finishing behind Bengt Aberg...
, British former professional motocross racer
See also
- Sir John BankesJohn BankesSir John Bankes was Attorney General and Chief Justice to King Charles I of England during the English Civil War. He was one of the most prominent members of the Bankes family of Dorset...
(1589–1644), Attorney General and Chief Justice to King Charles I of England - John BancksJohn Bancks-References:...
(1709–1751), writer - Jonathan BanksJonathan BanksJonathan Ray Banks is an American actor in film and television.Banks was born in Washington, D.C. in 1947. His mother worked for the CIA. Banks attended Indiana University Bloomington where he was a classmate of Kevin Kline...
(born 1947), American character actor