John Barry
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John Barry may also be used by Australians as a placeholder name, similar to John Q. Public
- John Milner BarryJohn Milner BarryJohn Milner Barry , was an Irish doctor.Barry was the eldest son of James Barry of Kilgobbin near Bandon, County Cork. He graduated M.D. at Edinburgh University in 1792, and practised medicine at Cork until his death. He introduced vaccination into Cork in 1800, and was thus the first to make it...
- John Barry (naval officer)John Barry (naval officer)John Barry was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. He is often credited as "The Father of the American Navy"...
(1745–1803), commodore in the Continental Navy - John Barry (composer)John Barry (composer)John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987...
(1933-2011), British film composer - John Barry (Irish politician)John Barry (Irish politician)John Barry was an Irish politician. He was elected as an Irish Nationalist Member of Parliament for South Wexford in 1885, resigning in 1893 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.- External links :...
, UK MP for South Wexford 1885–1893 - John Barry (politician)John Barry (politician)John Barry is a former co-chair of the Green Party in Northern Ireland, which is a regional council of the all island Green Party formed in December 2006. He stood down as co-chair in April 2009, having held the position since 2003....
, Irish Green Party politician - John Barry (set designer)John Barry (set designer)John Barry was a British film production designer, known for his work on Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Art Direction.-Career:...
(1935–1979) - John Barry (tennis)John Barry (tennis)John Barry was a tennis player. He played for New Zealand in the Davis Cup of 1947 and 1954.-References:...
, New Zealand tennis player - John Barry (VC)John Barry (VC)John Barry VC born St Mary's parish, Kilkenny, Ireland, was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.Barry was 27 years old, and a private in the 1st Battalion,...
(1873–1901), recipient of the Victoria Cross - John Barry (WD-40)John Barry (WD-40)John Steven Barry , was an American business executive who popularized WD-40, a water-displacing spray and solvent that had been created in the 1950s for use in the space program and spread its use in the consumer market....
(1924–2009), popularized WD-40 water-displacing spray and lubricant - John M. BarryJohn M. BarryJohn M. Barry is an American author and historian, perhaps best known for his books on the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and the influenza pandemic of 1918....
, American historian and writer - John S. BarryJohn S. BarryFor the American businessman John S. Barry, see John Barry .John Stewart Barry was the fourth and eighth Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan. He was Michigan's only three-term governor in the 19th century...
(1802–1870), Governor of Michigan - John Vincent BarryJohn Vincent BarrySir John Vincent William Barry KC was an Australian justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, and an expert in criminology. Born the eldest child of William Edward Barry and Sarah Lena Jeanette, née Keene in Albury, New South Wales, Barry was educated in St Patrick's College, a small convent...
(1903–1969), former Supreme Court justice for Victoria - Jack Barry (baseball)Jack Barry (baseball)John Joseph "Jack" Barry was an American shortstop, second baseman, and manager in Major League Baseball, and later a college baseball coach...
(1887–1961), given name John, baseball shortstop and coach - John Barry (equestrian), member of the U.S. equestrian team at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Sir John Barry, rector of St Andrew's Church, Chew StokeSt Andrew's Church, Chew StokeSt Andrews Church , of the Church of England, is on the outskirts of Chew Stoke, Somerset, England.The Parish of Chew Stoke is within the Benefice of Chew Stoke with Nempnett Thrubwell and forms part of the Diocese of Bath and Wells....
, 1524–1546 - SS John BarrySS John BarryThe SS John Barry was a 7200-ton American liberty ship in World War II. The ship left its convoy under radio silence to go on a mission to Dhahran in Saudi Arabia when it was torpedoed 185 kilometers off the coast of Oman by the German submarine U-859 on 28 August 1944. Two crewmen were killed in...
, liberty ship - John Barry (bishop)John Barry (bishop)John Barry was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the second Bishop of Savannah, Georgia ....
(1799-1859), bishop in the Roman Catholic Church
John Barry may also be used by Australians as a placeholder name, similar to John Q. Public
John Q. Public
John Q. Public is a generic name in the United States to denote a hypothetical member of society deemed a "common man." He is presumed to represent the randomly selected "man on the street."...
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- Jon BarryJon BarryJon Alan Barry is an American former basketball player and current television analyst for ABC and ESPN.-Biography:Barry is the son of Hall of Famer Rick Barry, and has three brothers: Scooter, Drew, and Brent, all of whom are also basketball players. Jon played his high school basketball at De La...
(born 1969), American basketball player - John Wolfe-BarryJohn Wolfe-BarrySir John Wolfe-Barry was an English civil engineer of the late 19th and early 20th century. His most famous project was the construction of Tower Bridge over the River Thames in London.-Early career:...
(1836–1919), architect - John BarrieJohn BarrieJohn Barrie was a British actor who appeared in a number of television shows and films, but became best known for his roles on the police series Sergeant Cork and Z Cars in the 1960s. He was born in New Brighton in 1917 and made his screen debut in the 1954 film Yankee Pasha...
, actor - USS BarryUSS BarryFour ships of the United States Navy have been named Barry in honor of Commodore John Barry.* The , a Bainbridge-class destroyer, commissioned 1902, decommissioned 1919* The , a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned 1920, sunk in action 1945...
(index article) - Jack Barry (disambiguation)
- John Berry (disambiguation)