John Boyd
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John Boyd may refer to:
- John Boyd (actor)John Boyd (actor)John Boyd is an American actor.-Filmography:-External links:...
(born 1981), American actor - Sir John Boyd (ambassador)John Boyd (ambassador)Sir John Dixon Ikle Boyd KCMG was the master of Churchill College, Cambridge from 1996 to 2006. He has also been the British ambassador to Japan, between 1992 and 1996....
(born 1936), British ambassador and former master of Churchill College, Cambridge - John Boyd (author)John Boyd (author)John Boyd is the primary pen-name of Boyd Bradfield Upchurch a science fiction author. His best known work is his first science fiction novel, The Last Starship from Earth, published in 1968. Boyd has written eleven science fiction novels, five novels and one biography...
(born 1919), science fiction author - John Boyd (Canadian politician)John Boyd (Canadian politician)John Boyd was a businessman and the eighth Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick following Canadian confederation....
(1826–1893), Senator and lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick - John Boyd (conductor) (born 1944), American conductor and arranger
- John Boyd (footballer)John Boyd (footballer)John Alan Boyd is a Scottish former footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Boyd played as a winger in the Scottish Football League for Queen's Park, Aberdeen and East Fife between 1946 and 1959....
(born 1926), Scottish footballer - John Boyd (Irish politician)John Boyd (Irish politician)John Boyd was an Irish politician. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for Coleraine in 1843, and resigned on 16 March 1852 through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds. He was again elected for the same constituency in 1857, but died in office on 2 January 1862.- External links :...
(1789–1862), UK MP for the Irish constituency of Coleraine, 1842–1852 and 1857–1862 - John Boyd (military strategist)John Boyd (military strategist)Colonel John Boyd was a United States Air Force fighter pilot and Pentagon consultant of the late 20th century, whose theories have been highly influential in the military, sports, and business.-Biography:...
(1927–1997), US Air Force Colonel and fighter pilot - John Boyd (sound engineer)John Boyd (sound engineer)John Boyd is an American sound engineer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Sound.-Selected filmography:* Empire of the Sun * Who Framed Roger Rabbit -External links:...
, American sound engineer - Sir John Boyd, 1st BaronetSir John Boyd, 1st BaronetSir John Boyd, 1st Baronet Boyd was a sugar merchant and vice-chairman of the British East India Company...
(1718–1800), English sugar merchant - Sir John Boyd, 2nd BaronetSir John Boyd, 2nd BaronetSir John Boyd, 2nd Baronet was the son of John Boyd, 1st Baronet Boyd, and his first wife Mary Bumpstead.On his father's death in 1800, John inherited the whole estate and his father's title...
(1750–1815), son of the above - Sir John Alexander BoydJohn Alexander BoydSir John Alexander Boyd, KCMG was a Canadian lawyer and judge. Educated at Upper Canada College, the University of Toronto, Boyd began his career in 1860 when he was articled to David Breakenridge Read. Later, his decision in Regina v. St...
, Canadian lawyer and judge - John Frank BoydJohn Frank BoydJohn Frank Boyd was a Nebraska Republican politician.Born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania on August 8, 1853, he moved with his parents to Henry County, Illinois in 1857. There he attended public schools and Abingdon College where he studied law and got admitted to the bar in 1878...
(1853–1945), Nebraska judge and representative - John H. BoydJohn H. BoydJohn Huggins Boyd was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Salem, New York, Boyd attended the common schools, and was graduated from Washington Academy, Salem, New York, in 1818.He studied law....
(1799–1868), U.S. Representative from New York - John Morton BoydJohn Morton BoydDr John Morton Boyd CBE was a Scottish zoologist, writer and conservationist. He was a pioneer of nature conservation in Scotland....
, Scottish zoologist and writer - John Parker BoydJohn Parker BoydJohn Parker Boyd was an officer in the United States Army, from various periods from 1786 to the end of the War of 1812. He commanded the troops defeated at the Battle of Crysler's Farm in late 1813....
, American general - John W. Boyd, Jr.John W. Boyd, Jr.John Wesley Boyd, Jr. is a Virginia farmer and civil rights activist and the founder of the National Black Farmers Association . He owns and operates a farm where he grows soybean, corn and wheat and currently raises a hundred head of beef cattle. For 14 years Boyd was a chicken farmer in a...
(born 1965), farmer and civil rights leader
See also
- John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-OrrJohn Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-OrrJohn Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr CH, DSO, MC, FRS , known as Sir John Boyd Orr from 1935 to 1949, was a Scottish teacher, doctor, biologist and politician who received the Nobel Peace Prize for his scientific research into nutrition and his work as the first Director-General of the United Nations...
(1880–1971), Nobel peace laureate - Boyd (surname)Boyd (surname)Boyd is a Scottish surname. It originated from a habitational name from the island of Bute, located in the Firth of Clyde. The surname was very common in Edinburgh in the 17th century...