John Clay
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John Clay may refer to:
- Sir John ClaySir John ClaySir John Clay was a combatant in the Wars of the Roses who fought on the Yorkist side in the Battle of Tewkesbury, fought on May 4, 1471. King Edward IV of England knighted him, and his coat of arms depicts three lions facing another and engaging in a quarrel....
, combatant in the Wars of the Roses - John Clay (chaplain)John Clay (chaplain)John Clay , was an English prison chaplain.Clay was the fifth son of Thomas Clay of Liverpool, ship and anchor smith, who died in 1821, by Mary, daughter of Ralph Lowe of Williamson Square, Liverpool, tanner...
- John Granby ClayJohn Granby ClayJohn Granby Clay , was a British Army general.Clay was appointed ensign on 6 Nov. 1782, in a Scottish independent company, commanded by Captain, afterwards Lieutenant-Colonel James Abercrombie, then stationed in the north of England...
- John Morrison ClayJohn Morrison ClayJohn Morrison Clay was a Kentucky thoroughbred breeder, a son of statesman Henry Clay, and a husband of Josephine Russell Clay and the brother of Henry Clay, Jr. and James Brown Clay. He was also called John M. Clay.Upon his father’s death, Clay inherited a portion of the large estate, Ashland...
(1821–1887), American horse breeder - Johnnie ClayJohnnie ClayJohn Charles Clay was a cricketer who played for Glamorgan County Cricket Club. Clay also played one Test match for England....
(1898–1973), English cricketer - John ClayJohn Clay (cricketer, born 1924)John Desmond Clay was a right-handed batsman who played for Nottinghamshire between 1948 and 1961, captaining the side in his final year....
(1924–2011), English cricketer - The Red-Headed LeagueThe Red-Headed League"The Adventure of the Red-Headed League" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It first appeared in The Strand Magazine in August 1891, with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Conan Doyle ranked "The Red-Headed League" second in his list of his twelve favorite...
, a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle with a character named John Clay - John Clay (offensive tackle) (born 1964), football player who played for the Los Angeles Raiders and San Diego Chargers
- John Clay (running back)John Clay (running back)John Clay is an American football running back. He currently plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers, practice squad, of the National Football League. He was signed by the Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football for the University of Wisconsin–Madison football team...
(born 1988), football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers - John Cecil ClayJohn Cecil ClayJohn Cecil Clay, 1875-1930, was an American illustrator known for genre and caricature paintings.Clay was born in Ronceverte, West Virginia to a long-time Southern family. He was a student of Henry Siddons Mowbray at the Art Students League of New York and had a graphic style that was suited to...
(1875–1930), American illustrator - John P. ClayJohn P. ClayJohn Clay was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1934. A 1957 graduate of Oxford University, Clay took first class honors in Sanskrit, Avestan and Old Persian...
(born 1934), investment banker and founder of the Clay Sanskrit Library - John Randolph ClayJohn Randolph ClayJohn Randolph Clay was an American diplomat.-Biography:Clay was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1808, the second child of parents Joseph and Mary Ashmead Clay and younger brother of Joseph Ashmead Clay . He also had a younger sister Ann Eliza Clay...
, American diplomat
See also
- Jon ClayJon ClayJonathan Clay, better known as Jonny Clay is a British former professional track and road racing cyclist. A silver medalist in the individual pursuit at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, Clay was also part of the team pursuit line up which took the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.A...
(born 1963), British former professional track and road racing cyclist