John Lewis
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John Lewis may refer to:
- John Lewis PartnershipJohn Lewis PartnershipThe John Lewis Partnership is an employee-owned UK partnership which operates John Lewis department stores, Waitrose supermarkets and a number of other services...
, a United Kingdom worker co-operative retailer- John Lewis (department store)John Lewis (department store)-Recent developments:In June 2004, John Lewis announced plans to open its first store in Northern Ireland at the Sprucefield Park development, the province's largest out of town shopping centre, located outside Lisburn and from Belfast. The application was approved in June 2005 and the opening of...
, a department store chain in the United Kingdom
- John Lewis (department store)
Politics
- John Lewis (U.S. politician) (born 1940), American civil rights activist and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia
- John Lewis (California politician)John Lewis (California politician)John R. Lewis is a Republican politician from California who represented Orange County in the California State Senate from 1991 until 2000 and in the California State Assembly from 1980 until 1991...
, California State Senator - John Bower LewisJohn Bower LewisJohn Bower Lewis, QC was the second mayor of Bytown in 1848, the first mayor of Ottawa from 1855 to 1857, and a member of the 2nd Canadian Parliament from 1872 to 1873....
(1817–1874), Canadian politician - John F. LewisJohn F. LewisJohn Francis Lewis was an American plantation owner and politician from Rockingham County, Virginia. He served two terms as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and represented Virginia as a Republican in the United States Senate during the Reconstruction period after the Civil War.John F...
(1818–1895), United States Senator from Virginia - John H. LewisJohn H. LewisJohn Henry Lewis was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Ithaca, New York, Lewis moved to Illinois in 1836 with his parents, who settled on a farm in Fulton County, near Ellisville.He attended the rural schools....
(1830–1929), U.S. Representative from Illinois - John L. LewisJohn L. LewisJohn Llewellyn Lewis was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960...
(1880–1969), American labor leader - John L. Lewis (New Orleans) (1800–1886), mayor of New Orleans, 1854–1856
- John Lewis (Canadian politician)John Lewis (Canadian politician)John Lewis was a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Albert County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick over much of the period from 1852 to 1867....
(1804-?), New Brunswick judge and politician - John Lewis (Canadian senator)John Lewis (Canadian senator)John Lewis was a Canadian author and journalist who was, variously, editor of the Toronto Daily Star and the Toronto Globe and served in the Canadian Senate for the last ten years of his life....
(1858–1935), Toronto newspaper editor and Canadian Senator - John Lewis (Newfoundland politician)John Lewis (Newfoundland politician)John Lewis was a fisherman, mariner and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Harbour Main from 1904 to 1908 and from 1921 to 1922 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a Liberal....
(1867–1922), politician in Newfoundland - John Lewis (of Abernant)John Lewis (of Abernant)Sir John Lewis was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1611.Lewis was the son of James ap Lewis of Abernant-bychan. He was admitted at Jesus College, Oxford on 22 April 1598, aged 17, and entered the Inner Temple in November 1598. He was knighted on 29 June 1604. In...
(1580–1643 or ~1656) Welsh MP - John Lewis (UK politician)John Lewis (UK politician)John Lewis was a British Labour Party politician.Lewis was elected as Member of Parliament for the two-seat constituency of Bolton at the 1945 general election...
(1912–1969), British Labour Party Member of Parliament, 1945–1951 - John P. LewisJohn P. LewisJohn Prior Lewis was an American academic and presidential advisor who was a strong advocate of aid to help build developing countries as a matter of foreign policy....
(1921–2010), American presidential advisor - John W. LewisJohn W. LewisJohn William Lewis was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Greensburg, Kentucky, Lewis attended the common schools.He was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1862.He studied law....
(1841–1913), U.S. Representative from Kentucky - John Wood Lewis, Sr.John Wood Lewis, Sr.John Wood Lewis, Sr. was a lawyer and politician who served in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.Lewis was born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina...
(1801–1865), Confederate States of America Senator, antebellum South Carolina politician
Sports
- John E. LewisJohn E. LewisJohn E. Lewis is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League .Lewis, who played at Claremont before and after his VFL stint, broke into the Hawthorn side late in the 1970 season. A full-back, he appeared in their last three games of the year and...
(born 1949), Australian rules footballer - John Goulstone LewisJohn Goulstone LewisJohn "Johnny" Goulstone Lewis was a Welsh international rugby union half-back who played club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales...
(1859–1935), Welsh international rugby union player - John Henry LewisJohn Henry LewisJohn Henry Lewis was an African American boxer who was the world Light Heavyweight champion from 1935 to 1939.One interesting fact of his is that Lewis was managed by a gambler and racketeer of the 1930s: Gus Greenlee, a man who became very important to baseball's Negro Leagues as a commissioner...
(1914–1974), boxer and former world Light Heavyweight champion - John Kelly Lewis (born 1916), better known as Buddy Lewis, baseball player
- John Lewis (footballer born 1881)John Lewis (footballer born 1881)John Richard Lewis was a Welsh international footballer, who played his club football as a forward for various clubs in the south of England.-Playing career:...
(1881–1954), Southampton F.C. and Portsmouth F.C. footballer - John Lewis (footballer born 1955)John Lewis (footballer born 1955)John Lewis is a former Welsh football player.-Career:Lewis was spotted by Cardiff City while playing for Pontllanfraith in a Welsh league match and was quickly offered a contract by then manager Jimmy Andrews. He made his Cardiff debut against Blackburn Rovers in September 1978...
, Welsh footballer and football manager - John Lewis (fighter)John Lewis (fighter)John Lewis is an American former mixed martial arts champion, UFC veteran, and a popular MMA/martial arts instructor considered a legend throughout the mixed martial arts world...
(born 1968), mixed martial arts fighter - John Lewis (referee)John Lewis (referee)John Lewis was an English football player, administrator and referee. He was born at Market Drayton, Shropshire, but lived most of his life in Lancashire and was primarily associated with Blackburn Rovers F.C...
(1855–1926), English football player, administrator and referee
Other
- John Lewis (antiquarian)John Lewis (antiquarian)-Life:Born in the parish of St. Nicholas, Bristol, on 29 August 1675, was the eldest son of John Lewis, wine cooper in the city. Francis Lewis, vicar of Worth Matravers, Dorset, was his paternal grandfather. His mother was Mary, eldest daughter of John Eyre, merchant, of Poole...
(1675–1747), English clergyman - John Lewis (Archbishop of Ontario) (1825–1901), Anglican bishop, archbishop and author in Canada
- John Lewis (Bishop of North Queensland) (born 1926), Australian Anglican bishop
- John Lewis (Dean of Llandaff)John Lewis (Dean of Llandaff)John Thomas Lewis is the present Dean of Llandaff, having been appointed to the post in 2000.-Life:Thomas was born in 1947 and educated at Dyffryn Grammar School before winning a scholarship to Jesus College, Oxford where he studied mathematics...
(born 1947), Dean of Llandaff since 2000 - John Lewis (department store founder)John Lewis (department store founder)John Lewis was the founder of the John Lewis department store on Oxford Street, London.-Background:John Lewis was born in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England into a Jewish family and became an orphan at the age of seven. He was brought up by an aunt, Miss Ann Speed...
(1836–1928), draper and founder of the John Lewis department store - John Lewis (educator)John Lewis (educator)Dr. John Lewis is a professor of computer science, formerly of Villanova University. He is best known as the author of Java Software Solutions, an introductory text on Java programming.-Books:He is well recognized for his textbooks on computer science:...
, computer science education and author - John Lewis (Gangster), better known as "Spanish Louie", gangster from New York City
- John Lewis (headmaster)John Lewis (headmaster)John Elliot Lewis was the head master of Eton College from 1994 to 2002.Born in New Zealand in 1942, Lewis attended King's College, Auckland. He gained a double first in Classics from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and taught at Eton between 1971 and 1980. He was a distinguished rugby player...
(born 1942), former headmaster of Eton College - John Lewis (pianist)John Lewis (pianist)John Aaron Lewis was an American jazz pianist and composer best known as the musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet.- Early life:...
(1920–2001), American jazz pianist and composer - John Lewis (pastor), pastor of Old Paths Baptist Church in Campbellsburg, Indiana
- John Lewis (philosopher)John Lewis (philosopher)John Lewis was a British Unitarian minister and Marxist philosopher and author of many works on philosophy, anthropology, and religion....
(1889–1976), British Unitarian minister and Marxist philosopher - John Lewis (Shawnee leader), Native American leader of the Shawnee
- John Frederick LewisJohn Frederick LewisJohn Frederick Lewis was an Orientalist English painter. He specialized in Oriental and Mediterranean scenes and often worked in exquisitely detailed watercolour. He was the son of Frederick Christian Lewis , engraver and landscape-painter.Lewis lived in Spain between 1832 and 1834...
(1805–1876), Orientalist English painter - John S. LewisJohn S. LewisJohn S. Lewis is a professor of planetary science at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. His interests in the chemistry and formation of the solar system and the economic development of space have made him a leading proponent of turning potentially hazardous near-Earth...
, professor of planetary science at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory - John Spedan LewisJohn Spedan LewisJohn Spedan Lewis was a British businessman and the founder of the John Lewis Partnership.The elder of two sons of John Lewis, who had opened the John Lewis department store on Oxford Street, London, Spedan Lewis joined the business at 19 and in 1914 assumed control of his father's second shop,...
(1885–1963), son of John Lewis (department store founder), pioneer of industrial democracy and founder of the John Lewis Partnership - John Taylor LewisJohn Taylor LewisJohn Taylor Lewis was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army.-Biography:He was born in Rockford, Illinois on October 28, 1894.In 1917 he received a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering from the University of Illinois, was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Coast Artillery,...
(1894–1983), United States Army officer - Jona LewieJona LewieJona Lewie is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.-Career:Jona Lewie joined his first group, The Johnston City Jazz Band, while still at school in 1963, and by 1968 had become a blues & boogie singer and piano player...
(born 1947 as John Lewis), British singer and multi-instrumentalist
People with similar names
- Johnny Lewis (disambiguation)
- Jack Lewis (disambiguation)
- Jonathan Lewis (disambiguation)
- John Louis (disambiguation)