John Palmer
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People
- John Palmer (1785–1840), U.S. Congressman from New York
- John Palmer, 4th Earl of SelborneJohn Palmer, 4th Earl of SelborneJohn Roundell Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne, GBE, FRS, FIBiol is a British peer and businessman. He is one of the hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999....
(born 1940), British peer and businessman - John Palmer (actor)John Palmer (actor)John Palmer was one of the most highly-regarded actors on the English stage in the eighteenth century.-Birth and youth:He was born in the parish of St Luke's, Old Street, London, about 1742, was son of a private soldier...
(1742?–1798), English actor - John Palmer (architect)John Palmer (architect)John Palmer was an architect who practised in Manchester.-Some works:* Manchester Cathedral alterations * SS...
(1785–1846), British architect - John Palmer (author)John Palmer (author)John Leslie Palmer was a British author. Under his own name, he wrote extensively about early English actors and about British literary figures...
(1885-1944), British author - John Palmer (Bath architect)John Palmer (Bath architect)John Palmer was an English architect who worked on some of the notable buildings in the city of Bath in England...
(1738–1817), British architect - John Palmer (Commissary of New South Wales)John Palmer (Commissary of New South Wales)John Palmer was a Commissary of New South Wales, responsible for the colony's supplies. He arrived with the First Fleet in 1788, and was opposed to those who plotted against Governor William Bligh....
- John Palmer (composer)John Palmer (composer)John Palmer is a British composer, pianist and musicologist.John Palmer studied piano with Grazia Wendling and Eva Serman at the Lucerne School of Music , Switzerland, while attending courses in composition with Edison Denisov and Vinko Globokar...
(born 1959), composer of instrumental and electronic music - John Palmer (director)John Palmer (director)John Palmer is a Canadian theatre and film director and playwright.Cofounder of several Toronto theatre companies in the 1970s, Palmer is primarily a theatre director, whose credits include the original production of Brad Fraser's Wolfboy which marked the first acting role for Keanu Reeves.He has...
(born 1943), Canadian film and theatre director - John Palmer (highwayman)Dick TurpinRichard "Dick" Turpin was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft. Turpin may have followed his father's profession as a butcher early in life, but by the early 1730s he had joined a gang of deer thieves, and later became a poacher,...
Also known as Dick Turpin - John Palmer (musician) (born 1943), British musician
- John Palmer (politician)John Palmer (politician)John Palmer was an American politician.-Early life:His parents were Englishmen who returned with him to England when Palmer was still a small child. Later he accompanied his seafaring grandfather, and witnessed the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War from their freighter...
, former secretary of state of New York and commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic - John Palmer (postal innovator)John Palmer (postal innovator)John Palmer of Bath was a theatre owner and instigator of the British system of mail coaches that was the beginning of the great British post office reforms with the introduction of an efficient mail coach delivery service in Great Britain during the late 18th century...
(1742–1818), inventor of the lightweight mail coach - John Palmer (Rockaway, Queens landowner)John Palmer (Rockaway, Queens landowner)John Palmer was an Englishman who purchased the land comprising much of the neighborhood now known as Far Rockaway in the borough of Queens in New York City in 1685 from the Native American chief Tackapousha for 31 English pounds...
, first Englishman to purchase land in the Rockaway Peninsula - John Palmer (TV journalist)John Palmer (TV journalist)John Spencer Palmer is a former news correspondent for NBC News. He worked for the network over the course of 40 years, first from 1962 to 1990; and again from 1994 until his retirement in 2002...
, former NBC News correspondent - John Palmer (Unitarian, 1729?–1790)John Palmer (Unitarian, 1729?–1790)John Palmer was an English Unitarian minister.-Life:He was born about 1729 in Southwark, where his father was an undertaker. His parents were independents, and he was educated for the congregational ministry, under David Jennings, D.D....
, English minister, active in the Midlands and north - John Palmer (Unitarian, 1742–1786)John Palmer (Unitarian, 1742–1786)John Palmer was an English Unitarian minister.-Life:The son of John Palmer, wig-maker, he was born at Norwich. He was a protégé of John Taylor, who began his education, and, on becoming divinity tutor at Warrington Academy, placed Palmer at school in Congleton, Cheshire, under Edward Harwood...
, English minister, active in the south - John "Goldfinger" PalmerJohn "Goldfinger" PalmerJohn Palmer is a British man who was involved in a number of large criminal operations.*In 1987, he was found not guilty in the Brink's-MAT robbery, he had melted down gold bars from the robbery in his garden but said he did not know they were stolen...
Convicted timeshare fraudster - John J. PalmerJohn J. PalmerJohn J. Palmer is the author of the self published book, How to Brew and an active member of the homebrewing community.Palmer began writing How to Brew in 1995. The website The Real Beer Page hosted the first edition of the book at howtobrew.com. Palmer self-published a print edition of How to Brew...
, metallurgist and author of How to Brew - John McAuley Palmer may refer to:
- John M. Palmer (politician)John M. Palmer (politician)John McAuley Palmer , was an Illinois resident, an American Civil War General who fought for the Union, the 15th Governor of Illinois, and presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party in the 1896 election on a platform to defend the gold standard, free trade, and limited...
(1817–1900), U.S. Civil War general and governor of Illinois - John McAuley Palmer (1870–1955), American First World War general and military theorist
- John M. Palmer (politician)
- John Palmer (entrepreneur), entrepreneur and musician
- John S. Palmer (born 1921), former New York Knicks player
- John William PalmerJohn William PalmerJohn William Palmer was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near Macks Creek, Missouri, Palmer attended the local schools.He taught school in Hickory County, Missouri....
(1866–1958), U.S. Representative from Missouri - Johnny Ace PalmerJohnny Ace PalmerJohnny Ace Palmer is an award-winning American close-up magician. He is famous within the worldwide magical community for his prodigious sleight-of-hand abilities.-Early life:...
(magician) (born circa 1961), American musician - Johnny PalmerJohnny PalmerJohn C. Palmer was an American professional golfer.Palmer was born in Eldorado, North Carolina. A seven time winner on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s, he represented the United States on the 1949 Ryder Cup team....
, golfer
Fictional characters
- John Palmer (Home and Away character)John Palmer (Home and Away character)John Palmer is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Shane Withington. He made his first on-screen appearance on 27 March 2009.-Casting:...
, fictional character - Johnny Palmer (Family Affairs), fictional character
See also
- Jonathan PalmerJonathan PalmerDr. Jonathan Charles Palmer is an entrepreneur and former racing driver from England. Educated at Brighton College, he won the 1981 British Formula Three Championship and the 1983 European Formula Two Championship. He participated in 87 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on September 25, 1983...
, entrepreneur and racecar driver - Jonathan Palmer (American football)Jonathan Palmer (American football)Jonathan Palmer is an American football offensive lineman for the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2007...