John Sinclair
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John Sinclair may refer to:
- John Sinclair (d. 1566)John Sinclair (d. 1566)John Sinclair was an Ordinary Lord and later Lord President in the Court of Session. He married Mary, Queen of Scots to Lord Darnley.-Family:...
, Ordinary Lord and later Lord President in the Court of Session - Sir John Sinclair, 1st BaronetSir John Sinclair, 1st BaronetSir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet was a Scottish politician, writer on finance and agriculture and the first person to use the word statistics in the English language, in his vast, pioneering work, Statistical Account of Scotland, in 21 volumes.Sinclair was the eldest son of George Sinclair of...
(1754–1835), politician and writer on agriculture and finance - Sir John Sinclair, 3rd BaronetSir John Sinclair, 3rd BaronetSir John George Tollemache Sinclair, 3rd Baronet was a Scottish landowner and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1869 to 1885....
(1825–1912), Scottish politician and landowner - John Sinclair (MP)John Sinclair (MP)John Sinclair was a British politician. He was elected as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Ayr Burghs in 1888, resigning in 1890 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead.-References:...
(1842–1892), Liberal MP for Ayr Burghs - John Sinclair, 1st Baron PentlandJohn Sinclair, 1st Baron PentlandJohn Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland, GCSI, GCIE was a Scottish Liberal Party politician, soldier, peer, administrator and Privy Councillor who served as the Secretary of Scotland from 1905 to 1912 and the Governor of Madras from 1912 to 1919.Baron Pentland was born John Sinclair to Sir John...
(1860–1925), Scottish politician - John McHardy SinclairJohn McHardy SinclairJohn McHardy Sinclair , Professor of Modern English Language at Birmingham University, 1965 – 2000. He pioneered work in corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, lexicography, and language teaching....
(1933-2007), British linguist - John Sinclair (environmentalist)John Sinclair (environmentalist)John Sinclair received the Global 500 Roll of Honour award in 1990, and was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1993....
(born 1939), Australian environmentalist - John Sinclair (poet)John Sinclair (poet)John Sinclair is a Detroit poet, one-time manager of the band MC5, and leader of the White Panther Party — a militantly anti-racist countercultural group of white socialists seeking to assist the Black Panthers in the Civil Rights movement — from November 1968 to July 1969...
(born 1941), American poet, activist and radio DJ, subject of John Lennon song- "John Sinclair" is a song by John Lennon on the Some Time in New York CitySome Time in New York CitySome Time in New York City was released in 1972 and is John Lennon's third post-Beatles album, fifth with Yoko Ono, and third with producer Phil Spector...
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- "John Sinclair" is a song by John Lennon on the Some Time in New York City
- John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount ThursoJohn Sinclair, 3rd Viscount ThursoJohn Archibald Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso , known as John Thurso, is a Scottish businessman and Liberal Democrat politician...
(born 1953), often referred to as John Thurso, British Member of Parliament for Caithness and Sutherland - Yasus AfariYasus AfariYasus Afari is a Jamaican dub poet.-Biography:Sinclair was a childhood friend of Garnett Silk and collaborated with Silk on many of his best-selling recordings. He attended St...
, born John Sinclair, 1962, Jamaican dub poet - John Sinclair (German fiction)John Sinclair (German fiction)John Sinclair is the name as well as the protagonist of a popular German horror detective fiction series . Sinclair, a Scotland Yard chief inspector, battles all kinds of undead and demonic creatures. The series appears weekly and has been running since 1973. The full title is Geisterjäger John...
, fictional protagonist of a popular German penny dreadful - John Sinclair (musician)John Sinclair (musician)John Sinclair is a keyboardist who has played for bands such as The Babys, Heavy Metal Kids, Savoy Brown, The Cult, but is probably best known for his time in Uriah Heep and playing for Ozzy Osbourne's band...
, musician, played with Ozzy Osbourne and Uriah Heep - John Sinclair (mayor)John Sinclair (mayor)John Sinclair was an alderman and mayor of Brisbane.-Personal life:John Sinclair was born at Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 8 December 1827, the son of John Sinclair and Jane Smith....
, mayor of Brisbane - John Alexander SinclairJohn Alexander SinclairSir John Alexander Sinclair, KCMG, CB, OBE was Head of the Secret Intelligence Service from 1953 to 1956.-Career:Sinclair was commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps. In 1938 he was appointed an Instructor at the Staff College, Camberley...
(1897–1977), British spy - John Ewen SinclairJohn Ewen SinclairJohn Ewen Sinclair, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Summerfield, Prince Edward Island, the son of Peter Sinclair, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the Prince Edward Island riding of Queen's in 1917 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1921. He was defeated...
(1879–1949), Canadian politician - John Gordon SinclairJohn Gordon SinclairJohn Gordon Sinclair is a Scottish actor most famous for playing Gregory in Gregory's Girl. He was born as Gordon John but took the stage name 'John Gordon Sinclair' because Equity already had a Gordon John registered....
(born 1962), Scottish actor - John Howard SinclairJohn Howard SinclairJohn Howard Sinclair was a Canadian politician.Born in Goshen, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Sinclair was educated in the Common School of Goshen, Guysborough Academy and Dalhousie College, Halifax. A lawyer, he was Mayor of New Glasgow in 1890-91 and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from...
(1848–1924), Canadian politician - John McHardy SinclairJohn McHardy SinclairJohn McHardy Sinclair , Professor of Modern English Language at Birmingham University, 1965 – 2000. He pioneered work in corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, lexicography, and language teaching....
(1933–2007), Professor of English Language - John West SinclairJohn West SinclairRRRJohn West Sinclair was an American actor who worked primarily in silent films.Tennessee-born comedian Sinclair, was a favorite stunt double for such 1920s action heroes as Ken Maynard, Billy Sullivan and Reed Howes. Later he wrote gags for W.C...
(1900–1945), silent-screen actor