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3 days ago · John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American filmmaker, composer, and actor. Most commonly associated with horror, action, and science fiction films of the 1970s and 1980s, he is generally recognized as a master of the horror genre. [1] At the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the French Directors' Guild gave him the Golden Coach Award ...
1 day ago · John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, was the chairman of the Student ...
2 days ago · John Gielgud. Gielgud as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, 1959. Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH ( / ˈɡiːlɡʊd /; 14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000) was an English actor and theatre director whose career spanned eight decades. With Ralph Richardson and Laurence Olivier, he was one of the trinity of actors who dominated the British stage for ...
5 days ago · W ( 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1992) Hopman Cup. F ( 1990) John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble ...
1 day ago · John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American jurist who has served as the 17th chief justice of the United States since 2005. [3] He has been described as having a moderate conservative judicial philosophy, though he is primarily an institutionalist. [4] [5] For his willingness to work with the Supreme Court 's liberal bloc ...
5 days ago · John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed the " Wizard of Westwood ", he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championships in a 12-year period as head coach for the UCLA Bruins , including a record seven in a row.
2 days ago · The John Birch Society ( JBS) is an American right-wing political advocacy group. [1] Founded in 1958, it is anti-communist, [2] [3] supports social conservatism, [2] [3] and is associated with ultraconservative, radical right, far-right, right-wing populist, and right-wing libertarian ideas. [12] Originally based in Belmont, Massachusetts, the ...
