* 1555 – John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester & Worcester ( burned at the stake ) ( b. ca.

* John of Ford ( ca. 1140 – 1214 ), English religious leader who, from 1191 until his death, served as abbot of Dorset Cistercian monastery Forde Abbey ; ally of King John

* John Ford ( dramatist ) ( 1586 – ca. 1640 ), English playwright and poet during Jacobean and Caroline literary eras ; best known for 1633 tragedy Tis Pity She's a Whore

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John Alden's House, built ca.

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John the Baptist ( Hebrew: יוחנן המטביל, Yoḥanan ha-mmaṭbil, Yuhanna Al-Ma ' madan, Aramaic: ܝܘܚܢܢ Ioḥanan, Greek: Ὁ Ἅγιος / Τίμιος Ἐνδοξος Προφήτης, Πρόδρομος καὶ Βαπτιστής Ἰωάννης Ho Hágios / Tímios Endoxos, Prophḗtēs, Pródromos, kaì Baptistḗs Ioánnes ) ( died ca.

John the Baptist, by Joan de Joanes, ca.

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* John James Audubon and Audubon family letters, ( ca.

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* Musician: John Lennon

* 1906 – Mimi Smith, English nurse and secretary, aunt and guardian of John Lennon ( d. 1991 )

The cartoonist visited John Lennon and Yoko Ono at their 1969 Bed-In for Peace in Montreal, and their testy exchange later appeared in the documentary film Imagine: John Lennon ( 1988 ).

On Capp's exit, Lennon sang an impromptu version of his Ballad of John and Yoko song with a slightly revised, but nonetheless prophetic lyric: " Christ, you know it ain't easy / You know how hard it can be / The way things are goin ' / They're gonna crucify Capp!

Bardot was idolized by young John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Holly's essential eyeglasses encouraged other musicians, such as John Lennon, also to wear their glasses during performances.

Contrary to popular belief, teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney did not attend a Holly concert, although they watched his television appearance on Sunday Night at the London Palladium ; Tony Bramwell, a school friend of McCartney and George Harrison, did.

In addition, John Lennon recorded a cover version of " Peggy Sue " on his 1975 album Rock ' n ' Roll.

* " Sunday Bloody Sunday ", a 1972 song from the album Some Time in New York City, by John Lennon & Yoko Ono

The John Lennon album Some Time in New York City features a song entitled " Sunday Bloody Sunday ", inspired by the incident, as well as the song " The Luck of the Irish ", which dealt more with the Irish conflict in general.

Thus, in 1964, in A Hard Day's Night, John Lennon mischievously taunts the road manager with the line “ If you're gonna have a barney, can I hold your coat ?".

* 1980 – John Lennon, an English musician ( former member of The Beatles ), and peace activist, is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City.

Young Americans yielded Bowie's first US number one, " Fame ", co-written with John Lennon, who contributed backing vocals, and Carlos Alomar.

The FBI has generated files on numerous celebrities including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, John Denver, John Lennon, Jane Fonda, Groucho Marx, Charlie Chaplin, MC5, Lou Costello, Sonny Bono, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Mickey Mantle, and Gene Autry.

Marx & Lennon: The Parallel Sayings was published in 2005 ; the book records similar sayings between Groucho Marx and John Lennon.

" John Lennon borrows these same words as lyrics for The Beatles song, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

John Lennon played harmonica on early Beatles ' hits as " Love Me Do ", " Please Please Me ", " I'll Get You " and " I Should Have Known Better ", in the later songs such as " Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

Mercury was influenced early on by the Indian playback singer Lata Mangeshkar along with western influences such as Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and The Beatles.

* Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles.

The riff was provided to " Fame " co-writers John Lennon and Bowie by guitarist Carlos Alomar, who had briefly been a member of Brown's band in the late 1960s.