John Purcell may refer to:
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John Purcell (author), Australian novelist
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John Purcell (VC)
John Purcell VC (c. 1814 – 19 September 1857) was an Irish soldier in the British Army who received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealt ...
(1814–1857), Irish soldier in the British Army who received the Victoria Cross
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John Purcell (musician)
John Raymond Purcell (born May 8, 1952, New York City) is an American jazz saxophonist.
Biography
Purcell was raised in Westchester, New York, where he started on French horn before switching to saxophone. He attended the Manhattan School of Musi ...
(born 1952), American jazz saxophonist
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John Purcell (MP) (died 1665), Welsh politician
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John Purcell (physician)
John Purcell (1674? – 19 December 1730) was an English physician.
Biography
Purcell was born in Shropshire about 1674, and in 1696 became a student of medicine in the university of Montpellier, where he attended the lectures of Pierre Chirac, ...
(1674?–1730), English physician
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John Baptist Purcell
John Baptist Purcell (February 26, 1800 – July 4, 1883) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Cincinnati from 1833 to his death in 1883, and he was elevated to the rank of archbishop in 1850. He formed the b ...
(1800–1883), Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
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