John Rea may refer to:
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John Rea (horticulturalist)
John Rea (died November 1681) was an English nursery gardener and writer.
Life
Rea lived at Kinlet in Shropshire. As a gardener he was reputed to have had the largest collection of tulips in England, to have introduced new plants, and to have pl ...
(died 1681), English garden writer
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John Rea (politician)
John Rea (January 27, 1755 – February 26, 1829) was an early 19th-century American politician. He served in the U.S. Congress, both chambers of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
Biogra ...
(1755–1829), United States politician
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John Rea (Florida politician), an early
mayor of Tallahassee, Florida
The mayor of Tallahassee is head of the executive branch of the government of Tallahassee, Florida, Tallahassee, Florida.
For part of the city's history the office of mayor was a rotating position chosen among city commissioners. Tallahassee sw ...
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John Patterson Rea
John Patterson Rea (1840–1900) was a Minnesota judge. He was also editor of the ''Minneapolis Tribune'', and from late 1887 to 1888 Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, succeeding Lucius Fairchild.
Early life and ancestry
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(1840–1900), Minnesota judge
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John Andrew Rea
John Andrew Rea (June 18, 1848 – February 10, 1941) was an American journalist and politician. A native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, he was one of the eight members of Cornell University's first graduating class. As a correspondent for the ...
(1848–1941), American journalist and politician
* John Huntington Rea (1909–1968), American actor better known by the stage name
John Ridgely
John Ridgely (born John Huntington Rea, September 6, 1909 – January 18, 1968 ) was an American film character actor with over 175 film credits.
Early years
Ridgely was born in Chicago, Illinois,Katz, Ephraim (1979). ''The Film Encyclopedia: ...
* John Joseph Rea (1921–2013), Northern Irish snooker player, better known as
Jackie Rea
John Joseph Rea (6 April 1921 – 20 October 2013), better known as Jackie Rea was a Northern Irish snooker player. He turned professional in 1947 and was the leading Irish snooker player until the emergence of Alex Higgins and held the Iris ...
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John Rea (papyrologist)
John Rowland Rea, FBA (born 1933) is a British papyrologist. He was Lecturer in Documentary Papyrology at the University of Oxford from 1965 to 1996.
Born in 1933, Rea completed his undergraduate degree at Queen's University Belfast and his doct ...
(born 1933), British papyrologist and academic
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John Rea (composer)
John Rea (born 1944) is a Montreal-based composer who won the Jules Léger Prize for New Chamber Music in both 1981 and 1992. He obtained his bachelor's degree at Wayne State University (1967), his Master of Music degree at the University of To ...
(born 1944), Canadian classical music composer
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John Rea (snooker player)
John Rea (born 5 December 1951) is a retired Scottish professional snooker player.
Career
Rea turned professional in 1984, recording his first victory over Jack Fitzmaurice in the Grand Prix; he reached the last 32 of this tournament, losing 1 ...
(born 1951), Scottish snooker player
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John Rea (musician)
John Rea was a hammered dulcimer player from Glenarm in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Born in 1915 (some sources say 1922), John was the youngest of ten children. His six older brothers were all taught to play the fiddle by his father. How ...
, Irish hammered dulcimer player
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John Rea (artistic director) (born 1967), American composer and artistic director
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John Rea (footballer) (1868–1944), Welsh footballer
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Johnny Rea
Jonathan Rea (born 2 February 1987) is a Northern Irish professional motorcycle racer. He competes in the Superbike World Championship and is a six-time champion in the series.
He is the first to have won the Superbike World Championship six ti ...
, motorcycle racer
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