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Arts and literature

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John Gardner (American writer) John Champlin Gardner Jr. (July 21, 1933 – September 14, 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic, and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel ''Grendel (novel), Grendel'', a retelling of the Beowulf myth from ...
(1933–1982), American novelist and educator, author of ''Grendel'' *
John Gardner (British writer) John Edmund Gardner (20 November 1926 – 3 August 2007) was an English writer of spy and Thriller (genre), thriller novels. He is best known for his James Bond (literary character), James Bond continuation novels, but also wrote a series o ...
(1926–2007), British author of spy and mystery novels, former official James Bond author *
John Gardner (composer) John Linton Gardner, CBE (2 March 1917 – 12 December 2011) was an English composer of classical music. Early life John Gardner was born in Manchester, England and grew up in Ilfracombe, North Devon. His father Alfred Linton Gardner (born 1882 ...
(1917–2011), British composer *
John Lowell Gardner John Lowell Gardner Jr. (November 26, 1837 – December 10, 1898) was an American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist. He and his wife, Isabella Stewart Gardner, were patrons of the arts whose collection is now housed in the Isabella S ...
(1837–1898), patron of the arts * John Gardner (boat builder) (1905–1995), American nautical historian


Law, education and government


United States

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John Gardner (Rhode Island governor) John Gardner (September 17, 1697 – January 1764) served for more than eight years as the deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and was also a Chief Justice of the colony's Superior Court. Ancestry John Ga ...
(1697–1764), deputy governor, Colony of Rhode Island * John Gardner (Continental Congress) (1747–1808), farmer, Rhode Island delegate to Continental Congress * John A. Gardner, American physicist and developer of
Gardner–Salinas braille codes The Gardner–Salinas braille codes are a proposed method of encoding mathematical and scientific notation linearly using braille cells for tactile reading by the visually impaired. The most common form of Gardner–Salinas braille is the 8-cell va ...
* John Fentress Gardner (1912–1998), American author and educator * John J. Gardner (1845–1921), politician representing New Jersey in the House of Representatives, 1885 to 1893 * John W. Gardner (1912–2002), U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare during the Great Society *
John P. Gardner John P. Gardner (1922 – August 20, 1994) was a judge of a special South Carolina Court of Appeals created to alleviate the burden of cases from the South Carolina Supreme Court from 1980 to 1993.C. Tolbert Goolsby Jr.Remarks at the Memorial Serv ...
(1922–1994), judge and politician in South Carolina


Elsewhere

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John Gardner (Australian politician) John Anthony William Gardner (born 9 February 1979) is an Australian politician representing the seat of Morialta in the South Australian House of Assembly for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia since the 2010 ...
(born 1979), Australian Liberal Party MP for the South Australian seat of Morialta since 2010 *
John Gardner (legal philosopher) John Gardner (23 March 1965 – 11 July 2019) was a Scottish legal philosopher. He was senior research fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and prior to that the Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Universit ...
(1965–2019), formerly professor of jurisprudence at the University of Oxford, England, UK * John Dunn Gardner (1811–1903), British Member of Parliament, 1841 to 1847


Sport

* John L. Gardner (boxer) (born 1953), British boxer * John Gardner (footballer) (born 1946), Australian rules footballer * John Gardner (rugby union) (1870–1909), New Zealand rugby union player * John Gardner (tennis), Australian tennis player


Others

*John Gardner, known as
Akshay Anand John Gardner, known professionally as Akshay Anand is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Hindi films and television. Early life and career Anand was born as John Gardner and he assumed the name Akshay inspired by his character in his televi ...
, Indian actor of British origin * John Gardner (minister) (1809–1899), Presbyterian minister in South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria * John Gardner (Texas Ranger) (1845–1926), Texas Ranger, cowboy, Indian fighter and trail boss *
John Albert Gardner John Albert Gardner III (born April 9, 1979) is an American convicted double murderer, rapist, and child molester. He confessed to the February 2009 rape and murder of 14-year-old Amber Dubois from Escondido, California, and the February 2010 rape ...
(born 1979), American double murderer * John D. Gardner, lieutenant general in the U.S. Army * John L. Gardner (brigadier general) (1793–1869), brigadier general in the US Army * John Twiname Gardner (1854–1914), English doctor and composer


See also

* Jack Gardner (disambiguation) * John Gardiner (disambiguation) * John Gardener (disambiguation) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gardner, John