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Johns (surname)
Johns is a surname shared by the following notable people: * Adrian Johns (born 1951), Royal Navy vice-admiral, former Second Sea Lord and former Governor of Gibraltar * Alan Johns (1917–1997), New Zealand scientist, chief executive and university administrator * Alfred Johns (1868–1934), Australian cricketer, son of Peter Johns * Andrew Johns (born 1974), Australian former rugby league footballer, brother of Matthew Johns * Andrew Johns (triathlete) (born 1973), British triathlete * Andy Johns (1950–2013), British music engineer * Ben Johns (born 1999), an American professional pickleball player * Bobby Johns (1932–2016), American racecar driver * Brad Johns, Canadian politician * Brian Johns (born 1982), Canadian Olympic swimmer * Brian Johns (businessman) (1936–2016), Australian company director and journalist * Catherine Johns (born 1935), museum curator and Roman archaeologist * Charles A. Johns (1857–1932), American lawyer, jurist and politician; justi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Johns
Vice Admiral Sir Adrian James Johns, (born 1 September 1951) is a former senior officer in the Royal Navy, serving as Second Sea Lord between 2005 and 2008. He was the Governor of Gibraltar between 2009 and 2013. Early life and education Johns was born on 1 September 1951. He was educated at Newquay Grammar School in Cornwall and then Imperial College London, where he studied physics. Naval career Johns joined the Royal Navy in 1973. On 1 September 1975, he was promoted to lieutenant, with seniority from 1 January 1975. After his initial postings, Johns trained as a helicopter pilot and then served as a Westland Sea King pilot with 824 Naval Air Squadron aboard HMS ''Ark Royal''. He became a flying instructor in 1979. In 1981, he was given his first command on board in Hong Kong and was promoted to lieutenant commander on 16 October 1982. After holding other naval posts, he was promoted to commander on 30 June 1988 and then commanded the frigates HMS ''Juno'' and HMS ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collin Johns
This list of professional pickleball players includes players who currently, or have in the past, played in professional pickleball tournaments. Professional pickleball tours and leagues: * Those associated with the Pickleball World Rankings ** APP - Association of Pickleball Players ** CPA - Canadian Pickleball Association ** NPLA - National Pickleball League Australia * Those associated with the United Pickleball Association ** PPA - Professional Pickleball Association ** PPAA - Professional Pickleball Association Australia ** MLP - Major League Pickleball ** MLPA - Major League Pickleball Australia *Other pro pickleball tours & leagues ** NPL - National Pickleball League of Champions Pros Men Women References {{Pickleball box Pickleball Pickleball is a racket or paddle sport in which two or four players use a smooth-faced paddle to hit a perforated, hollow plastic ball over a net until one side is unable to return the ball or commits a rule infracti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glynis Johns
Glynis Margaret Payne Johns (5 October 1923 – 4 January 2024) was a British actress. In a career exceeding seven decades on stage and screen, Johns appeared in more than 60 films and 30 plays. She received various accolades throughout her career, including a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. Before her death at age 100, she was considered one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood and classical years of British cinema. Johns was born in Pretoria, South Africa, the daughter of Welsh actor Mervyn Johns. She appeared on stage from a young age and was typecast as a stage dancer from early adolescence, making her screen debut in '' South Riding'' (1938). She rose to prominence in the 1940s following her role as Anna in the war drama film '' 49th Parallel'' (1941), for which she won a National Board of Review Award for Best Acting, and starring roles in '' Mirand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glyn Johns
Glyn Thomas Johns (born 15 February 1942) is an English recording engineer and record producer. He has worked with many of the most famous rock recording acts from both the UK and abroad, such as the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Kinks, Eagles, Bob Dylan, the Band, Eric Clapton, the Clash, Steve Miller Band, Small Faces, the Ozark Mountain Daredevils and Joan Armatrading. Throughout his career, he has generally preferred a live, natural approach to recording in the studio, and developed a method of recording drums sometimes referred to as the " Glyn Johns method". The years 1964–1984 marked Johns's peak era of activity in which he engineered or produced numerous hit records. In 1965 Johns became one of the first independent British recording engineers to operate freelance rather than under the hire of a particular record label or studio. He was involved in making some of the most influential albums of the rock era such as '' Beggars Banquet'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Sibley Johns
George Sibley Johns (1857–1941) was an American journalist, most notable as editor of the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch''. Biography Johns was born in St. Charles, Missouri, to John Jay Johns and Jane Amanda Durfee. He was named after George Champlin Sibley, founder of Lindenwood College. Johns attended Princeton University, where he met Woodrow Wilson. They remained friends for the remainder of Wilson's life. Upon returning to St. Charles, George studied law briefly with his wife's uncle, Theodoric McDearmon. He and his brother, Glover Johns, started a weekly paper, the ''St. Charles Journal''. Later, George went to work for Joseph Pulitzer Joseph Pulitzer ( ; born , ; April 10, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-American politician and a newspaper publisher of the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' and the ''New York World''. He became a leading national figure in the U.S. Democ ... at the ''St. Louis Post Dispatch'', where he eventually became editor and was known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Johns
Geoffrey Johns (born January 25, 1973) is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and film and television producer. Johns's work on the DC Comics characters Green Lantern, Aquaman, Flash (comics), Flash, and Superman has drawn critical acclaim. His critically acclaimed work includes ''Sinestro Corps War'', ''Blackest Night'', ''Throne of Atlantis'', ''Flashpoint (comics), Flashpoint'', ''Doomsday Clock (comics), Doomsday Clock'', and ''Brainiac (story arc), Superman: Brainiac''. He co-created the DC character Courtney Whitmore based on his deceased sister. He also expanded the Green Lantern mythology, adding in new concepts and co-creating numerous characters. Among the DC characters and concepts he co-created are Larfleeze, Sinestro Corps, the Sinestro Corps, Indigo Tribe, the Indigo Tribe, Red Lantern Corps, the Red Lantern Corps, Atrocitus, Black Lantern Corps, the Black Lantern Corps, Jessica Cruz, Hunter Zolomon, Tar Pit (comics), Tar Pit, Simon Baz, Bleez, Miss Martian, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Johns
Harold Gene Johns (October 6, 1927 – August 11, 1984) was an American politician and Democratic member of the Illinois Senate. Early life and career Johns was born in Carrier Mills, Illinois October 6, 1927 to Columbus Johns, an employee of the Sahara Coal Company, and Mabel Johns, a homemaker. He was raised in and attended public schools in Harrisburg, Illinois. He graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale majoring in Government. He served in the U.S. Navy Air Corps and as an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington D.C. He returned to downstate Illinois where he served as a school principal in Saline County and later an administrator for the Department of Business and Economic Development in Herrin. In the latter role, he directed development of first two Economic Development Districts in Illinois. He also owned a petroleum distributorship in West Frankfort. He married Eve Prince and had three children. Illinois Senate In the 1970 gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Johns
Gary Thomas Johns (born 29 August 1952) is an Australian writer and politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1996, holding the Queensland seat of Petrie for the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He served as a minister in the Keating government. Early life Johns was born in Melbourne on 29 August 1952. He is the youngest of four sons born to Doris () and Claude Johns; his father was a painter and decorator. He holds a Bachelor of Economics and Master of Arts from Monash University. He tutored in geography at Melbourne State College. Political career Johns joined the ALP in 1972. He worked as an organiser with the national secretariat of the ALP from 1978 to 1982, working under national secretaries David Combe and Bob McMullan. Johns was elected as the member for Petrie in 1987, and held it for the Australian Labor Party until his defeat in 1996. He served as Assistant Minister for Industrial Relations from December 1993 and Special Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Johns
Frederick Johns (22 March 1868 – 3 December 1932) was an American-born Australian journalist and biographer. Johns was born in Houghton, Michigan, United States, son of Cornish people, Cornishman Ezekiel JohnsSuzanne Edgar,Johns, Frederick (Fred) (1868 – 1932), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, MUP, 1983, pp 491–492. Retrieved 2009-08-16 of Cornwall, UK. His father Ezekiel died while Fred was still an infant, whereupon he was taken to Cornwall, England. After leaving school, he emigrated to Australia in 1884 at the age of 16. He obtained a position on the ''South Australian Register'' and rose to be a sub-editor. In 1906 he published his ''Johns's Notable Australians'', a volume of biographies of Australians then living. A later edition appeared in 1908; from 1912 to 1914 it appeared as ''Fred Johns's Annual''. In 1922 it was revived as ''Who's Who in the Commonwealth of Australia'', and then in 1927 as ''Who's Who in Australia'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethan Johns
Ethan Thomas Robert Johns (born 1969 in Merton, London) is an English record producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Johns has worked with artists including Robert Vincent, Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon, Paul McCartney, Ray LaMontagne, Tom Jones, Kaiser Chiefs, Rufus Wainwright, The Boxer Rebellion, Crowded House, Turin Brakes, Lauren Hoffman, The Vaccines, Laura Marling, The Staves, and Crosby, Stills and Nash. In 2012, he won the Brit Award for Best British Producer. Although Johns is primarily a record producer, mixer and engineer, the multi-instrumentalist has also toured with acts such as Emmylou Harris, Ryan Adams, Ray LaMontagne, and Tom Jones. He owns the indie record label Three Crows Music. Johns also runs Three Crows Records within Warner/Atlantic. Johns is the son of notable record producer and engineer Glyn Johns (The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, and The Who). Johns released his debut solo album ''Independent Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmett Johns
Emmett Mathias Joseph Johns (April 3, 1928 – January 13, 2018), was a Canadian priest and humanitarian. He was the founder of Dans la Rue (originally known as ''Le Bon Dieu Dans La Rue''), a homeless shelter and support group for street youth in Montreal, Quebec. Life and career Emmett Johns, who was of Irish descent, was born on April 3, 1928 in the Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood of Montreal. He graduated with a BA from Loyola College in 1974. He served as a Catholic priest and vicar at Saint John Fisher Parish in Pointe-Claire, Our Lady of Fatima in Saint-Laurent as well as a pastor at Bishop Whelan High School in Lachine and as a hospital chaplain. In December 1988, Johns founded ''Le Bon Dieu Dans la Rue''. With a $10,000 loan, he purchased a used motorhome and took to the streets at night, distributing food and basic goods to street youth, and giving them a place to warm up. Over time, the organization grew to include both a night shelter in 1993 and day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Johns
Douglas Alan Johns (born December 19, 1967), is an American former professional baseball player who was a pitcher from -. He played for the Oakland Athletics and Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). His mother is Jewish, and his father is Roman Catholic, and he considers himself Catholic. Johns attended Nova High School and played college baseball for the Virginia Cavaliers before being selected in the 1990 Major League Baseball draft by the Athletics. In the Midwest League in 1991, he threw a no-hitter. He led the Pacific Coast League with a 2.89 earned run average in 1994. He made his Major League debut in 1995 and was elected from the game after nearly hitting John Olerud with a pitch. Johns spent part of the 1997 season in Italy pitching for the Parma Angels but, upon returning to the United States to renew his visa Visa most commonly refers to: * Travel visa, a document that allows entry to a foreign country * Visa Inc., a US multinational financial and paymen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
