John is a common English name and surname:
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John (given name)
John (; ') is a common male given name in the English language of Hebrew origin. The name is the English form of ''Iohannes'' and ''Ioannes'', which are the Latin forms of the Greek name Ioannis (Ιωάννης), originally borne by Hellenized J ...
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John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
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Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
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First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
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Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John
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Third Epistle of John
The Third Epistle of John is the third-to-last book of the New Testament and the Christian Bible as a whole, and attributed to John the Evangelist, traditionally thought to be the author of the Gospel of John and the other two epistles of John. ...
, often shortened to 3 John
People
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John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ
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John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus
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John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle
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John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle
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John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos
Other people with the given name
Religious figures
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Andrew the Apostle
Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an Apostles in the New Testament, apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He ...
and Saint Peter
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Pope John (disambiguation), several popes
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