John May may refer to:
Business
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John May (angel investor), manager of Business Angel investment groups
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John May (shipwright)
John May Sr or Jan Maij (1694 – 1779) was an English shipwright from Chatham who served from 1758-1779 as Master Shipbuilder of the Amsterdam Admiralty.
Career
John May was hired in 1728 by the Amsterdam Admiralty. In 1727 this Admiral ...
, English shipwright in Dutch service
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John May (youth worker) (born 1964), chief executive of Career Academies UK and member of the World Scout Committee
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John C. May, president and CEO of
John Deere
Deere & Company, Trade name, doing business as John Deere (), is an American corporation that manufactures agricultural machinery, heavy equipment, forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains (axles, Transmission (mechanical device), transmi ...
Clergy
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John May (bishop) (died 1598), Bishop of Carlisle
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John May (priest) (died 1893), Dean of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana
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John L. May (1922–1994), Archbishop of St Louis
Politics
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John May (Australian politician)
John May (May 1844 – 29 December 1917) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Biography
May was born in Kent, England, to parents John May and his wife Mary (née James). He attended the Royal Agricultural University and while ...
(1844–1917), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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John May (North Carolina politician) (1950–2017), member of the North Carolina legislature
Sport
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Jack May (tennis)
John "Jack" Bernard May (17 November 1925 – 10 August 2012) was an amateur tennis player who won over 200 tennis titles in Australia.
History
May played many sports, but his favorite and best was tennis. One of his more important achiev ...
(1925–2012), Australian tennis player
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John May (Australian footballer)
John May (born 15 April 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). May was recruited to play for Essendon's under-19s from West Coburg in the Essendon District Football Le ...
(born 1951), Australian footballer who played for Essendon
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John May (cricketer) (1849–?), English cricketer
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John May (footballer, born 1878) (1878–1933), footballer who played for Rangers FC
Other
* John May (1744–1790), founder of
Maysville, Kentucky
Maysville is a "Home rule in the United States, home rule" class city in Mason County, Kentucky, Mason County, Kentucky, United States, and is the county seat of Mason County. The population was 8,873 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 ...
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John May (gangster), car mechanic for the Moran gang, killed in the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
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John May (judge)
Sir John Douglas May, PC (28 June 1923 – 15 January 1997) was a British Court of Appeal judge appointed by the British Government to investigate the miscarriages of justice related to the Maguire Seven and other miscarriages linked to IRA bomb ...
(1923–1997), British judge who headed the May Inquiry into "Maguire Seven" miscarriage of justice
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John May (Medal of Honor) (1836–1886), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
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John May (police officer) (1775–1856), superintendent in the London Metropolitan Police
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John Wilder May
John Wilder May (1819–1883) was an American jurist who served as chief justice of the Boston Municipal Court and District Attorney of Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Early life
May was born on January 28, 1819, in Attleboro, Massachusetts to Le ...
, American judge
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John May (''V''), episode of the 2009 miniseries ''V''
See also
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Johnny May, Canadian Inuk bush pilot
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May (surname)
May is a surname of Germanic (Saxon) and, independently, of Gaelic origin. There are many variants used in English-speaking countries, as well as several variants used in Germany. The Scottish May is a sept of Clan Donald. The surname "May" ...
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Jack May
Jack Wynne May (23 April 1922 – 19 September 1997) was an English actor.
Early life and education
May was born in 1922 in Henley-on-Thames, and was educated at Forest School in Walthamstow. After war service with the Royal Indian Navy in Br ...
(1922–1997), English actor
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J. Peter May
Jon Peter May (born September 16, 1939, in New York) is an American mathematician working in the fields of algebraic topology, category theory, homotopy theory, and the foundational aspects of spectra. He is known, in particular, for the May sp ...
(Jon Peter May, born 1939), American mathematician
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