John Rice may refer to:
Politicians
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John Rice (fl. 1601), Member of Parliament (MP) for
Wootton Bassett
Royal Wootton Bassett , formerly Wootton Bassett, is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, with a population of 13,570 at the 2021 Census. In the north of the county, it lies to the west of the town of Swindon and northeast of ...
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John Rice (alderman) (c. 1968–2015), Chicago alderman
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John Rice (deputy), member of House of Commons of the
North Carolina General Assembly of 1777 for Wake County
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John A. Rice (politician) (1832–1906), politician from Wisconsin
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John B. Rice (1832–1893), U.S. Representative from Ohio
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John Blake Rice (1809–1874), mayor of Chicago, Illinois, 1865–1869, and later a U.S. Representative
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John Campbell Rice (1864–1937), associate justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
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John H. Rice (1816–1911), U.S. Representative from Maine
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John McConnell Rice (1831–1895), United States Representative for Kentucky
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John S. Rice (1899–1985), politician from Pennsylvania
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John T. Rice (1839–1925), politician from Wisconsin
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John Joe Rice (1893–1970), Irish Sinn Féin politician
Actors
* John Rice, actor for the
King's Men playing company, 1607–25
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Jack Rice
Jack Rice (born Earl Clifford Rice; May 14, 1893 – December 14, 1968) was an American actor best known for appearing as the scrounging, freeloading brother-in-law in Edgar Kennedy's series of short domestic comedy films at the RKO studio ...
(1893–1968), American actor
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John C. Rice (1857–1915), Broadway stage actor
Sports
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John Rice (cricketer) (born 1949), English cricketer, played for Hampshire County Cricket Club
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John Rice (umpire) (1918–2011), American League umpire, 1955–1973
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John H. Rice (American football), American football coach, college administrator, and professor
Others
* John Rice (1951–2005), one of the identical twin dwarf
Rice brothers
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John Rice (banker) (c. 1832–?), president of Georgia National Bank in late 1860s
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John Rice (director), screenwriter and director of ''
The Happy Elf
''The Happy Elf'' is a 2005 animated Christmas television special based on Harry Connick Jr.'s song of the same name. The special is narrated by Connick and stars the voices of Rob Paulsen, Carol Kane, Lewis Black, Kevin Michael Richardson and Mi ...
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John A. Rice (musicologist) (born 1956), American musicologist and Mozart scholar
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John Andrew Rice (1888–1968), founder of the Black Mountain College
* John G. Rice, former vice chairman of General Electric, and former president and CEO of
GE Infrastructure
GE Infrastructure was a subsidiary of General Electric, formed in 2005 as part of a company-wide reorganization under CEO Jeff Immelt, until it was split apart into GE Technology Infrastructure and GE Energy Infrastructure in another reorganiz ...
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John M. Rice (chess composer) (born 1937), former president of
Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions The World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) is the highest body governing the official activities in the chess composition. It was known as the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC) from its inception in 1956 until Oct ...
* John R. Rice, inventor of the
Angel paintball gun
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John R. Rice (computer scientist)
John Rischard Rice (June 6, 1934 – January 7, 2024) was an American mathematician and computer scientist. He was the W. Brooks Fortune Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and a professor of mathematics (by courtesy) at Purdue Uni ...
(1934–2024), American computer scientist and mathematician
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John R. Rice (pastor)
John R. Rice (December 11, 1895 – December 29, 1980) was a Baptist evangelist and pastor and the founding editor of '' The Sword of the Lord'', an influential fundamentalist newspaper.
Childhood and education
John R. Rice was born in Cooke C ...
(1895–1980), Baptist evangelist and pastor, founder of The Sword of the Lord
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John Raymond Rice (1914–1950), U.S. Army soldier killed in South Korea, known for the circumstances surrounding his burial
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