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Politicians

Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet Colonel Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet, (10 May 1754 – 21 December 1835), was a British politician, military officer and writer who was one of the first people to use the word "statistics" in the English language in his pioneering work, ...

(1754–1835), politician and writer on agriculture and finance * John Sinclair (Australian politician) (1807–1890), MLA for North Melbourne * John Mitchell Sinclair (1819–1890), South Australian politician *

Sir John Sinclair, 3rd Baronet Sir John George Tollemache Sinclair, 3rd Baronet (8 November 1825 – 30 September 1912) was a Scottish landowner and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1869 to 1885. Early life Born in Edinburgh in 1825, he was the son of ...

(1825–1912), Scottish politician and landowner * John Sinclair (mayor) (1827–1906), mayor of Brisbane *

John Sinclair (Ayr Burghs MP) Rev John Sinclair (1842–1892) was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for Ayr Burghs, in Scotland, in 1888, resigning in 1890 by becoming Steward of the Manor of Northstead. Life He was ...

(1842–1892), Liberal MP for Ayr Burghs *

John Howard Sinclair John Howard Sinclair (May 27, 1848 – June 8, 1924) was a Canadian politician. Born in Goshen, Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Sinclair was educated in the Common School of Goshen, Guysborough Academy and Dalhousie College, Halifax. A lawyer, ...

(1848–1924), Canadian politician * John Sinclair (New Zealand politician) (1850–1940), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council *

John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland, (7 July 1860 – 11 January 1925) was a British politician in the Scottish Liberal Party, a soldier, peer, administrator and Privy Councillor who served as the Secretary of Scotland from 1905 to 1912 and t ...

(1860–1925), Scottish politician *

John Ewen Sinclair John Ewen Sinclair, (December 24, 1879 – December 23, 1949) was a Canadian politician. Born in Summerfield, Prince Edward Island, the son of Peter Sinclair, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the Prince Edward Isl ...

(1879–1949), Canadian politician *

John William Sinclair John William Sinclair (September 3, 1879 – March 26, 1958) was a farmer and politician in Ontario, Canada. He represented Bruce in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1943 as a Liberal. The son of Duncan Sinclair and Sarah Ann Li ...

(1879–?), politician in Ontario, Canada *

John Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso John Archibald Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso (born 10 September 1953), known also as John Thurso, is a Scottish businessman, Liberal Democrat politician and hereditary peer who is notable for having served in the House of Lords both before and a ...

(born 1953), British Member of Parliament for Caithness and Sutherland

Music and poetry

John Sinclair (poet) John Sinclair (October 2, 1941 – April 2, 2024) was an American poet, writer, and political activist from Flint, Michigan. Sinclair's defining style is jazz poetry, and he released most of his works in audio formats. Most of his pieces include ...

(1941–2024), American poet and political activist *

John Sinclair (musician) John Sinclair (born 12 April 1952) is an English keyboardist who has played for bands such as The Babys, Heavy Metal Kids, Savoy Brown, The Cult, but is probably best known for his time in Uriah Heep and playing for Ozzy Osbourne's band. He ...

(born 1952), British musician, played with Ozzy Osbourne and Uriah Heep *

Yasus Afari Yasus Afari (born John Sinclair, 1962)Harris, Craig " Yasus Afari Biography" ''Allmusic'', Macrovision Corporation.Dawes, Mark (2007)Mind and Spirit – Yasus' gift to Jamaica (Pt 2)" ''Jamaica Gleaner'', 21 April 2007. is a Jamaican dub poet. ...

(born 1962), Jamaican dub poet, born John Sinclair *

Johnny Sinclair Johnny is an English language personal name. It is usually an affectionate diminutive of the masculine given name John, but from the 16th century it has sometimes been a given name in its own right for males and, less commonly, females. Variant ...

, musician in the bands The Pursuit of Happiness and

Universal Honey Universal Honey is a Canadian power pop band. The band released seven albums. History The group was formed in 1992 by bassist Johnny Sinclair and singer/guitarist Leslie Stanwyck, both formerly of The Pursuit of Happiness. They were joined by gu ...

*"John Sinclair", a song by John Lennon on the ''

Some Time in New York City ''Some Time in New York City'' is the fourth collaborative studio album, and second live album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono as Plastic Ono Band. A double album, it includes backing by the American rock band Elephant's Memory. Released in June 19 ...

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Actors

John Sinklo John Sinklo (also Sinclo, Sincklo, Sincler, Sinkler, Sinclair) was an English Renaissance theatre actor, known to be active between 1592 and 1604. He was a member of several playing companies, including Lord Strange's Men, Pembroke's Men, Lord Ch ...

, sometimes known as John Sinclair, English renaissance actor * John West Sinclair (1900–1945), American silent-screen actor *

John Gordon Sinclair John Gordon Sinclair (born Gordon John Sinclair; 4 February 1962) is a Scottish actor. He is best known for playing Gregory in the 1981 film '' Gregory's Girl''. There was a Gordon Sinclair already registered with Equity, so he took John Gordon ...

(born 1962), Scottish actor

Others

John Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Caithness John Sinclair (died 1529) was a Scottish nobleman, 3rd Earl of Caithness and chief of the Clan Sinclair, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands. Early life He was the son of William Sinclair, 2nd Earl of Caithness and Margaret, daughter of S ...

(died 1529), Scottish nobleman * John Sinclair (bishop) (died 1566), Ordinary Lord and later Lord President in the Court of Session *

John Sinclair, Master of Caithness John Sinclair, Master of Caithness (died 1576) was a Scottish nobleman. Early life John Sinclair, Master of Caithness was the eldest son of George Sinclair, 4th Earl of Caithness and his wife Lady Elizabeth Graham, daughter of William Graham, 2 ...

(died 1576), Scottish nobleman * John Sinclair, 10th Lord Sinclair (died 1676), Scottish nobleman *

John Sinclair, 23rd Lord Herdmanston John Sinclair, Lord Herdmanston, (14 February 1632 – 13 July 1666) was a Scottish noble of the 17th century. Early life John was baptized 14 February 1632. He was the eldest son of John Sinclair, 22nd Lord Herdmanston, and Elizabeth Sincla ...

, Scottish noble * John Sinclair, 8th Earl of Caithness (died 1705), Scottish nobleman * John Sinclair, Lord Murkle (died 1755), Scottish judge * John Sinclair, 11th Earl of Caithness (died 1789), Scottish noble *

John Sinclair (archdeacon of Middlesex) The Rev John Sinclair FRSE (20 August 1797 - 22 May 1875) was a religious author and amateur biologist, He served as Archdeacon of Middlesex from 1844 until his death. Life He was the son of Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet of Ulbster, and his se ...

(1797–1875), Scottish Archdeacon of Middlesex * John Sinclair (interpreter), Canadian clergyman and interpreter among the Cree in the 19th century * John Sinclair (New Zealand carpenter) (1843–1925), New Zealand carpenter, builder, station manager and harbourmaster * John Sinclair (archdeacon of Cirencester) (1853–1919), British clergyman, Archdeacon of Cirencester * John Sinclair (physician) (1868–1940), British physician, Chief Medical Officer to the General Post Office *

John Houston Sinclair John Houston Sinclair (1871 – 17 August 1961) was the British Resident civil servant in Zanzibar and chief secretary to the Zanzibar, Government of the Zanzibar Protectorate. Early life and family John Houston Sinclair was born in 1871, th ...

(1871–1961), British civil servant in Zanzibar *Sir

John Sinclair (British Army officer) Sir John Alexander Sinclair, (29 May 1897 – 22 March 1977) was a British Army general who was head of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) from 1953 to 1956. Career Sinclair was the second son of a Church of England priest, John Sinclair. ...

(1897–1977), British Army general, head of the Secret Intelligence Service * John S. Sinclair (1897–1972), American lawyer and financier * John Sinclair (Lord Lieutenant of Caithness) (1898–1979), Scottish Lord Lieutenant *

John McHardy Sinclair John McHardy Sinclair (14 June 1933 – 13 March 2007) was a professor of Modern English Language at Birmingham University from 1965 to 2000. He pioneered work in corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, lexicography, and language teachin ...

(1933–2007), British linguist * John Henderson Sinclair (1935–2009), British scholar and academic * John Sinclair (environmentalist) (1939–2019), Australian environmentalist *

Jackie Sinclair John Evens Wright Sinclair (21 July 1943 – 1 September 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger for six different clubs in the English and Scottish leagues. Sinclair played in one international game for Scotland, in 1966. Family ...

(1943–2010), Scottish footballer *

John Sinclair (footballer) John Sinclair (born 29 June 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated ...

(born 1948), Australian rules footballer for Essendon *

John Sinclair (German fiction) John Sinclair is a fictional character and the protagonist of a popular German horror detective series (of the dime novel or penny dreadful variety). The full title is ''Geisterjäger John Sinclair'', (lit. ''Ghost Hunter John Sinclair''), and th ...

, fictional protagonist of a popular German "penny dreadful" * John Sinclair (sociologist) (born 1944)

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