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John Hawkins (naval commander) Admiral Sir John Hawkins (also spelled Hawkyns) (1532 – 12 November 1595) was an English naval commander, naval administrator, privateer and slave trader. Hawkins pioneered, and was an early promoter of, English involvement in the Atlantic s ...

(1532–1595), English admiral * John Hawkins (17th century diplomat), ambassador of the Kingdom of England to France, 1626–1627 *

John Hawkins (MP) John Hawkins (born c 1611) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659. Hawkins was the son of Henry Hawkins of Ashton Canes, Wiltshire. He matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford on 22 November 1639, aged 18. In 1659, he was ...

(c. 1611–?), English politician * John Hawkins (burgess), member of the Virginia House of Burgesses * John Hawkins (Maryland politician), American politician *

John Heywood Hawkins John Heywood Hawkins (21 May 1802 – 27 June 1877) was a British politician and barrister. The son of John Hawkins, Hawkins largely grew up at Bignor Park in West Sussex. Hawkins was educated at Eton College, and then at Trinity College, C ...

(1802–1877), British politician * John Parker Hawkins (1830–1914), U.S. Civil War brigadier general * John Joseph Hawkins (1840–1916), politician in Ontario, Canada * John A. Hawkins (New York politician) (1864–1941), New York politician * John J. Hawkins (1855–1935), American jurist and politician in the Arizona Territory * John Clifford Hawkins (1879–?), African American lawyer and political figure * John Hawkins (diplomat) (born 1960), British ambassador to Qatar * John D. Hawkins (born 1968), South Carolina politician * John Edgar Hawkins (1869–1944), Arkansas politician

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John Hawkins (grammarian) John Hawkins M.D. (c.1587–c.1641) was an English physician, known as a grammarian and translator. Life He was a son of Sir Thomas Hawkins (died 1617) of Nash Court, Boughton under Blean, Kent, and his wife, Ann Pettyt; the family was recusant, ...

(c. 1587–c. 1641), English physician, grammarian and translator *

John Hawkins (author) Sir John Hawkins (29 March 1719 – 21 May 1789) was an English author and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson and Horace Walpole. He was part of Johnson's various clubs but later left The Literary Club after a disagreement with some of Johnson's ot ...

(1719–1789), English music historian *

John Sidney Hawkins John Sidney Hawkins (baptised 11 February 1758 – 12 August 1842) was an English antiquarian. Considered reclusive, he is known largely for his publications. Life He was the eldest son of Sir John Hawkins and his wife Sidney Storer; the writer ...

(baptised 1758–1842), English antiquarian, son of the music historian *

John Hawkins (geologist) John Hawkins (6 May 1761H. S . Torrens, 'Hawkins, John (1761–1841)', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', (Oxford University Press) 200 accessed 5 Dec 2007/ref> – 4 July 1841) was an English geologist, traveller and writer. Life He ...

(1761–1841), English geologist and writer *

John A. Hawkins (linguist) John A. Hawkins is Professor of English and Applied Linguistics at the Research Centre for English and Applied Linguistics (RCEAL) at the University of Cambridge. As of 2007 he is also a professor in the Department of Linguistics at UC Davis. His ...

(born 1950), English linguist

Musicians

John Hawkins (English composer) John Hawkins may refer to: Public officials * John Hawkins (naval commander) (1532–1595), English admiral * John Hawkins (17th century diplomat), ambassador of the Kingdom of England to France, 1626–1627 * John Hawkins (MP) (c. 1611–?), En ...

, co-composed 1964's ''

Canterbury Tales ''The Canterbury Tales'' () is a collection of 24 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. The book presents the tales, which are mostly written in verse (poetry), verse, as part of a fictional storytellin ...

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John Hawkins (Canadian composer) John Hawkins (26 July 1944 in Montreal – 14 January 2007 in Toronto) was a Canadian composer, conductor, music educator, and pianist. He notably won the 2nd-century Week Composition Competition in 1967 for his ''Eight Movements for Flute and Cl ...

(1944–2007), Canadian classical composer *

Big Hawk John Edward Hawkins (November 15, 1969 – May 1, 2006), better known by his stage names Big Hawk and H.A.W.K., was an American rapper from Houston, Texas and a founding member of the late DJ Screw's rap group the Screwed Up Click. Life and ...

, American rapper whose real name was John Hawkins (1969–2006)

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John Hawkins (archdeacon of Totnes) John Stanley Hawkins (30 June 1903 – 23 August 1965) was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Totnes from 1962 until his death. He was educated at St Chad's College and ordained in 1933.‘HAWKINS, Rt Rev. Richard Stephen’, Who's Who 2012 ...

(1903–1965), Anglican priest * John Hawkins (archdeacon of Hampstead) (born 1963) *

John Isaac Hawkins John Isaac Hawkins (1772–1855) was a British American inventor and civil engineer who twice emigrated to and ultimately died in the United States, American state of New Jersey. Early life Hawkins was born on March 14, 1772 at Taunton, Somerse ...

(1772–1855), engineer and inventor of the upright piano, a mechanical pencil and a letter copying machine (the polygraph) * John Russell Hawkins (1862–1939), American professor and college president * John Hawkins (athlete) (born 1949), Canadian high jumper * John Hawkins (rower), Australian rower * John Hawkins (rugby union) (born 1996), English rugby union player * John Hawkins (Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge), Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1728–1733 * TSS Sir John Hawkins (1929), passenger tender vessel

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