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John R. Rice was born in Cooke County, Texas, in 1895, the son of William H. and Sallie Elizabeth La Prade Rice, and the oldest of three brothers.Will Rice was a small businessman, a lay preacher, and a one-term state legislator "well respected in the community."
John Marsh (June 5, 1799 – September 24, 1856), later known in Spanish as Don Juan Marsh, [1] [2] was a physician, ranchero, and linguist in California when it was still part of the Republic of Mexico.
John George Trump (August 21, 1907 – February 21, 1985) was an American electrical engineer, inventor and physicist. A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1936 to 1985, he was a recipient of the National Medal of Science and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
John Olsen Lear was born on December 3, 1942, to industrialist and future Learjet founder Bill Lear and his wife Moya Marie Olsen Lear. [4] [5] He was named after his maternal grandfather, famous comedian John Olsen. [4] His second and third birthday parties were covered in the "Society" page of an Ohio paper. [6] [7]
The second John Dewey was born October 20, 1859, forty weeks after the death of his older brother. Like his older, surviving brother, Davis Rich Dewey , he attended the University of Vermont , where he was initiated into Delta Psi , and graduated Phi Beta Kappa [ 18 ] in 1879.
John B. Gorrie (October 3, 1803 – June 29, 1855) was a Nevisian-born American physician and scientist, credited as the inventor of mechanical refrigeration. [1] [2]Born on the Island of Nevis in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies to Scottish parents on October 3, 1803, he spent his childhood in South Carolina.
John Paul Stapp (July 11, 1910 – November 13, 1999) was an American career U.S. Air Force officer, flight surgeon, physician, biophysicist, and pioneer in studying the effects of acceleration forces on humans. [1] He was a colleague and contemporary of Chuck Yeager, and became known as "the fastest man on earth". [2]
John David McAfee (/ ˈ m æ k ə f iː / MAK-ə-fee; [5] [6] 18 September 1945 – 23 June 2021) was a British-American computer programmer, businessman, and two-time presidential candidate who unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party nomination for president of the United States in 2016 and in 2020.