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Johnny Weir
Johnny Weir, also known as John Garvin Weir, is an American retired figure skater who won three U.S. titles, the 2008 World bronze medal, and competed at two Olympics.
Johnny Weissmuller
Johnny Weissmuller (Peter Johann Weissmüller, 1904–1984), Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor; five Olympic swimming golds, first under 1 minute for 100 m freestyle, played Tarzan in 12 films 1932–1948.
Johnny Whitaker
Johnny Whitaker (John Orson Whitaker Jr., born 1959), American child actor who played Jody on CBS's Family Affair (1966-1971), starred in Tom Sawyer (1973) and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters; later a drug counselor and founder of Paso Por Paso.
Johnny White
Johnny White (John Galbraith White, 1916-1997), American rower and University of Washington metallurgical engineering graduate; won gold in the men's eights at the 1936 Berlin Olympics with the 'Boys in the Boat' crew, later Bethlehem Steel sales general manager.
Johnny Whitworth
Johnny Whitworth (Jonathan Lance Whitworth), American actor born 1975 in Charleston, South Carolina; known for Empire Records, The Rainmaker, Limitless, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, and Cage Wallace on The 100; lifetime Actors Studio member.
Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter (John Dawson Winter III, 1944–2014), Texas blues-rock guitarist and producer, Muddy Waters' Grammy-winning producer, Columbia and Alligator recording artist, Blues Hall of Fame 1988.
Johnny Yong Bosch
Johnny Yong Bosch (born 1976), also credited as Johnny Young Bosch, is an American actor: Adam Park, the second Black Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and English voice of Vash, Ichigo Kurosaki, Lelouch, Nero, and Dante.
Johnnycake
Johnnycake (journey cake, hoecake) is a cornmeal flatbread of Indigenous North American origin, griddle-fried from cornmeal, water or milk, and salt; Rhode Island's white flint corn version and Caribbean wheat-flour johnny cakes are distinct traditions under one disputed name.
Johnnyswim
Johnnyswim (JOHNNYSWIM), American folk-soul-pop husband-and-wife duo of Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano (Donna Summer's daughter), formed Nashville 2005; known for Diamonds (2014), 'Home' as Fixer Upper theme, and When the War Is Over (2025).
Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins (1795–1873) was an American Quaker merchant and banker of Baltimore whose $7 million bequest, the largest in US history at the time, founded Johns Hopkins University and Hospital.
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is a Navy-sponsored research center in Laurel, Maryland, known for the New Horizons Pluto mission and the Parker Solar Probe.
Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, opened May 7, 1889 in Baltimore from Johns Hopkins's $7 million bequest, is the teaching hospital of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1893) and a top-20 U.S. News Honor Roll hospital.
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University, founded 1876 in Baltimore, is America's first research university, endowed by a $7 million bequest from merchant Johns Hopkins. Ten divisions, top federal research funding since 1979, No. 1 biomedical engineering.
Johns Manville
Johns Manville, historically Johns-Manville Corporation, is an American manufacturer of insulation, roofing, and glass fiber materials, owned by Berkshire Hathaway since 2001 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
Johnson
Johnson, known as Johnson Master (ജോൺസൺ), was an Indian composer of Malayalam film music who scored over a thousand songs and won two National Film Awards.
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson, founded 1886 in New Brunswick, New Jersey by Robert Wood Johnson and brothers, is a healthcare company making pharmaceuticals (Innovative Medicine) and medical devices (MedTech); consumer brands spun off as Kenvue, orthopedics separating as DePuy Synthes.
Johnson & Wales University
Johnson & Wales University (JWU), private nonprofit university founded 1914 in Providence, Rhode Island, by Gertrude I. Johnson and Mary T. Wales; NECHE-accredited campuses in Providence and Charlotte plus JWU Online; known for culinary, hospitality, business, and health programs.
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi (1924–1966), Nigerian Igbo general, first military head of state, UN Congo commander, GOC 1965, ruled January–July 1966, killed in July countercoup, succeeded by Gowon.
Johnson Amendment
The Johnson Amendment, introduced by Senator Lyndon Johnson in 1954, is a US tax law provision barring 501(c)(3) nonprofits from political campaign activity, on pain of losing tax exemption.
Johnson Beharry
Johnson Gideon Beharry (born 1979, Grenada) is a British Army soldier of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment and the only Victoria Cross recipient of the Iraq War, honoured in 2005 for two 2004 ambush actions at Al Amarah.
Johnson City, Tennessee
Johnson City, Tennessee: a Tri-Cities city in Washington County, home of East Tennessee State University; 71,046 residents (2020), railroad heritage, Tweetsie Trail, and ETSU.
Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls is an Irish-domiciled industrial company, founded in Wisconsin in 1885 to make automatic temperature regulators, now focused on commercial HVAC, building controls, security, and fire systems.
Johnson County War
The Johnson County War, also called the War on Powder River or Wyoming Range War, was an 1892 Wyoming range war: cattlemen and hired guns invaded Johnson County to kill small ranchers, besieged at the TA Ranch, and were never convicted.
Johnson County, Indiana, United States
Johnson County, Indiana, a central Indiana county south of Indianapolis in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area; seat Franklin, named for Judge John Johnson; 174,262 residents in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, land area 320.42 square miles.
Johnson County, Iowa, United States
Johnson County, Iowa: eastern Iowa county, seat Iowa City, established 1837, renamed 2021 for Dr. Lulu Merle Johnson; population 160,044 (2025), home of the University of Iowa, five-member Board of Supervisors.
Johnson County, Kansas, United States
Johnson County, Kansas: most populous Kansas county (636,906 est. 2025) in the Kansas City metro; county seat Olathe; established 1855, named for Rev. Thomas Johnson; Home Rule Charter government since 2000.
Johnson County, Texas, United States
Johnson County, Texas, a county south of Fort Worth created in 1854 and named for Middleton T. Johnson, seat Cleburne; 179,927 people in 2020, 218,048 estimated 2025, 724.78 square miles, FIPS 48251.
Johnson Family Vacation
Johnson Family Vacation is a 2004 American road comedy directed by Christopher Erskin, in which Cedric the Entertainer takes his family to a reunion in Missouri.
Johnson graph
The Johnson graph J(n, k) is a graph whose vertices are the k-element subsets of an n-element set, with edges joining subsets that differ by exchanging one element.
Johnson L. Thistle
Johnson L. Thistle, also published as J. L. Thistle, is a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist who pioneered dissolving cholesterol gallstones without surgery, first with chenodeoxycholic acid in 1972 and later with methyl tert-butyl ether.