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John Uzoma Ekwugha Amaechi , OBE (; born 26 November 1970) is an English former professional basketball player, a psychologist, and a consultant. He played college basketball for the Vanderbilt Commodores and Penn State Nittany Lions, and professional…
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John Allen Amos Jr. (December 27, 1939 – August 21, 2024) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as James Evans Sr.
1922–2011
John T. Banks Sr. (August 11, 1922 – December 6, 2011) was an American professional baseball player who pitched and played first base in the Negro leagues in the 1940s and 1950s. Banks began playing semi-professional baseball while still attending Camden…
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John Charles Bryan Barnes (born 7 November 1963) is a former professional football player and manager. Often considered one of the greatest England players of all time and one of Liverpool's greatest ever players, Barnes works as an author, as well as a…
1938–2015
John H. Bates (December 13, 1938 – December 16, 2015) was an American college basketball coach, known for his time at Coppin State University, where he coached the team to a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) championship and led the…
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John Christopher Beckwith (January 10, 1900 – January 4, 1956), nicknamed "the Black Bomber", was an American infielder, catcher and manager in baseball's Negro leagues.
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John Joseph Bostock (born 15 January 1992) is an English professional footballer who most recently played as a midfielder for National League club Solihull Moors. Bostock made his professional debut for Crystal Palace at the age of 15. In 2008, he signed…
1910–1990
John William Brooks (July 31, 1910 – October 9, 1990) was an American long jumper. He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, placing seventh in the long jump.
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John Anthony Brooks Jr. (born January 28, 1993) is a professional soccer player who plays as a center-back for Regionalliga Nordost club VSG Altglienicke. Born in Germany, he represented the United States national team. He began his career at hometown club…
August 18, 2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe oral history consists of nine digital files: 2011.174.103.1a, 2011.174.103.1b, 2011.174.103.1c, 2011.174.103.1d, 2011.174.103.1e, 2011.174.103.1f, 2011.174.103.1g, 2011.174.103.1h, 2011.174.103.1i. John Carlos, Ph. D. discusses his childhood in Harlem,…
1932–2021
John Chaney (January 21, 1932 – January 29, 2021) was an American college basketball coach, best known for his success at Temple University from 1982 through 2006. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001 and the National…
1944–2002
John William Charles (9 September 1944 – 17 August 2002) was an English footballer who played for West Ham United as a defender. Nicknamed ″Charlo″, Charles was the first black player to represent England at Under-18 and any level within the National team.…
1960–
John Okechukwu Chiedozie (born 18 April 1960) is a former professional football player who played for Orient, Notts County, Tottenham Hotspur, Derby County and Chesterfield and represented Nigeria at international level on nine occasions.
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John Anthony Conteh, (born 27 May 1951) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1971 to 1980. He held the WBC light-heavyweight title from 1974 to 1977, and regionally the European, British and Commonwealth titles between 1973 and 1974. As…
1971–
John Craighead (born November 23, 1971) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger and enforcer. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs during 1996–97 season, and for various minor league teams in North America and Europe from 1997 to 2005.…
1930–2008
John D. Marshall Jr. (April 26, 1930 – April 29, 2008) was an American football and tennis coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina from 1965 to 1972 and at Virginia State…
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John David Washington (born July 28, 1984) is an American actor and former professional football player. A son of actor Denzel Washington, he started his career in college football at Morehouse College and signed with the St. Louis Rams as an undrafted…
1984–
John Dodson (born September 26, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist and bare-knuckle boxer who competes in the flyweight divisions of Rizin Fighting Federation and Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, where in the latter promotion, he was inaugural…
1941–
John Edgar Wideman (born June 14, 1941) is an American novelist, short story writer, memoirist, and essayist. He was the first person to win the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction twice. His writing is known for experimental techniques and a focus on the…
1886–1968
John F. Emory (January 27, 1886 – December, 1968) was an American Negro league and Cuban League pitcher. A native of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Emory pitched for the Brooklyn Royal Giants in 1906, and for the Philadelphia Giants in 1909. In 1910, he…
1926–1983
John Frank "Junior" Fallings (November 3, 1926 – September 22, 1983) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played for the New York Black Yankees of the Negro National League in 1947 and 1948.
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John Winton Fashanu (born 18 September 1962) is an English television presenter and former professional footballer. As a footballer he was a centre-forward from 1978 until 1995, most notably in an eight-year spell at Wimbledon in which he won the FA Cup in…
1934–2017
John "Johnny" Freeman (17 April 1934 – 22 June 2017) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Cardiff International Athletic Club, as a centre, and…
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John Glenn (July 10, 1929 – June 4, 2023) was an American professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder.
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