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    John Wilson McConnell

    John Wilson McConnell, publisher, businessman (b in Muskoka, Ont 1 July 1877; d at Montréal 6 Nov 1963). McConnell was the owner of the Montreal Star, the largest English-language newspaper in Québec, and as such was a force in the land. He went into business in Toronto as a young man.

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    John Wycliffe Lowes Forster

    John Wycliffe Lowes Forster, portrait and landscape painter, writer (b at Norval, Canada W 31 Dec 1850; d at Toronto 24 Apr 1938). In 1869 he began studying portraiture in Toronto. He travelled to England and Europe in 1875 and 1879 and studied painting in Paris.

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    John Wyre

    John (Harvey) Wyre. Percussionist, composer, teacher, b Philadelphia 17 May 1941, naturalized Canadian 1972; B MUS (ESM, Rochester) 1963. He studied percussion 1956-9 with Fred Hinger of the Philadelphia Orchestra and 1959-64 with William Street at the ESM, Rochester, NY.

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    John Young

    John Young, businessman, journalist, politician (b at Falkirk, Scot 1 Sept 1773; d at Halifax 6 Oct 1837). Young had a brilliant career at Glasgow U and wished to study medicine. His father refused further support so he began a career in business.

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    Johnny Bob Smallboy

    Johnny Bob Smallboy (also Robert), or Apitchitchiw, community leader (b on Peigan Reserve, SW of Ft Macleod, Alta 7 Nov 1898, d at Smallboy Camp near Nordegg, Alta, 8 July 1984).

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    Johnny Burke

    Johnny Burke, poet, playwright, songwriter (b at St John's 1851; d there Aug 1930). While working at a variety of jobs, Burke moonlighted as a poet, writing hundreds of broadsheet ballads about events in St John's, printing them on his own press and selling them for 2 to 5 cents a copy.

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    Johnny Burt

    Johnny (John Edward) Burt. Arranger, composer, pianist, b London 31 Mar 1914, d Toronto 21 Sep 1980. Taken to Toronto as an infant, he studied piano as a child and composition, briefly, later with John Weinzweig.

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    Johnny Cowell

    Johnny (John Marwood) Cowell. Trumpeter, composer, arranger, b Tillsonburg, near London, Ont, 11 Jan 1926. His father and three uncles were members of the Tillsonburg Town Band, with which Cowell played his first trumpet solo at six.

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    Johnny Holmes

    Johnny (John Joseph Harold) Holmes. Trumpeter, bandleader, arranger, composer, b Montreal 8 Jun 1916, d there 11 Jun 1989. He began playing cornet at 10 and studied briefly with C. Van Camp. After playing trumpet 1940-1 in a co-operative band, the Escorts, he took over its leadership 1941-50.

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    Johnny Inukpuk

    Johnny Inukpuk, sculptor (born at Inoucdjouac, Qué 1911; died there 2007). Began carving in the early 1950s after James Houston's first visit to Inoucdjouac.

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    Johnny Lombardi

    John Barba-Linardo (Johnny) Lombardi, pioneer broadcaster, impresario, musician, entrepreneur (b at Toronto 4 Dec 1915; d at Toronto 18 Mar 2002).

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    Johnny Longden

    John Eric Longden, jockey (born 14 Feb 1907 in Wakefield, England; died 14 February 2003 in Banning, California). Known as “the pumper” for his ability to ride a horse to its best possible performance, Johnny Longden enjoyed a distinguished career (1927–66) that many regard as one of the finest in Thoroughbred racing history. He retired at age 59 as the winningest jockey in the history of the sport, with 6,032 wins and a career winning percentage of 18.6. He is one of 12 jockeys to win the Triple Crown and the only person in history to both ride and train a Kentucky Derby winner. He is a member of the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame & Museum, Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame  and the US National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame.

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    Johnny Reid

    John Kirkland Reid, singer, songwriter (born 21 August 1973 in Lanark, Scotland). Scottish Canadian singer-songwriter Johnny Reid is one of Canada’s most successful country music artists. Since debuting in 1997, he has sold more than 1.5 million albums. He has won five Juno Awards — three for Country Album of the Year and two for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year — and 28 Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) Awards. He also co-owns and operates Nashville’s historic Soultrain Sound Studios. Reid received the SOCAN National Achievement Award in 2016.

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    Johnson, Audrey St Denys

    Audrey St Denys Johnson (born Wood). Music and drama critic and columnist, poet, director, born Toronto 21 Dec 1915, died Victoria 12 Aug 1993; piano teachers' LRSM 1932. Her family moved to Victoria, BC, in 1920, and there she studied piano (with Stanley Shale), singing, and violin.

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    Johnson Parsons

    Johnson Lindsay Rowlett Parsons, CMG, DSO, geologist, surveyor and military officer (born 18 January 1876 in Orangeville, ON; died 3 October 1935 in Saint John, NB). Johnson Parsons was a Canadian geologist and surveyor who joined the Canadian militia shortly after finishing his undergraduate degree. Upon the outbreak of the First World War, he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, where he worked as an intelligence officer. After the war, he returned to his engineering firm in Regina, Saskatchewan, before eventually retiring to New Brunswick. 

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