John Harvey

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John Harvey may refer to:

[edit] People named John Harvey

• John Harvey (actor) (1911–1982), English stage and film actor

• John R. Harvey, Playwright and Professor
• John Harvey (author) (born 1938), British author of crime fiction
• John Harvey (ironfounder), partner in Harveys of Hayle, late-18th-century ironfounders, father-in-law of Richard Trevithick

• John Harvey (motorsport), winner of the 1983 Bathurst 1000

• John Harvey (announcer), American, known as "Harvey" on several television shows
• John Harvey (Virginia), 17th-century Crown governor of Virginia
• John Harvey (NC politician), 18th-century Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives (Note: there was also a John Harvey who served in the North Carolina General Assembly of 1778, but this is not the same person)
• John Harvey (governor) (1778–1852), officer during the War of 1812 and Governor of several Canadian provinces
• John Harvey (UK politician) (1920–2008), British Conservative MP for Walthamstow East
• John Harvey (Royal Navy officer) (1740–1794), Long serving naval officer killed at the Glorious First of June.
• John Harvey (Royal Navy admiral) (1772–1837), Long serving Royal Navy officer and son of the above.
• John Harvey, founder in 1796 of John Harvey & Sons wine merchants
• John Harvey (1784–1862), founder of Harveys (brewery) in Lewes, Sussex, England
• John C. Harvey, Jr., vice admiral in the United States Navy
• John D. Harvey, writer

[edit] Ships and boats

• John Harvey (ship), a Second World War Liberty Ship
• John J. Harvey (fireboat), a historic, retired New York City fireboat

[edit] See also

• John Harvie, delegate to the Continental Congress
• Sir John Martin-Harvey, British actor
• Sir John Harvey-Jones MBE (1924-2008), British businessman, chairman of ICI, then presenter of BBC TV show Troubleshooter