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Who is the Most Famous "Johnson"?
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Who are the most famous people with the name Johnson? Can you think of any we don't have here? The name literally means "son of John." The given name John is derived from the Hebrew name Johanan, which means "Jehovah has favored"...so..."son of who Jehovah has favored"?
| | CARYN JOHNSON: real name of WHOOPI GOLDBERG actress, comedian, radio DJ, and author.
Is one of only 10 people to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award.
Is the 2nd African American female performer to win an Academy Award for acting; she has 2 Golden Globe Awards. |
| | LYNDON B. JOHNSON: 36th President of the United States (1963–1969).
Succeeded to the presidency following President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Designed the Great Society: civil rights laws, Medicare, Medicaid, aid to education, & a major "War on Poverty". |
| | LIVER-EATING JOHNSON: mountain man of the American West 1824-1900).
His Native American wife is said to have been killed by members of the Crow tribe, & Johnson set out for revenge across 20 years.
The legend says that he would cut out and eat the liver of each man killed.
Eating the liver of a victim is a symbolic way of completing a revenge slaying, so some credence might be given to this activity. |
| | MARTIN & OSA JOHNSON: American explorers, photographers, marketers, naturalists and authors.
Created films & books of adventure in exotic, far-away lands.
Studied the wildlife & peoples of East and Central Africa, the South Pacific Islands & British North Borneo.
Explored then unknown lands & brought back knowledge of civilizations thousands of miles away through their films, writings and lectures. |
| | PHILLIP E. JOHNSON: Intelligent Design movement founder.
Became a born-again Christian as a tenured professor.
His movement criticizes the theory of evolution & promotes intelligent design as an alternative.
Denies the predominant scientific view that HIV is the sole cause of AIDS. |
| | MAGIC JOHNSON: real name Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers. He won a championship and an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his rookie season, and won four more championships with the Lakers during the 1980s. Johnson retired abruptly in 1991 after announcing that he had HIV, but returned to play in the 1992 All-Star Game, winning the All-Star MVP Award. After protests from his fellow players, he retired again for four years, but returned in 1996 to play 32 games for the Lakers before retiring for the third and final time. |
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Don't forget Howard Johnson, of icecream and hotel fame.
Comment by: Sam I guess I should have known Whoopi wasn't her given name.
Comment by: buccicone.2 See johnlivereatingjohnston.com for the real johnson.
Comment by: dorman Michael Johnson the American Olympian?
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