John Wheeler
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John Wheeler may refer to:
Business
John Wheeler (merchant) (died 1617), English businessman
John Neville Wheeler (1886–1973), American publishing executive and magazine editor
John Hervey Wheeler (1908–1978), African American bank president and civil rights leader
John Wheeler (ironmaster) (died 1708), from Wollaston, Stourbridge, England, partner of Wilden Ironworks
Politics
John Wheeler (Australian politician) (1853–1915), New South Wales politician
John Wheeler (British politician) (born 1940), British politician and Northern Ireland Office minister
John H. Wheeler (1806–1882), American diplomat, politician and historian
John Ozias Wheeler (1823–1899), American merchant and politician in California
John Wheeler (New York politician) (1823–1906), U.S. representative from New York
John P. Wheeler III (1944–2010), presidential aide to Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush
John Wheeler (Kansas politician) (born 1947), member of the Kansas House of Representatives
Science
J. F. G. Wheeler (John Francis George Wheeler, 1900–1979), British whale researcher, member of the Discovery Investigations
John Archibald Wheeler (1911–2008), American theoretical physicist
John Oliver Wheeler (1924–2015), Canadian geologist
J. Craig Wheeler (born 1943), American astronomer
Sports
John Wheeler (Kent cricketer), English cricketer in the 1770s
John Wheeler (cricketer, born 1844) (1844–1908), English cricketer
Johnny Wheeler (1928–2019), English footballer
Other
John Wheeler (college administrator) (1815–1881), first president of Baldwin Institute, a.k.a.
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