Person · Open Library
- Died
- 1760
- Works
- 125
Top works
- [Miscellaneous numismatic tracts]
- Mother, and other poems
- The history of steam navigation
- The god whom we ignore
- The Business Of War
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Australia
- Active from
- 1958-07-01
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,460
- Total plays
- 8,874
Tags
australian
There are, at least, two artists known as John Kennedy. 1) A musician, who was a five year old in Liverpool the day the President died. In Australia at the age of ten, he took the confirmation name of Francis to complete the famous "J.F.K." moniker. It seemed like a good idea at the time. The joke has long since worn off for him, but it still takes some explaining. A young enthusiastic journalist once described John Kennedy as a humble genius. Kennedy is neither a genius nor particularly humbl
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Kennedy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Place of death
- Lakewood
- Occupation
- coxswain
- Educated at
- University of Pennsylvania
- Participant in
- rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – men's coxed four
- Sport
- rowing
- Country for sport
- United States
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- date of birth
- 1900-05-19
- date of death
- 1971-09-01
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