John Banks

John Banks may refer to:

  • Sir John Banks, 1st Baronet (1627–1699), English merchant and Member of Parliament
  • John Banks (playwright) (died 1706)
  • John Banks (East India Company officer) (1811–1857)
  • John Banks (U.S. politician) (1793–1864)
  • John Banks (activist) (born 1915), English political activist and writer
  • John Banks (New Zealand politician) (born 1946)
  • John Banks (motorcyclist)
  • Johnny Banks (born 1861), an American boxer
  • John Gray Banks (1888–1961), a politician in Canada

Famous quotes containing the words john and/or banks:

    “Gracious Lord, oh bomb the Germans.
    Spare their women for Thy Sake,
    And if that is not too easy
    We will pardon Thy Mistake.
    But gracious Lord, whate’er shall be,
    Don’t let anyone bomb me.”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “I am not impressed by the Ivy League establishments. Of course they graduate the best—it’s all they’ll take, leaving to others the problem of educating the country. They will give you an education the way the banks will give you money—provided you can prove to their satisfaction that you don’t need it.”
    —Peter De Vries (b. 1910)