John Harper

John Harper may refer to:

  • John Harper (politician) (1930–2001), American politician from Kentucky
  • John Adams Harper (1779–1816), American politician from New Hampshire
  • John L. Harper (1925–2009), British biologist
  • John Harper (pastor) (1872–1912), British Baptist pastor who died on the Titanic
  • John Russell Harper (1914–1983), Canadian art historian
  • John William Harper (1916–1944), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • John Harper (mayor), mayor of Denver, Colorado, U.S.A, 1871–1872
  • Johnny Harper, fictional character in The O.C.
  • John Ernest Harper (1874–1949), British admiral
  • John Harper (computer engineer) (born 1937), British computer engineer who led the Bombe rebuild at Bletchley Park
  • John Joseph Harper (died 1988), Canadian aboriginal leader from Wasagamack, Manitoba
  • John Harper, former director of the Royal School of Church Music

Famous quotes containing the words john and/or harper:

    “I got it: Man Without Head Kills Rich Jeweler. What an eight- column spread that’d be on the front page. Why that’s the greatest story since Lindbergh flew to Paris. Oh boy, if only it was true.”
    —P. J. Wolfson, John L. Balderston (1899–1954)

    “We feel properly embarrassed when we are caught doing something that makes us look inept, knuckleheaded, or inappropriate. Maybe the difference is this: we feel embarrassed because we look bad, and we feel shame because we think we are bad. When we are embarrassed, we feel socially foolish. When we are shamed, we feel morally unworthy.”
    —Lewis B. Smedes, U.S. psychologist, educator. Shame and Grace: Healing the Shame We Don’t Deserve, ch. 2, Harper (1993)