John IV

John IV may refer to:

  • Patriarch John IV of Constantinople, Patriarch from 582 to his death in 595
  • Pope John IV, Pope from 640 to his death in 642
  • John IV, Bishop of Naples (died 835)
  • John IV of Naples, Duke from 997 to after 1002
  • John IV of Gaeta (died 1012)
  • John IV Laskaris (1250–c. 1305), Emperor of Nicaea from 1259 to 1261
  • John IV, Duke of Brittany (1295–1345)
  • John IV, Duke of Brabant (1403–1427)
  • John IV, Duke of Mecklenburg (1370–1422)
  • John IV of Trebizond (c. 1403–1459)
  • John IV, Duke of Bavaria (1437–1463)
  • Ivan IV of Russia (Ivan the Terrible, 1530–1584)
  • John IV of Portugal (1603–1656), known as John II, Duke of Braganza, before 1640
  • John IV of Ethiopia (c. 1831–1889)

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    We like the idea of childhood but are not always crazy about the kids we know. We like it, that is, when we are imagining our own childhoods. So part of our apparent appreciation of youth is simply envy.
    —C. John Sommerville (20th century)