John Nugent

John Nugent may refer to:

  • John Nugent (journalist) (1821–1880), journalist and agent of United States President James Buchanan
  • John F. Nugent (1868–1931), United States Senator from Idaho
  • John Cullen Nugent (born 1921), Canadian sculptor
  • John Nugent Fitch (1840–1927), botanical illustrator
  • John Nugent (footballer), English-born footballer for Notts County
  • John Dillon Nugent (1869–1940), Irish nationalist politician
  • John Valentine Nugent (1796–1874), Irish-born educator, journalist and political figure in Newfoundland

Famous quotes containing the words john and/or nugent:

    Show me a man who feels bitterly toward John Brown, and let me hear what noble verse he can repeat. He’ll be as dumb as if his lips were stone.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Newspaperman: That was a magnificent work. There were these mass columns of Apaches in their war paint and feather bonnets. And here was Thursday leading his men in that heroic charge.
    Capt. York: Correct in every detail.
    Newspaperman: He’s become almost a legend already. He’s the hero of every schoolboy in America.
    —Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)