John Penn

John Penn may refer to:

  • John Penn ("the American") (1700–1746), Pennsylvania proprietor, only son of William Penn born in America
  • John Penn (governor) (1729–1795), colonial governor of Pennsylvania, grandson of William Penn, son of Richard Penn, Sr
  • John Penn (writer) (1760–1834), another grandson of William Penn, known as "John of Stoke", son of Thomas Penn
  • John Penn (Continental Congress) (1741–1788), Continental Congressman from North Carolina, signer of the Declaration of Independence
  • John Penn (engineer) (1805–1878), British marine engine engineer
  • John Penn (MP) (1848–1903), MP for Lewisham 1891–1903
  • John Penn (architect) (1921–2007), British architect
  • Jack Penn (1909–1996), surgeon
  • John Garrett Penn (1932–2007), United States federal judge
  • John Penne, MP for Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)

Famous quotes containing the words john and/or penn:

    “Well, I know you haven’t had much experience writing and none at all in pictures. But I’ve heard about you. It all sounded like you’re just the man I wanted for a story about the Navy. I don’t want a story just about ships and planes. I want a story about the officers.... I want this story from a pen dipped in salt water not dry martinis. Do you know what I mean?”
    —Frank Fenton, William Wister Haines, co-scenarist, and John Ford. John Dodge (Ward Bond)

    “Later you hear it wander the dark house
    Like a mother who rises at night to seek a childhood picture;
    Or it goes to the backyard and stands like an old horse cold in the
    pasture.”
    —Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989)