Long John

Long john, long johns or Long John may refer to:

  • Long underwear
  • Éclair (pastry), in some parts of the US
  • Long John (doughnut), a bar-shaped doughnut
  • Long-John, A type of freight bicycle, it has a low-slung basket for carrying heavy loads. Due to its low centre of gravity it can carry 100 kg
  • The Long Johns, a series of sketches by the British satirists John Bird and John Fortune featured on the programme Bremner, Bird and Fortune
  • Long John Nebel, American radio host
  • Long John Baldry, British-born Canadian blues singer and voice actor
  • Giorgio Chinaglia, nicknamed "Long John"
  • John Lennon, who went under the stage name "Long John" in May 1960
  • Long John (whisky), a brand of Scotch whisky

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