John Palmer

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John Palmer is the name of several notable individuals, including:

• John Palmer (Bath architect) (1738-1817), British architect who worked mainly in Bath
• John Palmer (postal innovator) (1742-1818), inventor of the lightweight mail coach
• John Palmer (New York Congressman) (1785-1840), U.S. Congressman from New York
• John Palmer (architect) (1785-1846), British architect of several notable buildings, including Blackburn Cathedral
• John Palmer (Grand Army of the Republic), 19th century secretary of state of New York and commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic
• John Palmer (journalist), British socialist commentator
• John Palmer (TV journalist), former NBC News correspondent
• John Palmer (director) (born 1943), Canadian film and theatre director
• John Palmer (composer) (born 1959), composer of instrumental and electronic music.
• John Palmer (Rockaway, Queens landowner), first Englishman to purchase land in the Rockaway Peninsula.
• John Palmer (businessman), current chairman of Air New Zealand Ltd.
• John Palmer (rugby player) (born 1958), played rugby union for Bath Rugby and the England national rugby union team
• John Palmer (author)), British author
• John Palmer (explorer) nineteenth century Pacific whaler, and discoverer of Rawaki Island.
• John Palmer (Commissary of New South Wales)
• John F. Palmer, 19th century composer, noted for co-writing "The Band Played On"
• John J. Palmer, metallurgist and author of How to Brew
• John M. Palmer (politician) (1817-1900), U.S. Civil War general and governor of Illinois
• John McAuley Palmer (1870-1955) (1870-1955), American First World War general and military theorist, the grandson of the first John McCauley Palmer
• John N. Palmer, incumbent ambassador from the United States to Portugal
• John S. Palmer (b. 1921), former New York Knicks player
• John L. Palmer (b. 1943), former Dean of the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and a public trustee for the OASDI Trust Fund
• John P. Palmer (b. 1962), Chairperson of the Board of the Top Level Domain Association and President of American Webmasters Inc, owner of the .USA, .EARTH, .Z, .AMERICA and .LION Internet Top-Level Domains.