John Baker is a British author. He was born in 1942 in the city of Hull, in the North of England. To date he has published eight novels, all of them set in either Hull or York.
Dr. John Randal Baker F.R.S. (1900-1984) was a biologist, physical anthropologist, and professor at the University of Oxford (where he was the Emeritus Reader in Cytology) in the mid-twentieth century. He is best remembered for his 1974 book Race, which attempts to classify human races in the same way that animal subspecies are classified.
John Baker (died 1872) was the second Premier of South Australia, succeeding Boyle Finnis, however he only held office for 10 days from 21 August to 1 September 1857 before being succeeded in office by the third Premier of the colony, Robert Torrens.
John Baker (January 17, 1796 - March 10, 1868) is the namesake of the towns of Baker Lake (Lac Baker) and Baker Brook, New Brunswick, just west of Edmundston. He was a successful sawmill and gristmill businessman who became a well-known activist in Canada during the 19th century and was nicknamed "the Washington of the Republic of Madawaska."
John Baker is a musician who wrote the music for the Toe Jam & Earl video game series. The music in the games is funk music, similar in style to the album Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock.
Sir John Baker (1488–1558) was an English politician, and served as the first Chancellor of the Exchequer, having previously been Speaker of the English House of Commons.
John Baker (1937-1997) was a musician and composer who worked in jazz and electronic music. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Music where he studied piano and composition. In 1960 he joined the BBC as a sound mixer, before transferring, in 1963, to the BBC Radiophonic Workshop where he remained until 1974.
John Baker (born 1960 or 1961, in Kotzebue, Alaska) is self-employed American dog musher, pilot and motivational speaker of Inupiat descent who consistently places in the top 10 during the 1,000+ mi (1,600 km) Iditarod dog sled race.
Sir John (Hamilton) Baker, LLB Ph D London MA LLD Cambridge LLD honoris causa Chicago Barrister-at-Law Inner Temple and Gray’s Inn Honorary Bencher Inner Temple QC FBA FBS FRHist S, Downing Professor of the Laws of England from 1998, English legal historian.