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John Watts Young (September 24, 1930 – January 5, 2018) was an American astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. He became the 9th person to walk on the Moon as commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972.
John Young most commonly refers to: John Young (astronaut) (1930–2018), American astronaut; John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar (1807–1876), British diplomat and politician;
John Young (c. 1742 – 17 December 1835) was a British subject who became an important military advisor to Kamehameha I during the formation of the Kingdom of Hawaii.He was left behind by Simon Metcalfe, captain of the American ship Eleanora, and along with a Welshman Isaac Davis, and became a friend and advisor to Kamehameha.
John Thomas Young (February 9, 1949 – May 8, 2016) was an American professional baseball player. He also scouted and worked in the front office . Young played in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers in 1971.
John Young (June 12, 1802 – April 23, 1852) was an American politician. He served in the New York State Assembly (1832, 1845–1846), the United States House of Representatives (1836–1837, 1841–1843) and as the fifteenth Governor of New York (1847–1848).
John Young (born October 19, 1968) is an American professional auto racing driver who has competed in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. Young has also previously competed in the NASCAR Winston West Series , the NASCAR Southwest Series , the GT World Challenge America Series, the IMSA GT Championship, and the ...
John Carlton Young is a British-born Australian accountant and businessman, who established the Great Southern Group, an agribusiness managed investment scheme (MIS) group of companies. Great Southern Group was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1999, and went into administration in 2009.
John Young (1797 – 23 March 1877) was an English architect and surveyor whose career spanned the grace of the Regency period and the pragmatism of the Industrial Revolution. While based primarily in the City of London , his practice, John Young & Son, Architects, was both eclectic and wide-ranging in South East England .