John Acton is the name of:
- John Acton (MP) for Droitwich (UK Parliament constituency) in 1597
- Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet (1736–1811), prime minister of Naples
- John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902), English historian
- John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 3rd Baron Acton (1907–1989), British peer
- John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 5th Baron Acton (born 1966)
- John Acton (canon lawyer) (died 1350), English canon lawyer, known for his commentary on the writer on the ecclesiastical Constitutions of two papal legates of the thirteenth century
Famous quotes containing the word john:
“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)