Johnson: Meaning and Definition of

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1. 1808–75, seventeenth president of the U.S. 1865–69.
2. 1893–1956, U.S. educator and sociologist.
3. 1900–76, Swedish writer: Nobel prize 1974.
4. 1890–1980, U.S. writer.
5. 1896?–1972, U.S. businessman: founder of restaurant and motel chain.
6. (John Arthur), 1878–1946, U.S. heavyweight prizefighter: world champion 1908–15.
7. 1891–1955, U.S. pianist and jazz composer.
8. 1871–1938, U.S. poet and essayist.
9. 1908–73, thirty-sixth president of the U.S. 1963–69.
10. born 1906, U.S. architect and author.
11. 1796–1876, U.S. lawyer and politician: senator 1845–49, 1863–68.
12. 1780–1850, vice president of the U.S. 1837–41.
13. (“Dr. Johnson”), 1709–84, English lexicographer, critic, poet, and conversationalist.
14. born 1925, U.S. psychologist: researcher on human sexual behavior (wife of William H. Masters).
15. (“Big Train”), 1887–1946, U.S. baseball player.
16. 1715–74, British colonial administrator in America, born in Ireland.