| KEATS | John ___, English poet (5) |
| DONNE | John ___, English poet (5) |
| MILTON | John ___, English poet |
| CLARE | John _; English poet (5) |
| BETJEMAN | John _, English poet, writer and broadcaster who was poet laureate 1972-84 (8) |
| DRYDEN | John _, English poet and playwright whose plays include All For love (6) |
| LOCKE | John ___, English philosopher (5) |
| WILLS | William John ___, English explorer who died in 1861 after having crossed Australia from south to north (5) |
| ACTON | John ___, English naval officer and prime minister of Naples who died in 1811 (5) |
| SPEKE | John ___, English explorer who named Lake Victoria |
| COLET | John ___, English educator l467-l5l9 |
| GOSSE | Edmund ___, English poet who authored 1907 memoir Father and Son (5) |
| NOYES | Alfred ___, English poet whose volumes include The Loom of Years (5) |
| WYATT | Thomas ___ : English poet believed to be lover of Anne Boleyn ? (5) |
| BLAKE | William ___, English poet |
| RAINE | Craig ___, English poet whose collections include A Martian Sends a Postcard Home |
| MASEFIELD | John _, English writer; Poet Laureate (1930-67) |
| CLEESE | John _; English comic actor (6) |
| CONSTABLE | John ___, English painter (9) |
| OSBORNE | John _, English dramatist (7) |