| TAVERNER | John ?, English organist; composer of mass Gloria Tibi Trinitas |
| JOHNTAVERNER | English organist, composer of mass Gloria tibi Trinitas, who died in 1545 (4,8) |
| STANLEY | John ___, 18th-century organist; composer of the oratorio Jephthah (7) |
| EAST | Michael, English organist and composer of the five-part madrigal Hence Stars (4) |
| ACTON | John ?, English naval officer and prime minister of Naples who died in 1811 (5) |
| LAPWOOD | English organist friend upset, going to forest (7) |
| RUSKIN | John ?, English art critic whose works include three-volume book The Stones of Venice (6) |
| OLDCASTLE | John ?, English Lollard leader, a friend of Henry V, who is reputedly the basis for William Shakespeare's character Falstaff (9) |
| PYM | John ?, English statesman and opponent of Charles I who helped draft and first proposed the Grand Remonstrance |
| BYNG | John ?, English admiral executed in 1757 after failing to relieve Minorca (4) |
| DONNE | John ?, English poet whose works include The Storm and The Calm (5) |
| CLARE | John ?, English poet whose volumes include The Rural Muse and The Village Minstrel (5) |
| LIGHT | John ?, English actor married to Neve Campbell until 2011 (5) |
| DALTON | John ?, English scientist born in 1766 noted for his research into colour blindness |
| LOCKE | John ?, English liberal philosopher whose works include 1693's Some Thoughts Concerning Education |
| BRATBY | John ?, English artist whose works include 1954 oil Still Life With Chip Frier |
| WIDOR | French organist-composer |
| TENNIEL | John ?, English caricaturist noted for his political cartoons in Punch who died in 1914 (7) |
| PECUNIAE | Paulum tibi accessit ____: a little bit of dosh came your way |
| PERANNUM | Each year: natalis tibi semel ____ evenit |
