If you mean John Paul Jones, he was a Scotsman who became the Father of the US Navy.
John Paul II was preceded by Pope John Paul I who was preceded by Pope Paul XI.
It was John Paul, then he added Jones when he was older.
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Pope John Paul I took the names of his two predecessors - John XXIII and Paul VI. John Paul II took the name of his predecessor - John Paul I.
There have been only two popes named John Paul, John Paul I, and John Paul II, there has never been a John Paul 13th.
Pope John Paul I was Italian but Pope John Paul II was Polish.
John Paul Docherty's birth name is John Paul Docherty.
Paul John has written: 'Christianity'
There were 2 Pope John Pauls. The last Pope was Pope John Paul II.
Pope John Paul I replaced Pope Paul VI.
There have been two popes who took the name "John Paul".Alibino Luciani took the name John Paul when he was elected in August 1978. He died after only 33 days in office. He is now known as John Paul I.Karol Wojtyla took the name John Paul II out of respect to the short lived pope, when he was elected in October 1978.
before john paul the second was john paul 1 (albino luciani)