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Contemporary Notables of the name Bonar (post 1700)+

  • John Bonar (1886-1963), Yugoslavia-born, American Academy Award nominated set decorator in the 1940s, best known for his work on The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
  • Haley Bonar (b. 1983), Canadian-born, American alternative country singer-songwriter
  • Reyman Edward "Bud" Bonar (1906-1970), American football player and coach
  • John Bonar the Elder (1722-1761), Scottish divine, born at Clackmannan on 4 Nov. 1722, son of John Bonar, tutor at Kennet
  • John Bonar the Younger (1747-1807), Scottish solicitor of excise, eldest son of John Bonar the Elder
  • James Bonar (1767-1821), Scottish solicitor of excise, eighth son of John Bonar, minister of Cockpen and afterwards at Perth
  • Archibald Bonar (1753-1816), Scottish divine, born at Cockpen on 23 Feb. 1753, fifth son of John Bonar, minister first at Cockpen and then at Perth
  • Thomson Bonar (d. 1814), Scottish wine-merchant who married the daughter of the engraver Andrew Bell, co-founder of the Encyclopædia Britannica; Bonar helped with the publication and held copyrights for portions of the work
  • Paul Bonar (b. 1976), Scottish former professional footballer
  • ... (Another 6 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 65)
  3. Seary E.R., Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, Montreal: McGill's-Queen's Universtity Press 1998 ISBN 0-7735-1782-0
  4. Convict Records of Australia. Retreived 23rd August 2020 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/atwick


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