john chapmans, also known as ''johnny appleseed'' parents were Nathaniel dabney Chapman and elizibeth symond Chapman.
Probably John Chapman, though he didn't actually plant the trees; he sold the saplings for other people to plant. He got the nickname "Appleseed" because he started his business with seeds he collected from apple mash. In his day, apples weren't so much for eating as for making cider, and from it, applejack, a liquor. Today we have varieties grown for tastiness, but in Chapman's time, most apples were too bitter to munch on. His trees, however, improved somewhat on that condition.
John Marshall - sculptor - died in 2009.
John Collier Jones died in 1838.
John Jay Knox died in 1892.
John Wilbur Chapman died in 1918.
John Gadsby Chapman died in 1889.
John Roy Chapman died in 2001.
John Chapman - priest - died in 1933.
John Grant Chapman died in 1856.
John Ratcliffe Chapman died in 1899.
John Chapman - baseball - died on 1953-11-03.
John Chapman Andrew died on 1907-12-07.
John Chapman - congressman - died on 1800-01-27.
There are controversies surrounding the date and the reason for John Chapman's (Johnny Appleseed's) death.
John Herbert Chapman died on September 28, 1979 at the age of 58.
John Chapman died November 3, 1953, in Philadelphia, PA, USA.