John Wren

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(3 April 1871 – 26 October 1953) was an Australian businessman and underworld figure.

He has become a legendary figure thanks mainly to a fictionalised account of his life in Frank Hardy's novel Power Without Glory, which was also made into a television series.

Wren exercised some influence in Victorian politics and business, but he was not as powerful as subsequent legend has suggested.