John Q.Public is also a common person - male or female.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

And they disliked the way Twain used the language of a common, uneducated person to tell the story.

VOA: special.2010.03.21

"People tend to congregate and be together and the way the common cold virus is transmitted from one person to another is through handshakes,through sneezing, or coughing on one another."

VOA: special.2011.04.20

Collecting food and medical supplies is a common tool for many Cuban-Americans to offer person-to-person assistance to people on the island.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23