John Hancock signed both versions of the Declaration of Independence. He signed the first one on July 4, 1776. That was the version that no other delegates signed. Then he signed the second version on or about August 22, 1776. That is the version that most, but not all, of the other delegates signed and the one everyone thinks was signed on July 4th, but was not.
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The first person to sign the declaration of Independence was John Hancock
he was the 1st to sign it. He signed the biggest
John Hancock
John Hancock was the first to sign the United States Declaration of Independence - hence sign your John Hancock. Actually, John Hancock was not the first to sign, signed his name largest. He was the President of the Continental Congress, but not the first to sign.
Its a spinoff of the phrase "Signing you John Hancock". John Hancock had the biggest signature on the American Declaration of Independence.