John Bell may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* John Zephaniah Bell (1794–1883), Scottish artist *

John Bell (sculptor) John Bell (1812–1895) was a British sculptor, born in Bell's Row, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. His family home was Hopton Hall, Suffolk. His works were shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851, and he was responsible for the marble group repres ...

(1812–1895), British sculptor *

John Hyslop Bell John Hyslop Bell (c. 1833-1920) was a Scottish journalist, newspaper owner and editor. Life Born in Scotland, he made his name as proprietor and editor of the ''South Durham Mercury'' in Hartlepool, which was at the time, County Durham's only ...

(1833–1920), Scottish journalist, newspaper owner and editor *

J. Bowyer Bell J. Bowyer Bell (November 15, 1931 – August 23, 2003) was an American historian, artist and art critic. He was best known as a terrorism expert. Background and early life Bell was born into an Episcopal Church in the United States of Americ ...

(1931–2003), American historian, artist and art critic *

John Bell (radio personality) John Bell is a radio personality from Jersey City, New Jersey. He is widely known for his contributions as one of the original staff members on WHTZ and ''Elvis Duran and the Morning Show'' (formerly known as ''The Z Morning Zoo''). John actually ...

(born 1934), American disc jockey *

John Bell Jr. (artist) John Bell Jr. (October 4, 1937 – November 8, 2013) was an American painter and sculptor whose career spanned nearly fifty years. Bell was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas on October 4, 1937, the son of Oklahoma-born parents John Sr. and Lillian L. ...

(1937–2013), American painter and sculptor *

John Bell (Australian actor) John Anthony Bell AO OBE FRSN (born 1 November 1940) is an Australian actor, theatre director and theatre manager. He has been a major influence on the development of Australian theatre in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Early lif ...

(born 1940), Australian actor and director *

John Kim Bell John Kim Bell (born October 8, 1952) is Canada’s first Indigenous symphony-orchestra conductor, the founder of the country’s precedent-setting National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (today known as Indspire) and the National Aboriginal Achi ...

(born 1952), Canadian conductor *

John Bell (special effects artist) John Bell is a special effects artist who was nominated at the 62nd Academy Awards in the category of Best Visual effects for his work on the film ''Back to the Future Part II''. His nomination was shared with Steve Gawley, Michael Lantieri and K ...

, Academy Award nominated special effects artist *

John Bell (rock musician) John Farmer Bell (born April 14, 1962) is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and occasional mandolin player for the American rock band Widespread Panic, where he is known for his raspy southern drawl that hits a variety of octaves. He is frequent ...

(born 1962), American guitarist and lead singer for Widespread Panic *

John P. Bell John P. Bell is a digital artist, educator, and software developer at Dartmouth College and the University of Maine whose work centers on creative collaboration and digital culture. History Bell began developing software to support digital human ...

(born 1979), American digital artist, educator and software developer *

John Bell (Scottish actor) John Hunter Bell (born 20 October 1997) is a Scottish actor. He has played Bain in two instalments of '' The Hobbit'' film series, "Young Ian" Murray in the Starz television series '' Outlander'', Angus in '' Battleship'', Helius in ''Wrath o ...

(born 1997), Scottish actor

Law and politics

John Bell (Leominster MP) John Bell (by 1508 – 1533/44), of Leominster, Herefordshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Leominster Leominster ( ) is a market town in Herefordshire, England, at the confluence of the Ri ...

(fl. 1508–1533/44), English MP for Leominster *

John Bell (Winchelsea MP) John Bell II (by 1514 – 1543 or later), of Winchelsea, Sussex, was an English politician. A wood exporter and privateer, he was made Mayor of Winchelsea for 1535–36 and 1541–42. He was then elected a Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchelse ...

(fl. 1514–1543), English MP for Winchelsea *

John Bell (barrister) John Bell, KC, FRS (23 October 1764 – 6 February 1836) was an English barrister and equity lawyer. Born in Kendal, Westmoreland, Bell was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating senior wrangler in 1786 and becoming a fellow. He en ...

(1764–1836), English barrister *

John Bell (New Hampshire politician) John Bell (July 20, 1765March 22, 1836) was the 12th governor of New Hampshire from 1828 to 1829. Samuel Bell, a brother, was the eighth governor of New Hampshire from 1819 to 1823. John Bell was born on July 20, 1765, in Londonderry in the ...

(1765–1836), American politician, governor of New Hampshire *

John Bell (Ohio politician) John Bell (June 19, 1796 – May 4, 1869) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two months in 1851, filling a vacancy created by his predecessor’s death. Life and career Born in Pennsboro, Pennsylvania, Bell received a limited education. He ...

(1796–1869), U.S. Representative, mayor of two cities in Ohio, and probate judge * John Bell (Tennessee politician) (1796–1869), U.S. House Speaker, Secretary of War, Senator, and presidential candidate * John Montgomerie Bell (1804–1862), advocate of the Scottish bar, and sheriff of Kincardine * John Bell (Liberal politician) (1809–1851), British politician, MP for Thirsk *

John Bell (Wisconsin politician) John Bell was an American politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1853. His former home in Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, now known as the John and Margaret Bell House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...

, Wisconsin state assemblyman in 1853 *

John Alexander Bell John Alexander Bell (1829 – 30 August 1901) was a pastoralist and Member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Early life Bell was born in County Kildare, Ireland in 1829 to Thomas Bell and his wife Sarah (née Alexander). He arrived in ...

(1829–1901), member of the Queensland Legislative Council * John Hedley Bell (1840–1897), politician in Manitoba, Canada *Sir John Charles Bell (1843–1924), British businessman and Lord Mayor of London * John Calhoun Bell (1851–1933), U.S. Representative from Colorado *

John C. Bell (lawyer) John Cromwell Bell (October 3, 1861 – December 29, 1935) was a distinguished Pennsylvania lawyer, serving as a District Attorney for Philadelphia and state Attorney General. He was closely involved with football and his alma mater, the U ...

(1861–1935), Pennsylvania lawyer *

John R. Bell (trade unionist) John Robert Bell (1862 – 25 August 1924) was a British trade unionist and political activist. Born in County Durham, Bell grew up in South Shields. He became a sailor at an early age, and travelled widely. He lived in the United States fo ...

(1862–1924), British trade union leader and political activist *

John C. Bell Jr. John Cromwell Bell Jr. (October 25, 1892 – March 18, 1974) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. He was the 18th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania (1943–1947) before becoming the 33rd and shortest-serving governor of Pennsylvani ...

(1892–1974), American judge and governor of Pennsylvania * John J. Bell (1910–1963), U.S. Representative from Texas * John William Bell (1838–1901), Canadian politician * John Howatt Bell (1846–1929), Canadian politician *

John R. Bell (military officer) John R. Bell (ca. 1785–April 11, 1825) was an American military officer who served during the War of 1812. He taught and was a commandant of cadets at West Point in 1819. In 1820, he was the journalist and a leader for the Long's Expedition of 182 ...

, governor of East Florida, 1821 * John Bell (Florida politician) (1916–1982), American politician, Florida State Representative and State Senator *

John Bell (legal scholar) John Bell is Emeritus Professor of Law (1973) at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. He served as General Editor of the Cambridge Law Journal from 2010 to 2019. Prior to appointment to the Cambridge C ...

, British professor of law and fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge *

John Peter Bell John Peter Bell is a former Canadian diplomat. He was concurrently appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Mali and Niger then to Republic of Upper Volta, Upper Volta and to the Ivory Coast. He later became Ambassador Extraor ...

, Canadian diplomat *

John Bell (Virginia politician) John Joseph Bell (born January 29, 1963) is an American politician and a retired United States Air Force officer. A Democrat, he currently serves in the Virginia Senate by representing the 13th district. From 2016 to 2020 he served as a member ...

(born 1963), member of the Virginia State Senate *

John R. Bell IV John Richard Bell IV (born May 18, 1979) is an American politician and Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He has represented the 10th district (including constituents in Wayne, Greene, and Johnston counties) since ...

(born 1979), American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly

Literature

John Bell (traveller) John Bell (1691–1780) was a Scottish doctor and traveller. Life Bell was born at Antermony, near Milton of Campsie, Stirlingshire, in Scotland. He studied medicine in Glasgow, and in 1714, set out for Saint Petersburg, where, through the int ...

(1691–1780), Scottish traveller and author * John Bell (publisher) (1745–1831), English publisher *

John Bell (folk music) John Bell (1783–1864) was a printer and avid collector of ballads who played a major part in the recording of the lyrics of popular songs in the north east of England. Life and death Bell was born in 1783, it is thought in Newcastle, and was a ...

(1783–1864), English folk song collector *

John Gray Bell John Gray Bell (21 September 1823 – 21 February 1866) was an English bookseller. He was the son of Thomas Bell (antiquarian), Thomas Bell (1785–1860), a house agent and surveyor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was born at Newcastle, and married, ...

(1823–1866), English bookseller *

John Joy Bell John Joy Bell (7 June 1871 – 14 November 1934), known professionally as J.J. Bell, was a Scottish journalist and author. Life Born at 4 Bothwell Terrace in Hillhead, Glasgow he was the eldest son of James Taylor Bell, a tobacco manufactur ...

(1871–1934), Scottish author * John Bell (historian) (born 1952), Canadian archivist and comic book historian

Religion

John Bell (bishop of Mayo) John Bell, O.S.A. ( d1541) was a bishop in the late fifteenth and the first decades of the sixteenth century. He was appointed Bishop of Mayo in 1493, but also worked as a suffragan bishop for the Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop ...

(died 1541), clergyman in Ireland *

John Bell (bishop of Worcester) John Bell (died 11 August 1556) was a Bishop of Worcester (1539–1543), who served during the reign of Henry VIII of England. Education Bell attending Balliol College, Oxford, and later at Cambridge where he took the degree of LL.B in 1504. C ...

(died 1556), English clergyman *

John Bell (dean of Ely) John Bell was a 16th-century English priest and academic. Bell graduated B.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A. and B.D. from Peterhouse, Cambridge and became a Fellow there in 1554. He was Master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1579 to 158 ...

(died 1591), English priest and academic *

John Bell (Wesleyan minister) John Bell (1788–1855) (19 October 1788 – 26 October 1855) was an English Wesleyan minister who came to Newfoundland as the senior man in a team of missionaries sent out by the British Wesleyan Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesley ...

(1788–1855), Wesleyan minister from England who came to Newfoundland *

John Bell (Australian priest) John Bell (12 November 1898 – 31 August 1983) was an Australian Anglican priest who was Dean of two cathedrals: St Peter's Cathedral, Armidale, and St George's Cathedral, Perth. He was also a noted radio broadcaster, known as the "Radio Pa ...

(1898–1983), Australian Anglican priest *

John L. Bell John Lamberton Bell (born 1949) is a Scottish hymn-writer and Church of Scotland minister. He is a member of the Iona Community, a broadcaster, and former student activist. He works throughout the world, lecturing in theological colleges in the ...

(born 1949), Scottish religious leader, musician, and composer

Science

John Bell (surgeon) John Bell (12 May 176315 April 1820) was a Scottish anatomist and surgeon. Life Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland; an elder brother of Sir Charles Bell. After completing his professional education at Edinburgh, he carried on from 1790 in S ...

(1763–1820), Scottish anatomist and surgeon *

John Graham Bell John Graham Bell (July 12, 1812 – October 22, 1889) was an American taxidermist and collector. He traveled with John James AudubonJohn Stewart Bell (1928–1990), physicist from Northern Ireland * John Lane Bell (born 1945), mathematician and philosopher *Sir John Bell (physician) (born 1952), British–Canadian biologist *

John Cameron Bell John Cameron Bell (born July 10, 1953 in Ancaster, Ontario) is a senior cancer researcher at the OHRI. He currently resides in Ottawa, Ontario with his wife Sheila. Education John received his Bachelor's degree and Ph.D. from McMaster University ...

(born 1953), Canadian cancer researcher *

John B. Bell John B. Bell is an American mathematician and the Chief Scientist of the Computational Research Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He has made contributions in the areas of finite difference methods, numerical methods for low ...

(born 1954), American mathematician

Sport

John Bell (footballer, born 1886) John Bell (7 October 1886 – 27 December 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of John Bell (1855-1906), and Annie Carstairs Bell (1854-1935), né ...

(1886–1917), Australian rules footballer killed during World War I *

John Bell (footballer, born 1901) John Barr Bell (5 April 1901 – 31 May 1973) was an English footballer who played as a winger. Club career A doctor by trade, Bell played football professionally with Chelsea in the early 1920s, between spells in Scotland with Queen's P ...

(1901–1973), English association football winger *

John Bell (English cricketer) John Thomson Bell (16 June 1895 – 8 August 1974) was an English cricketer. Bell was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Batley, Yorkshire. Between 1921, and 1940, John played for Yorkshire and the Glamorgan county cricket club Glamor ...

(1895–1974), English cricketer *

John Bell (1920s Scottish footballer) John James Bell (born 1891; date of death unknown) is a Scottish former professional association footballer, who played as a forward (association football), forward. Born in Dundee, the start of his playing career coincided with the First World W ...

, Scottish football striker *

John Bell (1930s Scottish footballer) John Bell was a Scottish professional association footballer who played as a forward. Bell played in the Scottish Leagues for Beith and Queen of the South before joining Preston North End. Bell was signed to Beith before leaving at the start of ...

, Scottish football forward *

John Bell (footballer, born 1919) John Henry Bell (29 August 1919 – 1994) was an English footballer who played as a full-back. Bell played league football for Gateshead between 1946 and 1950, playing a total of 57 league games in the Football League Third Division North & FA ...

(1919–1994), English football full back *

Johnny Bell (Canadian football) John Neil Bell (October 4, 1921 – August 17, 1998) was a Canadian football Canadian football () is a team sport, sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide ...

(1921–1998), Canadian football player *

John A. Bell John Anthony Bell (born 1929) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator, and later a civil rights officer in the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, with broad authority over several states. Early ...

, American football coach *

John Robert Bell John Robert Bell (June 12, 1922 – December 25, 2008) was an American college football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning—now known as ...

(1922–2008), American college football coach and athletics administrator *

John Bell (field hockey) John Bell (born 26 February 1933) is a British field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Ol ...

(born 1933), British Olympic hockey player *

John Bell (bowls) John Nicholson Bell (born 14 January 1947) is a former English lawn and indoor bowler, commentator and World Bowls President. Bowls career World Championships Bell won his first gold medal as part of the England team that won the team event (Le ...

(born 1947), British bowler *

John Bell (footballer, born 1949) John Bell (born 30 August 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood Football Club, Collingwood in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Notes External links

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, Australian rules footballer *

John Bell (Australian cricketer) John Clifford Bell (born 18 January 1949 in Ipswich, Queensland) is a former Australian first-class cricketer and Sheffield Shield coach who played two matches for Queensland Bulls in 1978/79 as well as a match for Tasmania Tigers The Tas ...

(born 1949), Australian cricketer

Others

* John Bell (artillerist) (1747–1798), English artillerist *

John Bell (farmer) John William Bell Sr (1750 – December 20, 1820) was an American farmer whose death was attributed to supernatural causes. He is a central figure in the Bell Witch ghost story of southern American folklore. In 1817, Bell contracted a mysterious ...

(1750–1820), central figure in the Bell Witch ghost story of southern American folklore *Sir John Bell (British Army officer) (1782–1876), British general and Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey * John Bell (explorer) (c. 1799–1868), Canadian explorer and Hudson's Bay Company governor *

John Thomas Bell John Thomas Bell (1878–1965) was, together with his two sons, the founder of Bellway, one of the United Kingdom's largest housebuilding businesses. Career The son of William Bell and Mary Jane Craig, "J.T" was brought up in North Seaton N ...

(1878–1965), British businessman, founder of Bellway