John Carroll may refer to:

People

Academia and science

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John Carroll (astronomer) Sir John Anthony Carroll (8 January 1899 – 2 May 1974) was a British astronomer and physicist. In the 1920s he worked at the Solar Physics Observatory, Cambridge, UK with F.J.M. Stratton and Richard van der Riet Woolley. He made major technolo ...

(1899–1974), British astronomer *

John Alexander Carroll John Alexander Carroll (died 17 December 2000) was an American history professor who primarily taught at the University of Arizona from 1958 to 1967, and Troy University from 1974 to 1989. While at Arizona, Carroll founded ''Arizona and the West'' i ...

(died 2000), American history professor *

John Bissell Carroll John Bissell Carroll (June 5, 1916 – July 1, 2003) was an American psychologist known for his contributions to psychology, linguistics and psychometrics.Stansfield, Charles W. “Carroll, John Bissell.” ''Concise Encyclopedia of Educatio ...

(1916–2003), American cognitive scientist *

John M. Carroll (information scientist) John Millar Carroll (born 1950) is an American distinguished professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University, where he previously served as the Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology. Carroll ...

(active since born 1950), American information scientist *

John L. Carroll John L. Carroll was dean of Cumberland School of Law in Homewood, Alabama from 2001 - 2013. Prior to his appointment as dean, Carroll served for 14 years in the position of Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Alabama. Carr ...

, American legal academic

Literature

John Francis Carroll John Francis Carroll (June 15, 1858December 4, 1917) was a newspaper publisher and editor who operated the '' Evening Telegram'' in Portland, Oregon. He was best known as an early champion of both the Portland Rose Festival and what became the Car ...

(1858–1917), newspaper publisher and editor *

John Carroll (journalist) John Sawyer Carroll (January 23, 1942 – June 14, 2015) was an American journalist and newspaper editor, known for his work as the editor of the ''Lexington Herald-Leader,'' the ''Los Angeles Times'' and ''The Baltimore Sun''. Early life ...

(1942–2015), American journalist and editor *

John Carroll (author) John Carroll (born 1944) is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Work John Carroll is the author of ''Puritan, Paranoid, Remissive'', ''Guilt'', ''Ego and Soul'', ''Humanism: The Rebirth and Wreck of Wes ...

(born 1944), Australian conservative writer

Politics

John M. Carroll (politician) John Michael Carroll (April 27, 1823 – May 8, 1901) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served one term as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state), New York from 1871 to 1873. Life and care ...

(1823–1901), U.S. Representative from New York *

John Lee Carroll John Lee Carroll (September 30, 1830 – February 27, 1911), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 37th Governor of Maryland from 1876 to 1880. Early life Carroll was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Col. Charles Carr ...

(1830–1911), American politician in Maryland *

John Carroll (mayor) John Carroll (11 June 1836–10 November 1903) was Mayor of Dunedin in 1890. Biography Carroll was born in Killenaule, Tipperary County, Ireland in 1836. His father was a farmer, but Carroll trained as a stonemason. Carroll emigrated to the Vic ...

(1836–1903), mayor of Dunedin *

John E. Carroll John Edward Carroll (October 15, 1877 – February 22, 1955) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the Mayor of Seattle from January 27, 1941, to March 27, 1941, after being appointed to finish the term of Arthur B. Langlie, who res ...

(1877–1955), Mayor of Seattle *

John A. Carroll John Albert Carroll (July 30, 1901 – August 31, 1983) was an American politician who served as a United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from Colorado. He also served as a special assi ...

(1901–1983), American jurist and politician in Colorado *

John Carroll (Ohio politician) John D. "Jay" Carroll III was a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He was found dead in his home on January 11, 1985, just five days after he had taken his oath of office for his first elected position in the Ohio House of Repre ...

(died 1985), member of the Ohio House of Representatives *

John Carroll (Manitoba politician) John Benson Carroll (October 13, 1921 – September 25, 1986) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1958 to 1969, and served as a cabinet minister in the ...

(1921–1986), Canadian politician in Manitoba *

John Carroll (Hawaii politician) John Stanley Carroll (December 18, 1929 – September 19, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a state representative and state senator from Hawaii as a Republican. He was also a perennial candidate for multiple statewide of ...

(1929–2021), member of the Hawaii Senate and House of Representatives *

John Carroll (trade unionist) John F. Carroll is an Irish former trade union leader. He was vice-president of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union from 1969 to 1981, when he became the union's president until its merger in 1990 with the Federated Workers' Union of ...

(active 1969–1990), Irish trade unionist and senator

Religion

John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore) John Carroll (January 8, 1735 – December 3, 1815) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the first bishop and archbishop in the United States. He served as the ordinary of the first diocese and later Archdiocese ...

(1735–1815), prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * John Carroll (bishop of Shrewsbury) (1838–1897), Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church *

John Patrick Carroll John Patrick Carroll (February 22, 1864 – November 4, 1925) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Helena in Montana from 1904 until his death in 1925. Biography Early life Carroll was born on F ...

(1864–1925), bishop of Helena, Montana *

John Carroll (Australian bishop) John Joseph Carroll DD (23 December 1865 — 8 May 1949) was an Irish born priest who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lismore in Australia, for 39 years. Carroll was born in Bresnor, Piltown, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1865. H ...

(1865–1949), Irish-born Roman Catholic bishop of Lismore, Australia

Sports

* John Carroll (rugby union) (1934–1998), Australian rugby union player *

John Carroll (basketball) John Carroll (born November 8, 1955) is an American basketball coach, currently an assistant coach for the University of Rhode Island men's basketball team. He served as the head coach for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ...

(born 1955), American basketball coach *

John Carroll (cricketer) John Carroll (born 14 July 1972) is an English cricketer. He played thirty first-class cricket, first-class matches for Cambridge University Cricket Club between 1992 and 1995. See also * List of Cambridge University Cricket Club players Refer ...

(born 1972), English cricketer *

John Carroll (hurler) John Carroll (born 16 January 1978) is an Irish sportsman. He played hurling with his local club Roscrea and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team. He won an All-Ireland Senior hurling medal (2001) and an All-Star award (2000). He usual ...

(born 1978), Irish hurler

Other people

John Carroll (soldier) John Carroll, VC (16 August 1891 – 4 October 1971) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Early life Born in Brisbane, Queensland ...

(1891–1971), Australian Victoria Cross recipient *

John Wesley Carroll John Wesley Carroll (Wichita, Kansas 1892 - Albany, New York 1959) was an American painter known for his modernist portraits. Biography John Carroll was born in Wichita, Kansas and grew up in San Francisco, California, and was active between 192 ...

(1892–1959), American modernist painter *

John Carroll (actor) John Carroll (born Julian La Faye; July 17, 1906 – April 24, 1979) was an American actor. Career Carroll was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He performed in several small roles in films under his birth name until 1935, when he first us ...

(1906–1979), American actor * John F. Carroll (1932–1969), American patient of gigantism *

Jack the Bulldog Jack the Bulldog is the official mascot of the Georgetown University Hoyas athletic teams. The school has employed at least eight live Bulldogs as mascots, and counts seven named Jack since 1962, when the name first came into use, including three ...

, mascot of the Georgetown University Hoyas athletics teams whose incarnations are named John Carroll or similar

Other uses

* ''Bishop John Carroll'' (statue), a statue of John Carroll at Georgetown University *

John Carroll Society The John Carroll Society was founded in Washington, D.C., in 1951 as a spiritual and beneficent organization for Catholic professional laypersons in the service of the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington. The founders of the society were S ...

, an organization for Catholic laypersons *

John Carroll University John Carroll University is a private Jesuit university in University Heights, Ohio. It is primarily an undergraduate, liberal arts institution accompanied by the John M. and Mary Jo Boler College of Business. John Carroll has an enrollment of 3, ...

, a Catholic Jesuit school in Ohio *

The John Carroll School The John Carroll School Inc., established in 1964 and incorporated in 1971, is a private Catholic school for grades 9–12. It is located in Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland, United States in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. History ...

, a Catholic secondary school in Maryland