John Hall may refer to:

Academics

John Hall (NYU President) John Hall was the fifth president of New York University in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed ove ...

(fl. c. 1890), American academic *

John A. Hall John A. Hall (born 1949) is the James McGill Emeritus Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology at McGill University, Montreal. He is the author or editor of over 30 books. Education and Previous Posts Hall graduated from the Oxford Univer ...

(born 1949), sociology professor at McGill University, Montreal *

John F. Hall John Franklin Hall (born April 14, 1951) is a professor of Classics and Ancient History at Brigham Young University. He was a student of R. E. A. Palmer. Hall specializes in Rome during the reign of Augustus. He has also made contributions in the s ...

(born 1951), professor of classics at Brigham Young University *

John Lesslie Hall John Lesslie Hall (March 2, 1856 – February 23, 1928), also known as J. Lesslie Hall, was an American literary scholar and poet known for his translation of '' Beowulf''. Born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of Jacob Hall, Jr., Hall attended Ran ...

(1856–1938), American literary scholar *

John Whitney Hall John Whitney Hall (September 13, 1916 – October 21, 1997),"John Whitney Hall papers, 1930–1999", Yale University Library was an American historian of Japan who specialized in premodern Japanese history. His life work was recognized by the Japane ...

(1916–1997), American historian of Japan

Military

John Hall (British Army officer) Sir John Hall KCB (1795 in Little Beck, Westmorland – 17 January 1866 in Pisa) was a British military surgeon. Studying at Guy's Hospital and St Thomas's Hospital, he joined the Army Medical Service in June 1815, being posted to Flande ...

(1795–1866), British military surgeon *

John L. Hall Jr. Admiral (United States), Admiral John Lesslie Hall Jr. (11 April 1891 – 6 March 1978) was a senior Officer (armed forces), officer of the United States Navy, who served during World War II. Biography Education Hall, son of the literary scholar ...

(1891–1978), United States Navy officer *

John Herbert Hall Sergeant John Herbert Hall was an English World War I, First World War flying ace, credited with five aerial victories. He served in No. 22 Squadron RAF, flying as an observer/gunner in the Bristol F.2 Fighter, Bristol F.2b. His first two victo ...

(1899–1978), British World War I flying ace

Politics

U.S.

* John Hall (Maryland politician) (1729–1797), delegate to the Continental Congress *

John Hall (New York politician) John Joseph Hall (born July 23, 1948) is an American musician, songwriter, politician, environmentalist, and community activist. He was elected to the legislature of Ulster County, New York, in 1989 and the Saugerties, New York Board of Educatio ...

(born 1948), U.S. Representative from New York, and founder of American rock band Orleans * John Hall (West Virginia politician) (1805–1881), Virginia politician and West Virginia founder *

John C. Hall John C. Hall (May 21, 1821November 29, 1896) was an American medical doctor, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Green County in 1870 and 1871, and served as a Union Army surgeon in the ...

(1821–1896), Wisconsin State Senator * John D. Hall (politician) (1957–2005), North Carolina State Representative *

John Hicklin Hall John Hicklin Hall (July 17, 1854 – July 27, 1937) was a politician and attorney in the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of the Portland, Oregon, Portland area, he served in the Oregon House of Representatives in the early 1890s before appoin ...

(1854–1937), Oregon politician *

John Hubert Hall John Hubert Hall (February 7, 1899 – November 14, 1970) was an American Republican politician from the US state of Oregon. He was Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives in 1947, second in line to the governorship, when the governor, s ...

(1899–1970), governor of Oregon * John Manning Hall (1841–1905), Connecticut state senator and representative * John Michael Hall, Pennsylvania politician * John W. Hall (1817–1892), governor of Delaware

U.K.

John Hall (1632–1711) John Hall (17 May 1632 – 1711) was an English politician and landowner. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Hall (1600–63), who acted as a Royalist commissioner during the English Civil War. Following the death of his father, John became hea ...

, British MP for Wells, 1671–1679 and 1680–1685 *

John Hall (Buckingham MP) General John Hall (1799 – 5 May 1872) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected unopposed as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for Buckingham at a by-election January 1846, and was returned at the next three election ...

(1799–1872), British general and MP for Buckingham, 1846–1859 * John Hall (Labour politician) (1896–1955), MP for Gateshead West, 1950–1955 *

John Hall (Wycombe MP) Sir John Hall (21 September 1911 — 19 January 1978) was a British Conservative Party politician. Education and business career Hall was educated privately and worked as a chartered secretary and company director, including of Viskase and ...

(1911–1978) *

John Carey Hall John Carey Hall (22 January 1844 – 21 October 1921) was a leading British diplomat who served in Japan in the 19th and early 20th centuries. His last position was as British Consul-General in Yokohama. Early life Hall was born on 22 January 18 ...

(1844–1921), British diplomat *

John Hathorn Hall Sir John Hathorn Hall (19 June 189417 June 1979) was a British colonial administrator. During World War I, he served with the 8th Royal Munster Fusiliers and the 27th Infantry Brigade, rising to the rank of captain, and was awarded the Mili ...

(1894–1979), British colonial administrator *

John Richard Clark Hall John Richard Clark Hall (1855 – 6 August 1931) was a British scholar of Old English, and a barrister. In his professional life, Hall worked as a clerk at the Local Government Board in Whitehall. Admitted to Gray's Inn in 1881 and called to the ...

(1855–1931), English barrister and Old English scholar

Elsewhere

John Hall (New South Wales politician) John Richard Hall (26 June 1856 – 27 June 1921) was an Australian politician. He was born in Newcastle to merchant Richard Hall and Ann Cann. After leaving school he worked in his father's business, and later became chairman of the City o ...

(1856–1921) *

John Hall (New Zealand politician) Sir John Hall (18 December 1824 – 25 June 1907) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 12th premier of New Zealand from 1879 to 1882. He was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, the third son of George Hall, a captain in the navy. At ...

(1824–1907) *

John Hall (Victorian politician) John Joseph Hall (18 February 1884 – 30 June 1949) was an Australian politician. He was born in Eaglehawk to miner and tea merchant Joseph Hall and Isabella, ''née'' Gray. He attended state school before becoming a booking clerk with Vict ...

(1884–1949)

Religion

John Hall (minister) John Hall (ca. 1559 – August 1627) was the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, meeting in Burntisland in 1601. He was nominated as "Constant Moderator" in 1606. The Assembly asked King James the VI of Scotland to ord ...

(c. 1559–1627), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland *

John Hall (bishop) John Hall (1633–1710) was an English churchman and academic, Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, and Bishop of Bristol. He was known as the last of the English bishops to hold to traditional Puritan views. Life He was son of John Hall, vicar o ...

(1633–1710), English churchman and academic *

John Hall (Presbyterian pastor) John Hall Magowan (1829–1898) was pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City, from 1867 until his death in Bangor, County Down, Ireland. The landmark New York church, that still stands today on Fifth Avenue at 55th Street, ...

(1829–1898), Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City * John Hall (Archdeacon of Salop) (born 1941) *

John Hall (priest) John Robert Hall (born 13 March 1949) is an English retired priest of the Church of England. He was the Dean of Westminster and a chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II. Early life and education His parents were Ronald John Hall and Katie Margaret Bro ...

(born 1949), British Anglican Church leader *

John Hall (Archdeacon of Killaloe) The Ven. John Hall (1626-1691) was a Church of Ireland priest in the 17th century and early 18th century. An Englishman, Hall was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained on 31 March 1667. In 1667 he became Archdeacon of Killaloe"F ...

(1626–1691), Church of Ireland priest

Science

John Hall (physician) John Hall (1575 – 25 November 1635) was a physician and son-in-law of William Shakespeare. Life He was born at Carlton, Bedfordshire and studied at Queens' College, Cambridge from 1589, receiving a B.A. in 1593 and a M.A. in 1597. He became ...

(1575–1636), William Shakespeare's son-in-law and medical author *

John Hall (engineer) John Hall (5 September 1765 – 7 January 1836) was an English millwright and mechanical engineer, who, in 1785, founded the Dartford-based engineering company which became J & E Hall, today a prominent supplier of refrigeration machinery, and par ...

(1765–1836), English engineer and millwright *

John H. Hall (gunsmith) John Hancock Hall (January 4, 1781 – February 26, 1841) was the inventor of the M1819 Hall breech-loading rifle and a mass production innovator. Early life Hall was born in 1781 in Portland, Maine. He worked in his father's tannery until settin ...

(1781–1841), American inventor of the M1819 Hall breech-loading rifle * John H. Hall (inventor) (1932–2014), inventor of integrated circuits *

John L. Hall John Lewis "Jan" Hall (born August 21, 1934) is an American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics. He shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics with Theodor W. Hänsch and Roy Glauber for his work in precision spectroscopy. Biography Born i ...

(born 1934), American physicist and Nobel laureate in physics * John D. Hall (sound engineer), American sound engineer *

J. Storrs Hall John Storrs "Josh" Hall is involved in the field of molecular nanotechnology. He founded the sci.nanotech Usenet newsgroup and moderated it for ten years, and served as the founding chief scientist of Nanorex Inc. for two years. He has written s ...

, engineer and scientist

Sports

Cricket

John Hall (cricketer, born 1815) John Hall (11 November 1815 – 17 April 1888) was an English first-class cricketer, active 1844–63, who played for Sheffield and Yorkshire. He played three times against Manchester in 1844 and 1845, and then reappeared for one match against No ...

(1815–1888), English first-class cricketer * John Hall (cricketer, born 1874) (1874–1925), English cricketer * John Hall (cricketer, born 1903) (1903–1979), English cricketer *

John Hall (cricketer, born 1934) John Keith Hall (born 29 July 1934 in West Wickham) is an English former cricketer active from 1958 to 1962 who played for Surrey and Sussex. He appeared in 21 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm fast medium. He sco ...

, English cricketer *

John Hall (cricketer, born 1950) John Edwin Hall (born 5 January 1950) is an English former first-class cricketer. Hall was born at Maseru in British Basutoland. He later attended the University of Cambridge in England. While studying at Cambridge, he made his debut in first- ...

, English cricketer

Football

John A. Hall (American football) John Arthur Hall (September 16, 1877 – October 1, 1919) was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Yale Bulldogs football team and was selected as a consensus honoree on the 1897 College Football All-America ...

(1877–1919), American football player and coach * John Hall (1930s footballer), winger who played for Burnley * John Hall (footballer, born 1944), Bradford City A.F.C. footballer * John Hall (footballer, born 1994), Adelaide United FC footballer *

John Hall (placekicker) John Hall (born March 17, 1974) is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League. He kicked for Port Charlotte High School and played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. While at Wisconsin, Ha ...

(born 1974), American football kicker *

Johnny Hall (Samoan footballer) Johnny Terence Hall (born 16 February 1991) is a Samoan association football player who plays primarily as a defender for Brookvale FC in the Manly-Warringah Premier League. Club career Hall grew up playing for Manly United since the age of nin ...

(born 1991), Samoan footballer

Other sports

* John Hall (baseball) (1924–1995), for the 1948 Brooklyn Dodgers * John Hall (sport shooter) (1906–1978), British Olympic shooter

Writers

John Hall (English playwright) John Clifford Hall (26 June 1925 – 25 March 2001) was an English playwright who wrote over thirty plays for theatre, television and radio. Biography Hall was educated at Queens College, Oxford, where he studied under C. S. Lewis. Study for ...

(died 2001), English playwright *

John Halle John Halle, or John Hall of Maidstone (c. 1529/1530 – c. 1568) was an English surgeon, known as a medical writer and poet. Life Born in 1529, probably in Willesborough Kent to a farming family who rented from the Wyatt family of Allington Ca ...

(died 1568), called also John Hall of Maidstone, English surgeon, known as a medical writer and poet *

John Hall (poet) John Hall (1627–1656), also known as John Hall of Durham, was an English poet, essayist and pamphleteer of the Commonwealth period. After a short period of adulation at university, he became a writer in the Parliamentary cause and Hartlib Circl ...

(1627–1656), English poet, essayist and pamphleteer *

J. C. Hall (poet) John Clive Hall (12 September 1920 – 14 October 2011) was an English poet and editor. Poetry Hall's poetry was first published when he was aged seventeen in the anthology, ''The Best Poems of 1938''. He subsequently wrote and published a tr ...

(John Clive Hall, 1920–2011), English poet and editor *

John Vine Hall John Vine Hall (1774–1860) was an English bookseller, known as a religious writer. Life Hall was born on 14 March 1774 in Diss, Norfolk, where his father had come down in the world. At 11 he was apprenticed to a schoolmaster who taught him the ...

(1774–1860), English bookseller and religious writer *

John Elihu Hall John Elihu Hall (December 27, 1783 – June 12, 1829) was an American lawyer, writer and publisher who was born and lived for most of his life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with important parts of his career spent in Maryland. Biography John E. H ...

(1783–1829), lawyer, writer, and publisher in Philadelphia and Maryland * N. John Hall (born 1933), American biographer *

John S. Hall John S. Hall (born John Charles Hall, September 2, 1960) is an American poet, author, singer and lawyer perhaps best known for his work with King Missile, an avant-garde band that he co-founded in 1986 and has since led in various incarnations. ...

(born 1960), American poet and performer * John R. Hall (author) (born 1975), American author and co-founder of Greenwood & Hall

Other

John Hall (American businessman) John Richard Hall (November 30, 1932 – November 25, 2021) was an American businessman, and the chairman and CEO of Ashland Oil Inc. from 1981 to 1997. Early life and education Hall was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of John "Big John" Hall ...

(born 1932/33), CEO of Ashland *

John Hall (artist) John Hall (21 December 1739 – 1797) was a British engraver and painter. Hall was born in Wivenhoe, near Colchester, in 1739. He studied under the French immigrant engraver Simon François Ravenet. A fellow student was William Wynne Ryla ...

(1739–1797), British engraver and painter *

John Hall (businessman) Sir John Hall (born 21 March 1933) is a property developer in North East England. He is also life president and former chairman of Newcastle United Football Club. Biography The son of a miner, Hall was born and brought up in North Seaton, ...

(born 1933), land and sports entrepreneur *

John Hall (Canadian artist) John Hall (born January 17, 1943) is a Canadian modernist painter from Alberta, known for his highly realistic painting style. Life He has taught fine art at Ohio Wesleyan University, the Alberta College of Art and Design, and the University ...

(born 1943), Canadian painter *

John Hall (judge) John Hall (1767–1833) was an American jurist who served as one of the original three justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court. He was elected by the North Carolina General Assembly to the court in 1818 and served on that court from its fir ...

(1767–1833), North Carolina Supreme Court justice *

John Farnsworth Hall John Farnsworth Hall (8 December 1899 – 15 June 1987''Sydney Morni ...

(1899–1987), Australian conductor and violinist *

John James Hall John James Hall FRAS (11 December 1845 – 15 January 1941) was an eminent horologist and author who restored many early clocks. Life John James Hall spent his working life as an employee of the London and South Western Railway from 1865, b ...

(1845–1941), clock restorer * John Smythe Hall (1853–1909), Canadian lawyer, politician, and editor *

John Thomson Hall John Thomson Hall (7 February 1841 – 2 December 1883), was an Australian violinist. History Hall was born in Sydney, the eldest son of John Hall, and began violin lessons at age seven. He loved music, and was playing in public before the age ...

(1841–1883), Australian violinist *

Sir John Hall, 3rd Baronet Sir John Hall of Dunglass, 3rd Baronet (died 3 July 1776), was one of the Grand Jury for the trial of the Jacobite rising of 1745 rebels at Edinburgh, 1748. He was retoured heir of line and conquest on 4 January 1750, to his uncle, William Hall of ...

(died 1776) * John

Maxwell Hall John Maxwell Hall (7 October 1884 – 30 July 1966), known most commonly as Maxwell Hall, was a British colonial administrator, judge and author who lived in and wrote about North Borneo (now Sabah). Early life and career Hall was born at K ...

, British colonial administrator, judge and author * John Hall, Ohio radio broadcaster and voice talent at

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* John Hall, keyboard player for Canadian rock band

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