John Moore may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Art

John Francis Moore (sculptor) John Francis Moore (died 1809) was a sculptor who was active in late 18th century Britain. His works include two memorials in Westminster Abbey. Life Moore was of British extraction but was born in Hanover, Germany around 1725. While he was pres ...

(died 1809), see St. Nicolas' Church, North Stoneham * John Collingham Moore (1829–1880), English artist * John Moore (painter) (born 1941), American artist * John Moore (artist), South African artist *

John Moore (photographer) John Moore (born 1967) is an American photographer. He works for Getty images among others. His work has received several awards, including a Pulitzer Prize in 2005. His photograph of a two-year-old girl, crying as US Border Patrol officers beg ...

(born 1967), American photographer *

John Moore of Ipswich John Moore (12 February 1821, Woodbridge – 8 April 1902, Diss) was a prominent Ipswich artist, particularly notes for his seascapes. Originally a painter and decorator, he became a self-taught artist. He moved to Ipswich before 1871, and was ...

, (1821–1902), painter and decorator

Film and theater

John Moore (actor) John Moore is an Australian actor. He has played lead roles in the films ''The Life of Harry Dare'', and ''Blackfellas''. He was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, AFI Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1993, fo ...

(late 20th-century), Australian actor in Aboriginal roles * John Moore (stage manager) (1814–1893), British actor, prompter, and stage manager *

Jack D. Moore Jack D. Moore (April 15, 1906 – December 29, 1998) was an American set decorator. He won an Academy Award and was nominated six times in the category Best Art Direction. Selected filmography Moore won an Academy Award for Best Art Direc ...

(1906–1998), American set decorator * John Moore (designer) (fl. 1960s), motion picture art director and production designer *

John Moore (director) John Moore (born 1970) is an Irish film director and producer whose credits include the action war film '' Behind Enemy Lines'' and ''A Good Day to Die Hard''. Early life and education Moore was born in Dundalk, Ireland, and attended Dublin In ...

(born 1970), film director, producer, and writer *

John Moore (broadcaster) John Sanford Moore (born June 5, 1966), better known as John Moore, is a Canadian radio and television broadcaster, film critic, voice actor and comedian. He works for the CFRB 1010 radio station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Biography Early li ...

(born 1966), Canadian broadcaster, actor, and voice actor

Music

* John Moore (piper) (1834–1894), Irish piper * Deacon John Moore (born 1941), New Orleans musician and bandleader * John Moore (British musician) (born 1964), musician with The Jesus and Mary Chain, Black Box Recorder * John Moore (songwriter) (born 1969), songwriter and singer for the American band 53 Days * John Moore (bluegrass musician), mandolin player * Johnny B. Moore (born 1950), American Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

Writing

* John Moore (Manx poet), privateer and poet from the late 18th Century *

John Moore (Scottish physician) John Moore FRSE (1729 – 1802) was a Scottish physician and travel author. He also edited the works of Tobias Smollett. Life He was born on 10 October 1729 in Stirling, the son of Rev Charles Moore of Rowallan (d,1735) and his wife, Marion An ...

(1729–1802), author of the 1789 novel ''Zeluco'' and father of General Sir John Moore * John Weeks Moore (1807–1889), editor of musical publications * John Robert Moore (1890–1973), literary critic and student of Daniel Defoe *

John Moore (British author) John Cecil Moore (10 November 1907 – 27 July 1967) was a best-selling British writer and pioneer conservationist. He was described by Sir Compton Mackenzie as the most talented writer about the countryside of his generation. His best-sell ...

(1907–1967), British author and pioneer conservationist * John Moore (American author) (born 1959), American author * John Francis Moore (writer), comic book writer *

John Trotwood Moore John Trotwood Moore (1858–1929) was an American journalist, writer and local historian. He was the author of many poems, short stories and novels. He served as the State Librarian and Archivist of Tennessee from 1919 to 1929. He was "an apol ...

(1858–1929), American journalist, writer and local historian

Clergy

* John Moore (1595?–1657), English clergyman; authored anti-enclosure pamphlets *

John Moore (bishop of Ely) John Moore (1646–1714) was Bishop of Norwich (1691–1707) and Bishop of Ely (1707–1714) and was a famous bibliophile whose vast collection of books forms the surviving "Royal Library" within Cambridge University Library. Origins Bishop Joh ...

(1646–1714), British scholar * John Moore (Baptist) (1662–1726), English Baptist minister from Northampton *

John Moore (archbishop of Canterbury) John Moore (26 April 1730 – 18 January 1805) was Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England. Life Moore was the son of Thomas Moore, a butcher, and his wife Elizabeth. He was born in Gloucester and was baptised at St. Michael's Churc ...

(1730–1805), Archbishop of Canterbury *

John Moore (bishop of St. Augustine) John Moore (June 27, 1835 – July 30, 1901) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine in Florida from 1877 to 1901. Biography Early life John Moore was born in Ca ...

(1835–1901), Bishop of St. Augustine, Florida, 1877–1901 * John Moore (Methodist bishop) (1867–1948), Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South *

John Moore (bishop of Bauchi) John Francis Moore, SMA (12 January 1942 in Dublin, Ireland – 20 January 2010) was the Bishop of the Diocese of Bauchi, Nigeria. He was ordained a priest on 20 December 1965 for the Society of African Missions. Bishop Moore was born on 12 Janu ...

(1942–2010), Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria *

John Jamison Moore John Jamison Moore was an American preacher and educator. Moore's achievements include writing a history of the AME Zion Church, establishing the first AME Zion church and school in San Francisco, and advocating for African-American access to educ ...

(died 1893), American preacher and educator * John Moore (archdeacon of Cloyne), Archdeacon of Cloyne, 1665–1687

Law and politics

Australia

* John Moore (Australian judge) (1915–1998), President of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission *

John Moore (Australian politician) John Colinton Moore (born 16 November 1936) is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Representatives for over 25 years, serving between 1975 and 2001, and was a minister in the Fraser and Howard governments. ...

(born 1936), Australian defence minister under John Howard

Canada

* John Moore (Lower Canada politician) (died 1858), contractor and political figure in Lower Canada *

John Francis Moore (politician) John Francis Moore (1816 Wiltshire, England- April 5, 1870, Montreal, Quebec) was a lumber merchant and politician. He was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario in 1857. He was married twice, first to Jane Loughry, and secondly to Elizabeth Donnelly. Littl ...

(1816–1870), Canadian politician * John Douglas Moore (1843–1917), Ontario farmer and political figure *

John Thomas Moore John Thomas Moore (3 July 1844 – 5 June 1917) was a Canadian businessman and politician from Alberta. Early life John Thomas Moore was born 3 July 1844, in the Markham Township of Upper Canada to William Kerr and Isabella Moore. He atte ...

(1844–1917), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905–1909 * John Clarke Moore (1872–1943), Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons

U.K.

* John Moore (MP for Dover) (fl. 1584–1586), MP for Dover * John Moore (regicide) (1599–1650), regicide of King Charles I of England *

John Moore (Lord Mayor) Sir John Moore (11 June 1620 – 2 June 1702) was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the City of London from 15 May 1685 to 9 January 1687, and Lord Mayor of London, 1681–82. He also invested in the slave trade. Biography ...

(1620–1702), English politician, MP for the City of London, 1685–1687 *

John Moore, 1st Baron Moore John Moore, 1st Baron Moore PC (c. 1676 – 8 September 1725), was an Irish politician. Moore was the son of Thomas Moore and Ellen Colley, daughter of Dudley Cowley, Member of Parliament for Philipstown. He was returned to the Irish Parliam ...

(died 1725), Irish politician *

John Moore (1756–1834) John Moore (1756 – 21 May 1834) was an Irish politician. Moore was the son of John Moore (1726–1809), of Drumbanagher, County Armagh, Member of Parliament for Ballynakill, great-grandson of Arthur Moore, younger son of Garret Moore, 1st Vis ...

(1756–1834), MP who represented the constituency of Newry *

John Moore (Irish politician) John Moore (1763 – 6 December 1799) was an Irish rebel leader, a United Irishman appointed in August 1798 "President of the Government of the Province of Connaught" by the commander of a French invasion force, General Humbert. Early life F ...

(1767–1799), President of the Province of Connacht, Irish Republic * John Voce Moore (1826–1904), Lord Mayor of London, 1898–1899 * John William Moor (born 1881), British socialist activist *

John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh John Edward Michael Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh, (26 November 1937 – 20 May 2019) was a British Conservative Party politician who was Member of Parliament for Croydon Central from February 1974 until 1992. During the Premiership of Mar ...

(1937–2019), British Cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher

U.S.

* John Moore (Louisiana politician) (1788–1867), U.S. Congressman from Louisiana *

John Moore (Illinois politician) John Moore (September 8, 1793 – September 23, 1866), nicknamed "Honest John", was an English American politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. He also served in the Mexican–American War as lieutenant colonel and was later el ...

(1793–1863), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois *

John C. Moore (Denver mayor) John C. Moore (early 1830s – October 27, 1915) was an American politician and journalist who served as the first mayor of Denver from 1859 to 1861. He was an early settler of Denver, while the area was still a territory of the United States. Moo ...

(1832–1915), American politician * John W. Moore (Missouri politician) (1840–1917), U.S. politician * John P. Moore (Maryland politician) (1856–1918), American politician *

John Isaac Moore John Isaac "Ike" Moore (February 7, 1856 – March 18, 1937) was a member of the Arkansas Senate and acting governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Biography Moore was born in Lafayette County, Mississippi, and graduated from the University o ...

(1856–1937), acting governor of Arkansas, 1907 *

John Bassett Moore John Bassett Moore (December 3, 1860 – November 12, 1947) was an American lawyer and authority on international law.Christine E. White"Leading Figures in International Law: John Bassett Moore" ''International Judicial Monitor'' (Summer 2009). M ...

(1860–1947), U.S. international jurist *

John M. Moore John Matthew Moore (November 18, 1862 – February 3, 1940) was an American rancher and statesman from Texas who served in the United States House of Representatives from United States House of Representatives, Texas District 8, District 8 fro ...

(1862–1940), U.S. Congressman from Texas *

John William Moore John William Moore (June 9, 1877 – December 11, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born in Morgantown, Kentucky, Moore attended the public schools and completed a commercial course at Bryant and Stratton College at Louisville in ...

(1877–1941), U.S. Representative from Kentucky *

John Moore Allison John Moore Allison (April 7, 1905 – October 28, 1978) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 1953 to 1957. From 1957 to 1958, he was Ambassador to Indonesia and from 1958 to 1960 to Czechoslovakia ...

(1905–1978), United States Ambassador to Japan, Czechoslovakia and Indonesia * John D. J. Moore (1910–1988), United States Ambassador to Ireland, 1969–1975 * John J. Moore (1920–1976), New York state senator * John H. Moore II (1927–2013), United States federal judge * John E. Moore (born 1943), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas * John Moore (Mississippi politician) (born 1954), member of the Mississippi House of Representatives * John P. Moore (Mississippi politician) (born 1930), member of the Mississippi State Senate *

John Moore (Nevada politician) John Moore (born 1964) is an American realtor and politician. He served as a Libertarian Party of Nevada, Libertarian member of the Nevada Assembly representing District 8. Early life John Moore was born in 1964 in Kansas City, Missouri. After h ...

(born 1964), former member of the Nevada Assembly

Military

Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet Admiral Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet, KB (24 March 1718 – 2 February 1779) was a British officer of the Royal Navy during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. He eventually rose to the rank of admiral. Childhood Moore ...

(1718–1779), British admiral *

John Moore (British Army officer) Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, (13 November 1761 – 16 January 1809), also known as Moore of Corunna , was a senior British Army officer. He is best known for his military training reforms and for his death at the Battle of Corunna, in whi ...

(1761–1809), British general, a.k.a. Moore of Corunna *

John Henry Moore (Texas settler) Colonel John Henry Moore (August 13, 1800–December 2, 1880) was an early Texas settler, one of the Old Three Hundred first land grantees to settle in Mexican Texas. Early life Moore was born August 13, 1800, in Rome, Smith County, Tenness ...

(1800–1880), settler and officer in the Texas Revolution of 1835–1836 * John Creed Moore (1824–1910), U.S. Army officer, Confederate brigadier general *

John Moore (physician) John Moore, MD (August 18, 1826 – March 18, 1907) was a leading United States Army physician during the American Civil War who rose to become Surgeon General of the Army in the late 1880s. Early life and medical training Moore was born in Bl ...

(1826–1907), U.S. Army surgeon-general * John Warren Moore (1827–1879), Confederate officer, sheriff and farmer from Mobile, Alabama * John White Moore (1832–1913), U.S. Naval officer *

John Anderson Moore John Anderson Moore (January 12, 1910 – February 26, 1944) was a United States Navy submarine commander who was killed in action during World War II. He had been awarded three Navy Crosses

(1910–1944), U.S. Naval officer *

John Moore (Royal Navy officer) Captain John Evelyn Moore (1 November 1921 – 8 July 2010) was a submariner in the Royal Navy, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and after retirement from the Royal Navy the author for 15 years of the authoritative naval publication ' ...

(1921–2010), British Royal Navy submariner and editor of ''Jane's Fighting Ships''

Science

* John Howard Moore (1862–1916), American zoologist, philosopher, educator and socialist *

John Percy Moore John Percy Moore (1869–1965) was an American zoologist specialising in leeches. He was born at Williamsport, Pa. and was educated at the Central High School of Philadelphia ( A.B., 1886) and at the University of Pennsylvania B.S., 1892; Ph.D ...

(1869–1965), American zoologist *

John Alexander Moore John Alexander Moore (June 27, 1915 – May 26, 2002) was an American zoology professor emeritus. Early life and education Moore was born to Louise Hammond Blume and George Douglas Moore, a lawyer, in Charles Town, West Virginia in 1915. Four ye ...

(1915–2002), American biologist * John Fitzallen Moore (1928–2018), American physicist, son of authors Virginia Moore and Louis Untermeyer * John B. Moore (engineer) (1941–2013), Australian electrical engineer *

John P. Moore John P. Moore is an American virologist and professor at Cornell University's Weill Cornell Medicine college, known for his research on HIV/AIDS. He previously worked at the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center. A former section editor of the ''Jou ...

, American virologist *

John Wilson Moore John Wilson Moore (November 1, 1920 – March 30, 2019) was an American biophysicist who pioneered the emergent power of computers, beginning in the 1950s, to reveal how signals are generated, integrated, and then travel in neurons. He is well kn ...

(1920–2019), American biophysicist * John Edmund Sharrock Moore, English biologist

Sports

Association football

Jack Moore (sportsman) John Ambrose Moore (born 6 July 1911) was an English amateur footballer, referee and tennis player. Football career Moore played for Old Alleyneans, Stone St. Michael's and Stafford Rangers before joining Port Vale in February 1939. His only ap ...

(1911–?), English footballer, referee and tennis player * John Moore (footballer, born 1923) (1923–2012), English footballer * John Moore (footballer, born February 1943) (1943–2009), Lincoln City F.C. winger/forward * John Moore (footballer, born December 1943), Scottish football player and manager (Luton Town) * John Moore (footballer, born 1945), footballer for Shrewsbury Town, Swansea City and Stoke City * John Moore (footballer, born 1966), English-born Hong Kong international player

Other sports

* John Moore (cricketer, born 1891) (1891–1980), Hampshire cricketer * John Moore (baseball), American baseball player of the 1920s * John Moore (rugby league) (died 1942), rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s for England and Bradford Northern *John Doxie Moore (1911–1986), American basketball player and coach *

John Moore (skier) John Moore (born 18 May 1933) is a British skier. He competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics, the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische ...

(born 1933), British Olympic skier *John Moore (cricketer, born 1943) (1943–2004), former English cricketer *John Moore (referee) (born 1949), Irish hurling referee *John Moore (horseman) (born 1950), Australian racehorse trainer *John Moore (rower) (born 1964), American Olympic rower *John Moore (ice hockey) (born 1990), American ice hockey defenseman

Other

*John Bradford Moore (1855–1926), pioneer in the Navajo rug trade *John Chandler Moore (1803–1874), American silversmith *John Coleman Moore (1923–2016), American mathematician *John Franklin Moore (1822–1877), American farmer and developer in North Carolina *John H. Moore (1939–2016), American anthropologist *John Moore (economist) (born 1954), British economist *John Moore (anarchist) (1957–2002), British anarchist and professor *Sir John Moore (civil servant), British civil servant *John Moore (patent), civil complainant about patent relating to his body's cell line *John Godfrey Moore (1847–1899), American businessman, financier and Wall Street stock market promoter *USS John A. Moore (FFG-19), USS ''John A. Moore'' (FFG-19), U.S. Navy frigate (1981–2000)