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 ...
John Lysaght Moore
John Lysaght Moore (28 March 1897 – 8 June 1965) was a New Zealand painter, printmaker, weaver and knitter. His work is in the collections of the National Library of New Zealand, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the Auckland Art ...
(1897–1965), New Zealand artist
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John Moore (painter)
John Moore (born 1941) is an American contemporary Realism (arts), realist painter.Little, Carl"John Moore’s Fabricated Realities,"''Hyperallergic'', June 9, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2023.Worth, Alexi. "John Moore," ''ARTnews'', September 19 ...
(born 1941), American artist
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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 United States Border Patrol, U ...
John Moore (production designer)
John Moore (1924 – September 27, 2006) was an American costume designer, set decorator, and production designer for films. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for ''El Cid''. Additional credits include ''A Farewell to A ...
(1924–2006), American motion picture art director and production designer
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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 (AM), CFRB 1010 radio station in Toronto, Ontario.
Early life
Moor ...
(born 1966), Canadian broadcaster, actor, and voice actor
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John Moore (Australian 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, f ...
(born 1968), actor in Aboriginal roles
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John Moore (director)
John Moore (born 1 January 1970) is an Irish film director and Film producer, producer whose credits include the action war film ''Behind Enemy Lines (2001 film), Behind Enemy Lines'' and ''A Good Day to Die Hard''.
Early life and education
Moor ...
(born 1970), Irish film director, producer, and writer
Music
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Deacon John Moore
John "Deacon John" Moore (born June 23, 1941) is a blues, rhythm and blues and rock and roll musician, singer, actor, and bandleader. Moore was given the name "Deacon" by one of his band members.
Biography
Moore grew up in New Orleans' 8th Wa ...
(born 1941), American musician and bandleader
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John Moore (British musician)
John Moore (born 23 December 1964)Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 383 is a British musician, best known for his work as a guitarist and drummer in the Jesus and Mary Chain and as a member of Black Box ...
(born 1964), musician with The Jesus and Mary Chain, Black Box Recorder
* John Moore (songwriter) (born 1969), American songwriter and singer for 53 Days
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 Ande ...
(1729–1802), author of the 1789 novel ''Zeluco'' and father of General Sir John Moore
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John Weeks Moore John Weeks Moore (11 April 1807 – 1889) was an American editor of musical publications. He also authored a historical work on early governmental slavery and politics
Biography
Born in 1807 in Andover, New Hampshire, Moore was a son of Jacob Bail ...
(1807–1889), American editor of musical publications
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John Robert Moore
John Robert Moore (1890–1973) was an American biographer and bibliographer of Daniel Defoe.
Early life and education
John Robert Moore was born in Pueblo, Colorado, the son of an Episcopalian minister. P. N. Furbank and W. R. Owens (1988), ''Th ...
(1890–1973), American literary critic and student of Daniel Defoe
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John Moore (British author) John Moore may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Art
* John Francis Moore (sculptor) (died 1809), 18th-century British sculptor
* John Moore of Ipswich, (1821–1902), English painter and decorator
* John Collingham Moore (1829–1880), English art ...
(1907–1967), British author and pioneer conservationist
* John Moore (American author) (born 1959), American author
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John Francis Moore (writer)
John Francis Moore is an American comic book writer known for stints as writer on such Marvel Comics series as ''X-Force'', ''X-Factor'', ''Doom 2099'' and '' X-Men 2099''. He also wrote ''Elseworld's Finest'' and co-wrote '' Batman/Houdini: The ...
, American comic book writer
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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 created Moor ...
(1858–1929), American journalist, writer and local historian
Clergy
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John Moore (1595?–1657)
John Moore (1595?–1657) was an English clergyman of Puritan views, known as an author of pamphlets against enclosures.
Life
Born at Knaptoft in Leicestershire, he was the son of the rector of the parish, John Moore. He has been identified a ...
, English clergyman; authored anti-enclosure pamphlets
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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
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John Moore (Baptist)
John Moore (1662–1726) was an English Baptist minister in Northampton
Northampton ( ) is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is the county town of Northamptonshire and the administrative centre of the Unitary authorit ...
(1662–1726), English Baptist minister from Northampton
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John Moore (archbishop of Canterbury)
John Moore (1730 – 18 January 1805) was an English clergyman who was Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England.
Life
Moore was the son of George Moore, a butcher, and Jane Cook. He was baptised at St. Michael's Church, Gloucester on ...
(1730–1805), Archbishop of Canterbury
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John Moore (biblical scholar)
John Moore (19 December 1742 – 16 June 1821) was an English biblical scholar.
Biography
Moore was the son of John Moore, rector of St. Bartholomew the Great, London, by his wife Susanna, daughter of Peter Surel of Westminster, was born on 19 D ...
(1742–1821), English biblical scholar
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John Moore (bishop of St. Augustine)
John Moore (June 27, 1835 – July 30, 1901) was an Irish-born prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the second Bishop of St. Augustine from 1877 to 1901.
Biography
Early life
John Moore was born in Castletown, County Westmeath, in ...
(1835–1901), Bishop of St. Augustine, Florida, 1877–1901
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John Moore (Methodist bishop)
John Monroe Moore (27 January 1867 – July 30, 1948) was a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1918.
Birth and family
He was born in Morgantown, Kentucky. He was the son of Joseph Alexander and Martha Ann (Hampton) Mo ...
(1867–1948), Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
* John Moore (bishop of Bauchi) (1942–2010), Bishop of Bauchi, Nigeria
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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 edu ...
John Moore (Australian politician)
John Colinton Moore, (16 November 1936 – 22 January 2025) was an 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 ...
(1936–2025), Australian defence minister under John Howard
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
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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 Canada West to William Kerr and Isabella Moore. He atten ...
(1844–1917), member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1905–1909
* John Clarke Moore (1872–1943), Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons
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 Parlia ...
(died 1725), Irish politician
* John Moore (1756–1834) (1756–1834), MP who represented the constituency of Newry
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John Moore (Irish politician)
John Moore (1763 – 6 December 1799) was an Irishman appointed in August 1798 "President of the Government of the Province of Connacht" by the commander of a French invasion force, General Humbert.
Early life
From Ashbrook, near Straide, Co ...
(1767–1799), President of the Province of Connacht, Irish Republic
* John Voce Moore (1826–1904), Lord Mayor of London, 1898–1899
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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 (UK), Conservative Party politician who was Member of Parliament for Croydon Central (UK Parliament constituency), Croydo ...
(1937–2019), British Cabinet minister under Margaret Thatcher
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 (United States), l ...
John Matthew Moore
John Matthew "Jaybird" 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 District 8 from 1905 to 1913. He was engaged in Fort Bend Cou ...
(1862–1940), U.S. Congressman from Texas
* John William Moore (1877–1941), U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
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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 (politician) (born 1943), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
* John Moore (Mississippi politician) (born 1954), member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
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John Moore (Nevada politician)
John Moore (born 1964) is an American politician and business owner, who served as a Republican (United States) member of the Nevada Assembly from 2014 to 2016.
Early life
John Moore was born in 1964 in Kansas City, Missouri. After his father's ...
(born 1964), member of the Nevada Assembly
Military
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Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet
Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet, Order of the Bath, KB (24 March 1718 – 2 February 1779) was a Kingdom of Great Britain, British officer of the Royal Navy during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years ...
(1718–1779), British admiral
* Sir John Moore (1761–1809), British general, a.k.a. Moore of Corunna
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John Henry Moore (Texas settler)
John Henry Moore (August 13, 1800 – December 2, 1880) was an American soldier, farmer and early Texian settler. Moore was one of the Old Three Hundred first land grantees to settle in Mexican Texas and fought in Texas Revolution, most notab ...
(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) (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 (1910–1944), U.S. Naval officer
* John Moore (Royal Navy officer) (1921–2010), British Royal Navy submariner and editor of ''Jane's Fighting Ships''
* Joseph Michael John Moore (died 1975), British flying ace
Science
* John Howard Moore (1862–1916), American zoologist, philosopher, educator, and social reformer
* John Percy Moore (1869–1965), American zoologist
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John Alexander Moore
John Alexander Moore (June 27, 1915 – May 26, 2002) was an American zoology professor.
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 years later ...
(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, American virologist
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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
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John Edmund Sharrock Moore
John Edmund Sharrock Moore ARCS (10 May 1870 – 15 January 1947) was an English biologist, best known for being co-publisher of the term meiosis and leading two expeditions to Tanganyika.
Personal life
Born at Swinshaw near Loveclough, R ...
(1870–1947), English biologist
Sports
Association football
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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 ...
John Moore (baseball)
John W. Moore was an American multi-sport athlete. He was a Negro league infielder in the late 1920s while also playing professional basketball and semi-professional American football, football.
Baseball career
Moore began his career with the s ...
, 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
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John Moore (basketball)
John William Moore (1933 – February 11, 1987) was an American college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins. Twice he earned honorable mention as an All-American. He was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.
Playing with UCLA in the ...
(1933–1987), American basketball player
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John Doxie Moore
John Doxie Moore (February 13, 1911 – April 23, 1986) was an American basketball player, coach and executive. He attended Delphi High School in Delphi, Indiana, and played college basketball at Purdue University from 1930 to 1934, playing al ...
John Moore (horseman)
John Moore (born 17 March 1950) is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.
Moore was born in Sydney, Australia, The son of jockey and trainer George Moore. He began working in Hong Kong racing as an assistant to his father in 1971. In 1985, John M ...
(born 1950), Australian racehorse trainer
* John Moore (rower) (born 1964), American Olympic rower
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John Moore (ice hockey)
John Carroll Moore Jr. (born November 19, 1990) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played defense for 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the first round, 21st overall, of the 2009 NHL Entry D ...
John Coleman Moore
John Coleman Moore (May 27, 1923 – January 1, 2016) was an American mathematician. The Borel−Moore homology and Eilenberg–Moore spectral sequence are named after him.
Early life and education
Moore was born in 1923 in Staten Island, Ne ...