John Bell

John Bell may refer to:

Law and politics

• John Bell (barrister) (1764–1836), English barrister
• John Bell (legal scholar), professor of law and Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge
• John Bell (British politician) (1809–1851), Member of Parliament from Thirsk
• John Bell (New Hampshire politician) (1765–1836), American politician, state governor
• John Bell (North Carolina politician), American Mayor of Elizabeth City
• John Bell (Ohio politician) (1796–1869), U.S. Representative, mayor of two cities in Ohio, probate judge
• John Bell (Tennessee politician) (1796–1869), U.S. Senator and house speaker
• John Calhoun Bell (1851–1933), U.S. Representative from Colorado
• John C. Bell, Jr. (1892–1974), American judge and governor of Pennsylvania
• John J. Bell (1910–1963), U.S. Representative from Texas
• John Peter Bell, Canadian diplomat
• John William Bell (1838–1901), Canadian politician
• John Howatt Bell (1846–1929), Canadian politician

Literature

• John Bell (publisher) (1745–1831), English publisher
• John Bell (traveller) (1691–1780), Scottish traveller and author
• John Joy Bell (1871–1934), Scottish author
• John Bell (historian) (born 1952), Canadian archivist and comic book historian

Religion

• John Bell (bishop) (died 1556), English clergyman
• John L. Bell (born 1949), Scottish religious leader, musician, and composer
• John Bell (1788–1855), Wesleyan minister from England who came to Newfoundland

Science

• John Bell (surgeon) (1763–1820), Scottish anatomist and surgeon
• John Bell (mathematician) (born 1954), American mathematician
• John Graham Bell (1812–1899), American taxidermist
• John Irving Bell (born 1952), British–Canadian biologist
• John Lane Bell (born 1945), mathematician and philosopher
• John Stewart Bell (1928–1990), physicist from Northern Ireland
• John Cameron Bell (born 1953), Canadian cancer researcher

Sport

• John Bell (Australian footballer) (1886–1917), Australian footballer killed during World War I
• John Bell (Kent cricketer) (1718–1774), British cricketer
• Jack Bell (born 1869), Scottish footballer
• John Bell (1920s Scottish footballer), former Scottish football striker
• John Bell (1930s Scottish footballer), former Scottish football forward
• John A. Bell, American football coach

Others

• John Bell (actor) (born 1940), Australian actor and director
• John Bell, actor on Tracy Beaker Returns
• 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 Bell (musician) (born 1962), American guitarist and lead singer for Widespread Panic
• John Bell (radio personality) (born 1934), American disc jockey
• John Bell (sculptor) (1812–1895), British sculptor
• John Bell (1750–1820), central figure in the Bell Witch ghost story of southern American folklore
• John Hyslop Bell (c. 1833–1920), Scottish journalist, newspaper owner and editor
• John Thomas Bell (1878–1965), British businessman, founder of Bellway
• John Bell (comedian), Tampa Bay comic
• J. Bowyer Bell (1931–2003), American historian, artist and art critic
• John P. Bell (born 1979), digital artist, educator and software developer

See also

• Jonathan Bell (disambiguation)
• John Bell Hood (1831–1879), Confederate general during the American Civil War
• John Brown Bell, a bell in Massachusetts