John Carroll
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  • John Carroll (actor)
    John Carroll (actor)
    John Carroll was an American actor and singer. He was born Julian Lafaye in New Orleans, Louisiana....

     (1906–1979), American actor
  • John Carroll (author)
    John Carroll (author)
    John Carroll is Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University, and author of Puritan, Paranoid, Remissive, Guilt, Ego and Soul, Humanism: The Rebirth and Wreck of Western Culture, and Intruders In The Bush: The Australian Quest For Identity.Humanism is Carroll's most ambitious work to date...

     (born 1944), Australian neoconservative writer
  • Sir John Carroll (astronomer)
    John Carroll (astronomer)
    John A. Carroll was a British astronomer and physicist. In the 1920s he worked at the Solar Physics Observatory, Cambridge, UK with F.J.M...

     (1899–1974), British scientist
  • John Carroll (basketball)
    John Carroll (basketball)
    John Carroll is a former basketball head coach for the NBA's Boston Celtics. He coached the latter part of the 2003-2004 season, temporarily replacing Jim O'Brien who had resigned...

     (born c. 1950s), American basketball coach
  • John Carroll (bishop)
    John Carroll (bishop)
    John Carroll, was the first Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop in the United States — serving as the ordinary of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He is also known as the founder of Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic university in the United States, and St...

     (1735–1815), American bishop and founder of Georgetown University
    Georgetown University
    Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...

  • John Carroll (bishop of Shrewsbury)
    John Carroll (bishop of Shrewsbury)
    John Carroll was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Bishop of Shrewsbury from 1895 to 1897....

     (1838–1897), English Roman Catholic bishop
  • John Carroll (hurler)
    John Carroll (hurler)
    John Carroll is an Irish sportsman. He plays hurling with his local club Roscrea and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team. He usually plays in the half-forward line.-Early life:...

     (born 1978), Tipperary hurler
  • John Carroll (journalist)
    John Carroll (journalist)
    John S. Carroll was the editor of the Los Angeles Times and The Baltimore Sun. During his tenure the Times won 13 Pulitzer Prizes.-Early career:...

     (born 1941), Former editor of the Baltimore Sun newspaper
  • John Carroll (Manitoba politician)
    John Carroll (Manitoba politician)
    John Benson Carroll 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 governments of Dufferin Roblin and Walter Weir.Carroll received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from...

     (1921–1986), politician in Manitoba, Canada
  • John Carroll (MP), UK Parliament member for the Irish constituency of New Ross
    New Ross (UK Parliament constituency)
    New Ross was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament . It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.-Boundaries:...

     (1818–1821)
  • John Carroll (rugby player)
    John Carroll (rugby player)
    John Hugh Carroll was an Australian Rugby Union player who represented the Wallabies eight times.-Early life:Carroll was born in Sydney and attended Newington College...

     (1934–1998), Australian rugby union player
  • John Carroll (Survivor contestant) (1965–), American contestant on the television series Survivor in 2002
  • John Carroll (trade unionist)
    John Carroll (trade unionist)
    John F. Carroll is a former Irish trade union leader. He was vice-president of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union from 1969 to 1981, when the became the union's president until its merger in 1990 with the Federated Workers' Union of Ireland to form the new Services, Industrial,...

    , Irish trade unionist and senator
  • John Carroll (VC)
    John Carroll (VC)
    John Carroll VC was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....

     (1891–1971), Australian Victoria Cross recipient
  • John A. Carroll
    John A. Carroll
    John Albert Carroll was a Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator from Colorado. Born in Denver, he attended the public schools, and during the First World War served in the United States Army...

     (1901–1983), American jurist & politician - Colorado
  • John Bissell Carroll
    John Bissell Carroll
    John Bissell Carroll was an American psychologist known for his contributions to psychology, educational linguistics and psychometrics.- Early years :...

     (1916–2003), American cognitive scientist
  • John F. Carroll (fl. c. 2001), participant on the TV reality show Survivor: Marquesas
  • John L. Carroll
    John L. Carroll
    John L. Carroll is dean of Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. Prior to his appointment as dean, Carroll served as a federal trial judge for 14 years in the position of Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Alabama...

    , American legal academic, dean of Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama
  • John Lee Carroll
    John Lee Carroll
    John Lee Carroll , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 37th Governor of Maryland from 1876 to 1880.-Early life:...

     (1830–1911), American politician - Maryland
  • John M. Carroll
    John M. Carroll
    John Michael Carroll was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He was born on April 27, 1823. He graduated from Fairfield Seminary and Union College in 1846, where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1848 he was...

     (1823–1901), U.S. Representative from New York
  • John M. Carroll (information scientist)
    John M. Carroll (information scientist)
    John M. Carroll is currently Edward M. Frymoyer Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State. Carroll is perhaps best known for his theory of Minimalism in computer instruction, training, and technical communication...

    , information scientist, creator of Minimalism
  • John Patrick Carroll
    John Patrick Carroll
    John Patrick Carroll was an American Catholic priest, who became the second Bishop of Helena, Montana, U.S.A...

     (1864–1925), American priest, Bishop of Helena
  • Johnny Carroll
    Johnny Carroll
    Johnny Carroll was an American rockabilly musician.-Biography:Born John Lewis Carrell , Carroll began recording for Decca Records in the middle of the 1950s. He released several singles, but none of them saw significant success, though they are now critically acclaimed...

     (died 1995), American rockabilly musician
  • John Carroll (Ohio politician), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives

Other uses

  • John Carroll University
    John Carroll University
    John Carroll University is a private, co-educational Jesuit Catholic university in University Heights, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland. The university was founded in 1886 by the Society of Jesus as Saint Ignatius College.The university was founded in 1886 by the Society of Jesus, as...

    , Catholic Jesuit school in Cleveland, Ohio
  • The John Carroll School
    The John Carroll School
    The John Carroll School, established in 1964, is a private, independent, college-preparatory, co-educational Catholic school for grades 9–12, located on in Bel Air, Maryland...

    , Catholic secondary school in Bel Air, Maryland
  • John Carroll Catholic High School (disambiguation)
  • John Carroll Society
    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 Secretary of the Navy John L...


See also

  • Jonathan Carroll
    Jonathan Carroll
    Jonathan Samuel Carroll is an American author primarily known for novels, which can be characterized as magic realist, slipstream or modern fantasy...

     (born 1949), American author
  • Jon Carroll
    Jon Carroll
    Jon Carroll is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, beginning in 1982, at that time succeeding Charles McCabe's column. He is featured on the back page of the Datebook on weekdays. Locally, he is best known for his moderate-to-liberal politics and his cat columns.Carroll was born in Los...

    , San Francisco journalist
  • Jack Carroll
    Jack Carroll
    Jack Carroll is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 1999....

     (born 1942), Ontario politician
  • John Carrell (disambiguation)
  • John Caryll (disambiguation)
    John Caryll (disambiguation)
    John Caryll may refer to:**John Caryll , first Baron Caryll of Durford**John Caryll the younger , second Baron Caryll of Durford**John Baptist Caryll , third and last Baron Caryll of Durford...

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