List of people with surname Moore

For information about the surname 'Moore' itself, see Moore (surname).

Moore is a popular surname in many English-speaking countries and is of Gaelic/English origin. This surname is shared by many notable people, among them being:

Philosophy

• Addison W. Moore (1866–1930), American professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago
• Adrian W. Moore, English professor of philosophy at the University of Oxford
• George E. Moore (1873-1958), English philosopher educated at the University of Cambridge
• James R. Moore, English philosopher of science University of Cambridge, visiting scholar at Harvard University

Literature

• Alan Moore (born 1953), English comic book writer
• Anne Elizabeth Moore, editor, artist, and author
• Brian Moore (1921–1999), Irish novelist
• Catherine L. Moore (1911–1987), American science fiction and fantasy writer
• Charles Moore, British journalist and former editor of The Daily Telegraph
• Charles L. Moore (1854–1925), American poet and essayist
• Charles W. Moore (1925–1993), American architect, educator, writer
• Christopher Moore (born 1957), American absurdist writer
• Clara J. Moore (1824–1899), American philanthropist and writer
• Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863), American professor and writer
• D. C. Moore (born 1980), British playwright
• Edward Moore (dramatist) (1712–1757), English dramatist and writer
• Frank Frankfort Moore (1855–1931), British dramatist, novelist and poet
• Frank Moore (journalist) (1828–1904), American journalist and compiler
• George Henry Moore (author) (1823–1892), American historical writer and librarian
• George Moore (novelist) (1852–1933), Irish writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist
• George Moore (physician) (1803–1880), English physician and writer
• Henry Moore (biographer) (1751–1844), English Wesleyan minister and biographer
• Jacqueline S. Moore (1926–2002), American. poet
• James Moore (biographer) (born 1947), historian of science at the Open University and author of biographies of Charles Darwin
• James Moore (Cornish author) (born 1929), English non-fiction writer
• James A. Moore (born 1965), American horror writer
• James C. Moore, author of Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential
• James W. Moore (author), author
• Jimmy Moore (author), American blogger and author
• John Moore (American author), American engineer and author
• John Moore (anarchist) (1957–2002), British anarchist author, teacher and organizer
• John Moore (bishop of Ely) (1646–1714), English cleric, scholar, and book collector
• John Moore (British author) (1907–1967), British author and pioneer conservationist
• John Moore (Scottish physician) (1729–1802), Scottish physician and writer
• John Robert Moore (1890–1973), American biographer of Daniel Defoe
• Lisa Moore (writer) (born 1964), Canadian writer
• Margaret Moore, Canadian author of romance novels
• Marianne Moore (1887–1972), American poet
• Marshall Moore (born 1970), American author
• Maurice Moore (1897–1921), Irish author and revolutionary soldier
• Milcah Martha Moore (1740-1829), American poet
• Nicholas Moore (1918–1986), English poet
• Peter Moore (travel author) (born 1962), Australian travel author
• Robin Moore (1925–2008), American writer
• Susanna Moore (born 1945), American crime writer
• Thomas Moore (1779–1852), Irish poet
• Thomas Moore (spiritual writer) (born 1940), contemporary U.S. author of Care of the Soul and other popular spiritual books
• Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944), English poet and artist
• William Henry Moore (1872–1960), Canadian author and Member of the Canadian House of Commons
• William Moore (critic) (1868–1937), Australian art and dramatic critic

Visual arts, fashion and architecture

• A. L. Moore (Arthur Louis Moore; 1849–1939), English stained glass designer and manufacturer
• Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893), English decorative painter
• Arthur Cotton Moore (born 1935), American architect
• Charles Moore (photographer) (1931–2010), American photographer
• David Moore (photographer) (1927–2003), Australian photojournalist
• David Moore, noted for his photographs of the Military citadels under London
• Frank C. Moore (painter) (1953–2002), American New York-based painter
• Frank Montague Moore (1877–1967), painter and first director of the Honolulu Museum of Art
• Henry Moore (1898–1986), English artist and sculptor
• Henry Moore (painter) (1831–1895), English marine and landscape painter
• James Moore (furniture designer) (died 1726), English cabinet maker
• Jim Moore (dancer), Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist
• John Moore (artist), South African artist
• Mona Moore (1917-2000), English artist
• Tom Moore (cartoonist) (born c. 1928), best known for the Archie comic books series

Law

• Alfred Moore (1755–1810), associate justice of the US Supreme Court
• James F. Moore, Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society
• John Bassett Moore (1860–1947), first US judge to serve on the International Court of Justice
• John Moore (Australian jurist) (1915–1998), presiding judge of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission
• Roy Moore (born 1947), Chief Justice of Alabama
• William Harrison Moore (1867–1935), Australian lawyer and academic
• William Moore (judge), Australian judge, of the Supreme Court of Civil Judicature of New South Wales
• William Underhill Moore (1879–1949), American law professor

Crime

• Devin Moore (murderer) American murderer
• Peter Moore (serial killer) (born 1940), Welsh serial killer
• Ramona Moore (died 2003), American murder victim
• Sara Jane Moore (born 1930), American failed assassin
• Tyria Moore (born 1965), American serial killer befriender

Industry and economics

• Ann Moore (inventor) (born 1940), inventor of the Snugli
• Ann S. Moore (born 1950), CEO of Time Inc.
• Charles E. Moore (1894–1953), American industrialist
• David J. Moore, American businessman
• Gordon E. Moore, American co-founder and retired chairman and CEO of Intel Corporation
• Karl Moore (academic), Canadian professor of business management
• Paul Moore, Sr., founder, Republic Aviation, and corporate director
• Peter Moore (business) (born 1955), former SOA President, former Microsoft executive, head of EA Sports
• Randle T. Moore (1874–1957), American businessman
• Stephen Moore (economist) (born 1960), American economist
• William Dalgety Moore (1835–1910), Western Australian businessman
• William Henry "Judge" Moore, among founders, U.S. Steel, and corporate director
• William Moore (banker), former Chairman of the Board, Bankers Trust
• William T. Moore (yachtsman), American yachtsman and president of Moore-McCormack, son of founder Albert V. Moore

Sports

• Al Moore (1902–1974), baseball player
• Albert Moore (footballer born 1863) (1863–?), English footballer for Notts County
• Albert Moore (footballer born 1898) (1898–?), English footballer for Stoke
• Alvin Moore (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ann Moore (equestrian) (born 1950), 1972 Olympic silver medalist in show jumping
• Archie Moore (1916–1998), American world boxing champion
• Arthur A. C. Moore (1880–1945), Canadian ice hockey player
• Barbara Moore (athlete) (born 1957), New Zealand long-distance runner
• Bill Moore (catcher) (1901–1972), MLB catcher for the 1926–27 Boston Red Sox
• Bill Moore (cricketer) (1863–1956), Australian cricketer
• Bill Moore (first baseman) (born 1960), MLB first baseman for the 1986 Montreal
• Bill Moore (footballer born 1913) (1913–1982), English footballer and manager
• Bill Moore (pitcher) (1902–1984), MLB pitcher for the 1925 Detroit Tigers
• Bill Moore (ufologist) (born c. 1943), author and former UFO researcher
• Billy Moore (English footballer) (1894–1968), English footballer
• Billy Moore (rugby) (1910–1976), Welsh dual-code rugby player
• Billy Moore (rugby league) (born 1971), Australian rugby league player
• Bobby Moore (1941–1993), English footballer
• Brian Moore (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer and coach
• Brian Moore (rugby union) (born 1962), English rugby union footballer and commentator
• Bucky Moore (1905-1980), American football player
• Charles Moore (athlete) (born 1929), American athlete
• Charlie Moore (baseball) (born 1953), American baseball player
• Chuck Moore (American football) (born 1940), former American football offensive lineman
• Cowboy Jimmy Moore (b. James William Moore, 1910–1999), pool champion
• Damontre Moore (born 1992), American football player
• Davey Moore (boxer, born 1933) (1933–1963), American world champion boxer
• Davey Moore (boxer, born 1959) (1959–1988), American world champion boxer
• David Moore (cricket coach) (born 1964), Australian cricketer and coach
• David Moore (footballer) (born 1959), English footballer and team manager
• David Moore (footballer born 1985), English former football striker
• David Moore (rugby league) (born 1988), Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
• David Moore (sport shooter), Australian pistol shooter and Olympic athlete, see Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Dickie Moore (ice hockey) (born 1931), Canadian ice hockey player
• Dominic Moore (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player (NHL)
• Donnie Moore (1954–1989), American baseball player
• Erica Moore (born 1988), American middle-distance runner
• Greg Moore (racing driver) (1975–1999), Canadian racing driver
• Harry Moore (baseball), American baseball player
• Jacqueline Moore (born 1964), American professional wrestler
• James Moore (baseball) (born 1916), professional baseball player in the Negro leagues
• James Moore (boxer) (born 1978), Irish boxer who a bronze medal
• James Moore (cyclist), English bicycle racer, consider the first champion cyclist
• James Moore (fencer) (1890–1971), American Olympic fencer
• James Moore (footballer born 1889), England international footballer who played for Derby County
• James Moore (footballer born 1891) (1891–1972), Barnsley, Southampton and Leeds United footballer
• James Moore (pentathlete) (born 1935), American Olympic silver medalist in modern pentathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics
• Jason Moore (American football) (born 1976), American defensive back in the National Football League
• Jason Moore (racing driver) (born 1988), British motor racing driver
• Jason Moore (soccer) (born 1978), American soccer player
• Jerrie Moore (1855–1890), Canadian baseball player
• Jim Moore (baseball) (1903–1973), pitcher in Major League Baseball
• Jimmy Moore (baseball) (1903–1986), left fielder in Major League Baseball
• John Moore (footballer born 1943), English football player and manager
• Karl Moore (footballer) (born 1988), Irish footballer
• Kellen Moore (born 1989), American football player
• Lisa Moore (figure skater), American pairs figure skater, see 2006 United States Figure Skating Championships
• Luke Moore (born 1986), English footballer
• Manfred Moore (born 1950), American football player
• Marie Moore (born 1967), former international butterfly swimmer from Canada
• Maya Moore (born 1989), American basketball player
• Mike Moore (baseball) (born 1959), American baseball player
• Nat Moore (born 1951), American football player
• Patrick Moore (golfer) (born 1970), American professional golfer
• Peter Bullfrog Moore (1932–2000), Canterbury Bulldogs Rugby League official
• Peter Moore (Australian rules footballer) (born 1957), winner of the Brownlow Medal in 1979 and 1984
• Peter Moore (Gaelic footballer) (1940–2010), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Peter Moore (speedway rider), British motorcycle speedway rider, see Speedway World Team Cup
• Ricky Moore (born 1976), American basketball player and coach
• Rob Moore (field hockey) (born 1981), English field hockey player
• Ronnie Moore (born 1953), English football manager and former player
• Shannon Moore (born 1979), American professional wrestler
• Stephen Moore (cricketer) (born 1980), English cricketer
• Stephen Moore (rugby union) (born 1983), Australian rugby union footballer
• Steve Moore (born 1978), Canadian ice hockey player (NHL)
• Taylor Moore (born 1997), English footballer (RC Lens)
• Thomas Moore (footballer) (1864–?), Scottish association football player who played for Arbroath and Stoke
• Tom Moore (American football) (born 1938), former NFL running back
• Tom Moore (American football coach) (born 1938), offensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts
• Tom Moore (basketball) (born 1965), basketball coach at Quinnipiac University
• Tom Moore (track) (1914–2002), track athlete and long time meet director of the Modesto Relays
• Tommy Moore (baseball) (born 1948), Major League Baseball pitcher
• Tommy Moore (golfer) (1962–1998), American professional golfer
• Tommy Moore (hurler), Irish hurler
• Wendell Moore (* 1964), Trinidad and Tobago international footballer
• Wilcy Moore (1897–1963), American baseball player
• Will Moore (wide receiver) (born 1970), American football wide receiver
• William Moore (American football) (born 1985), American football safety
• William Moore (athlete) (1890–1960), British track and field athlete
• William Moore (cyclist), British Olympic cyclist
• William M. Moore (born 1926), American football and basketball coach
• William R. Moore (American football) (born 1922), American football coach
• Willie Moore (Cork hurler) (1931–2003), Irish hurler for Cork
• Willie Moore (Limerick hurler) (born 1950), Irish hurler for Limerick

Music

• Abra Moore (born 1969), Irish-American singer-songwriter
• Alecia Beth Moore (born 1979), better known under her stage name Pink, American pop/rock/R&B singer
• Anthony Moore (born 1948), British musician and composer
• Arnold Moore (1914–2004), American blues singer
• Bob Moore (born 1932), American session musician, orchestra leader, and bassist
• Butch Moore (James Augustine Moore, 1938–2001), Irish showband icon during the 1960s
• Chanté Moore (born 1967), American singer
• Christy Moore (born 1945), Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist
• Deacon John Moore (born 1941), American musician, singer, and bandleader
• Douglas Moore (1893–1969), American composer, and president, National Institute and American Academy of Arts & Letters
• Freddy Moore (born 1950), American musician
• Gary Moore (1952–2011), Northern Irish guitarist
• Gerald Moore (1899–1987), English classical pianist
• Grace Moore (1898–1947), American soprano and actress
• Jackie Moore (singer) (born 1946), American jazz singer from Florida
• James Moore (gospel singer) (1956–2000), American gospel artist
• John Moore (bluegrass musician), American mandolin player
• Kevin Moore (born 1967), American musician
• Kip Moore American country music singer-songwriter
• Lecrae Moore, American Christian rap artist
• Lisa Moore (musician) (born 1960), Australian classical musician
• Mandy Moore (born 1984), American pop-singer and actress
• Michael Moore (saxophonist and clarinetist) (born 1954), American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and composer
• Nathan Moore (English musician) (born 1965), English singer, member of Brother Beyond
• Nathan Moore (U.S. musician) (born 1970), American musician of ThaMuseMeant and Surprise Me Mr. Davis
• Peter Moore (trombonist) (born 1996), winner of BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2008
• Peter J. Moore (born 1956), Canadian music producer
• Rudy Ray Moore (1927–2008), African-American singer, comedian and cult-film maker
• Scotty Moore (born 1931), American blues and rock-n-roll guitarist
• Slim Harpo (1924–1970), blues musician whose real name was James Moore
• Sonny Moore, better known as Skrillex, American songwriter and electronic music producer
• Thurston Moore (born 1958), American guitarist and experimental musician
• Tommy Moore (musician) (1931–1981), drummer for The Silver Beetles (later The Beatles) in 1960
• Vinnie Moore (born 1964), American musician
• Warren "Pete" Moore (born 1939), singer
• Wild Bill Moore (1918–1983), tenor saxophone player Expos
• William Moore (musician) (1893–1951), American blues singer and guitarist

Religion

• Benjamin Moore (bishop) (1748–1816), American Protestant Episcopal bishop
• David Hastings Moore (1838–1915), American Methodist Episcopal bishop
• Edward Caldwell Moore (1857–1943), American theologian
• George Foot Moore (1851–1931), American theologian
• Henry Moore (1751–1844), English biographer and friend of John Wesley
• James Beach Moore (1842–1931), Canadian Quaker
• Jimmy Moore (bishop) (1933–2005), Irish clergyman
• John Moore (archbishop of Canterbury) (1730–1805), English cleric and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1783 to 1805
• John Moore (Baptist) (1662–1726), Baptist minister
• Paul Moore, Jr. (1919–2003), Episcopalian Bishop of New York
• W. Winfred Moore (born 1919), Texas clergyman
• William Moore (bishop) (1858–1930), Anglican Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh
• Zephaniah Swift Moore (1770–1823), American clergyman and educator

Military

• Albert Moore (Medal of Honor) (1862–1916), United States Marine
• Charles Moore (Medal of Honor 1863) (born 1839), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• Charles Moore (Medal of Honor 1864), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
• Charles Moore, 1st Marquess of Drogheda (1730–1821), British military officer
• Edwin Ward Moore (1810–1865), American-born Texan commander of the Texas Navy
• George F. Moore (general) (1887–1949), American Major General in the U.S. Army
• Hal Moore (born 1922), American Lieutenant General in the U.S. Army
• Henry Moore (admiral), British admiral during World War II
• James Edward Moore (1902–1986), American United States Army General
• James Moore (Continental Army officer) (1737–1777), American Revolutionary War general
• John Moore (British Army officer) (1761–1809), British soldier and General
• John Moore (regicide) (1599–1650), Colonel in the English Parliamentarian Army
• John White Moore (1832–1913), American naval officer
• Patrick T. Moore (1821–1883), Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War
• Robert H. Moore, Korean War flying ace
• Sir Graham Moore Islands (Nunavut), Canada
• Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Moore (1764–1843), career officer, Royal Navy
• William G. Moore Jr. (1920–2012), U.S. Air Force general
• William Moore (British Army officer), British general
• William Moore (loyalist) (1949–2009), Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary and Shankill Butcher
• William Moore (Medal of Honor) (1837–1918), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

Natural sciences

• Charles Moore (botanist) (1820–1905), director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
• Charles Moore (geologist) (1815–1881), English geologist
• Charles B. Moore (1920–2010), American physicist, engineer and meteorologist
• Charles J. Moore, oceanographer, environmentalist and racing yacht captain
• David Moore (botanist) (1808–1879), English botanist, see Banksia victoriae
• Frederic Moore (1830–1907), British Indian Lepidopterist
• Gordon Moore (born 1929), U.S. chemist
• Henry Ludwell Moore (1869–1958), American economist
• James T. Moore (1952–2006), American atmospheric scientist from Cornell University and Saint Louis University
• John Percy Moore (1869–1965), American zoologist
• Moore's law, the empirical observation that the transistor density of integrated circuits doubles every 24 months (after Gordon Moore)
• Patrick Moore (1923–2012), English astronomer
• Patrick Moore (environmentalist) (born 1947), Canadian environmentalist, early member of Greenpeace
• Peter Moore (chemist) (born 1939), professor at Yale University
• Thomas Moore (botanist) (1821–1887), British botanist

Government and politics

• Arch A. Moore, Jr. (1923–2015), twice Governor of West Virginia
• Benjamin E. Moore, New York assemblyman 1914
• C. Ellis Moore (1884–1941), U.S. Representative from Ohio
• Charles Moore (English politician) (1771–1826), English politician, Member of Parliament 1799–1802, 1802–1806 and 1807–1812
• Charles Moore (Irish MP) (1804–1869), Irish politician, Member of Parliament for Tipperary 1865–1869
• Charles C. Moore (1866–1958), Governor of Idaho
• Charles S. Moore (1857–1915), American politician in Oregon
• Claire Moore, Australian Senator
• Clover Moore (born 1945), Australian politician and Lord Mayor of Sydney, Australia
• Dan K. Moore (1906–1986), American, former governor of North Carolina
• Danny Roy Moore (born 1925), Louisiana state senator
• Darius A. Moore (1833–1905), New York politician
• David Moore (Australian politician) (1824–1898), politician in Electoral district of Sandridge, Victoria, Australia
• David Moore (Manx politician), member of the House of Keys, 1978–1986
• David R. Moore (1856–1926), physician and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada
• Dennis Moore (born 1945), American politician from Kansas
• Ellen Bryan Moore (1912–1999), Louisiana politician
• Enoch Moore (Loyalist turned rebel) (1779–1841), American Revolution
• Garry Moore (mayor) (born 1951), Mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand
• George Fletcher Moore (1798–1886), prominent early settler in colonial Western Australia
• George H. Moore (1871–1958), Los Angeles City Councilman of the 15th district
• George Henry Moore (politician) (1811–1870), Irish politician (MP) from County Mayo
• Gwen Moore (born 1951), US Congresswomen from Wisconsin
• Harry T. Moore (1905–1951), American civil rights activist
• Harvey T. Moore, (1809-1878). American politician
• Henson Moore (William Henson Moore III, born 1939), American lawyer and politician, U.S. Representative from Louisiana
• James Moore (Canadian politician) (born 1976), Canadian Member of Parliament for Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam
• James Moore (South Carolina politician) (1650–1706), British colonial governor of South Carolina between 1700 and 1703
• James William Moore (1818–1877), Confederate politician during the American Civil War
• John Moore (Australian politician) (born 1936), Australian Liberal member of the House of Representatives
• John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh (born 1937), British politician who was Member of Parliament for Croydon Central
• John Moore (Irish politician) (1767–1799), Irish statesman and rebellion leader
• John Moore (Louisiana) (1788–1867), American statesman and planter from Louisiana
• John E. Moore (born 1943), American politician and the current Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
• John J. Moore (c.1920–1976), New York state senator
• John M. Moore (1862–1940), American rancher, statesman, and congressmen from Texas
• J. Washington Moore (c. 1868-1965), Tennessee state representative; Nashville city attorney.
• Mike Moore (New Zealand politician) (born 1949), former New Zealand Prime Minister and Director-General of the WTO
• Newton Moore (1870–1936), Australian politician
• Peter Moore (councillor), leader of Sheffield City Council, Yorkshire, England
• Richard H. Moore (born 1960), American State Treasurer of North Carolina and 2008 candidate for governor
• Richard Moore (New Zealand politician) (1849–1936), New Zealand politician
• Robert Lee Moore (Georgia politician) (1867–1940), American politician
• Samuel Moore (colonial official) (1630–1688), in early New Jersey
• Samuel Wilkinson Moore (1854–1935) member of New South Wales Legislative Assembly
• Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet (1713–1769), British colonial Governor of New York 1765–1769
• Sir Thomas de la Moore or More (died after 1347), English knight and member of parliament
• Sir Thomas Moore, 1st Baronet (1886–1971), Conservative Member of Parliament for Ayr 1925–1964
• Sir William Moore, 1st Baronet (1864–1944), Irish politician and judge
• Thomas Moore (Congressman) (1759–1822), representative from South Carolina 1799–1801
• Thomas L. Moore (1789–1862), American Congressman
• Thomas Moore (died 1695) (1618–1695), English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1640 and 1660
• Thomas Overton Moore (1804–1876), U.S. and subsequently Confederate governor of Louisiana
• Thomas Patrick Moore (1797–1853), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
• Tom Moore, Jr. (born 1918), Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives, 1967–1973
• Tommy Moore (politician) (born 1950), South Carolina businessman and former state politician
• Walthall M. Moore, American politician, black state representative in Missouri
• William Campbell Moore (1933–1982), politician in British Columbia, Canada
• William J. Moore (born 1923), American politician, Pennsylvania State Senator
• William Moore (Australian politician) (1823–1914), Australian politician
• William Moore (congressman) (1810–1878), American politician, U.S. Representative from New Jersey
• William Moore (Pittsburgh) (1930–2007), former police chief for Pittsburgh
• William Moore (Pittsburgh) (1930–2007), former Police Chief for Pittsburgh and Braddock, Pennsylvania
• William Moore (statesman) (c. 1735–1793), jurist and politician, President (i.e. Governor) of Pennsylvania
• William Moore (1699–1746), British politician, Member of Parliament for Banbury
• William Robert Moore (1830–1909), American politician, U.S. Representative from Tennessee
• William S. Moore (1822–1877), American lawyer and politician, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• William S. Moore (1822–1877), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
• William Sturge Moore (died 1809), political figure in Lower Canada
• William T. Moore (Texas politician) (1918–1999), American politician, President pro tempore of the 55th Texas legislature
• William Theodore Moore Jr. (born 1940), American lawyer, U.S. federal judge

History

• A. W. Moore (1853–1909), Manx historian, antiquarian, linguist, folklorist and politician
• Clarence Bloomfield Moore (1852–1936), American archaeologist
• David Moore (archaeologist), American archaeologist and historian
• Lucy Moore (historian) (born 1970), historian

Television and film

• Charles R. Moore (actor) (1893–1947), American actor
• Clayton Moore (1914–1999), American actor
• Constance Moore (1920–2005), American singer and actress
• Demi Moore (born 1962), American actress
• Dickie Moore (actor) (1925–2015), American actor
• Dudley Moore (1935–2002), English actor and comedian
• Ennio Girolami (1935–2013), sometimes credited as Thomas Moore, Italian actor
• Eva Moore (1870–1955), English actress
• Garry Moore (1915–1993), American television host
• Irving J. Moore (1919–1993), American television director
• Jason Moore (director) (born 1970), American theater and movie director
• Jessica Moore (actress) (born 1967), Italian actress in Casanova (1987 film)
• Jessica Moore (journalist) (born 1982), American journalist
• Jodie Moore (born 1976), Australian porn star and exotic dancer
• Joe Moore (television journalist), American news anchor in Hawaii
• Joel David Moore, American actor
• John Moore (broadcaster) (born 1966), Canadian radio and television broadcaster, film critic, actor, voice actor and comedian
• John Moore (designer), movie production designer
• John Moore (director) (born 1970), Irish film director, producer, and writer
• Juanita Moore (1914–2014), American actress
• Julianne Moore (born 1960), American actress
• Mandy Moore (born 1984), American actress
• Mary Tyler Moore (born 1936), American actress and comedian
• Matt Moore (actor) (1888–1960), Irish-born American silent film actor
• Melissa Moore (born 1963), American movie actress and equestrian
• Michael Moore (born 1954), American social critic and documentary film director
• Moore Brothers (disambiguation)
• Owen Moore (1886–1939), Irish-born American silent film actor
• Peter Moore, the executive producer of various television documentaries, including 638 Ways to Kill Castro
• Roger Moore (born 1927), English actor best known for James Bond
• Ronald D. Moore (born 1964), American screenwriter and television producer
• Rudy Ray Moore (1927–2008), African-American cult-film maker, comedian and singer
• Shemar Moore (born 1970), American actor
• Stephen Campbell Moore (born 1979), English actor
• Stephen Moore (actor) (born 1937), English actor from Brixton, London
• Thomas J. Moore, Irish-born American silent film actor
• Thomas W. Moore (1918–2007), American television executive at ABC
• Tom Moore (actor) (1883–1955), silent film actor
• Tom Moore (director) (born 1943), director of night, Mother (film) and multiple television shows
• Tomm Moore (born 1977), Irish Oscar-nominated animator, cartoonist and movie director
• Tracey Moore (born 1960), Canadian voice actress
• Trevor Moore, multiple people
• William Moore (actor) (1916–2000), English TV actor

Education

• Charles A. Moore (1901–1967), American professor of comparative philosophy
• Charles Napoleon Moore (1882–1967), American mathematician at Bowling Green State University
• Charles Page Thomas Moore (1831–1904), American co-founder of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
• Clifford Herschel Moore (1866–1931), American Latin scholar
• Edward Moore (scholar) (1838–1916), English scholar
• Frank Gardner Moore (1865–1955), American Latin scholar
• Peter Moore (priest) (1924–2000), Dean of St Albans, 1973–1993

Mathematics and computer science

• Charles H. Moore, American computer scientist, inventor of the Forth programming language
• Charles Napoleon Moore (1882–1967), American mathematician
• Clarence Lemuel Elisha Moore (1876–1931), American mathematician
• Cristopher Moore (born 1968), American computer scientist, mathematician, and physicist
• E. H. Moore (1862–1932), American mathematician
• Edward F. Moore (1925–2003), American mathematician and computer scientist
• Gordon Moore (born 1929), co-founder of Intel Corporation and the author of Moore's law
• J Strother Moore, American computer scientist
• Jason H. Moore, American computational geneticist and translational bioinformatician
• Jonas Moore (1617–1679), English mathematician
• Robert Lee Moore (1882–1974), American mathematician
• Roger Moore (computer scientist), American computer scientist
• William Moore (British mathematician) (fl. c.1806–1823)

Health and Medicine

• Edward Mott Moore (1814–1902), American surgeon
• Francis Daniels Moore (1913–2001), American surgeon
• John Moore (human patent), American cancer patient
• John Moore (physician) (1826–1907), American former Surgeon General of the Army
• Martha Moore, birthname of Martha Ballard, American midwife and healer
• Patrick S. Moore (born 1956), American virologist and epidemiologist

Other

• Al Moore, American railroadman and founder of Moore, Oklahoma
• Ann Moore (impostor) (1761–1813), notorious as the fasting-woman of Tutbury
• Charles Chilton Moore (1837–1906), American atheist and newspaper editor
• Charles Moore, 1st Earl of Charleville (1712–1764), Irish peer
• Charles Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda (1910–1989), British peer
• Charles Moore, 2nd Marquess of Drogheda (1770–1837), Irish peer
• David Moore (restaurateur) (born 1964), restaurateur in the UK
• David S. Moore, American statistician
• Hiram Moore, inventor of the combine harvester in 1834
• James Moore (engineer) (1826–1887), Australian railway engineer
• Peter Moore, a British computer consultant kidnapped in Iraq; see Foreign hostages in Iraq#United Kingdom
• Peter Moore (serial killer) (born 1940), British serial killer
• Peter Moore (town crier) (1939–2009), town crier of London
• Rebecca Moore (pageant titleholder) (born 1988), American beauty pageant winner
• Thomas Bather Moore (1850–1919), pioneer of Tasmania
• Thomas Hill Moore, commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Thomas Moore (Australian) (1762–1840), early settler to Australia, co-founder of Moore Theological College
• Tommy Moore (comedian) (born 1950), American comedian, clown, and motivational speaker
• William Lewis Moore (1927–1963), American postal worker and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) member
• William Moore (steamship captain) (1822–1909), British Columbia gold rush entrepreneur, miner, explorer and earliest settler of Skagway, Alaska
• William Moore (surveyor) (1827–1897), Los Angeles County, California
• William R. Moore (journalist) (1909/10–1950), war correspondent killed in the Korean War

Characters

• Lisa Moore, a character in the American comic strip Funky Winkerbean
• Rachel Moore (Case Closed), fictional character in the anime and manga Case Closed
• Richard Moore (Case Closed), character from the detective manga and anime series Case Closed