Benjamin Hall

Benjamin or Ben Hall may refer to:

  • Benjamin Hall (ironmaster) (1778–1817), Welsh entrepreneur
  • Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (1802–1867), British civil engineer, politician, and possible namesake of clock Big Ben
  • Ben Hall (bushranger) (1837–1865), Australian bushranger
  • Ben Hall (actor) (1899–1985), American actor
  • Ben M. Hall (1921–1970), American writer
  • Ben Hall (footballer) (1881–1963), English football player, manager and trainer
  • Benjamin Hall (athlete), Australian Paralympian

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    “The Great Spirit, who made all things, made every thing for some use, and whatever use he designed anything for, that use it should always be put to. Now, when he made rum, he said “Let this be for the Indians to get drunk with,” and it must be so.”
    —Native American elder. Quoted in Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography, ch. 8 (written 1771-1790, published 1868)

    “A cell for prayer, a hall for joy,—
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    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)