Wallraven van Hall (Amsterdam, 10 February 1906 – Haarlem, 12 February 1945) was a Dutch banker and resistance leader during the occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. Having been born in a well known influential Dutch family, Van Hall initially studied to become an officer in the merchant marine. However after having worked for some years as third mate he was rejected because of his eyesight after passing the exam for second mate. Not being able to work in the merchant marine, he moved to New York in 1929. His brother, the future mayor of Amsterdam, Gijs van Hall, who already worked at a bank, helped him get a job there with a Wall Street firm. Having thus been introduced to banking, he returned to the Netherlands and became a banker and stockbroker.