| Jabir ibn Hayyan, Abu Musa (Gerber) (Arab alchemist, mystic) |
c.721-c.851 |
| Jablonowski, Josef Aleksandr (Pol. patron of arts and letters) |
1711-1777 |
| Jablonski, Daniel Ernst (German theologian) |
1660-1741 |
| Jabotinsky, Vladimir (Zionist leader) |
1880-1940 |
| Jacinto, Antonio (Angolan poet, writer, nationalist leader) |
1924-1991 |
| Jackling, Daniel Cowan (American mining engineer, metallurgist) |
1869-1956 |
| Jacks, Lawrence Pearsall (English clergyman, philosopher) |
1860-1955 |
| Jackson, Abraham Valentine Williams (American linguist) |
1862-1937 |
| Jackson, Andrew (7th U.S. president, 1829-1837) |
1767-1845 |
| Jackson, Charles Thomas (American chemist, geologist) |
1805-1880 |
| Jackson, Cyril (English clergyman, scholar) |
1746-1819 |
| Jackson, Frederick George (British explorer) |
1860-1938 |
| Jackson, George Holbrook (English bibliophile, biographer) |
1874-1948 |
| Jackson, Helen Maria Hunt née Fiske (American novelist) |
1830-1885 |
| Jackson, Howell Edmunds (Am. Supreme Court justice 1893-1895) |
1832-1895 |
| Jackson, Jesse Louis (American clergyman, politician) |
b.1941 |
| Jackson, John Hughlings (English neurologist) |
1835-1911 |
| Jackson, Mahalia (American singer) |
1911-1972 |
| Jackson, Mary Ann (American actor; Our Gang) |
b.1923 |
| Jackson, Michael (English journalist: beer & whisky expert) |
1942-2007 |
| Jackson, Robert Houghwout (American jurist) |
1892-1954 |
| Jackson, Sheldon (American missionary, educator) |
1834-1909 |
| Jackson, Shirley Hardie (American writer) |
1916-1965 |
| Jackson, Sir Thomas Graham (English architect) |
1835-1924 |
| Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" (American Confed. general) |
1824-1863 |
| Jackson, William (Jackson of Exeter) (English composer) |
1730-1803 |
| Jackson, William (English clergyman) |
1737?-1795 |
| Jackson, William Henry (American photographer) |
1843-1942 |
| Jacob, Cyprien-Max (French writer, poet, painter) |
1876-1944 |
| Jacob, Francis-Honore (French furniture maker; son of Georges) |
1770-1841 |
| Jacob, Francois (French geneticist) |
b.1920 |
| Jacob, Georges (French furniture maker) |
1739-1814 |
| Jacob, Georges-Alphonse (French furniture maker; son of F.-H.) |
1799-1870 |
| Jacob, Max (French poet, writer) |
1876-1944 |
| Jacob, Violet née Kennedy-Erskine (Scottish novelist, poet) |
1863-1946 |
| Jacob ben Asher (German-born Jewish scholar) |
1269?-1340? |
| Jacobi, Abraham (German-born American physician) |
1830-1919 |
| Jacobi, Carl Gustav Jacob (German mathematician) |
1804-1851 |
| Jacobi, Friedrich Heinrich (German philosopher, writer) |
1743-1819 |
| Jacobs, Harriet (American autobiographer) |
1813-1897 |
| Jacobs, Jane née Butzner (Am.-born Canadian writer, activist) |
1916-2006 |
| Jacobs, Joseph (Australian-born British scholar, writer) |
1854-1916 |
| Jacobs, William Wymark (English writer) |
1863-1943 |
| Jacobsen, Arne (Danish architect, designer) |
1902-1971 |
| Jacobsen, Jens Peter (Danish novelist, poet) |
1847-1885 |
| Jacobson, Dan (South African writer) |
b.1929 |
| Jacobus de Voragine (Italian prelate, writer) |
1228/30-1298 |
| Jacopo di Pietro d'Agnolo della Quercia (Sienese sculptor) |
c.1374-1438 |
| Jacopone de Todi (Italian religious, poet) |
c.1230-1306 |
| Jacotot, Jean-Joseph (French educator) |
1770-1840 |
| Jacquard, Joseph-Marie (French inventor) |
1752-1834 |
| Jacque, Charles-Emile (French painter, engraver) |
1813-1894 |
| Jacquemart, Nelie (French painter) |
1840-1912 |
| Jacquemont, Victor (French botanist, traveler) |
1801-1832 |
| Jacques, Jules Marie Alphonse (Belgian soldier, explorer) |
1858-1928 |
| Jacques de Vitry (French prelate, historian) |
c.1170-1240 |
| Jacquet, Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" (American musician) |
1922-2004 |
| Jaeger, Hans Henrik (Norwegian writer, naturalist) |
1854-1910 |
| Jager, Johann (Crotus Rubianus) (German Humanist) |
1480?-c.1539 |
| Jahangir (Mogul emperor of India 1605-1627; son of Akbar) |
1569-1627 |
| Jahiz, al- (Muslim theologian, writer) |
c.776-868/9 |
| Jahn, Friedrich Ludwig (German gymnastics educator, patriot) |
1778-1852 |
| Jahn, Otto (German philologist, archaeologist, critic) |
1813-1869 |
| Jakobson, Roman (Osipovich) (Russian-born American linguist) |
1896-1982 |
| Jalal ad-Din ar-Rumi (Persian poet, Sufi mystic) |
c.1207-1273 |
| Jaloux, Edmond (French novelist, critic) |
1878-1949 |
| Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani (Muslim political agitator, journalist) |
1838-1897 |
| Jamalzadeh, Mohammad Ali (Persian writer) |
b.1892 |
| James, Saint (One of twelve Christian apostles) |
d.c.44 AD |
| James, Clive (Vivian Leopold) (Australian writer, satirist) |
b.1939 |
| James, Cyril Lionel Robert (Trinidadian writer, soc. theorist) |
1901-1989 |
| James, Daniel Jr. (American air force officer) |
1920-1978 |
| James, George Payne Rainsford (English novelist, hist. writer) |
1799-1860 |
| James, George Wharton (Am. writer, photographer, ethnologist) |
1858-1923 |
| James, Henry (American philosopher; father of Henry & William) |
1811-1882 |
| James, Henry (American-born British novelist) |
1843-1916 |
| James, Jesse Woodson (American outlaw) |
1847-1882 |
| James, Marquis (American journalist, author) |
1891-1955 |
| James, Montague Rhodes (British scholar) |
1862-1936 |
| James, Phyllis Dorothy (British writer) |
b.1920 |
| James, Selma (American writer, political activist) |
b.1930 |
| James, William (American philosopher, psychologist) |
1842-1910 |
| James Edward (James Francis Edward Stuart) (English prince) |
1688-1766 |
| Jameson, Anna Brownell née Murphy (Irish writer) |
1794-1860 |
| Jameson, John Franklin (American historian) |
1859-1937 |
| Jameson, Leander Starr (Scot.-born S. Af. physician, statesman) |
1853-1917 |
| Jamet, Marie (Marie-Augustine de la Compassion) (Fr. religious) |
1820-1893 |
| Jami (Persian scholar, poet, mystic) |
1414-1492 |
| Jamieson, John (Scottish clergyman, antiquary, lexicographer) |
1759-1838 |
| Jamison, Cecilia Viets née Dakin (Can.-born Am. painter,author) |
1837-1909 |
| Jammes, Francis (French poet, novelist) |
1868-1938 |
| Jamnitzer, Wenzel (German goldsmith) |
1508-1585 |
| Janacek, Leos (Czech composer) |
1854-1928 |
| Jane, Frederick Thomas (British writer) |
1870-1916 |
| Janequin, Clement (French composer) |
c.1485-1558 |
| Janet, Pierre-Marie-Felix (French psychologist, neurologist) |
1859-1947 |
| Janeway, Charles Alderson Jr. (American immunologist) |
1943-2003 |
| Janiger, Oscar (American psychiatrist, physician) |
1918-2001 |
| Janin, Jules-Gabriel (French writer) |
1804-1874 |
| Janis, Elsie (orig. Elsie Jane Bierbower) (American actor) |
1889-1956 |
| Janko, Paul von (Hungarian pianist; invented Janko keyboard) |
1856-1919 |
| Jannings, Emil (American-born German actor) |
1886-1950 |
| Jansen, Cornelis Otto (Cornelius Jansenius) (Dutch theologian) |
1585-1638 |
| Jansky, Karl Guthe (American radio engineer) |
1905-1950 |
| Janson, Anton (Dutch type founder) |
1620-1687 |
| Janson, Kristofer Nagel (Norwegian novelist) |
1841-1917 |
| Janssen (or Janssen van Ceulen), Cornelis (English painter) |
1593-1661 |
| Janssen, Geraert (or Gerard) (English sculptor) |
fl. 1616 |
| Janssen, Johannes (German clergyman, historian) |
1829-1891 |
| Janssen, Pierre-Jules-Cesar (French astronomer) |
1824-1907 |
| Janssen (or Jansen), Zacharias (Dutch spectacles maker) |
1580-c.1638 |
| Janssens, Abraham (Janssens van Nuyssen) (Flemish painter) |
c.1575-1632 |
| Jansson, Tove Marika (Finnish artist, writer-illustrator) |
b.1914 |
| Januarius, Saint (Gennaro) (Italian prelate) |
272?-305? |
| Jan z Rokycan (Bohemian religious leader) |
c.1390-1471 |
| Jaques-Dalcroze, Emile (Swiss composer; creator of eurythmics) |
1865-1950 |
| Jardiel Poncela, Enrique (Spanish playwright, writer) |
1901-1952 |
| Jardine, Alan Charles (American musician, singer; Beach Boy) |
b.1942 |
| Jarir (Arab poet, satirist) |
c.650-c.729 |
| Jarman, Joseph (American musician) |
b.1937 |
| Jarnefelt, Edvard Armas (Finnish-born Swedish composer, cond.) |
1869-1958 |
| Jarnes y Millan, Benjamin (Spanish writer, biographer) |
1888-1949 |
| Jarratt, Devereux (American clergyman) |
1733-1801 |
| Jarrell, Randall (American writer, poet, critic) |
1914-1965 |
| Jarrett, Keith (American pianist) |
b.1945 |
| Jarry, Alfred-Henry (French dramatist, novelist) |
1873-1907 |
| Jaruzelski, Wojciech Witold (Polish general, premier 1981-1989) |
b.1923 |
| Jarves, James Jackson (American art collector, critic) |
1818-1888 |
| Jarvis, John Wesley (English-born American painter) |
1780-1840 |
| Jason of Cyrene (Jewish writer in Egypt) |
fl. c.100 BC |
| Jaspar, Henri (Belgian politician, diplomat) |
1870-1939 |
| Jaspers, Karl Theodor (German philosopher, psychiatrist) |
1883-1969 |
| Jastrow, Morris (Polish-born American scholar) |
1861-1921 |
| Jastrun, Mieczyslaw (Polish poet, essayist) |
1903-1983 |
| Jatho, Karl (German aviator) |
1873-1933 |
| Jaufre Rudel (Prince of Blaye) (French troubadour) |
fl. 1130-1150 |
| Jaurequi y Aguilar. Juan Martinez de (Spanish poet) |
1583-1641 |
| Jaures, Jean-Joseph-Marie-Auguste (French socialist, pacifist) |
1859-1914 |
| Jawlensky, Alexey von (Russian painter) |
1864-1941 |
| Jay, John (American statesman; 1st Supreme Court chief justice) |
1745-1829 |
| Jayadeva (Indian poet) |
12th cent. |
| Jaynes, Julian (American psychologist) |
1920-1997 |
| Jazzar, Ahmad al- (The Butcher) (Ottoman governor of Syria) |
c.1734-1804 |
| Jean d'Arras (French trouvere) |
15th cent. |
| Jean de Matha (French priest; founded order of Trinitarians) |
1160-1213 |
| Jean de Mirecourt (French religious, theologian) |
14th cent. |
| Jean de Paris (aka Jean Quidort) (French religious, theologian) |
c.1255-1306 |
| Jean de Venette (French chronicler) |
c.1308-c.1369 |
| Jean le Bel (Belgian soldier, chronicler) |
c.1290-1370 |
| Jeanneret, Charles-Edouard (Le Corbusier) (Swiss architect) |
1887-1965 |
| Jeannin, Pierre (French lawyer, diplomat) |
c.1540-1622 |
| Jeans, Sir James Hopwood (English physicist, astronomer) |
1877-1946 |
| Jeaurat, Etienne (French painter) |
1699-1789 |
| Jebavy, Vaclav Ignac (pseud. Otakar Brezina) (Czech poet) |
1868-1929 |
| Jebb, Sir Richard Claverhouse (Scottish scholar) |
1841-1905 |
| Jeck, Phillip (English composer, performance artist) |
b.1952 |
| Jefferies, John Richard (English naturalist, writer, essayist) |
1848-1887 |
| Jeffers, John Robinson (American poet) |
1887-1962 |
| Jefferson, Joseph (American actor) |
1829-1905 |
| Jefferson, Thomas (3rd U.S. President, 1801-1809) |
1743-1826 |
| Jeffrey, Lord Francis (Scottish critic, jurist) |
1773-1850 |
| Jeffreys, George (1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem) (British jurist) |
1645-1689 |
| Jeffreys, Sir Harold (English astronomer) |
1891-1989 |
| Jeffries, John (American physician, balloonist) |
1745-1819 |
| Jehan des Murs (French math., astronomer, music theorist) |
c.1300-c.1350 |
| Jehoshaphat (or Josaphat) (King of Judah c.873-c.849 BC) |
d.c.849 BC |
| Jejeebhoy, Sir Jamsetjee (Indian merchant, philanthropist) |
1783-1859 |
| Jekyll, Gertrude (English landscape architect) |
1843-1932 |
| Jellicoe, John Rushworth (1st Earl) (British admiral) |
1859-1935 |
| Jellinek, Adolf (Moravian theologian, scholar, orator) |
1821-1893 |
| Jenatsch, Georg (or Jurg) (Swiss soldier, political leader) |
1596-1639 |
| Jenkin, Henry Charles Fleeming (British electrician) |
1833-1885 |
| Jenkins, John (English musician, composer) |
1592-1678 |
| Jenkins, Robert (English mariner) |
fl.1731-1738 |
| Jenner, Edward (English physician; discovered vaccination) |
1749-1823 |
| Jenner, Sir William (English physician, anatomist) |
1815-1898 |
| Jenney, William Le Baron (American architect) |
1832-1907 |
| Jennings, Elizabeth Joan (English poet) |
b.1926 |
| Jennings, Herbert Spencer (American zoologist) |
1868-1947 |
| Jennings, Waylon Arnold (American musician) |
1937-2002 |
| Jensen, Gerrit (Dutch-born? English cabinetmaker) |
fl.1680-1715 |
| Jensen, Jens (Danish-born American landscape painter) |
1860-1951 |
| Jensen, Johannes Hans Daniel (German physicist) |
1907-1973 |
| Jensen, Johannes Vilhelm (Danish poet, writer, essayist) |
1873-1950 |
| Jenson, Nicolas (French printer, engraver in Venice) |
c.1420-1480 |
| Jepsen, Glenn Lowell (American paleontologist) |
1903-1974 |
| Jeremiah (or Jeremias) (Hebrew prophet) |
650?-c.570 BC |
| Jeremias II (Greek prelate) |
c.1530-1595 |
| Jeritza, Maria (orig. Mizzi Jedlicka) (Czech singer) |
1887-1982 |
| Jerne, Niels Kaj (English-born Danish immunologist) |
1911-1994 |
| Jerome, St. (Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus) (Dalmatian trans.) |
c.347-420 |
| Jerome of Prague (Czech theologian) |
c.1365-1416 |
| Jerome, Chauncey (American inventor, clock-maker) |
1793-1868 |
| Jerome, Jerome Klapka (English humorist, novelist, playwright) |
1859-1927 |
| Jerrard, George Birch (English mathematician) |
1804-1863 |
| Jerrold, Douglas William (English playwright, humorist) |
1803-1857 |
| Jervas (or Jarvis), Charles (Irish painter, translator) |
1675?-1739 |
| Jervis, John (Earl of St. Vincent) (English naval commander) |
1735-1823 |
| Jervis, John Bloomfield (American engineer) |
1795-1885 |
| Jespersen, (Jens) Otto Harry (Danish philologist) |
1860-1943 |
| Jesse, Friniwyd Tennyson (English writer) |
1889-1958 |
| Jessel, George Albert (American entertainer) |
1898-1981 |
| Jessner, Leopold (German theatrical producer, director) |
1878-1945 |
| Jesup, Morris Ketchum (American merchant, banker) |
1830-1908 |
| Jesus (Founder of Christianity) |
c.6 BC-AD c.30 |
| Jevons, William Stanley (English economist, inventor) |
1835-1882 |
| Jewel, John (English prelate) |
1522-1571 |
| Jewett, Milo Parker (American educator) |
1808-1882 |
| Jewett, Theodora Sarah Orne (American writer) |
1849-1909 |
| Jewsbury, Maria Jane (English writer) |
1800-1833 |
| Jewsbury, Geraldine Endsor (English writer; sister of Maria) |
1812-1880 |
| Jex-Blake, Sophia Louisa (English physician) |
1840-1912 |
| Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer née Prawer (German-born British writer) |
b.1927 |
| Jhering (or Ihering), Rudolf von (German legal scholar, writer) |
1818-1892 |
| Jiang Zemin (Chinese Communist politician; president 1993-) |
b.1926 |
| Jibanananda Das (East Pakistan-born Bengali poet) |
1899-1954 |
| Jien (orig. Fujiwara Dokai) (Japanese religious, historian) |
1145-1225 |
| Jili, al- (Islamic mystic) |
1365-c.1424 |
| Jillson, Joyce (American astrologer) |
1947-2004 |
| Jimenez, Juan Ramon (Spanish poet, writer) |
1881-1958 |
| Jimenez, Luis Alfonso (American sculptor) |
1940-2006 |
| Jimenez de Cisneros, Francisco (Spanish prelate, statesman) |
1436-1517 |
| Jimenez de Quesada, Gonzalo (Spanish conquistador) |
c.1495-1579 |
| Jimenez de Rada, Rodrigo (Spanish prelate, historian) |
1170-1247 |
| Jimenez Oreamuno, Ricardo (Costa Rican politician) |
1859-1945 |
| Jimmu Tenno (orig. Kamu-yamato-ihare-biko) (Japanese emperor) |
7th? cent. BC |
| Jinnah, Muhammed Ali (Indian-born Pakistani politician) |
1876-1948 |
| Jippensha Ikku (Japanese writer) |
1765-1831 |
| Jirasek, Alois (Czech novelist, playwright, teacher) |
1851-1930 |
| Jnanadeva (or Jnanesvara) (Indian poet) |
1275-1296 |
| Joachim of Fiore (also of Flora or Floris) (Italian religious) |
c.1130/5-1201/2 |
| Joachim, Joseph (Hungarian violinist, composer) |
1831-1907 |
| Joad, Cyril Edwin Mitchinson (British philosopher) |
1891-1953 |
| Joan of Arc, Saint (Jeanne d'Arc) (French national heroine) |
c.1412-1431 |
| Joans, Ted (b. Theodore Jones) (American poet, painter) |
1928-2003 |
| Joaquin, Nicomedes "Nick" (Filipino writer, poet, playwright) |
b.1917 |
| Jobs, Steven Paul (American computer engineer, businessman) |
b.1955 |
| Jocelin de Brakelond (English monk, chronicler) |
fl.1173-1215 |
| Jochelson, Vladimir Ilich (Russian ethnographer, linguist) |
1855-1937 |
| Jochmus, Giacomo August (German soldier of fortune) |
1808-1881 |
| Jocho (Japanese sculptor) |
d.1057 |
| Jochumsson, Matthias (Icelandic poet, translator, journalist) |
1835-1920 |
| Jodelle, Etienne (French poet, dramatist) |
1532-1573 |
| Jodl, Alfred (German army officer) |
1890-1946 |
| Joest van Kalkar, Jan (Dutch painter) |
c.1460-1519 |
| Joffre, Joseph-Jacques-Cesaire (French field marshal) |
1852-1931 |
| Jogues, Saint Isaac (French missionary) |
1607-1646 |
| Johanan ben Zakkai (Jewish sage) |
1st cent. AD |
| Johannot, Alfred (French engraver, illustrator) |
1800-1837 |
| Johannot, Charles (French engraver, illustrator) |
1798-1825 |
| Johannot, Tony (French engraver, illustrator) |
1803-1852 |
| Johannsen, Wilhelm Judvig (Danish botanist, geneticist) |
1857-1927 |
| Johann von Neumarkt (Johannes Noviforensis) (German prelate) |
c.1310-1380 |
| Johann von Tepl (Johann von Saaz) (Bohemian educator, writer) |
c.1350-c.1415 |
| Johansen, Frederic Hjalmar (Norwegian explorer) |
1867-1923 |
| Johansson, Per Christian (Danish dancer, teacher) |
1817-1903 |
| Johansson, Lars (pseud. Lasse Lucidor) (Swedish poet) |
1638-1674 |
| John of Austria (Don John; Don Juan) (Spanish general) |
1547-1578 |
| John of Avila, Saint (Juan de Avila) (Spanish cleric, reformer) |
1499/1500-1569 |
| John of Capistrano (Johannes Capistranus) (Italian religious) |
1386-1456 |
| John of Damascus, Saint (Greek religious, theologian) |
c.675-749 |
| John of God, Saint (Juan de Dios) (Spanish religious) |
1495-1550 |
| John of Jandun (Jean de Jandun) (French philosopher) |
c.1286-1328 |
| John of Jerusalem (Palestinian prelate, theologian) |
c.356-417 |
| John of St. Thomas (Portuguese religious, philosopher) |
1589-1644 |
| John of Salisbury (English prelate, scholar) |
1115/20-1180 |
| John of Scythopolis (Byzantine prelate, theologian) |
6th cent. |
| John of the Cross, Saint (Spanish mystic, poet) |
1542-1591 |
| John, Augustus Edwin (British painter, etcher) |
1878-1961 |
| John, Errol (Trinidadian-born English actor, playwright) |
1924-1988 |
| John, Sir William Goscombe (Welsh-born British sculptor) |
1860-1952 |
| John bar Qursos (John of Tella) (Syrian prelate, theologian) |
483-538 |
| John Climacus, Saint (Byzantine religious) |
c.579-c.649 |
| John Italus (Byzantine philosopher) |
11th cent. |
| John Maurice (Johan Maurits) (Dutch soldier, colonialist) |
1604-1679 |
| John Philoponus (Eqyptian-born Greek Christian theologian) |
6th cent. |
| John Scylitzes (Byzantine historian) |
11th cent. |
| Johns, Jasper (American painter, sculptor, printmaker) |
b.1930 |
| Johnson, Alvin Saunders (American economist) |
1874-1971 |
| Johnson, Amy (British aviator) |
1903-1941 |
| Johnson, Andrew (17th U.S. president, 1865-1869) |
1808-1875 |
| Johnson, Chalmers Ashby (American historian, writer) |
b.1931 |
| Johnson, Charles Richard (Am. writer, political cartoonist) |
b.1948 |
| Johnson, Charles Spurgeon (American sociologist) |
1893-1956 |
| Johnson, Claudia Alta née Taylor "Ladybird" (Am. businesswoman) |
1912-2007 |
| Johnson, Colin (Aboriginal: Mudrooroo)(Australian writer, poet) |
b.1939 |
| Johnson, Diane Lain née Murray (American writer, academic) |
b.1934 |
| Johnson, Douglas Wilson (American geologist) |
1878-1944 |
| Johnson, Esther (friend of Jonathan Swift; "Stella") |
1681-1728 |
| Johnson, Eyvind Olof Verne (Swedish author) |
1900-1976 |
| Johnson, Hall (American choral conductor) |
1888-1970 |
| Johnson, Hiram Warren (American politician) |
1866-1945 |
| Johnson, Howard Deering (American hotelier, restaurateur) |
1896?-1972 |
| Johnson, James Weldon (American poet, diplomat, anthologist) |
1871-1938 |
| Johnson, John Harold (American publisher: Ebony, Jet) |
1918-2005 |
| Johnson, Jonathan Eastman (American painter) |
1824-1906 |
| Johnson, Lionel Pigot (British poet, critic) |
1867-1902 |
| Johnson, Louis Albert (New Zealand poet, teacher, journalist) |
1924-1988 |
| Johnson, Lyndon Baines (36th U.S. president, 1963-1969) |
1908-1973 |
| Johnson, Martin Elmer (American explorer, naturalist) |
1884-1937 |
| Johnson, Osa Helen née Leighty (Am. hunter,pilot; wife of M.E.) |
1894-1953 |
| Johnson, Owen McMahon (American novelist; son of Robert U.) |
1878-1952 |
| Johnson, Pamela Hansford (Lady Smow) (English novelist) |
1912-1981 |
| Johnson, Emily Pauline (Mohawk name Tekahionwake) (Can. poet) |
1862-1913 |
| Johnson, Philip Cortelyou (American architect) |
1906-2005 |
| Johnson, Richard (English writer) |
1573-1659? |
| Johnson, Richard Mentor (American vice-president 1837-1841) |
1780-1850 |
| Johnson, Robert Underwood (American editor, writer) |
1853-1937 |
| Johnson, Samuel (American philosopher, theologian, teacher) |
1696-1772 |
| Johnson, Samuel (English writer, lexicographer, critic) |
1709-1784 |
| Johnson, Thomas (American Revolutionary leader) |
1732-1819 |
| Johnson, Tom Loftin (American politician, inventor) |
1854-1911 |
| Johnson, Uwe (Pomeranian-born German writer, translator) |
1934-1984 |
| Johnson, Wendell A.L. "Jack" (American speech pathologist) |
1906-1965 |
| Johnson, Sir William (British administrator in America) |
1715-1774 |
| Johnson, William Eugene (American reformer) |
1862-1945 |
| Johnson, William Samuel (American politician, educator) |
1727-1819 |
| Johnston, Albert Sidney (American Confederate general) |
1803-1862 |
| Johnston, Alexander Keith (Scottish geographer) |
1804-1871 |
| Johnston, Annie née Fellows (American writer) |
1863-1931 |
| Johnston, Archibald (Scottish political leader) |
1611-1663 |
| Johnston (or Jonston), Arthur (Scottish poet) |
1587-1641 |
| Johnston, David Claypoole (American cartoonist, lithographer) |
1799-1865 |
| Johnston, Edward (Uruguayan-born British calligrapher) |
1872-1944 |
| Johnston, George Henry (Australian journalist, writer) |
1912-1970 |
| Johnston, Sir Harry Hamilton (British explorer, writer) |
1858-1927 |
| Johnston, Jennifer Prudence (Irish writer, playwright) |
b.1930 |
| Johnston, Joseph Eggleston (American Confederate general) |
1807-1891 |
| Johnston, Mary (American author) |
1870-1936 |
| Johnston, Sir William (Scottish geographer; brother of Alex.) |
1802-1888 |
| Johnston, William Denis (Irish playwright) |
1901-1984 |
| John Talaia (Eqyptian-born Greek prelate, theologian) |
5th cent. |
| Joinville, Jean de (French chronicler) |
c.1224-1317 |
| Jokai, Mor (Hungarian novelist, dramatist) |
1825-1904 |
| Jokl, Norbert (Czech linguist) |
1877-1942 |
| Jolas, Eugene (American co-founder of Transition) |
1894-1952 |
| Jolas, Maria née McDonald (American co-founder of Transition) |
1893-1987 |
| Joliot-Curie, Jean-Frederic (orig. Joliot) (French chemist) |
1900-1958 |
| Joliot-Curie, Irene (orig. Curie-Joliot) (French chemist) |
1897-1956 |
| Jolivet, Andre (French composer) |
1905-1974 |
| Jolley, Elizabeth (English-born Australian writer) |
b.1923 |
| Jolliet (or Joliet), Louis (Canadian-born French explorer) |
1645-1700 |
| Jolly, George (English actor, manager) |
d.1673? |
| Jolly, Philipp Johann Gustav von (German physicist) |
1809-1884 |
| Jolson, Al (orig. Asa Yoelson) (Russian-born American singer) |
1886-1950 |
| Joly, John (Irish physicist) |
1857-1933 |
| Jolyot, Prosper (Pen name Crebillon) (French tragic poet) |
1674-1762 |
| Jomini, Antoine-Henri de (Swiss soldier, military writer) |
1779-1869 |
| Jommelli (or Jomelli), Niccolo (Italian composer) |
1714-1774 |
| Jon, Francois du (Franciscus Junius) (Dutch scholar) |
1589-1677 |
| Jonas, Justus (aka Jodocus Koch) (German reformer) |
1493-1555 |
| Jonasson, Johannes Bjarni (Icelandic poet, reformer) |
1899-1972 |
| Jones, Alfred Ernest (Welsh-born British psychoanalyst) |
1879-1958 |
| Jones, Anson (American president of Texas 1844-1846) |
1798-1858 |
| Jones, Charles Jesse (Buffalo Jones) (American hunter) |
1844-1918 |
| Jones, Charles Martin "Chuck" (American animator: Loony Tunes) |
1912-2002 |
| Jones, Daniel (English phonetician) |
1881-1967 |
| Jones, David Michael (British artist, writer) |
1895-1974 |
| Jones, Donald Forsha (American geneticist) |
1890-1963 |
| Jones, Douglas Gordon (Canadian poet, literary critic) |
b.1929 |
| Jones, Ebenezer (English poet) |
1820-1860 |
| Jones, Edward D. (American statistician; re: Dow-Jones) |
1856-1920 |
| Jones, Elvin Ray (American musician) |
1927-2004 |
| Jones, Ernest Charles (English Chartist reformer, poet) |
1819-1869 |
| Jones, Harold Spencer (English astronomer) |
1890-1960 |
| Jones, Henry (pseud. Cavendish) (English physician, writer) |
1831-1899 |
| Jones, Henry Arthur (English playwright) |
1851-1929 |
| Jones, Howard Mumford (American educator, critic) |
1892-1980 |
| Jones, Inigo (English architect) |
1573-1652 |
| Jones, James (American novelist) |
1921-1977 |
| Jones, James Warren "Jim" (American cult leader) |
1931-1978 |
| Jones, John (pseud. Jac Glan-y-Gors)(Welsh poet, polit. writer) |
1766-1821 |
| Jones, John Beauchamp (American writer) |
1810-1866 |
| Jones, John Luther "Casey" (American railroad engineer) |
1864-1900 |
| Jones, John Paul (Scottish-born American naval officer) |
1747-1792 |
| Jones, John Paul (English musician, composer) |
b.1946 |
| Jones, Joseph Stevens (American physician, actor, playwright) |
1809-1877 |
| Jones, Lewis Ralph (American botanist) |
1864-1945 |
| Jones, Mary née Harris (Mother Jones) (American labor leader) |
1830-1930 |
| Jones, Owen (English architect) |
1809-1874 |
| Jones, Robert Edmond (American scene designer) |
1887-1954 |
| Jones, Rufus Matthew (American educator, religious leader) |
1863-1948 |
| Jones, Samuel Milton (American industrialist, polit., reformer) |
1846-1904 |
| Jones, Spike (Lindley Armstrong Jones, Jr.) (American musician) |
1911-1965 |
| Jones, Terry (Welsh actor, comedian) |
b.1942 |
| Jones, Thomas Franklin Jr. (American educator, engineer) |
1916-1981 |
| Jones, Thomas Gwynn (Welsh poet, scholar) |
1871-1949 |
| Jones, Thomas Hudson (American sculptor) |
1892-1969 |
| Jones, William (English mathematician; first to use pi symbol) |
1675-1749 |
| Jong, Erica Mann (American novelist, poet) |
b.1942 |
| Jongen, Joseph Marie Alphonse Nicolas (Belgian composer) |
1873-1953 |
| Jongkind, Johan Barthold (Dutch painter, etcher) |
1819-1891 |
| Jonnart, Celestin-Auguste-Charles (French politician) |
1857-1927 |
| Jonson, Benjamin "Ben" (English playwright; poet laureate) |
1572-1637 |
| Jonsson, Arngrimur (The Learned) (Icelandic scholar) |
1568-1648 |
| Jonsson, Finnur (Icelandic bishop, historian) |
1704-1789 |
| Jonsson, Hjalmar (aka Bolu-Hjalmar) (Icelandic poet) |
1796-1875 |
| Jonsson, John Erik (Am. businessman; co-fd. Texas Instruments) |
1901-1995 |
| Jooss, Kurt (German dancer, choreographer) |
1901-1979 |
| Joplin, Janis (American singer) |
1943-1970 |
| Joplin, Scott (American composer, pianist) |
1868-1917 |
| Jordaens, Jacob (Flemish painter) |
1593-1678 |
| Jordan, Archibald Campbell (Xhosa writer, educator) |
1906-1968 |
| Jordan, David Starr (American biologist, educator) |
1851-1931 |
| Jordan, Dorothea (orig. Dorothea Bland) (Irish actor) |
1762-1816 |
| Jordan, Elizabeth Garver (American writer) |
1865-1947 |
| Jordan, June (married surname Meyer) (American writer) |
b.1936 |
| Jordan, Marie-Ennemond-Camille (French mathematician) |
1838-1922 |
| Jordan, Thomas (English poet, playwright, pamphleteer) |
1612?-1685? |
| Jordan, Wilhelm (German writer, politician) |
1819-1904 |
| Jordan, William George (American journalist, writer) |
1864-1928 |
| Jorgensen, Jens Johannes (Danish poet, journalist, novelist) |
1866-1956 |
| Joris (or Joriszoon), David (Dutch Anabaptist leader) |
c.1501-1556 |
| Jorn, Asger Oluf (orig. surname Jorgensen) (Danish painter) |
1914-1973 |
| Josel of Rosheim (Joseph ben Gershon Loans)(Ger. Jewish leader) |
c.1478-1554 |
| Joseph (orig. In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat) (Nez Perce Indian chief) |
c.1840-1904 |
| Joseph of Volokolamsk, Saint (Russian religious, theologian) |
1439-1515 |
| Josephson, Brian David (Welsh physicist) |
b.1940 |
| Josephson, Matthew (American biographer) |
1899-1978 |
| Josephus, Flavius (orig. Joseph ben Matthias) (Jewish hist.) |
c.37-c.100 |
| Joshi, Arun (Indian writer, management consultant) |
b.1939 |
| Josika, Miklos (Hungarian novelist) |
1794-1865 |
| Josipovici, Gabriel David (French-born British writer) |
b.1940 |
| Josquin des Pres (or Desprez) (French composer) |
c.1440-1521 |
| Jost, Isaak Markus (German historian) |
1793-1860 |
| Joubert, Joseph (French essayist, moralist) |
1754-1824 |
| Joubert, Petrus Jacobus "Piet" (Boer general, statesman) |
1834-1900 |
| Jouffroy, Theodore-Simon (French philosopher) |
1796-1842 |
| Jouffroy d'Abbans, Claude-Francois-Dorothee de (Fr. engineer) |
1751-1832 |
| Jouhaux, Leon (French labor leader, politician) |
1879-1954 |
| Joule, James Prescott (English physicist) |
1818-1889 |
| Jourdan, Jean-Baptiste (French soldier, marshal of France) |
1762-1833 |
| Jouve, Pierre-Jean (French poet, writer, critic) |
1887-1976 |
| Jouvenot, Jean (French painter) |
1644-1717 |
| Jouvet, Louis (French actor, director, designer) |
1887-1951 |
| Jovanovic, Jovan (pseud. Zmaj) (Serbian journalist, author) |
1833-1904 |
| Jovanovic, Slobodan (Serbian jurist, politician) |
1869-1958 |
| Jovellanos, Gaspar Melchor de (Spanish politician, writer) |
1744-1811 |
| Joveyni, 'Ata Malek (Persian historian) |
1226-1283 |
| Jovian (Flavius Claudius Jovianus) (Roman emperor 363-364) |
c.331-364 |
| Jowett, Benjamin (English Greek scholar, translator) |
1817-1893 |
| Joy, James Frederick (American financier) |
1810-1896 |
| Joy, William "Bill" (American computer scientist) |
b.1954 |
| Joybubbles (b.Josef Carl Engressia, Jr.)(Am. phone phreak) |
1949-2007 |
| Joyce, James Augustine Aloysius (Irish writer) |
1882-1941 |
| Joyce, William (Lord Haw-Haw) (American-born British traitor) |
1906-1946 |
| Jozsef, Attila (Hungarian poet) |
1905-1937 |
| Juan Chi (Chinese poet; in Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove) |
210-263 |
| Juan Manuel, Don (Spanish soldier, politician, writer) |
1282-1348 |
| Juan y Santacilia, Jorge (Spanish explorer, writer) |
1713-1773 |
| Juan Yuan (Chinese scholar, bibliophile) |
1764-1849 |
| Juarez, Benito Pablo (Mexican lawyer; pres. 1861-65, 1867-72) |
1806-1872 |
| Jud, Jakob (Swiss linguist) |
1882-1952 |
| Judah (ha-Nasi) (Jewish scholar in Palestine) |
135?-220? |
| Judah ben Samuel (aka Yehuda the Hasid) (German Jewish mystic) |
d.1217 |
| Judah ha-Levi (Hebrew poet, philosopher) |
c.1075-1141 |
| Judd, Charles Hubbard (American psychologist, educator) |
1373-1946 |
| Judge, Jack (British vaudeville performer) |
1878-1938 |
| Judson, Adoniram (American missionary) |
1788-1850 |
| Judson, Arthur Leon (American impresario) |
1881-1975 |
| Judson, Edward Zane Carroll (American adventurer, writer) |
1823-1886 |
| Juel, Jens (Dutch painter) |
1745-1802 |
| Jugurtha (also Iugurtha) (king of Numidia 118-105 BC) |
c.160-104 BC |
| Juhasz, Ferenc (Hungarian poet) |
b.1928 |
| Juhl, Jerome Ravn "Jerry" (Am. writer: Sesame St., Muppet Show) |
1938-2005 |
| Juilliard, Augustus D. (American merchant, patron of music) |
1840-1919 |
| Jukes, Joseph Beete (English geologist) |
1811-1869 |
| Julian the Apostate (Flavius Claudius Julianus) (Roman emperor) |
c.331-363 |
| Julian of Eclanum (Italian prelate) |
380-c.455 |
| Julian (or Juliana) of Norwich (English mystic) |
1342-1416? |
| Julian, Percy Lavon (American chemist) |
1899-1975 |
| Julien, Pierre (French sculptor) |
1731-1804 |
| Julius III (Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte)(It. Pope 1550-55) |
1487-1555 |
| Jullien, Louis-Antoine (French conductor) |
1812-1860 |
| Juminer, Bertene (Guyanese writer, playwright, doctor) |
b.1927 |
| Junayd (Arab painter) |
14th cent. |
| Junayd, Shaykh (Persian religious leader) |
c.1430-1460 |
| Juneau, Solomon Laurent (Canadian-born American fur trader) |
1793-1856 |
| Jung, Carl Gustav (Swiss psychologist, psychiatrist) |
1875-1961 |
| Jung, Jonann Heinrich (pseud. Jung-Stilling) (German writer) |
1740-1817 |
| Junge, Joachim (Jungius) (German philosopher, scientist) |
1587-1657 |
| Junger, Ernst (German writer, philosophical essayist, diarist) |
b.1895 |
| Jungmann, Josef (Czech writer, philologist) |
1773-1847 |
| Junker, Johann Wilhelm (Russian-born German explorer) |
1840-1892 |
| Junkers, Hugo (German airplane designer, manufacturer) |
1859-1935 |
| Junod, Henri Alexandre (Swiss missionary, anthropologist) |
1863-1934 |
| Junot, Andoche (Duc d'Abrantes) (French general under Napoleon) |
1771-1813 |
| Junot, Laure née Permon (Duchesse 'Abrantes) (French writer) |
1784-1838 |
| Junqueiro, Abilo Manuel Guerra (Portuguese poet) |
1850-1923 |
| Jurado, Maria del Rocio Trinidad Mohedano (Spanish singer) |
1944-2006 |
| Jurjani, al- (Arab philologist) |
d.1078 |
| Jurjani, al- (Islamic theologian) |
1339-1413 |
| Jusserand, Jean- (Adrien-Antoine-) Jules (Fr. writer, diplomat) |
1855-1932 |
| Jussieu, Antoine de (French botanist) |
1686-1758 |
| Jussieu, Bernard de (French botanist; brother of Antoine) |
1699-1777 |
| Jussieu, Joseph de (French botanist; brother of Antoine) |
1704-1779 |
| Justice, Donald Rodney (American poet, editor, teacher) |
b.1925 |
| Justin the Martyr, Saint (Greek theologian) |
c.100-c.165 |
| Justinian I (orig. Petrus Sabbatius) (Byzantine emp. 527-565) |
483-565 |
| Justinian II (Rhinotmetus) (Byzantine emperor 685-695, 705-711) |
c.699-711 |
| Justus, Saint (Roman-born English prelate) |
d.627 |
| Justus (or Jodocus) of Ghent (Flemish painter) |
c.1435/40-c.1480 |
| Juvarra (or Juvara), Filippo (It. architect, stage designer) |
1678-1736 |
| Juvenal, Saint (Palestinian prelate) |
d.458 |
| Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) (Roman poet, satirist) |
c.55/60-c.127 |
| Juxon, William (English prelate) |
1582-1663 |