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David James Elliott
David James Elliott (born David William Smith, 1960, Toronto) is a Canadian actor best known as Harmon Rabb Jr. on JAG (1995–2005, 227 episodes), later in Trumbo, Heels, and Revival.
David Jameson (restaurateur)
David Wagner Jameson was an American restaurateur and real estate broker who partnered with Del Taco founder Ed Hackbarth and co-founded the company that franchised the chain.
David Janssen
David Janssen, born David Harold Meyer (1931–1980), American actor famous as Dr. Richard Kimble in The Fugitive (1963–67); also starred in Richard Diamond, Harry O, and O'Hara, U.S. Treasury; died of a heart attack in Malibu in 1980.
David Japikse
David Japikse is an American mechanical engineer specializing in turbomachinery who founded Concepts NREC in 1980 and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
David Jason
Sir David Jason (born David John White, 1940) is the English actor behind Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses, Granville in Open All Hours, Pop Larkin, and Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost; BAFTA Fellowship 2003, knighted 2005.
David Jenkins (environmental engineer)
David Jenkins (1935–2021) was a British-born environmental engineer and UC Berkeley professor elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2001 for his research on biological wastewater treatment.
David Jeremiah
David Jeremiah, born 1941, is an American evangelical pastor and author who has led Shadow Mountain Community Church since 1981 and founded the Turning Point broadcast ministry.
David Jewitt
David Jewitt (born 1958) is a British-born planetary astronomer at UCLA known for co-discovering the Kuiper Belt in 1992, for defining the active asteroids, and for winning the 2012 Kavli and Shaw prizes.
David Jiles
David C. Jiles is an engineer and physicist in applied magnetism, best known for the Jiles–Atherton model of ferromagnetic hysteresis, and a professor at Iowa State University.
David Johansen
David Johansen (1950-2025), American singer and actor, frontman of glam/proto-punk band the New York Dolls, later the lounge persona Buster Poindexter with the hit "Hot Hot Hot"; died of cancer at 75.
David John Bishop
David John Bishop (born 1951) is an American experimental physicist who spent 33 years at Bell Labs developing MEMS optical switching, later leading Boston University's materials science division.
David Johnson (footballer, born 1976)
David Anthony Johnson, born 1976 in Kingston, Jamaica, is a Jamaican former striker for Manchester United, Bury, Ipswich Town, and Nottingham Forest; 3 Jamaica caps, 2 goals; father of Brennan Johnson; distinct from the 1951-born Liverpool forward.
David Johnson (running back)
David Johnson, NFL running back (2015-2022), Arizona Cardinals third-round pick from Northern Iowa; 2016 All-Pro with 2,118 scrimmage yards and 20 touchdowns, later traded to Houston for DeAndre Hopkins.
David Johnston (disambiguation)
David Johnston (disambiguation): multiple notable bearers; best documented is David Lloyd Johnston (b. 1941), Canadian lawyer, academic, 28th Governor General of Canada 2010–2017, later Leaders' Debates Commissioner and 2023 Special Rapporteur.
David Jolly
David Jolly, born 1972, is a former Republican U.S. representative for Florida's 13th district (2014-2017), later an independent and MSNBC analyst, now the Democratic nominee for Florida governor in 2026 facing Byron Donalds.
David Jonathan Casarett
David Jonathan Casarett is an American physician-scientist in hospice and palliative medicine who leads palliative care at Duke University and created the Measuring What Matters quality indicators.
David Jones (video game developer)
David (Dave) Jones, Scottish game developer and DMA Design founder, creator of Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto; later Real Time Worlds, Crackdown, and the failed MMO APB.
David Jones (Welsh missionary)
David Jones, remembered in Madagascar as Jaonjilava, was a Welsh London Missionary Society missionary who founded the Protestant mission in Madagascar and co-produced the first Malagasy Bible.
David Jones García
David Jones García (born 2001, Santo Domingo) is a Dominican NBA guard/forward on a two-way contract with the San Antonio Spurs; undrafted 2024 from Memphis, G League All-Rookie, 2025 All-Summer League First Team.
David Jonsson
David Jonsson (born 1993), British actor known as Gus in Industry, Dom in Rye Lane, Andy in Alien: Romulus, BAFTA EE Rising Star 2025, and Marvel's new Black Panther in Black Panther 3.
David Joseph Srolovitz
David Joseph Srolovitz is a computational materials scientist and Dean of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong, elected to the US National Academy of Engineering in 2015.
David Jou
David Jou is a Korean-American entrepreneur, co-founder and chief executive of Pomelo, a Bangkok fashion e-commerce platform founded in 2013, after helping launch Lazada Thailand.
David Joyce (Ohio politician)
David P. Joyce is an American Republican politician who has represented Ohio's 14th congressional district in the U.S. House since 2013, after nearly 25 years as Geauga County Prosecuting Attorney.
David Joyner (business executive)
J. David Joyner is an American business executive who has served as Chairman and CEO of CVS Health since October 2024, when he replaced Karen Lynch after nearly four decades at the company.
David Julius
David Julius is an American physiologist at UCSF known for identifying the capsaicin receptor TRPV1, work honored with the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
David Juncker
David Juncker is a Swiss-trained biomedical engineer, professor and chair of biomedical engineering at McGill University, known for microfluidics, diagnostic chips, and the nELISA protein-profiling platform.
David Justice
David Justice, born 1966, MLB outfielder 1989-2002 with Braves, Indians, Yankees, and Athletics; 1990 NL Rookie of the Year, 1995 World Series Game 6 hero, 2000 ALCS MVP, 305 career home runs.
David K Panton
David K Panton is a Jamaican-born American private equity investor who co-founded Navigation Capital Partners, a buyout firm, and chairs the family office Panton Equity Partners.
David K. Barton
David K. Barton (1927–2023) was an American radar systems engineer who led development of the AN/FPS-16 monopulse instrumentation radar and the AN/FPS-49 Ballistic Missile Early Warning System radar.
David K. Detweiler
David K. Detweiler (1919–2009) was an American veterinary cardiologist at the University of Pennsylvania, called the "Father of Veterinary Cardiology" and elected to the Institute of Medicine in 1974.