All articles starting with J
20,615 articles
Jan A. Veltrop
Jan A. Veltrop (1922–2007) was a Dutch-American engineer who developed design technology for thin, double-curved concrete arch dams and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1998.
Jan Ambjørn
Jan Ambjørn is a Danish theoretical physicist, professor at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, best known as co-creator of Causal Dynamical Triangulations, a lattice formulation of quantum gravity.
Jan and Antonina Żabiński
Jan and Antonina Żabiński, Polish couple who ran the Warsaw Zoo (director from 1929) and sheltered about 300 Jews there during the Holocaust, honored as Righteous Among the Nations in 1965.
Jan and Dean
Jan and Dean: Los Angeles vocal duo of Jan Berry and Dean Torrence, pioneers of vocal surf and hot-rod pop with "Surf City" (1963); their hit run ended with Berry's near-fatal 1966 car crash.
Jan and Dean discography
Jan and Dean discography: singles and albums by Jan Berry and Dean Torrence, also recorded as Jan & Arnie, from "Jennie Lee" (1958) and "Surf City" (1963) through the Liberty-era LPs and the 2010 release of Carnival of Sound.
Jan Andrew
Jan Andrew (Janice Andrew, later Thornett), Australian swimmer born 1943 in Lindfield, NSW; won 100m butterfly bronze and medley relay silver at Rome 1960, and held the 100m butterfly world record (1:08.9, Tokyo, April 1961).
Jan Andrzej Morsztyn
Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621–1693) was a Polish Baroque poet and diplomat, Grand Treasurer of the Crown, often considered the best poet of the Polish Baroque, and a paid agent of Louis XIV.
Jan Andsberg
Jan Andsberg (Jan Gunnar Andsberg, born 1934) is a Swedish former swimmer for SK Poseidon, Lund, and in 1953 became Sweden's first 400 m medley world-record swimmer at 5:31.0; also a national freestyle and backstroke finalist.
Jan Antonín Baťa
Jan Antonín Baťa (1898–1965) was a Czech shoe manufacturer, half-brother of founder Tomáš Baťa, who led the Baťa company in Zlín from 1932 to 1939 and spent his final years in Brazil founding towns.
Jan Arnoldus Schouten
Jan Arnoldus Schouten (1883–1971) was a Dutch mathematician who systematized tensor analysis in Ricci-Calculus, independently discovered the Levi-Civita connection, and named the Schouten tensor and Schouten–Nijenhuis bracket.
Jan Assmann
Jan Assmann (1938–2024) was a German Egyptologist and cultural theorist who held the Heidelberg chair from 1976 to 2003 and developed the theory of cultural memory.
Jan Axel Blomberg
Jan Axel Blomberg, known as Hellhammer, is a Norwegian heavy metal drummer best known as the longtime drummer of black metal band Mayhem, which he joined in 1988.
Jan B. Vermorken
Jan B. Vermorken is a Dutch medical oncologist who led medical oncology at the University of Antwerp and Antwerp University Hospital, known for the EXTREME and TAX 323 trials.
Jan Baalsrud
Jan Baalsrud (1917–1988), Norwegian Kompani Linge resistance fighter and instrument maker, sole survivor of Operation Martin Red (1943); escaped 63 days across Troms to Sweden, aided by over 70 civilians, subject of Ni liv (1957) and Den 12. mann (2017).
Jan Baptist van Helmont
Jan Baptist van Helmont (1579–1644) was a Flemish physician and alchemist who coined the word "gas," studied carbon dioxide, and helped end Galenic medicine's dominance.
Jan Behrendt
Jan Behrendt (born 1967, Ilmenau) is a German doubles luge racer who with Stefan Krauße won Olympic gold in 1992 and 1998, silver 1988, bronze 1994, plus four world titles, retiring after Nagano 1998.
Jan Berger
Jan Berger (born 1955, Prague) is a Czech left midfielder, uncle of Patrik Berger, who won football gold for Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, Euro 1980 bronze, and was 1984 Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year.
Jan Betker
Jan Betker (born 1960, Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler, third on Team Schmirler, winner of the 1993, 1994, and 1997 world titles, the 1998 Nagano Olympic gold, and later the team's skip.
Jan Błachowicz
Jan Błachowicz (born 1983, Cieszyn, Poland), Polish UFC light heavyweight fighter, former KSW champion and first Polish male UFC champion, won the belt from Dominick Reyes at UFC 253 and defended it against Israel Adesanya at UFC 259.
Jan Blahoslav
Jan Blahoslav (1523–1571) was a Czech bishop of the Unity of Brethren, humanist scholar, and translator of the Czech New Testament of 1564, predecessor of the Bible kralická.
Jan Blanken
Jan Blanken Jansz. (1755–1838) was a Dutch hydraulic engineer who became inspector-general of the Dutch water authority and designed the roughly 80 km canal between Amsterdam and Den Helder.
Jan Blohm
Jan Blohm is the stage name of George Harry "Jorrie" Kymdell (born 1978, Kroonstad), a South African Afrikaans blues-rock singer-songwriter, poet, and visual artist whose career spans more than two decades.
Jan Blomqvist
Jan Blomqvist (born 1981) is a German singer, songwriter, and bandleader based in Berlin whose albums include Remote Control (2016), Disconnected (2018), and MUTE (2025).
Jan Böhmermann
Jan Böhmermann, born 1981 in Bremen, is a German satirist and presenter of Neo Magazin Royale and ZDF Magazin Royale, known for the 2016 Erdoğan poem affair; his ZDF show ends December 2026.
Jan Bols
Jan Bols (born 1944, Hoogeveen) is a Dutch allround speed skater, 1968 and 1972 Olympian, 1970 world record holder at 3000 m and big combination, and 1972 European and World bronze medalist; distinct from sprinter Jan Bos.
Jan Boomaars
Jan Boomaars is a Dutch financial executive and Chief Executive Officer of Optiver, the Amsterdam-based global market maker, since January 2018, after 21 years at Goldman Sachs.
Jan Boone Sr.
Jan Boone Sr. was a Belgian baker who in 1932 co-founded the Lotus Bakeries speculoos bakery in Lembeke, East Flanders, with his brothers Henri and Emiel Boone.
Jan Born
Jan Born (born 1958 in Celle) is a German neuroscientist who directs the Department of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology at the University of Tübingen.
Jan Bos
Jan Bos (born 1975, Hierden, Netherlands), Dutch sprint speed skater; first Dutch World Sprint champion (1998), Olympic 1000 m silver 1998 and 2002, 1000 m world record 1:08.55 (1999); also track cycling team sprint at Athens 2004 with brother Theo Bos.
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer, Republican, 22nd governor of Arizona (2009-2015); succeeded Janet Napolitano as secretary of state, signed SB 1070, expanded Medicaid, vetoed the religious-refusal bill, later opposed election denialism.