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Jarvis Landry

Jarvis Landry, NFL wide receiver (2014–2022) for the Dolphins, Browns, and Saints; slot specialist, five-time Pro Bowler, 2017 receptions leader with 112, career 713 catches for 7,870 yards and 38 touchdowns.

Jarvis Rockwell

Jarvis Waring Rockwell (1931–2026), eldest son of Norman Rockwell, was an American draftsman and assemblage artist in North Adams known for toy-figure pyramid installations including Maya at MASS MoCA and the 2013 retrospective Maya, Illusion, and Us.

JARVIS-DFT

JARVIS-DFT (Joint Automated Repository for Various Integrated Simulations, DFT database) is a NIST database of density functional theory calculations for about 80,000 crystalline materials, established in 2017.

Jarzinho Malanga

Jarzinho Malanga (Jarzinho Ataide Adriano de Nascimento Malanga, born 2006) is a German winger at VfB Stuttgart, U17 Euro champion 2023, DFB-Pokal winner 2024/25, second-youngest VfB Champions League debutant, loaned to SV Elversberg 2025/26.

Jasa Marga

Jasa Marga, formally PT Jasa Marga (Persero) Tbk, is an Indonesian state-controlled toll road company founded in 1978 that operates most of Indonesia's toll roads.

Jaša Tomić

Jaša Tomić (Јаша Томић) was a Serbian politician, journalist, and writer who founded and led the Serbian People's Radical Party in Vojvodina under Habsburg rule.

Jasa Veremalua

Jasa Veremalua (born 1988, Sigatoka, Fiji) is a Fijian rugby sevens wing who won gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics, 2018 Commonwealth silver, and 2015/16 World Series MVP.

Jasad

Jasad, meaning "corpse" in Indonesian, is a brutal death metal band from Bandung, Indonesia, formed in 1990 and regarded as a pioneer of the Ujung Berung scene.

Jasaw Chan K'awiil I

Jasaw Chan K'awiil I was a Maya king of Tikal who reigned from 682 to 734 and defeated Calakmul's king in 695, ending its hegemony over the Maya lowlands.

Jasbir Singh (business executive)

Jasbir Singh is an Indian business executive, Chairman and CEO of Amber Enterprises India since 2017, India's largest room air conditioner manufacturer, named EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025.

Jascha Heifetz (Яша Хейфец)

Jascha Heifetz (Яша Хейфец), 1901-1987, Lithuanian-born American violin virtuoso, dubbed "king of violinists"; St. Petersburg Conservatory under Auer, 1917 Carnegie Hall debut, hundreds of RCA Victor recordings, USC teacher.

Jascha Repp

Jascha Repp is a German experimental physicist and professor at the University of Regensburg since 2007, known for controlling and measuring individual molecules with scanning probe microscopes.

Jascha Sohl-Dickstein

Jascha Sohl-Dickstein is a machine-learning researcher who introduced diffusion models in a 2015 paper, spent over eight years at Google Brain and DeepMind, and joined Anthropic in 2024.

JASCO

JASCO is a text-to-music AI model from Meta's FAIR team and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, announced in 2024, that generates music from text, chords, drums, and melody.

Jasdeep Singh Gill (ਜਸਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਗਿੱਲ) (patron)

Jasdeep Singh Gill (ਜਸਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਗਿੱਲ), born 1979, is Patron of all Radha Soami Satsang Beas Societies, appointed in 2024 as designated future Sant Satguru, its sixth spiritual head.

Jase Richardson

Jase Richardson (Jason Anthoney Richardson II, born 2005) is an Orlando Magic guard, drafted 25th overall in 2025 after one Michigan State season averaging 12.1 points on 41.2% three-point shooting; son of NBA dunk champion Jason Richardson.

Jase Robertson

Jase Robertson, second oldest son of Phil Robertson, is a Duck Dynasty star, Duck Commander executive and duck-call maker, co-host of the Unashamed podcast, and host of Fox Nation's Duck Family Treasure.

Jasenovac concentration camp

Jasenovac was a complex of five concentration and extermination camps run by Croatia's Ustaša regime on the Sava River, operating from August 1941 to April 1945.

Jasey Jay Anderson

Jasey Jay Anderson (born 1975, Montréal) is a Canadian alpine snowboarder, Olympic gold medallist in parallel giant slalom at Vancouver 2010, and the first Canadian to compete at six Winter Olympics, with four world titles and four Crystal Globes.

Jash

Jash (JASH) is an American comedy production company and YouTube-native network founded in 2013 by Daniel Kellison with Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Reggie Watts, and Tim & Eric; a profit-sharing co-op acquired by Group Nine in 2017, now based at Sunset Gower Studios.

Jashn-e-Rekhta

Jashn-e-Rekhta (جشنِ ریختہ) is an annual three-day festival of Urdu poetry, music, and culture held in New Delhi since 2015, described as the world's largest celebration of Urdu.

Jashobeam

Jashobeam, also called Josheb-Basshebeth, is a warrior of King David's reign in the Bible, first of his mighty men and commander of the first army division of 24,000 men.

Jashodaben Modi

Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi, also called Jashodaben Narendrabhai Modi, is a retired Indian primary school teacher and the estranged wife of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, married in 1968, separated within three years, acknowledged in his 2014 election affidavit.

Jashubhai Rathva

Jashubhai Rathva, born 1970, in Vasedi, is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician first elected in 2024 to the Lok Sabha, representing Chhota Udaipur, Gujarat.

Jasimuddin

Jasimuddin (1903–1976) was a Bengali poet known as Palli Kabi, the Country Poet, whose narrative poem Nakshi Kanthar Math portrayed rural Bengal life in rustic language.

Jasione

Jasione, or sheep's bit, is a genus of about 14-16 Campanulaceae herbs native to Europe and the Mediterranean, with blue flower heads, two diversity centers (Iberia-Morocco and Balkans-Anatolia), and Jasione montana as its best-known species.

Jasleen Royal

Jasleen Royal (Jasleen Kaur Royal), Indian singer-songwriter-composer from Ludhiana, born 1991. Known for Ranjha (Shershaah), Din Shagna Da, Heeriye; Filmfare and IIFA winner 2022; opened for Coldplay's 2025 India tour.

Jasmeet Bains

Jasmeet Bains is an American physician and Democratic member of the California State Assembly representing the 35th district since 2022, and the first Sikh American elected to California state office.

Jasmin (musician)

Jasmin (Жасмин) is the stage name of Sara Manakhimova, a Russian estrada singer born in 1977 in Derbent, Dagestan, best known for the hits «Долгие дни» and «Дольче Вита».

Jasmin Bajwa

Jasmin Bajwa (born 1996) is an Indian actress in Punjabi cinema, Bollywood, and OTT, known for Yaar Jigree Kasooti Degree, Soorma, Fuffad Ji, Jatt & Juliet 3, and Sardaar Ji 3.