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Jason's Lyric
Jason's Lyric is a 1994 American romantic drama directed by Doug McHenry and starring Allen Payne, Jada Pinkett, and Bokeem Woodbine, set in inner-city Houston.
Jasoosi Duniya
Jasoosi Duniya (جاسوسی دنیا, "The World of Espionage") is an Urdu detective series by Ibn-e-Safi, starring Colonel Faridi and Captain Hameed, credited with popularizing Urdu detective fiction.
Jaspal Bhatti (ਜਸਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਭੱਟੀ)
Jaspal Singh Bhatti (ਜਸਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਭੱਟੀ, 1955–2012), Indian satirist, comedian, actor, and director known for Doordarshan's Flop Show and Ulta Pulta, the Punjabi film Mahaul Theek Hai, and the posthumous 2013 Padma Bhushan.
JASPAR
JASPAR is an open-access database of manually curated transcription factor binding profiles stored as PFMs, first released in 2004, with 2,633 CORE profiles in the 2026 release across six taxonomic groups, plus REST API, pyJASPAR, and Bioconductor access.
Jasper
Jasper is an opaque, impure variety of cryptocrystalline silica, typically red to reddish-brown from hematite inclusions; the name comes from ancient Greek for "spotted stone," and it has been used since prehistory.
Jasper (AI company)
Jasper, also known as Jasper AI, is an American artificial intelligence marketing company founded in 2021, which reached a $1.5 billion valuation before growth stalled after ChatGPT's launch.
Jasper A. Welch, Jr.
Jasper A. Welch, Jr. was an American physicist and Air Force officer who retired as a Major General in 1983 after a 31-year career in strategic defense research.
Jasper Aerents
Jasper Aerents, Belgian sprint freestyle swimmer born 1992 in Ghent; two-time Olympian (2012, 2016), 2013 short course 4x50 m freestyle relay world record holder, four European relay bronzes, retired with four Belgian records.
Jasper Carrott
Jasper Carrott (Robert Davis, born 1945) is a Birmingham comedian and TV presenter who rose from folk clubs to a 1975 novelty hit, Funky Moped, and shows like Carrott's Lib, The Detectives, and Golden Balls.
Jasper Cillessen
Jasper Cillessen (born 1989, Groesbeek) is a Dutch goalkeeper from N.E.C.'s academy who played for Ajax, Barcelona (€13M), and Valencia (€35M), won 65 Netherlands caps, and started at the 2014 World Cup.
Jasper County, Missouri, United States
Jasper County, Missouri, a southwestern Missouri county with county seat Carthage, organized January 29, 1841 from Barry County and named for Revolutionary War soldier William Jasper; population 122,761 in 2020, 1895 courthouse on the National Register.
Jasper Dolphin
Jasper Dolphin is the stage name of Davon Wilson (born 1990), an American entertainer, Odd Future hype man and DJ, star of Adult Swim's Loiter Squad and Viceland's Jasper & Errol's First Time, and Jackass cast member since 2022.
Jasper Jeffers
Jasper Jeffers III (born 1970) is a US Army major general, Virginia Tech-commissioned infantry and Ranger officer, former SOCCENT commander, Lebanon ceasefire overseer, and since January 2026 commander of the International Stabilization Force in Gaza.
Jasper Johns
Jasper Johns (born 1930, Augusta, Georgia), American painter, sculptor, and printmaker of flags, targets, numbers, and maps; 1958 Leo Castelli debut, encaustic technique, Grand Prize Venice Biennale 1988.
Jasper Liu (刘以豪)
Jasper Liu (劉以豪, born 1986) is a Taiwanese actor and singer, former Morning Call band leader and guitarist, breakout in In Time with You (2011), known for More Than Blue and Netflix's Triad Princess.
Jasper Nathaniel
Jasper Nathaniel (Jasper Diamond Nathaniel), independent Jewish American journalist in Brooklyn; publishes Infinite Jaz Substack; reports West Bank settler violence; filmed October 2025 Turmus Ayya clubbing of Afaf Abu Alia; attacked by settlers himself.
Jasper National Park
Jasper National Park, Alberta's largest Canadian Rockies national park at over 11,000 square kilometres, established 1907, a Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks UNESCO World Heritage site, recovering from the 2024 Jasper Wildfire.
Jasper Pääkkönen
Jasper Pääkkönen (born 1980, Helsinki) is a Finnish actor, entrepreneur, and river-conservation campaigner. Known for Saku Salin in Salatut elämät, Halfdan the Black in Vikings, and Felix Kendrickson in Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman; co-owns Löyly.
Jasper Rand, Jr.
Jasper Rand, Jr. was an American industrialist of Westfield, Massachusetts, who co-founded the Rand Drill Company in 1871 and served as its treasurer; the company merged in 1905 to form Ingersoll Rand.
Jasper Rine
Jasper Rine is an American molecular biologist and Professor Emeritus at UC Berkeley known for discovering the four Sir genes of budding yeast and founding the Dog Genome Project.
Jasper Sitwell
Jasper Sitwell is a Marvel Comics S.H.I.E.L.D. agent created by Stan Lee and Howard Purcell, debuting in Strange Tales #144 (1966), and an MCU HYDRA mole played by Maximiliano Hernández; the comics version later returns as a zombie in S.T.A.K.E.
Jasper Therapeutics
Jasper Therapeutics is a Redwood City, California biotechnology company, public on Nasdaq since 2021, whose lead drug briquilimab targets mast cell diseases including chronic urticaria.
Jasper Troy
Jasper Troy, ring name of Antione Frazier (now Kairo D. Reign), American wrestler, 6'5" 340 lbs, WWE 2022-2026, WWE LFG season one winner, former WWE Speed Champion, released September 2026.
Jasper Tudor
Jasper Tudor (c. 1431–1495), earl of Pembroke and duke of Bedford, half-brother of Henry VI, Lancastrian commander in Wales, guardian and mentor of Henry VII in Breton exile, fought at Bosworth 1485.
Jasper Wireless (Cisco Jasper)
Jasper Wireless, also known as Jasper Technologies, was a California software company founded in 2004 that managed cellular connectivity for IoT devices; Cisco acquired it for $1.4 billion in 2016.
Jasperware
Jasperware is a fine-grained, unglazed stoneware invented by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s at his Etruria works in Staffordshire, decorated with white reliefs imitating antique cameos.
Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Jasbirsingh Bumrah (born 1993, Ahmedabad) is an Indian right-arm fast bowler for Mumbai Indians; first to 200 Test wickets averaging under 20, 2024 ICC Cricketer of the Year.
Jasraj
Pandit Jasraj (पंडित जसराज, 1930–2020), Mewati gharana Hindustani classical vocalist, creator of Jasrangi jugalbandi, winner of all three Padma awards, subject of minor planet 300128 Panditjasraj.
Jasrath Khokhar
Jasrath Khokhar (جسرت کھوکھر) was a Khokhar chief of Punjab who dominated the province for almost two decades in the early fifteenth century, exploiting Delhi's weakness after Timur's invasion.
Jass
Jass is a Swiss family of point-trick card games, also called Jassen, played with a 36-card pack by four players in fixed teams over nine tricks, with trump, Obenabe, and Undenufe contracts, Puur and Näll as top trumps, and variants such as Schieber and Differenzler.