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Javed Ali Khan
Javed Ali Khan is an Indian Samajwadi Party politician from Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, serving his second term in the Rajya Sabha and on the INDIA alliance coordination committee.
Javed Butler
Javed Butler is an American cardiologist and heart failure clinical trialist at Baylor Scott & White Health, known for leading trials of empagliflozin and semaglutide in heart failure.
Javed Hassan
Lieutenant General Javed Hassan (retired), Pakistan Army officer who commanded FCNA during the 1999 Kargil conflict, led the NDU and NSPP, authored India: A Study in Profile (1990), and now advises UMT Lahore.
Javed Iqbal (serial killer)
Javed Iqbal, Pakistani serial killer of the 1999 Lahore child murders, confessed by letter to abusing and killing 100 boys aged six to 16 and dissolving bodies in acid; sentenced to a mirror-form death in 2000, he died in prison in 2001; co-accused acquitted in 2007.
Javed Miandad (جاوید میانداد)
Javed Miandad (جاوید میانداد), born 1957, Pakistani batsman, captain, and coach; 8,832 Test runs at 52.57, six World Cups 1975-1996, 1992 champion, famous 1986 Sharjah last-ball six, ICC Hall of Fame 2009.
Javed Siddiqui
Javed Siddiqui (जावेद सिद्दीकी) is an Indian Hindi and Urdu screenwriter, dialogue writer, and playwright, born in 1942, known for Baazigar and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.
Javed Zaman (جاوید زمان خان) (Pakistani cricketer)
Javed Zaman Khan (جاوید زمان خان) was a Pakistani first-class cricketer for Lahore A and Lahore Greens, later secretary of the Lahore Gymkhana Cricket Club.
Javelin
Javelin throw, a track and field event at the Olympics and World Athletics Championships; men throw an 800 g javelin, women 600 g. Records: Jan Zelezny 98.48 m, Barbora Spotakova 72.28 m; implement redesigned in 1986 and 1999.
Javelin (surface-to-air missile)
Javelin is a British man-portable surface-to-air missile developed by Shorts Missile Systems of Belfast as an improved Blowpipe successor, entering British Army service in 1984 and using SACLOS guidance.
Javelin throw
Javelin throw, spear-throwing athletics event at the Olympics and World Championships; men's record 98.48m (Jan Zelezny), women's 72.28m (Barbora Spotakova); 800g/600g implements; 1986 redesign after Uwe Hohn's 104.80m.
Javelin Venture Partners
Javelin Venture Partners is a San Francisco-based early-stage venture capital firm led by Noah Doyle and Jed Katz, investing $500 thousand to $4 million in technology start-ups.
Javert
Javert is the police inspector antagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables, who pursues Jean Valjean from the Toulon bagne to Paris until mercy breaks his moral system and drives him to suicide.
Javi Benitez
Javi Benitez (Javier Miguel Lopez Benitez), Filipino politician and former ABS-CBN actor; youngest mayor of Victorias City (2022), then representative of Negros Occidental's 3rd District from June 30, 2025; son of Albee Benitez.
Javi García
Javi García (Francisco Javier García Fernández, b. 1987, Mula), Spanish midfielder; Real Madrid, Benfica, Manchester City, Zenit, Betis, Boavista; two Spain caps; retired 2022, later Benfica assistant coach.
Javi Gracia
Javi Gracia (Javier Gracia Carlos), Spanish football manager from Pamplona; led Watford to the 2019 FA Cup final and 11th-place Premier League finish, later managed Leeds United, and had two Watford spells (2018-19, 2025-26).
Javi Hernández (footballer, born 2004)
Javi Hernández (Francisco Javier Hernández Coarasa), born 2004 in Barcelona, Spanish attacking midfielder for RCD Espanyol; loaned to Huesca 2024/25 and Mirandés in 2026; distinct from the 1998-born Leganés defender of the same name.
Javi Martínez
Javi Martínez (Javier Martínez Aginaga, born 1988, Lizarra) is a Spanish defensive midfielder and centre-back; Athletic Club 2006–2012, Bayern Munich 2012–2021 (266 games, 2020 sextuple), World Cup 2010 and Euro 2012 winner, later Qatar SC, now a Bayern brand ambassador. Distinct from Javi Martínez Calvo (Eldense, born 1999).
Javi Morcillo
Javi Morcillo, full name Javier Morcillo Rodrigálvarez, is a Spanish professional footballer, born in 2006 in Barcelona, who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Elche CF.
Javi Navarro (footballer, born 2007)
Javi Navarro (Javier Navarro Jiménez), Spanish goalkeeper born 2007 in Madrid; Real Madrid Castilla keeper, 2025/26 UEFA Youth League penalty hero, Spain U19 Euro 2026 winner, contract to 2030.
Javi Rodríguez (footballer)
Javi Rodríguez (Javier Rodríguez Galiano, born 2003, Poio) is a Spanish defender for Celta de Vigo, an A Madroa academy graduate, Spain debutant in June 2026, and Celta first-team player contracted to 2030.
Javicia Leslie
Javicia Leslie (born 1987, Augsburg, Germany) is an American actress; first Black actress to play Batwoman in live action as Ryan Wilder (2021–2022), also Ali Finer in God Friended Me, Paris Duncan in The Family Business, and Detective Daphne in ABC's High Potential.
Javid Ahmad Dar
Javid Ahmad Dar is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir, a National Conference cabinet minister holding agriculture, rural development, cooperative, and election portfolios, representing Rafiabad.
Javid J. Moslehi
Javid J. Moslehi, born 1975 in Tehran, is an American cardiologist and myocyte biologist who is the William Grossman Distinguished Professor at UCSF and identified immunotherapy-associated fulminant myocarditis.
Javid Nama
Javid Nama (جاوید نامہ), meaning "The Song of Eternity," is a Persian poem by Muhammad Iqbal, published in 1932, describing a spiritual journey guided by Rumi.
Javier Aguirre
Javier Aguirre Onaindía, 'El Vasco' (born 1958), Mexican former midfielder and manager; three-time Mexico coach (2002, 2010, 2026 World Cups), record 27 official wins, Gold Cups 2009 and 2025, Pachuca 1999, Monterrey 2021.
Javier Aquino
Javier Aquino (Javier Ignacio Aquino Carmona), Mexican footballer born 1990 in Oaxaca; Olympic gold 2012, Pan Am gold 2011; 54 Mexico caps, 2014 World Cup; 442 games and 12 titles at Tigres UANL, now FC Juárez.
Javier Arce-Nazario
Javier Arce-Nazario is a Puerto Rican geographer and land-use scientist at UNC-Chapel Hill who won the 2012 PECASE award for research on water and landscapes in Puerto Rico.
Javier Báez
Javier Báez (El Mago), born 1992 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, is a Tigers infielder/outfielder drafted ninth overall by the Cubs in 2011; 2016 World Series champion, 2018 NL RBI leader, 2020 Gold Glove shortstop.
Javier Bardem
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born 1969, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), Spanish actor from a famous acting family; Oscar winner for No Country for Old Men, first Spaniard nominated for Best Actor, four Goyas, active through F1 (2025).
Javier Botet
Javier Botet (born 1977, Ciudad Real) is a Spanish creature actor with Marfan syndrome, about 2 meters tall and 56 kg, known as Niña Medeiros in REC, Mama, the Crooked Man in The Conjuring 2, Slender Man, the Hobo in It, and Dracula in The Last Voyage of the Demeter; also a director and illustrator.