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Jay Bilas

Jay Bilas, American ESPN college basketball analyst since 1995, former Duke center (1982-86, 1,062 points) and assistant coach, Dallas Mavericks draftee, Duke Law-trained attorney, NCAA amateurism critic, and author of Toughness.

Jay Black

Jay Black (David Blatt, 1938-2021), American singer, second lead vocalist of Jay and the Americans; hits Cara Mia, Come a Little Bit Closer, This Magic Moment; known as The Voice; distinct from the Jamaican dancehall artist Jay Blacks.

Jay Blades

Jay Blades (Jason Blades, born 1970) is a British furniture restorer and TV presenter, original host of BBC One's The Repair Shop (2017), MBE 2021, first chancellor of Buckinghamshire New University, later charged with offences he denies.

Jay Bloom

Jay Bloom is a Las Vegas investor known for the failed Las Vegas Mob Experience and for declining seats on the Titan submersible before its 2023 implosion.

Jay Bothroyd

Jay Bothroyd (born 1982), English striker; Arsenal academy graduate sold after throwing his shirt at Don Howe in 2000; played for Coventry, Perugia, Wolves, Cardiff, QPR, and in Japan; one England cap in 2010 while a Championship player.

Jay Bouwmeester

Jay Bouwmeester, Canadian defenceman born 1983 in Edmonton; 17 NHL seasons with Florida, Calgary, St. Louis; 2019 Stanley Cup; 2014 Olympic gold; 29th Triple Gold Club member; retired 2021.

Jay Bradner

James "Jay" E. Bradner is an American physician-scientist who created the chemical probe JQ1, shared it freely to spur open-source drug discovery, and joined Amgen in 2023.

Jay Briscoe

Jay Briscoe (Jamin Pugh, 1984-2023), American pro wrestler, half of the Briscoe Brothers with Mark; 13-time ROH World Tag Team Champion, two-time ROH World Champion, died in a 2023 Delaware car crash.

Jay Brown

Jay Brown, formerly Jay Mitchell, is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Jamie Borthwick from 14 December 2006 to 19 August 2025; son of Jase Dyer, foster son of Billy Mitchell, widower of Lola Pearce-Brown.

Jay Bruce

Jay Bruce, born 1987 in Beaumont, Texas, is an American former professional baseball outfielder who hit 319 home runs over 14 MLB seasons, mostly for the Cincinnati Reds.

Jay Buchanan

Jay Buchanan (born 1975, San Bernardino, California) is an American singer-songwriter, frontman of blues-rock band Rival Sons, and solo artist whose debut album Weapons of Beauty was released February 6, 2026.

Jay C. Unkeless

Jay C. Unkeless is an immunologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai known for research on Fcγ receptors, the cell-surface receptors for IgG.

Jay C. Zainey

Jay C. Zainey, born in 1951 in New Orleans, is a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, nominated by President George W. Bush in 2001.

Jay Carney

Jay Carney (James Carney) is a former Time magazine Washington bureau chief who served as Obama's White House press secretary 2011-2014, then Amazon SVP of global corporate affairs and Airbnb's global head of policy and communications.

Jay Chandrasekhar

Jay Chandrasekhar (Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar, born 1968, Chicago) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director of the Broken Lizard troupe, known for Super Troopers, Beerfest, The Dukes of Hazzard, and extensive TV comedy directing.

Jay Chang

Jay Chang (제이창, born 2001) is an American K-pop singer from New Jersey under FM Entertainment, member of ONE PACT and former B.D.U member, known for Boys Planet (10th place) and solo EPs Late Night and Neighborhood.

Jay Chaudhuri

Jay Chaudhuri is an American Democratic member of the North Carolina State Senate from District 15, covering parts of Raleigh, Cary, and Garner, and has served as Minority Whip since 2019.

Jay Chou (周杰伦)

Jay Chou, also known as Zhou Jielun, is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor, dubbed the King of Mandopop, who has sold over 30 million records since his 2000 debut.

Jay Clark

Jay Clark (Jay Clark, Jr., 1880–1948) was an American trap shooter, lawyer, and race car driver who captained the United States team that won gold in men's team trap at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, scoring 84 of the team's 547 points.

Jay Clayton

Jay Clayton is an American attorney serving as the ninth Director of National Intelligence since 2026, after chairing the SEC and serving as US Attorney for SDNY.

Jay Collins

Jay Collins is an American Republican politician serving as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Florida. A retired Army Special Forces veteran, he previously represented District 14 in the Florida Senate.

Jay Costa

Jay Costa is an American Democratic politician who represents Pennsylvania's 43rd district in the State Senate and serves as the Senate's Minority Leader, a role he has held since 2010.

Jay Cutler

Jay Cutler, NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos, Chicago Bears, Miami Dolphins, 2006–2017), 11th overall 2006 draft, 35,133 passing yards; distinct from the 4x Mr. Olympia bodybuilder of the same name.

Jay Cutler (bodybuilder)

Jay Cutler (Jason Isaac Cutler, born 1973, Sterling, Massachusetts), American IFBB pro bodybuilder, four-time Mr. Olympia (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010), six-time Olympia runner-up, three-time Arnold Classic winner, dethroner of Ronnie Coleman. Not the NFL quarterback Jay Cutler.

Jay D. Gralla

Jay D. Gralla is an American DNA biochemist and Professor Emeritus at UCLA, known for basic studies of the biochemical steps of transcription initiation in bacteria, yeast, and humans.

Jay D. Horton

Jay D. Horton is an American physician-scientist at UT Southwestern Medical Center who studies lipid metabolism, known for work on the SCAP/SREBP pathway and PCSK9.

Jay D. Iams

Jay D. Iams is an American obstetrician and professor at Ohio State University whose 1996 study established that a short cervix on mid-pregnancy ultrasound predicts spontaneous preterm delivery.

Jay D. Keasling

Jay D. Keasling, also known as Jay Keasling, is an American synthetic biologist at UC Berkeley known for engineering yeast to make the antimalarial drug artemisinin and for biofuels.

Jay Dean

Jay Dean is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 7 since 2017, after a decade as Mayor of Longview.

Jay DeBoyer

Jay DeBoyer (born 1970) is the Republican Michigan state representative for District 63 since 2023, St. Clair County Clerk 2011-2022, House Oversight chair, and 2026 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor.