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Jay DeMarcus
Jay DeMarcus (Stanley Wayne DeMarcus Jr., born 1971, Columbus, Ohio), not to be confused with Jay De'Marco or Jay Marquis, is the Rascal Flatts bassist, pianist, producer, Red Street Records founder, and Generation Radio member.
Jay Dunlap
Jay C. Dunlap is a chronobiologist and geneticist at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2009, known for analyzing the Neurospora crassa circadian clock.
Jay Duplass
Jay Duplass (Lawrence Jay Duplass Jr., born 1973) is an American filmmaker and actor who co-created The Puffy Chair and Togetherness with brother Mark, starred in Transparent, and directed The Baltimorons.
Jay Electronica
Jay Electronica (Timothy Elpadaro Thedford, born 1976), New Orleans rapper and producer; broke through with Act I and "Exhibit C"; Roc Nation signee whose debut A Written Testimony (2020) featured Jay-Z.
Jay Ellis
Jay Ellis (Wendell Ramone Ellis Jr., born 1981) is an American actor known as Lawrence on HBO's Insecure (NAACP Image Award), Payback in Top Gun: Maverick, and lead of ABC's The Rookie: North; distinct from the Sacramento R&B artist of the same name.
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (born 1990), English forward, Arsenal academy and FA Youth Cup 2009 captain, later Ipswich, Bristol City, QPR, Livingston, Aberdeen; jailed four years in 2025 for £600,000 cannabis smuggling, then returned with AFC Totton.
Jay Feely
Jay Feely (Thomas Jay Feely IV), former NFL placekicker 2001-2014 (Falcons, Giants, Dolphins, Jets, Cardinals, Bears; 332/402 field goals), CBS kicking analyst from 2015, and 2026 Republican congressional candidate in Arizona's 1st District.
Jay Ferguson (American musician)
Jay Ferguson (John Arden Ferguson, born 1947) is an American rock singer and keyboardist from Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne, solo hitmaker behind "Thunder Island," and later a film and TV composer.
Jay Fineberg
Jay Fineberg is an experimental physicist and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Racah Institute, known for laboratory studies of fracture, friction, and earthquake nucleation.
Jay Flatley
Jay Flatley is an American genomics executive who was CEO of Illumina, the San Diego DNA-sequencing company, from 1999 to 2016, driving its growth through the 2007 Solexa acquisition.
Jay Friend
Jay Friend (Jay Dylan Hara Friend), Japanese tennis player born 2003 in Tokyo; University of Arizona graduate, ATP career-high No. 254 (Sept 2026), first Challenger title Fairfield 2025 from qualifying.
Jay Gatsby
Jay Gatsby, born James Gatz, is the title character of Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby: a bootlegger-made millionaire of West Egg who throws lavish parties to win back Daisy Buchanan and dies in his pool.
Jay Giri
Jay Giri is an American power-systems engineer who co-founded the control-center software company ESCA in 1978 and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2017.
Jay Glazer
Jay Glazer (Jason Charles Glazer, born 1969) is Fox Sports' NFL Insider on Fox NFL Sunday and Fox NFL Kickoff, a pioneer MMA trainer of pro athletes, Unbreakable Performance Center co-founder, and MVP veterans charity co-founder.
Jay Gould
Jay Gould (Jason Gould, 1836–1892) was an American financier and railroad magnate known for the Erie War and the 1869 gold corner that caused Wall Street's first Black Friday.
Jay Grdina
Jay Grdina (born 1967, Ohio; stage name Justin Sterling), American businessman and former adult film performer who co-founded ClubJenna with Jenna Jameson, sold it to Playboy in 2006, and later led NOHO, AMMO, Inc., and Adamas One Corp.
Jay Gruden
Jay Gruden, NFL head coach of Washington 2014-2019 (35-49-1, 2015 NFC East title), former Bengals offensive coordinator, Arena Football League MVP quarterback with the Tampa Bay Storm, and brother of Jon Gruden.
Jay H. Chung
Jay H. Chung is an American endocrinologist and senior investigator at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, known for his 2012 resveratrol mechanism finding.
Jay H. Hoofnagle
Jay H. Hoofnagle is an American hepatologist who directed NIH's Liver Disease Research Branch and established interferon as the first treatment for chronic viral hepatitis.
Jay Harrington
Jay Harrington (James H. Harrington III), born 1971 in Wellesley, Massachusetts, is an American actor known for Ted Crisp in Better Off Ted and Sergeant Deacon Kay in S.W.A.T., which he also directed; guest in S.W.A.T. Exiles.
Jay Hayden
Jay Hayden (born Jonathan Hayden, 1987) is an American actor from Northfield, Vermont, known for Travis Montgomery on Station 19 (2018-2024), Danny Yoon on The Catch, and Tyler Booth on FBI: International.
Jay Hennick
Jay Hennick is a Canadian businessman who founded FirstService Corporation in 1989 and, after its 2015 split, has led Colliers International Group as chairman and CEO.
Jay Hernandez
Jay Hernandez (Javier Manuel Hernandez Jr., born 1978) is an American actor known for Crazy/Beautiful, Hostel, Suicide Squad's El Diablo, and starring as Thomas Magnum in Magnum P.I. (2018–2024); also a producer, director, and voice of Bonnie's Dad in Toy Story 4 and 5.
Jay Higgins
Jay Higgins IV, Baltimore Ravens inside linebacker, Iowa Hawkeyes All-American who tied the school record with 171 tackles in 2023, led FBS in tackles, ran 4.82 at the 2025 combine, and made the Ravens as an undrafted free agent.
Jay Hoag
Jay Hoag is an American venture capitalist who co-founded Technology Crossover Ventures in 1995, backing Netflix, Meta, Airbnb, and Spotify, and serving on Netflix's board since 1999.
Jay Hoffman (Illinois politician)
Jay Hoffman is an American Democratic politician and Assistant Majority Leader in the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 113th district since 2013 after first being elected in 1990.
Jay Hovey
Jay Hovey is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Alabama Senate from District 27, first elected in 2022 after serving on the Auburn City Council.
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee (born 1951) is a Democratic politician, U.S. representative from two Washington districts, and 23rd governor of Washington 2013-2025, elected three times, known for climate policy, the Climate Commitment Act, and his 2020 presidential run.
Jay Jacobs (manufacturing entrepreneur)
Jay Jacobs (James L. Jacobs, II) is an American manufacturing entrepreneur who founded RAPID Manufacturing in Nashua, New Hampshire, in 2001, later co-founding Paperless Parts.
Jay Jay the Jet Plane
Jay Jay the Jet Plane is an American 3-D CG preschool TV series (1998-2005, TLC then PBS) about a young jet plane and friends at Tarrytown Airport, created by David Michel, notable for motion-captured human faces on planes.