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Jaypee Nigrie Super Thermal Power Project
Jaypee Nigrie Super Thermal Power Project is a 1,320 MW coal-fired power station at Nigrie in Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh, India, with two 660 MW supercritical units commissioned in 2014 and 2015.
Jayron Kearse
Jayron Kearse (born 1994) is a former NFL safety from Fort Myers, Florida; Clemson alumnus, nephew of Jevon Kearse; drafted 244th overall in 2016 by Minnesota, later a Dallas Cowboys starter and defensive play-caller.
Jays (Boston Celtics)
The Jays: nickname for Boston Celtics wings Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, drafted No. 3 in 2017 and 2016, NBA's winningest duo 2017-23, 2024 NBA champions with Jaylen Brown as Finals and ECF MVP.
Jaysh ibn Khumarawayh
Jaysh ibn Khumarawayh (جيش بن خمارويه), in full Abu'l-Asakir Jaysh, was a Tulunid emir of Egypt and Syria who ruled a few months in 896 before being deposed and killed.
Jaysh ibn Samsama
Jaysh ibn Samsama (جيش بن صمصامة) was a Fatimid general and governor of Damascus under al-Aziz and al-Hakim, suppressing the revolt at Tyre in 998 and dying in 1000.
Jayshree Seth
Jayshree Seth is a chemical engineer who serves as Corporate Scientist and first-ever Chief Science Advocate at 3M, holds 80 U.S. patents, and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2026.
Jayshree T.
Jayshree T., also known as Jayashree Talpade, is an Indian actress and dancer who appeared in more than 500 Hindi films from the 1950s onward.
Jayshree Ullal
Jayshree Ullal, born 1961, is an American business executive who has led Arista Networks as CEO since 2008, taking the company public in 2014 after fifteen years at Cisco.
Jayson Blair
Jayson Blair, former New York Times reporter (also known for the 2003 Blair scandal), fabricated and plagiarized dozens of stories; his exposure forced editors Raines and Boyd to resign.
Jayson Hopper
Jayson Hopper (born 1997), nicknamed Jhop, is an American CrossFit athlete and former Clemson wide receiver who won the 2025 CrossFit Games as Fittest Man on Earth and finished 6th in 2026.
Jayson Tatum
Jayson Tatum is an American professional basketball forward for the Boston Celtics, drafted third overall in 2017, who won the 2024 NBA championship and signed the NBA's largest contract in 2024.
Jayson Werth
Jayson Werth (born 1979) is a former MLB outfielder, 2008 World Series champion with the Phillies and 2012 NLDS walk-off hero for the Nationals; retired 2018 with 229 home runs, later a racehorse owner.
Jayson Williams
Jayson Williams, born 1968, former NBA power forward/center for the 76ers and Nets, 1998 All-Star and league offensive rebounding leader, career ended by a 1999 broken leg, later imprisoned over the 2002 Christofi shooting.
Jaywalking
Jaywalking is the act of a pedestrian crossing a street illegally, typically outside a crosswalk or against a signal, and is an offense in many American jurisdictions.
Jaywick
Jaywick (Jaywick Sands), Essex: a 1928 plotland holiday resort founded by Frank Stedman, later England's most deprived neighbourhood in 2010, 2015, 2019, and 2025, with severe flood risk and ongoing regeneration.
Jayyash ibn Najah
Jayyash ibn Najah (جياش بن نجاح) was a ruler of the Najahid dynasty of Zabid in Yemen who restored Najahid rule after Sulayhid occupation and died in 1105.
Jaz drive
The Jaz drive was a removable hard disk drive made by Iomega, storing 1 or 2 GB per cartridge. Introduced in 1995, it was discontinued in 2002.
Jaz Sinclair
Jaz Sinclair (Jasmine Sinclair Sabino, born 1994, Dallas, Texas) is an American actress and musician known as Roz in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and as hemokinetic Marie Moreau in Gen V, the Prime Video Boys spin-off, and a 2025 Golden Nymph Most Promising Talent recipient.
Jaz-O
Jaz-O (Jonathan Burks, born 1964), also The Jaz or Big Jaz, is a Brooklyn rapper and producer, Jay-Z's early mentor, EMI-signed in 1989 with Word to the Jaz, credited with the triplet flow, and returned in 2020 with The Warmup on Roc Nation's Equity Distribution.
Jazbaa (जज़बा)
Jazbaa (जज़बा) is a 2015 Hindi action thriller directed by Sanjay Gupta, a remake of the South Korean film Seven Days, starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Irrfan Khan.
Jazeera Airways
Jazeera Airways (طيران الجزيرة) is a Kuwaiti low-cost airline established in 2004 as Kuwait's first private airline. It operates an all-Airbus fleet from Kuwait International Airport.
Jazep Losik
Jazep Losik (Язэп Лёсік, 1883–1940) was a Belarusian linguist and political figure, second chairman of the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic and a founder of standardized Belarusian grammar.
Jāzeps Vītols
Jāzeps Vītols (1863–1948) was a Latvian composer, choir conductor, and founder of Latvian national music who taught Prokofiev in St Petersburg and led the Latvian Conservatory in Riga.
Jazer
Jazer, also spelled Jaazer (Hebrew Yaʿăzēr), was an Amorite city in Gilead east of the Jordan, taken by Moses and settled by the tribe of Gad.
Jazīrat Būbiyān
Jazīrat Būbiyān (جزيرة بوبيان), Bubiyan or Boubyan Island, Kuwait's largest island, a flat uninhabited deltaic sabkha island in the northwest Arabian Gulf, Ramsar-protected in the north and site of the Mubarak Al Kabeer Port project.
Jazīrat Maşīrah
Jazīrat Maşīrah (جزيرة مصيرة), Masirah Island, is Oman's largest island in the Arabian Sea, known for its globally important loggerhead turtle rookery, four nesting sea turtle species, Neolithic archaeology, and kitesurfing winds.
Jazīreh-ye Sheykh Andarābī
Jazireh-ye Sheykh Andarabi (جزیره شیخ اندرابی), a small uninhabited island in the Khuran straits, Hormozgan, Iran, near Laft on Qeshm; low mangrove-covered island with the Sheikh Andarabi shrine, part of Qeshm Geopark.
Jazmin Bean
Jazmin Bean is the stage name of Jasmine Adams, an English non-binary singer and makeup artist from North London whose debut album Traumatic Livelihood arrived in 2024.
Jazmin Felix Hotham
Jazmin Felix-Hotham (born 2000, Henderson, Auckland) is a New Zealand Black Ferns Sevens midfielder, Paris 2024 Olympic gold medallist, Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth bronze and 2022 World Cup Sevens silver winner.
Jazmin Grace Grimaldi
Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, American actress and singer, eldest daughter of Prince Albert II of Monaco and Tamara Rotolo; recognized by her father in 2006, excluded from succession, records as JAZMIN.