All articles starting with J

Jean Shrimpton

Jean Shrimpton (born 1942), English model of Swinging London, called an early supermodel by TIME in 1971; muse and partner of photographer David Bailey 1960–1964, star of the 1962 "Young Idea Goes West" Vogue shoot and the 1965 Melbourne Cup minidress scandal, retired to Penzance in 1976.

Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius (Johan Julius Christian Sibelius, 1865-1957), Finnish composer of seven symphonies, Finlandia, and Tapiola; national icon of Finland's independence era who fell silent for his last 30 years.

Jean Silva

Jean "Lord" Silva, Brazilian UFC featherweight from Foz do Iguaçu, Fighting Nerds fighter, 18-3 record with 12 knockouts, Contender Series 2023 graduate, ranked #5.

Jean Siméon Chardin

Jean Siméon Chardin (Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1699–1779) was a French painter of still lifes and domestic genre scenes, admitted to the Académie royale in 1728, treasurer from 1755, admired by Diderot, a model for Manet, Cézanne, and Morandi.

Jean Simmons

Jean Simmons (Jean Merilyn Simmons, 1929–2010) was a British actress and singer known for Estella in Great Expectations, Ophelia in Hamlet (Oscar-nominated), Guys and Dolls (Golden Globe), and The Happy Ending (Oscar-nominated), married to Stewart Granger and Richard Brooks.

Jean Smart

Jean Smart (born 1951, Seattle) is an American actress, Emmy record holder as Deborah Vance on Hacks, formerly Charlene on Designing Women, with three Golden Globes and a Tony nomination.

Jean Spangler

Jean Elizabeth Spangler (September 2, 1923 – disappeared October 7, 1949) was an American actress and dancer, also known as Jean Benner, who vanished from Los Angeles; her torn purse with a note to "Kirk" was found in Griffith Park, and the case was never solved.

Jean Speegle Howard

Jean Speegle Howard (1927–2000), American character actress from Duncan, Oklahoma; mother of Ron and Clint Howard and wife of Rance Howard. Known for Mrs. Claus in Scrooged and Blanch Lovell in Apollo 13.

Oct 22, 2026

Jean Stafford

Jean Stafford (1915–1979) was an American novelist and short story writer who won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her Collected Stories and wrote the novels Boston Adventure and The Mountain Lion.

Jean Stapleton

Jean Stapleton (Jeanne Murray, 1923-2013), American character actress famous as Edith Bunker on All in the Family; three Emmys, two Golden Globes, Television Academy Hall of Fame 2002, stage career in Damn Yankees and Funny Girl.

Jean Starobinski

Jean Starobinski (1920–2019) was a Swiss literary critic, historian of ideas, and psychiatrist of the Geneva School, known for his studies of Montaigne, Rousseau, Diderot, and the Enlightenment.

Jean Stern

Jean Stern (Léon Antoine Jean Stern, 1875–1962), French épée fencer and 1908 London Olympic team épée gold medalist; distinct from other Olympic athletes named Stern.

Jean Taffin

Jean Taffin (1529–1602) was a Walloon minister of the Dutch Reformed church, court preacher to William of Orange, and author of a consolation classic for persecuted Protestants.

Jean Taris

Jean Taris was a French freestyle swimmer who won silver in the 400 meters freestyle at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and held seven world records.

Jean Tatlock

Jean Tatlock, also known as Jean Frances Tatlock, was an American psychiatrist and Communist Party member, known for her intense 1930s relationship with physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Jean Terrell

Jean Terrell, born Velma Jean Terrell in 1944, is an American singer from Mississippi who was the lead singer of the Supremes from 1970 to 1973.

Jean Thibaud

Jean Thibaud (1901–1960) was a French experimental physicist who measured the positron's charge and, with Frédéric Joliot, first observed positron annihilation in 1933, later founding the Institut de physique atomique de Lyon.

Sep 21, 2026

Jean Thomas (Welsh biochemist)

Jean Olwen Thomas is a British biochemist whose work on histone association underpinned the nucleosome model of chromatin; she is a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Sep 20, 2026

Jean Tirole

Jean Tirole is a French economist at the Toulouse School of Economics who won the 2014 Nobel memorial prize for his analysis of market power and regulation.

Jean Todt

Jean Todt (born 1946) is a French former rally co-driver, Peugeot and Ferrari motorsport manager, and FIA President 2009-2021, later UN Special Envoy for Road Safety and husband of Michelle Yeoh.

Jean Twenge

Jean M. Twenge is an American psychologist and professor at San Diego State University known for generational research and the claim that smartphones drove rising teen depression after 2012.

Jean Valjean

Jean Valjean, hero of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables (1862), a convict jailed for stealing bread, reborn as mayor Monsieur Madeleine, hunted by Javert, Cosette's savior.

Jean van de Velde (golfer)

Jean van de Velde (born 1966, Mont-de-Marsan) is a French golfer, two-time European Tour winner (1993 Roma Masters, 2006 Madeira Island Open), famous for the 1999 Open collapse at Carnoustie: triple bogey on 18, playoff loss to Paul Lawrie.

Jean van der Westhuyzen

Jean van der Westhuyzen, South African-born Australian canoe sprint paddler (born 1998, Cape Town). Tokyo 2020 K2 1000m Olympic gold with Tom Green, Paris 2024 K2 500m bronze; brother of Pierre van der Westhuyzen.

Jean Vander Pyl

Jean Vander Pyl (1919-1999), American radio and voice actress born in Philadelphia, was the voice of Wilma Flintstone for all of The Flintstones (1960-1966) and also Pebbles, Mrs. Slate, and Rosie the Robot on The Jetsons.

Jean Vanier

Jean Vanier (1928–2019) was a Canadian Catholic philosopher who founded L'Arche in France in 1964; later inquiries documented his sexual abuse of women under spiritual guidance.

Jean Vercruysse

Jean Vercruysse, born 2000 in Hazebrouck, is a French midfielder for Le Mans FC; ex-Montpellier academy, Canet Roussillon and Boulogne-sur-Mer; National 2 winner 2024, in Ligue 1 since 2026.

Jean Vuarnet

Jean Vuarnet was a French alpine skier who won the 1960 Olympic downhill gold at Squaw Valley and later lent his name to a sunglasses brand.

Jean W. Pape

Jean W. Pape, also known as Jean William or Bill Pape, is a Haitian-born physician-scientist who founded GHESKIO in Port-au-Prince in 1982, helping cut Haiti's HIV prevalence.