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Jennifer Rabke Verani

Jennifer Rabke Verani is an American pediatrician and medical epidemiologist at the CDC's Respiratory Diseases Branch in Atlanta, known for pneumococcal vaccine effectiveness studies in Kenya and other countries.

Jennifer Reed

Jennifer L. Reed (1978–2020) was an American chemical and biological engineer at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who built computational models of microbial metabolism and received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Jennifer Rexford

Jennifer Rexford is an American computer scientist known for her work on BGP routing and software-defined networking, and has been Princeton University's provost since March 2023 after chairing its computer science department.

Jennifer Richeson

Jennifer Richeson is an American social psychologist at Yale University who studies racial attitudes and inequality, a 2006 MacArthur Fellow elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2015.

Jennifer Robertson

Jennifer Robertson (Jenn Robertson), Canadian actress, writer, comedian born 1971 in Vancouver; plays Jocelyn Schitt on Schitt's Creek and Ellen Baker on Ginny & Georgia; hosted Canada's Handyman Challenge and The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down.

Jennifer Robinson (lawyer)

Jennifer Robinson (Jennifer Kate Robinson), Australian human rights and media lawyer, barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, London; Rhodes Scholar 2006; longtime member of Julian Assange's legal team; distinct from Nashville Littler employment lawyer Jen Robinson.

Jennifer Rostock

Jennifer Rostock is a German rock band from Berlin, founded in 2007 around singer Jennifer Weist and keyboardist Johannes Walter-Müller, who met in kindergarten on Usedom.

Jennifer Rothschild

Jennifer Rothschild is an American evangelical author, speaker, and podcast host who lost her sight to retinitis pigmentosa at 15 and is known for her women's Bible studies.

Jennifer Rubin (actress)

Jennifer Rubin (Jennifer Collene Rubin, born 1962, Phoenix, Arizona) is an American actress and former Ford model, known for Taryn in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Bad Dreams, The Doors, The Crush, and Screamers.

Jennifer Runyon

Jennifer Runyon Corman (1960–2026), American actress of 1980s film and TV: Ghostbusters' ESP-test student, Gwendolyn Pierce on Charles in Charge, Cindy Brady in A Very Brady Christmas, and Up the Creek's Heather Merriweather; died of cancer at 65.

Jennifer Rush

Jennifer Rush (Heidi Stern) is an American pop singer who achieved European success in the 1980s. She is best known for her 1984 single, "The Power of Love."

Jennifer S. Brodbelt

Jennifer S. Brodbelt is an American analytical chemist at the University of Texas at Austin known for developing ultraviolet photodissociation (UVPD) to determine the structures of proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids.

Jennifer S. Temel

Jennifer S. Temel is an American oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital known for her 2010 trial showing early palliative care improved survival in lung cancer.

Jennifer Saint

Jennifer Saint is a British novelist and Classics scholar who studied at King's College, London. She is known for her retellings of Greek mythology, including Elektra and Atalanta.

Jennifer Salt

Jennifer Salt (born 1944) is an American actress turned screenwriter and producer: Crazy Annie in Midnight Cowboy, Eunice Tate on Soap, and executive producer/writer on Nip/Tuck, American Horror Story, Ratched, and Eat Pray Love co-writer.

Jennifer Sanalitro

Jennifer Sanalitro is an American politician and Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, elected in 2022 to represent the 48th district in suburban DuPage and Cook counties.

Jennifer Saunders

Jennifer Saunders (born 1958, Sleaford, Lincolnshire) is the British comedian, writer, and actor of French and Saunders and Absolutely Fabulous; also the Fairy Godmother in Shrek 2 and author of Bonkers.

Jennifer Schwalbach Smith

Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, also Jennifer Mary Schwalbach Smith, American actress, producer, and podcaster, former USA Today reporter, wife of Kevin Smith since 1999; played Missy in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Emma in Clerks II.

Jennifer Siebel Newsom

Jennifer Siebel Newsom is an American documentary filmmaker and California's First Partner, wife of Governor Gavin Newsom. Director of Miss Representation (2011) and founder of The Representation Project.

Jennifer Stone

Jennifer Stone (born 1993) is an American actress and ER nurse, known as Harper Finkle on Wizards of Waverly Place and its 2026 sequel finale, after a 2013 type 1 diabetes diagnosis led her to nursing.

Jennifer Sung

Jennifer Sung, born in 1972, is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the Ninth Circuit since 2021, appointed by President Biden.

Jennifer Syme

Jennifer Maria Syme (1972–2001) was an American film production assistant and occasional actress who worked for director David Lynch and was Keanu Reeves's partner from 1998 to 2000.

Jennifer Tilly

Jennifer Tilly (born 1958, Jennifer Ellen Chan) is an American-Canadian actress and poker player: Oscar-nominated for Bullets Over Broadway, star of the Chucky franchise as Tiffany Valentine, voice of Bonnie Swanson on Family Guy, and 2005 WSOP bracelet winner with over $1 million in live earnings.

Jennifer Tisdale

Jennifer Kelly Tisdale (born 1981, Neptune, New Jersey) is an American former actress and producer, older sister of Ashley Tisdale; known for Bring It On: In It to Win It, The Hillside Strangler, Dark Ride, and producing Daphne & Velma.

Jennifer Todd

Jennifer Todd (born 1969, Los Angeles) is an American film and TV producer of Memento, the Austin Powers films, and Alice in Wonderland; she produced the 89th and 90th Oscars with Michael De Luca and serves as an AMPAS Producers Branch governor.

Jennifer Todd (Illinois politician)

Jennifer Todd is an American politician and registered nurse who is the Democratic nominee for Illinois' 15th Congressional District in the 2026 election, after winning the March 2026 primary.

Jennifer Tour Chayes

Jennifer Tour Chayes is an applied mathematician and computer scientist known for co-founding graph limits, who led three Microsoft Research labs before joining UC Berkeley in 2020.

Jennifer Valente

Jennifer Valente, American track cyclist born 1994 in San Diego; first U.S. woman to win Olympic track cycling gold (omnium, Tokyo 2020), defended it at Paris 2024 plus team pursuit gold; five Olympic medals, 19 world championship medals.

Jennifer W. Elrod

Jennifer W. Elrod, born Jennifer Walker Elrod in 1966, is a judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed by George W. Bush in 2007.

Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Jennifer Te Atamira Ward-Lealand, New Zealand stage and screen actor, director, and President of Equity New Zealand since 2008; CNZM 2019 and 2020 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year; advocate for actors' pay and te reo Māori.