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Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley since 2015 and Home Office safeguarding minister July 2024 to May 2026, known for work on violence against women and girls.
Jess Schipper
Jess Schipper, born 1986, is a retired Australian butterfly swimmer who won two Olympic relay golds and set world records in the 200 m butterfly.
Jess Walton
Jess Walton, American actress born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and raised in Toronto, joined The Young and the Restless in June 1987 as Jill Foster Abbott and won the 1997 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress.
Jess Weixler
Jess Weixler (Jessica Weixler) is an American actress from Louisville, Kentucky, a Juilliard classmate of Jessica Chastain, who won the 2007 Sundance Special Jury Prize for Teeth and works mainly in independent film and television.
Jess Willard
Jess Willard, also known as Jess Myron Willard, was an American heavyweight boxing champion from 1915 to 1919 who won the title by knocking out Jack Johnson in Havana.
Jess Wright
Jess Wright (Jessica Sophia Wright, born 1985) is the English TOWIE original cast member (2010-2016), distinct from the psychiatrist and the folk singer of the same name; later author, beauty entrepreneur, and podcaster.
Jessabelle
Jessabelle (2014) is an American supernatural horror film directed by Kevin Greutert, written by Robert Ben Garant, starring Sarah Snook; a Blumhouse/Lionsgate release about a spirit haunting a Louisiana bayou home, with a 37 Metascore and 29% Tomatometer.
Jessalyn Gilsig
Jessalyn Gilsig, Canadian actress born 1971 in Montreal, trained at Harvard's American Repertory Theatre; known for Lauren Davis in Boston Public, Gina Russo in Nip/Tuck, Terri Schuester in Glee, and Siggy in Vikings.
Jessamyn Duke
Jessamyn Duke, "The Gun" (born 1986), is a retired American women's bantamweight MMA fighter from Kentucky, a TUF 18 cast member with a 1-3 UFC record and a 3-5-0, 1 NC professional career.
Jesse (Japanese singer)
Jesse (ジェシー, born 1996, Tokyo) is a Japanese singer and actor, lead vocalist of SixTONES (formed 2015, CD debut 2020), known for a low, stable bilingual voice, the solo song Niji, Boku, and dramas including Punch Drunk Woman.
Jesse (TV series)
Jesse (TV series) is the NBC sitcom (1998–2000, 42 episodes) starring Christina Applegate as single mother Jesse Warner, created by Ira Ungerleider; distinct from Disney Channel's Jessie (2011–2015).
Jesse & Joy
Jesse & Joy, also known as Jesse and Joy, is a Mexican pop duo formed by siblings Jesse and Joy Huerta in Mexico City in 2005, known for "¡Corre!".
Jesse Anderson
Jesse Michael Anderson (1957-1994), Cedarburg, Wisconsin businessman who murdered his wife Barbara in Milwaukee on April 21, 1992, blamed two fictitious Black assailants, was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide, and died in prison on November 30, 1994, two days after Christopher Scarver attacked him and Jeffrey Dahmer at Columbia Correctional Institution.
Jesse Appleton
Jesse Appleton (1772–1819) was an American Congregationalist minister who served as the second president of Bowdoin College from 1807 to 1819; his daughter Jane married President Franklin Pierce.
Jesse Armstrong
Jesse Armstrong (born 1970) is a British screenwriter and producer, co-creator of Peep Show, co-writer of In the Loop and Four Lions, creator-showrunner of HBO's Succession (four Emmy writing wins), and writer-director of the 2025 HBO film Mountainhead.
Jesse Arreguín
Jesse Arreguín is an American Democratic politician elected to the California State Senate in 2024, after serving as a Berkeley councilmember, Mayor of Berkeley, and president of the Association of Bay Area Governments.
Jesse Baird
Jesse Alan Baird (1997-2024) was an Australian Network 10 TV presenter (Totally Wild, Gamify, Studio 10) and AFL goal umpire, Heritage No. 350; killed with Luke Davies in February 2024, with former officer Beau Lamarre-Condon charged.
Jesse Beams
Jesse Wakefield Beams (1898–1977) was an American experimental physicist at the University of Virginia who invented the magnetically suspended ultracentrifuge, beginning the gas-centrifuge method of uranium enrichment.
Jesse Beyroutey
Jesse Beyroutey is an American venture capitalist and Managing Partner at IA Ventures, a Manhattan-based seed firm, known for early bets on Komodo Health and Ironclad.
Jesse Birdsall
Jesse Birdsall (born 1963, Highbury, London) is an English actor known for Nick Beckett in Bugs, Roger Webb in Footballers' Wives, Fraser Black in Hollyoaks, and Marcus Tandy in Eldorado.
Jesse Bisiwu
Jesse Eugen Kwabena Bisiwu (born 2008, Leuven, Belgium) is a Belgian left winger who came through Oud-Heverlee Leuven and Club Brugge, played 36 Challenger Pro League games for Club NXT, starred at the 2025 U17 Euros, and joined FC Barcelona in July 2026 for about €8.5m.
Jesse Bloom
Jesse D. Bloom is an American evolutionary biologist and virologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and an HHMI Investigator, known for deep mutational scanning of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza.
Jesse Borrego
Jesse Borrego (born 1962) is a Mexican-American and Native American actor from San Antonio, Texas, known for Jesse V. Valesquez in Fame, Cruz in Blood In, Blood Out, Gael Ortega in 24, and George King in Dexter, plus stage work and San Antonio film advocacy.
Jesse Bradford
Jesse Bradford (Jesse Bradford Watrouse, born 1979) is an American actor known for King of the Hill (1993), Bring It On (2000), Swimfan, and Flags of Our Fathers, plus TV roles on The West Wing, Shooter, and High Potential.
Jesse C. Rabinowitz
Jesse C. Rabinowitz (Jesse Charles Rabinowitz) was an American biochemist and UC Berkeley professor known for work on folic acid coenzymes, ferredoxin, and Gram-positive protein synthesis.
Jesse Carmichael
Jesse Carmichael (born 1979, Boulder, Colorado) is the keyboardist and rhythm guitarist of Maroon 5, formerly guitarist in Kara's Flowers, co-writer of Songs About Jane, on sabbatical 2012-2014, side project 1863.
Jesse Chambers
Jesse Chambers, aka Jesse Quick, Flash, and Liberty Belle, is a DC Comics legacy heroine created by Len Strazewski and Mike Parobeck in 1992, daughter of Johnny Quick and Liberty Belle, with speed and strength powers.
Jesse Chavez
Jesse David Chavez (born 1983, San Gabriel, CA) is a retired MLB right-handed reliever (2008-2025) who pitched for nine teams, was traded ten times, and won the 2021 World Series with the Braves.
Jesse Cohn
Jesse Cohn is an American hedge fund investor who joined Elliott Investment Management in 2004 and, as Managing Partner, leads activist campaigns at Twitter, Salesforce, and Phillips 66.
Jesse Colin Young
Jesse Colin Young (Perry Miller, 1941–2025), American folk-rock singer-songwriter, founding lead singer of the Youngbloods; voice of "Get Together" (No. 5, 1969); solo albums Song for Juli and Songbird; died in Aiken, South Carolina.