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Jack Pyburn
Jack Pyburn, NFL edge defender (defensive end) for the Kansas City Chiefs, No. 54. Undrafted 2026 out of LSU via Florida; led NFL preseason with 4 sacks for Tampa Bay, was waived, signed by Kansas City.
Jack Quaid
Jack Henry Quaid (born 1992), American actor, son of Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid; played Hughie in The Boys (2019-2026), Marvel in The Hunger Games, and voices Boimler and Superman.
Jack R. Bennink
Jack R. Bennink is an immunologist known for defining which influenza proteins cytotoxic T cells target and for work on antigen processing, done at The Wistar Institute and NIAID.
Jack R. Jokipii
Jack R. (Randy) Jokipii (1939–2022) was an American space plasma and cosmic-ray physicist, Regents Professor at the University of Arizona, known for quasi-linear theory and the 22-year cosmic-ray cycle.
Jack R. Wands
Jack R. Wands, also known as Jack Wands, was an American hepatologist who studied viral hepatitis and liver cancer for over fifty years, leading Brown's gastroenterology division from 1999 to 2023.
Jack Ragland
Jack Ragland (1913-1996) was an American guard on the McPherson Globe Refiners who won the first Olympic basketball gold medal at Berlin 1936, playing 2 games, scoring 7 points, and appearing in the 19-8 final win over Canada; he later played for the Phillips 66ers until retiring in 1938.
Jack Rankin
Jack Rankin (born 1992) is the Conservative MP for Windsor since 4 July 2024, succeeding Adam Afriyie; former Centrica employee, councillor 2015-2019, PPS to Kemi Badenoch from September 2026.
Jack Reacher
Jack Reacher is Lee Child's fictional ex-US Army military police major, a 6 ft 5 in drifter with only a toothbrush, debuting in Killing Floor (1997); 31+ novels, films with Tom Cruise, and the hit Prime Video series with Alan Ritchson distinguish the franchise.
Jack Reacher (book series)
The Jack Reacher series is a sequence of thriller novels by Lee Child, begun with Killing Floor in 1997, about a former US Military Police major who drifts into crimes.
Jack Reacher (film)
Jack Reacher (2012) is a Christopher McQuarrie action thriller adapting Lee Child's One Shot, starring Tom Cruise as the ex-military investigator; it earned $218.3 million worldwide and spawned a 2016 sequel.
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, also known as Jack Reacher 2, is a 2016 American action thriller starring Tom Cruise and Cobie Smulders, adapting Lee Child's novel.
Jack Reagan
John Edward "Jack" Reagan (1883–1941), Illinois shoe salesman and father of President Ronald Reagan and Neil Reagan; Catholic Democrat, WPA local director, alcoholic whose porch incident shaped his son's memoirs.
Jack Reed (Rhode Island politician)
Jack Reed (John F. Reed, born 1949) is the Democratic U.S. senator from Rhode Island since 1997, a West Point graduate and former 82nd Airborne officer, former Armed Services chair now ranking member, seeking reelection in 2026.
Jack Remmington
Jack Remmington is a British presenter, comedian, and pop culture commentator, co-host of The Jack & Ash Show with Ash Holme and BBC Sounds' Famously…In Love, formerly of X Factor duo Jack & Joel.
Jack Reynor
Jack Reynor (born 1992) is an Irish-American actor from County Wicklow, known for What Richard Did, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Sing Street, Midsommar, and The Perfect Couple, with Seasons and Presumed Innocent season two upcoming.
Jack Riley (actor)
Jack Riley (John Albert Riley Jr., 1935-2016), American comic actor from Cleveland, played Elliot Carlin on The Bob Newhart Show and voiced Stu Pickles in Rugrats and All Grown Up!.
Jack Rimmer
Jack Rimmer (John Thomas Rimmer, 1878-1962), British distance runner and Liverpool policeman who won two gold medals at the 1900 Paris Olympics, in the 4,000 m steeplechase and the 5,000 m team race.
Jack Robinson
Jack Robinson: name shared by several athletes, chiefly Australian surfer Jack Robinson (born 1997, Paris 2024 men's shortboard silver) and American basketball gold medalist Robert Lloyd Jackson "Jack" Robinson (1927-2022, 1948 Olympics).
Jack Rodwell
Jack Christian Rodwell, born 1991, is an English midfielder who debuted for Everton at 16, transferred to Manchester City for £12 million in 2012, and earned three England caps.
Jack Roschman
Jack Roschman was an American restaurateur who founded the Rax Roast Beef chain, starting with a Jax restaurant in Springfield, Ohio, in 1968, and co-founded Ponderosa Steakhouse.
Jack Rosenthal
Jack Rosenthal (1931–2004), English television dramatist from Manchester; wrote Coronation Street, The Evacuees, Bar Mitzvah Boy, The Knowledge, Yentl; BAFTA, Emmy, Prix Italia winner.
Jack Ross (footballer, born 1976)
Jack Ross (John James Ross), born 1976 in Falkirk, Scotland, is a Scottish football coach and former defender who managed Alloa Athletic, St Mirren, Sunderland, Hibernian, and Dundee United.
Jack Ruby
Jack Ruby, born Jacob Rubenstein (1911-1967), was a Dallas nightclub owner who shot Lee Harvey Oswald in the Dallas police basement on November 24, 1963; convicted and sentenced to death, reversed on appeal, died of lung cancer.
Jack Ruby Shoots Lee Harvey Oswald
Jack Ruby Shoots Lee Harvey Oswald: on November 24, 1963, at 11:21 a.m., Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby fatally shot accused Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in the basement of Dallas police headquarters during a jail transfer, an event broadcast live on television.
Jack Rumbold
Sir Jack Seddon Rumbold QC (1920–2001), New Zealand-born barrister, Rhodes Scholar, Royal Navy officer mentioned in dispatches, Attorney-General of Zanzibar 1963, and president of the industrial tribunals of England and Wales 1979–1984.
Jack Russell (musician)
Jack Russell (1960-2024), American hard rock vocalist and songwriter, founding singer of Great White; hits "Rock Me" and "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"; led Jack Russell's Great White at the 2003 Station nightclub fire; died of Lewy body dementia.
Jack Russell (priest)
John ("Jack") Russell (1795-1883), the sporting parson of Swimbridge, Devon, Anglican clergyman who bred the terrier line named after him, founding the Jack Russell and Parson Russell Terrier breeds from the bitch Trump.
Jack Russell Terrier
Jack Russell Terrier: small white English working terrier developed in the 1800s by Reverend John Russell for fox hunting; 25–30 cm tall, bold and fearless; UK Kennel Club recognized 2016; distinct from the taller Parson Russell Terrier.
Jack Ryan (character)
John Patrick 'Jack' Ryan, Tom Clancy's fictional CIA analyst turned president, first appearing in The Hunt for Red October (1984); anchor of the Ryanverse, played on screen by Baldwin, Ford, Affleck, Pine, and Krasinski.
Jack Ryan (franchise)
The Jack Ryan franchise is a series of American spy thriller films and television adaptations of Tom Clancy's CIA analyst, beginning with The Hunt for Red October (1990).