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Jhayco
Jhayco (Jesús Manuel Nieves Cortés, born 1993), formerly Jhay Cortez, is a Puerto Rican reggaeton and Latin trap singer-songwriter behind "No Me Conoce (Remix)", "Dákiti" with Bad Bunny, and the albums Famouz, Timelezz, and Le Clique: Vida Rockstar (X).
Jhe Wan-Young
Jhe Wan-Young (제원호) is a South Korean physicist who performed the Yale experiment suppressing spontaneous emission between mirrors, a founding result of cavity quantum electrodynamics, and has taught at Seoul National University since 1992.
Jhelum District (ضلع جہلم)
Jhelum District (ضلع جہلم), Punjab, Pakistan: 3,587 sq km district on the Pothohar Plateau and Salt Range, capital Jhelum City, 1,382,308 people (2023 census), home of the Khewra Salt Mine and known as the City of Soldiers.
Jhelum River
Jhelum River (Hydaspes; Sanskrit Vitasta), an Indus tributary flowing through the Kashmir valley into Pakistan, joining the Chenab at Trimmu; site of Alexander's 326 BCE battle, Mangla Dam, and a western river under the Indus Waters Treaty.
Jhelum Vallis
Jhelum Vallis is a 351 km valley on Mars at 6.19°N, 336.31°E, IAU-approved October 23, 2024 and named for the Jhelum River in Pakistan; it lies near Ares Vallis and Hydaspis Chaos in the Aram Chaos region.
Jhenaidah District
Jhenaidah District (ঝিনাইদহ জেলা), Khulna Division, Bangladesh; a Jashore subdivision from 1862, a full district since 23 February 1984; 2,005,849 people (2022 census); headquarters on the Nabaganga river.
Jhené Aiko
Jhené Aiko, full name Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo, is an American R&B singer and songwriter from Los Angeles known for a soft, atmospheric style and introspective songwriting.
Jheri curl
The Jheri curl, also spelled Jerry curl, is a chemically treated hairstyle of soft, glossy curls, invented by Jheri Redding and popularized by Michael Jackson in the 1980s.
Jheri Redding
Jheri Redding, born Robert William Redding, was an American hairdresser and entrepreneur who founded four haircare companies, including Redken and Nexxus, and is credited with inventing the Jheri curl.
Jhimma 2
Jhimma 2 (झिम्मा २), 2023 Marathi comedy-drama sequel to Jhimma, directed by Hemant Dhome, written by Irawati Karnik; seven women reunite for Indu's 75th birthday in London and the Lake District; released 24 November 2023.
Jho Low
Jho Low (Low Taek Jho) is a Malaysian financier charged in the United States and Malaysia over the misappropriation of more than $4.5 billion from the state fund 1MDB.
Jhoan Durán
Jhoan Manuel Durán, Dominican MLB relief pitcher (born 1998) for the Philadelphia Phillies, formerly Minnesota Twins closer; famed for 100+ mph fastball and the "splinker," traded to Philadelphia July 30, 2025.
Jhoanna
Jhoanna (Jhoanna Christine Burgos Robles, born 2004, Calamba, Laguna) is a Filipino singer, dancer, and rapper, leader, lead vocalist, and lead rapper of the P-pop girl group BINI, distinct from other namesakes.
Jhon Durán
Jhon Durán (Jhon Jáder Durán Palacios), born 2003 in Medellín, is a Colombian center-forward who moved from Aston Villa to Al Nassr for a reported £71 million in 2025.
Jhon Jairo Velásquez
Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, alias "Popeye" or "JJ", Colombian hitman and chief of sicarios for Pablo Escobar in the Medellín Cartel; confessed 300 murders, convicted for Luis Carlos Galán's assassination, later a YouTuber, died 2020.
Jhonen Vasquez
Jhonen Vasquez (born 1974) is an American cartoonist from San Jose who created Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Squee!, and I Feel Sick for Slave Labor Graphics, and the Nickelodeon animated series Invader Zim (2001), later revived as Oni Press comics and the 2019 Netflix film Enter the Florpus.
Jhonnatan Botero
Jhonnatan Botero Villegas, Colombian cross-country mountain biker born 1992 in El Retiro, Antioquia; Youth Olympic gold 2010, fifth at Rio 2016 Olympics, multiple Colombian national XCO champion.
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (झूम बराबर झूम) is a 2007 Yash Raj Films romantic comedy musical directed by Shaad Ali, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol, and Lara Dutta, set in London with Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy bhangra music.
Jhootha Kahin Ka (झूठा कहीं का)
Jhootha Kahin Ka (झूठा कहीं का), 2019 Hindi comedy drama directed by Smeep Kang, a remake of Carry on Jatta, starring Rishi Kapoor, Jimmy Sheirgill, Sunny Singh, and Omkar Kapoor; released 19 July 2019 and a box office flop or disaster.
Jhostynxon García
Jhostynxon Garcia, nicknamed The Password, is a Venezuelan MLB outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Signed by Boston in 2019 for $350,000, he debuted August 22, 2025, led the Red Sox system in home runs in 2024 and 2025, and was traded for Johan Oviedo.
Jhukar
Jhukar is an archaeological settlement site in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan, seventeen miles northwest of Mohenjo-daro and the type site of the Late Harappan Jhukar phase.
Jhukar phase
The Jhukar phase, also known as the Jhukar or Jhukar-Jhangar culture, is a Late Harappan phase in Sindh, named after a site near Mohenjo-daro and dated roughly 2165 to 1700 BC.
Jhulan Goswami (ঝুলন গোস্বামী)
Jhulan Goswami (ঝুলন গোস্বামী), the Chakdaha Express, Indian women's fast bowler and former captain, 2002–2022; 355 international wickets, record 255 ODI wickets, Padma Shri 2012, later Mumbai Indians WPL bowling coach.
Jhulelal (Hinduism)
Jhulelal, also called Uderolal, is the patron deity of Sindhi Hindus, associated with the River Indus and venerated by Sindhi Muslims as the saint Zinda Pir.
Jhumar
Jhumar (झूमर), also spelled Jhumur or Jhumair, is a folk song-and-dance tradition of eastern and central India, central to the Sadan community of the Chota Nagpur plateau.
Jhumpa Lahiri
Jhumpa Lahiri, British-American novelist and translator, born 1967 London; Pulitzer 2000 for Interpreter of Maladies; wrote The Namesake and The Lowland, then Italian works like In altre parole and Whereabouts.
Jhumur
Jhumur (ঝুমুর) is a Bengali folk song and dance tradition of the Chhotanagpur plateau, practiced in western West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Odisha, and transmitted orally by communities such as the Kurmi-Mahato.
Jhund (film)
Jhund (झुंड), 2022 Hindi biographical sports drama by Nagraj Manjule, his Hindi debut, starring Amitabh Bachchan as Slum Soccer founder Vijay Barse; released 4 March 2022, streamed on ZEE5.
Jhyaure
Jhyaure (झ्याउरे) is a Nepali folk tradition covering a love-themed song-and-dance genre of the western hills, a 16-syllable poetic meter, and a 6-beat rhythm; Devkota's Munamadan was composed in it.
Ji Ben
Ji Ben (季本, courtesy name Mingde, 1485–1563) was a Chinese Ming dynasty scholar-official, a disciple of Wang Shouren who served as judge, censor, and Prefect of Changsha.