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Jack Wagner (actor)
Jack Wagner (Peter John Wagner II, born 1959) is an American actor and singer known as Frisco Jones on General Hospital, Dr. Peter Burns on Melrose Place, Nick Marone on The Bold and the Beautiful, and Bill Avery on When Calls the Heart; his single "All I Need" hit number 2.
Jack Wallace (actor)
Jack Wallace (1933–2020) was an American character actor from Pekin, Illinois, a Chicago theater mainstay and Drama Desk Award ensemble winner for Glengarry Glen Ross; not the English dialect coach of Never Have I Ever.
Jack Ward
Jack (John) Ward, English pirate turned Ottoman corsair known as Captain Ward or Yusuf Reis; based at Tunis from 1603, raided Venetian shipping, built a marble palace, never returned to England.
Jack Warden
Jack Warden (John Warden Lebzelter Jr., 1920–2006), American character actor and former welterweight boxer and 101st Airborne paratrooper; Oscar-nominated for Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait, Emmy winner for Brian's Song.
Jack Wardrop
Jack Wardrop (John Caldwell Wardrop, born 26 May 1932), Scottish swimmer for Great Britain at the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Olympics; world record holder in 400 yards IM and 200m freestyle, Michigan NCAA champion.
Jack Warner (actor)
Jack Warner (1895–1981), born Horace John Waters, English actor; played PC George Dixon in The Blue Lamp and 432 episodes of Dixon of Dock Green (1955–1976), and Joe Huggett in the Huggett films; distinct from the Warner Bros. mogul Jack L. Warner.
Jack Webb
Jack Webb, born John Randolph Webb (1920–1982), was an American actor, producer, and director best known for creating Dragnet and starring as Los Angeles police Sergeant Joe Friday.
Jack Welch
Jack Welch, also known as John F. Welch and nicknamed Neutron Jack, was the American chairman and CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 2001.
Jack Weston
Jack Weston (1924-1996), born Jack Weinstein in Cleveland, was an American character actor of stage, film, and TV, known for Wait Until Dark, Dirty Dancing, The Four Seasons, and a Tony-nominated turn in The Floating Lightbulb.
Jack Westover
Jack Westover (born 1999, Bellevue, WA) is an NFL fullback/tight end, ex-Washington Huskies walk-on and 2023 All-Pac-12 honorable mention; undrafted 2024, played for Seattle, New England, and Washington Commanders.
Jack White
Jack White (born 1975, Detroit; born John Gillis) is an American rock musician, founder of The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather, owner of Third Man Records, a 12-time Grammy winner, and 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
Jack Whitehall
Jack Whitehall, born in 1988, is an English comedian, actor, and presenter known for Fresh Meat, Bad Education, Netflix's Travels with My Father, and hosting the BRIT Awards.
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father is a Netflix British comedy travel documentary (2017–2021, five seasons) in which comedian Jack Whitehall travels with his retired theatrical-agent father Michael; season 1 covered Southeast Asia, season 5 the UK, followed by the 2024 Fatherhood spin-off.
Jack Whittaker (lottery winner)
Jack Whittaker (1947-2020), West Virginia construction contractor who won a $314.9 million Powerball jackpot on December 25, 2002, then the largest single-ticket US lottery jackpot; took a $113.4 million cash option, later faced thefts, lawsuits, and family deaths.
Jack Whitten
Jack Whitten (1939–2018) was an American abstract painter and sculptor from Bessemer, Alabama, who invented new acrylic techniques, including a rake-like tool called the Developer.
Jack Wild
Jack Wild (1952-2006), English actor and singer, Artful Dodger in the film Oliver! (Oscar-nominated) and Jimmy in H.R. Pufnstuf; died of oral cancer aged 53.
Jack Williams (Alabama politician)
Jack Williams (born 1955) is an American Republican politician who has represented Alabama's 34th Senate district since 2018, after one term in the Alabama House.
Jack Wilshere
Jack Wilshere, born 1992 in Stevenage, English midfielder; Arsenal's youngest-ever Premier League player (16 years 256 days), 197 Arsenal appearances, 34 England caps; now Luton Town manager.
Jack Wilson
Jack Wilson is the name of several athletes: a 21st-century MLB shortstop for the Pirates, a 1930s and 1940s MLB pitcher, and a British Olympic rowing champion.
Jack Winter
Jack Winter (John Arthur Winter, 1924–2007) was an Australian high jumper who won gold at the 1948 London Olympics with 1.98 m, the first Olympic champion from Western Australia and the last to win using the Eastern cut-off style.
Jack Wisdom
Jack Wisdom is an American planetary scientist, professor at MIT since 1984, known for proving Pluto's motion is chaotic and for the 2022 Chrysalis hypothesis.
Jack Wolf
Jack Keil Wolf (1935–2011) was an American information and coding theorist known for the Slepian–Wolf theorem and for bringing maximum likelihood detection to magnetic data storage.
Jack Yerman
Jack Yerman (John Lloyd Yerman, born 5 February 1939, Oroville, California), American sprinter, Cal Golden Bears fullback, and 1960 Rome Olympics gold medalist in the 4x400 m relay with world record 3:02.2; lost his Paradise home in the 2018 Camp Fire.
Jack Youngblood
Jack Youngblood (Herbert Jackson Youngblood III), Rams defensive end 1971-1984, Hall of Fame 2001; 201 straight games, 151.5 sacks, played 1979 playoffs and Super Bowl XIV on a broken leg.
Jack Zealley
Jack Zealley (Walter John Zealley, 1874-1956), English inside-forward with Bridport FC and Upton Park; won retrospective 1900 Paris Olympic football gold, scoring in the 4-0 win over France.
Jack Zhang
Jack Zhang is a technology entrepreneur who co-founded the cross-border payments platform Airwallex in Melbourne in 2015 and serves as its chief executive, owning a 12% stake.
Jack Zouhary
Jack Zouhary, born 1951 in Toledo, Ohio, is a senior United States district judge of the Northern District of Ohio, appointed by George W. Bush in 2006.
Jack-o'-lantern
Jack-o'-lantern: carved, candle-lit pumpkin or vegetable lantern of Halloween. Named for the Irish Stingy Jack legend; originally a 1660s term for will-o'-the-wisp; turnips preceded American pumpkins.
Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None
Jack-of-All-Trades, Party of None (勇者パーティを追い出された器用貧乏) is a Japanese fantasy light novel by Itsuki Togami and Yuri Kisaragi, launched on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2021, published in print by Kodansha, adapted into a manga and a 12-episode 2026 anime by animation studio42, with a second season announced.
Jack-up barge
A jack-up barge is a mobile marine platform with legs lowered to the seabed so its hull can be raised above the water as a stable work platform.