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Jill Dando
Jill Wendy Dando (1961–1999), English BBC presenter of Breakfast News, Holiday, the Six O'Clock News and Crimewatch; shot dead 26 April 1999, case unsolved; UCL's Jill Dando Institute commemorates her.
Jill Derby
Jill Talbot Derby (born 1940) is a Nevada cultural anthropologist, former Nevada Board of Regents chair, and former Nevada Democratic Party chair who lost two congressional races in NV-02 to Dean Heller in 2006 and 2008.
Jill Dillard
Jill Dillard (née Duggar), born 1991, is an American reality TV personality, midwife, and author, fourth child of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On, wife of Derick Dillard and co-author of the memoir Counting the Cost.
Jill E. Seebergh
Jill E. Seebergh is an American chemical engineer and Boeing Principal Senior Technical Fellow, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2024 for sustainable aircraft coatings.
Jill Eikenberry
Jill Eikenberry (born 1947, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American actress, Ann Kelsey on NBC's L.A. Law (1986–94), wife of Michael Tucker, five Emmy nominations, 1989 Golden Globe winner, breast cancer advocate.
Jill Ellis
Jill Ellis, English-born American soccer coach, won back-to-back Women's World Cups with the USWNT (2015, 2019), finished 106-7-19, then led San Diego Wave FC and joined FIFA as Chief of Football.
Jill Farrant
Jill Farrant is a South African professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of Cape Town who studies resurrection plants that survive extreme drying.
Jill Gascoine
Jill Gascoine (1937–2020), English actor and novelist, first woman to lead a British TV police series as DI Maggie Forbes in The Gentle Touch (1980–84) and C.A.T.S. Eyes; later married to Alfred Molina.
Jill Gibson
Jill Gibson is an American singer, photographer, and visual artist who briefly replaced Michelle Phillips in The Mamas & the Papas in 1966, sang with Jan & Dean, and photographed the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.
Jill Goodacre
Jill Goodacre (Jill Goodacre Connick), American model and actress born 1965 in Lubbock, Texas; leading Victoria's Secret catalogue model of the 1980s-early 1990s, appeared in Friends, married Harry Connick Jr. in 1994, breast cancer survivor and screening advocate.
Jill Halfpenny
Jill Halfpenny (born 1975, Gateshead) is an English actress known for Nicola Dobson in Byker Grove, Rebecca Hopkins in Coronation Street, Kate Mitchell in EastEnders, and Izzie Redpath in Waterloo Road. She won Strictly Come Dancing 2004 and the 2011 Olivier Award for Legally Blonde.
Jill Haworth
Jill Haworth (Valerie Jill Haworth, 1945-2011) was an English actress cast by Otto Preminger in Exodus, The Cardinal, and In Harm's Way, and the original Sally Bowles in Broadway's 1966 Cabaret.
Jill Hennessy
Jill Hennessy (Jillian Noel Hennessy, born 1968, Edmonton) is a Canadian actress and singer-songwriter, known as ADA Claire Kincaid on Law & Order and Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh on Crossing Jordan, with albums Ghost in My Head and I Do.
Jill Ireland
Jill Ireland (April 24, 1936 – May 18, 1990) was a British-born actress, Leila Kalomi in Star Trek's This Side of Paradise, and Charles Bronson's wife and frequent co-star in 15 films; she wrote Life Wish and Life Lines during her public breast cancer battle.
Jill Kelley
Jill Kelley, born Gilberte Khawam, is a Tampa socialite whose 2012 complaint over harassing emails triggered the FBI investigation that exposed CIA Director David Petraeus's affair.
Jill Kelly (actress)
Jill Kelly, stage name of Adrianne Diane Moore (born 1971), is an American adult film actress, director, and producer who founded Jill Kelly Productions, sold to Penthouse in 2006.
Jill Krowinski
Jill Krowinski is an American Democratic politician who represents Burlington in the Vermont House of Representatives, where she has served as Speaker since 2021 and was first elected in 2012.
Jill Latiano
Jill Latiano (Jill Latiano Howerton), American actress, model, dancer, and documentary producer; Knicks City Dancer 1999, Sex and the City debut 2004, married to Glenn Howerton, producer of GMO OMG and The Devil We Know.
Jill Marie Jones
Jill Marie Jones, born 1975 in Dallas, Texas, is an American actress known as Toni Childs on Girlfriends (2000–2006) and for Ash vs. Evil Dead, Sleepy Hollow, and Delilah; former Cowboys cheerleader.
Jill Messick
Jill Sobel Messick (1967–2018), American film producer and studio executive, Miramax executive 1997–2003, executive producer of Mean Girls, Frida, Baby Mama, and posthumous A Minecraft Movie; died by suicide amid the Rose McGowan–Harvey Weinstein dispute.
Jill N. Parrish
Jill N. Parrish is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Utah since 2015, after twelve years as a justice of the Utah Supreme Court.
Jill Officer
Jill Officer is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, born in 1975, best known as second on Team Jennifer Jones, winning the 2014 Olympic gold medal and two world championships.
Jill P. Mesirov
Jill P. Mesirov, also published as Jill Mesirov, is an American computational biologist known for Gene Set Enrichment Analysis and the Molecular Signatures Database, used by over a million researchers.
Jill P. Pell
Jill P. Pell is a Scottish epidemiologist and public-health physician who has held the Henry Mechan Professorship of Public Health at the University of Glasgow since 2007.
Jill Roberts (Scream)
Jill Roberts (Jillian Roberts) is the fictional main antagonist of Scream 4 (2011), Sidney Prescott's cousin played by Emma Roberts, the seventh Ghostface killer who stages a massacre to become the new final girl.
Jill Savery
Jill Savery (born 1972, Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American artistic (synchronized) swimmer who won team gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the first Olympic team event, plus 1991 and 1994 World Championship golds; 2008 ISHOF inductee.
Jill Schoelen
Jill Schoelen is an American actress known for lead roles in 1980s and early 1990s horror and thriller films, including The Stepfather (1987) and Popcorn (1991).
Jill Scott (footballer)
Jill Scott, English midfielder (born 1987, Sunderland), won 161 England caps and Euro 2022; played for Sunderland, Everton, and Manchester City (194 appearances); retired August 2022; distinct from the American R&B singer Jill Scott.
Jill Scott (singer)
Jill Scott (born 1972, Philadelphia) is an American neo-soul and R&B singer, poet, and actress. Her 2000 debut Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 went multiplatinum; she has won three Grammys from 14 nominations.
Jill Sinclair
Jill Sinclair (1952–2014), English music executive, co-founded ZTT Records and the SPZ Group with husband Trevor Horn and Paul Morley, ran Sarm West Studios, managed Horn, signed Frankie Goes To Hollywood, and bought Stiff Records.