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Jill Sobule

Jill Sobule (1959–2025) was a Denver-born American singer-songwriter whose 1995 queer pop hit "I Kissed a Girl" and Clueless single "Supermodel" marked her out from other folk-pop artists; she released 12 albums and died in a house fire.

Jill St. John

Jill St. John, born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim (1940), American actress; Tiffany Case in Diamonds Are Forever (1971), the first American Bond girl, later married to Robert Wagner.

Jill Stein

Jill Stein, born 1950 in Chicago, is an American physician and environmental health advocate who ran for president as the Green Party nominee in 2012, 2016, and 2024.

Jill Stein 2024 presidential campaign

Jill Stein 2024 presidential campaign: Green Party run announced November 9, 2023; nominated with Butch Ware August 17, 2024; received 862,049 votes (0.56%) after FEC matching funds and Democratic spoiler-focused counter-campaigning.

Jill Sterkel

Jill Sterkel (Gillian Ann Sterkel), born 1961, American swimmer, first woman on four US Olympic swim teams (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988); two relay golds, two bronzes; later Texas head coach.

Jill Sudduth

Jill Sudduth (Jill Sabrina Sudduth), American synchronized swimmer born 1971 in Baltimore. 1996 Olympic team gold with a perfect score; undefeated duet 1993-96 with Becky Dyroen-Lancer; ISHOF 2012.

Jill Talley

Jill Talley (Jillian Ann Talley), American actress and comedian born 1962 in Chicago; voice of Karen Plankton on SpongeBob SquarePants since 1999, Rita Loud on The Loud House, and Mr. Show cast member; married to Tom Kenny since 1995.

Jill Tarter

Jill Tarter is an American astronomer who spent her career searching for signals from extraterrestrial technology, leading NASA's SETI program, Project Phoenix, and the Allen Telescope Array.

Jill Tokuda

Jill Tokuda, also known as Jill N. Tokuda, is an American Democrat who has represented Hawaii's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House since 2023.

Jill Valentine

Jill Valentine (ジル・バレンタイン) is a Capcom Resident Evil protagonist, first playable in Resident Evil (1996) alongside Chris Redfield; S.T.A.R.S. agent, BSAA co-founder, 'master of unlocking', and lead of Resident Evil 3.

Jill Vedder

Jill Vedder, born Jill Kristin McCormick in 1977, is an American philanthropist, activist, and former fashion model who co-founded and chairs the EB Research Partnership and is married to Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam.

Jill Wagner

Jill Wagner (Jill Suzanne Wagner), American actress, host, and producer born 1979 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Known as Wipeout's on-field host, Teen Wolf's Kate Argent, a Hallmark/GAC film lead, and Bobby and executive producer on Taylor Sheridan's Lioness.

Jill Wegrzyn

Jill Wegrzyn is an American computational plant genomicist at the University of Connecticut who received the 2025 PECASE and builds reference genomes and databases for forest trees.

Jill Whelan

Jill Whelan (born 1966, Oakland, California) is an American actress best known as Vicki Stubing, the captain's daughter on The Love Boat, and for Lisa Davis in Airplane!; since 2015 she has been Princess Cruises' Celebrations Ambassador.

Jill Wine-Banks

Jill Wine-Banks (born 1943), American lawyer, assistant Watergate special prosecutor who cross-examined Rose Mary Woods, later U.S. Army General Counsel, Illinois Solicitor General, ABA executive, and MSNBC legal analyst.

Jilla (ஜில்லா)

Jilla (ஜில்லா) is a 2014 Tamil action drama directed by R. T. Neason, starring Vijay, Mohanlal, and Kajal Aggarwal, with music by D. Imman. Released 10 January 2014 for Pongal against Veeram, it earned over ₹44 crore in its first week.

Jillian Banfield

Jillian F. Banfield is a geomicrobiologist and professor at UC Berkeley who pioneered reconstructing whole genomes from natural microbial communities, reshaping the Tree of Life.

Jillian Barberie

Jillian Barberie, also known as Jillian Reynolds (born Jillian Marie Warry, 1966), is a Canadian-born American TV weathercaster and host who co-hosted Good Day L.A. on KTTV from 1995 to 2012 and presented Fox NFL Sunday weather from 2000 to 2005.

Jillian Bell

Jillian Bell (Jillian Leigh Bell, born 1984, Las Vegas) is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter, an SNL writer, star of Workaholics and 22 Jump Street, and director of Summer of 69.

Jillian Hall

Jillian Hall (Jillian Faye Fletcher, born 1980, Ashland, Kentucky), American retired wrestler and singer; WWE 2005-2010, JBL's fixer, bad-singer gimmick spoofing Brooke Hogan, one-time Divas Champion (2009), 2021 Royal Rumble return.

Jillian Harris

Jillian Harris (born 1979, Peace River, Alberta) is a Canadian interior designer known as a Bachelor season 13 finalist, Bachelorette season 5 lead, Love It or List It Vancouver co-host, and co-founder of The Jilly Box.

Jillian Hervey

Jillian Hervey (born 1989), American singer-dancer, frontwoman of the New York electronic soul duo Lion Babe with producer Lucas Goodman; daughter of Vanessa Williams and Ramon Hervey II; breakout single "Treat Me Like Fire" (2012), albums Begin, Cosmic Wind, Rainbow Child; Pantene face and natural-hair advocate.

Jillian Lauren

Jillian Lauren (Jillian Lauren Shriner), American author of the memoirs Some Girls: My Life in a Harem (2010) and Everything You Ever Wanted (2015), the novel Pretty, and Behold the Monster (2023) about serial killer Samuel Little; wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner.

Jillian M. Buriak

Jillian M. Buriak is a materials chemist and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Alberta, known for silicon surface chemistry and nanomaterials for solar cells and batteries.

Jillian Michaels

Jillian Michaels, American personal trainer and media personality, trainer on NBC's The Biggest Loser (2004-2013), creator of The Fitness App, Empowered Media founder, and later MAHA-aligned commentator.

Jillian Murray

Jillian Murray, American actress born 1984 in Reading, Pennsylvania; played Portlyn on Sonny with a Chance, Olivia on Awkward, Dr. Heather Pinkney on Code Black, and modeled Liara T'Soni for Mass Effect. Distinct from the Australian actress of the same name.

Jillian Rose Reed

Jillian Rose Reed (born 1991, Hollywood, Florida) is an American actress known as Tamara Kaplan on MTV's Awkward (2011–2016, 89 episodes) and the voice of Naomi in Disney's Elena of Avalor (2016–2020).

Jillian Saulnier

Jillian Saulnier, born 1992 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is a Canadian ice hockey forward who won Olympic silver in 2018 and gold in 2022, starred at Cornell, and now plays for the PWHL Boston Fleet.

Jillie Mack

Jillie Mack (Jillie Joan Mack), British actress and dancer born 1957 in Devizes, Wiltshire, appeared in London's Cats and married Tom Selleck on August 7, 1987; guest roles include Magnum, P.I., Frasier, and ER.

Jillionaire

Jillionaire (Christopher Leacock), Trinidadian DJ and producer born 1978, Major Lazer member alongside Diplo and Walshy Fire from 2011 until June 2019, founder of Feel Up Records and solo artist.