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Jackie Milburn
Jackie Milburn, "Wor Jackie" (John Edward Thompson Milburn, 1924-1988), Ashington-born Newcastle United centre-forward; 200 peacetime club goals, three FA Cups (1951, 1952, 1955), 13 England caps, record broken by Shearer in 2006.
Jackie Mitchell
Jackie Mitchell (Virne Beatrice Mitchell, 1913-1987), Chattanooga Lookouts left-handed pitcher who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in a 1931 exhibition game; her contract was voided by Commissioner Landis.
Jackie O (radio host)
Jackie O (Jacqueline Last Henderson, born 1975, Adelaide) is an Australian radio presenter who co-hosted The Kyle and Jackie O Show with Kyle Sandilands from 1999 to 2026 on 2Day FM and KIIS 106.5, signing a reported $200 million ARN deal in 2023 before the show ended in March 2026.
Jackie Pereira
Jackie Pereira (Jacqueline Margaret Pereira), born 1964, Australian field hockey forward; two Olympic golds (1988, 1996), first Australian woman to 100 international goals, 1994 World Cup champion.
Jackie Phamotse
Jackie Phamotse (Katleho Jaqueline Phamotse), South African self-published novelist of the BARE thriller series including The Blesser's Game; won the 2020 SA Book Award, signed with Penguin Random House in 2024, and served two years' house arrest for defaming the Kumalos.
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson (Jack Roosevelt Robinson), Brooklyn Dodgers infielder who broke MLB's color barrier on April 15, 1947; 1947 Rookie of the Year, 1949 NL MVP, 1962 Hall of Famer, number 42 retired league-wide.
Jackie Robinson Day
Jackie Robinson Day, MLB's April 15 observance since 2004, marks Jackie Robinson's 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers debut breaking baseball's color barrier; all on-field personnel wear his retired No. 42.
Jackie Shroff (जैकी श्रॉफ)
Jackie Shroff, born Jaikishan Kakubhai Shroff in 1957, is an Indian actor with over four decades in Hindi cinema, who broke through with Hero (1983) and won a Filmfare Award for Parinda.
Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier (Karen Lorraine Jacqueline Speier, born 1950) is a California Democrat, Jonestown survivor and former Leo Ryan aide, who served in Congress 2008-2023 for CA-12/CA-14 and led sexual assault reforms.
Jackie Stallone
Jackie Stallone, born Jacqueline Labofish, was an American celebrity astrologer, fitness entrepreneur, and women's wrestling promoter, and the mother of actors Sylvester Stallone and Frank Stallone. She died in 2020, aged 98.
Jackie Stewart
Jackie Stewart (John Young Stewart, born 11 June 1939), Scottish three-time Formula 1 world champion (1969, 1971, 1973) with 27 wins in 99 races for BRM and Tyrrell, and the sport's foremost safety campaigner after his 1966 Spa crash.
Jackie Stiles
Jackie Stiles (born 1978), Claflin, Kansas guard, NCAA Division I women's all-time scoring leader (3,393 points, Missouri State, 1997-2001), 2001 WNBA fourth pick, Portland Fire Rookie of the Year, Women's Basketball Hall of Fame 2016.
Jackie Swanson
Jackie Swanson (born 1963, Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American actress, not the Gartner consultant or photographer of the same name, known as Kelly Gaines on Cheers (1989–1993) and for her film debut in Lethal Weapon (1987).
Jackie Tohn
Jackie Tohn (Jaclyn Tohn), American actress, comedian, and musician born 1980 in Oceanside, New York; plays Melrose on GLOW and Esther Roklov on Netflix's Nobody Wants This, promoted to series regular for Season 2; also American Idol season 8 Top 36 contestant and Do, Re & Mi co-creator.
Jackie Walorski
Jackie Walorski, Indiana Republican congresswoman (1963-2022), represented IN-2 from 2013 until her death in an August 3, 2022 car crash; earlier served in the Indiana House 2004-2010.
Jackie Wilson
Jackie Wilson (Jack Leroy Wilson Jr.), "Mr. Excitement," Detroit-born R&B/soul singer (1934–1984); Dominoes lead 1953, hits "Lonely Teardrops" and "Higher and Higher"; heart attack on stage 1975; Rock Hall 1987.
Jackie Yi-Ru Ying
Jackie Yi-Ru Ying, also published as Jackie Y. Ying, is a nanotechnologist who founded Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology and won the Mustafa Prize.
Jackie-O Motherfucker
Jackie-O Motherfucker (JOMF): American experimental rock collective formed in Portland, Oregon in 1994 by Tom Greenwood, with rotating members; improvisational drone, free jazz, and space rock fusing American folk traditions, on labels Imp, Road Cone, ATP, and Fire Records.
Jackiw–Rossi zero mode
The Jackiw–Rossi zero mode is a zero-energy state trapped at the core of a vortex in a 2D Dirac fermion's mass, predicted by Jackiw and Rossi in 1981.
Jackknife resampling
Jackknife resampling, or the jackknife method, is a statistical resampling technique that estimates the bias and variance of an estimator by systematically recomputing it on leave-one-out subsamples.
Jackky Bhagnani
Jackky Bhagnani, born 1984 in Kolkata, is an Indian actor-producer, son of producer Vashu Bhagnani, lead debut in Kal Kissne Dekha (2009), CEO of Puja Films, founder of Jjust Music, and husband of Rakul Preet Singh.
Jacklyn (landing platform ship)
Jacklyn, legally Landing Platform Vessel #1, is a Blue Origin landing platform ship that recovers New Glenn first stages at sea from its homeport of Port Canaveral, Florida.
Jacklyn Gates
Jacklyn M. Gates is an American nuclear chemist who leads the Heavy Element Nuclear and Radiochemistry Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, studying the heaviest chemical elements.
Jacklyn H. Lucas
Jacklyn Harold "Jack" Lucas (1928-2008), US Marine Medal of Honor recipient, youngest Marine and youngest recipient since the Civil War; dove on two grenades at Iwo Jima, February 20, 1945, age 17, after underage enlistment at 14.
Jacklyn Zeman
Jacklyn Zeman (1953-2023), American actress, played Nurse Bobbie Spencer on ABC's General Hospital for 45 years from 1977, after Lana McClain on One Life to Live; four Daytime Emmy nominations, later The Bay.
Jackpine Mine
Jackpine Mine is an oil sands mine about 70 km north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, operated by Canadian Natural as part of the Athabasca Oil Sands Project.
Jackpot (2013 film)
Jackpot is a 2013 Hindi con thriller directed by Kaizad Gustad, starring Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Leone, and Sachiin Joshi in a Goa casino-boat heist for Rs 5 crore; released 13 December 2013, it flopped critically and commercially.
Jackpot (2019 film)
Jackpot (ஜாக்பாட்) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language black comedy action film written and directed by Kalyaan, starring Jyothika and Revathy as con women chasing a treasure, and produced by Suriya.
Jackscrew
A jackscrew, or screw jack, is a mechanical device that converts screw rotation into linear motion to raise loads, used from industrial lifting to aircraft trim.
Jacksepticeye
Jacksepticeye, the online alias of Seán William McLoughlin, is an Irish YouTuber born in 1990 known for high-energy Let's Play videos and his annual Thankmas charity fundraiser.