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Jiří Souček
Jiří Souček (1943–2024) was a Czech mathematician born in Prague who worked on analysis and the calculus of variations, coauthoring the two-volume Springer monograph Cartesian Currents in the Calculus of Variations (1998).
Jiří Třanovský
Jiří Třanovský, also Juraj Tranovský or Georgius Tranoscius (1592–1637), was a Lutheran pastor and hymnwriter called the father of Slovak hymnody, who compiled the Cithara Sanctorum.
Jiřice
Jiřice is the name of several Czech villages: Jiřice near Milovice (Nymburk District, first mentioned 1479, evacuated 1940), Jiřice u Miroslavi with historic Jewish quarter and cemeteries, and Jiřice in the Pelhřimov District.
Jirisan (TV series)
Jirisan (지리산), also known as Cliffhanger, is a 2021 tvN Saturday-Sunday South Korean mystery thriller, tvN's 15th Anniversary Special Drama, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Ju Ji-hoon as Jirisan National Park rangers, written by Kim Eun-hee, directed by Lee Eung-bok, 16 episodes, KRW 32 billion budget, 9.2% finale.
Jirisan guerrilla suppression campaign
The Jirisan guerrilla suppression campaign was a South Korean military and police operation against communist guerrillas in the Jirisan mountains, from December 1951 to March 1952.
Jiřı́ Šponer
Jiri Sponer, born 1964, is a Czech computational chemist who studies nucleic acid structure and evolution, leading a research department at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno.
Jiro Abe
Jiro Abe (阿部 二朗) is a Japanese materials chemist and professor at Aoyama Gakuin University, known since 2005 for the world's first high-speed photochromic molecule, decolorizing in about 180 milliseconds.
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (二郎は鮨の夢を見る) is David Gelb's 2011 documentary about 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his 10-seat Ginza restaurant Sukiyabashi Jiro, and heir Yoshikazu; it earned a 99% Tomatometer and $2.6 million US gross.
Jiro Horikoshi (堀越二郎)
Jiro Horikoshi (堀越二郎, 1903 to 1982) was a Japanese aeronautical engineer who served as chief designer of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, World War II's most numerous Japanese military aircraft.
Jirō Kondō
Jirō Kondō (近藤 次郎; Jiro Kondo) is a Japanese structural molecular biologist and professor at Sophia University in Tokyo, known for X-ray crystal structures of DNA and RNA, including a metallo-DNA nanowire.
Jiro Kuroshio
Jiro Kuroshio (黒潮"イケメン"次郎), real name Sōjirō Higuchi, born 1992, is a Japanese wrestler from Wrestle-1 and WWE NXT (as Ikemen Jiro), now competing as Kuroshio TOKYO Japan in AJPW.
Jirō Maki
Jirō Maki (牧二郎, born 1929) is a Japanese theoretical particle physicist who worked in Shoichi Sakata's Nagoya group and co-authored the 1962 paper introducing two-neutrino mixing, the origin of the PMNS matrix.
Jiro Nagasawa
Jiro Nagasawa (長沢二郎), Japanese swimmer (1932-2010) who devised the dolphin kick, creating modern butterfly; 6th in 200 m breaststroke at Helsinki 1952 and 200 m butterfly world record holder.
Jiro Takeuchi
Jiro Takeuchi (竹内 二郎) is a Japanese mathematician and professor at Tokyo University of Science known for work on the Cauchy problem for Schrödinger-type partial differential operators.
Jiro Wang (汪东城)
Jiro Wang (汪東城; 汪東成, b. 24 August 1981) is a Taiwanese actor-singer, Fahrenheit (飛輪海) member representing 95℉, star of KO One, and rock soloist behind the 2012 album What Are You Waiting For.
Jiroemon Kimura (木村次郎右衛門)
Jiroemon Kimura (木村次郎右衛門, 1897–2013), Japanese retired postal worker from Kyotango, is the verified oldest man ever at 116 years 54 days; age verified in 2017, died of heart failure.
Jiroft culture
The Jiroft culture, also called the Halil Rud culture, is a Bronze Age archaeological culture of the Halil River valley in south-eastern Iran, known for carved chlorite vessels.
Jiruntanin Trairattanayon
Jiruntanin Trairattanayon (มาร์ค จิรันธนิน ตรัยรัตนยนต์), nicknamed Mark, is a Thai GMMTV actor born 1997, known for Star and Sky: Sky in Your Heart, Perfect 10 Liners, and My Romance Scammer.
Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain
Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain (जिस देश में गंगा रहता हैं), also Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai, is a 2000 Hindi comedy-drama by Mahesh Manjrekar starring Govinda, Sonali Bendre, and Rinke Khanna, shot in 35 days and released 13 October 2000.
Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (जिस देश में गंगा बहती है)
Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (जिस देश में गंगा बहती है), "The Land Where the Ganges Flows," is a 1960 Hindi black-and-white dacoit-rehabilitation drama directed by Radhu Karmakar, produced by and starring Raj Kapoor with Padmini and Pran; it won the National Award for Best Hindi Feature Film and four Filmfare Awards.
Jis Lahore Nai Vekhya, O Jamya E Nai
Jis Lahore Nai Vekhya, O Jamya E Nai (जिस लाहौर नई देख्या, ओ जम्याई नई), also rendered Jis Lahore Nahin Dekhya, is Asghar Wajahat's 1989 Hindi Partition play, first staged by Habib Tanvir's Naya Theatre, reportedly banned in Pakistan, and adapted into the 2026 film Batwara 1947.
Jisaburō Ozawa
Jisaburō Ozawa (小沢治三郎, 1886-1966), Imperial Japanese Navy vice admiral, last Combined Fleet commander; led carriers at Philippine Sea and the Leyte decoy force.
Jisc
Jisc, formerly the Joint Information Systems Committee, is a British not-for-profit organization that provides digital infrastructure and services for UK higher education, further education, and research.
Jise gongbeop
Jise gongbeop (지세공법), also called Gongbeop, was the land-tax law of Joseon Korea enacted by King Sejong in 1444 after about 20 years of debate, grading farmland into six classes and each harvest into nine.
Jisha bugyō
The jisha bugyō (寺社奉行), or Commissioner of Temples and Shrines, was the highest of the three Edo bakufu magistrates, overseeing temples, shrines, and religious control nationwide; it was formally established in 1635.
Jishe
Jishe (幾社) was a late Ming scholarly society founded at Songjiang in 1629 by Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong, combining exam preparation with statecraft studies.
Jisheng fang
Jisheng fang (济生方, Yanshi Jisheng fang), a 1253 Southern Song formulary by Yan Yonghe, 10 juan, lost and reconstructed from the Yongle Dadian; source of Jisheng Shenqi wan and Guipu tang.
Jishnu Bhattacharjee
Jishnu Bhattacharjee is a Managing Director at Nexus Venture Partners, a former semiconductor engineer who invests in infrastructure, AI, and SaaS startups including Postman and Druva.
Jishō coup
The Jishō coup (治承三年の政変) was Taira no Kiyomori's 1179 seizure of Kyoto, in which he confined cloistered emperor Go-Shirakawa and suspended cloistered rule at the Heian court.
Jism (2003 film)
Jism (2003) is a Hindi erotic thriller directed by Amit Saxena, written by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Bipasha Basu and John Abraham. An adaptation of Body Heat, it was Bollywood's first hit of 2003, grossing Rs 8.14 crore net in India.