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Joan Reede
Joan Reede is an American physician and Harvard Medical School dean who, since 2001, has built more than 20 programs opening medicine and research careers to underrepresented groups.
Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers (Joan Alexandra Molinsky, 1933–2014), American stand-up comedian, Tonight Show guest host, first woman to host a late-night talk show (Fox, 1986), QVC jewelry and Fashion Police brand, died after 2014 cardiac arrest.
Joan Robinson
Joan Robinson (1903–1983) was a Cambridge economist who founded the modern theory of imperfect competition in her 1933 book, coined "monopsony", and led the Cambridge capital controversies.
Joan Rodés
Joan Rodés was a Spanish hepatologist who founded the Liver Unit of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona in 1968 and led it to prominence in liver research.
Joan Ruderman
Joan Ruderman is an American cell and developmental biologist known for her work on cell-division control in clam and frog embryos and, later, for research on hormone-disrupting pollutants.
Joan S. Valentine
Joan Selverstone Valentine (born 1945) is an American bioinorganic chemist at UCLA known for her work on superoxide dismutase enzymes and how SOD1 mutations cause inherited ALS.
Joan Schulze
Joan Schulze, American fiber artist, lecturer, and poet based in San Jose, California; pioneer of the art quilt movement known for photo-transfer collage quilts, the Renwick's The Crossing (1990), and the 2010 Poetic License retrospective.
Joan Sebastian
Joan Sebastian (José Manuel Figueroa Figueroa, 1951-2015), Mexican singer-songwriter born in Juliantla, Guerrero; El Rey del Jaripeo; 4 Grammy and 5 Latin Grammy wins; over 50 albums and about 1,000 songs including Secreto de Amor.
Joan Seoane
Joan Seoane is a Spanish cancer biologist and ICREA Research Professor who leads research on TGF-β signaling, glioblastoma, and brain metastasis at the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology in Barcelona.
Joan Severance
Joan Severance (born 1958) is an American actress and former supermodel, an Elite model in Paris and New York, known for See No Evil Hear No Evil, Black Scorpion, and Love Boat: The Next Wave.
Joan Sims
Joan Sims (Irene Joan Marion Sims, 1930-2001), English comic actress, "First Lady of Carry On", appeared in 24 of the 31 Carry On films from Carry On Nurse (1959) to Carry On Emmannuelle (1978), plus the Doctor films and TV sitcoms.
Joan Smalls
Joan Smalls (Joan Smalls Rodriguez), born 1988 in Hatillo, Puerto Rico, is a supermodel and actress, first Latina face of Estée Lauder, former Models.com No. 1, Forbes top-earner, and John Wick: Chapter 2 cameo actress.
Joan Spillane
Joan Spillane (Joan Arlene Spillane-Postma), American swimmer born 1943 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey; 1960 Rome Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, swimming the first stage of a world-record 4:08.9 team.
Joan Staley
Joan Staley (Joan Lynette McConchie, 1940-2019), American actress and model, Playboy's Miss November 1958, known for The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, Broadside, and Roustabout with Elvis Presley.
Joan Sutherland
Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, known as La Stupenda, was an Australian coloratura soprano whose 1959 Lucia di Lammermoor at Covent Garden revived bel canto opera.
Joan Taylor
Joan Taylor (Rose Marie Emma, 1929–2012), American actress of 1950s westerns and sci-fi films Earth vs. the Flying Saucers and 20 Million Miles to Earth; Milly Scott on The Rifleman; later co-wrote Fools Rush In and managed Hawaii Five-O.
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland (born 1941) is an American civil rights activist, Freedom Rider, Parchman Penitentiary inmate, and first white student at Tougaloo College, subject of An Ordinary Hero.
Joan Van Ark
Joan Van Ark (born 1943) is an American actress known as Valene Ewing on Dallas and Knots Landing (1979-1993), a Yale-trained stage actress with a 1971 Tony nomination, voice of Spider-Woman, and podcast host of We're KNOT Done Yet!.
Joan Vollmer
Joan Vollmer (1923-1951), also Joan Vollmer Burroughs, hosted the New York apartment where Burroughs, Kerouac, and Ginsberg formed the Beat circle; her common-law husband William S. Burroughs shot her dead in Mexico City in 1951.
Joan W. Bennett
Joan W. Bennett is an American mycologist known for research on aflatoxin genetics in Aspergillus and fungal volatile organic compounds, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2005.
Joan W. Conaway
Joan W. Conaway, also known as Joan Weliky Conaway, is an American biochemist who studies RNA polymerase II transcription and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2020.
Joan Whitten Miller
Joan Whitten Miller is a Canadian-born ophthalmologist and scientist who led Harvard Medical School's ophthalmology department for 22 years and helped establish anti-VEGF therapy for retinal disease.
Joana Caetano-Lopes
Joana Caetano-Lopes is a Portuguese-trained biomedical scientist known for research on how chronic inflammation weakens bone in rheumatoid arthritis, now in drug discovery at Blueprint Medicines.
Joanderson Brito
Joanderson Brito (Joanderson Sa Brito, "Tubarão"), Brazilian UFC featherweight born 1995 in Santa Helena, Maranhão; 20-5-1 pro, 8-3 UFC, Chute Boxe Bauru, known for first-round knockouts and ninja-choke submissions.
Joane Gadou
Joane Gadou (Kouakou Henry-Joane Aaron Aimerick Gadou), French centre-back born 2007 in Aubervilliers; ex-PSG academy and FC Salzburg defender who joined Borussia Dortmund in 2026 for a reported €19.5 million on a contract to 2031.
Joanie Loves Chachi
Joanie Loves Chachi, ABC sitcom 1982–1983, a Happy Days spinoff starring Scott Baio and Erin Moran as Chachi Arcola and Joanie Cunningham pursuing a rock band in Chicago; 17 episodes, strong spring tryout, then a ratings collapse to 68th place.
Joann Baker
Joann Baker (Joann Elaine Baker, later Anderson), born 1960 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, is a Canadian swimmer who placed 7th in the 400 m individual medley at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and won two silver medals at the 1975 Pan American Games.
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson (born 1953) is an American physician epidemiologist and endocrinologist at Harvard and Brigham and Women's Hospital, chief of preventive medicine, leader of the Women's Health Initiative and the VITAL vitamin D and omega-3 trial.
Joann G. Elmore
Joann G. Elmore is an American physician-scientist and UCLA professor whose research measures how accurately doctors interpret mammograms and tissue biopsies, including landmark false-positive studies.
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin is an American composer and professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, known for founding CREATE in 1986 and directing the AlloSphere Research Facility.