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Joanna (יוֹחָנָן)
Joanna (יוֹחָנָן root: Yochanan) is a feminine given name from Hebrew 'God is gracious', via Greek Ioanna and Latin Iohanna, borne by a follower of Jesus in Luke 8:3.
Joanna Aizenberg
Joanna Aizenberg is a materials scientist at Harvard known for bioinspired and adaptive materials, including slippery liquid-infused surfaces, liquid-based gating, and dynamic microstructured actuators.
Joanna Angel
Joanna Angel (Joanna Mostov, born 1980) is an American alt-porn performer, director, and author who founded BurningAngel in 2002 at Rutgers, sold it in 2019, and wrote the erotic novels Night Shift and Club 42.
Joanna Baillie
Joanna Baillie was a Scottish poet and dramatist (1762–1851) whose Plays on the Passions traced single emotions like love and hate; she published 28 plays and was compared to Shakespeare.
Joanna Barnes
Joanna Barnes (1934–2022), American actress, novelist, and journalist; played Gloria Upson in Auntie Mame (1958) and Vicky Robinson in The Parent Trap (1961), reprising her as the fiancée's mother in the 1998 remake.
Joanna Bobin
Joanna Bobin is a British actress, also credited as Jo Bobin, best known as Lady Cowper in Netflix's Bridgerton (2020–2024) and for roles in Alice Through the Looking Glass, Gunpowder Milkshake, and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent; sister of director James Bobin.
Joanna Briggs Institute
The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) is an international research organization for evidence-based healthcare at the University of Adelaide, founded by Alan Pearson in 1996 and named after the first Matron of the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Joanna C. Jen
Joanna C. Jen is an American neurologist and neurogeneticist who identified the ROBO3 gene and is a professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Joanna Cassidy
Joanna Cassidy (Joanna Virginia Caskey, born 1945) is an American actress known as Zhora in Blade Runner (1982) and Dolores in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); Golden Globe winner for Buffalo Bill, Emmy-nominated for Six Feet Under.
Joanna Christie
Joanna Christie, also known as Joanna Lauren Christie, is a British actress known for playing Jill opposite Daniel Radcliffe in the West End's Equus and Girl in Broadway's Once.
Joanna David
Joanna David (Joanna Hacking) is an English actress born 1947 in Lancaster, known for Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility (1971), Mrs. Gardiner in Pride and Prejudice (1995), and as Edward Fox's wife and Emilia Fox's mother.
Joanna Dorothy Haigh
Joanna Dorothy Haigh, also known as Joanna D. Haigh, is a British atmospheric physicist at Imperial College London known for her work on the Sun's influence on Earth's climate.
Joanna Fowler
Joanna Fowler is an American radiochemist who synthesized the PET radiotracer FDG in 1976 and mapped brain enzymes like monoamine oxidase at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Joanna Gaines
Joanna Gaines, née Joanna Lee Stevens (born 1978), American interior designer, author, and TV personality; co-host of HGTV's Fixer Upper and co-founder of Waco, Texas's Magnolia brand and Magnolia Network.
JoAnna Garcia Swisher
JoAnna Garcia Swisher (JoAnna Lynne Garcia, born 1979, Tampa) is an American actress known for Cheyenne on Reba, Maddie Townsend on Sweet Magnolias, Ariel on Once Upon a Time, and marriage to Nick Swisher.
Joanna Geraghty (businesswoman)
Joanna Geraghty is an American airline executive who has served as chief executive officer of JetBlue Airways since February 2024, succeeding Robin Hayes as the first woman to lead a major U.S. airline.
Joanna Gleason
Joanna Gleason (born Joanne Hall, 1950, Canada), daughter of Monty Hall, is a Tony-winning stage and screen actress best known as the original Baker's Wife in Into the Woods (1988 Tony, Best Actress in a Musical).
Joanna Going
Joanna Going (Joanna Catherine Going), American actress born 1963 in Washington, D.C., raised in Newport, Rhode Island; known for Another World, Dark Shadows (1991), Wyatt Earp, House of Cards, Kingdom, and The Pitt.
Joanna Gosling
Joanna Gosling (born 1971) is a British broadcaster and accredited mediator, a BBC News presenter and chief anchor 1999–2023, deputy presenter of Victoria Derbyshire, now a senior associate mediator at Irwin Mitchell and author of Simply Wonderwoman.
Joanna Hayes
Joanna Hayes (Joanna Dove Hayes), born 1976, American hurdler, 2004 Athens Olympic 100m hurdles gold medalist in Olympic-record 12.37; former 400m hurdler, 1999 NCAA champion; now UCLA track and field director coaching Rai Benjamin.
Joanna Hoffman
Joanna Hoffman is a Polish-born marketing executive who was the first marketing person on Apple's Macintosh team and was played by Kate Winslet in the 2015 film Steve Jobs.
Joanna Howe
Joanna Howe is an Australian Professor of Law at the University of Adelaide, Rhodes Scholar, and consultant with Harmers Workplace Lawyers, known for temporary labour migration research, government migration advisory appointments, and anti-abortion campaigning.
Joanna II of Naples
Joanna II of Naples (Giovanna II d'Angiò, 1371–1435), last Angevin queen of Naples 1414–1435, sister of Ladislaus; adopted Alfonso V of Aragon then Louis III and René of Anjou as heirs, died 2 February 1435.
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Polish retired MMA fighter and six-time Muay Thai world champion; UFC women's strawweight champion 2015-2017 with five title defenses; UFC Hall of Fame Class of 2024; record 16-5.
Joanna Kerns
Joanna Kerns, born Joanna Crussie DeVarona in 1953, is an American actress best known as Maggie Seaver on the ABC sitcom Growing Pains (1985–1992), who later became a prolific television director.
Joanna Kiryluk
Joanna Kiryluk is an experimental particle astrophysicist and Professor of Physics at Stony Brook University, a member of the IceCube collaboration and a recipient of the 2017 PECASE award.
Joanna Knapińska
Joanna Knapińska is a Polish politician and civil servant who has served as Secretary of the Council of Ministers since 2023 and heads the Government Legislation Center.
Joanna Krupa
Joanna Krupa (Joanna Krupa; born 1979, Warsaw) is a Polish-American model, actor, and reality-TV personality, star of The Real Housewives of Miami, fourth on Dancing with the Stars 2009, and since 2010 host and head judge of Poland's Top Model, known for PETA animal-rights campaigns.
Joanna Kulig
Joanna Kulig (born 1982, Krynica-Zdrój) is a Polish actress and singer, star of Pawlikowski's Cold War (Zula), Orzeł and Paszport Polityki winner, also of Ida, Hanna, The Eddy, and She Came to Me.
Joanna Lumley
Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley (born 1946, Srinagar, Kashmir) is an English actress, former model, and activist, known as Purdey in The New Avengers, Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous, OBE 1995, BAFTA Fellowship 2017, Gurkha campaigner.