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Jodhpurs
Jodhpurs (jods): full-length riding trousers, full over the hips and tight from knee to ankle, invented in Jodhpur, India, around 1890 by Sir Pratap Singh from the churidar and popularized in London at the 1897 Diamond Jubilee.
Jodi (ஜோடி) (1999 film)
Jodi (ஜோடி), 1999 Tamil romantic comedy drama directed by Praveenkanth, starring Prashanth and Simran, music by A. R. Rahman with tunes reused from Doli Saja Ke Rakhna; released 9 September 1999, dubbed in Telugu, remade as Sajni (2007).
Jodi Balfour
Jodi Balfour (Jodi Anne Balfour), South African actress born 1987 in Cape Town; known for Bomb Girls' Gladys Witham, Ellen Waverly in For All Mankind, Jackie Kennedy in The Crown, and Ted Lasso's Jack Danvers.
Jodi Benson
Jodi Benson (born 1961, Rockford, Illinois; born Jodi Marzorati) is an American singer and voice actress, the voice of Ariel in Disney's 1989 The Little Mermaid and Barbie in Toy Story, and a Tony-nominated Broadway actress named a Disney Legend in 2011.
Jodi Giglio
Jodi Giglio is an American Republican politician serving in the New York State Assembly, where she represents the 2nd district covering the North Fork of Long Island and Riverhead.
Jodi Habush Sinykin
Jodi Habush Sinykin is an American Democratic politician and former environmental attorney who was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate from the 8th district in 2024, flipping the seat.
Jodi Hildebrandt
Jodi Nan Hildebrandt, Utah mental health counselor and ConneXions Classroom founder, pleaded guilty in 2023 to aggravated child abuse of Ruby Franke's children and was sentenced to four to 30 years.
Jodi Huisentruit
Jodi Sue Huisentruit, KIMT-TV morning anchor in Mason City, Iowa, abducted from her apartment lot June 27, 1995; case unsolved after 30 years, no charges, declared legally dead 2001.
Jodi Kantor
Jodi Kantor is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at The New York Times who, with Megan Twohey, broke the 2017 Harvey Weinstein story that ignited #MeToo; author of The Obamas and She Said, now covering the Supreme Court.
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American actress and model born 1978 in Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey; known for Cassidy Bridges on Nash Bridges, Gretchen Morgan on Prison Break, and Jo Laughlin on The Vampire Diaries and Legacies.
Jodi No.1 (जोड़ी नं॰ 1)
Jodi No.1 (जोड़ी नं॰ 1) is a 2001 Hindi comedy film directed by David Dhawan, starring Sanjay Dutt and Govinda as conmen who flee Mumbai for Goa.
Jodi Nunnari
Jodi Nunnari is an American cell biologist known for her work on mitochondrial fission and fusion, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult, American #1 New York Times bestselling novelist of about thirty books including My Sister's Keeper and Nineteen Minutes; known for social-issue fiction, 63.7 million copies in print, and frequent book bans.
Jodi Rell
M. Jodi Rell served as the 87th governor of Connecticut (2004–2011). As the first Republican woman to hold the office, she championed reform and civil unions.
Jodi Salvo
Jodi Salvo is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 51st district, focusing on behavioral health and addiction prevention.
Jodi Shelton
Jodi Shelton is an American business executive who co-founded the Global Semiconductor Alliance in 1994, when it was the Fabless Semiconductor Association, and has led it as chief executive officer since.
Jodi Sta. Maria
Jodi Sta. Maria (Jodi Chrissie Garcia Santamaria, born 1982) is a Filipino actress, the "Silent Superstar", Emmy-nominated as Amor Powers in Pangako Sa 'Yo and lead of Be Careful With My Heart, ABS-CBN's first daytime series.
Jodi W. Dishman
Jodi W. Dishman, born 1979 in Memphis, Tennessee, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Oklahoma since 2019.
Jodie Comer
Jodie Comer is an English actress from Liverpool known for Villanelle in Killing Eve (2019 Emmy and BAFTA winner), the BAFTA-winning TV drama Help, films Free Guy, The Last Duel, The Bikeriders, and 28 Years Later, and the one-person play Prima Facie.
Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster (born 1962) is an American actor and director, a two-time Best Actress Oscar winner for The Accused and The Silence of the Lambs, Emmy winner for True Detective: Night Country, and director of Little Man Tate and Money Monster.
Jodie Henry
Jodie Henry (Jodie Clare Henry, later Notting), Australian swimmer born 1983 in Brisbane; triple gold medallist and three-time world record setter at Athens 2004, first Australian woman since Dawn Fraser to win Olympic 100m freestyle; retired 2009.
Jodie Kidd
Jodie Kidd, English model and broadcaster, discovered in Barbados at 15, opened shows for McQueen and Galliano, raced Maserati four years, set a Top Gear lap record, played polo for England, and later ran a gastropub.
Jodie L. Lutkenhaus
Jodie L. Lutkenhaus is a professor of chemical engineering at Texas A&M University and Associate Dean for Research, known for metal-free, biodegradable batteries built from redox-active polymers.
Jodie Marsh
Jodie Marsh (born 1978, Essex) is a British glamour model turned natural bodybuilder, documentary maker, and anti-bullying campaigner. She placed fifth at the 2011 NPA British Championships after eight weeks of training, won the 2012 INBF Fit Body title in Washington D.C., and starred in DMAX's highest-rated show, Jodie Marsh: Bodybuilder.
Jodie Meeks
Jodie Meeks (Orestes Jodie Meeks II), born 1987, American shooting guard from Kentucky, 2009 second-round pick, 10 NBA seasons, 54-point Kentucky record game, 2019 NBA champion with Toronto, now Pelicans assistant coach.
Jodie Prenger
Jodie Prenger (born 1979, Blackpool) is an English actress and singer who won BBC's I'd Do Anything in 2008 to play Nancy in Oliver! and plays Glenda Shuttleworth in Coronation Street since 2022.
Jodie Sweetin
Jodie Sweetin, American actress (born 1982), best known as Stephanie Tanner on Full House (1987–1995) and Fuller House (2016–2020); memoir unSweetined, addiction-recovery advocate, podcast How Rude, Tanneritos.
Jodie Turner-Smith
Jodie Turner-Smith, British actress and model born in Peterborough to Jamaican parents, known for Queen & Slim (2019), the first Black actress to play Anne Boleyn on screen (2021), The Acolyte, The Agency, and Tron: Ares.
Jodie Whittaker
Jodie Whittaker is an English actress, also known as Jodie Auckland Whittaker, celebrated for playing Beth Latimer in Broadchurch and serving as the Thirteenth Doctor from 2018 to 2022.
Jōdo Shinshū
Jōdo Shinshū (浄土真宗), also called Shin Buddhism, is a major Japanese Buddhist school founded by the monk Shinran around 1224, teaching reliance on Amida Buddha's vow.