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Jōdo Shinshū (Honganji)
Jōdo Shinshū (Honganji) (浄土真宗（本願寺）) was the Honganji temple organization of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism in Japan, a Sengoku military power that fought Oda Nobunaga until 1580.
Jōdo-shū
Jōdo-shū (浄土宗), the Pure Land school, is a school of Japanese Buddhism founded by the monk Hōnen in 1175, teaching rebirth in Amida Buddha's Pure Land through recitation of the nembutsu.
Jodorowsky's Dune
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013), Frank Pavich's documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky's failed 1974 film adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune, premiered at Cannes, scored 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, and chronicles the 3,000-storyboard project that collapsed $5 million short of its $15 million budget.
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Jodrell Bank Observatory is a radio astronomy observatory in Cheshire, England, founded in 1945 and home to the Lovell Telescope, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Jody Allen
Jody Allen is an American businesswoman and philanthropist who, as executor of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's $20 billion estate, sold the Seahawks and Trail Blazers to fund charity.
Jody Heymann
Jody Heymann is an American pediatrician and public health researcher at UCLA who founded the WORLD Policy Analysis Center and studies how laws shape family health.
Jody Hill
Jody Hill, American director-writer of The Foot Fist Way and Observe and Report, co-creator of Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals with Danny McBride, Rough House Pictures co-founder.
Jody Latham
Jody Lee Latham (born 1983, Burnley, England) is an English actor and producer, best known as Lip Gallagher in Channel 4's Shameless (2004-2013) and for roles in EastEnders, The Fixer, Coronation Street, and Waterloo Road.
Jody McCrea
Jody McCrea (Joel Dee McCrea, 1934-2009), American actor, son of Joel McCrea and Frances Dee; played Deadhead/Bonehead in six AIP Beach Party films and later ran a New Mexico ranch.
Jody Morris
Jody Steven Morris is an English football coach and former midfielder who remains Chelsea's youngest Premier League player and later led its Under-18s to a treble.
Jody Powell
Jody Powell (Joseph L. Powell Jr.) was Jimmy Carter's White House press secretary for the full 1977–1981 administration and a close adviser, later co-founder of the Washington PR firm Powell Tate; he died in 2009 at 65.
Jody Rosenblatt
Jody Rosenblatt is a cell biologist known for discovering epithelial cell extrusion, the squeezing of dying cells out of a layer without gaps, and is a professor at King's College London.
Jody Scheckter
Jody Scheckter, born 1950, South African racing driver, 1979 Formula One World Champion with Ferrari 312T4, the only African F1 champion; 10 wins in 113 Grands Prix; later firearms-simulator businessman and organic farmer.
Jody Watley
Jody Watley (born 1959) is an American Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and producer, ex-Soul Train dancer and Shalamar member, known for "Looking for a New Love," Best New Artist 1988, and her Avitone label.
Jody Williams
Jody Williams is an American activist who coordinated the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for the Mine Ban Treaty.
Jody Wilson-Raybould
Jody Wilson-Raybould (Puglaas), Canada's first Indigenous Minister of Justice and Attorney General (2015-2019), MP for Vancouver Granville, resigned over the SNC-Lavalin affair, was re-elected as an independent, and later wrote "Indian" in the Cabinet.
Joe "Pegleg" Morgan
Joe "Pegleg" Morgan, born Joseph Megjugorac (1929-1993), Croatian-American career criminal and first non-Hispanic member and reputed godfather of the Mexican Mafia prison gang, inspiration for American Me.
Joe (2013 film)
Joe (2013) is David Gordon Green's Southern Gothic drama, adapted by Gary Hawkins from Larry Brown's 1991 novel, starring Nicolas Cage as ex-con tree-poisoning crew boss Joe Ransom and Tye Sheridan as Gary; premiered at Venice 2013, where Sheridan won the Marcello Mastroianni Award.
Joe (singer)
Joe (Joseph Lewis Thomas, born 1973) is an American contemporary R&B singer-songwriter and producer from Columbus, Georgia, known for "Stutter", "I Wanna Know", the triple-platinum album My Name Is Joe, and seven Grammy nominations.
Joe (ஜோ) (2023 film)
Joe (ஜோ) is a 2023 Tamil romantic drama, the directorial debut of Hariharan Ram S, starring Rio Raj, Malavika Manoj, and Bhavya Trikha; released 24 November 2023, 147 minutes, U/A, music by Siddhu Kumar, produced by Vision Cinema House.
Joe Abercrombie
Joe Abercrombie (born 1974, Lancaster, England), British fantasy author of The First Law series, a leading grimdark writer. Also wrote Shattered Sea, Age of Madness, and The Devils (2025), whose film rights James Cameron acquired.
Joe Absolom
Joe Absolom (born 1978, Lewisham, London) is an English actor known as Matthew Rose in EastEnders (1997–2000), Al Large in Doc Martin (2004–2022), and BAFTA-nominated for A Confession; recently Ray Walters in Emmerdale.
Joe Addabbo
Joe Addabbo, or Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., is an American Democratic politician who has represented Queens's 15th district in the New York State Senate since 2008.
Joe Adonis
Joe Adonis (Giuseppe Antonio Doto, 1902-1971) was an Italian-American mobster of the Genovese/Luciano circles in New York, a Masseria killer, Kefauver figure, and deportee to Italy in 1956; not the actor or the Chippendales troupe.
Joe Alaskey
Joe Alaskey (Joseph Francis Alaskey III, 1952-2016) was an American voice actor and impressionist who succeeded Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, and Tweety, voiced Grandpa Lou Pickles on Rugrats and Plucky Duck on Tiny Toon Adventures, and won a 2004 Daytime Emmy for Duck Dodgers.
Joe Alkire
Joe Alkire is an American swimmer listed in the men's 100 m freestyle long course world record progression with 55.10 set 1 June 1960, and in CIF Southern Section records for San Diego, 1959-1960.
Joe Allen
Joe Allen (Joseph Michael Allen, born 1990) is a Welsh retired central midfielder of Swansea City, Liverpool, and Stoke City; 77 Wales caps, Euro 2016 Team of the Tournament, nicknamed the Welsh Xavi.
Joe Alonzo
Joe Alonzo (Joe Alonzo Jr., born 1997, Oak Lawn, Illinois) is an American professional wrestler, former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion and AAW champion, signed to TNA in 2026 after a Lockdown contract match win.
Joe Alwyn
Joe Alwyn (Joseph Matthew Alwyn, born 1991) is an English actor from Royal Tunbridge Wells, not to be confused with Penn Badgley's character Joe in You. Debut lead in Ang Lee's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016); later The Favourite, Conversations with Friends, The Brutalist, Hamnet; William Bowery co-writer on Taylor Swift's Folklore and Evermore.
Joe Amlong
Joe Amlong (Joseph Brian Amlong, 1936–2019), American Olympic rower from Haines, Alaska; won gold in the men's eights for Vesper Boat Club at Tokyo 1964 with brother Tom; West Point 1961, Air Force captain.