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Joe Anders

Joe Anders (Joe Alfie Winslet Mendes, born 2003, New York) is an American-British actor and screenwriter, son of Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes; known for 1917, Lee, Bonus Track, and writing Goodbye June (2025).

Joe Anderson (actor)

Joe Anderson (actor), born 1982, is an English actor and singer known for Across the Universe, Control, The Ruins, The Crazies, The Grey, Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2, and Hannibal; distinct from producer Joe Anderson and actor Joseph Lee Anderson.

Joe Andreessen

Joe Andreessen, "Buffalo Joe" (born 2000, Depew, NY), Buffalo Bills inside linebacker No. 44. Undrafted UB/Bryant linebacker who made the Bills' 2024 roster via minicamp tryout; special teams standout, extended through 2028.

Joe Angelino

Joe Angelino is an American politician serving as a Republican member of the New York State Assembly from the 121st district, elected in 2020 after a Marine Corps career.

Joe Aribo

Joe Aribo (Joseph Oluwaseyi Temitope Ayodele-Aribo), Nigerian midfielder born 1996 in London; ex-Staines Town, Charlton, Rangers (149 apps, 26 goals, 2022 Europa League final scorer), Southampton, and Leicester City loanee.

Joe Armon-Jones

Joe Armon-Jones is a British keyboardist, composer, and producer based in London, a founding member of the Mercury Prize-winning Ezra Collective who also releases solo albums through his own label, Aquarii Records.

Joe Armstrong (actor)

Joe Armstrong (born 1978, Hammersmith, London) is an English actor, son of Alun Armstrong, known for Allan-a-Dale in Robin Hood (2006), Hotspur in The Hollow Crown, Happy Valley, and A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (2025).

Joe Arpaio

Joe Arpaio (Joseph M. Arpaio) is a retired American law enforcement officer who served six terms as Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, from 1993 until 2016.

Joe Arridy

Joe Arridy (1915-1939), intellectually disabled Pueblo, Colorado man wrongfully executed for the 1936 murder of Dorothy Drain after a coerced confession; posthumously pardoned by Governor Bill Ritter on January 7, 2011.

Joe B. McDade

Joe B. McDade, also known as Joe Billy McDade, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge in Illinois since 2010.

Joe B. Rosenbaum

Joe B. Rosenbaum (born 1912) was an American extractive metallurgist at the United States Bureau of Mines and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Joe Baker (comedian)

Joe Baker (1928–2001), English comedian and impressionist born in London, starred in 1960s British TV sketch shows The Joe Baker Show and Baker's Half Dozen, then worked in Los Angeles films such as Bugsy, Dumb and Dumber, and Pocahontas.

Joe Bartoch

Joe Bartoch is a retired Canadian butterfly swimmer from London, Ontario, who competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and held the Canadian 100-meter butterfly record.

Joe Barton

Joe Barton (Joe Linus Barton, born 1949) is a Republican former U.S. Representative for Texas's 6th District, 1985–2019, who chaired the House Energy and Commerce Committee and led the Energy Policy Act of 2005; distinct from David Barton the activist and Joey Barton the footballer.

Joe Bastianich

Joe Bastianich (Joseph Bastianich), born 1968 in Queens, New York, is an American restaurateur and winemaker who co-founded restaurants with Mario Batali and judged MasterChef.

Joe Bell (film)

Joe Bell (Good Joe Bell) is a 2021 biographical drama directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, written by Ossana and McMurtry, starring Mark Wahlberg as an Oregon father walking across America after his gay son Jadin's 2013 bullying-related suicide.

Joe Bellino

Joe Bellino (Joseph Michael Bellino, 1938-2019), the "Winchester Rifle," was a Navy halfback and the first Naval Academy player to win the Heisman Trophy (1960), also taking the Maxwell Award, before 28 years of Navy service and three AFL seasons with the Boston Patriots.

Joe Bellino (Michigan politician)

Joe Bellino is an American Republican politician serving in the Michigan Senate for the 16th district, known for bills on election procedures, bridge funding, and concealed carry.

Joe Benner

Joe Benner (Huelet Leo Benner, 1917–1999), American Army pistol shooter; 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold in 50 m free pistol, three world titles, six national championships, USA Shooting Hall of Fame.

Joe Bennett (animator)

Joe (Joseph) Bennett is an American animator and artist in Los Angeles, co-creator of Max's Scavengers Reign (2023, with Charles Huettner) and Adult Swim's Common Side Effects (with Steve Hely), and developer of the Netflix project Dealies.

Joe Besser

Joe Besser (1907-1988), St. Louis-born American comedian, third Stooge in the Three Stooges after Shemp Howard's death, also Stinky on The Abbott and Costello Show and Jillson on The Joey Bishop Show.

Joe Biden

Joe Biden (Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., born 1942, Scranton, Pennsylvania) is the 46th U.S. president (2021–2025), a 36-year Democratic senator from Delaware, 47th vice president under Obama, and 2020 winner over Trump who withdrew from the 2024 race.

Joe Biden (The Onion)

Joe Biden (The Onion), also "Diamond Joe" or "Uncle Joe", was a recurring satirical characterization of Joe Biden in The Onion from 2009 to 2019, created by Chad Nackers, depicting a Trans Am-washing, hair-metal-loving vice president, retired in 2019.

Joe Biden 1988 presidential campaign

Joe Biden's 1988 presidential campaign: his first Democratic primary run, announced June 9, 1987, ended September 23, 1987 after the Neil Kinnock plagiarism scandal, followed by two 1988 brain aneurysms.

Joe Biden 2008 presidential campaign

Joe Biden's 2008 presidential campaign: his second Democratic primary run, launched January 31, 2007, ended after under 1 percent in the Iowa caucuses; he later won as Obama's running mate with 365 electoral votes.

Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign

Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign, launched on April 25, 2019, won the Democratic nomination and the general election, defeating Donald Trump with 306 electoral votes to 232.

Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign

Joe Biden's 2024 presidential campaign was the incumbent president's withdrawn reelection bid, running from April 25, 2023 to his withdrawal on July 21, 2024, after a June 27 debate.

Joe Biden's farewell address

Joe Biden's farewell address was an Oval Office speech delivered January 15, 2025, at 8 p.m., warning that an oligarchy of extreme wealth and a tech-industrial complex threatened American democracy, and proposing tax, dark-money, Supreme Court term-limit, stock-trading, and presidential-immunity reforms.

Joe Bird (actor)

Joe Bird (born 2007) is an Australian actor, born in England and raised in Adelaide, known for Riley in Talk to Me (2022) and the lead role of Naim in Leviticus (2026), plus Wolfram and First Day.

Joe Bob Briggs

Joe Bob Briggs, created by journalist John Irving Bloom (born 1953 or 1959), is a satirical drive-in movie critic persona hosting Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (TMC 1986-96), MonsterVision (TNT 1996-2000), and The Last Drive-In on Shudder.