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Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa (Joseph Leonard Bonamassa) is an American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter born in 1977 in New Hartford, New York, who opened for B.B. King as a child.
Joe Bondi
Joe Bondi (Joseph C. Bondi, 1936–2013), Tampa educator, USF College of Education professor for 38 years, middle school pioneer, author of 25+ textbooks with Jon Wiles, and mayor of Temple Terrace 1974–1978.
Joe Bottom
Joe Bottom (Joseph Stuart Bottom, born 1955) is an American swimmer, 1976 Olympic 100m butterfly silver medalist, and former world record-holder in the 100 fly (54.18), 50 free, and both 4x100 relays; ISHOF 2006.
Joe Boyd
Joe Boyd (born 1942, Boston) is an American record and film producer, founder of Witchseason Productions and Hannibal Records, producer of Pink Floyd's "Arnold Layne," Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, and R.E.M., and author of White Bicycles.
Joe Brady (American football coach)
Joe Brady, American football coach, Buffalo Bills head coach since January 27, 2026 (21st in franchise history); former Bills and Panthers offensive coordinator, 2019 LSU Broyles Award winner.
Joe Brolly
Joe Brolly (Padraig Joseph Brolly, born 1969, Dungiven) is a Derry Gaelic footballer, 1993 All-Ireland winner, RTÉ Sunday Game pundit until 2019, criminal defence barrister, and 2012 kidney donor.
Joe Brown (judge)
Joe Brown, TV judge and former Shelby County, Tennessee criminal court judge (1990-2001), first African American prosecutor for Memphis, hosted the arbitration-based Judge Joe Brown series 1998-2013; distinct from magistrate Joe B. Brown.
Joe Bryant
Joe "Jellybean" Bryant (1954-2024), American basketball forward, eight NBA seasons with the 76ers, Clippers, and Rockets, later a coach in Italy and the WNBA, and father of Kobe Bryant.
Joe Buck
Joe Buck (Joseph Francis Buck) is an American sportscaster, the play-by-play voice of ESPN's Monday Night Football since 2022 after long leading Fox Sports' NFL and baseball coverage.
Joe Budden
Joe Budden (born 1980) is a Jersey City rapper, the Grammy-nominated 'Pump It Up' artist, a Slaughterhouse member, and host of The Joe Budden Podcast after leaving Spotify in 2020.
Joe Bugner
Joe Bugner (József Kreul Bugner, 1950–2025), Hungarian-born British-Australian heavyweight boxer; twice went 15 and 12 rounds with Muhammad Ali, lost to Frazier, beat Henry Cooper 1971, won WBF title at 48.
Joe Burgess
Joe Burgess (born 1994, Wigan) is an English rugby league winger; Wigan, Roosters, Souths, Salford, Hull KR, Catalans from 2027; 2025 treble winner, 4 England caps.
Joe Burrow
Joe Burrow, born Joseph Lee Burrow in 1996, is an American football quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals who won the 2019 Heisman Trophy at LSU.
Joe C.
Joe C. (Joseph Michael Calleja, 1974–2000) was an American rapper from Taylor, Michigan, Kid Rock's 3-foot-9 sidekick in the Twisted Brown Trucker band, featured on Devil Without a Cause.
Joe Cabral
Joe Cabral is an American life-sciences venture capitalist and Partner at Frazier Life Sciences, known for company creation and for co-leading the firm's investment in Halda Therapeutics, later acquired by Johnson & Johnson.
Joe Cahill
Joe Cahill (Joseph Cahill, 1920–2004), Belfast republican and founding member of the Provisional IRA's Army Council; death-sentence survivor of 1942, IRA chief of staff 1972, and later Sinn Féin treasurer and peace process advocate.
Joe Caldwell
Joe Caldwell (Joseph Louis Caldwell, born 1941, Texas City, Texas), nicknamed Jumpin' Joe and Pogo Joe, is a retired American basketball forward, 1964 Olympic gold medalist, and second overall pick of the 1964 NBA Draft who played 11 seasons with the Pistons, Hawks, Cougars, and Spirits.
Joe Calzaghe
Joe Calzaghe (born 1972, London) is a Welsh former boxer, nicknamed the Pride of Wales, who held the WBO super-middleweight title over ten years, unified 168 lbs, and retired 46-0 (32 KOs) in 2009.
Joe Carnahan
Joe Carnahan (Joseph Aaron Carnahan, born 1969, Sacramento) is an American director-screenwriter of Narc, Smokin' Aces, The A-Team, The Grey, Copshop and the Netflix thriller The Rip (2026), distinct from unrelated Carnahans in other fields.
Joe Carter
Joe Carter (born 1960, Oklahoma City) is a former MLB outfielder whose Game 6 walk-off homer off Mitch Williams won Toronto the 1993 World Series; career .259, 396 HR, 1,445 RBI, Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer.
Joe Chen (陈乔恩)
Joe Chen (陈乔恩/陳喬恩, born 1979, Hsinchu, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese actress, singer, and host; ex-7 Flowers member whose Fated to Love You (2008) and Swordsman (2013) made her an idol-drama star in Taiwan and mainland China.
Joe Chill
Joe Chill (Joseph Chilton) is the DC Comics mugger who murdered Thomas and Martha Wayne, created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane; unnamed in Detective Comics #33 (1939), named and killed in Batman #47 (1948), later retconned as Lew Moxon's hitman.
Joe Clark
Joe Clark (Charles Joseph Clark, b. 1939) is a Canadian politician, 16th prime minister 1979-1980, youngest ever at 39, leading a 273-day minority PC government defeated on its first budget; later external affairs minister under Mulroney and PC leader 1998-2003.
Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker, born John Robert Cocker, was an English blues-rock singer known for his rasping voice and his 1968 cover of "With a Little Help from My Friends".
Joe Cocker discography
Joe Cocker discography: studio, live, and compilation releases by English singer John Robert Cocker (1944–2014), from With a Little Help from My Friends (1969) and Mad Dogs & Englishmen to Fire It Up (2012), plus UK and US chart peaks.
Joe Coffey (wrestler)
Joe Coffey (Joseph Coffey, b. May 22, 1988), Scottish heavyweight wrestler, two-time ICW champion, Gallus leader with Mark Coffey and Wolfgang in WWE NXT UK; record 497-day NXT UK Tag Team reign; released May 2025, now in MLW.
Joe Cole
Joe Cole (Joseph John Cole, born 1981, Camden) is an English former midfielder, West Ham and Chelsea playmaker who won three Premier League titles, earned 56 England caps at three World Cups, and retired in 2018 with 716 appearances and 104 goals.
Joe Cornish
Joe Cornish (Joseph Murray Cornish, born 1968, London) is an English comedian, screenwriter, and director of Adam and Joe fame, whose debut film Attack the Block (2011) earned a BAFTA nomination; he also co-wrote Tintin and Ant-Man.
Joe Coulombe
Joe Coulombe (Joseph Hardin Coulombe, 1930–2020), American retailer who founded Trader Joe's in Pasadena in 1967 after running Pronto Markets; sold the chain to Aldi's Theo Albrecht in 1979 and pioneered its all-private-label model.
Joe Courtney (Connecticut politician)
Joe Courtney, born 1953, is an American Democratic politician who has represented Connecticut's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House since 2007 and champions submarine production.