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Joe Hortiz

Joe Hortiz (born 1975, Philadelphia) is the Los Angeles Chargers general manager since January 2024, formerly Baltimore Ravens director of player personnel for 26 seasons.

Joe Hudepohl

Joe Hudepohl (Joseph Bernard Hudepohl, born 1973, Cincinnati) is an American freestyle swimmer who won two Olympic golds (4x100 relay 1992, 4x200 relay 1996) and a bronze, set a 3:15.11 4x100 freestyle relay world record in 1995, and starred for St. Xavier High and Stanford.

Joe Ingles

Joe Ingles, Australian forward-guard (born 1987, Adelaide), 810-game NBA veteran (Jazz, Bucks, Magic, Timberwolves), five-time Olympian, Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist, now with NBL's Melbourne United.

Joe Jackson

Joe Jackson is the name of several American athletes, most famously "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, the baseball outfielder banned for his role in the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.

Joe Jackson (manager)

Joseph Walter "Joe" Jackson (1928–2018), American talent manager and Jackson family patriarch, father of Michael and Janet; formed the Jackson Brothers in 1963 and the Jackson 5, signed them to Motown, and managed the family until his children dismissed him, Michael in 1979 and Janet in 1986.

Joe Jackson (musician)

Joe Jackson, born 1954 in Burton-on-Trent, is an English singer-songwriter behind Look Sharp!, Night and Day, and Steppin' Out; a 2001 Grammy winner for Symphony No. 1, distinct from the American writer of the same name.

Joe Jacobi

Joe Jacobi (born 1969, Washington, D.C.) is an American slalom canoeist who with Scott Strausbaugh won the 1992 Barcelona Olympic C2 gold, the only US whitewater slalom gold, later CEO of USA Canoe/Kayak.

Joe Johnson (basketball)

Joe Johnson (born 1981, Little Rock), 'Iso Joe', NBA shooting guard drafted 10th in 2001; 7-time All-Star, 20,407 points, $123.7M Atlanta max deal, 2006 FIBA team, three BIG3 MVPs, 2021 Boston comeback.

Joe Johnson (footballer, born 2006)

Joe Johnson (Joseph Nathan Johnson) is an English footballer born in 2006 who plays as a left-back for Luton Town and has played for England's under-17, under-18, and under-19 teams.

Joe Johnston

Joe Johnston (Joseph Eggleston Johnston II, born 1950) is an American film director and founding ILM effects art director who designed Star Wars icons and directed Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The Rocketeer, Jumanji, October Sky, and Captain America: The First Avenger.

Joe Jonas

Joe Jonas (Joseph Adam Jonas), born 1989 in Casa Grande, Arizona, is an American singer: lead vocalist of the Jonas Brothers, frontman of DNCE ("Cake by the Ocean"), solo artist (Fastlife, Music for People Who Believe in Love), and 2026 Disney Legend.

Joe Jordan

Joe Jordan (born 1951) is a Scottish former striker and manager; Leeds, Manchester United, Milan; 52 Scotland caps; scored in the 1974, 1978, and 1982 World Cups; Hall of Fame 2005.

Joe Joyce (boxer)

Joe Joyce (Joseph Obey Joyce, born 1985), "The Juggernaut", English heavyweight boxer; 2016 Olympic super-heavyweight silver medallist, former WBO interim heavyweight champion; beat Dubois and Parker, lost twice to Zhilei Zhang; record 16-5, 15 KOs.

Joe Judge (American football)

Joe Judge (Joseph F. Judge, born 1981) is an American football coach, New York Giants head coach 2020-2021 with a 10-23 record, former Patriots special teams coordinator and Alabama assistant under Nick Saban.

Joe Kapp

Joe Kapp (Joseph Robert Kapp), 1938-2023, American quarterback: Cal's 1958 PCC title and Rose Bowl, Grey Cup 1964 with BC Lions, Super Bowl IV with Vikings, later Cal head coach behind The Play.

Joe Keery

Joe Keery (born 1992, Newburyport, Massachusetts) is an American actor and musician, aka Djo. Known for Steve Harrington on Stranger Things (2016–2025, 42 episodes), Post Animal, and solo albums Twenty Twenty, Decide, The Crux.

Joe Kelly (Nebraska politician)

Joe Kelly is an American politician and the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, a Republican and Governor Jim Pillen's running mate, sworn in on January 5, 2023.

Joe Kelly (pitcher)

Joe Kelly (Joseph William Kelly, "909"), born 1988, is an American former MLB relief pitcher for the Cardinals, Red Sox, Dodgers, and White Sox; 3.98 career ERA, 2018 and 2020 World Series champion, career ended January 2026.

Joe Kenda

Joe Kenda (born 1946) is a retired Colorado Springs Police Department homicide lieutenant, star of Investigation Discovery's Homicide Hunter (2011–2020), known for a claimed 92% solve rate across 387 cases and later series American Detective.

Joe Kennedy III

Joe Kennedy III is an American lawyer and diplomat, U.S. Special Envoy to Northern Ireland for Economic Affairs from 2022 until late 2024 and a former Massachusetts congressman.

Joe Kidd

Joe Kidd (1972) is a revisionist Western directed by John Sturges, written by Elmore Leonard, starring Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, and John Saxon; a Malpaso/Universal land-dispute Western that grossed $6,330,000 domestically.

Joe Kieyoomia

Joe Lee Kieyoomia (1919–1997) was a Navajo U.S. Army sergeant of New Mexico's 200th Coast Artillery, captured in the Philippines in 1942. He survived the Bataan Death March, torture as a suspected Japanese-American, failed Japanese attempts to make him decode the Navajo code, and the Nagasaki atomic bombing.

Joe Kirby (teacher)

Joe Kirby (Pragmatic Education blog) is an English teacher and school leader, deputy head and co-founder of Michaela Community School and Director of Education at Athena Learning Trust, credited with inventing the knowledge organizer.

Joe Klecko

Joe Klecko (Joseph Edward Klecko) is an American former defensive lineman who played 12 NFL seasons and entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2023.

Joe Kleine

Joe Kleine (born 1962), also Joseph William Kleine, American center: 1984 Olympic gold medalist, 1982 Worlds silver, No. 6 pick of 1985 NBA Draft, 15-season NBA journeyman and 1998 champion with the Chicago Bulls.

Joe Kubert

Joe Kubert (1926–2012), Polish-born American comic book artist, writer, editor, and founder of the Kubert School in Dover, New Jersey; known for Hawkman, Sgt. Rock, Enemy Ace, Tarzan, and Fax from Sarajevo.

Joe L. Heaton

Joe L. Heaton, born in 1951 in Alva, Oklahoma, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Western District of Oklahoma since 2019.

Joe Lacob

Joe Lacob, venture capitalist (ex-Kleiner Perkins) and co-executive chairman of the Golden State Warriors, led the 2010 $450 million purchase; four NBA titles, Chase Center, Valkyries owner.

Joe Lagana

Joe Lagana is an American Democratic politician and attorney who has represented New Jersey's 38th district in the State Senate since 2018, after serving in the General Assembly.

Joe Lando

Joe Lando, born Joseph John Lando in 1961, is an American actor best known as Byron Sully, Jane Seymour's love interest on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, from 1993 to 1998.