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Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, born 1987 in Windsor, Ontario, is a Canadian actress who has played Steffy Forrester on CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful since 2008, winning Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actress in 2019, 2021, and 2023; married to Elan Ruspoli, five sons.
Jacqueline Mars
Jacqueline Badger Mars (born 1939) is an American heiress holding an estimated one-third of Mars, Incorporated, granddaughter of founder Frank C. Mars; retired Mars executive, arts, education, and equestrian philanthropist.
Jacqueline McKenzie
Jacqueline McKenzie (Jacqueline Susan McKenzie) is an Australian actress and singer born 1967 in Sydney, known for Romper Stomper, Angel Baby (AFI Best Actress 1995), Deep Blue Sea, and as Diana Skouris in The 4400.
Jacqueline Moore
Jacqueline Moore (Jacqueline DeLois Moore, born 1966), also Miss Texas and Jacqueline, American professional wrestler from Dallas; first African American WWF Women's Champion, WWE Cruiserweight Champion, 14-time USWA Women's Champion, 2016 WWE Hall of Fame inductee.
Jacqueline Obradors
Jacqueline Obradors (Jacqueline Danell Obradors), American actress born 1966 in San Fernando Valley, California, to Argentine parents; known for Angelica in Six Days Seven Nights, Carmen in Tortilla Soup, the voice of Audrey in Atlantis, Detective Rita Ortiz on NYPD Blue, and Detective Christina Vega on Bosch.
Jacqueline Pearce
Jacqueline Pearce (1943–2018), English RADA-trained actress best known as Supreme Commander Servalan in Blake's 7 (1978–81); also Hammer films The Plague of the Zombies and The Reptile, Doctor Who's Chessene, and Big Finish's Cardinal Ollistra.
Jacqueline Roque
Jacqueline Roque (1927–1986), Picasso's second wife and final model, met him in 1952 at Madoura pottery in Vallauris, married him in 1961, and inspired some two hundred portraits until his 1973 death.
Jacqueline S. Corley
Jacqueline S. Corley, also known as Jacqueline Scott Corley, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Northern District of California since 2022.
Jacqueline Saburido
Jacqueline "Jacqui" Saburido (1978–2019), Venezuelan survivor of a September 19, 1999 drunk-driving crash near Austin, Texas, that burned over 60% of her body; her image anchored TxDOT's Before and After and Faces of Drunk Driving campaigns from 2002 onward.
Jacqueline Susann
Jacqueline Susann was an American bestselling novelist whose 1966 novel Valley of the Dolls became one of the best-selling books of the twentieth century; she died in 1974.
Jacqueline Torres
Jacqueline Torres is an American social epidemiologist and Associate Professor of Epidemiology at UCSF, known for a 2019 JAMA Pediatrics study linking immigration policy concerns to Latino adolescents' health.
Jacqueline Wilson
Jacqueline Wilson (born 1945, Bath) is a British children's author of over 100 books including The Story of Tracy Beaker, Children's Laureate 2005-2007, Dame Grand Cross 2025, most borrowed UK library author.
Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut
Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (Jacoba van Beieren, Jacqueline of Bavaria, 1401-1436), Wittelsbach ruler of Holland, Zeeland, and Hainaut from 1417; four marriages, war against Philip the Good, Treaty of Delft 1428, abdication 1433, last independent countess before Burgundian rule.
Jacquelyn D. Austin
Jacquelyn D. Austin, also known as Jacquelyn Denise Austin, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of South Carolina since 2024.
Jacques Agnant
Jacques Agnant, "Haitian Jack", hip-hop figure and FX Hip Hop Uncovered contributor; sued Tupac Shakur's estate for $200 million over informant claims; subject of 1994 Quad Studios reporting.
Jacques Alexandre
Jacques Alexandre (1653–1734) was a French Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint-Maur, born at Orléans, known for a prize-winning treatise on the tides and a treatise on clocks.
Jacques Audiard
Jacques Audiard (born 1952, Paris) is a French film director and screenwriter, son of Michel Audiard; maker of A Prophet, Dheepan (Palme d'Or 2015), and Emilia Pérez, with 13 Césars and Cannes Grand Prix, Jury Prize honors.
Jacques Banchereau
Jacques Banchereau is a French-born immunologist whose career has centered on human dendritic cells; he founded and directed the Baylor Institute for Immunology Research in Dallas.
Jacques Baptiste Lebrun
Jacques Baptiste Lebrun, French sailor (1910–1996), 1932 Los Angeles Olympic gold medalist in the singlehanded Snowbird dinghy; competed at five Games 1932–1960, later a boat designer and national technical director.
Jacques Bergerac
Jacques Bergerac (1927-2014), Biarritz-born French actor and MGM contract player, Ginger Rogers' fourth husband and later Dorothy Malone's; appeared in Les Girls and Gigi, then headed Revlon's Paris office.
Jacques Blamont
Jacques-Émile Blamont (1926–2020) was a French astrophysicist who founded France's first space laboratory, the Service d'aéronomie, and became the first scientific and technical director of CNES.
Jacques Brel
Jacques Brel (1929-1978), Belgian singer-songwriter of French chanson, 'Ne me quitte pas' and 'Amsterdam'; retired 1967, died on Hiva Oa, Marquesas; covered worldwide.
Jacques Brinkman
Jacques Brinkman (born 1966, Utrecht) is a Dutch field hockey midfielder, 337-cap record international, double Olympic champion (1996, 2000), world champion 1990 and 1998, father of Thierry Brinkman.
Jacques Callot
Jacques Callot (1592–1635) was a French printmaker and draftsman from Nancy who produced over 1,400 etchings and is best known for the antiwar series Les Grandes Misères de la guerre.
Jacques Cariou
Jacques Cariou was a French army officer and equestrian rider who won a medal of each color at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, including individual jumping gold on Mignon.
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier (1491–1557), Saint-Malo navigator, made three voyages (1534, 1535–36, 1541–42) for Francis I, exploring the Gulf and River St. Lawrence, naming Canada, and founding Charlesbourg-Royal.
Jacques Cartier Bridge
The Jacques Cartier Bridge (pont Jacques-Cartier) is a five-lane steel cantilever bridge across the St. Lawrence River, linking Montreal with Longueuil on the South Shore.
Jacques Cartonnet
Jacques Cartonnet (1911–1967) was a French breaststroke swimmer who set multiple world records in the 1930s and later became a Vichy militia propagandist implicated in denouncing rival Alfred Nakache.
Jacques Charles
Jacques Alexandre César Charles (1746–1823) was a French physicist and balloonist who made the first manned hydrogen balloon flight in Paris in 1783 and formulated Charles's law.
Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac was a French statesman, President of France from 1995 to 2007 after two terms as Prime Minister, remembered abroad for opposing the 2003 Iraq invasion.