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J. David Spence
J. David Spence was a Canadian neurologist and clinical pharmacologist who founded the Stroke Prevention & Atherosclerosis Research Centre at Robarts and pioneered carotid plaque measurement; he died in 2025.
J. David Sweatt
J. David Sweatt, also known as David Sweatt, is an American neuroscientist at Vanderbilt University known for showing that DNA methylation is a necessary part of memory formation.
J. Denis Sargan
J. Denis Sargan (John Denis Sargan) was a British econometrician and LSE professor, remembered as the leading British econometrician of his generation and namesake of the Sargan test.
J. Desmond Clark
J. Desmond Clark (1916–2002) was a British-born archaeologist of African prehistory who spent 23 years in Zambia before becoming a Berkeley anthropology professor in 1961.
J. Donald Capra
J. Donald Capra (1937–2015) was an American immunologist who unified key concepts of antibody biology and led the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation from 1997 to 2006.
J. Donovan Jacobs
J. Donovan Jacobs, Joseph Donovan Jacobs (1908–2000), was an American civil engineer elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1969 for inventing the tunnel sliding floor for rapid excavation.
J. Douglas Bremner
J. Douglas Bremner, also known as Douglas Bremner, is an American psychiatrist at Emory University known for MRI studies showing smaller hippocampal volume in PTSD and depression.
J. Douglas Dykhouse
J. Douglas Dykhouse, also spelled Dykehouse in some embassy statements, is an American career Senior Foreign Service Officer, chargé d'affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy Moscow since June 2025, formerly Principal Deputy Director of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations.
J. Dover Wilson
J. Dover Wilson (John Dover Wilson, 1881–1969) was a British Shakespearean scholar, chief editor of the New Shakespeare, and author of What Happens in Hamlet (1935).
J. E. B. Stuart
J. E. B. Stuart (1833–1864), "Jeb," was the Confederate major general commanding the cavalry corps of the Army of Northern Virginia, famed for the 1862 Ride around McClellan, Chancellorsville, the Brandy Station and Gettysburg controversies, and death at Yellow Tavern.
J. E. Casely Hayford
J. E. Casely Hayford, born Joseph Ephraim Casely Hayford and also known as Ekra-Agyeman, was a Gold Coast barrister and politician who led the self-government movement in British West Africa.
J. Edgar
J. Edgar is a 2011 American biographical drama directed by Clint Eastwood, with Leonardo DiCaprio as FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, who led the bureau for 48 years.
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover (John Edgar Hoover) directed the FBI and its precursor from 1924 until his death in 1972, 48 years under eight presidents from Coolidge to Nixon. He professionalized the FBI through fingerprint files and the crime lab, while covert programs such as COINTELPRO targeted civil rights groups and later forced reforms.
J. Edgar Hoover Building
J. Edgar Hoover Building: Brutalist FBI headquarters at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., dedicated 1975, named by Public Law 92-520; aging, overcrowded, slated for relocation.
J. Edwin Blalock
J. Edwin Blalock is an American molecular biologist and immunologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, known for showing that leukocytes produce hormones and for work on chronic lung disease.
J. Edwin Seegmiller
J. Edwin Seegmiller (1920–2006) was an American biochemical geneticist and rheumatologist who identified the enzyme deficiency underlying Lesch-Nyhan syndrome and established the metabolic basis of gout.
J. Englebert Dunphy
J. Englebert Dunphy (1908–1981) was an American surgeon and wound-healing researcher who chaired surgery at the University of Oregon and then UCSF, best known for establishing the modern biology of wound repair.
J. Erik Jonsson
J. Erik Jonsson, born John Erik Jonsson, was an American engineer and industrialist who co-founded Texas Instruments and served as mayor of Dallas from 1964 to 1971.
J. Ernest Wilkins Jr.
J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. was an American mathematician who joined the Manhattan Project at 21 and became the second African American member of the National Academy of Engineering.
J. Evan Sadler
J. Evan Sadler (1951–2018) was an American hematologist who directed hematology at Washington University in St. Louis and was known for research on von Willebrand factor and ADAMTS13.
J. F. R. Jacob
Lieutenant General J. F. R. Jacob (Jacob Farj Rafael Jacob, 1923–2016), Indian Army officer of Baghdadi Jewish origin; as Chief of Staff, Eastern Command, he planned the 1971 campaign and negotiated the 16 December 1971 surrender of 93,000 Pakistani troops in Dhaka; later governor of Punjab.
J. F. Simpson
J. F. Simpson, British artistic gymnast from Halifax, England; competed for Great Britain in the men's team Swedish-system event at the 1908 London Olympics, where the British team placed eighth of eight; Halifax RES club rope climbing champion.
J. Fraser Stoddart
Sir J. Fraser Stoddart (1942–2024) was a Scottish-born chemist who introduced the mechanical bond and won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for molecular machines.
J. Fred Bucy
J. Fred Bucy is an American physicist and semiconductor executive who spent 1953 to 1985 at Texas Instruments, rising to president in 1976 and CEO in 1984.
J. Frederick Grassle
J. Frederick Grassle was an American oceanographer who led the first biological expedition to deep-sea hydrothermal vents in 1979 and received the 2013 Japan Prize.
J. G. A. Pocock
J. G. A. Pocock (John Greville Agard Pocock, 1924–2023) was a London-born historian of political thought and Cambridge School contextualist who held the Harry C. Black Professorship at Johns Hopkins.
J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard (James Graham Ballard, 1930–2009), British novelist born in Shanghai and interned in a Japanese WWII civilian camp; author of Crash, High-Rise, The Drowned World, and Empire of the Sun; associated with British New Wave science fiction and 'inner space'.
J. G. Quintel
J.G. Quintel (James Garland Quintel, born 1982, Hanford, California) is an American animator and voice actor who created Regular Show (2010–2017, Emmy winner) and Close Enough (2020–2022), voicing Mordecai and Josh.
J. Gary Eden
J. Gary Eden is an American electrical engineer and applied physicist at the University of Illinois, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2014 for microplasma technologies and excimer lasers.
J. Geils
J. Geils (John Warren Geils Jr., 1946-2017), American guitarist who founded the J. Geils Band in Worcester in 1967; "Centerfold" hit No. 1; later Bluestime and jazz solo work.