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Jon Lindbergh
Jon Morrow Lindbergh (1932–2021), son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was an American cave-diving pioneer, Navy UDT frogman, commercial diver, and 1964 Man-In-Sea aquanaut who later developed salmon aquaculture.
Jon Lindstrom
Jon Lindstrom (Jon Robert Lindstrom), American actor, director, and novelist born 1957 in Medford, Oregon; known for twin roles Kevin Collins and Ryan Chamberlain on General Hospital and Port Charles, four Emmy nominations, Joey Armstrong on Beyond the Gates, and the USA Today bestselling novel Hollywood Hustle.
Jon Lord
Jon Lord (Jonathan Douglas Lord, 1941-2012) was an English keyboardist and composer who co-founded Deep Purple, pioneered the amplified Hammond organ through a Marshall amp, wrote the Concerto for Group and Orchestra, played in Whitesnake, and left the band in 2002 to compose orchestral works such as the Durham Concerto.
Jon Lovett
Jon Lovett (born 1982, Woodbury, New York) is an American speechwriter, TV writer, and podcaster; Obama and Clinton speechwriter, Crooked Media co-founder, co-host of Pod Save America and host of Lovett or Leave It.
Jon Lovitz
Jon Lovitz (Jonathan Michael Lovitz), American comedian and actor, SNL cast member 1985–1990, creator of Tommy Flanagan and Master Thespian, voice of Jay Sherman on The Critic, later stand-up and comedy club owner.
Jon M. Chu
Jon M. Chu (Jonathan Murray Chu, born 1979) is an American film director known for Step Up 2, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Now You See Me 2, Crazy Rich Asians (first all-Asian-cast studio film in 25 years), In the Heights, and the two-part Wicked.
Jon M. Miller
Jon M. Miller (Jon Matthew Miller) is an American high-energy astrophysicist at the University of Michigan who studies black holes and neutron stars through X-ray spectroscopy.
Jon Magne Leinaas
Jon Magne Leinaas, born 1946 in Oslo, is a Norwegian theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Oslo whose 1977 work with Jan Myrheim first described anyons.
Jon McAuliffe
Jon McAuliffe is a statistician and investor, co-founder and Co-Chief Investment Officer of The Voleon Group, a machine-learning quantitative hedge fund founded in 2007, and an adjunct statistics professor at UC Berkeley.
Jon McClellan
Jon McClellan is an American child and adolescent psychiatrist and psychiatric geneticist, a University of Washington professor who studies rare mutations behind schizophrenia and autism.
Jon Meacham
Jon Meacham (born 1969) is an American presidential biographer and former Newsweek editor who won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for American Lion and holds a chair in the American Presidency at Vanderbilt University.
Jon Meade Huntsman Sr.
Jon Meade Huntsman Sr. (1937–2018) was an American chemical-industry entrepreneur and philanthropist who built Huntsman Corporation into the world's largest privately held chemical company and gave away more than $1.4 billion.
Jon Michael Hill
Jon Michael Hill (born 1985, Waukegan, Illinois) is an American actor, Steppenwolf ensemble member since 2007, two-time Tony nominee (Superior Donuts 2010, Purpose 2025), and Detective Marcus Bell on CBS's Elementary.
Jon Miyahara
Jon Miyahara (Jonathan Yasushi Miyahara, 1941–2025) was an American actor who played the mostly silent Cloud 9 employee Brett Kobashigawa in 105 episodes of NBC's Superstore (2015–2021) and reprised him on American Auto.
Jon Montgomery
Jon Montgomery (born 1979, Russell, Manitoba) is a Canadian skeleton racer who won gold in men's skeleton at Vancouver 2010 by 0.07 seconds over Martins Dukurs, then hosted The Amazing Race Canada.
Jon Moss
Jon Moss (Jonathan Aubrey Moss, b. 1957, Wandsworth, London), English drummer and founding member of Culture Club (1981-2018); earlier punk bands the Clash, the Damned, London, Adam and the Ants; £1.75m 2023 settlement after 2018 expulsion. Not the football referee of the same name.
Jon Moxley
Jon Moxley (Jonathan Good), Cincinnati-born American pro wrestler; WWE's Dean Ambrose of The Shield, then AEW and NJPW star; first four-time AEW World Champion and only man to hold WWE, AEW, and IWGP world titles.
Jon Nicholl
Jon Nicholl, fully Jonathan Paul Nicholl, is a British health services researcher and statistician at the University of Sheffield known for evaluating emergency and urgent first contact care.
Jon Nödtveidt
Jon Nödtveidt, full name Jon Andreas Nödtveidt, was a Swedish musician who founded the black and death metal band Dissection, known for The Somberlain and Storm of the Light's Bane.
Jon O. Newman
Jon O. Newman, also known as Jon Ormond Newman, is an American jurist and senior judge of the Second Circuit, appointed to the federal bench by Nixon in 1971.
Jon Olsen
Jon Olsen (Jon C. Olsen, born 1969, New Britain, Connecticut), American freestyle sprinter; five Olympic medals (four gold, all relays) at Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996; world-record relay swimmer; later Florida Keys swim coach.
Jon Olsson
Jon Olsson, born 1982 in Mora, Sweden, is a former professional freeskier, 2008 Winter X Games Big Air gold medalist, inventor of the Kangaroo Flip and DJ Flip, JOI founder, Douchebags co-founder, and YouTuber with 1.5M subscribers.
Jon Ossoff
Jon Ossoff, Democratic U.S. senator from Georgia since 2021, former investigative journalist mentored by John Lewis; known for prison-oversight investigations, 2026 reelection fight against Mike Collins, and rejecting 2028 presidential speculation.
Jon Owen
Jon Owen (Jonathan Douglas Owen, born 1963, Berlin, New Hampshire) is an American luger who placed 23rd in men's singles at the 1988 Calgary Olympics, first slid the Park City 2002 Olympic track, and later coached for USA Luge.
Jon P. Longtin
Jon P. Longtin is an American mechanical engineer and professor at Stony Brook University whose research centers on thermal sciences, laser-liquid interactions, and laser-based temperature measurement.
Jon Pacheco
Jon Pacheco Dozagarat, Spanish centre-back born 2001 in Elizondo, Navarra; Real Sociedad defender (La Liga debut 2020), Olympic gold medalist with Spain at Paris 2024, and 2023 U21 Euro finalist; loaned to Alavés in 2025-26.
Jón Páll Sigmarsson
Jón Páll Sigmarsson (Jón Páll Sigmarsson), Icelandic strongman (1960-1993), four-time World's Strongest Man (1984, 1986, 1988, 1990), first to win four titles; also IPF powerlifting medalist and bodybuilder; died deadlifting.
Jon Pardi
Jon Pardi (Jonathan Ryan Pardi, born 1985) is an American country singer-songwriter from Dixon, California, signed to Capitol Nashville, known for California Sunrise, six Country Airplay No. 1s, and as the first California native inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.
Jon Parkin
Jon Parkin (Jonathan Parkin, born 1981, Barnsley), English striker nicknamed 'The Beast', scored 225 goals in over 600 games for 14 clubs including Stoke, Preston, Cardiff, and York City; retired 2019.
Jon Paul Steuer
Jon Paul Steuer (1984–2018), American child actor and punk musician Jonny P. Jewels; first Alexander Rozhenko on Star Trek: TNG, Quentin Kelly on Grace Under Fire, died in Portland at 33.