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Jon Pertwee
Jon Pertwee (John Devon Roland Pertwee, 1919-1996), English comic actor and third Doctor in Doctor Who (1970-74), Royal Navy veteran of HMS Hood, star of BBC radio's The Navy Lark and ITV's Worzel Gummidge; died in Connecticut.
Jon Peters
Jon Peters, also known as John H. Peters, is an American film producer born in 1945 whose hits include Flashdance, Rain Man, Batman, and Superman Returns.
Jon Polito
Jon Raymond Polito (1950-2016), American character actor with over 220 credits, known as Johnny Caspar in Miller's Crossing, five Coen brothers films, and Detective Crosetti on Homicide: Life on the Street.
Jon Postel
Jon Postel, also known as Jonathan Postel, was an American computer scientist who edited the RFC series and directed IANA, shaping the Internet's address system and core protocols.
Jon Potter
Jon Potter (Jonathan Nicholas Mark Potter, born 1963) is a British former field hockey player, Olympic gold medallist at Seoul 1988 and bronze medallist at Los Angeles 1984, record 234-cap England/GB international, later a spirits and beer marketing executive.
Jon Provost
Jon Provost (Jonathan Provost) is an American former child actor, born 1949 or 1950 in California, best known as Timmy Martin on Lassie (1957–1964, 249 episodes), later a realtor in Santa Rosa and memoirist.
Jon R. Pratt
Jon R. Pratt is an American mechanical engineer who leads the Quantum Measurement Division at NIST and managed the measurement that redefined the kilogram in 2019.
Jon Rahm
Jon Rahm Rodríguez is a Spanish professional golfer and two-time major champion, having won the 2021 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines and the 2023 Masters while reaching world number one.
Jon Rauch
Jon Rauch (born 1978, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American right-handed pitcher, 2000 Sydney Olympic gold medalist with Team USA, and MLB reliever 2002-2013; at 6'11" he was the tallest player in MLB history at his debut.
Jon Richardson
Jon Richardson (born 1982, Lancaster) is an English stand-up comedian, writer, and presenter, team captain on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, star of Meet the Richardsons, Absolute Radio host, and author of The Teenage Diaries of a Stand-Up Comedian.
Jon Rivera
Jon Rivera is an American Democratic politician from Buffalo who has served in the New York State Assembly since 2021 and won the 2026 Democratic primary for the 61st State Senate district.
Jon Roberts
Jon Pernell Roberts (Jon Roberts), American cocaine smuggler for the Medellín Cartel in 1980s Miami, featured in Cocaine Cowboys and memoirist of American Desperado; died 2011, age 63.
Jon Romano
Jon Romano, American who at 16 shot a teacher at Columbia High School, East Greenbush, in 2004, served about 17 years, then became a mental health advocate and survived a 2022 Albany sword attack.
Jon Rønningen
Jon Rønningen (born 1962, Oslo), Norwegian Greco-Roman flyweight (≤52 kg) wrestler, Norway's greatest: Olympic gold Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992, world champion 1985, European champion 1990, FILA Hall of Fame 2009.
Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson, Welsh journalist and author of The Psychopath Test, So You've Been Publicly Shamed, and The Men Who Stare at Goats; podcaster (Things Fell Apart), screenwriter (Okja, Frank), and author of The Castle (2026).
Jon Root
Jon Root (Jonathan Edward Root, born 1964), American volleyball player, 1988 Seoul Olympic gold medalist with the USA; Stanford All-American, US national team 1986-1994, 1987 Pan American Games gold.
Jon Rosenthal
Jon Rosenthal, born in 1963, is a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 135 in Northwest Houston since 2019, and an oilfield mechanical engineer running for the Texas Railroad Commission in 2026.
Jon Rudnitsky
Jon Rudnitsky (Jonathan Rudnitsky, born 1989, Harrington Park, NJ) is an American actor and comedian, a single-season SNL featured player (2015-16) known for his Dirty Dancing Weekend Update bit, later in Home Again, Set It Up, Our Little Secret, Red One, and Super Troopers 3.
Jon Ryan
Jon Ryan, born 1981 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canadian punter; Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks 2008-2017; Super Bowl XLVIII winner, famous 2014 fake-field-goal TD pass.
Jon S. Thorson
Jon S. Thorson is a chemical biologist and professor at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, known for developing glycorandomization, a method for attaching new sugars to drug-like natural products.
Jon S. Tigar
Jon S. Tigar, also known as Jon Steven Tigar, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Northern California since 2013, appointed by Obama.
Jon Schaffer
Jon Ryan Schaffer (born 1968) is the American guitarist who founded and led heavy metal band Iced Earth and the Demons & Wizards project with Hansi Kürsch, and the first January 6 Capitol riot defendant to plead guilty, later sentenced to probation.
Jon Scheyer
Jon Scheyer, American college basketball coach and former Duke guard, is the 20th head coach of the Duke Blue Devils (2022-present), successor to Mike Krzyzewski; 124-25 record, three ACC Tournament titles, 2025 Final Four, NABC Coach of the Year.
Jon Secada
Jon Secada (Juan Francisco Secada Ramírez), Cuban-American singer and songwriter born in Havana in 1962, whose 1992 bilingual debut and hits like "Just Another Day" and "Otro Día Más Sin Verte" made him a pioneering Latin crossover artist with multiple Grammy Awards and 20 million albums sold.
Jon Seda
Jon Seda (Jonathan Seda, born 1970) is an American actor, former amateur boxer (21-1), known for Homicide: Life on the Street, Selena, The Pacific, Chicago P.D.'s Antonio Dawson, and La Brea. Distinct from musician John Seda and singer Jon Secada.
Jon Sieben
Jon Sieben (Jonathan Scott Sieben, born 1966, Brisbane) is an Australian swimmer who won the 1984 Olympic 200m butterfly in world record 1:57.04, beating Michael Gross and Pablo Morales, and competed at three Olympics.
Jon Snow (character)
Jon Snow, the bastard son of Eddard Stark in A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones (Kit Harington), Night's Watch lord commander; distinct from the British newsreader Jon Snow.
Jon Snow (journalist)
Jon Snow (Jonathan George Snow, born 1947) is a British broadcast journalist, ITN foreign correspondent and Channel 4 News lead anchor from 1989 to 2021, Bafta Fellowship holder, later disclosing Alzheimer's disease in 2026.
Jon Sobus
Jon Sobus is an environmental health scientist at the United States Environmental Protection Agency who studies cumulative chemical exposures and received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
Jon Spaihts
Jon Spaihts (Jonathan Scott Spaihts) is an American screenwriter born 1970 in New York City, known for Prometheus, Doctor Strange, Passengers, and co-writing Denis Villeneuve's Dune films, which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.