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Jonathan Mill

Jonathan Mill is a scientist who studies epigenetics in psychiatric and neurodegenerative disease, and Professor of Epigenomics at the University of Exeter Medical School since 2012.

Jonathan Miller

Sir Jonathan Miller (1934–2019), British polymath: physician, Beyond the Fringe satirist with Cook, Moore, and Bennett, and leading opera and theatre director known for ENO's mafia Rigoletto and The Mikado.

Jonathan Milner

Jonathan Milner, born 1965, is a British life-science entrepreneur who co-founded the antibody supplier Abcam in Cambridge in 1998, led it until 2014, and backed over 60 companies.

Jonathan Moffett

Jonathan "Sugarfoot" Moffett (born 1954, New Orleans) is an American drummer, songwriter, and producer, Michael Jackson's live drummer from 1979's Destiny Tour through This Is It; also toured with Madonna and Elton John.

Jonathan Mogbo

Jonathan Mogbo (born 2001, West Palm Beach, Florida) is an NBA forward for the Sacramento Kings; drafted 31st overall in 2024 by Toronto after a WCC First Team season at San Francisco.

Jonathan N. Coleman

Jonathan N. Coleman is an Irish physicist at Trinity College Dublin who developed liquid-phase exfoliation, a widely used method for producing graphene and other 2D nanosheets from layered crystals.

Jonathan Nez

Jonathan Nez is an American politician and former President of the Navajo Nation, now the 2026 Democratic nominee for Arizona's 2nd congressional district, facing Republican incumbent Eli Crane.

Jonathan Nolan

Jonathan Nolan is a British-American screenwriter, producer, and television creator, best known for co-writing The Prestige, The Dark Knight, and Interstellar for his brother Christopher Nolan.

Jonathan Ogden

Jonathan Ogden (born 1974, Washington, D.C.) is a Hall of Fame left tackle who played 1996-2007 entirely for the Baltimore Ravens, their first-ever draft pick, with 11 Pro Bowls, Super Bowl XXXV, and 2013 enshrinement.

Jonathan Owens

Jonathan Owens (born 1995, St. Louis) is an NFL safety, Indianapolis Colts since 2026; formerly Cardinals, Texans, Packers, Bears; Missouri Western State; undrafted 2018; married to gymnast Simone Biles.

Jonathan P. K. Doye

Jonathan P. K. Doye is a British theoretical chemist at the University of Oxford, known for the oxDNA model of DNA and work on atomic clusters.

Jonathan P. Piccini

Jonathan P. Piccini is an American cardiac electrophysiologist at Duke University Hospital and its Clinical Research Institute, known for major atrial fibrillation trials and registries.

Jonathan P. Schneck

Jonathan P. Schneck is an American immunologist and professor of pathology, medicine, and oncology at Johns Hopkins, known for pioneering artificial antigen-presenting cells, commercialized through the spinout NexImmune.

Jonathan P. Williams

Jonathan P. Williams is an astronomer and professor at the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, known for submillimeter surveys of planet-forming disks around nearby young stars.

Jonathan P. Zehr

Jonathan P. Zehr, also known as J. P. Zehr, is a microbial oceanographer at UC Santa Cruz who discovered UCYN-A and reported the nitroplast, the first nitrogen-fixing organelle, in 2024.

Jonathan Pageau

Jonathan Pageau is a French-Canadian Eastern Orthodox icon carver, liturgical artist, and cultural commentator who founded The Symbolic World and gained a wide audience through his 2017 interviews with Jordan Peterson.

Jonathan Papelbon

Jonathan Papelbon (born 1980, Baton Rouge, LA) is a former MLB closer for the Red Sox, Phillies, and Nationals; 368 career saves, 2.44 ERA, six-time All-Star, 2007 World Series champion, nicknamed The Strangler.

Jonathan Patterson

Jonathan (Jon) Patterson is an American Republican politician and former general surgeon who serves as Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing District 30.

Jonathan Paul Heritage

Jonathan Paul Heritage is an American optical engineer at UC Davis, co-inventor of the wavelength selective switch and elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2019.

Jonathan Pedneault

Jonathan Pedneault (born 1990) is a Canadian journalist and human rights investigator, former co-leader of the Green Party of Canada with Elizabeth May (February–April 2025), earlier deputy leader from 2022, now a NOREF adviser.

Jonathan Penner

Jonathan Penner (born 1962, New York City) is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer, Oscar-nominated for Down on the Waterfront, screenwriter of The Bye Bye Man, and a three-time Survivor contestant; distinct from the novelist Jonathan Penner born 1940.

Jonathan Pie

Jonathan Pie is a fictional British political news correspondent created and played by actor Tom Walker, whose scripted off-camera rants satirize politics and news media since 2015, with co-writer Andrew Doyle and spin-offs on BBC Three and Radio 4.

Jonathan Pintaro

Jonathan Pintaro (Jonathan Ryan Pintaro) is a right-handed relief pitcher for the New York Mets, signed from independent ball in 2024 after starring at Division II Shorter University; MLB debut June 25, 2025.

Jonathan Pollard

Jonathan Jay Pollard, American Navy intelligence analyst who spied for Israel from 1984, was sentenced to life in 1987, released on parole in 2015 after 30 years, and moved to Israel in 2020.

Jonathan Pritchard

Jonathan K. Pritchard is a population and evolutionary geneticist, the Bing Professor at Stanford University, known for the Structure algorithm and the omnigenic model of complex traits.

Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce (born John or Joe Price, 1947, Holywell, Wales), Welsh stage and screen actor; Tony winner for Comedians and Miss Saigon, Olivier-winning Hamlet, Cannes Best Actor for Carrington, knighted 2021.

Jonathan Quick

Jonathan Quick (born 1986, Milford, Connecticut) is a retired American NHL goaltender; three-time Stanley Cup champion (2012, 2014 Kings, 2023 Vegas), 2012 Conn Smythe winner, and the U.S.-born record holder with 410 wins and 65 shutouts.

Jonathan R. Brestoff

Jonathan R. Brestoff is an American immunologist and physician-scientist at Washington University School of Medicine known for research on group 2 innate lymphoid cells and mitochondria transfer.

Jonathan R. Nitschke

Jonathan R. Nitschke, born 1973 in Syracuse, New York, is a professor of supramolecular chemistry at Cambridge known for subcomponent self-assembly, which builds metal–organic cages that bind and release guest molecules.

Jonathan R. Seckl

Jonathan R. Seckl, also known as Jonathan Seckl, is a British endocrinologist at the University of Edinburgh known for the fetal programming hypothesis linking fetal glucocorticoids to adult hypertension and diabetes.