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Jonathan W. Yewdell
Jonathan W. Yewdell is an American physician-scientist who serves as chief of a cellular biology section at NIAID, known for the DRiPs hypothesis of antigen presentation.
Jonathan Walters
Jonathan Ronald Walters (born 1983, Birkenhead) is a retired striker and Republic of Ireland international (38 caps, 10 goals) who starred for Stoke City and now serves as Stoke City sporting director since April 2024.
Jonathan Weissman
Jonathan S. Weissman is an American molecular biologist who co-developed ribosome profiling and CRISPRi, and is the Landon T. Clay Professor of Biology at the Whitehead Institute and MIT.
Jonathan Widom
Jonathan Widom (1955–2011) was an American biochemist at Northwestern University who studied how DNA is packaged into chromosomes, best known for the 2006 genomic code for nucleosome positioning.
Jonathan Wild
Jonathan Wild (c. 1682–1725), English "Thief-Taker General" of London, ran a lost-property office returning stolen goods for profit while organizing the thieves themselves; convicted under 4 Geo. I c. 11, hanged at Tyburn 24 May 1725, later Fielding's satirical hero.
Jonathan Wilker
Jonathan Wilker is an American chemist and Tarpo Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University who studies how mussels glue themselves underwater and develops patented synthetic adhesives modeled on that chemistry.
Jonathan Wilkes
Jonathan Wilkes (born 1978, Stoke-on-Trent), also Jonny Wilkes, English TV presenter, singer and actor; co-founded Soccer Aid with Robbie Williams in 2006, raising over £100m for UNICEF; West End musicals and Stoke pantomime regular.
Jonathan Wilkinson
Jonathan Wilkinson, Canadian Liberal MP for North Vancouver from 2015, former clean-tech CEO, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Fisheries and Oceans, and Energy and Natural Resources; named Canada's EU ambassador in 2026.
Jonathan Williams (atmospheric chemist)
Jonathan Williams is a British atmospheric chemist who leads a research group at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, known for measuring volatile organic compounds.
Jonathan Winters
Jonathan Winters (Jonathan Harshman Winters III, 1925-2013) was an American improvisational comedian, actor, author, television host, and artist from Ohio radio to NBC's The Jonathan Winters Show, creator of Maude Frickert, 1991 Emmy and 1999 Mark Twain Prize winner.
Jonathan Woodgate
Jonathan Woodgate, English centre-back born 1980 in Middlesbrough; played for Leeds, Newcastle, Real Madrid, Middlesbrough, Tottenham, and Stoke; 8 England caps; scored own goal and was sent off on his Madrid debut; later Middlesbrough manager and Manchester United coach.
Jonathan Wright
Jonathan H. Wright is an American monetary economist and econometrician, professor at Johns Hopkins University since 2008, known for work on the Treasury yield curve and inflation forecasting.
Jonathan Yiombi
Jonathan Yiombi (조나단 토나 욤비, Jonathan Thona Yiombi, born 2000) is a Congolese-born entertainer and YouTuber in South Korea, known for Zombieverse, Racket Boys, and variety hosting.
Jonathan Zenneck
Jonathan Zenneck (1871–1959) was a German physicist who helped establish the first wireless telegraphy link to Heligoland in 1900 and wrote the standard early radio textbook.
Jonathan Zimmerman
Jonathan Zimmerman is an American historian of education, the Berkowitz Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, known for Whose America? and over 500 op-eds on schools and free speech.
Jonathan-Ismaël Diaby
Jonathan-Ismaël Diaby (JoDolo, Dolo Diaby), born 1994, is a Canadian former pro hockey defenseman drafted 64th overall by Nashville in 2013; he played in the AHL, ECHL, and LNAH, then became a rapper and actor.
Jonathon Pines
Jonathon Pines, also known as Jon Pines, is a British cell biologist who studies mitosis and holds the Chris Marshall Chair at the Institute of Cancer Research.
Jonathon Simmons
Jonathon Calvin Simmons (born 1989) is an American basketball forward who went undrafted in 2012, paid $150 for an Austin Toros open tryout, and played 2015-2019 in the NBA for the Spurs, Magic, and 76ers.
Jonder Martinez
Jonder Martinez (Jonder Martínez Martínez), Cuban right-handed pitcher born 1978 in Mariel; Olympic gold 2004 and silver 2008 with Cuba; 192 Serie Nacional wins over 27 seasons; later Matanzas pitching coach.
Jones (Martian crater)
Jones is a roughly 90 km impact crater in Margaritifer Terra, Mars, at 18.88°S, 340.17°E, named for British astronomer Harold S. Jones and IAU-approved in 1973; its ejecta buries Samara and Loire Valles, dating the impact after Late Noachian–Early Hesperian fluvial activity.
Jones Beach State Park
Jones Beach State Park, Wantagh, New York: Robert Moses's 1929 Atlantic Ocean barrier-island park with 6.5 miles of beach, about 8 million annual visitors, and the 2026-restored East Bathhouse learn-to-swim pool.
Jones calculus
Jones calculus is a matrix method in polarization optics, formulated by R. Clark Jones in 1941, representing fully polarized coherent light with vectors and 2 × 2 matrices.
Jones County, Mississippi
Jones County, Mississippi: a Piney Woods county established in 1826 and named for John Paul Jones, seat Laurel and Ellisville, population 67,246 (2020), famed for the Civil War Free State of Jones legend.
Jones Creek Oil and Gas Field
Jones Creek Oil and Gas Field is an onshore oil and gas field in the Niger Delta of southern Nigeria, discovered in 1967 and producing since 1969.
Jones Day
Jones Day is a global law firm founded in 1893 as Blandin & Rice in Cleveland, Ohio; over 2,500 lawyers in 40+ offices on five continents, no headquarters, confidential contribution-based pay, and eight Managing Partners since 1913.
Jones family
Jones family (FIN 538, JNS): a young, compact asteroid family in the middle main belt, parent body (3152) Jones, 22 T-type members, low albedo, age about 2 Myr, named for New Zealand astronomer Albert F. A. L. Jones.
Jones fracture
Jones fracture: transverse fracture of the fifth metatarsal at the metadiaphyseal junction (zone 2), named for Sir Robert Jones (1902). Poor blood supply raises nonunion risk; athletes usually get intramedullary screw fixation, with faster return to sport than conservative care.
Jones in the Fast Lane
Jones in the Fast Lane is a Sierra On-Line life-simulation board game for DOS and Windows 3.x (released 1990-1992 by differing accounts) where players race the AI Jones to goals in wealth, happiness, education, and career.
Jones Law (Philippines)
The Jones Law, formally the Philippine Autonomy Act of 1916, was the US organic act governing the Philippines until 1934; its preamble first committed Congress to Philippine independence.
Jones Mountains
Jones Mountains, Antarctica: small ice-covered mountain group in western Ellsworth Land near the Eights Coast, part of the Thurston Island block, with Miocene subglacial basalts and a 33 km glacial unconformity evidencing pre-Quaternary glaciation.