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Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963–1967)
Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963–1967) is a 5-CD Rhino box set released October 30, 2020, with 119 tracks of unreleased pre-fame recordings, from her 1963 Saskatoon radio session to Canterbury House 1967; it won the 2022 Grammy for Best Historical Album.
Joni Mitchell blackface controversy
Joni Mitchell blackface controversy: her 1976 Halloween appearance as a Black man, the Art Nouveau persona on the Don Juan's Reckless Daughter cover, and later criticism and scholarship.
Joni Sledge
Joni Sledge (Joan Elise Sledge, 1956-2017), American singer, co-founded Sister Sledge in Philadelphia in 1971 with sisters Debbie, Kim, and Kathy; sang lead on "Lost in Music" from the 1979 album We Are Family.
Jonibek
Jonibek, also known as Jonibek Murodov (Ҷонибек Муродов), is a Tajik pop singer born in 1986, son of folk singer Jurabek Murodov, famous for 'Ay dil' and touring since 2007.
Jonica Booth
Jonica "Blu" Booth, American actress and reality star born 1988 in St. Louis, Missouri; Bad Girls Club season 12 alum, lead as Chastity Killens on Rap Sh!t (2022–2023), Mrs. Davis, and the Snoop biopic.
Jonjo O'Neill (actor)
Jonjo O'Neill (born 1978, Belfast) is a Northern Irish stage and screen actor, RSC Associate Artist known for Richard III and Mercutio, and for Defiance, The Fall, Bad Sisters, and Andor.
Jonjo Shelvey
Jonjo Shelvey, English midfielder born 1992; Charlton's youngest-ever player at 16 years 59 days, Liverpool, Swansea, Newcastle United (202 games, 2016-23), six England caps; retired April 2026, now manages Arabian Falcons in the UAE.
Jonjoe Kenny
Jonjoe Kenny, English right-back born 1997 in Kirkdale, Liverpool; Everton academy product, 2014 U17 Euro winner, later Schalke, Celtic, Hertha BSC, and PAOK.
Jonker Afrikaner
Jonker Afrikaner (1798–1861) was the Kaptein of the Afrikaner Oorlam, a Nama-speaking clan, who ruled central Namibia from the 1830s and founded the settlement that became Windhoek.
Jönköping
Jönköping, Swedish city at Lake Vättern's southern shore; chartered by Magnus Ladulås in 1284 (Sweden's oldest preserved charter), a Danish border fortress town, later a match and paper factory city; municipality 148,152 residents (2025).
Jönköping County
Jönköping County (Jönköpings län), Swedish county code 06 in southern Småland, seat Jönköping; 13 municipalities, about 369,700 residents, 10,483 km², Region Jönköping since 2005.
Jonn Elledge
Jonn Elledge, English journalist and author, former New Statesman assistant editor and CityMetric creator; wrote A History of the World in 47 Borders and the Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything.
Jonna Sundling
Jonna Sundling is a Swedish cross-country skier born in 1994, who specializes in sprint but also wins distance races, earning two Olympic titles and seven World Championship gold medals.
Jonnetta Patton
Jonnetta (Jonetta) Patton, born 1957, is an American talent manager, producer, and entrepreneur who managed her son Usher for 17 years and later founded J's Kitchen Culinary Incubator and J's Smokehouse in Atlanta.
Jonney Shih
Jonney Shih (施崇棠, also romanized Shih Chung-tang), born 1952, is a Taiwanese business executive who has chaired ASUS since 1993, building it into the world's leading motherboard maker.
Jonni Myyra
Jonni Myyra (Joonas "Jonni" Myyrä, 1892-1955), Finnish javelin thrower, two-time Olympic champion (1920, 1924), 1919 world record 66.10 m; emigrated to the US amid financial scandal.
Jonnie Irwin
Jonnie Irwin, full name Jonathan James Irwin, was a British television presenter and property expert known for A Place in the Sun and Escape to the Country.
Jonnie Peacock
Jonnie Peacock (born 1993, Cambridge) is a British T64/T44 Paralympic sprinter, double 100 m Paralympic champion (London 2012, Rio 2016), world and European gold medallist, with a 10.64 personal best.
Jonny Bairstow
Jonny Bairstow (born 1989), English wicketkeeper-batter for Yorkshire and England; 2019 World Cup winner, first England batter with three consecutive ODI centuries, 2016 Test keeper run record (1,470 at 58.80).
Jonny Buckland
Jonny Buckland (Jonathan Mark Buckland, born 1977) is Coldplay's English lead guitarist, a founding UCL bandmate of Chris Martin. Known for sparse, delay- and reverb-laden chiming parts compared to The Edge, Telecaster Thinline gear, and Martin's remark that there would be no Coldplay music without him.
Jonny Clayton
Jonny Clayton, "The Ferret", Welsh PDC darts player; four-time 2021 major winner (Premier League, Masters, World Grand Prix, World Series Finals) and two-time World Cup champion with Wales, ranked world number five.
Jonny Craig
Jonny Craig (born 1986, Abbotsford, British Columbia) is a Canadian-American post-hardcore vocalist ex-Dance Gavin Dance, Emarosa, Slaves, Isles & Glaciers, known for soul-influenced singing, the 2011 MacBook scam, and solo albums including The Places We'll Never Be.
Jonny Evans
Jonny Evans (Jonathan Grant Evans, born 1988, Belfast), Northern Irish centre-back; Manchester United two spells (Champions League 2008, three Premier League titles, 2024 FA Cup), Leicester (2021 FA Cup), 107 Northern Ireland caps, retired 2025.
Jonny Fairplay
Jonny Fairplay is the reality TV villain persona of Jon Dalton (born 1974), famous for the "dead grandma lie" on Survivor: Pearl Islands (3rd place) and a first-voted-out return in Micronesia, later on Kill Reality and House of Villains.
Jonny Flynn
Jonny Flynn, American point guard from Niagara Falls; Syracuse star (1,211 points, Big East Tournament MOP), drafted sixth overall by Minnesota in 2009 ahead of Stephen Curry, NBA All-Rookie Second Team 2010, career ended by hip injury.
Jonny Greenwood
Jonny Greenwood (born 1971, Oxford) is Radiohead's lead guitarist and an Oscar-nominated film composer, scoring every Paul Thomas Anderson film since There Will Be Blood (2007), and a concert composer known for the ondes Martenot and works like Popcorn Superhet Receiver.
Jonny Kim
Jonny Kim, also known as Jonathan Yong Kim, is an American Navy SEAL, Harvard-trained physician, and NASA astronaut who spent 245 days aboard the International Space Station in 2025.
Jonny Lang
Jonny Lang (Jon Gordon Langseth Jr., born 1981, Fargo, North Dakota) is an American blues, gospel, and rock singer-guitarist whose 1997 debut Lie to Me went gold when he was a teenager; he won a 2007 Grammy for Turn Around and has paused performing over vocal cord problems.
Jonny Larsen
Jonny Larsen is an American politician and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in Utah's 4th Congressional District in the 2026 election, after winning the June 2026 primary.
Jonny Lee Miller
Jonny Lee Miller (born 1972, Kingston upon Thames) is a British actor known as Sick Boy in Trainspotting and T2, Sherlock Holmes in Elementary (2012–), Eli Stone, Dexter, John Major in The Crown, and the Olivier-winning Frankenstein with Cumberbatch.