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Jorge Allende
Jorge Allende, born in 1934, is a Chilean biochemist and professor at the Universidad de Chile known for research on protein synthesis, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and GTP-binding proteins.
Jorge Amado
Jorge Amado (Jorge Leal Amado de Faria, 1912–2001) was a Brazilian journalist and novelist of Bahia whose books, including Gabriela, Cravo e Canela, made him Brazil's most translated 20th-century writer.
Jorge Antonio Rodríguez
Jorge Antonio Rodríguez (1942–1976), Venezuelan socialist leader, MIR youth figure, and founder and first secretary general of the Liga Socialista; died under torture in DISIP custody in 1976; father of Delcy and Jorge Rodríguez.
Jorge Aragão
Jorge Aragão (Jorge Aragão da Cruz, born 1949) is a Brazilian samba singer-composer, a founding member of Fundo de Quintal and a central figure of pagode.
Jorge Ayala
Jorge "Rivi" Ayala, born 1957 in Cali, Colombia, is a hitman who served as chief enforcer for drug lord Griselda Blanco in Miami, pleading guilty in 1993 to three murders for hire.
Jorge Azcón
Jorge Azcón is a Spanish politician of the Partido Popular who has served as President of Aragon since 2026, after an earlier term from 2023.
Jorge Barbosa
Jorge Barbosa (Jorge Vera-Cruz Barbosa, 1902–1971) was a Cape Verdean poet who cofounded the review Claridade in 1936, and whose 1935 debut Arquipélago began modern Cape Verdean poetry.
Jorge Ben Jor
Jorge Ben Jor, who performed as Jorge Ben until the late 1980s, is a Brazilian singer and songwriter who created samba-rock and wrote "Mas Que Nada".
Jorge Cabrera (Connecticut politician)
Jorge Cabrera is an American Democratic politician serving in the Connecticut Senate from the 17th district, elected in 2020 after more than 25 years as a union organizer.
Jorge Campos
Jorge Campos, Acapulco-born Mexican goalkeeper (El Brody), starred at the 1994, 1998, and 2002 World Cups, played striker for Pumas, wore self-designed neon kits, and won the 1998 MLS Cup with Chicago Fire.
Jorge Cestero
Jorge Cestero Sancho (born 2006, Zaragoza) is a Spanish defensive midfielder for Real Madrid Castilla; ex-La Unión and Real Zaragoza youth, first-team debutant December 2025, UEFA Youth League winner 2026.
Jorge Chávez International Airport
Jorge Chávez International Airport, also known as Lima International Airport, is Peru's main airport, serving Lima from Callao. It moved into a new 270,000 m² terminal in June 2025.
Jorge Conde
Jorge Conde is a venture capitalist and general partner on the Bio + Health team at Andreessen Horowitz, where he has invested since 2017 in life sciences and healthcare companies.
Jorge Costa
Jorge Costa (Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida, 1971-2025), Portuguese central defender and FC Porto captain who won the 2003 UEFA Cup and 2004 Champions League under Mourinho, earned 50 Portugal caps, later coached 16 clubs and was Porto's director of football.
Jorge de Albuquerque Coelho
Jorge de Albuquerque Coelho (1539–1601/2) was a Portuguese colonial lord-proprietor who served as third donatary captain of Pernambuco from 1582 and led the 1560–1565 campaign that secured the captaincy.
Jorge de Lima
Jorge de Lima, full name Jorge Mateus de Lima, was a Brazilian poet and novelist from Alagoas (1893–1953), known for the epic poem Invenção de Orfeu.
Jorge Domínguez Y Su Grupo Súper Class
Jorge Domínguez y su Grupo Súper Class is a Mexican grupero and cumbia band founded in 1992 by singer Jorge Domínguez Ramírez, known for "Cupido Enamorado".
Jorge du Peixe
Jorge du Peixe (Jorge José Carneiro de Lira, born 1967) is a Brazilian singer and percussionist, vocalist of Nação Zumbi since 1997 and a central manguebeat figure.
Jorge Dubcovsky
Jorge Dubcovsky is an Argentine wheat geneticist, a Distinguished Professor at UC Davis and HHMI Investigator, known for cloning wheat flowering, rust resistance, and grain protein genes.
Jörge E. Cortes
Jorge E. Cortes, also published as Jorge Cortes, is a Mexican-born hematologist-oncologist who led pivotal chronic myeloid leukemia drug trials and became Chief of Hematology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2026.
Jorge Edson
Jorge Edson (Jorge Edson Souza de Brito), born 1966 in Porto Alegre, Brazilian middle blocker and coach; won 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold with Brazil men's volleyball, later coached women's teams in Brazil and the Philippines.
Jorge Eduardo Mora López
Jorge Eduardo Mora López, born in 1967 in Cúcuta, is a Colombian politician and retired major general serving as Minister of National Defense since August 2026 under President Abelardo de la Espriella.
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (1898–1948), 'el caudillo del pueblo', Colombian Liberal lawyer and populist orator; UNIR founder, 1946 dissident presidential candidate, Liberal Party sole chief; assassinated April 9, 1948, triggering El Bogotazo.
Jorge Enrique Adoum
Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, and playwright known for the poetry collection Ecuador amargo and the novel Entre Marx y una mujer desnuda.
Jorge Ferrer
Jorge Ferrer is a Spanish physician-scientist and geneticist known for discovering regulatory non-coding RNAs in pancreatic islets; he leads research at the CRG in Barcelona and Imperial College London.
Jorge Fumero
Jorge Fumero (Jorge Francisco Fumero Fernández), Cuban sidearm relief pitcher born 1968 in San Miguel del Padrón, Havana; won baseball gold with Cuba at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and was 1995-96 Cuban Serie Nacional MVP with Industriales.
Jorge G. Durand
Jorge G. Durand is a Peruvian-Mexican anthropologist and demographer of migration, a University of Guadalajara professor who co-directs the Mexican Migration Project with Douglas Massey.
Jorge Gaitán Durán
Jorge Gaitán Durán (1924–1962) was a Colombian poet and editor known for founding and directing the cultural journal Mito and for poetry centered on eroticism and death.
Jorge Galán
Jorge E. Galán is an Argentine-trained microbiologist at Yale School of Medicine, a professor there since 1998, known for discovering the Salmonella needle complex and typhoid toxin.
Jorge Garcia
Jorge Garcia (born 1973) is an American actor and comedian, Hurley on Lost and Jerry Ortega on Hawaii Five-0, also known for Becker, Alcatraz, Bookie, and films like Nobody Knows I'm Here.