All articles starting with J

José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi

José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, known as El Pensador Mexicano, was a Mexican journalist and novelist who wrote El Periquillo Sarniento, the first Spanish American novel.

José Joaquín Pérez

José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano was a Chilean lawyer and politician, President of Chile from 1861 to 1871, the last of the conservative decenios presidents and first of the Liberal Republic.

José Joaquín Pesado

José Joaquín Pesado (1801–1861) was a Mexican poet, translator, and politician remembered for his religious verse and Las aztecas (1854), which first brought ancient Mexican songs into poetry.

José Joaquín Prieto was a Chilean military officer and Conservative politician who served as President of Chile from 1831 to 1841, promulgating the Constitution of 1833 and winning the war against the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.

José Joaquín Puello

José Joaquín Puello was a Dominican general and statesman who helped lead the 27 February 1844 revolt that founded the Dominican Republic and was executed under President Pedro Santana in 1847.

José José

José José (José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz, 1948–2019), "El Príncipe de la Canción", Mexican singer of romantic ballads; famous for "El Triste" at the 1970 Latin Song Festival and the album Secretos (1983).

José Joya

José Tanig Joya (1931–1995) was a Filipino painter and educator who pioneered abstract expressionism in the Philippines, represented it at the 1964 Venice Biennale, and was named National Artist for Visual Arts in 2003.

José Julio Escarce

José Julio Escarce is an American health economist and internist, a Distinguished Professor at UCLA and RAND researcher elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2008.

Sep 27, 2026

Jose K. Mani

Jose K. Mani, born 1965, is an Indian politician who chairs the Kerala Congress (M), founded by his father K.M. Mani, and represented Kottayam in the Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2019.

José Kléberson

José Kléberson Pereira, known as Kleberson, is a Brazilian former defensive midfielder who won the 2002 World Cup with Brazil and became the first Brazilian player to sign for Manchester United.

José L. Alonso

José L. Alonso, full name José Luis Alonso Hernández, is a Spanish chemist and full professor at Valladolid who pioneered laser-ablation microwave spectroscopy of amino acids.

José L. Mascareñas

José L. Mascareñas is a Spanish organic and chemical-biology chemist, full professor at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, known for introducing transition-metal-catalyzed reactions inside living cells.

José Laureano Pineda

José Laureano Pineda was a Nicaraguan lawyer and politician who served as Supremo Director of the State of Nicaragua from 1851 to 1853, ousted by a coup and later restored.

Oct 21, 2026

Jose Leandro Andrade

José Leandro Andrade, "La Maravilla Negra", Uruguayan footballer (1901-1957) who won Olympic gold in 1924 and 1928 and the 1930 World Cup; football's first black international superstar.

José Lins do Rego

José Lins do Rego (1901–1957) was a Brazilian novelist from Paraíba who wrote the Sugar Cane Cycle about the decline of the Northeast's sugar mills.

José López Portillo

José López Portillo (José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco, 1920–2004), Mexican lawyer, UNAM law professor, and PRI president of Mexico 1976–1982; former finance minister, political reformer, restorer of Spain ties, and nationalizer of the banks in 1982.

José López Portillo y Rojas

José López Portillo y Rojas (1850–1923) was a Mexican writer, jurist, and politician whose novel La parcela (1898) is a foundational work of Mexican rural narrative.

José López‐Barneo

José López-Barneo, born 1952, is a Spanish physiologist and neuroscientist at the Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla known for work on oxygen sensing and neurodegeneration.

José Lothario

José Lothario (Guadalupe Robledo, 1934-2018), also El Gran Lothario or Joe Garcia, Mexican-born NWA wrestler and "Super Sock" who headlined Texas and Florida territories and trained and managed Shawn Michaels.

José Luandino Vieira

José Luandino Vieira, born José Vieira Mateus da Graça in Portugal in 1935, is a Portuguese-born Angolan writer, a central figure of modern Angolan literature whose fiction blends Portuguese with the speech of Luanda.

Oct 20, 2026

José Luis Ballester

José Luis Ballester refers to two Spanish Olympians: swimmer José Luis Ballester Rubert (born 1969, butterfly, three Games 1988–1996) and sailor José Luis Ballester Tuliesa (born 1968, Tornado gold at Atlanta 1996).

José Luis Bustamante y Rivero

José Luis Bustamante y Rivero was a Peruvian lawyer and diplomat who served as President of Peru from 1945 to 1948 and later presided over the International Court of Justice.

José Luis Chilavert

José Luis Chilavert (José Luis Félix Chilavert González, born 1965, Luque, Paraguay), Paraguayan goalkeeper with Vélez Sarsfield; three-time IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper (1995, 1997, 1998), scored 67 goals including a hat-trick.

José Luis Cuevas

José Luis Cuevas (1934–2017) was a Mexican painter, draftsman, and engraver known for neo-figurative ink drawings of distorted, marginalized figures, and a leading figure of the Generación de la Ruptura.

José Luís de Castro

José Luís de Castro, 2nd Count of Resende (Conde de Resende), was a Portuguese colonial administrator who served as viceroy of Brazil from 1790 to 1801.

Oct 21, 2026

José Luis Doreste

José Luis Doreste, born in 1956 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spanish sailor who won Finn class gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta

José Luis Gómez-Skarmeta (1966–2020) was a Chilean-born Spanish developmental biologist at the CABD in Seville, known for discovering the Drosophila iroquois-complex genes araucan and caupolican.

Oct 21, 2026

Jose Luis Gonzalez

Jose Luis Gonzalez (Jose Luis Gonzalez Sanchez, born 1957, Villaluenga de la Sagra, Spain) is a Spanish middle-distance runner, 1987 world 1,500 m silver medallist, former indoor 1,500 m world record holder (3:36.03), and three-time Olympian.

José Luis Martínez-Almeida

José Luis Martínez-Almeida (born 1975, Madrid), Spanish PP politician and State attorney, Mayor of Madrid since 2019: invested 2019 with Ciudadanos and Vox support, absolute majority 2023, former national PP spokesperson under Casado.