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Juan Jesus
Juan Jesus (Juan Guilherme Nunes Jesus, born 1991, Belo Horizonte) is a Brazilian left-footed centre-back at Venezia, formerly Internacional, Inter, Roma, and Napoli, winning two Serie A titles and London 2012 Olympic silver.
Juan Jesus Gutierrez
Juan Jesús Gutiérrez Cuevas, Spanish cross-country skier born 1969 in Reinosa, Cantabria; competed in five Winter Olympics (1992-2006), flagbearer at Nagano 1998, three-time Marcialonga winner; distinct from Mexican sprinter Juan Jesús Gutiérrez Vallín.
Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo
Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo was a Mexican prelate who served as Archbishop of Guadalajara from 1987 and as a cardinal from 1991, shot dead at Guadalajara's airport in 1993.
Juan Jesús Vivas
Juan Jesús Vivas is a Spanish politician of the Partido Popular who has led Ceuta as Mayor-President since February 2001, one of Spain's longest-serving territorial leaders.
Juan José Castelli
Juan José Castelli (1764–1812) was an Argentine lawyer and revolutionary who led the patriot army's political command in the Alto Perú from 1810 to 1811.
Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo
Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo (1719–1798) was a Spanish colonial official who governed the Río de la Plata as viceroy from 1778 to 1784, after serving as governor of Buenos Aires.
Juan José Esparragoza Moreno
Juan José Esparragoza Moreno, alias El Azul (born 1949), Mexican drug trafficker, Sinaloa Cartel leader and cartel peace broker; reported dead of a heart attack 7 June 2014, never confirmed; FBI fugitive.
Juan José Flores
Juan José Flores (1800–1864) was a Venezuelan-born general of the Spanish American wars of independence who became the first president of Ecuador, ruling in three periods from 1830.
Juan José Gómez Cadenas
Juan José Gómez Cadenas is a Spanish experimental particle physicist at the Donostia International Physics Center, founder of the NEXT experiment seeking neutrinoless double beta decay.
Juan José Gutiérrez
Juan José Gutiérrez is a Guatemalan businessman who has led the Pollo Campero fried-chicken chain since 1982 and chairs CMI Foods, part of the family-owned CMI group.
Juan José Imbroda
Juan José Imbroda is a Spanish politician of the Partido Popular who serves as Mayor-President of Melilla, first taking the office in 2000 and leading the PP in Melilla.
Juan José Morosoli
Juan José Morosoli (1899–1957) was a Uruguayan narrator, poet, playwright, and journalist from Minas, a leading figure of the country's rural-themed narrative whose works include Hombres (1932) and his only novel, Muchachos (1950).
Juan José Saer
Juan José Saer (1937–2005) was an Argentine novelist and essayist who lived in France and wrote fiction set in the Santa Fe river region he called la zona.
Juan José Torres
Juan José Torres was a Bolivian army general and leftist president of Bolivia from 1970 to 1971, overthrown by Hugo Banzer and assassinated in exile in Buenos Aires in 1976.
Juan Jufré
Juan Jufré, full name Juan Jufré de Loayza Montesa (1516–1578), was a Spanish conquistador who fought under Pedro de Valdivia in Chile and founded San Juan, Argentina.
Juan Karlos Labajo
Juan Karlos Labajo (JK Labajo, juan karlos), Filipino-German singer born 2001 in Consolacion, Cebu; The Voice Kids 2014 third placer, frontman of the band juan karlos, known for "Buwan" and "Ere."
Juan Laurentino Ortiz
Juan Laurentino Ortiz, known as Juanele, was an Argentine poet of Entre Ríos whose work, written almost entirely beside its rivers, is among the major poetic achievements of 20th-century Argentine literature.
Juan Lebrón Chincoa
Juan Lebrón Chincoa, 'El Lobo', Spanish padel player born 1995 in El Puerto de Santa María; first Spanish world No. 1, 41 titles, Superpibes duo with Galán, later with Di Nenno, Stupaczuk, Augsburger.
Juan Lechín Oquendo
Juan Lechín Oquendo (1914–2001) was a Bolivian trade unionist and politician who led the FSTMB and COB labor federations and served as vice president from 1960 to 1964.
Juan León Mera
Juan León Mera (1832–1894) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, and politician from Ambato, known for the national anthem lyrics, the Indianist novel Cumandá, and pioneering Ecuadorian literary criticism.
Juan Lindo
Juan Lindo, born Juan Nepomuceno Fernández Lindo y Zelaya, was a Honduran lawyer and conservative politician who headed El Salvador and Honduras and founded two universities.
Juan Luis Arsuaga
Juan Luis Arsuaga is a Spanish palaeoanthropologist, born in Madrid in 1954, whose team at the Atapuerca caves defined Homo antecessor and excavated the Sima de los Huesos.
Juan Luis Guerra
Juan Luis Guerra (born 1957, Santo Domingo), Dominican singer-songwriter leading Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40; Bachata Rosa (1990) won his first Grammy and spread bachata and merengue worldwide; 2024 Latin Grammy Album of the Year for Radio Güira.
Juan Luis Sanfuentes
Juan Luis Sanfuentes is a Chilean lawyer and politician who served as President of Chile from 1915 to 1920, the last full term of the parliamentary republic.
Juan Luna
Juan Luna y Novicio (1857–1899), Filipino painter born in Badoc, won the 1884 Madrid gold medal for Spoliarium, joined the Propaganda Movement, and served as a revolutionary diplomat; also known for Death of Cleopatra and Hymen, oh Hyménée!.
Juan Magán
Juan Magán is a Spanish DJ, producer, and singer born in 1978 in Badalona, known for coining the electrolatino style and the hit "Bailando por ahí".
Juan Maldacena
Juan Martín Maldacena is an Argentine-born theoretical physicist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, best known for proposing the AdS/CFT correspondence in 1997.
Juan Manrique
Juan Manrique (Juan Manrique García), Cuban catcher born 1967 in Matanzas; Olympic gold 1996 and silver 2000 in baseball, 1998 World Cup All-Star catcher, and Cuban Serie Nacional walk-record holder over 18 seasons.
Juan Manuel Correa
Juan Manuel Correa, born 1999, Ecuadorian-American racing driver; 2013 karting world champion; F2 driver whose 2019 Spa crash killed Anthoine Hubert; returned via F3, F2, WEC, and Indy NXT with Cusick Morgan in 2026.
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793–1877), Argentine caudillo and Federalist governor of Buenos Aires 1829–1832 and 1835–1852, leader of the Argentine Confederation; ruled with authoritarian-populist methods, defeated at Caseros in 1852, died in English exile.