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Judas Iscariot (יהודה איש־קריות)
Judas Iscariot (יהודה איש־קריות) is one of the Twelve disciples of Jesus in the New Testament, who handed Jesus over for thirty pieces of silver.
Judas Maccabeus (יהודה המכבי)
Judas Maccabeus (יהודה המכבי, Judah Maccabee) led the Maccabean revolt against the Seleucids after Mattathias's death, won Emmaus and Beth-Zur, rededicated the Temple on 25 Kislev (origin of Hanukkah), and died at Elasa in 160 BCE.
Judas Priest
Judas Priest is an English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969, known for Rob Halford's operatic vocals, dual lead guitars, and more than 50 million albums sold.
Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow (born 1967, Syosset, New York) is an American comedy filmmaker, Emmy-winning for The Ben Stiller Show and documentaries, known for The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Freaks and Geeks, and Girls.
Judd E. Hollander
Judd E. Hollander, also known as Judd Hollander, is an American emergency medicine physician and researcher at Thomas Jefferson University known for chest pain research.
Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch, born 1935 in the Bronx, is an American actor famous as Alex Reiger on Taxi (two Emmys), a two-time Tony winner, and an Oscar nominee for Ordinary People and The Fabelmans, 42 years apart.
Judd Nelson
Judd Nelson (born 1959, Portland, Maine) is an American actor, also called a Brat Pack member, known for John Bender in The Breakfast Club (1985), St. Elmo's Fire, New Jack City, and Suddenly Susan.
Judd Trump
Judd Trump, English snooker player, 2019 world champion, 31 ranking titles, Triple Crown winner, over 1,000 century breaks, world number one.
Judd Weiss
Judd Weiss is an American businessman, photographer, and political activist from Los Angeles who served as John McAfee's running mate in the 2016 campaign for the Libertarian presidential nomination.
Judd Winick
Judd Winick, American cartoonist and screenwriter, Real World: San Francisco cast member, author of Pedro and Me, DC writer of Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Red Hood, and creator of the Hilo graphic novels.
Judd–Ofelt analysis
Judd–Ofelt analysis is a spectroscopic method that fits three intensity parameters, Ω2, Ω4, and Ω6, to rare-earth ion spectra to predict transition probabilities and excited-state lifetimes.
Jude (1996 film)
Jude (1996) is Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's final novel Jude the Obscure, written by Hossein Amini, starring Christopher Eccleston and Kate Winslet; a bleak, anti-heritage Victorian drama that grossed $409,144 in the US.
Jude (given name)
Jude, a masculine given name from Hebrew Yehudah ("praised") via Greek Ioudas, kept distinct from Judas; used since the Reformation, boosted by "Hey Jude" (1968) and Jude Law; US #155 boys in 2025, UK #11 in 2024.
Jude Anthany Joseph
Jude Anthany Joseph (ജൂഡ് ആന്തണി ജോസഫ്), born Sijo Joseph, is a Malayalam film director whose Ohm Shanthi Oshaana (2014) and flood drama 2018 (2023), India's 96th Academy Awards entry, made him nationally known.
Jude Bellingham
Jude Bellingham (born 2003, Stourbridge) is an English midfielder for Real Madrid and England, formerly Birmingham City and Borussia Dortmund; Bundesliga best player 2022/23, 23-goal debut Madrid season, youngest European in four major tournaments.
Jude Bowry
Jude Bowry (born 2003) is a Buffalo Bills offensive tackle from Germantown, Maryland, drafted No. 102 overall in 2026 after a Boston College career as a 2025 captain and left tackle.
Jude Hill
Jude Hill (born 2010, Gilford, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish actor who debuted as Buddy in Kenneth Branagh's Belfast (2021), winning the Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Actor; later credits include A Haunting in Venice and Holland.
Jude Law
Jude Law (David Jude Heyworth Law, born 1972) is a British actor known for The Talented Mr. Ripley, Cold Mountain, Sherlock Holmes, Dumbledore, The Young Pope, and 2025's Black Rabbit and The Wizard of the Kremlin.
Jude McAtamney
Jude McAtamney (born 2000) is a Northern Irish placekicker from Derry, formerly of the NFL's New York Giants (2024–2025) and now the CFL's Calgary Stampeders, and the first Irish-born player in Giants history.
Jude Monye
Jude Monye (born 1973, Onicha-Ugbo, Nigeria) is a Nigerian 400 m sprinter, 2000 Olympic 4x400 m relay gold medalist after the US doping disqualification, 1995 World Championships relay bronze medalist, and Mississippi State alumnus.
Jude the Apostle
Jude the Apostle, also called Jude Thaddeus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus and the patron of impossible causes, with a major devotion in Mexico.
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure, Thomas Hardy's last novel (1895), follows stonemason Jude Fawley's failed bid for Christminster (Oxford) and doomed love for Sue Bridehead; its hostile reception, including the Bishop of Wakefield burning a copy, ended Hardy's fiction career.
Jude, brother of Jesus
Jude, also called Judas or Judah, is named in the New Testament as one of the four brothers of Jesus; whether he wrote the Epistle of Jude remains disputed.
Judea
Judea (Greek Ἰουδαία), also spelled Judaea, is the southernmost of the three traditional divisions of ancient Palestine, a hill country named for the tribe of Judah that became a Roman province in 6 CE.
Judea and Samaria Area
Judea and Samaria Area (Ezor Yehuda VeShomron) is Israel's official administrative name for the West Bank, captured from Jordan in 1967: about 3 million Palestinians, half a million settlers, divided into Oslo Areas A, B, and C, with contested terminology and annexation legislation.
Judea Pearl (יהודה פרל)
Judea Pearl (יהודה פרל), born in Israel in 1936, is a UCLA computer scientist who invented Bayesian networks, built the modern framework of causal inference, and won the 2011 Turing Award.
Judean date palm
Judean date palm, a lost Phoenix dactylifera population of ancient Judea, revived from ~2,000-year-old seeds including Methuselah, Adam, and Hannah; genetics show Middle Eastern and North African mixing with Cretan palm introgression.
Judean Desert
Judean Desert: arid rain-shadow desert in Israel, eastern slopes of the Judean Mountains to the Dead Sea and Jordan Valley; northern extension of the Negev; site of the 1947 Dead Sea Scrolls discovery near Qumran.
Judean pillar figurine
The Judean pillar figurine, or Judahite pillar figurine, is a terracotta female figurine made in the kingdom of Judah from the eighth to the sixth century BC.
Judee Sill
Judee Sill (Judy Lynn Sill, 1944-1979) was an American singer-songwriter, the first artist signed to Asylum Records, who recorded Judee Sill (1971) and Heart Food (1973) before dying at 35 and being rediscovered posthumously.