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Julie Payette

Julie Payette, born in 1963 in Montreal, is a Canadian engineer and former astronaut who flew two Space Shuttle missions to the International Space Station.

Julie Payne (actress, born 1940)

Julie Anne Payne (1940-2019) was an American actress, daughter of John Payne and Anne Shirley, active 1959-1967 in TV and films like The Manchurian Candidate and Don't Make Waves; not the Julie Payne born 1946.

Julie Pazina

Julie Pazina is an American Democratic politician who represents District 12 in the Nevada Senate, first elected in November 2022 after serving on the Nevada Commission on Tourism.

Julie Plec

Julie Plec, born 1972, is an American showrunner and co-creator of The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, and Legacies, later producing We Were Liars and the Prime Video tennis drama Rally.

Julie Powell

Julie Powell (Julie Anne Powell, born Julia Anne Foster; 1973-2022), American food writer and blogger whose Salon blog the Julie/Julia Project cooking all 524 Julia Child recipes in a year produced the memoir Julie & Julia and the 2009 Nora Ephron film.

Julie R. Brahmer

Julie R. Brahmer, also published as Julie Brahmer, is an American medical oncologist at Johns Hopkins who led the first-in-human trial of nivolumab for lung cancer.

Julie R. Rubin

Julie R. Rubin, born 1972, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Maryland since 2022, appointed by President Biden.

Julie Rikelman

Julie Rikelman, born 1972 in Kiev, Ukraine, is a US circuit judge on the First Circuit, confirmed in 2023 after being nominated by President Biden.

Julie Robinson Belafonte

Julie Robinson Belafonte (1928-2024), American dancer, actress, and activist; first white member of the Katherine Dunham Company, starred in Southland, and wife of Harry Belafonte from 1957 to 2007.

Julie Roginsky

Julie Roginsky (born 1973, Moscow) is a Democratic political consultant, former Fox News contributor and co-host of The Five and Outnumbered, who sued Fox News, Roger Ailes, and Bill Shine for harassment in 2017 and cofounded Lift Our Voices with Gretchen Carlson to end NDAs and forced arbitration, contributing to the Speak Out Act.

Julie S. Sneed

Julie S. Sneed, born 1969 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a United States district judge for the Middle District of Florida, appointed by Joe Biden in 2024.

Julie Schmitt

Julie Schmitt (Julie Bertha Schmitt-Knabel, 1913-2002) was a German artistic gymnast from Munich who won team gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, placed 27th individually, and later climbed Kilimanjaro.

Julie Sheridan Eng

Julie Sheridan Eng is an American electrical engineer specializing in high-speed optoelectronic devices, serving as Chief Technology Officer of Coherent Corp. since 2022 and elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2025.

Julie Smith

Julie Smith (Julie M. Smith), American softball infielder born 1968 in Glendora, California; 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold medalist, 1994 and 1998 ISF World Champion, Pan American Games golds, later coach at University of La Verne.

Julie Sommars

Julie Sommars (Juliana Sommars, born 1940, Fremont, Nebraska) is an American retired actress, Golden Globe winner for The Governor & J.J. (1970) and ADA Julie March on Matlock (1987-1994).

Julie Strain

Julie Strain (Julie Ann Strain) was an American model and actress, Penthouse Pet of the Year in 1993, known for B-movies and voicing Julie in Heavy Metal 2000.

Julie Sweet

Julie Sweet, born Julie Terese Spellman, is an American business executive who has been chief executive officer of Accenture since September 2019 and board chair since 2021.

Julie Taymor

Julie Taymor is an American theater, opera, and film director, first woman to win the Tony for directing a musical. Known for The Lion King (1997), films Titus, Frida, and The Glorias, and Met Opera Magic Flute.

Julie Tétart

Julie Tétart, born in 1992, is a 1.90 m French transgender basketball player who led Ligue Féminine 2 in scoring and rebounding for Monaco in 2025-26.

Julie Theriot

Julie A. Theriot is an American cell biologist and biophysicist known for showing how Listeria commandeers host actin to move, a MacArthur Fellow now at the University of Washington.

Julie Thompson

Julie Thompson, also published as Julie D. Thompson, is a British-trained bioinformatician and CNRS research director at the University of Strasbourg, known for the CLUSTAL W and CLUSTAL X alignment tools.

Julie Towers

Julie Gail Towers (born 1976, Taree, NSW), Australian field hockey forward; won Olympic gold with the Hockeyroos at Sydney 2000, placed fifth at Athens 2004, and won the 1998 World Cup.

Julie Vega

Julie Vega, born Julie Pearl Apostol Postigo (1968–1985), was a Filipina child actress known as the Soap Opera Princess, who starred in the television soap Anna Liza.

Julie Walters

Dame Julie Walters (born 1950, Birmingham) is an English actress of stage, TV, and film: Educating Rita, Acorn Antiques' Mrs Overall, Billy Elliot, Harry Potter's Molly Weasley, Mamma Mia!, six BAFTAs, and the 2014 BAFTA Fellowship.

Julie Warner

Julie Warner (Juliet Mia Warner, born 1965, New York City) is an American actress known for Doc Hollywood (1991), Tommy Boy (1995), and starring as Danni Lipton on Family Law.

Julie White

Julie K. White (born 1961, San Diego) is an American stage and screen actress; Tony and Obie winner for The Little Dog Laughed, known as Nadine on Grace Under Fire and Judy Witwicky in Transformers.

Julie Willoughby

Julie Willoughby is an American Republican politician and trauma nurse who has represented District 13 in the Arizona House of Representatives since 2023 and serves as House Majority Whip.

Julie Wilson Nimmo

Julie Wilson Nimmo, also credited as Julie Nimmo, is a Scottish actress (born 1972) best known as Miss Hoolie in Balamory (2002–2005), returning for the 2026 CBeebies revival; also Scot Squad's DC Megan Squire and wife of Greg Hemphill.

Julie Yoo

Julie Yoo is a general partner on Andreessen Horowitz's Bio + Health team, where since 2019 she has invested in healthcare AI companies including Hippocratic AI.

Julie Zenatti

Julie Zenatti is a French singer, songwriter, and producer, born in 1981 in Paris, known for playing Fleur-de-Lys in Notre-Dame de Paris from 1998 and for the hit "Si je m'en sors".