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Justinian Tamusuza
Justinian Tamusuza is a Ugandan composer of contemporary art music, described as Uganda's foremost living composer, whose string quartet appeared on the Kronos Quartet's 1992 album Pieces of Africa.
Justinian von Weltz
Justinian von Weltz (Justinian Ernst, Freiherr von Welz) was an Austrian Lutheran baron who proposed a Protestant mission society and vanished as a missionary in Dutch Guiana about 1668.
Justinian's embassy to Ella Asbeha
Justinian's embassy to Ella Asbeha was a Byzantine diplomatic mission asking the kings of Aksum and Himyar to join the war against Persia and divert the silk trade.
Justise Winslow
Justise Winslow (born 1996), American basketball forward from Houston; Duke 2015 NCAA champion, 10th pick of 2015 NBA Draft by Miami Heat, later Memphis, Clippers, Portland; career 8.2 ppg.
Justo Betancourt
Justo Betancourt is a Cuban singer and sonero, born in Matanzas in 1940, the first vocalist signed to Fania Records and known for "Pa' Bravo Yo".
Justo José de Urquiza
Justo José de Urquiza (1801–1870) was an Argentine caudillo, governor of Entre Ríos, who defeated Rosas at the Battle of Caseros in 1852 and was president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860.
Justo Rufino Barrios
Justo Rufino Barrios (1835–1885) was a Guatemalan general and Liberal politician who ruled as dictator and president from 1873 to 1885, carrying out the liberal Reform.
Justo Sierra
Justo Sierra (Justo Sierra Méndez, 1848–1912) was a Mexican lawyer, journalist, historian, and politician who founded the Universidad Nacional de México in 1910, today's UNAM.
Justus
Justus was a Roman missionary of the Gregorian mission to the Anglo-Saxons, first bishop of Rochester from 604 and fourth Archbishop of Canterbury from 624 until his death.
Justus Gesenius
Justus Gesenius (1601–1673) was a German Lutheran theologian, hymn writer, and catechism author who, as first court preacher and general superintendent, led the Hanoverian state church from 1642 until his death.
Justus Jonas
Justus Jonas, born Jodokus Koch (1493–1555), was a German Lutheran reformer, professor, and translator who stood beside Luther at Worms, at his marriage, and at his deathbed.
Justus Kelley
Justus Kelley is an American titleholder who won Miss USA 2026 as Miss Virginia USA, crowned August 27, 2026 in Miami. She is the pageant's first mother, first married woman, and first winner in her thirties, and founded the nonprofit Foster Footprints.
Justus Lipsius
Justus Lipsius, born Joest or Joost Lips (1547–1606), was a Flemish humanist, philologist, and political theorist who founded Neostoicism and produced landmark editions of Tacitus and Seneca.
Justus Menius
Justus Menius, born Jost Menig (13 December 1499, Fulda – 11 August 1558, Leipzig), was a Lutheran theologian, pastor, and superintendent in Thuringia, a prolific polemical author called the Reformer of Thuringia.
Justus Smith
Justus Ketchum Smith (1922-2013), American rower from Spokane, won Olympic gold in the men's eights at London 1948 in the second seat of the Cal Berkeley eight; later a landscape architect and planning consultant.
Justus von Liebig
Justus von Liebig (1803–1873) was a German chemist who founded agricultural chemistry and created the first laboratory-based system for training research chemists at the University of Giessen.
JustWatch
JustWatch is a free streaming guide, founded in Berlin in 2014, that shows where movies and TV shows can be legally streamed, rented, or bought online.
Justworks
Justworks, formerly Clockwork Solutions, Inc., is a New York-based HR and payroll platform founded by Isaac Oates in 2012 that operates as a professional employer organization.
Justyn Martin
Justyn Martin, Inglewood (Calif.) HS quarterback, four-star 2022 recruit; played at UCLA 2022-2024 with one start, transferred to Maryland 2025, then Ohio State 2026.
Justyna Bak
Justyna Bak (Justyna Bąk), Polish steeplechase runner born 1974 in Biłgoraj; twice set the 3000 m steeplechase world record (9:25.31 Nice 2001, 9:22.29 Milan 2002), European cross country silver and bronze medallist, later marathon runner.
Justyna Kowalczyk
Justyna Kowalczyk-Tekieli is a Polish former cross-country skier who competed at four Winter Games, won five Olympic medals including two golds, and took four overall World Cup titles.
Justyna Swiety Ersetic
Justyna Święty-Ersetic (born 1992, Racibórz) is a Polish 400 m sprinter, Olympic champion in the mixed 4x400 m relay and silver medalist in the women's relay at Tokyo 2020, and double 2018 European champion.
Jusuf Nurkić
Jusuf Nurkić, nicknamed the "Bosnian Beast", is a Bosnian professional basketball center for the Utah Jazz of the NBA, known for rebounding, passing, and physical post defense.
Jutan lu
Jutan lu (剧谈录, "Free talks") is a two-juan collection of Tang anecdotes compiled by the scholar Kang Pian, completed in 895, recording events from the Tianbao period onward.
Jute
Jute, from Corchorus capsularis and C. olitorius, is the second-most-produced natural fiber after cotton, called the Golden Fibre; India leads production, centered historically in Bengal's delta.
Jutes
The Jutes were the Germanic people Bede named as settlers of Kent, the Isle of Wight, and parts of Hampshire alongside Angles and Saxons; their archaeology is sparse, creating the 'problem of the Jutes'.
Jutes (musician)
Jutes (Jordan Lutes, born 1991) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Ottawa blending emo, pop-punk, trap, and nu metal; albums Sleepyhead (2024), Dilworth (2025), Chin Up, Beautiful (2026); co-wrote Demi Lovato's Holy Fvck and married her in 2025.
Jutland
Jutland, known in Danish as Jylland, is the northern European peninsula that forms mainland Denmark, bordered by the North Sea, the Skagerrak, and the Kattegat, and holding more than two-thirds of Denmark's land area.
Jutland (board game)
Jutland is a 1967 board wargame published by Avalon Hill and designed by James Dunnigan, his first published wargame design, notable for abandoning the hex-and-counter mapboard for miniatures-style play.
Jutrzenka Vallis
Jutrzenka Vallis is a 970-km-diameter sinuous lava channel on Venus at 27°N, 155.8°E, IAU-approved in 1997; its name is the Polish word for Venus, and mapped length is at least 1,033 km.