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Jake Paul vs. Gervonta Davis
Jake Paul vs. Gervonta Davis: scheduled Netflix-streamed exhibition boxing match announced August 20, 2025 for November 14, 2025 (Atlanta, then Miami), pitting cruiserweight Paul against lightweight champion Davis at a 195-pound limit; cancelled November 3, 2025 over a civil lawsuit against Davis.
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson: heavyweight boxing match, November 15, 2024, AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, streamed on Netflix. Paul won a lopsided eight-round unanimous decision over 58-year-old Tyson; 65 million peak concurrent streams.
Jake Pavelka
Jake Pavelka (Jacob Lynn Pavelka), American airline pilot and reality TV personality, Bachelor season 14 lead (2010) who proposed to Vienna Girardi; also Bachelorette season 5 contestant, DWTS season 10, later married Aimee in 2026.
Jake Peavy
Jake Peavy is an American former MLB pitcher who won the 2007 NL Cy Young Award and World Series titles with the 2013 Red Sox and 2014 Giants.
Jake Picking
Jake Picking, also credited as Jake Picking (actor), is an American actor born 1991 in Erlangen, Germany, raised near Boston; known for Rock Hudson in Hollywood (2020), Lt. Harvard Lennox in Top Gun: Maverick, and Tommy White in Running Point season 2.
Jake Plummer
Jake Plummer, "Jake the Snake" (born 1974, Boise, Idaho), NFL quarterback 1997-2006 for the Arizona Cardinals and Denver Broncos; 29,253 passing yards, 161 TDs, 161 INTs; ASU star and 2019 College Football Hall of Famer who retired early for handball.
Jake Quickenden
Jake Quickenden (Jacob Quickenden, born 1988, Scunthorpe) is an English singer and TV personality: X Factor 2012 and 2014, runner-up on I'm a Celebrity 2014, and Dancing on Ice 2018 champion.
Jake Retzlaff
Jake Retzlaff, American college quarterback from Corona, California; played at Golden West, Riverside City College, BYU (11-2 in 2024, first Jewish BYU QB, "BYJew"), then Tulane (2025, 11-2, first CFP berth); undrafted 2026, Seahawks camp invite.
Jake Richards (politician)
Jake Richards is the British Labour MP for Rother Valley since 4 July 2024, a former barrister called to the bar in 2017, and a Ministry of Justice Parliamentary Under-Secretary serving as Minister for Sentencing, Human Rights and Technology since July 2026.
Jake Roberts
Jake "The Snake" Roberts (Aurelian Smith Jr., born 1955), American retired pro wrestler; WWF star of 1986-1992 known for his python Damien, inventing the DDT, and quiet, menacing promos; WWE Hall of Famer 2014; later AEW manager until 2026.
Jake Roche
Jake Roche (born 1992, Reigate, England) is an English actor and singer, son of Shane Richie and Coleen Nolan, lead singer of Rixton ("Me And My Broken Heart", UK number 1, 2014), later Push Baby; distinct from the Boston musician of the same name.
Jake Sanderson
Jake Sanderson is an American professional hockey defenseman for the Ottawa Senators, drafted fifth overall in 2020 and a two-time Olympian who won gold at Milano Cortina 2026.
Jake Saper
Jake Saper is a venture capitalist and General Partner at Emergence Capital, a San Mateo firm focused on early-stage enterprise software, known for his work on the firm's 2014 Zoom investment.
Jake Schreier
Jake Schreier, American director (born Oakland, CA; NYU Tisch; Waverly Films), directed Robot & Frank (2012), Paper Towns (2015), Beef, Thunderbolts (2025), and the MCU X-Men reboot.
Jake Shane
Jake Shane (@octopusslover8) is an American comedian and podcast host who went viral on TikTok in 2023 with improvised historical reenactments, then built the celebrity advice-comedy podcast Therapuss, a sold-out tour, the album Puss & Poems, and acting roles on Hacks and Broadway.
Jake Shears
Jake Shears (Jason Sellards, born 1978), American singer-songwriter and actor, frontman of Scissor Sisters (2004 UK best-selling debut) and solo artist (Jake Shears 2018, Last Man Dancing 2023), Broadway Kinky Boots and Tammy Faye lyricist.
Jake Shields
Jake Shields (born 1979) is an American retired MMA fighter and grappler of the Cesar Gracie Fight Team, former Strikeforce middleweight and EliteXC welterweight champion, 33-11-1 (1 NC), who challenged Georges St-Pierre for the UFC welterweight title in 2011.
Jake Simson
Jake Simson is a Partner at RA Capital Management, holding a PhD from Johns Hopkins and board seats at Bicara, Janux, Septerna, Tyra Biosciences, and other biotechs.
Jake Sinclair (musician)
Jake Sinclair (Jacob Scott Sinclair, born 1985) is an American record producer, musician, songwriter, and audio engineer known for Panic! At The Disco's Death of a Bachelor and Pray for the Wicked, Weezer's White Album, and Fall Out Boy; distinct from the Australian country singer of the same name.
Jake Slaughter
Jake Slaughter, Los Angeles Chargers center drafted No. 63 overall in 2026 out of Florida; two-time captain, 2024 AP first-team All-American, 2025 Rimington Trophy finalist, 33 career starts, 9.91 RAS.
Jake Smollett
Jake Smollett (born 1989) is an American actor, editor, and chef, one of six Smollett siblings; known for Eve's Bayou, On Our Own, Smollett Eats, and The Family Table cookbook.
Jake Solomon
Jake Solomon, American game designer, lead designer of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, XCOM 2, and Marvel's Midnight Suns at Firaxis; left in 2023, founded Midsummer Studios, whose life sim Burbank was canceled when the studio closed in 2026.
Jake Steinfeld
Jake "Body by Jake" Steinfeld, Brooklyn-born American fitness entrepreneur who pioneered celebrity personal training, built the Body by Jake home fitness brand ($650M retail sales since 1990), founded FiTTV, ExerciseTV, and Major League Lacrosse, and chaired California's Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
Jake Sullivan
Jake Sullivan (Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan, born 1976) is an American diplomat and policymaker, the 28th U.S. national security adviser under Biden (2021–2025), formerly Obama-era State Department policy planning director, Iran-deal negotiator, and now Harvard Kennedy School professor.
Jake Sully
Jake Sully (Na'vi: Tsyeyk Suli) is the protagonist of James Cameron's Avatar films, played by Sam Worthington: a paraplegic ex-Marine who takes his dead twin's place in the RDA Avatar program on Pandora, joins the Na'vi, becomes Toruk Makto, and permanently transfers into his avatar body.
Jake T. Austin
Jake T. Austin (born 1994, Jake Toranzo Austin Szymanski), American actor: Max Russo on Wizards of Waverly Place, voice of Diego on Go, Diego! Go!, Jesus on The Fosters, excluded from the 2026 Wizards revival.
Jake Tapp
Jake Tapp (born 1988) is a Canadian backstroke and medley swimmer from Langley, BC, a Beijing 2008 Olympian (31st, 100m backstroke) and 2009 short-course 4x100m medley relay world record-holder, later a US college coach.
Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper, American CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent, host of The Lead (since 2013) and State of the Union with Dana Bash, formerly ABC senior White House correspondent and 2024 debate moderator.
Jake Tauscher
Jake Tauscher is an American venture capitalist and Partner at G2 Venture Partners, a Portola Valley firm, since 2022, covering investments including Motive, AiDash, and VAST Data.
Jake the Dog
Jake the Dog is the shapeshifting yellow magical dog of Cartoon Network's Adventure Time (2010), voiced by John DiMaggio, Finn's adoptive brother and best friend, biological son of Warren Ampersand, with stretchy powers limited by his body thinning out.