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J. J. Voskuil
J. J. Voskuil, also known as Han Voskuil, was a Dutch novelist and folklorist whose seven-volume, 5,500-page novel cycle Het Bureau sold nearly half a million copies.
J. J. Watt
J.J. Watt (Justin James Watt), Pewaukee, Wisconsin-born NFL defensive end; Houston Texans 2011-20 and Arizona Cardinals; three-time Defensive Player of the Year, 114.5 sacks, raised $37 million for Hurricane Harvey relief.
J. Jaime Miranda
J. Jaime Miranda, also known as Jaime Miranda, is a Peruvian epidemiologist and Professor and Head of School at the University of Sydney's School of Public Health.
J. Jayalalithaa (ஜெயராம் ஜெயலலிதா)
J. Jayalalithaa (ஜெயராம் ஜெயலலிதா), called Amma, was an Indian film actress and AIADMK politician, five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (1991–2016), known for Amma-brand welfare schemes and court cases, dying in office in 2016.
J. Jim Hsieh (谢吉姆)
J. Jim Hsieh (谢吉姆) is an American semiconductor laser engineer and entrepreneur, founder of Sheaumann Laser, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2015 for long-wavelength fiber-optic lasers.
J. John Mann
J. John Mann is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist at Columbia University who studies the brain chemistry of depression and suicide and co-developed the Columbia–Suicide Severity Rating Scale.
J. John Sepkoski
J. John Sepkoski (1948–1999) was an American paleontologist at the University of Chicago known for compiling global marine diversity and the 26-million-year extinction cycle claim.
J. Jonah Jameson
J. Jonah Jameson (John Jonah Jameson Jr.) is Marvel's Daily Bugle publisher and Spider-Man's chief media antagonist, debuting in Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963) by Lee and Ditko; he funded the Scorpion and Spider-Slayers, later became Spider-Man's ally, and is best known through J.K. Simmons.
J. José Bonner
J. José Bonner is an American molecular biologist who studied the heat-shock response of the fruit fly and is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Indiana University.
J. Justin Gooding
J. Justin Gooding, also known as John Justin Gooding, is an Australian electrochemist and biosensor researcher at UNSW Sydney and the inaugural editor-in-chief of ACS Sensors.
J. K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins (J'Kaylin Dobbins, born 1998), NFL running back for the Denver Broncos; former Ohio State star drafted 55th overall by Baltimore in 2020; known for 5.2-yard career average and repeated major injuries (ACL, Achilles, foot).
J. K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling (Joanne Rowling, born 1965) is the British author of the seven-book Harry Potter series (1997–2007, over 600 million copies), the Robert Galbraith Strike crime novels, and founder of the charity Lumos.
J. K. Simmons
J. K. Simmons (Jonathan Kimble Simmons, born 1955, Detroit) is an American character actor; Oscar winner for Whiplash (2014), J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man films, voice of Cave Johnson and Omni-Man.
J. K. Spruce Station
J. K. Spruce Station is a two-unit coal-fired power plant on Calaveras Lake near San Antonio, Texas, owned by CPS Energy and scheduled to end coal combustion by 2028.
J. Kamatchi
J. Kamatchi (ஜே. காமாட்சி), TVK businesswoman-politician, MLA for Pallavaram (AC 30), Chengalpattu, since May 2026; won her debut 2026 election with 133,611 votes, a 54,693 margin over DMDK's D. Murugesan.
J. Karl Hedrick
J. Karl Hedrick (John Karl Hedrick, 1944–2017) was an American control engineer, professor of mechanical engineering at UC Berkeley, known for nonlinear control theory applied to transportation.
J. Keith Brimacombe
J. Keith Brimacombe (1943–1997) was a Canadian metallurgical engineer at the University of British Columbia who pioneered coupling mathematical modeling with plant measurements in metal casting.
J. Keith Joung
J. Keith Joung, also published as Jae Keith Joung, is a pathologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard professor known for zinc-finger nucleases, high-fidelity Cas9 variants, and co-founding Editas Medicine.
J. Kenji López-Alt
J. Kenji López-Alt, also known as James Kenji López-Alt, is an American chef and food writer whose cookbooks The Food Lab and The Wok apply food science to home cooking.
J. Kevin Foskett
J. Kevin Foskett is an American physiologist, Isaac Ott Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, known for calcium signaling research and identifying the taste channel CALHM1.
J. L. Austin
J. L. Austin (1911–1960), British Oxford philosopher and D-Day intelligence officer, founder of speech act theory; known for performatives, felicity conditions, the locutionary/illocutionary/perlocutionary distinction, and How to Do Things with Words.
J. L. Carr
J. L. Carr (Joseph Lloyd Carr, 1912-1994), English novelist and Quince Tree Press publisher; wrote eight novels including A Month in the Country, Guardian Fiction Prize winner and 1980 Booker shortlist.
J. L. Oncley
J. Lawrence Oncley (1910–2004) was an American biochemist and biophysicist at the University of Michigan who pioneered dielectric dispersion and ultracentrifugation to measure protein size and shape in solution.
J. Larry Duda
J. Larry Duda (John Larry Duda, 1936–2006) was an American chemical engineer and Penn State professor who co-created the Vrentas-Duda free-volume theory of molecular transport in polymers.
J. Larry Jameson
J. Larry Jameson is an American endocrinologist and the tenth president of the University of Pennsylvania, appointed permanently in March 2025 after interim service from December 2023; formerly dean of Penn's Perelman School of Medicine and Northwestern's Feinberg School.
J. Lawrence Naiman
J. Lawrence Naiman, known as Laurie Naiman, was a pediatric hematologist and Stanford clinical professor who studied red-cell enzyme defects and co-authored Hematologic Problems of the Newborn.
J. Lawrence Smith (chemist)
J. Lawrence Smith, born John Lawrence Smith (1818–1883), was an American chemist, mineralogist, and physician who invented the inverted microscope, devised a standard silicate analysis method, and studied meteorites.
J. Lewis Blackburn
J. Lewis Blackburn (1913–1997) was an American electrical engineer who spent his career at Westinghouse, led the IEEE Power System Relaying Committee, and wrote the standard protective relaying textbooks.
J. Lyle Bootman
J. Lyle Bootman is an American pharmacist and longtime dean of the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy who pioneered pharmacoeconomics and estimated drug-related problems cost $76.6 billion yearly.
J. Lyons and Co.
J. Lyons and Co. (Joe Lyons), British caterer and food manufacturer founded 1886 by the Salmon and Gluckstein families; teashops, Corner Houses, Lyons Tea, Lyons Maid, and LEO, the world's first business computer (1951); absorbed by Allied-Lyons, head office closed 1995.