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Jake Varner
Jake Varner (Jacob Stephen Varner, born 1986, Bakersfield, California) is an American freestyle wrestler, 2012 Olympic gold medalist at 96 kg, two-time NCAA champion for Iowa State, and Penn State assistant coach since 2016.
Jake Virtanen
Jake Virtanen (Jacob Virtanen, born 1996) is a Canadian right winger drafted sixth overall by the Vancouver Canucks in 2014; 317 NHL games, 100 points; acquitted of sexual assault in 2022; later KHL, Swiss League, DEL, and Slovakia.
Jake Weary
Jake Weary (born 1990) is an American actor and musician from New Jersey, son of Kim Zimmer; known for Deran Cody on Animal Kingdom (2016-2022), Hugh in It Follows, and Cane Buckley in The Waterfront (2025).
Jake Weber
Jake Weber (Jake T. Weber), English actor born in London, trained at Juilliard and the Moscow Art Theatre; best known as Joe DuBois on Medium (130 episodes, 2005-2011) and for Dawn of the Dead, Meet Joe Black, U-571; birth date disputed (1963 vs March 19, 1964).
Jake Wesley Rogers
Jake Wesley Rogers is an American pop singer-songwriter from Missouri whose piano-led, glam-influenced songs explore queerness and faith; his debut album, In the Key of Love, arrived in 2025.
Jake Wetzel
Jake Wetzel (Jacob Wetzel), Canadian rower born 1976 in Saskatoon; three-time Olympian who won 2008 gold in the men's eight and 2004 silver in the coxless four for Canada after rowing for the United States at Sydney 2000.
Jake Wood
Jake Dylan Wood (born 1972), British actor; Max Branning in EastEnders 2006-2021, reprised 2025; GEICO gecko voice; 2:22 A Ghost Story WhatsOnStage winner; Pound For Pound podcast.
Jake Worthington
Jake Worthington (born 1996, La Porte, Texas) is an American traditional country singer, runner-up on The Voice season 6 (2014), signed to Big Loud, with debut album Jake Worthington (2023) and When I Write the Song (2025).
Jake Zyrus
Jake Zyrus, born Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco (Charice), born 1992, Filipino singer who was the first solo Asian artist with a Billboard 200 Top 10 album, starred on Glee, and came out as a trans man in 2017.
Jakeem Grant
Jakeem Grant Sr. (born 1992), also called Jakeem Grant, is a retired NFL wide receiver and return specialist, 5-7, from Texas Tech, drafted by Miami in 2016, a 2021 Pro Bowler with six return touchdowns who retired in 2026.
Jakeem Thunder
Jakeem Thunder (Jakeem Johnny Williams, J.J. Thunder) is a DC Comics legacy superhero and JSA member who commands the Fifth-Dimensional djinn Yz via a pink pen with the magic word "so cool," debuting in Flash Vol. 2 #134 (1998).
Jakhodo
Jakhodo (작호도), also written hojakdo, is a Korean folk painting genre depicting a tiger and magpies, placed on house gates for luck during the Joseon dynasty.
Jaki Byard
Jaki Byard (John Arthur Byard Jr., 1922-1999), American jazz pianist and multi-instrumentalist from Worcester, Massachusetts; Mingus's pianist 1962-64, eclectic Prestige leader albums, NEC teacher of Fred Hersch and Jason Moran; murdered in Queens, unsolved.
Jaki Liebezeit
Jaki Liebezeit (Hans Heinrich Liebezeit, 1938-2017), German drummer and founding member of Can; pioneer of repetitive, machine-like krautrock drumming; later worked with Jah Wobble, Drums Of Chaos, and Burnt Friedman's Secret Rhythms.
Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip
Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, known as Anne, is a Thai media executive and transgender rights advocate who bought the Miss Universe Organization in 2022 and was later convicted of fraud.
Jakko Jan Leeuwangh
Jakko Jan Leeuwangh, Dutch speed skater born 1972 in Alkmaar; 1998 Olympian (4th, 1000 m), 1500 m world record holder 2000-2001 (1:45.56, Calgary), double 1999 world single distances bronze medalist.
Jakkrasin Atsavatanachai (จักราสินธุ์ อัศวธนะชัย)
Jakkrasin Atsavatanachai (จักราสินธุ์ อัศวธนะชัย), nicknamed Inn, Thai actor born 1997; debut The Wicked Game (2025), then Phra Ekathotsarot in The Last Duel and lead role Phob in the BL series The Edge of Horizon (2026).
Jakob Ackeret
Jakob Ackeret (1898–1981) was a Swiss aeronautical engineer and professor at ETH Zurich from 1931 to 1967, a founder of modern supersonic aerodynamics who proposed the designation Mach number.
Jakob Ammann
Jakob Ammann, also spelled Amman, was a Mennonite elder from Erlenbach, Bern, whose 1693 discipline campaign split Swiss Anabaptists and founded the Amish, named for him.
Jakob Balde
Jakob Balde (1604–1668) was a German Jesuit priest and Neo-Latin poet, court preacher to Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria, acclaimed "the German Horace" and ranked among the greatest Neo-Latin poets.
Jakob Beurlin
Jakob Beurlin (born 1520 or 1522, died 1561) was a German Lutheran theologian, professor and rector at Tübingen, who twice delivered the Confessio Wirtembergica to the Council of Trent.
Jakob Böhme
Jakob Böhme, also known as Jacob Boehme, was a German cobbler and mystical writer (1575–1624) whose theosophical works, beginning with Aurora in 1612, influenced Hegel, Goethe, and Blake.
Jakob Brendel
Jakob Brendel (1907–1964), German wrestler, 1932 Los Angeles Olympic gold and 1936 bronze in bantamweight Greco-Roman; also 1937 European freestyle champion and multiple German champion.
Jakob Chychrun
Jakob Chychrun is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman for the Washington Capitals, drafted 16th overall by Arizona in 2016 and leading NHL defensemen in goals in 2020-21.
Jakob de Haan
Jakob de Haan, born 1960, is a Dutch economist and Professor of Political Economy at the University of Groningen, known for research on central bank independence and communication.
Jakob Dupont
Jakob Dupont is an American physician and biotech executive who has served as an Executive Partner at Sofinnova Investments, a Menlo Park life sciences venture firm, since 2023.
Jakob Dylan
Jakob Dylan (born 1969, New York City) is an American singer-songwriter, son of Bob Dylan, founder and frontman of the Wallflowers and solo artist on Seeing Things and Women + Country.
Jakob Engel-Schmidt
Jakob Engel-Schmidt is a Danish politician of the Moderates who has been Minister for Taxation and Growth since 2026, after serving as Minister for Culture.
Jakob Forssmed
Jakob Forssmed, born 1974, is a Swedish Christian Democrat politician and Riksdag member serving as Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health under Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson since 2022.
Jakob Fugger
Jakob Fugger, called Fugger the Rich, was an Augsburg merchant and banker (1459–1525) who financed Habsburg emperors and Renaissance popes and became the richest private individual of his age.