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Jamaal Lascelles
Jamaal Lascelles, English centre-back born 1993; ex-Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United captain 2016-2026 (253 appearances, 2016/17 Championship title), joined Leicester City February 2026.
Jamaal Wilkes
Jamaal Wilkes (born Jackson Keith Wilkes, 1953), nicknamed "Silk," UCLA forward under John Wooden, two NCAA titles, 1975 NBA Rookie of the Year, four NBA championships with Golden State and the Lakers, Hall of Fame 2012.
Jamaal Williams
Jamaal Williams, NFL running back (BYU; Packers 2017-20, Lions 2021-22, Saints 2023-24). Set Lions-record 17 rushing TDs in 2022; NFL record 585 carries without a fumble; free agent after March 2025 Saints release.
Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt
The Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt was an armed effort to overthrow Trinidad and Tobago's government in July 1990, taking the prime minister hostage for six days.
Jamaat-e-Islami (جماعت اسلامی)
Jamaat-e-Islami (جماعت اسلامی), founded 1941 by Maududi, is an Islamist movement with branches in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh; Bangladesh's largest Islamist party, banned under Hasina and resurgent since 2024.
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (جماعت اسلامی پاکستان)
Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (جماعت اسلامی پاکستان), Jamaat-i-Islami, Islamist religio-political party founded 26 August 1941 in Lahore by Maududi with 75 members; campaigns for Iqamat-e-Deen, Islamic constitution, welfare network, currently led by Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman.
Jamadagni (जमदग्नि)
Jamadagni (जमदग्नि) is a sage of the Bhṛgu lineage in Hindu scripture, husband of Renuka and father of Paraśurāma, counted among the Saptarishi in some lists and worshipped at temples in the Deccan and Himalayas.
Jamahal Hill
Jamahal Hill, "Sweet Dreams", American UFC light heavyweight fighter, 12-4-0 1 NC; champion January 2023 after beating Glover Teixeira at UFC 283, vacated title November 2023 with Achilles rupture, later KO'd by Pereira at UFC 300.
Jamahiriya
Jamahiriya (جماهيرية) is the political system and official state name Libya adopted under Muammar al-Qadhafi on 2 March 1977, claiming direct rule by the people through popular congresses.
Jamai No. 1 (जमाई नंबर 1)
Jamai No. 1 (जमाई नंबर 1) is an Indian television series that premiered on Zee TV on 9 December 2024, starring Abhishek Malik and Simaran Kaur.
Jamaica
Jamaica: Caribbean island country, third largest in the region, capital Kingston, independent from Britain August 6, 1962. Upper-middle-income economy of tourism, remittances (16.2% of GDP), and bauxite; struck by Category 5 Hurricane Melissa in 2025.
Jamaica Accords
The Jamaica Accords are the IMF's January 1976 decisions that formalized the post-Bretton Woods monetary order, legalizing floating exchange rates and abolishing gold's official price.
Jamaica at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Jamaica at the 1988 Winter Olympics: Jamaica's Winter Games debut at Calgary, fielding two-man and four-man bobsleigh teams (Dudley Stokes, Devon Harris, Michael White, Chris Stokes); the four-man sled crashed on run three, inspiring the 1993 film Cool Runnings.
Jamaica Defence Force
Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Jamaica's combined land, sea, and air military formed 31 July 1962 from the West India Regiment; brigade-sized force of about 2,500 regulars at Up Park Camp, Kingston, with ten missions from defense to disaster relief.
Jamaica Festival Song Competition
The Jamaica Festival Song Competition is an annual song contest organized by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission since 1966, held ahead of Independence Day on August 6.
Jamaica House of Assembly
The Jamaica House of Assembly was the elected lower house of Jamaica's colonial legislature, first meeting at Spanish Town in 1664 and legislating until Crown Colony government replaced it.
Jamaica Inn (1939 film)
Jamaica Inn (1939) is Alfred Hitchcock's last British film, an adventure adapted from Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel about Cornish wreckers, produced by Charles Laughton and Erich Pommer's Mayflower Pictures, a box-office hit despite poor reviews.
Jamaica Inn (novel)
Jamaica Inn, Daphne du Maurier's Gothic suspense novel of Cornish smugglers, published by Victor Gollancz in January 1936; heroine Mary Yellan confronts wreckers Joss Merlyn and the vicar of Altarnun on Bodmin Moor.
Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid (Elaine Potter Richardson, born 1949, St. John's, Antigua) is an Antiguan-American novelist and essayist, New Yorker staff writer from 1974, author of Annie John, Lucy, A Small Place, and My Brother, and Harvard professor emerita.
Jamaica Kingsmen
Jamaica Kingsmen, Jamaica-based Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 cricket franchise owned by Fawad Sarwar's Kingsmen Sports Enterprise; launched 2026 to replace the defunct Jamaica Tallawahs, based at Sabina Park, captained by Rovman Powell.
Jamaica Labour Party
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), founded July 8, 1943 by Alexander Bustamante as the political wing of the BITU, is Jamaica's conservative governing party, alternating power with the PNP since 1944 and led since 2016 by Prime Minister Andrew Holness.
Jamaica Music Industry Awards
Jamaica Music Industry Awards is a name covering Jamaican music honors: the defunct JAMI Awards (1986–1993), the JaRIA Honour Awards since 2009, and the diaspora-based JIMA since 2022.
Jamaica national bobsleigh team
Jamaica national bobsleigh team, Jamaica Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, Olympic bobsleigh program founded 1987, debuted at Calgary 1988, inspired Cool Runnings, best finish 14th at Lillehammer 1994.
Jamaica national football team
Jamaica national football team, the Reggae Boyz, JFF-governed Concacaf men's side; one World Cup appearance (France 1998), five Caribbean Cup titles, Gold Cup finalist 2015 and 2017, Concacaf ranking 1,515 points.
Jamaica Premier League
The Jamaica Premier League, officially the Wray and Nephew National Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's football division in Jamaica, founded in 1973.
Jamaica Stock Exchange
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is the national securities exchange of Jamaica, incorporated in 1968 and trading since 1969, and named the world's best-performing bourse in 2019.
Jamaica women's national football team
Jamaica women's national football team, the Reggae Girlz, governed by the JFF in Concacaf. First international 1991; first Caribbean side at a Women's World Cup (2019) and in its knockout round (2023).
Jamaica, Queens
Jamaica, Queens: historic NYC neighborhood, once Rustdorp, settled 1656, major LIRR and subway transit hub, site of 2025 Jamaica Neighborhood Plan rezoning for 12,000 homes.
Jamaican (Bam Bam)
"Jamaican (Bam Bam)" is a 2025 Afro house single by French producers HUGEL and SOLTO that reworks Sister Nancy's 1982 dancehall classic "Bam Bam", reaching number one in Greece.
Jamaican apprenticeship system
The Jamaican apprenticeship system (1834–1838) was the transitional labor regime under which about 311,000 formerly enslaved Jamaicans owed unpaid labor to former masters until full emancipation came early, on 1 August 1838.