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List of jet aircraft of World War II

The list of jet aircraft of World War II covers turbojet military airplanes flown by Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, and Italy from 1939 to 1945.

List of jewellery types

List of jewellery types: the categories of personal ornament, including necklace, torque, gorget, brooch, pectoral, earring, ring, and bracelet, with named regional forms such as karanphul jhumka and mangai mala.

List of Jewish American businesspeople

The list of Jewish American businesspeople covers notable Jewish entrepreneurs and executives in the United States, a community that makes up about 2.4% of the US population.

List of Jewish American entertainers

List of Jewish American entertainers: performers of Jewish background in American vaudeville, theater, Hollywood, radio, television, comedy, and popular music, from Al Jolson, Fanny Brice, and the Marx Brothers to Barbra Streisand, Joan Rivers, and Tiffany Haddish.

List of Jewish Major League Baseball players

Jewish Major League Baseball players: about 200 Jewish-identifying MLB players since 1871, including Hall of Famers Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax, with 19 on rosters in 2023, the most for any season.

List of Jewish Nobel laureates

Jewish Nobel laureates: at least 222 Jews or people of partial Jewish ancestry, 22% of individual Nobel recipients 1901-2026 and 36% of US recipients, versus 0.2% of world population; strongest in economics (40%), with 15 Israeli-citizen laureates.

List of Jewish prayers and blessings

The list of Jewish prayers and blessings covers the fixed daily liturgy, including the Shema and the 19-blessing Amidah, and the berakhot said over food, commandments, and events.

List of Jewish United States Cabinet members

Jewish United States Cabinet members, from first Oscar Straus (1906, Commerce and Labor) through Morgenthau, Kissinger, Albright, and Biden's four Jewish secretaries, with counts by administration.

List of Jews in sports

The list of Jews in sports covers Jewish athletes, coaches, and sports contributors from the 19th century to today, including Mark Spitz and the Maccabiah Games.

List of Jim Crow law examples by state

Jim Crow laws were U.S. state and local statutes enforcing racial segregation and disfranchisement, chiefly in the South from the 1890s to the 1960s; this entry lists documented examples by state, from Alabama transportation rules to Wyoming marriage bans.

List of Jimmy Neutron characters

Cast of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and its series: Jimmy Neutron (Debi Derryberry), Goddard, Carl, Sheen, Cindy, Libby, Hugh and Judy Neutron, and villains King Goobot and Professor Calamitous.

List of John Deere tractors

The list of John Deere tractors covers Deere & Company's tractor line from the 1918 Waterloo Boy through letter, numbered, and four-digit series to the current 1 through 9 Series.

List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure characters

Characters of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険), Hirohiko Araki's manga: nine parts, each led by a new Joestar protagonist from Jonathan Joestar onward, opposed by Dio Brando's legacy, with Stand powers from Part 3 onward.

List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure episodes

The list of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure episodes (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険) catalogs the David Production anime, which adapts Hirohiko Araki's manga part by part, totaling 190 episodes across five seasons since 2012.

List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure video games

List of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure video games, from the 1993 Super Famicom RPG and Capcom's 1998 arcade fighter (JoJo's Venture, Heritage for the Future) to GioGio's, Phantom Blood, All Star Battle, Eyes of Heaven, All-Star Battle R, Last Survivor, and the gumi mobile RPG Ora Ora Overdrive.

List of Joseph Smith's wives

Joseph Smith's wives: 30 to 40 women sealed to him in plural marriage besides Emma Hale Smith, from Fanny Alger (mid-1830s) to wives aged 14 to 56, including Louisa Beaman and Helen Mar Kimball.

List of journalists killed in Russia

List of journalists killed in Russia: records violent and unexplained journalist deaths since the early 1990s. CPJ counts at least 39 murdered since 1992; Russian monitors document over 300 deaths, including Anna Politkovskaya, 2006.

List of Journey band members

The list of Journey band members covers the eighteen musicians of the American rock band Journey, formed in San Francisco in 1973, with guitarist Neal Schon the only constant member.

List of Journey to the West characters

Characters of Journey to the West (西遊記, 1592), the classic Chinese pilgrim novel: monk Tang Sanzang, disciples Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, plus Guanyin, the Jade Emperor, Buddha, and demons.

List of Judas Priest band members

The list of Judas Priest band members covers the English heavy metal band formed in Birmingham in 1969, where bassist Ian Hill has been the only constant member.

List of judo techniques

List of judo techniques: the Kodokan's official classification of 100 judo waza, 68 nage-waza throws and 32 katame-waza grappling techniques, plus atemi-waza strikes; basis for IJF rules.

List of Juilliard School people

Juilliard School people: notable alumni and faculty of the New York conservatory founded 1905, including musicians Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Philip Glass, Miles Davis, dancers Paul Taylor and Pina Bausch, and actors Robin Williams, Viola Davis, and Adam Driver.

List of Jujutsu Kaisen chapters

List of Jujutsu Kaisen chapters (呪術廻戦): Gege Akutami's manga serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump March 5, 2018 to September 30, 2024, totaling 271 chapters in 30 volumes plus the four-chapter prequel Volume 0, ending with chapter 271 and followed by the 25-chapter sequel Modulo.

List of Jujutsu Kaisen characters

Jujutsu Kaisen (呪術廻戦) character roster: sorcerers of Tokyo and Kyoto Jujutsu High (Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, Satoru Gojo), cursed spirits (Mahito, Jogo, Hanami), curse users (Geto, Kenjaku), and Sukuna, the King of Curses.

List of Jujutsu Kaisen episodes

Episode list for the Jujutsu Kaisen (呪術廻戦) anime by MAPPA: 59 episodes across three seasons (24, 23, 12), airing 2020-2026, plus Jujutsu Kaisen 0 and compilation films, with no filler.

List of Jurassic Park characters

List of Jurassic Park characters: fictional cast of Crichton's 1990 novel, The Lost World, and the film franchise, covering Grant, Hammond, Malcolm, Nedry, the Jurassic World leads, and Rebirth's new characters.

List of Justice League members

Justice League members: DC Comics' premier superhero team, first appearing in The Brave and the Bold #28 (1960). Classic founders are Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash, Martian Manhunter and Green Lantern, though reboots repeatedly changed the founding roster.

List of Justice Society of America members

List of Justice Society of America members: DC Comics' first superhero team (All-Star Comics #3, 1940), founded by Doctor Fate, Hour-Man, the Spectre, Sandman, Atom, Flash, Hawkman and Green Lantern, with rosters tracked across Golden Age, post-Crisis, New 52 and 2020s eras.

List of justices of the Supreme Court of Canada

Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada: the nine judges, one Chief Justice and eight puisne justices, on Canada's final court of appeal since 1875. Covers current bench, appointment rules, Quebec requirement, and chief justice succession.

List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States: the 17 Chief Justices and 104 Associate Justices serving since 1789, now nine members, with oath dates, appointing presidents, and service records.