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Jayson Williams

Jayson Williams, born 1968, former NBA power forward/center for the 76ers and Nets, 1998 All-Star and league offensive rebounding leader, career ended by a 1999 broken leg, later imprisoned over the 2002 Christofi shooting.

Jazmin Felix Hotham

Jazmin Felix-Hotham (born 2000, Henderson, Auckland) is a New Zealand Black Ferns Sevens midfielder, Paris 2024 Olympic gold medallist, Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth bronze and 2022 World Cup Sevens silver winner.

Jazmyn Nyx

Jazmyn Nyx, real name Jade Gentile (born 1998), is an American wrestler and former soccer player (WVU, Iceland) who competed in WWE NXT 2023-2025 as part of Fatal Influence before leaving over a contract dispute.

Jazz (wrestler)

Jazz (Carlene Moore-Begnaud), New Orleans-born retired wrestler, two-time WWE Women's Champion, original ECW star under Paul Heyman, later NWA champion, TNA agent, and Dog Pound wrestling school owner.

Jazz Chisholm Jr.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. (Jasrado Hermis Arrington Chisholm Jr.), Bahamian MLB infielder for the Yankees, formerly Marlins; two-time All-Star, 2025 Silver Slugger, first 30-30 Yankee since Soriano, MLB The Show '23 cover athlete.

Jazz Jackrabbit

Jazz Jackrabbit (Epic MegaGames, 1994) is a DOS shareware platformer by Arjan Brussee and Cliff Bleszinski; the gun-toting rabbit Jazz rescues Eva Earlong from Devan Shell, with a 1998 sequel.

Jazzy Davidson

Jazzy Davidson (Jasmine Omolade Davidson), USC Trojans women's basketball guard from Clackamas, Oregon; 2025-26 national freshman of the year who averaged 17.9 points, 2.0 steals and 2.0 blocks per game.

JC Denton

JC Denton is the nano-augmented UNATCO agent and player protagonist of Deus Ex (2000) and a major character in Invisible War; named for author Bradley Denton, voiced monotone by Jay Anthony Franke, he chooses among three endings at Area 51, canonically merging with the Helios AI.

JC French

JC French IV, quarterback from Roswell, Georgia (Memphis, Georgia Southern, Cincinnati); Georgia Southern's all-time leading passer with 5,882 yards, 38 TDs; transferred to Cincinnati for 2026.

JCW Lunacy

JCW Lunacy is the weekly Thursday-night YouTube wrestling show of Juggalo Championship Wrestling, the Detroit promotion founded by Insane Clown Posse in 1999; it premiered August 28, 2024, with Vince Russo joining as investor and writer in 2025.

JD McDonagh

JD McDonagh, ring name of Irish wrestler Jordan Devlin (born 1990, Bray, County Wicklow), WWE Raw star in The Judgment Day, trained by Finn Bálor, former NXT Cruiserweight and World Tag Team Champion.

Je'Von Evans

Je'Von Evans (Malachi Jeffers), also known as Jay Malachi, is an American WWE wrestler from Greensboro, N.C., a high-flying NXT standout, 2024 WON Rookie of the Year, and Raw call-up in January 2026.

Jeamie Tshikeva

Jeamie "TKV" Tshikeva (Jeamie Tshikeva Kimbembi), London-born heavyweight boxer from Tottenham; won the British heavyweight title by split decision over Frazer Clarke in November 2025, lost it to Richard Riakporhe by fifth-round TKO in April 2026.

Jean Alesi

Jean Alesi (Giovanni Roberto Alesi, born 1964, Avignon) is a French-Sicilian ex-Formula 1 driver; 1989 F3000 champion, Ferrari 1991-95, sole win at the 1995 Canadian GP on his 31st birthday, 201 starts.

Jean Boiteux

Jean Boiteux (1933–2010) was a French freestyle swimmer who won the 400 m freestyle at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, becoming France's first Olympic swimming champion.

Jean Borotra

Jean Borotra (1898-1994), French tennis champion nicknamed the Bounding Basque; one of the Four Musketeers who won the Davis Cup 1927-1932; Wimbledon singles champion 1924 and 1926, 18 major titles, Hall of Fame 1976.

Jean Bouin

Jean Bouin (1888–1914) was a French long-distance runner, the first great French distance runner, who took Olympic silver in the 1912 5,000 meters and set several world records.

Jean Cau

Jean Cau names two Frenchmen: a writer (1925-1993), Sartre's secretary, 1961 Prix Goncourt winner for La Pitié de Dieu and right-wing pamphleteer, and an Olympic rower (1875-1921), 1900 Paris coxed fours gold medalist.

Jean Charles Valladont

Jean-Charles Valladont is a French recurve archer, born in 1989 in Besançon, who won Olympic silver at Rio 2016 and Paris 2024 and reached world number 1 in 2017.

Jean Christophe Bette

Jean Christophe Bette is a French rower born in 1977 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye who won Olympic gold in the lightweight coxless four at the 2000 Sydney Games.

Jean Christophe Rolland

Jean-Christophe Rolland, French rower (born 1968, Condrieu), Olympic coxless pair champion Sydney 2000 with Michel Andrieux, and president of World Rowing (FISA) since 2014, IOC member since 2017.

Jean Christophe Thouvenel

Jean-Christophe Thouvenel, born 1958, French defender and 1984 Los Angeles Olympic football gold medalist; Bordeaux right back (1979-1991) with three French titles and two Coupes de France; 4 France caps.

Jean Claude Lemoult

Jean-Claude Lemoult, born 1960 in Neufchâteau, France, is a former midfielder who won Olympic football gold at Los Angeles 1984, played nine seasons for Paris Saint-Germain, and later won the 1990 Coupe de France with Montpellier.

Jean Claude Magnan

Jean-Claude Magnan, French foil fencer born 1941 in Aubagne; four Olympic medals 1960-1972 including team foil gold at Mexico 1968 and individual silver at Tokyo 1964; three world titles.

Jean Clausse

Jean Clausse (born 4 September 1938), French middle-distance runner; ran the opening leg of France's 15:04.2 4x1500m relay world record in 1961 with Bogey, Jazy, and Bernard; 1500m best 3:46.4h, sixth at the 1962 European Championships.

Jean Collas

Jean Collas (1874-1928), French rugby and tug-of-war athlete of Racing Club de France; won 1900 Olympic gold in rugby and silver in tug-of-war at Paris.

Jean Cugnot

Jean Cugnot (Jean Pierre Gaston Cugnot) was a French track cyclist who won gold in the Tandem Sprint and bronze in the individual Sprint at the 1924 Paris Olympics.

Jean de Bie

Jean de Bie (Jan De Bie, 1892-1961), Belgian goalkeeper for Racing Club de Bruxelles; 37 caps 1920-1930, 1920 Olympic football gold at Antwerp, three Olympics, 1930 World Cup squad member who did not play.

Jean Delarge

Jean Delarge (Jean Joseph Delarge, 1906–1977), Belgian welterweight boxer from Liège; won gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics, beating Héctor Méndez, the only Belgian boxer with Olympic gold.

Jean Despeaux

Jean Sylvain Despeaux (1915-1989), French boxer, won middleweight gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by decision over Norway's Henry Tiller, then boxed professionally, twice French middleweight champion 1941-1945.