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John Smith (Chippewa Indian)
John Smith, Ojibwe name Ga-Be-Nah-Gewn-Wonce ('Wrinkled Meat'), was a Chippewa man of Cass Lake, Minnesota, a photographed celebrity reputed to be 137 when he died February 6, 1922; the age is undocumented and disputed.
John Stoltenberg
John Stoltenberg, American radical feminist author of Refusing to be a Man (1989) and The End of Manhood (1993), co-founder of Men Against Pornography, and Andrea Dworkin's widower.
John Trudell
Santee Dakota activist, poet, and actor (1946–2015); spokesman for the 1969–1971 Alcatraz occupation, national chairman of the American Indian Movement 1973–1979, and spoken-word artist with more than a dozen albums.
John Zaffis
John Zaffis is an American paranormal investigator and author from Stratford, Connecticut, a nephew of Ed and Lorraine Warren and star of Syfy's Haunted Collector.
Jonathan Daniels
Jonathan Myrick Daniels (1939-1965), New Hampshire-born Episcopal seminarian and VMI valedictorian, joined the Selma voting rights campaign, was jailed in Hayneville, and was killed August 20, 1965 shielding Ruby Sales from deputy Tom Coleman's shotgun; later named an Episcopal Church martyr.
Jordan Howlett
Jordan Howlett (born 1997), aka Jordan the Stallion (@jordan_the_stallion8), is an American TikTok and YouTube creator behind the Fast Food Secrets Club, a former UC Riverside Division I baseball player with tens of millions of followers.
Jordan Lasker
Jordan Lasker, also known online as Crémieux, is an American psychometrics researcher affiliated with Texas Tech University who publishes on intelligence testing and measurement invariance and is identified by The Guardian as the race-science X/Substack account Crémieux Recueil.
Jordon Hudson
Jordon Hudson (born 2001) is an American entrepreneur, pageant contestant, and former cheerleader, known as the girlfriend of football coach Bill Belichick; she manages his personal brand, holds about $8 million in real estate, and drew attention for interrupting his 2025 CBS interview.
Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Escoda was a social worker who founded the Girl Scouts of the Philippines in 1940, and aided women's rights and prisoners during World War II.
Joseph Brant
Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea, c. 1742/43–1807), Mohawk Wolf Clan war chief, interpreter, and translator, allied with the British in the American Revolution, visited London in 1775–76, and resettled the Six Nations on the Grand River grant of 1784.
Joseph Zen
Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, cardinal and retired Bishop of Hong Kong (2002–2009), Salesian priest, critic of the 2018 Vatican–China bishops agreement, democracy advocate, convicted 2022 over the 612 fund registration.
Josephine Bracken
Josephine Bracken, full name Marie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken, was the Hong Kong-born companion of José Rizal during his exile in Dapitan, dying in Hong Kong in 1902.
Josh fight
The Josh fight (Josh Swain fight) was a real April 24, 2021 pool-noodle battle in Lincoln, Nebraska, born from Josh Swain's 2020 group-chat joke challenging namesake Joshes; 'Little Josh' (Josh Vinson Jr.) won and about $8,000 was raised for a children's hospital.
Josh Kraft
Josh Kraft, son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft, is a Boston nonprofit leader who led the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston (2008–2020), headed the Patriots Foundation, and lost a 2025 mayoral bid against Michelle Wu, withdrawing after the preliminary election.
Joshua Block
Joshua Block, aka WorldOfTShirts, is an American TikTok personality born 2001 in Virginia Beach, known for New York City vlogs, nightly Parti livestreams, merchandise, walking tours, and repeated public incidents.
Joshua Caleb Sutter
Joshua Caleb Sutter, also known as Wulfran Hall, is an American neo-Nazi and Satanist who served as a paid FBI informant from 2003 to 2021.
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of gathering, verifying, and distributing news about current events through an editorial process. Also called the press or fourth estate, it spans print, broadcast, and digital forms since the 1605 first newspaper.
Journeyman
Journeyman: a qualified craft worker, from French journée (a day), who completed an apprenticeship and worked for day wages between apprentice and master in the medieval guild system; the rank survives in licensed trades and Germany's journeyman examination.
Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers (1927-2013), American psychologist who won The $64,000 Question in 1955 as a self-made boxing expert, then pioneered media psychology through TV advice shows, a syndicated column in about 350 newspapers, and ten popular books.
Joyce Vincent
Joyce Carol Vincent, English woman found dead in January 2006 in her Wood Green, north London bedsit, nearly three years after dying in early 2003; subject of Carol Morley's 2011 documentary Dreams of a Life.
Judith Exner
Judith Exner, born Judith Immoor (1934-1999), an American socialite also known as Judith Campbell, claimed an affair with JFK from 1960 and, from 1988, a courier role between Kennedy and Mafia bosses Sam Giancana and Johnny Rosselli.
Judy Ho
Judy Ho (Judy Ho Gavazza), American clinical and forensic neuropsychologist, triple board certified, tenured Pepperdine professor, author of Stop Self-Sabotage and The New Rules of Attachment, and host of Savvy Psychologist and Mental Health Bites podcasts.
Julia Boorstin
Julia Boorstin (born 1978) is CNBC's Senior Media & Tech Correspondent in Los Angeles, creator of the CNBC Disruptor 50 list, and author of When Women Lead (2022), based on interviews with more than 100 women leaders.
Julia Butterfly Hill
Julia Butterfly Hill (Julia Lorraine Hill, born 1974) is an American environmentalist who lived 738 days, December 1997 to December 1999, in the 180-foot-high canopy of Luna, a 1,000-year-old redwood near Stafford, California, saving it from Pacific Lumber in exchange for a $50,000 payment and buffer zone.
Julia Rausing
Julia Rausing (died April 2024, aged 63) was a British philanthropist, former Christie's art expert, and wife of Hans Rausing; she co-founded the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust in 2014, commemorated by the Julia Rausing Trust giving £100m yearly to UK causes.
Julie Bikle
Julie Bikle (1871–1962) was a Swiss humanitarian from Winterthur who founded a missing-persons tracing office during the First World War and brought malnourished German children to Switzerland.
Julie Bindel
Julie Bindel (born 1962) is a British radical feminist journalist and author, co-founder of Justice for Women, known for abolitionist views on prostitution, anti-pornography campaigning, and gender-critical activism.
Julie Noegel Hardaway
Julie Noegel Hardaway, American clubwoman from Augusta, Georgia, living in Aiken, South Carolina; UDC President General 2024-2026 after serving as Vice President General, DAR regent, Jamestowne Society member, and public defender of Confederate monuments and tax exemptions.
Julien Blanc
Julien Blanc, also known as JulienHimself, is an American pickup artist and former Real Social Dynamics instructor whose 2014 seminars sparked a global deplatforming campaign; Australia, the UK, and Singapore denied him visas, and he now coaches personal transformation.
Juliette Gordon Low
Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927), called Daisy, founded the Girl Scouts of the USA in Savannah on March 12, 1912, after meeting Robert Baden-Powell; membership reached 168,000 by her death.