American Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a race car driver and the first woman to qualify and compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and the

Is a race car driver and the first woman to qualify and compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500.Guthrie was originally an aerospace engineer and after graduating from the University of Michigan, she worked with Republic Aviation. She began racing in 1963 on the SCCA circuit in a Jaguar XK 140 and by 1972, she was racing on a full-time basis.

S an American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and rais

S an American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, California, she is the youngest member of the Jackson family of musicians. Initially performing on stage with her family at the age of seven,

Was an American pair skater who competed with John Nightingale, twice winning the silver medal at th

Was an American pair skater who competed with John Nightingale, twice winning the silver medal at the United States Figure Skating Championships and taking part in the 1952 Winter Olympic Games. After her competitive career ended, she was a judge and a co

Is a Republican member of the New York State Assembly, representing Assembly District 114, which inc

Is a Republican member of the New York State Assembly, representing Assembly District 114, which includes all of Clinton and Franklin Counties, as well as the town of St. Armand in Essex County.She won the 2010 Republican primary election running against

Was a Taiwanese-American professional tennis player. She won three doubles titles during her career

Was a Taiwanese-American professional tennis player. She won three doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. She competed in all four Grand Slam tournaments in both singles and doubles. Her highest singles ranking was 79 and her highest doubles ranking was 20.

Was an American actress. Her most famous role was in Alfred Hitchcock's classic Psycho, for which sh

Was an American actress. Her most famous role was in Alfred Hitchcock's classic Psycho, for which she received a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award. Leigh was born in Merced, California, the only child of Helen Lita (née Westergard) and F

An economist and president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Dr. Yellen is Professor Eme

An economist and president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Dr. Yellen is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business, where she was the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business and Professor of Economics and has been a faculty member since 1980.Dr. Yellen graduated magna cum laude from Brown University with a degree in economics in 1967, and received her PhD in Economics from Yale University in 1971. She received the Wilbur Cross Medal from Yale in 1997, an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Brown in 1998, and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Bard College in 2000.

A native of Carthage, Missouri, is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of t

A native of Carthage, Missouri, is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and has served as NASA's Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.

Is an American figure skater and Olympic bronze medalist. In 1964, at 11, she became the youngest sk

Is an American figure skater and Olympic bronze medalist. In 1964, at 11, she became the youngest skater to pass the rigorous eighth and final test administered by the United States Figure Skating Association, and two years later she won the U.S. Junior L

Is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA

Is a retired female volleyball player from the United States, who won the bronze medal with the USA National Women's Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Is an American journalist. She is best known as a book and film critic for The New York Times. Masli

Is an American journalist. She is best known as a book and film critic for The New York Times. Maslin graduated from the University of Rochester in 1970, with a B.A. degree and a major in mathematics [1]. She was once married to Jon Landau.

Is an American model known chiefly for her well-endowed bust. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of

Is an American model known chiefly for her well-endowed bust. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its November 1975 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Pompeo Posar. In April 1974, Lupo became a Bunny at the Playboy Club's Great Gorge Resort in northern New Jersey. While working there, she was asked a number of times if she wanted to take a photo test to become a Playboy Playmate. Finally, in March 1975, Pompeo Posar was able to persuade her to give it a try.

American singer and guitar player from Los Angeles, California.She was a student of Randy Rhoads. Sh

American singer and guitar player from Los Angeles, California.She was a student of Randy Rhoads. She started with music as teenager playing the guitar in Precious Metal [1] (1983-1992) music band.

Is an American former pornographic actress and professional wrestling valet. Together with her husba

Is an American former pornographic actress and professional wrestling valet. Together with her husband, porn producer Rob Zicari (aka Rob Black), she runs the porn company Extreme Associates; she has directed several violent porn movies and in 2003 was in

Is a retired diver from Canada, who was supposed to represent her native country at the 1980 Summer

Is a retired diver from Canada, who was supposed to represent her native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics, but failed to do so after the boycott. A resident of Thornhill, Ontario she twice won a medal at the Pan American Games (1975 and 1979), and two

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1960s. She won a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle rel

Was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1960s. She won a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Is an actress and voice artist with a career spanning animation, live-action films, radio and televi

Is an actress and voice artist with a career spanning animation, live-action films, radio and television.She also provided voices for Nancy in "Shazzan", Josie in Josie and the Pussycats, Penelope Pitstop in Wacky Races and its spinoff series, she and Gary Owens are the surviving cast members of The Perils of Penelope Pitstop series because their co-stars from that series have passed away: Mel Blanc, Paul Winchell, Don Messick and Paul Lynde. A teenage babysitter named Jeannie from Tom and Jerry in the two episodes, Busy Buddies and Tot Watchers, the witch, Sersi in Thundarr the Barbarian in the episode Island of the Body Snatchers and many other animated female characters. She did the voices of Morticia Addams in the short-lived 1973 cartoon series adaptation of The Addams Family. She also provided the voice of Princess in Battle of the Planets.

Is an American recording artist who is the lead vocalist and songwriter for the glam metal band Warr

Is an American recording artist who is the lead vocalist and songwriter for the glam metal band Warrant. Lane was born as John Kennedy Oswald on February 1, 1964 in Akron, Ohio, the youngest of five children. Due to several complaints, his parents changed

Is an American dramatic soprano, best known for her interpretation of Wagner and Strauss.[1] Baird w

Is an American dramatic soprano, best known for her interpretation of Wagner and Strauss.[1] Baird was born in New York City.She studied with Astrid Varnay to develop the seminal dramatic soprano roles of Wagner and Strauss (Ortrud, Brünnhilde, Isolde, El

She participated on the Canadian team that received a silver medal in synchronized team at the 1996

She participated on the Canadian team that received a silver medal in synchronized team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Is an American supermodel fashion photographer, actress, author and agent. She has recently opened h

Is an American supermodel fashion photographer, actress, author and agent. She has recently opened her own modeling agency, The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, after judging for four cycles on America's Next Top Model.

Dickinson is the self-proclaimed first supermodel. In E! Network's E! True Hollywood Story, she desc

Dickinson is the self-proclaimed first supermodel. In E! Network's E! True Hollywood Story, she described how she coined the term "supermodel". Her manager, concerned that at the peak of her modeling career she was doing too much work, told her

Is an American astronaut.Voss was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1990; she has since flown as

Is an American astronaut.Voss was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1990; she has since flown as a mission specialist on missions STS-57 (1993), STS-63 (1995), STS-83 (1997), STS-94 (1997) and STS-99 (2000).

Was a soprano singer and college professor.Janice was the daughter of a Presbyterian minister and li

Was a soprano singer and college professor.Janice was the daughter of a Presbyterian minister and lived in Hamilton Square, New Jersey at an early age. Harsanyi married Nicholas Harsanyi, a violist who went to school with Béla Bartók in Hungary. Nikki fou

A meteorologist for WNBC in New York City.As she has sometimes noted on her newscast, though born in

A meteorologist for WNBC in New York City.As she has sometimes noted on her newscast, though born in New York City, at an early age she moved to her grandparents in Columbia, South Carolina, and graduated from Eau Claire High School with honors, where she was a member of the National Honor Society, Secretary of the Student Council, Varsity Cheerleader, and Miss Shamrock 1978.