American Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Jack Maguire was a Major League Baseball player (born February 5, 1925) in St. Louis, Missouri (USA)

Jack Maguire was a Major League Baseball player (born February 5, 1925) in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), died September 28, 2001. In 1950, he played for the New York Giants; in 1951 he played for the Giants, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the St. Louis Browns (now known as the Baltimore Orioles).

Was a Canadian speed skater and ice hockey player. He won several Canadian amateur speed skating cha

Was a Canadian speed skater and ice hockey player. He won several Canadian amateur speed skating championships and one world championship.ex

Was a light welterweight boxer. He ended his career with a record of 19-7-2. He was once a champions

Was a light welterweight boxer. He ended his career with a record of 19-7-2. He was once a championship hopeful out of Lowell, Massachusetts. He had fought some contenders in Marlon Starling and Kevin Rooney. His son John Morrell is the nephew of "Irish"

Was an American alpine skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics and in the 1952 Winter Olympic

Was an American alpine skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics and in the 1952 Winter Olympics. In 1948 he finished seventh in the alpine skiing slalom event, twelfth in the combined competition and 26th in the downhill event. Four years later he f

Is an American actor, internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic char

Is an American actor, internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals of neurotic characters

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 390 NHL regular season games between 1982 and

Is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 390 NHL regular season games between 1982 and 1989 for the Chicago Blackhawks and New Jersey Devils. Before turning professional, he was a member of the 1980 Winter Olympics United States national tea

Is an American ex-boxer and actor. O'Halloran was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fighting as "I

Is an American ex-boxer and actor. O'Halloran was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Fighting as "Irish" Jack O'Halloran out of Boston, Massachusetts, he was a heavyweight boxing contender active from 1966 to 1974. The 6-foot, 8-inch O'Halloran was undef

Is the one of the founders of O'Neill surf shop. He and his two brothers, Bob O'Neill and Bill O'Nei

Is the one of the founders of O'Neill surf shop. He and his two brothers, Bob O'Neill and Bill O'Neill opened their first surf shop in Santa Cruz, California in 1952. Bob's wife, Eileen, also worked the business.[1] His name is attached to surfwear and his brand of surfing equipment.[2]He also began a non profit organization called O'Neill Sea Odyssey which provides students with hands-on lessons in marine biology and that teaches the relationship between the oceans and the environment.[3]

Was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio, and television.

Was an American actor, starring mostly in films, but also working on stage, radio, and television.

Was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. With his rugged facial features, Palance was best

Was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. With his rugged facial features, Palance was best known to modern movie audiences as both the characters of Curly and Duke in the two City Slickers movies, but his career spanned half a century of film and

Was a Canadian-born American actor. He was best known for his tabloid lifestyle, marriage to the top

Was a Canadian-born American actor. He was best known for his tabloid lifestyle, marriage to the top starlets of his day, and being of the famous Pickford acting family.

A photographer. He studied at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Pierson has made a name fo

A photographer. He studied at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Pierson has made a name for himself with a body of work that includes photographs, collages, word sculptures, installations, drawings and artists books. His "Self-Portrait" series was shown in the 2004 Whitney Biennial and his works are collected by major museums worldwide. Jack Pierson currently divides his time between his home and studio in the Southern California desert near Joshua Tree National Park and New York. He has photographed many well-known celebrities and models, including Michael Bergin, Naomi Campbell, Snoop Dogg, Massimiliano Neri, Brad Pitt, and Antonio Sabato Jr.

(Born: November 13, 1914 in Toledo, Ohio, died: June 11, 1982 in Toledo, Ohio) is a former Major Lea

(Born: November 13, 1914 in Toledo, Ohio, died: June 11, 1982 in Toledo, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Giants between 1940 and 1948. He was a 6'4", 215 pound right-hander.

S a Polish-born, Canadian bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. He won a silver medal in the two-man

S a Polish-born, Canadian bobsledder who competed in the 1990s. He won a silver medal in the two-man event at the 1995 FIBT World Championships in Winterberg.

Was an American comic book artist and Playboy magazine cartoonist best-known for creating the popula

Was an American comic book artist and Playboy magazine cartoonist best-known for creating the popular and highly influential superhero Plastic Man.

Is a former American Football linebacker who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is considered on

Is a former American Football linebacker who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is considered one of the greatest outside linebackers in the history of the NFL. He attended Bishop McCort High School in Johnstown, Pennsylvania followed by Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, Virginia for a post graduate season

An American (Los Angeles) artist known for his complex shaped canvas paintings. His work is included

An American (Los Angeles) artist known for his complex shaped canvas paintings. His work is included in numerous public and private collections internationally. Reilly's early abstract work reflected various influences of prominent artists of the time including Frank Stella, Ellsworth Kelly, Ronald Davis, Jules Olitski, and Trevor Bell. Each of these painters dealt with structure, color, atmosphere, light and ambiguous space; elements that would eventually converge in Reilly's abstract paintings. Shortly after moving to Los Angeles in 1978, Reilly's geometric abstraction emerged, extracting and redefining elements prevalent in contemporary abstract painting. His work commented on numerous formal and pictorial issues of the era, and by combining illusionary space with color field painting,

(born on July 6, 1956) is an American professional golfer

(born on July 6, 1956) is an American professional golfer

Is a former NASA astronaut.Lousma was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He se

Is a former NASA astronaut.Lousma was one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the astronaut support crews for the Apollo 9, 10, and 13 missions. He famously was the capcom recipient of the "Houston, we've had a pr

Became the first African-American major league baseball player of the modern era in 1947. While not

Became the first African-American major league baseball player of the modern era in 1947. While not the first African American professional baseball player in United States history, his Major League debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers ended approximately eighty years of baseball segregation, also known as the baseball color line, or color barrier. In the United States at this time, many white people believed that blacks and whites should be segregated or kept apart in many phases of life, including sports and daily life.

Was a light heavyweight champion and also fought for the world heavyweight title. He fought out of C

Was a light heavyweight champion and also fought for the world heavyweight title. He fought out of Chicago, Illinois. Root served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War I. After his time in the service Root became the president and boxing manag

Is a former American swimmer. Horsley is currently the medical director of Central Washington Unive

Is a former American swimmer. Horsley is currently the medical director of Central Washington University's student health center.

An American theoretical physicist and the author of a number of popular works on quantum physics and

An American theoretical physicist and the author of a number of popular works on quantum physics and consciousness. He is known for his iconoclastic ideas, and is interested in what he sees as the breakdown of the paradigm that posits science and the humanities as separate disciplines, arguing that physics — which he calls "the Conceptual Art of the late 20th Century" — [1] has replaced philosophy as the unifying force between science and art. [

An Canadian/American singer and songwriter. He was the first white rock and roll national star to co

An Canadian/American singer and songwriter. He was the first white rock and roll national star to come out of Detroit, Michigan.Scott was born in Windsor, Ontario and spent his early childhood in this city just across the river from Detroit. When he was 1

Born July 11, 1949 in Brenham, Texas) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball shortstop who p

Born July 11, 1949 in Brenham, Texas) is a former right-handed Major League Baseball shortstop who played from 1969 to 1977 with the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers. He attended Brenham High School. He is also the uncle of Brett Bordes, a minor league pitcher in the Baltimore Orioles organization.