American Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an American film score composer from Los Angeles, California. Goldsmith was nominated for eighte

Was an American film score composer from Los Angeles, California. Goldsmith was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards (winning one, for The Omen), and also won four Emmy Awards. He worked in a wide variety of film and television genres, but is most prominently associated with action, suspense, and sci-fi/horror films.

Was an American computer scientist. In the 1950s, he led the technical team for the ERMA project, th

Was an American computer scientist. In the 1950s, he led the technical team for the ERMA project, the Bank of America's first venture into computerized banking. In 1968 he became the first chair of the University of Washington's Computer Science Group, which later evolved into the Computer Science and Engineering Department.

Was an American football player. He was a punter who spent sixteen professional seasons, fifteen of

Was an American football player. He was a punter who spent sixteen professional seasons, fifteen of them with the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League and then the NFL.

Was a Wisconsin lawyer and politician.Leonard was first elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1

Was a Wisconsin lawyer and politician.Leonard was first elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1956 to succeed William Kasik from the 19th Milwaukee County district, which included the Town of Milwaukee (but not the City of Milwaukee itself), Bayside,

Was an American philosopher and linguist.After receiving a PhD in philosophy from Princeton Universi

Was an American philosopher and linguist.After receiving a PhD in philosophy from Princeton University in 1960, Katz became a Research Associate in Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Philosophy there in 1963, and became Professor in 1969. From 1975 until his death, he was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics at the City University of New York.Within linguistics, Katz is best known for his theory of semantics in generative grammar.

Was a professional boxer in the heavyweight division from 1985 until 1997, amassing a record of 83-1

Was a professional boxer in the heavyweight division from 1985 until 1997, amassing a record of 83-19-1 with 62 wins by knockout. Along the way Halstead fought such prominent pugilists as Greg Page, Tony Tubbs, Buster Douglas, Pierre Coetzer, Tommy Morris

Is a Democratic politician, representing the 92nd District in the Iowa House of Representatives sinc

Is a Democratic politician, representing the 92nd District in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2008.

An American philosopher and cognitive scientist. He is the State of New Jersey Professor of Philosop

An American philosopher and cognitive scientist. He is the State of New Jersey Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and is also the author of many works in the fields of philosophy of mind and cognitive science, in which he has laid the groundwork for the modularity of mind and the language of thought hypotheses, among other ideas.Fodor argues that mental states, such as beliefs and desires, are relations between individuals and mental representations. He maintains that these representations can only be correctly explained in terms of a language of thought (LOT) in the mind. Further, this language of thought itself is an actually existing thing that is codified in the brain and not just a useful explanatory tool. Fodor adheres to a species of functionalism,

Is a retired American basketball player who played his entire professional career for the NBA's Los

Is a retired American basketball player who played his entire professional career for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. West has also had a successful career as a coach and as an executive. He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1980, and his left-handed dribbling silhouette has long been used in the National Basketball Association's official logo.

A Northern Tutchone musician living in Pelly Crossing, Yukon. He was named "Keeper of the Songs" at

A Northern Tutchone musician living in Pelly Crossing, Yukon. He was named "Keeper of the Songs" at birth, an honorary title which he has made into a career, updating traditional Tutchone music by adding twentieth century Western influences.Alfred's music

(born on 22 September 1955) is a Canadian golfer.

(born on 22 September 1955) is a Canadian golfer.

Born January 15, 1956 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States) is a former catcher in Major Leag

Born January 15, 1956 in Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States) is a former catcher in Major League Baseball and is the former manager of the Texas Rangers and Cincinnati Reds.

Is an American photographer best known for his fashion and celebrity images.Avenaim's parents left E

Is an American photographer best known for his fashion and celebrity images.Avenaim's parents left Egypt to Paris, France during the Suez Canal crisis in the 1950s and later emigrated to the United States where he was born. As a teenager, Avenaim got his

Is a former professional American football cornerback who played for the Chicago Bears his entire ca

Is a former professional American football cornerback who played for the Chicago Bears his entire career from 1999 to 2005.Azumah was selected as the 14th pick of the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft out of the University of New Hampshire where he won the Walter Payton Award as the best offensive player in Division I-AA football.

Was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell. Blac

Was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell. Blackwell competed in the 1979 World's Strongest Man contest, but withdrew early in the competition due to an injury. He was a main event star in the American

Is the current Attorney General and former governor of the State of California. Brown has had a leng

Is the current Attorney General and former governor of the State of California. Brown has had a lengthy political career spanning terms on the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees (1969-1971), as California Secretary of State (1971-1975), as Go

Was a musician that played the organ and piano for the Lawrence Welk orchestra from 1934] to 1965.Je

Was a musician that played the organ and piano for the Lawrence Welk orchestra from 1934] to 1965.Jerry's career with the music makers spanned more than thirty years, from the one-nighters throughout the Midwest, at radio station WNAX, later in Chicago at the Aragon Ballroom and eventually in Southern California on television, first locally and later nationwide on the ABC network. His talents with the keyboard instruments, such as the Novachord was a perfect fit to Welk's champagne music. He also recorded several solo albums of his work as well.

Is an American soul singer and songwriter also known as "The Ice Man" because of his cool demeanour

Is an American soul singer and songwriter also known as "The Ice Man" because of his cool demeanour while singing often intensely emotional lyrics. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the legendary R&B vocal group, The Impressions, as we

Is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel

Is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies (credited as "Spot").In late 1974, Chamberlain was asked to join Jubal's Last Band, a band that consisted of Terry Scott Tayl

Was an Italian-American comedian, singer and songwriter, remembered best as the zaniest of Bob Hope'

Was an Italian-American comedian, singer and songwriter, remembered best as the zaniest of Bob Hope's sidekicks on Hope's popular radio shows and films of the 1940s and 1950s.

Is a former American college and professional football offensive tackle who played five seasons in t

Is a former American college and professional football offensive tackle who played five seasons in the American Football League from 1960-1965 for the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs. In 1962, he was an AFL All-Star at offensive guard.

A retired American Hall of Fame jockey. He began his racing career in November 1974. His first mount

A retired American Hall of Fame jockey. He began his racing career in November 1974. His first mount was on a horse named Pegged Rate, who ran off the board. He notched his first career win the next day on his second career mount, Fetch, at New Mexico's S

Is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey. He began his racing career in November 1974. His first mo

Is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey. He began his racing career in November 1974. His first mount was on a horse named Pegged Rate, who ran off the board. He notched his first career win the next day on his second career mount, Fetch, at New Mexico'

Is an American professional basketball player who currently plays both shooting guard and small forw

Is an American professional basketball player who currently plays both shooting guard and small forward for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks.Stackhouse attended the University of North Carolina, where he was a teammate of fellow future NBAer Rasheed Wallace. Stackhouse declared his eligibility for the 1995 NBA Draft following his sophomore season with the Tar Heels. He was selected in the first round of the 1995 NBA Draft with the third pick by the Philadelphia 76ers. At one time he was called the "Next Jordan" since both players played at North Carolina, both players went #3 in the draft, both were listed at the same height: 6' 6" and looked similar in appearance and game, and both had a taller power forward from UNC drafted immediately after them in the #4 spot (in Jordan's case, it was Sam Perkins, and in Stackhouse's case, the player was Rasheed Wallace.)

E (born June 2, 1933, in Lincoln, Missouri) was a Major League Baseball Second Baseman for the New Y

E (born June 2, 1933, in Lincoln, Missouri) was a Major League Baseball Second Baseman for the New York Yankees (1956-59), Kansas City Athletics (1959-63) and Detroit Tigers (1964-67).