American Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a St. Louis, Missouri artist known for his contemporary pointillistic style of painting, and as

Was a St. Louis, Missouri artist known for his contemporary pointillistic style of painting, and as a supporter of local business and talent. After completing his BS at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, in 1966, Wilkerson obtained his MFA (1968) from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He settled in St. Louis following military service in the Army from 1968 - 1970. Wilkerson exhibited at galleries in St. Louis, Kansas City, New Orleans, New York City, and Carmel, California. His works are represented in several public collections including, among others, the St. Louis Art Museum, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington, the Tucson Museum of Art, and the Evansville Museum of Arts and Science in Evansville, Indiana.

Was an American award-winning actor, perhaps best known for his starring role as Detective Lennie Br

Was an American award-winning actor, perhaps best known for his starring role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in the Law & Order television series and for his musical theater roles.

Is a Honduran football striker, who currently plays for Marathon. He is the brother of Milton Palaci

Is a Honduran football striker, who currently plays for Marathon. He is the brother of Milton Palacios Suazo, Wilson Palacios, Johnny Palacios and Edwin Palacios. His dad stated that Jerry was the only "rebel" in the family being a fan of Motagua. On October 30, 2007 Edwin, of 16 years, was kidnapped in La Ceiba[

Was an American football Center in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, New Orleans S

Was an American football Center in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints and Cincinnati Bengals. Fontenot attended Texas A&M University.

A prominent researcher in the fields of computational linguistics, discourse analysis, and artificia

A prominent researcher in the fields of computational linguistics, discourse analysis, and artificial intelligence. He earned his doctor's degree from New York University in 1974 in computer science. He has taught at Yale University and the City University of New York.From 1977 to 2002 he was with the Artificial Intelligence Center at SRI International, Menlo Park, California, where he was a principal scientist and program director of the Natural Language Program. He has written numerous papers in the areas of parsing, syntax, semantic interpretation, information extraction, knowledge representation, encoding commonsense knowledge, discourse analysis, the structure of conversation, and the Semantic Web.

Is a former Major League Baseball player. Fry played in four games for the Montreal Expos in the 197

Is a former Major League Baseball player. Fry played in four games for the Montreal Expos in the 1978 season. He had no hits in nine at-bats, with one walk.

Was a basketball player from the 1950s to the 1970s, and is now a memory education expert. In 1996,

Was a basketball player from the 1950s to the 1970s, and is now a memory education expert. In 1996, the NBA's 50th anniversary, he was named one of the 50 greatest players in National Basketball Association history.[2] He was named to Sports Illustrated's five-man College All-Century Team in 1999.

Is an American country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who

Is an American country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who has appeared in over a dozen films. As a singer, he may be best known for his songs "When You're Hot, You're Hot",

Is the current majority owner and founder of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League.

Is the current majority owner and founder of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. Richardson is a graduate of Fayetteville High School and Wofford College, where he played wide receiver and set several school records.

Is a Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor and writer. He is often described

Is a Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winning American comedian, actor and writer. He is often described as an observational comedian. He is best known for playing a semi-fictional version of himself in the long-running situation comedy, Seinfeld, (1989 - 199

Is a former Canadian high school basketball player. He is 7 feet 4 inches in height. Sokoloski play

Is a former Canadian high school basketball player. He is 7 feet 4 inches in height. Sokoloski played high school basketball in Canada for Silverthorn Collegiate Institute before transferring to Chinguacousy High School and Father Henry Carr Catholic Seco

Is a noted children's author, specializing on novels written for and about early adolescence. Among

Is a noted children's author, specializing on novels written for and about early adolescence. Among his books are Milkweed, Space Station Seventh Grade, Maniac Magee (winner of the 1991 Newbery Medal), Wringer (1998 Newbery Honor book), and Stargirl.

Is a former politician-turned daytime talk show host. British-born American television personality,

Is a former politician-turned daytime talk show host. British-born American television personality, a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, musician and host of the tabloid talk show bearing his name, The Jerry Springer Show, since its debut in 199

Was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring names, The Wall in World Championship W

Was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring names, The Wall in World Championship Wrestling and Malice while performing for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Tuite debuted as a bodyguard for Berlyn, then later moved to the singles division.

Is an American comedian and actor. He is the younger brother of comedian and actor Dick Van Dyke, an

Is an American comedian and actor. He is the younger brother of comedian and actor Dick Van Dyke, and made his acting debut on The Dick Van Dyke Show with several guest appearances as Rob Petrie's brother, Stacey.During the 1970s, Van Dyke returned to stand-up comedy virtually full time. He spent much of the decade touring Playboy Clubs around the country, and headlining at venues in Las Vegas, Nevada, Reno and Atlantic City, returning to television for guest appearances on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Love, American Style and Fantasy Island, and roles in The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon (1976) and 13 Queens Boulevard (1979).

Is a retired American basketball player.

Is a retired American basketball player.

Is an American promoter and former professional wrestler, and the father of wrestler Jeff Jarrett. H

Is an American promoter and former professional wrestler, and the father of wrestler Jeff Jarrett. He is the co-founder and former part-owner of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Like World Wrestling Entertainment Chairman Vince McMahon, Jarrett was initial

Born February 16, 1952 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball, an

Born February 16, 1952 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball, and the father of current major leaguers Jerry Hairston, Jr. and Scott Hairston.

(born May 29, 1976 in Naperville, Illinois), nicknamed "Pork Rind," is a Major League Baseball utili

(born May 29, 1976 in Naperville, Illinois), nicknamed "Pork Rind," is a Major League Baseball utility player in the Cincinnati Reds organization.

Is an American sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich,

Is an American sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he was eliminted in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event.

Is an American movie director known for his role in directing comedy spoof films. Zucker was born in

Is an American movie director known for his role in directing comedy spoof films. Zucker was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Charlotte (d. 2007) and Burton Zucker, who was a real estate developer. He graduated from Shorewood High School.

(April 25, 1916 – September 23, 1994) was a professional golfe

(April 25, 1916 – September 23, 1994) was a professional golfe

Is a Costa Rican football player, who currently plays defender for Deportivo Saprissa of the Costa R

Is a Costa Rican football player, who currently plays defender for Deportivo Saprissa of the Costa Rican first division. He is a cultured centre back or wing back renowned for his marking and skill on the ball. He can also play as a defensive midfielder.

Is an American professional basketball player formerly in the National Basketball Association whose

Is an American professional basketball player formerly in the National Basketball Association whose most recent team was Bnei HaSharon of the Israeli basketball league.After graduating from Dallas's Justin F. Kimball High School, Sasser played college basketball at Southern Methodist University and was selected by the Orlando Magic as the 22nd pick in the 2001 NBA Draft. In two seasons for the Magic (his only in the NBA) he averaged 2.5 points per game.

Was an American visual artist.In 1949, Collins enrolled in the California School of the Arts (now th

Was an American visual artist.In 1949, Collins enrolled in the California School of the Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute) and, after breaking with his family, began referring to himself simply as "Jess". He met Robert Duncan in 1951 and began a relationship with the poet that lasted until Duncan's death in 1988. In 1952, in San Francisco, Collins, with Duncan and painter Harry Jacobus, opened the King Ubu Gallery, which became an important venue for alternative art and which remained so when, in 1954, poet Jack Spicer reopened the space as the Six Gallery.