American Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name, Brute Bernard, and spent mu

Was a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name, Brute Bernard, and spent much of his career wrestling as part of a tag team with Skull Murphy. He competed for several wrestling promotions associated with the National Wrestling All

Is a chess expert and President of the United States Chess Federation. He took office on August 9, 2

Is a chess expert and President of the United States Chess Federation. He took office on August 9, 2009. He was elected to a two-year term as President, after being re-elected to a four-year term as member of the Executive Board in July.

Played halfback for the University of Texas at Austin from 1969-1971. He was a highly regarded Wisco

Played halfback for the University of Texas at Austin from 1969-1971. He was a highly regarded Wisconsin high school football player, playing for the Hudson High School Raiders

Is a professional American lacrosse player who has played with the Philadelphia Wings in the Nationa

Is a professional American lacrosse player who has played with the Philadelphia Wings in the National Lacrosse League and the Los Angeles Riptide in Major League Lacrosse . Borell was signed by the San Jose Stealth of the NLL on March 18, 2009 and is a gr

Is a retired boxer from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States, who competed in the Light Heavyw

Is a retired boxer from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States, who competed in the Light Heavyweight division during his career as an amateur.

Is a retired Canadian soccer player. During his playing career he gained experience playing extensiv

Is a retired Canadian soccer player. During his playing career he gained experience playing extensively in Europe and North America, most notably with Bristol City, Nottingham Forest, Norwich City (with whom he won the 2004 Football League First Division title) and Toronto FC. He also played 49 times for the Canadian national team, was member of the Canada side which won the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and later represented his country at the Confederations Cup 2001, the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Brennan played at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Japan, in a team alongside Paul Stalteri and Jason Bent. He then made his senior debut for Canada in an April 1999 friendly match against Northern Ireland and went on to earn a total of 49 caps, scoring 6 goals.

Is a noted American rock climber and mountaineer, active since 1965 especially in Yosemite Valley, b

Is a noted American rock climber and mountaineer, active since 1965 especially in Yosemite Valley, but also in Patagonia and Alaska. He is noted for pushing the standards of both free-climbing and big-wall climbing, and later alpine climbing. He has writt

Is an American former professional football player who has also made his mark as an actor and social

Is an American former professional football player who has also made his mark as an actor and social activist. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine-year career as a running back for the NFL Cleveland Browns from 1957 to 1965. He is

Is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He is known for his manic, slapstick performances in come

Is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He is known for his manic, slapstick performances in comedy films such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective; Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls; The Mask; Dumb and Dumber; Me, Myself & Irene; Fun with Dick and Jane; The Cab

Is an author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll is best known for his 1978 autobiogra

Is an author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll is best known for his 1978 autobiographical work The Basketball Diaries, which was made into the 1995 film of the same name with Leonardo DiCaprio as Carroll.

Is a former American professional football player who played nine seasons in the National Football L

Is a former American professional football player who played nine seasons in the National Football League, mainly for the San Francisco 49ers. He was selected to two Pro Bowls.

A Canadian (Quebecer) singer-songwriter and broadcaster.Jim Corcoran was born in Sherbrooke, [but we

A Canadian (Quebecer) singer-songwriter and broadcaster.Jim Corcoran was born in Sherbrooke, [but went to high school and his obtained his B.A. in Boston, Massachusetts in the late 1960s. The former seminarian returned to his native Quebec in 1970 with th

A Canadian singer-songwriter primarily associated with the band Blue Rodeo. He has also produced two

A Canadian singer-songwriter primarily associated with the band Blue Rodeo. He has also produced two solo albums with the Jim Cuddy Band, which features musicians Bazil Donovan, Colin Cripps, Joel Anderson, Anne Lindsay and Gavin Brown. Guest performers i

An American pop artist. He is sometimes considered to be a part of the Neo-Dada movement. He was bor

An American pop artist. He is sometimes considered to be a part of the Neo-Dada movement. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, attended the University of Cincinnati and received a BFA from Ohio University in 1957. He first earned respect in the art world with his Happenings. Pioneered with artists Claes Oldenburg and Allan Kaprow, in conjunction with musician John Cage, the "Happenings" were chaotic performance art that was a stark contrast with the more somber mood of the expressionists popular in the New York art world. The first of these was the 30 second The Smiling Worker performed in 1959.

Was an American professional poker player who won two World Series of Poker bracelets.

Was an American professional poker player who won two World Series of Poker bracelets.

Also known as 'The Shark', is an ultra marathon athlete, because his swimming accomplishments are of

Also known as 'The Shark', is an ultra marathon athlete, because his swimming accomplishments are often tied to extensive running and cycling feats. Dreyer has set various records on those distances and has won multiple marathon and triathlon awards. His

A native New Yorker, Dwyer wrote columns for New York Newsday and the New York Daily News before joi

A native New Yorker, Dwyer wrote columns for New York Newsday and the New York Daily News before joining the Times. He earned a bachelor’s degree in general science from Fordham University in 1979 and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1980. He also developed a 50kw photovoltaic panel system for his cooperative apartment building in Manhattan, the first of its kind in New York Cit

Is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 14th District since 2007 and is a m

Is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 14th District since 2007 and is a member of the Republican Party.Marshall serves on four House committees: Commerce, Gaming Oversight, Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness, and Policy

Is an American painter, printmaker, and Creative Director who was a contributing figure in the visua

Is an American painter, printmaker, and Creative Director who was a contributing figure in the visual art movement known as underground comics. After a successful career as a comic illustrator, Jim Evans became known for his work as a painter, poster maker, and owner of the digital design group, Division 13.

(born on June 10, 1931) is an American professional golfer

(born on June 10, 1931) is an American professional golfer

Was an American sports executive, primarily for American football.Jim Finks was born in St. Louis, M

Was an American sports executive, primarily for American football.Jim Finks was born in St. Louis, Missouri, attended high school in Salem, Illinois, and attended college at the University of Tulsa. After being selected as a 12th-round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1949 NFL draft, he played for several years as defensive back and quarterback, retiring after the 1955 season

Is an American football fullback who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Chi

Is an American football fullback who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Chicago Bears in the seventh round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Pennsylvania.

Best known for his distinctive and idiosyncratic album cover art for RCA Victor and Columbia Records

Best known for his distinctive and idiosyncratic album cover art for RCA Victor and Columbia Records during the 1940s and 1950s, was also a prolific commercial illustrator from the 1940s to the 1970s and the author/illustrator of 17 popular children's boo

Was a former professional baseball player who was an outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1884-1890.

Was a former professional baseball player who was an outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1884-1890. Fogarty played for the Philadelphia Quakers of the National League and was a player-manager for the Philadelphia Athletics of the Players League.[1]

An American news anchor for WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Jim has lived most of his adult li

An American news anchor for WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Jim has lived most of his adult life in the Delaware Valley. In 1970, Jim received his Bachelor of Arts degree (in Political Science) from Columbia University. It was there where Gardner go