American Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is an American former National Basketball Association player who played the small forward position a

Is an American former National Basketball Association player who played the small forward position and won four NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors. Wilkes was also a key player in the run of NCAA championships accumulated during the John Wooden era of UCLA basketball. Upon entering the NBA in 1974, Wilkes converted to Islam and legally changed his name to Jamaal Abdul-Lateef, but retained his surname throughout his NBA career.

Is a former American football wide receiver for the New York Giants in the National Football League.

Is a former American football wide receiver for the New York Giants in the National Football League. The Giants selected Taylor in the 6th round of the 2004 NFL Draft out of Texas A&M. Jamaar was a promising prospect until he suffered a knee injury in college that drastically hurt his draft status.

Is an American novelist, gardener, and gardening writer.

Is an American novelist, gardener, and gardening writer.

Is an American football running back for the Cleveland Browns. He was originally drafted by the Balt

Is an American football running back for the Cleveland Browns. He was originally drafted by the Baltimore Ravens fifth overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee.After spending his first seven seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, Lewis signed a free agent contract with the Cleveland Browns prior to the 2007 season.Lewis was the fifth pick overall in the 2000 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Ravens and in his rookie season, rushed for over 1,000 yards, supplanting Priest Holmes as the team's starting RB. The Ravens' running game and punishing defense earned them their first World Championship when they defeated the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV. Lewis rushed for 103 yards and scored a touchdown in the game, becoming only the second rookie ever to rush for over 100 yards in a Super Bowl.

Is a retired American professional basketball player. A small forward, Mashburn was a prolific score

Is a retired American professional basketball player. A small forward, Mashburn was a prolific scorer in his 12 seasons in the league, with a career scoring average of 19.1 points per game. He is nicknamed "The Monster Mash" and "Masher".

Is a Major League Baseball outfielder.Strong was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of

Is a Major League Baseball outfielder.Strong was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 6th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft. Strong made his major league debut in 2003 and was called up again in 2005. Strong became a free agent after the 2005 season and signed with the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs released him on April 25, 2006, and he signed with the Atlanta Braves on April 28. The Braves released him on October 15, 2006, and he later signed with the New York Yankees in 2007. After becoming a free agent after the 2007 season, Strong signed with the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League for 2008. On June 6, the Ducks traded him to the Camden Riversharks for pitcher Abe Alvarez.

Is a former running back in the National Football League, with the Atlanta Falcons. He played eight

Is a former running back in the National Football League, with the Atlanta Falcons. He played eight seasons with the Falcons, amassing 5,336 rushing yards, 156 receptions for 1,645 yards, and 41 touchdowns before he suffered what became a career-ending tear of his ACL in 2001.

Is an American professional basketball player, currently in Jordan with Zain. He is a power forward-

Is an American professional basketball player, currently in Jordan with Zain. He is a power forward-center.Sampson attended the University of California, Berkeley, playing only one season, and was selected by the Utah Jazz in the second round (47th overall) in the 2002 NBA Draft, and was traded along with Ryan Humphrey to the Orlando Magic for Curtis Borchardt. The Magic then traded Sampson to the Milwaukee Bucks for Rashard Griffith.

Is an American professional wrestler, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he

Is an American professional wrestler, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a former five–time X Division Champion and a one–time World Tag Team Champion with Consequences Creed. Shipman made his wrestling debut under the ring

Is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Toronto Raptors. He has played for the H

Is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Toronto Raptors. He has played for the Harlem Globetrotters, CBA's Albany Patroons,[1] Fuerza Regia in the LNBP, and most recently the USBL Gary Steelheads.[2][3][4] He attended Meridian Community College where he averaged 20.8 points per game and 8.7 rebounds. Moon entered the 2001 NBA Draft but he was not drafted

Is a female American tennis player. She reached a singles ranking of 45 in the world at the end of 2

Is a female American tennis player. She reached a singles ranking of 45 in the world at the end of 2006.Jackson is the first tennis player ever to use the instant replay system in a tour level match, challenging a call in her first round win at the 2006 Nasdaq 100 Open in Miami, against compatriot Ashley Harkleroad. She led the United States Fed Cup team to a victory over Germany on April 23, 2006.

Is a professional heavyweight boxer notable for his size, 6 ft 6.5 in (1.99 m) and weight of around

Is a professional heavyweight boxer notable for his size, 6 ft 6.5 in (1.99 m) and weight of around 120 kg (265 lb). He is currently ranked at number 9 in the WBC heavyweight ratings. McCline is managed by Scott Hirsch and trained by Mathew Drayton. He ha

Is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the NBA. He is most famous fo

Is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the NBA. He is most famous for being one of the most popular stars of men's college basketball in the early 2000s, representing Saint Joseph's University of Philadelphia.

Is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He is currently playing for Eldo

Is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He is currently playing for Eldo Napoli in the Italian Serie A. In 2006-07 he played for Besiktas ColaTurka Istanbul in Turkey and Angelico Biella in Italy.He has played collegiately for Providence College. He played in the NBA in 1999-2000 (3 games for Boston Celtics and 4 games for Golden State Warriors) and 2000-01 (5 games for New Jersey Nets). His career averages are 8.5 MPG, 2.6 PPG and 1.8 RPG. He has also been signed for a brief period by Cleveland Cavaliers and Portland Trail Blazers (1999-00 season) and Utah Jazz (2000-01 season), but he has never played for those teams in an NBA game.

Is an American basketball player and coach, a former NBA basketball guard. He was picked in the thir

Is an American basketball player and coach, a former NBA basketball guard. He was picked in the third round (seventieth pick overall) of the 1986 NBA Draft out of Bradley University.A 5'11" point guard, Les played seven seasons in the NBA, from 1988 to 1995 for four franchises. The highlight of his career came during the 1990-91 season with the Sacramento Kings, when he reached career highs in scoring average (7.2 PPG), assists (5.4 APG), steals (1.04 SPG) and field goal percentage (.444), while also leading the league in three-point field goal percentage (.461). The following year, he was runner-up to Craig Hodges in the AT&T Long Distance Shootout contest.

Is a former American boxer who was briefly WBA heavyweight champion in the late 1980s. He is the fir

Is a former American boxer who was briefly WBA heavyweight champion in the late 1980s. He is the first heavyweight champion with a college degree. After serving in the US military (where he first played around with boxing in the gym) and working as a pris

Is a boxing trainer, and retired boxer. He was born in Brentwood, New York. In 1988, McGirt defeated

Is a boxing trainer, and retired boxer. He was born in Brentwood, New York. In 1988, McGirt defeated Frankie Warren, avenging his only defeat, to win the IBF world junior welterweight title. In his second defense, he lost the title to Meldrick Taylor. Thr

Is a former undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion who caused arguably the most shocking upset

Is a former undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion who caused arguably the most shocking upset in boxing history when he knocked out undefeated champion Mike Tyson on February 11, 1990 in Tokyo, Japan. At the time, Tyson was considered to be the bes

Is an accomplished athlete in the sport of Sombo wrestling and a seven-time member of the Team USA N

Is an accomplished athlete in the sport of Sombo wrestling and a seven-time member of the Team USA National Team. He also won a Bronze medal at the 1972 Amateur Athletic Union Illinois State Jr. Freestyle Wrestling Championships held at Loyola Academy in

Was the first American jet ace in history. Jabara is credited with 15 victories over MiG-15 jets in

Was the first American jet ace in history. Jabara is credited with 15 victories over MiG-15 jets in Korea, one below the tally of Joseph C. McConnell, although Jabara's 1.5 victories in World War II bring his career total to 16.5 victories. He was the sec

Is a professional American surfer, skimboarder and wakeboarder. His forays into board sports began w

Is a professional American surfer, skimboarder and wakeboarder. His forays into board sports began with surfing when he was 10 years old. Lovett went professional at age 14 which led him to compete and receive awards in many events. In 2007, Lovett was a

Is an American professional wrestler he is perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Champ

Is an American professional wrestler he is perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling, the United States Wrestling Association, on the Tennessee independent circuit , and with World Championship Wrestling and the World Wres

A former professional soccer player. He played 19 times for Canada during the latter half of the 199

A former professional soccer player. He played 19 times for Canada during the latter half of the 1990s.A midfielder and Victoria native, Lowery was on Canada's playing roster for the 1986 FIFA World Cup and played in the country's first and second games, against France and Hungary respectively as a substitute. He scored one international goal, in a 3–1 loss to Mexico in Los Angeles at the 1991 Gold Cup.

Is a former professional soccer player from Canada. Lowery joined the Coulson-Prescott Football Club

Is a former professional soccer player from Canada. Lowery joined the Coulson-Prescott Football Club. A midfielder and Victoria native, Lowery played for the University of Victoria and after graduation also played club soccer for the Canadian Soccer League team, the Vancouver 86ers. Lowery was a member of Canada's Olympic team which failed to qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympics, making one appearance in qualifying. He made his debut for Canada in a January 1986 friendly match against Paraguay and earned a total of 20 caps, scoring 1 goal. Lowery was on Canada's playing roster for the 1986 FIFA World Cup and played in the country's first game against France.

Was a North Carolina politician and farmer. He is a former Democratic member of the United States Ho

Was a North Carolina politician and farmer. He is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. In 1976, Clarke was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives as a Democrat. In 1980 he was elected to the North Carol