American Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He has won a number of stakes races with his most imp

Is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He has won a number of stakes races with his most important coming in the 2005 Kentucky Derby when Giacomo scored a major upset. In 2007, another Shirreffs-trained horse scored a major upset when Tiago, a hal

An American molecular biologist with expertise in biophysics, biochemistry, and genetics. He was a p

An American molecular biologist with expertise in biophysics, biochemistry, and genetics. He was a professor at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).Abelson graduated in 1960 with a bachelor's degree in physics from Washington State University. He obtained his Ph.D. in biophysics from Johns Hopkins University in 1965. He then did postdoctoral studies in biochemistry at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge, England before occupying his first faculty post at the University of California, San Diego in 1968.

Was an American sprint canoer who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned

Was an American sprint canoer who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the C-2 10000 m event at Helsinki in 1952.

Born in Houston, Culberson attended West University Elementary School, Lanier Middle School, and Lam

Born in Houston, Culberson attended West University Elementary School, Lanier Middle School, and Lamar High School. He graduated from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in 1981 with a degree in history. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from South Texas College of Law in 1989. He is a distant relative of former Governor of Texas Charles Allen Culberson.

American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association.

American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association.

Was an American comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National

Was an American comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers.

Was an American comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National

Was an American comedian, actor and musician, notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon's Animal House and The Blues Brothers. He is the brother of Jim Belushi.Belushi's first big break as a comedian occurred in 1971, when he joined Th

Was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer. With John Mauchly he invented the first ge

Was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer. With John Mauchly he invented the first general-purpose electronic digital computer (ENIAC), presented the first course in computing topics (the Moore School Lectures), founded the first commercial

Is a Canadian professional soccer player, he is currently playing for Energie Cottbus. He attended B

Is a Canadian professional soccer player, he is currently playing for Energie Cottbus. He attended Burnaby Central Secondary School as part of the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency program in the 2007-08 school year, the centre back was a student at Oak Bay High School in Victoria, British Columbia. Straith has also been capped for the Canadian U-17 National team where they failed to Qualify for the U-17 World Cup, Korea 2007. On May 24, 2010, Straith made hia senior team debut as an 81st minute substitute in a 5-0 loss against Argentina at the Estadio Monumental.

Was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1875 to 1877.

Was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina from 1875 to 1877.

Was a member of the nobility of the Kingdom of Hawaii who became a wealthy businessman, and was invo

Was a member of the nobility of the Kingdom of Hawaii who became a wealthy businessman, and was involved in politics as the kingdom was overthrown.

Was an American jazz pianist. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Cuban parents who migrated to th

Was an American jazz pianist. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Cuban parents who migrated to the United States, Acea had rheumatic fever and was expected to die during his first decade of life. In addition to beating the odds, he would end up with a

Is a former right-handed Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Houston Astros in 1988.

Is a former right-handed Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Houston Astros in 1988.He was originally drafted by the New York Yankees in the eighth round of the 1981 draft, but he chose not to sign. In 1984, he was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 19th round of the draft, but again, he did not sign. Finally, when he was drafted by the Houston Astros in the ninth round of the 1985 draft by the Astros, he did sign.

An American geographer and explorer. His work has been mapping and describing caves and geysers.In 1

An American geographer and explorer. His work has been mapping and describing caves and geysers.In 1996, Glennon and Jon Jasper discovered an entrance to the Martin Ridge Cave System, Kentucky, and explored connections to nearby Jackpot and Whigpistle Caves (Groves, C.G. 1998). The combined cave system is 51 kilometers (32 miles) long (Gulden, B. 2005). The cave is hydrologically connected to Mammoth Cave---the world's longest cave (Quinlan J.F. and Ray, J. 1989). Glennon also was involved in the discovery of one of the largest cave chambers in Kentucky (Yonker, R. 2003).

Is an American International Master of chess. His best result is a tie for first with Lubomir Kavale

Is an American International Master of chess. His best result is a tie for first with Lubomir Kavalek in the 1973 U.S. Championship.

Lasseter's father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership, while his mother was an art teacher

Lasseter's father was a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership, while his mother was an art teacher at Bell Gardens Senior High School. John attended Whittier High School, Class of 1975, along with his twin sister Johanna. In addition, Lasseter graduated from California Institute of the Arts, where he met future colleague Brad Bird. He passed a furniture store and noticed a lamp on a desk in the window display. He told his mother that his idea was to make that lamp come to life. This idea became one of his short student films titled "Lady and the Lamp" and eventually led to the creation of Pixar's Luxo, Jr..

Was an American artist known primarily for his book and magazine illustrations, as well as historica

Was an American artist known primarily for his book and magazine illustrations, as well as historical paintings. He also was an illustrator for many commercial publications, including Collier's Weekly, The Saturday Evening Post, The Golden Book Magazine,

Elway was born in Port Angeles, Washington on June 28, 1960, the son of Janet Jordan and John Albert

Elway was born in Port Angeles, Washington on June 28, 1960, the son of Janet Jordan and John Albert Elway, a college football coach and prospect. As a youth he lived primarily in Missoula, Montana, and Pullman, Washington, when his father was an assistan

Is a former provincial politician and career soldier in the Canadian Armed Forces. From 1949 to 1962

Is a former provincial politician and career soldier in the Canadian Armed Forces. From 1949 to 1962 he served as a in the Canadian Army attaining the rank of Sargent. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1993. He served as Minister of Advanced Education (November 1985 - December 1992).

Was a Canadian politician, serving in municipal, provincial and federal governments. He was born in

Was a Canadian politician, serving in municipal, provincial and federal governments. He was born in Exeter, Ontario and became a businessman and school principal by career. His father, Thomas Gregory, had been principal of the high school in Exeter. He was first elected as a Liberal party candidate for the House of Commons at the The Battlefords riding in the 1940 general election. After serving one term in the House of Commons, Gregory was defeated by Max Campbell of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1945 federal election.

Is the 37th Governor of Oregon. He served as the 35th Governor of Oregon from 1995 to 2003, and beca

Is the 37th Governor of Oregon. He served as the 35th Governor of Oregon from 1995 to 2003, and became the first person to be elected to the office three times when he was re-elected to a non-consecutive third term in 2010. Prior to becoming a politician

Was a champion U.S. tennis player of the 1940s. A World No. 1 player for a number of years, he is a

Was a champion U.S. tennis player of the 1940s. A World No. 1 player for a number of years, he is a possible candidate for the title of the greatest tennis player of all time. He was also, for many years, the leading promoter of the professional tennis tours and a relentless advocate for the establishment of Open tennis between amateur and professional players. When the Association of Tennis Professionals was founded in 1972 he was the first executive director and in that role was the leader of an ATP boycott of Wimbledon in 1973. Tall and slim, he was the first world-class player to play a consistent serve-and-volley game, in which he came to the net behind all of his serves, including the second serve.

(December 17, 1919

(December 17, 1919

S a former professional and college basketball coach. The highly successful coach of the old Minneap

S a former professional and college basketball coach. The highly successful coach of the old Minneapolis Lakers, the first dynasty in NBA history, Kundla guided the George Mikan-led Lakers to five NBA titles in six years. All told, he coached 11 years in Minneapolis, with an NBA record of 423-302. He later coached for nine more years at his alma mater, the University of Minnesota.

(born November 7, 1948 in Redding, California) is a former catcher, manager and is currently a play-

(born November 7, 1948 in Redding, California) is a former catcher, manager and is currently a play-by-play commentator in Major League Baseball. He also managed the American national team at the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006.