American Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a professor of business administration at the University of Maryland and a Senior Fellow at the

Was a professor of business administration at the University of Maryland and a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. He wrote many books and articles, mostly on economic subjects. He is best known for his work on population, natural resources, and immigration. He was the primary proponent of the cornucopian belief in endless benefits from resources and unlimited population growth empowered by technological progress. His works are often cited by libertarians in support of their arguments.[citation needed]

Was a Native American potter. Born on the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico, Martinez was instrumen

Was a Native American potter. Born on the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico, Martinez was instrumental in reviving the black San Ildefonzo pottery and Santa Clara blackware pottery traditions.[1] Julian researched traditional designs and reproduced them on the pottery, later modifying traditional designs to create his own. His work is displayed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum[2], as well as numerous other museums and galleries around the world.[3] Martinez is credited for inventing a revolutionary technique that would allow for areas of the pottery to have a matte finish and other areas to be a glossy jet black.[4] Pacano, which means "The Coming of the Spirits" in the Tewa language, was also a painter in his own right.[5] He painted Pueblo rituals and abstract designs with colored pencil and watercolor, and featured Western figurative types against blank backgrounds.[6]

Is a retired American basketball player.He played collegiately for the Slippery Rock University of P

Is a retired American basketball player.He played collegiately for the Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, and was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2nd round (34th pick overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft.

A American artist and filmmaker. He has been acclaimed at Cannes and has won a Golden Globe, as well

A American artist and filmmaker. He has been acclaimed at Cannes and has won a Golden Globe, as well as BAFTA, César Award, Golden Palm and two nominations for the Golden Lion and an Academy Award nomination. He has directed four films which were widely acclaimed, including Before Night Falls, which became Javier Bardem's breakthrough Academy Award nominated role, and the four-time Academy Award nominated The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. He is the interior decorator of the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City.

American theoretical physicist. He formulated the theory of renormalization and posited a phenomenon

American theoretical physicist. He formulated the theory of renormalization and posited a phenomenon of electron-positron pairs known as the Schwinger effect.

A former boxer from Puerto Rico. He was born in the San Juan area of Río Piedras, but because of th

A former boxer from Puerto Rico. He was born in the San Juan area of Río Piedras, but because of the closeness of his birthplace to Caguas, he often trained at the Bairoa Gym in Caguas. His training base, however, was the Caimito Gym

Is a retired boxer from the United States, who competed in the featherweight (– 57 kg) division.

Is a retired boxer from the United States, who competed in the featherweight (– 57 kg) division. Wheeler turned pro in 1993 and had limited success.

Is an American mountain biker, who began her sports career in skiing. From 1980 to 1987, she was the

Is an American mountain biker, who began her sports career in skiing. From 1980 to 1987, she was the youngest member of the U.S. National ski team.

Is an American figure skater and actress. She made her Junior Grand Prix debut in the 2005-2006 Juni

Is an American figure skater and actress. She made her Junior Grand Prix debut in the 2005-2006 Junior Grand Prix and won two bronze medals. She just missed out qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final. At the 2006 United States Figure Skating Champions

The daughter of Philip M. Hatfield (a radiologist) and The Boston Globe fashion critic Julie Hatfiel

The daughter of Philip M. Hatfield (a radiologist) and The Boston Globe fashion critic Julie Hatfield, Juliana was born in Maine and grew up in the Boston suburb of Duxbury. She acquired a love of rock music during the 1970s, having been introduced by a b

Is an Emmy award-winning American actress known for her role as Nurse Carol Hathaway on the NBC medi

Is an Emmy award-winning American actress known for her role as Nurse Carol Hathaway on the NBC medical drama ER.

An American actress. She stars in LazyTown, and has appeared in various Broadway musicals. Mauriello

An American actress. She stars in LazyTown, and has appeared in various Broadway musicals. Mauriello resides in New York City.Mauriello has performed in a series of shows, including Gypsy: A Musical Fable, starring alongside Bernadette Peters,[2] and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.[3] Her first appearance in broadway was during the 2002-2003 run of Oklahoma![citation needed].She plays the character of Stephanie on LazyTown, which is filmed in Iceland. Her performances in the programme earned her a nomination for a 2006 Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series."[4]

Is an American soprano best known for her singing in Baroque works, in both opera and sacred music.

Is an American soprano best known for her singing in Baroque works, in both opera and sacred music. She has nearly 100 recordings to her credit and is a well-traveled recitalist and soloist with major symphony orchestras. She is also a noted teacher of vo

Is a voice actress who is most well known for her role as Anko Mitarashi on Naruto. Buescher is also

Is a voice actress who is most well known for her role as Anko Mitarashi on Naruto. Buescher is also a skilled puppeteer and has worked for both Sesame Street and The Muppets. She is also a survivor of breast cancer. Buescher also recently received an off

An American professional ballroom dancer turned country music singer. She is most-widely known for h

An American professional ballroom dancer turned country music singer. She is most-widely known for her repeated appearances on the ABC version of Dancing with the Stars, where she earned a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nomination in 2007 for her choreography. ABC's 20/20 has called her as one of the "very best dancers on the planet.Hough was signed to Mercury Nashville Records in December 2007. Her self-titled debut album was released May 20, 2008, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Country Album chart and #3 on the Billboard 200.One of her earliest professional experiences was as an assistant choreographer on Gwen Stefani's "Wind It Up" music video.[citation needed] She was also featured in two television commercials and was an extra in an episode of Cold Case. She was also one of the "Million Dollar Dancers" in the short-lived network television game show Show Me the Money.

Was an American artistic gymnast, who was born to Australian parents. She was the winner of the U.S.

Was an American artistic gymnast, who was born to Australian parents. She was the winner of the U.S. women's first individual event gold medal in Olympic history.

Is a four-time Academy Award-nominated, Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning American actress. Moore was b

Is a four-time Academy Award-nominated, Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning American actress. Moore was born Julie Anne Smith at Fort Bragg, near Fayetteville, North Carolina,[1] the daughter of Anne, a psychiatric social worker who emigrated from Dunoon, Scot

Is an American actress. She first reached stardom as Amy Wilson on the soap opera The Young and the

Is an American actress. She first reached stardom as Amy Wilson on the soap opera The Young and the Restless from November 18, 1994 to May 22, 1996

Is an American football defender currently playing for Melbourne Victory of the Australian W-League.

Is an American football defender currently playing for Melbourne Victory of the Australian W-League.

Julie Krone retired for the first time on April 18, 1999 as the only woman thus far to win a Triple

Julie Krone retired for the first time on April 18, 1999 as the only woman thus far to win a Triple Crown race. After coming out of retirement in 2002[1], she also was the first woman jockey to win a Breeders' Cup race when she rode Halfbridled to victory

Is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate from Fairmont, Minnesota. She represe

Is a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate from Fairmont, Minnesota. She represents District 24, which includes all or portions of Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Waseca and Watonwan counties in the southern part of the state. Rosen has

Is a member of the town council of Cary, North Carolina.Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Robison holds a

Is a member of the town council of Cary, North Carolina.Born in Madison, Wisconsin, Robison holds a master's degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A public administration specialist with Research Triangle Institut

Is an American soccer player who played for the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Associatio

Is an American soccer player who played for the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association.She was raised in Peachtree City, GA and went to McIntosh High School and then Clemson University. She played for the Atlanta Classics of the W-League from 1997-2000, before joining the Beat at the team's inception. Her twin sister Nancy Augustyniak also played for Atlanta Beat.She joined the F.C. Indiana for the 2005 season. The summer of 2006 she played for the Atlanta Silverbacks. She married Christopher Tuff. She is currently teaching at Holy Inoccent's and coaching at Top Hat.

Brown began her career in the clubs of Los Angeles where rather than portraying a valley girl hersel

Brown began her career in the clubs of Los Angeles where rather than portraying a valley girl herself she told jokes about them. She established herself in the gay community there and often played at gay venues. Brown began experimenting in short films and made several underground movies which often played on the video screens at clubs. One of them, "5 Minutes Miss Brown," was a fictionalized account of her rise to fame.

An artist, curator, and editor, and has been one of the cofounders of Group Material, a New York-bas

An artist, curator, and editor, and has been one of the cofounders of Group Material, a New York-based artists collaborative that has produced over fifty exhibitions and public projects exploring relationships between politics and aesthetics.As an artist Julie Ault works on both individual projects, and as well on collaborative teamworks together with the artist Martin Beck for their contextual research projects. Their method can be regarded as an extended form of cultural praxis deriving from a general interest in the conservation and presentation of knowledge and culture. It questions the ways cultural economies present themselves, the conditional changes they undergo and to what extend they initiate a potential move. It are questions like: How does the presentation of history and the past shape the image of the present? Which aspects of cultural practices are (deliberately) kept in the shadows of official historiography and why?