Famous People with Name Jay

Jay "Bluejay" Greenberg            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jay "Bluejay" Greenberg: an American composer who entered the Juilliard School in 2002.He came to the American media's attention in part through the sponsorship of Juilliard instructor Samuel Zyman, who lauded Greenberg's talent during a CBS News 60 Minutes broadcast on November 28, 2004, and again on November 26, 2006. "We are talking about a prodigy of the level of the greatest prodigies in history, when it comes to composition. I am talking about the likes of Mozart, and Mendelssohn, and Saint-Saëns."[1] His primary composition instructor was Samuel Adler.Greenberg composes primarily on his computer, using a music notation program with which he can commit his ideas to paper and play his scores back on synthetic instruments. He has written five symphonies and other works. His most famous work is currently an Overture to 9-11, about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, which became known when it was featured on PRI's From the Top.

Jay Gruden            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jay Gruden: is a former starting quarterback and current head coach of the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League. He is the younger brother of Jon Gruden of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Jay Walter Hilgenberg            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jay Walter Hilgenberg: is a former American football center in the NFL for the Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns and the New Orleans Saints from 1981 to 1993. Hilgenberg attended the University of Iowa and started in the NFL's Pro Bowl seven times

Jay McKinley Novacek            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jay McKinley Novacek: is a former American football tight end in the NFL who played for the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals (1985-1989) and the Dallas Cowboys (1990-1995). Novacek was a five time Pro Bowler, who was selected to play each year from 1991 through 1995.

Jay Brian Schroeder            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jay Brian Schroeder: is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football League who played for the Washington Redskins (1985-1987), Los Angeles Raiders (1988-1992), Cincinnati Bengals (1993) and Arizona Cardinals (1994).

Tony Jay            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Tony Jay: was an English actor. A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he was known for his voice work in animation, film and computer games. Jay's distinctive baritone voice often landed him villainous roles.Jay appeared on-screen in several movies and on television, including Love and Death, Twins, Night Court and Eerie, Indiana. He also developed a career in the theatre, in plays such as The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations, and The Merchant of Venice. Jay's other non-animation roles included Paracelsus on the 1987 CBS series Beauty and the Beast

John Jay            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Jay: was an American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, a Founding Father of the United States, President of the Continental Congress from 1778 to 1779 and, from 1789 to 1795, the first Chief Justice of the United States. During and after the American Revolution, he was a minister (ambassador) to Spain and France, helping to fashion American foreign policy and to secure favorable peace terms from the British (the Jay Treaty) and French. He co-wrote the Federalist Papers with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.As leader of the new Federalist Party, Jay was Governor of New York from 1795 to 1801 and became the state's leading opponent of slavery. His first two attempts to pass emancipation legislation failed in 1777 and 1785, but the third succeeded in 1799. The new law he signed into existence eventually saw the emancipation of all New York slaves before his death.