Famous People with Name Jess

Jess Mowry            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jess Mowry: is an American author of books and stories for children and young adults. He has written fourteen books and many short stories for and about Black children and teens in a variety of genres, ranging from innercity settings to the forests of Haiti.

Jess Thomas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jess Thomas: was a lyric and Wagnerian tenor. As a child he took part in various musical activities and later studied psychology at the University of Nebraska and Stanford University

Jess Collins            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jess Collins: was an American visual artist.In 1949, Collins enrolled in the California School of the Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute) and, after breaking with his family, began referring to himself simply as "Jess". He met Robert Duncan in 1951 and began a relationship with the poet that lasted until Duncan's death in 1988. In 1952, in San Francisco, Collins, with Duncan and painter Harry Jacobus, opened the King Ubu Gallery, which became an important venue for alternative art and which remained so when, in 1954, poet Jack Spicer reopened the space as the Six Gallery.

Jess Klein            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jess Klein: is an American singer/songwriter. A native of Rochester, NY, Klein picked up the acoustic guitar and started writing songs while living in Kingston, Jamaica in her late teens. On a whim, she auditioned for a guest slot at a local weekly dub poetry and mus

Jess Jackson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jess Jackson: is an American wine entrepreneur and self-made businessman. He started the Kendall-Jackson wine empire with the family's 1974 purchase of an 80-acre pear and walnut orchard in Lakeport, California that was converted to a vineyard.Among the wineries in his Jackson Family Wines "empire", as of 2009, are Kendall-Jackson, Murphy-Goode,[1] Robert Pecota Winery,[2] Byron Estates, Edmeades, Matanzas Creek, La Crema, Stonestreet, Arrowood, Lajota, Cardinale, Atalon, Lokoya, Carmel Road, Cambria, Hartford Family Wines, Vérité, Archipel, Chateau Potelle, and Freemark Abbey. As of early 2009 it was ranked as the ninth largest winery holding company in the United States.[3]

Matt Jess            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Matt Jess: is a Rugby Union player for Exeter Chiefs in the Guinness Premiership. His position of choice is Wing. Matt made his debut for Exeter against Moseley in 2008.

John David Jess            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

John David Jess: was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he attended Melbourne Grammar School before becoming an estate agent. He was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in a 1960 by-election for the seat of La Trobe, representing the Liberal Party