Famous People with Name Junius

Junius Joseph "Jay" Hebert            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Junius Joseph "Jay" Hebert: was an American golfer. He won seven times on the PGA Tour including the 1960 PGA Championship. His younger brother, Lionel Hebert, also won the PGA Championship, in 1957. He played on the 1959 and 1961 Ryder Cup teams and was captain for the 1971 team.

Junius Richard Jayewardene            Origin/Culture/Country: Sri-Lankan

Junius Richard Jayewardene: famously abbreviated in Sri Lanka as JR, was the first executive President of Sri Lanka, serving from 1978 till 1989. He was a leader of the nationalist movement in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) who served in a variety of cabinet positions in the decades followi

Junius Hillyer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Junius Hillyer: was an American politician and lawyer who served two terms in the United States Congress.He was elected as the Solicitor-General of the Western Circuit of the state in 1834 and became Judge of the Superior Courts of the Western Circuit in 1841. From 1841

Junius Marion Futrell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Junius Marion Futrell: was the 30th Governor of Arkansas from 1933 to 1937, and the Acting Governor for a short stint in 1913. Futrell was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives and served from 1896 to 1904. He was elected Circuit Court Clerk from 1906 to 1910. Futrel

Junius M. Emerson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Junius M. Emerson: is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Franciscus Junius            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Franciscus Junius: was a pioneer of Germanic philology. As a collector of ancient manuscripts, he published the first modern editions of a number of important texts.In 1617, he became a pastor at Hillegersberg, near Rotterdam. He resigned this position the following year, after he refused to take sides in a theological conflict in the Dutch Reformed Church, centring on faith out of free will as advocated by Jacobus Arminius or faith out of predestination, as defended by Junius' uncle Franciscus Gomarus. After his resignation, Junius elected to travel instead: he visited first France, and then moved to England, where in 1620 he was employed by Thomas Howard, earl of Arundel, as a tutor to his son, and later as librarian.