Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Filipino-American singer and actor known for his high tenor voice. Born May 5, 1976, Llana, a n

Is a Filipino-American singer and actor known for his high tenor voice. Born May 5, 1976, Llana, a native of Manila, Philippines, grew up in Springfield, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. After graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, Jose attended the Manhattan School of Music to study classical voice. During his freshman year he was discovered in an audition for the 1996 Revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I and made his broadway debut as Lun Tha starring opposite Lou Diamond Phillips and Donna Murphy.

Is a Cuban principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre.Jose Manuel started dancing at the age

Is a Cuban principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre.Jose Manuel started dancing at the age of ten and received his training at the Provincial School of Ballet and the Cuban National Ballet School. He won the Gold Medal at the New York International Ballet Competition in 1987 and the Grand Prix at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi in 1990. He has appeared extensively in Europe, Latin America and the United States, dancing such roles as Franz in Coppélia, Basilio in Don Quixote, Albrecht in Giselle and Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake. He has also performed in the principal roles in such works as Le Corsaire, the Diane and Actéon Pas de Deux and the Black Swan Pas de Deux.[1]

Is a popular Filipino singer-songwriter and businessman. He is considered as one of the Philippines'

Is a popular Filipino singer-songwriter and businessman. He is considered as one of the Philippines' most foremost popular music writers, with his songs as popular now as it was in the 1960’s when he recorded his first hits. He was born in Iloilo on March 11, 1945. He graduated with a degree in economics from Ateneo de Manila University in 1967.

Is a Filipino actor, politician and Senator of the Republic of the Philippines.Revilla is known for

Is a Filipino actor, politician and Senator of the Republic of the Philippines.Revilla is known for his lead roles in numerous action movies during the 1980s and the 1990s. He also starred in a few movies alongside his father, Ramon Revilla. Recently, he has been involved in a number of comedy related movies and TV shows in GMA-7.

Was an Austrian historical painter and etcher.Abel visited the Academy in Vienna, which was at the t

Was an Austrian historical painter and etcher.Abel visited the Academy in Vienna, which was at the time directed by Friedrich Heinrich Füger, and was one of his best scholars. Abel developed an interest for the ancient world, reflecting a popular direction in the art of the beginning of the XIX century in Germany and France. During the years 1801–1807, he studied in Italy, then returned to Vienna where he became member of the Academy on 8 February 1815 and remained there till his death in 1818.

Was a German-born American artist, mathematician and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the

Was a German-born American artist, mathematician and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of the most influential and far-reaching art education programs of the 20th century.With the closure of the Bauhaus under Nazi pressure in 1933, Albers emigrated to the United States and joined the faculty of Black Mountain College, North Carolina, where he ran the painting program until 1949. At Black Mountain his students included Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, Ray Johnson and Susan Weil. Weil remarked that as a teacher, Albers was "his own academy" and said that Albers claimed that "when you’re in school, you’re not an artist, you’re a student", though he was very supportive of expressing one's self and his or her own style when one became an artist and began his or her journey.[2] In 1950 Albers left Black Mountain to head the Department of Design at Yale University in New Haven

A Czech pianist who began his training at the age of nine at the music school of Napajedla, and at t

A Czech pianist who began his training at the age of nine at the music school of Napajedla, and at the age of thirteen gave his first concerts playing works by Mozart, études by Liszt and the “Paganini Variations” by Brahms. He was excused from conventional education and entered the conservatory in Brno with a state scholarship and then went on to the Music Academy in Bratislava (where Lucia Popp and Editha Gruberova also studied), where he graduated with honors. Soon after, at twenty-one, he was promoted as an “artist of the State”.

Was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. H

Was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. He invented the word robot, which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Capek.

Was a German bass.Josef Greindl studied at the Munich Music Academy with Paul Bender. His debut was

Was a German bass.Josef Greindl studied at the Munich Music Academy with Paul Bender. His debut was in 1936, as Hunding in Wagner's Die Walküre in the State Theatre in Krefeld. He is remembered mainly for his performances in Wagner at Bayreuth, from 1943 onwards. He sang in Wieland Wagner's last Ring. He played the part of King Mark in the 1952 Furtwängler performance of Tristan und Isolde.

Was a Czech painter and writer.He is best known as the illustrator of Jaroslav Hašek's World War On

Was a Czech painter and writer.He is best known as the illustrator of Jaroslav Hašek's World War One novel The Good Soldier Švejk. He produced nearly 600 cartoons of the Švejk characters, depicting Austria-Hungary officers and civil servants as incompetent, abusive and often drunk. All the subsequent illustrations of Švejk followed Lada's style.

Was a Russian pianist and piano teacher.Joseph Arkadievich Lhévinne was born into a family of music

Was a Russian pianist and piano teacher.Joseph Arkadievich Lhévinne was born into a family of musicians in Oryol and studied at the Imperial Conservatory in Moscow under Vasily Safonov. His public debut came at the age of 14 with Ludwig van Beethoven's Emperor Concerto in a performance conducted by his musical hero Anton Rubinstein. He graduated at the top of a class which included both Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin, winning the Gold Medal for piano in 1892.

Was the stage name of Joseph McLaughlin, a tenor singer who was enormously popular in Britain and Ir

Was the stage name of Joseph McLaughlin, a tenor singer who was enormously popular in Britain and Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s.

Was a Czech painter.He was taught by his father, Antonín Mánes (1784–1843), who was a landscape

Was a Czech painter.He was taught by his father, Antonín Mánes (1784–1843), who was a landscape painter. Through his career he produced landscape paintings, portraits, and historical paintings, as well as the first uniform of the Sokol in 1862. P

Was a popular singer from South Africa.In 1945 he met Rosa de Miranda and they teamed up, performing

Was a popular singer from South Africa.In 1945 he met Rosa de Miranda and they teamed up, performing for more than 30 years as "Marais and Miranda", recording many South African traditional folk ballads and original songs such as Zulu Warrior.

Was an Austrian composer and music theorist. He is most famous for developing, independent of and ye

Was an Austrian composer and music theorist. He is most famous for developing, independent of and years before Arnold Schoenberg, a method for composing with all 12 notes of the chromatic scale.Hauer was born in Wiener Neustadt and died in Vienna. He had an early musical training which included zither, cello, choral conducting, and organ, but evidently did not include theory and composition, for he claimed that he was self-taught. In 1918 he published his first work on music theory (a tone-color theory based on Goethe's), and in August 1919 devised his method for composing with twelve tones. Hauer's compositional techniques of composition are extraordinarily various and range from building-block techniques to methods using a chord series that is generated out of the twelve-tone row ("Melos"). In fact

Was a renowned Bohemian painter. He worked for the Austrian Court and created a great number of pain

Was a renowned Bohemian painter. He worked for the Austrian Court and created a great number of paintings, murals, and frescos.

Was an Austrian-German sculptor, and, along with Arno Breker, became one of the two "official sculpt

Was an Austrian-German sculptor, and, along with Arno Breker, became one of the two "official sculptors" of the Third Reich.

Was a Czech sculptor credited for founding of the modern Czech sculpting style.Josef grew up poor in

Was a Czech sculptor credited for founding of the modern Czech sculpting style.Josef grew up poor in a suburb of Prague. His family pushed him to become a shoemaker but he shirked the duty by getting a job with a succession of Czech sculptors. There was no school program for sculpting so he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague instead. Afterwards he opened his own sculpting studio. He became greatly inspired by the French sculpting style as well as related arts such as photography and literature.

A Spanish singer and actress.The film director, Luis Lucia Mingarro, propelled her to national stard

A Spanish singer and actress.The film director, Luis Lucia Mingarro, propelled her to national stardom in the film trilogy Un rayo de luz (Ray of Light), Ha llegado un ángel (An Angel Has Arrived) and Tómbola (Lottery). The films featured Marisol singing one of her best-known songs: La vida es una tómbola (Life is a Lottery).She was a familiar children's icon during the 1960s, and entertained many high-ranking dignitaries, including Francisco Franco.As an adult,she was awarded the Best Actress prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for her role in Los Días del Pasado (Days Gone By).

Was an English sculptor of Brazilian origin. She was at one time the world's oldest living sculptor.

Was an English sculptor of Brazilian origin. She was at one time the world's oldest living sculptor. She married the artist Delmar Banner in 1930. She lived in Cumbria much of her working life. Her most famous work includes Reconciliation at Coventry Cath

Is a Spanish tenor. One of the most prominent opera singers of his generation, and particularly emin

Is a Spanish tenor. One of the most prominent opera singers of his generation, and particularly eminent in the operas of Verdi and Puccini, his career has encompassed over 60 roles on stage and in the recording studio

Was an Irish singer of easy listening songs.His biggest hit was "Make Me An Island" (written by Albe

Was an Irish singer of easy listening songs.His biggest hit was "Make Me An Island" (written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood), which went to Number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in 1969, and Number 1 in fourteen other countries. He was very popular in Ireland and among Irish emigrants from 1964 into the 1980s.

An American musician and actor from Michigan.Favoring the Gibson Les Paul and a blues/rock style, Ga

An American musician and actor from Michigan.Favoring the Gibson Les Paul and a blues/rock style, Gaydos formed a trio named The Joey Gaydos Group in 2005. They released their debut album in July 2006. Gaydos attends Huron High School in New Boston, Michigan.Gaydos played the ten-year-old guitarist Zack Mooneyham in the 2003 film School of Rock, alongside Jack Black. He was eleven years old when the film was finished. He is currently signed to FOX networks, but the movie remains his only screen acting credit as of 2008.

Was a jazz pianist. It is remarked on his being among the few white pianists to have played Bebop wi

Was a jazz pianist. It is remarked on his being among the few white pianists to have played Bebop with Charlie Parker.Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, he had studied piano as a child and by 1943 he was working on the West Coast in Benny Carter's orchest

Was the leader and lead singer of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Country Joe & the Fish.He started

Was the leader and lead singer of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Country Joe & the Fish.He started his career busking on Berkeley, California's famous Telegraph Avenue in the early 1960s.[1] His father is Worden McDonald, of Scottish Presbyterian heritage. His mother was the late Florence Plotnick (McDonald), the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, who served for many years on the Berkeley city council.