Academic/intellectual Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a computer science professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Univer

Was a computer science professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, U.S., who helped develop the OBJ family of programming languages. He was author of A Categorical Manifesto and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Consciousness Studies. Standard implication in product fuzzy logic is often called "Goguen implication".

Was an American mythology professor, writer, and lecturer best known for his work in the fields of c

Was an American mythology professor, writer, and lecturer best known for his work in the fields of comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast and covers many aspects of the human experience, and his philosophy is often identified with the phrase he coined: "Follow Your Bliss".

Was a French politician, and an original member of the Institut de France. He was elected by his nat

Was a French politician, and an original member of the Institut de France. He was elected by his native département to the National Convention of the French Republic in 1792, where he sat until 1795; Lakanal was one of the noted administrators of the French Revolution. At the time of his election, he was acting as vicar to his uncle Bernard Font (1723-1800

Was a Ukrainian professor with who promoted Ukrainian immigration to the Canadian prairies. His effo

Was a Ukrainian professor with who promoted Ukrainian immigration to the Canadian prairies. His efforts helped encourage the initial wave of settlers which began the Ukrainian Canadian community. After hearing of the struggles of Ukrainians of Brazil, Oleskiw investigated alternative choices. He determined that the Canadian prairies were the most suitable for the Ukrainian farmers. This led to two pamphlets in Ukrainian and one in Polish. Oleskiw believed in selective emigration. His first group of settlers were thirty hand-picked families, led by his brother Vladymir, who arrived in Canada in Quebec City on April 30, 1896. The majority of these immigrants settled in Edna, Alberta.

Nicknamed JoePa, is the head coach of Pennsylvania State University's college football team, a posit

Nicknamed JoePa, is the head coach of Pennsylvania State University's college football team, a position he has held since 1966. Paterno, along with Chris Ault and Bobby Bowden, is one of three active coaches who have also been inducted in to the College Football Hall of Fame. While Paterno has won the most football games against teams which are currently in NCAA Division I-FBS (formerly Division I-A) Bobby Bowden holds the official record for this feat as his 33 wins while at Howard (not Division I-FBS) are counted as Division I-FBS wins by the NCAA. Joe Paterno also has more bowl game wins and more FBS undefeated seasons than any other coach in college football history.

Is professor emerita in American Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She specialize

Is professor emerita in American Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She specializes in oral history, women's history, and Chinese American and Asian American history.

Is a French intellectual, journalist, government official and professor. He is known for his theoriz

Is a French intellectual, journalist, government official and professor. He is known for his theorization of mediology, a critical theory of the long-term transmission of cultural meaning in human society; and for having fought in 1967 with Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara in Bolivia.

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]

Is Uehiro Professor of Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford

Is Uehiro Professor of Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford

Was a scholar of the Celtic languages, particularly Irish, and a supporter of Irish nationalism. He

Was a scholar of the Celtic languages, particularly Irish, and a supporter of Irish nationalism. He was born in Prague, Austria–Hungary and studied at the University of Vienna, where he also taught from 1913 to 1920. From 1920 to 1935, he held the chair of Celtic philology at Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin, before the Nazis discovered that, in spite of being a German nationalist, he was of Jewish descent.

Was Challis Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law at the University of Sydney

Was Challis Professor of Jurisprudence and International Law at the University of Sydney