Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter J

A Christian worship leader and songwriter from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Bauer leads worship, speak

A Christian worship leader and songwriter from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Bauer leads worship, speaks, and performs at churches/conferences/schools throughout the world. Some of his most well known songs are "Awaken", "Giver of Grace", "Your Amazing Grace

Is a Dublin-born illustrator and children's author. He travelled widely in the 1980s, working freela

Is a Dublin-born illustrator and children's author. He travelled widely in the 1980s, working freelance in London, Sydney and Hong Kong before returning to Dublin in 1992, where he formed a loose coalition known as Baggot Street Central with other leading

Is an American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer.

Is an American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer.In the early 1980s, Brion and musician/producer Bill Murphy began a writing collaboration in New Haven, Connecticut. They eventually enlisted bassist Don "

Is an English singer, pianist, arranger conductor and radio personality .Whilst at the RNCM Christos

Is an English singer, pianist, arranger conductor and radio personality .Whilst at the RNCM Christos took lead tenor roles, such as Tamino in Mozart's The Magic Flute and Count Almaviva in the college's production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville performed at the Aix-en-Provence music festival in Southern France. Around this time he sang Ernesto in Clonter Opera's production of Donizetti's Don Pasquale.

A Canadian folk singer-songwriter.The son of a secretary and a salesman/country waltz drummer, Brook

A Canadian folk singer-songwriter.The son of a secretary and a salesman/country waltz drummer, Brooks began singing and writing in high school. A drummer like his father at first, he taught himself piano and guitar and, by the late 1980s, was the Hammond

Is a British artist.He studied at both Exeter University and University of London before attending t

Is a British artist.He studied at both Exeter University and University of London before attending the former Frink School of Figurative Sculpture for two years from 2000, being awarded The Discerning Eye national bursary[1] for his studies.

Was a self taught artist most remembered for being America's television art instructor. Gnagy pionee

Was a self taught artist most remembered for being America's television art instructor. Gnagy pioneered drawing on television in America during the early 1950s and early 1960's, and was quite popular among children.

Is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.[2] He is captain of the Bulg

Is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.[2] He is captain of the Bulgarian national football team.At the age of just 17, Berbatov moved to CSKA Sofia following in the footsteps of his father, Ivan, who also played for the club as a left winger and later as a defender. He played for CSKA in the Bulgarian A PFG between 1998 and January 2001 making his debut as an 18-year-old in the 1998

Is a singer, musician and founding member of the Leeds based UK rock band Gang of Four. The band's m

Is a singer, musician and founding member of the Leeds based UK rock band Gang of Four. The band's main lyricist and co-songwriter, he sings in the group as well as playing melodica and percussion such as a microwave oven or wooden block (using a baseball

Is a Singaporean Singer and Songwriter. He is most well known for being the 1st runner up in the sec

Is a Singaporean Singer and Songwriter. He is most well known for being the 1st runner up in the second season of Singapore Idol, a franchise of the popular Pop Idol series. Since then he has signed a management deal in 2007 with Artiste Networks and has joined Hype records, a record label owned by famed Singaporean producer, Ken Lim who was also chief judge on Singapore Idol.

Was an Australian expressionist artist, considered a major developer of 20th century Australian expr

Was an Australian expressionist artist, considered a major developer of 20th century Australian expressionism, even though his career 'only' lasted 20 years. He was born in the Newcastle, New South Wales suburb of Merewether.Molvig won the Archibald Prize in 1966 with a portrait of painter Charles Blackman and portraits of Molvig by artist John Rigby were hung in the Archibald in 1953 and 1959. He won many other prizes including the 1955 and 1956 Lismore Prize, 1961 Transfield Prize (City Industrial), 1963 Perth Prize (The Family), 1965 David Jones Prize (Underarm Still Life), 1966 Corio Prize (The Publican) and 1969 Gold Coast Prize (Tree of Man X). During the late fifties/early sixties Molvig held weekly, very informal, life drawing classes which were central to the Brisbane art scene at the time,

Is an American pair skater. With former partner Jessica Rose Paetsch, he is the 2008 U.S. Junior Cha

Is an American pair skater. With former partner Jessica Rose Paetsch, he is the 2008 U.S. Junior Champion and a two-time bronze medalist at the Junior Grand Prix Final. Jon Nuss originally competed with younger sister Kristin Nuss. He teamed up with Jessi

Is an American singer and songwriter, and was one of the finalists on the third season of the realit

Is an American singer and songwriter, and was one of the finalists on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series American Idol. He would frequently be referred to by the judges and Ryan Seacrest as simply JPL.,Lewis lived in various cities across the United States with his roving family, before leaving home at the age of 18. He graduated from Central High School in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1998. He also performed as Thorin Oakenshield in the Cheyenne Little Theatre production of The Hobbit in the summer of 1997.At the age of 23, Lewis cashed in his college loans to audition for the third season of American Idol in Honolulu, Hawaii where he sang '"Crazy Love" by Van Morrison. Judge Simon Cowell told Lewis "You have a good voice,

Was an American artist.The Second World War interrupted his writing, and he spent three years in the

Was an American artist.The Second World War interrupted his writing, and he spent three years in the United States military. From 1941 to 1944 he trained in the Army and the Air Force; he became a navigator in the plexi-glass nose of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, guiding it on missions out of Molesworth, England, over France and Germany.After the war, he moved to San Francisco, California and taught English. Schueler studied at the California School of Fine Arts where he met Clyfford Still, one of the staff. He also studied with David Park, Hassel Smith, and Richard Diebenkorn.

Is an Afro-Cuban singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Hialeah, Flor

Is an Afro-Cuban singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Hialeah, Florida. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his English-language debut album in 1992. His music fuses funk, soul, pop and Latin percussion. Secada also has appeared as a songwriter for Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Mandy Moore and other performers.

Was an American illustrator. He was well-known for his pictures of glamorous young women. He was bor

Was an American illustrator. He was well-known for his pictures of glamorous young women. He was born in Weatherford, Oklahoma and grew up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated from Ohio State University with a major

A Japanese American classical pianist [1] who still resides in San Jose but mostly performs away fro

A Japanese American classical pianist [1] who still resides in San Jose but mostly performs away from home. He is the son of David Y. Nakamatsu (San Jose engineer) and Karen F. Maeda Nakamatsu (city employee).In June 1997 Nakamatsu won the Gold Medal at the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas. He is the first American to win this prize since 1981. Right after the competition, he quit his job as a high school German teacher to pursue a career as a classical pianist. Interestingly, he did not attend a music conservatory or major in music while he attended college and graduate school.

Is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.Lewie joined his first group, The Johnsto

Is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.Lewie joined his first group, The Johnston City Jazz Band, while still at school in 1963, and started earning money in the music industry in 1968 as a solo blues singer accompanied by his own blue

Is a Filipina singer noted for her vocal range, belting prowess and the ability to sing in the whist

Is a Filipina singer noted for her vocal range, belting prowess and the ability to sing in the whistle register.[1] She is classified as a Spinto Coloratura Soprano and is noted for giving a soulful dramatic effect to the songs she sing.[2] She has been c

Is a Swedish metal-singer who stood out as one of the eleven finalists in Idol 2006 - the Swedish ve

Is a Swedish metal-singer who stood out as one of the eleven finalists in Idol 2006 - the Swedish version of Idol.

Is the lead singer and guitarist of Danish rock-trio Mew. Jonas Bjerre is also a visual artist and c

Is the lead singer and guitarist of Danish rock-trio Mew. Jonas Bjerre is also a visual artist and creates animated videos for Mew's live shows. He has an unusually high voice that makes Mew very recognizable, and earned him a DMA for Danish Male Solo Artist in 2006. He went to school at Bernadotteskolen and was a student of Aurehøj Amtsgymnasium. Jonas is inspired by classic rock and soul legends who named the frontiers of rock experimenting with different and new methods.

A VMA-nominated American pop-rock band appealing toward adolescent and preteen girls, with whom they

A VMA-nominated American pop-rock band appealing toward adolescent and preteen girls, with whom they have gained popularity, especially on the Disney Channel for children. Hailing from Wyckoff, New Jersey, the band consists of three brothers: Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas. They have released three albums: It's About Time (2006), Jonas Brothers (2007), and A Little Bit Longer (2008).The band started as a solo project of Nick Jonas. When Nick was six years old, he was discovered while singing at a barber shop and was referred to a professional show business manager.[1][2][3] At the age of 7, Nicholas began performing on Broadway

Is an artist based in Berlin. He has shown work in many exhibitions including Rohkunstbau at Stipend

Is an artist based in Berlin. He has shown work in many exhibitions including Rohkunstbau at Stipendiaten in Berlin, Geschichtenerzähler at Hamburg Kunsthalle [1] and Dis-Positiv at Staatsbank in Berlin. Burgert has exhibited internationally at museums and galleries such as Galerie Sfeir-Semler [2], Beirut and Villa Manin [3], Passariano, Italy and was part of the Malerei Biennale in Stockholm in 2003. He is represented by Produzentengalerie [4] in Hamburg and BlainSouthern in London.

Better known by the pseudonym Basshunter, is a Swedish singer-songwriter and DJ. Basshunter describe

Better known by the pseudonym Basshunter, is a Swedish singer-songwriter and DJ. Basshunter describes his own music as Eurodance, while others may also interpret it as club, and other electronic music genres.

Was a Norwegian-born painter who matured in America. He often depicted the sea, channels, and ships

Was a Norwegian-born painter who matured in America. He often depicted the sea, channels, and ships with dramatic perspective and powerful use of color.When asked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest "The correct pronunciation of my name is yonas lee. Although I have adopted the anglicized pronunciation of Jonas in this country, Lie, however, is pronounced lee in Scandinavia, and I have insisted upon it in English also." (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)