Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a French musician, composer, and harpsichordist.

Was a French musician, composer, and harpsichordist.

Was a French painter, known for the clarity and immediacy of his portraits. He returned to Carpentra

Was a French painter, known for the clarity and immediacy of his portraits. He returned to Carpentras, spent a brief time in Lyon then arrived about 1752 in Paris, where he was accepted into the Académie de Saint-Luc and exhibited some portraits, which were now his specialty, in 1764, but did not achieve much notice until his exhibition of ten paintings at the Paris salon of 1769, very well received and selected for special notice by Denis Diderot; the Académie de peinture et de sculpture accepted him in the category of portraitist, considered a lesser category at the time.

A popular reality TV winner of Pinoy Dream Academy—a Philippine edition of Endemol's Star Academy—a reality TV singing search in the Philippines. After winning at Pinoy Dream Academy, Her first solo studio album 'SALAMAT' was released year 2007 via Star Records and did reached 3x Platinum Status (90,000+ copies sold) and her 2nd Album 'Journey'released the following year had reached a platinum status (30,000+ copies sold) , her 3rd Album is set to be release by fall of 2008. In spite of being new to the music industry, she had received tons of nominations and awards. Yeng dominated the 21st Awit Awards (2008 Music Awards) where she got 5 awards including the best album & best selling album of the year for 'Salamat'.

An English actress and singer celebrated for her performances in musical comedies and early motion p

An English actress and singer celebrated for her performances in musical comedies and early motion pictures.Collins was born in London in 1887 to her mother, music hall performer and comedienne Lottie Collins, who popularized the song "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay!", and her mother's music coach, Stephen Patrick Cooney [3], who later married.Collins got her start as a child performer, and by the age of 17 she had appeared in both pantomime and music hall as a singer and actress. She made her West End debut in a principal role in The Antelope (1908). On Broadway, she appeared in Vera Violetta (1911), The Merry Countess (1912), and (sharing a duet with Al Jolson) The Whirl of Society (1912), among others. Her revue appearances included the Ziegfeld Follies (1913), and The Passing Show (1914). She also starred in The Happy Day in London and Alone at Last on Broadway in 1916.

A Belgian singer who was given the nickname the "The Flemish Doris Day" in the 1950s.She had multipl

A Belgian singer who was given the nickname the "The Flemish Doris Day" in the 1950s.She had multiple number 1 hits in the national hit parade including "Que Sera Sera", a Dutch cover of the song by Doris Day, only one month after the original.

Is a German artist based in New York. Meckseper, also publisher of the FAT Magazine, addresses quest

Is a German artist based in New York. Meckseper, also publisher of the FAT Magazine, addresses questions about the politics of power and the propagation of political ideas as commodity.[2] Her work has been exhibited at important galleries and museums including the Oldenburger Kunstverein and Kunsthalle Nuernberg in Germany, the Museum fur Gegenwartskunst in Zurich, Switzerland, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, at The Royal Academy in London, and the 2005 Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon in France. In 2007 a major retrospective on her work was shown at the Museum of Arts in Stuttgart.[3

Is an influential Chicago-area musician and songwriter. With his brothers, Eli Caterer (born 1975) a

Is an influential Chicago-area musician and songwriter. With his brothers, Eli Caterer (born 1975) and Matt Caterer (b. 1968), he was a founding member in 1991 of the seminal Chicago rock band, The Smoking Popes, in which Josh plays lead guitar and sings.

A Canadian musician, best known as being the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the indie rock band

A Canadian musician, best known as being the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the indie rock band Marianas Trench.Ramsay formed Marianas Trench in recruiting high school friend Matt Webb and others from the area of which they lived. He would end up bei

A Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. At the end of October 2005, he released his

A Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. At the end of October 2005, he released his self-titled CD which was written, performed, produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Joshua. His songs “What Happened To Our Love” and "IT" gained nati

Was a Polish painter.

Was a Polish painter.

The frontman of a new project called Stars of Boulevard, and the former lead singer, keys and rhythm

The frontman of a new project called Stars of Boulevard, and the former lead singer, keys and rhythm guitar player of The Sessions.In the year 2005, he began collaborating with three other Vancouver musicians and together they formed the rock/new wave/ind

He changed his stage name in 2007 is an English musician, and plays the guitar for the garage rock b

He changed his stage name in 2007 is an English musician, and plays the guitar for the garage rock band The Horrors. He is influenced by bands such as The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Birthday Party, The Fire Engines and Sonic Youth. Before The Horrors, he played in a band called Xerox.In order to create his distinctive sound when playing guitar for The Horrors, Hayward is known to reroute the wiring at the back of his effects pedals. It is speculated that this was helped by his gaining a BSc in Physics at University College London; he has written a short article on rewiring pedals for the first issue of the Horrors fanzines. Hayward uses two Fender Jaguars: a White American '62 Reissue and a Sunburst Japanese Reissue, and a Fender Hot Rod Deville amplifier.

He was a founding member of the desert rock band Kyuss, as well as the founding and only continuous

He was a founding member of the desert rock band Kyuss, as well as the founding and only continuous member of the hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age, in which he generally sings and plays guitar. However, Homme is a multi-instrumentalist and is also known for contributing bass, drums and keyboard. He co-founded and occasionally performs with Eagles of Death Metal as its drummer, and continues to produce and release a musical improv series with other musicians, mostly from the Palm Desert Scene, known as The Desert Sessions.

Is a contemporary visual artist living and working in New York and Tel Aviv. He is known primarily f

Is a contemporary visual artist living and working in New York and Tel Aviv. He is known primarily for his environmental installations and Post Minimalist torn paper works, as well as his series of large-scale map paintings. He is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Environmental, Conceptual Art into the Israeli scene. He was a teacher at Bezalel Art Academy.

is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor, best known as one of the l

is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor, best known as one of the lead vocalists in the former pop group 'N Sync. In 2004, Chasez released a solo album, Schizophrenic, and has gone on to write and produce for music acts su

Is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor, best known as one of the l

Is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor, best known as one of the lead vocalists in the pop group 'N Sync. In 2004, Chasez released a solo album, Schizophrenic, and has gone on to write and produce for music acts such as G

Is a professional supermodel.She distributes her own clothing and cosmetics lines, manages a photo s

Is a professional supermodel.She distributes her own clothing and cosmetics lines, manages a photo studio and a DJ agency and is also a television hostess on the programme "Hoje em Dia", aired by Brazilian TV network Rede Record.Hickmann was once listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for being "The model with the longest legs", measuring 48" (123 cm) out of a total height of 73" (6'1"/185cm)[1]. Since 2002, the Guinness Book no longer lists this title.

A contemporary artist and sculptor, primarily known for his work with glass blowing and assemblages

A contemporary artist and sculptor, primarily known for his work with glass blowing and assemblages of glass and mirrored glassed objects (see glass art). He is a 2006 recipient of the MacArthur Fellows Program "genius grant". He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.osiah McElheny's work is frequently concerned with issues of reflection, infinity, purity and utopia, and has clear links to the work of the American abstract artist Donald Judd. His work also sometimes deals with issues of museological displays and one's attempts to derive inferences about historical peoples from their household possessions and objects.

Is a singer and actor from Hong Kong. She is the daughter of the famous entrepreneur Stanley Ho and

Is a singer and actor from Hong Kong. She is the daughter of the famous entrepreneur Stanley Ho and wife of alive band member and actor Conroy Chan Chi-Chung. She was involved in numerous movies, TV commercials, TV dramas, and singing performances.

Was an American vaudeville and blues singer. She was one of the classic female blues singers popular

Was an American vaudeville and blues singer. She was one of the classic female blues singers popular in the 1920s.She was born in Summerville, South Carolina.[1] By the early 1920s she was working in New York City, where she appeared in Eubie Blake and No

Was a Yugoslav composer of Croatian descent. He was born in Cakovec, Austria-Hungary (present day Cr

Was a Yugoslav composer of Croatian descent. He was born in Cakovec, Austria-Hungary (present day Croatia) into the Štolcer family. Here he attended elementary school but later studied music in the class of Zoltán Kodály in Budapest and Vítezslav Novák in Prague. He also studied in Paris, France.

Is an English-born soul and R&B singer-songwriter and occasional actress who emerged to fame in late

Is an English-born soul and R&B singer-songwriter and occasional actress who emerged to fame in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, The Soul Sessions, which made the 2004 Mercury Prize shortlist. Her second album, the also-multi-platinum Mind,

JosT Pasillas is of Mexican descent. His father is JosT Pasillas, I. He grew up in Calabasas, Califo

JosT Pasillas is of Mexican descent. His father is JosT Pasillas, I. He grew up in Calabasas, California. He began playing drums in 1990. Later in 1991, JosT and friends Brandon Boyd, Mike Einziger, original bassist Dirk Lance (Ben Kenney joined in 2003 upon Lance's departure) began Incubus in high school in the San Fernando Valley outpost of Calabasas.JosT has mentioned he has never had any formal training for the drums, which he says has positives and negatives. Some of his influences include Stewart Copeland of The Police, and Tim Alexander of Primus.

Is the guitarist/vocalist in Kotiteollisuus, a Finnish heavy metal band. He also writes the band's m

Is the guitarist/vocalist in Kotiteollisuus, a Finnish heavy metal band. He also writes the band's music along with his bandmates, and contributes majority of the lyrics. He has also written books, hosted a reality TV show called "Äijät" ('The men') with Jone Nikula and been a columnist for newspapers. He is known not only for his desperate and dark lyrics and his extraordinary looks and attitude, but also his sense of humour, which can be seen

Is an American singer and actress who has appeared on the television series 7th Heaven and also star

Is an American singer and actress who has appeared on the television series 7th Heaven and also starred in films such as Chasing Papi and Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (voice). Enriquez was also a background singer to the single "When You Belie