American Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.After returning to Snyder, McClintic was elected city clerk

Was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.After returning to Snyder, McClintic was elected city clerk in 1908. One year later, he served as clerk of Kiowa County, Oklahoma in 1909. When the southern portion of Kiowa County broke away to form Swanson County,

An American astronomer.Ever since that time, he has worked on the Spacewatch project, which is one o

An American astronomer.Ever since that time, he has worked on the Spacewatch project, which is one of a number of projects that look for near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). He wrote the first automatic asteroid detection software for the project in 1984.He has discovered numerous asteroids, particularly near-Earth asteroids, including (35396) 1997 XF11, which briefly created a stir in the news media when a preliminary orbit calculation indicated the possibility of Earth impact in 2028; further observations led to a more accurate orbit which disproved the impact.He has also recovered more than 60 comets starting in 1985 (since comets are subject to non-gravitational forces due to outgassing and solar wind, it is often a challenge to predict their exact position and rediscover them each time they make a new perihelion approach). He confirmed the discovery of the well known Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which impacted Jupiter in July 1994. He also discovered the periodic comets 202P/Scotti (Scotti 2), P/2000 Y3 Scotti (Scotti 1) and P/2003 L1 (Scotti 3), which are not yet numbered as they have only been seen at one perihelion.

Is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Chapel H

Is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Taylor's career began in the mid-1960s, but he found his audience in the early 1970s, singing sensitive and gentle acoustic songs.

Was an American pharmacist and druggist who invented Vernor's ginger ale in 1866.Prior to his term i

Was an American pharmacist and druggist who invented Vernor's ginger ale in 1866.Prior to his term in the war, Vernor had mixed together a ginger ale recipe that he let age in a cask. When he returned to the pharmacy years later, his recipe had created a new ginger ale soda drink. Vernor opened his own pharmacy on Woodward Avenue and made the drink available to customers through his soda fountain, advertising it as Vernor's Ginger Ale.In 1896 Vernor and his son, James Vernor, Jr., together organized a manufacturing plant and by 1915 had expanded operations to include a bottling company, which widely manufactured Vernor's Ginger Ale. In addition to his duties as a drug store pharmacist, Vernor also served on the Detroit City Council for 25 years.

Was county sheriff of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from 1996 until his death in 2010. He had ser

Was county sheriff of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, from 1996 until his death in 2010. He had served as a Malden police officer for 18 years and was a Massachusetts state representative from 1993 to 1996. On November 26, 2010, DiPaola committed suicide

Is an American poet who has received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He is a profess

Is an American poet who has received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. He is a professor of poetry at the University of Massachusetts.Tate's writing style is difficult to describe, but has been identified with the postmodernist and neo-surre

(born February 8, 1976 in Norwalk, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched

(born February 8, 1976 in Norwalk, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1998 to 2003.

Is a former American football quarterback who played collegiately for Stanford University, where he

Is a former American football quarterback who played collegiately for Stanford University, where he won the Heisman Trophy, and professionally for three National Football League teams: the New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers and Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. He led the Raiders to two Super Bowl victories (XV and XVIII).

Is a retired American basketball player.He played for the New York Knicks (1967-68) in the NBA for 2

Is a retired American basketball player.He played for the New York Knicks (1967-68) in the NBA for 2 games and for the New Jersey Americans (1967-68) and Kentucky Colonels (1967-68, 1968-69) in the ABA for 135 games.

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'9" center from the University of Colorado,

Is an American former professional basketball player.A 6'9" center from the University of Colorado, Davis played in the National Basketball Association from 1967 to 1975 as a member of the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, and Detroit Pistons. He averaged 6.7 points and 5.2 rebounds in his career.[1]

Is an American politician and retired dental surgeon. Holley served two terms as mayor of Portsmouth

Is an American politician and retired dental surgeon. Holley served two terms as mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia. Both terms ended with his being recalled from office, making him the only known politician in American history to be twice recalled.

Is an American politician who represents district 23A in the Maryland House of Delegates.Member of H

Is an American politician who represents district 23A in the Maryland House of Delegates.Member of House of Delegates since November 1992. Member, Health and Government Operations Committee, 2003- (government operations subcommittee, 2003-04; health occup

Was a Nova Scotia lawyer and politician. He served as Premier of the colony from 1857 to 1860 and ag

Was a Nova Scotia lawyer and politician. He served as Premier of the colony from 1857 to 1860 and again from 1864. He was also Government Leader prior to the granting of responsible government in 1848. He was a Conservative and supporter of Confederation. Johnston was a descendant of Loyalists who fled the United States during the revolutionary war. Johnston was a member of the Tory establishment in Nova Scotia. In 1837 he was appointed to the Legislative Council and while he sometimes supported reform he was generally a critic and opponent of responsible government and the introduction of party government.

Is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Is an American mountaineer.As a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition 1963 led by Norman D

Is an American mountaineer.As a member of the American Mount Everest Expedition 1963 led by Norman Dyhrenfurth, he was the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest. He summited on May 1, 1963 with the Sherpa Nawang Gombu (a nephew of Tenzing No

Was a Canadian politician.Quebec, Ross was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Hunting

Was a Canadian politician.Quebec, Ross was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Huntingdon in 1939. A Liberal, he died in office in 1941.

Was an American swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1928 Summer

Was an American swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1928 Summer Olympics, 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was an Irish-American boxer who held the world heavyweight championship from 1935 to 1937. Fighting

Was an Irish-American boxer who held the world heavyweight championship from 1935 to 1937. Fighting under the name James J. Braddock (ostensibly to follow the pattern set by two prior world boxing champions, James J. Corbett and James J. Jeffries), he was

An American astronomer.Working at the United States Naval Observatory, on June 22, 1978 he discovere

An American astronomer.Working at the United States Naval Observatory, on June 22, 1978 he discovered that Pluto had a moon, which he named Charon shortly afterwards. The name remained unofficial until its adoption by the IAU in 1986.[1]The discovery was made by carefully examining an enlargement of a photographic plate of Pluto and noticing it had a very slight bulge on one side. This plate and others had been marked "poor" because the elongated image of Pluto was thought to be a defect resulting from improper alignment. However, Christy alertly noticed that only Pluto was elongated—the background stars were not.

Was a United States Representative from Louisiana. He was born in Grand Prairie, Texas. He attended

Was a United States Representative from Louisiana. He was born in Grand Prairie, Texas. He attended the public schools, and Baylor University, Waco, Texas 1895-1901. Later, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1903, and commenced practice in Farmerv

Is a retired water polo player from the United States. He won the bronze medal with the Men's Nation

Is a retired water polo player from the United States. He won the bronze medal with the Men's National Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

(May 28, 1881 - August 21, 1947) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between

(May 28, 1881 - August 21, 1947) was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between 1905 and 1912. Brady batted and threw right handed.

Better known by his ring name Koko B. Ware, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler who mad

Better known by his ring name Koko B. Ware, is a semi-retired American professional wrestler who made his professional wrestling debut in 1978. He gained most of his popularity in the World Wrestling Federation when he was known as the Birdman. Ware came

Was a United States Senator from Maine.He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and

Was a United States Senator from Maine.He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1847, until March 3, 1853, when he declined to be a candidate for reelection (returning, at the close of his term, to the practice of

As the American founder of the Peoples Temple, which became synonymous with mass suicide after the N

As the American founder of the Peoples Temple, which became synonymous with mass suicide after the November 18, 1978 death of over 900 people from cyanide poisoning in their isolated agricultural intentional community called Jonestown, along with the death of 9 other people at a nearby airstrip and in Georgetown. To the extent the actions in Jonestown were viewed as a mass suicide, it is one of the largest such mass suicides in history, perhaps the largest in over 1,900 years and the greatest single loss of American civilian life in a non-natural disaster until the incidents of September 11, 2001. One of those dying at the nearby airstrip was Leo Ryan, who became the first and only Congressman murdered in the line of duty in the history of the United States.