Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Is a Cuban-American heavy metal musician.Croucier attended Torrance High School in Torrance, Califor

Is a Cuban-American heavy metal musician.Croucier attended Torrance High School in Torrance, California. Formerly a bassist for the metal bands Dokken and Ratt, Croucier was also very briefly in Quiet Riot. Reportedly, Croucier played with Quiet Riot in 1981.Croucier played with Dokken for about four years and toured Germany with the band several times. He was in both Ratt and Dokken at the same time for about a year and a half. He also sang on Dokken's Breaking the Chains, and co-wrote two songs, but departed prior to the video shoot. Jeff Pilson, having just replaced him, had to mimic the bass playing in the video.

Was an Argentine tango musician, also known as "El Rey del Compas" (King of the Beat). Departing fro

Was an Argentine tango musician, also known as "El Rey del Compas" (King of the Beat). Departing from other orchestras of the golden age, D'Arienzo returned to the 2x4 feel that characterized music of the old guard, but he used more modern arrangements and instrumentation. His popular group produced hundreds of recordings.

Was a French–Spanish sculptor, who also worked as a painter and architect.[1] Juan de Juni was bor

Was a French–Spanish sculptor, who also worked as a painter and architect.[1] Juan de Juni was born in France but began working in Spain in 1533, where he was first employed in León and Salamanca before moving to Valladolid in 1540. He was best known as a religious sculptor who incorporated great emotion into his figures.[2]

Was a pioneer video artist. Born in Santiago, Chile, he received a B.A. in architecture from the Cat

Was a pioneer video artist. Born in Santiago, Chile, he received a B.A. in architecture from the Catholic University of Chile. He also studied at S.W. Hayter's Atelier 17 in Paris and the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He immigrated to New York in 1965 and died in New York City at the age of 53 survived by his wife, Marilys Lamadrid.

Is a Cuban musician, bassist, composer, and arranger, best known as the director of Los Van Van Orch

Is a Cuban musician, bassist, composer, and arranger, best known as the director of Los Van Van Orchestra. He is a creator of popular danceable music and credited with bringing electronic instrumentation into the Cuban musical form.

Often simply known as Esquivel!, was a Mexican band leader, pianist, and film score composer. He's k

Often simply known as Esquivel!, was a Mexican band leader, pianist, and film score composer. He's known today mostly for creating unique jazz and lounge music. Esquivel is sometimes called "The King of Space Age Pop" and "The Busby Berkley of Cocktail Music". Esquivel is considered one of the foremost exponents of a style of late 1950s-early 1960s quirky instrumental pop that became known (in retrospect) as "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music."

Also known as "The Snow Owl", is a native born Colombian Bassist & Composer, notable for his virtuos

Also known as "The Snow Owl", is a native born Colombian Bassist & Composer, notable for his virtuoso musicianship and for his use of a customised 6-stringed Electric Contrabass Guitar.

Better known as Memo Aguirre, is a famous Chilean singer whose voice has been heard all over Latin A

Better known as Memo Aguirre, is a famous Chilean singer whose voice has been heard all over Latin America, particularly during the opening acts of superhero cartoon shows during the 1980s. He is famous for singing the latin american He-Man theme song for the animated series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Is a Dominican singer, songwriter, and self-producer who has sold over fourteen million records worl

Is a Dominican singer, songwriter, and self-producer who has sold over fourteen million records worldwide and has won numerous awards, including ten Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, and two Latin Billboard Music Awards. He won 5 Latin Grammy awards in 2007 in the same night which ties him with Juanes to hold the record for most Latin Grammys won in one night. He was born in Santo Domingo and is the son of Olga Seijas and Gilberto Guerra, a baseball player.

Was one of the great heroes of the Philippine Revolution and one of the first internationally-recogn

Was one of the great heroes of the Philippine Revolution and one of the first internationally-recognized Philippine painters. A native of Badoc, Ilocos Norte, Juan Luna was the third among the seven children of Joaquin Luna de San Pedro y Posada and Laureana Novicio y Ancheta. Both parents were from families that were well-off, thus each brought to the family a modest fortune.

Is a well known Puerto Rican actor, model, scriptwriter, television producer and salsa singer.In 197

Is a well known Puerto Rican actor, model, scriptwriter, television producer and salsa singer.In 1976, Lebron made his debut as an actor, when he was hired to play "JuanMa" in channel 2's comedy show, "En Casa de JuanMa y Wiwi" ("At JuanMa and Wiwi's Home"). Lebron acted alongside Awilda Carbia, who played "JuanMa"'s wife "Wiwi". The pair became one of Puerto Rico's most popular television couples in history, and their show lasted fourteen years on Puerto Rican television.

Is a Colombian musician interpreter of vallenato in accordion. De la Espriella is the current accord

Is a Colombian musician interpreter of vallenato in accordion. De la Espriella is the current accordionist of Colombian vallenato singer Silvestre Dangond.

Is a Cuban painter.Ballester graduated in 1881 from the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA in Havana, C

Is a Cuban painter.Ballester graduated in 1881 from the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA in Havana, Cuba and was a member of the artistic group ABTV (1988-1992).

Is a pop-rock chilean singer. He is known for being son of Marcelo, from the TV show Cachueros.With

Is a pop-rock chilean singer. He is known for being son of Marcelo, from the TV show Cachueros.With eletropop based and soft balladas, Pali presented himself in 2004 on chilean scenario, releasing his first album called Electrocardiograma. It had 10 songs, among which Daniel Guerrero's production and composition stood out.

Is an Argentine-Mexican actor and singer.At the age of fourteen, he formed his first rock band, whic

Is an Argentine-Mexican actor and singer.At the age of fourteen, he formed his first rock band, which was called "Sur" ("South"). He later worked as a model and appeared in some episodes of Argentine telenovelas. In the mid 90's, Borghetti arrived in Mexico, where he later starred in the musical telenovela DKDA, in which he played Axel Harris, his first stellar role.

Is a Spanish flamenco cantaor (singer). Born in Sabadell, Spain, Duquende is considered a successor

Is a Spanish flamenco cantaor (singer). Born in Sabadell, Spain, Duquende is considered a successor to influential Flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla.

Was a Spanish flamenco and folk singer. Born in Torredelcampo, Juanito's recording career began in 1

Was a Spanish flamenco and folk singer. Born in Torredelcampo, Juanito's recording career began in 1935 and lasted more than 60 years. Among his most famous songs is "El Emigrante", written in 1949, a ballad for the millions of displaced Spaniards who fled the country in the years after the Spanish Civil War.

Was an Italian-born Argentine comic book artist who worked both in Europe and Argentina.in the provi

Was an Italian-born Argentine comic book artist who worked both in Europe and Argentina.in the province of Turin (Piedmont), Zanotto moved with his family at age thirteen to Argentina. There he studied at the North American School of Art (later the Pan-American School of Art).In 1953 he started to work at Editorial Codex where he worked on stories by other authors, and in subsequent years did adventure comics, westerns and drew early stories for Tatin and The Phantom.

Was a Cuban painter and poet. A native of the Santo Suárez neighborhood of Havana, she died in Key

Was a Cuban painter and poet. A native of the Santo Suárez neighborhood of Havana, she died in Key West, Florida. She was the daughter of the writer and patriot Esteban Borrero Echevarría and of Consuelo Pierra, and began painting when she was five; she wrote her first poem at seven, and spoke multiple languages by the time she was ten. In 1887 she entered the San Alejandro Arts Academy; by 1891 her poems were being published in magazines around Cuba. She died of tuberculosis at only eighteen.

Is a singer-songwriter and an actress.Following the military coup in Argentina of 1976, Molina's fam

Is a singer-songwriter and an actress.Following the military coup in Argentina of 1976, Molina's family fled the country and lived in exile in Paris for six years. She grew up in a musical environment and her tango-singing father taught her guitar from the age of five.

Was a Spanish actress and copla singer.She became popular thanks to songs by famous copla songwriter

Was a Spanish actress and copla singer.She became popular thanks to songs by famous copla songwriters like León or Quiroga and she debuted in movies with La blanca Paloma (White Pigeon) (1941).On June 15, 1964, she married the flamenco dancer Federico Casado Algrenti, and she later inaugurated a restaurant in Madrid and a dancing academy in Seville.She died from a respiratory insuficience and she is buried in the cemetery San Fernando in Seville.

Was an American musical theatre and film actress. She is remembered for her roles in the original st

Was an American musical theatre and film actress. She is remembered for her roles in the original stage and screen versions of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals South Pacific as Bloody Mary and Flower Drum Song as Auntie Liang.

Was an Australian singer and actress best known for her role on the popular talent/variety show Youn

Was an Australian singer and actress best known for her role on the popular talent/variety show Young Talent Time in the late 1980s. She appeared on the show from 1987 to 1988, aged 13, and was best known for her rendition of the song 'La Bamba'.

An Essex-born member of British anarchist band, Chumbawamba. She is one of two female singers in the

An Essex-born member of British anarchist band, Chumbawamba. She is one of two female singers in the current incarnation of the band, along with Lou Watts, and also plays various brass instruments. Jude Abbott lives in Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK.

Is an American ice dancer. With partner Kent Weigle, she is the 1977 U.S. national champion. They re

Is an American ice dancer. With partner Kent Weigle, she is the 1977 U.S. national champion. They represented the United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics where they placed 15th.