Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter J

An American actress and singer, primarily featured in theatre and television commercial voice-overs.

An American actress and singer, primarily featured in theatre and television commercial voice-overs. Up until 2005, she was commonly known as the Broadway actress who had technically never appeared on Broadway. This was due to the fact that her notoriety

Is an American soprano opera singer. She was born on the Lower East Side of New York to a family of

Is an American soprano opera singer. She was born on the Lower East Side of New York to a family of Greek and Irish-Puerto Rican descent.[1] She is sometimes credited as Julia Migenes-Johnson.

Was an actress and singer. Her father, Albert Sanderson, was also an acclaimed Broadway star.Julia S

Was an actress and singer. Her father, Albert Sanderson, was also an acclaimed Broadway star.Julia Sanderson appeared in the Forepaugh Circus (based in Philadelphia) as a young child and in her early teen years along with her father. She then moved on to

Former Bass guitarist of Pidzama Porno, where he played with his cousin, Rafal Piotrowiak. After bre

Former Bass guitarist of Pidzama Porno, where he played with his cousin, Rafal Piotrowiak. After breaking up of the band works as a bass guitar teacher in Poznan. Married.

Was an American impressionist painter and member of the Cos Cob Art Colony near Greenwich, Connectic

Was an American impressionist painter and member of the Cos Cob Art Colony near Greenwich, Connecticut. Weir was also one of "The Ten", a loosely-allied group of American artists dissatisfied with professional art organizations, who banded together in 189

Was a Polish avant-garde filmmaker, artist, animator, screenwriter, composer, and inventor.Best know

Was a Polish avant-garde filmmaker, artist, animator, screenwriter, composer, and inventor.Best known as an inventor and promoter of his unique animation technique called non-camera. Sun: A Non-Camera Film 1977 (Slonce - film bez kamery) was his first all non-camera movie, although the technique has been used also in Antonisz's earlier productions. The idea after the tehnique was to paint or scratch the images directly onto the movie tape instead of using a camcorder. Usually one second of movie uses 24 frames. For example, his debut film Phobia 1967, lasts 11 minutes. 660 seconds times 24 frames gives us 15,840 images that had to be painted.

An award winning country music singer. He has released more than fifteen singles in his native Canad

An award winning country music singer. He has released more than fifteen singles in his native Canada, including the Number One hit "Little Ol' Kisses" (1997). In addition, Austin has recorded four studio albums.Julian Austin burst onto the country music

Is an internationally celebrated British guitarist and lutenist, widely recognized as one of the mos

Is an internationally celebrated British guitarist and lutenist, widely recognized as one of the most important classical guitarists of the 20th century. He has also been successful in renewing popular interest in the Renaissance lute.

Is a British rock musician, author, antiquary, musicologist, and poet who came to prominence in 1978

Is a British rock musician, author, antiquary, musicologist, and poet who came to prominence in 1978 as the singer and songwriter in Liverpool post-punk band The Teardrop Explodes. Cope has since released many solo albums and is a founding member of the bands Queen Elizabeth and Brain Donor. In addition to his musical career, Cope has written four books of non-fiction: Krautrocksampler (Head Heritage, 1995), The Modern Antiquarian (Thorsons, 1998), The Megalithic European (Element, 2004), and Japrocksampler (Bloomsbury, 2007), plus two volumes of autobiography: Head-On (Head Heritage, 1994) and Repossessed (HarperCollins, 1999).

Was a jazz alto saxophonist of the small combo era of the 1950s and 1960s. Originally from Tampa, Fl

Was a jazz alto saxophonist of the small combo era of the 1950s and 1960s. Originally from Tampa, Florida, he moved to New York in the mid 1950's.The nickname "Cannonball" was a childhood nickname for the portly saxophonist, a corruption of "cannibal". An articulate speaker with an easy manner, Cannonball educated, amused, and informed his audiences in clubs and on television about the art and moods of jazz.

Was one of the most prolific Polish painters of watercolor and one of the country's foremost landsca

Was one of the most prolific Polish painters of watercolor and one of the country's foremost landscape painters as well as one of the leading Polish impressionists. Falat first studied under Wladyslaw Luszczkiewicz at the Kraków School of Fine Arts, and then at the Art Academy of Munich. After several trips throughout Europe and Asia in 1885, Falat developed a collection of studies from his voyages which would become useful later in the development of his artwork. Typical of Falat's painting themes are the Polish landscapes, hunting scenes, portraits and studies from his voyages. In 1886 Falat accepted an invitation from future German Emperor Wilhelm II to serve in Berlin as court painter.

Casablancas's musical influences include The Velvet Underground, The Pogues, Bob Marley, Nas, Guided

Casablancas's musical influences include The Velvet Underground, The Pogues, Bob Marley, Nas, Guided by Voices, The Magnetic Fields,The Stooges, The Ramones, Nirvana and The Doors.[citation needed] More recently he has stated that possibly two of his favorite songs of all time are Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and Bill Withers's "Lean on Me.As The Strokes' principal songwriter, he has the greatest impact on their sound and has been known to be extremely meticulous with it. While Casablancas composes on a variety of instruments, perhaps his greatest and most underappreciated innovation is his use of the keyboard to write complex arrangements that he later transposes to fit the Strokes' guitar-driven lineup

Is a jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger and broadcaster. Over the past two decades, Joseph

Is a jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger and broadcaster. Over the past two decades, Joseph has established himself as a jazz performer, whether it be solo, in his all-star big band, trio, quartet, forum project band or electric band.

Was a Native American potter. Born on the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico, Martinez was instrumen

Was a Native American potter. Born on the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico, Martinez was instrumental in reviving the black San Ildefonzo pottery and Santa Clara blackware pottery traditions.[1] Julian researched traditional designs and reproduced them on the pottery, later modifying traditional designs to create his own. His work is displayed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum[2], as well as numerous other museums and galleries around the world.[3] Martinez is credited for inventing a revolutionary technique that would allow for areas of the pottery to have a matte finish and other areas to be a glossy jet black.[4] Pacano, which means "The Coming of the Spirits" in the Tewa language, was also a painter in his own right.[5] He painted Pueblo rituals and abstract designs with colored pencil and watercolor, and featured Western figurative types against blank backgrounds.[6]

Is a German artist. Julian Rosefeldt studied architecture in Munich and Barcelona. After receiving h

Is a German artist. Julian Rosefeldt studied architecture in Munich and Barcelona. After receiving his diploma in 1994, he began working in collaboration with fellow Munich graduate Piero Steinle. Since 1999 he has worked independently. Rosefeldt has exhibited internationally since 1997 at the Bienal de São Paulo (2004), Athens Biennal (2007), the P.S.1, New York (1998), Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V. – Institute for Contemporary Art (2004), the Royal Academy of Arts, London (2008), and the Kunstmuseum Bonn (2009), amongst others. Today his works are represented in reputable art collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Rosefeldt has lived and worked in Berlin since 1999, when he relocated as Artist in Residence at the Sammlung Hoffmann.

Was an Australian artist and teacher, known for his support of the Heidelberg School and for his inf

Was an Australian artist and teacher, known for his support of the Heidelberg School and for his influential art school in Sydney.which emphasised painting en plein air (i.e. direct from nature, as opposed to studio-based painting), and which laid the basis for the Impressionist movement. As a trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales he championed emerging Australian artists of the Australian Impressionist or Heidelberg School, and the Gallery's decision to collect these works owes much to his influence.

A American artist and filmmaker. He has been acclaimed at Cannes and has won a Golden Globe, as well

A American artist and filmmaker. He has been acclaimed at Cannes and has won a Golden Globe, as well as BAFTA, César Award, Golden Palm and two nominations for the Golden Lion and an Academy Award nomination. He has directed four films which were widely acclaimed, including Before Night Falls, which became Javier Bardem's breakthrough Academy Award nominated role, and the four-time Academy Award nominated The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. He is the interior decorator of the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City.

Is an American painter and printmaker. The artist lives and works in Seven Hills, Ohio with his wife

Is an American painter and printmaker. The artist lives and works in Seven Hills, Ohio with his wife, the sculptor, Barbara Stanczak.At the beginning of World War II, Stanczak was forced into a Siberian labor camp, where he permanently lost the use of his right arm (he had been right-handed). In 1942, Stanczak (age 13) escaped from Siberia to join the Polish army-in-exile in Persia. After deserting from the army, he spent his teenage years in a hut in a Polish refugee camp in Uganda, Africa. It was in Africa that Stanczak learned to paint (left-handed). He moved to England and then the United States, where he eventually settled in Cleveland.

Is a German sculptor living and working in the U.S. Voss-Andreae started out as a painter[1] and lat

Is a German sculptor living and working in the U.S. Voss-Andreae started out as a painter[1] and later studied experimental physics at the universities of Berlin, Edinburgh and Vienna. Voss-Andreae pursued his graduate research in quantum physics in Anton Zeilinger's research group, participating in an experiment demonstrating quantum behavior for the largest objects to date.[2] He moved to the U.S. in 2000 and graduated from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2004.

Is an American figure skater and actress. She made her Junior Grand Prix debut in the 2005-2006 Juni

Is an American figure skater and actress. She made her Junior Grand Prix debut in the 2005-2006 Junior Grand Prix and won two bronze medals. She just missed out qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final. At the 2006 United States Figure Skating Champions

Is a Filipina singer-songwriter. She is the OPM Soulchild.Julianne’s music is unique as it express

Is a Filipina singer-songwriter. She is the OPM Soulchild.Julianne’s music is unique as it expresses how she really is as an artist and as a person—honest and sincere. Her songs speak from the heart and soul. Amidst all the hype of bands and bossa, she is the artist that will fill the void and set a new trend in Philippine music. Julianne is not your usual songstress. Her far-from-typical groove and charisma never cease to wow her audience. She has been singing way before she could actually talk. Being exposed to music at a very early age, innately it has always been a passion of hers, music. She devoted most of her life unfolding as a musician and songwriter and now, her music has evolved into her own.

Is an American soprano best known for her singing in Baroque works, in both opera and sacred music.

Is an American soprano best known for her singing in Baroque works, in both opera and sacred music. She has nearly 100 recordings to her credit and is a well-traveled recitalist and soloist with major symphony orchestras. She is also a noted teacher of vo

Is a voice actress who is most well known for her role as Anko Mitarashi on Naruto. Buescher is also

Is a voice actress who is most well known for her role as Anko Mitarashi on Naruto. Buescher is also a skilled puppeteer and has worked for both Sesame Street and The Muppets. She is also a survivor of breast cancer. Buescher also recently received an off

An American professional ballroom dancer turned country music singer. She is most-widely known for h

An American professional ballroom dancer turned country music singer. She is most-widely known for her repeated appearances on the ABC version of Dancing with the Stars, where she earned a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nomination in 2007 for her choreography. ABC's 20/20 has called her as one of the "very best dancers on the planet.Hough was signed to Mercury Nashville Records in December 2007. Her self-titled debut album was released May 20, 2008, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Country Album chart and #3 on the Billboard 200.One of her earliest professional experiences was as an assistant choreographer on Gwen Stefani's "Wind It Up" music video.[citation needed] She was also featured in two television commercials and was an extra in an episode of Cold Case. She was also one of the "Million Dollar Dancers" in the short-lived network television game show Show Me the Money.

An English singer, song writer, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboard player. She is best known for

An English singer, song writer, guitarist, bass guitarist and keyboard player. She is best known for being the lead singer of the band, All About Eve.Regan moved to London at the age of 19 and found work as a journalist for music magazine ZigZag, while also studying at the London College of Fashion. In her capacity as a journalist she was given the task of interviewing Gene Loves Jezebel and then subsequently joined that band on bass guitar. Soon after, apparently unhappy with the tension between the group's twin frontmen, she would leave to make music with good friend and former Xmal Deutschland drummer Manuela Zwingmann, while working in a book shop on Charing Cross Road after Zig Zag went bust.