Celebrities Starting with the Letter J
Browse celebrities whose name starts with the letter J.
Jack Black
American actor, comedian, and musician
Born:August 28, 1969
Jack Johnson
American boxer
Born:March 31, 1878
Died:June 10, 1946
Jack Lemmon
American actor
Born:February 8, 1925
Died:June 27, 2001
Jack London
American author, journalist and social activist
Born:January 12, 1876
Died:November 22, 1916
Jack McBrayer
American actor
Born:May 27, 1973
Jack Nicholson
American actor and filmmaker
Born:April 22, 1937
Jack Nicklaus
American golfer
Born:January 21, 1940
Jack Osbourne
British actor
Born:November 8, 1985
Jack Warner
American film executive
Born:August 2, 1892
Died:September 9, 1978
Jack White
American musician
Born:July 9, 1975
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong actor and martial artist
Born:April 7, 1954
Jackie Evancho
American singer
Born:April 9, 2000
Jackie Gleason
American comedian and actor
Born:February 26, 1916
Died:June 24, 1987
Jackson Browne
American singer-songwriter
Born:October 9, 1948
Jacob Zuma
4th President of South Africa
Born:April 12, 1942
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963
Born:July 28, 1929
Died:May 19, 1994
Jacques Chirac
President of France from 1995 to 2007
Born:November 29, 1932
Died:September 26, 2019
Jada Pinkett Smith
American actress
Born:September 18, 1971
Jade Goody
English reality television personality
Born:June 5, 1981
Died:March 22, 2009
Jaime Murray
English actress
Born:July 21, 1976
Jaime Pressly
American actress, model, and producer
Born:July 30, 1977
Jaimie Alexander
American actress
Born:March 12, 1984
Jake Gyllenhaal
American actor
Born:December 19, 1980
Jake T. Austin
American actor
Born:December 3, 1994
James Abram Garfield
president of the United States in 1881
Born:November 19, 1831
Died:September 19, 1881
James Blake
American tennis player
Born:December 28, 1979
James Brown
American musician
Born:May 3, 1933
Died:December 25, 2006
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker and explorer
Born:August 16, 1954
James Cook
British explorer, cartographer and naval officer
Born:November 7, 1728
Died:February 14, 1779
James Dean
American actor
Born:February 8, 1931
Died:September 30, 1955
James Earl Jones
American actor
Born:January 17, 1931
Died:September 9, 2024
James Franco
American actor
Born:April 19, 1978
James Gandolfini
American actor
Born:September 18, 1961
Died:June 19, 2013
James Garner
American film and television actor
Born:April 7, 1928
Died:July 19, 2014
James Hetfield
American guitarist and singer
Born:August 3, 1963
James II of England
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688
Born:October 14, 1633
Died:September 16, 1701
James K. Polk
President of the United States from 1845 to 1849
Born:November 2, 1795
Died:June 15, 1849
James Lipton
poet, talk show host, writer, teacher
Born:September 19, 1926
Died:March 2, 2020
James Madison
President of the United States from 1809 to 1817
Born:March 16, 1751
Died:June 28, 1836
James May
English television presenter and journalist
Born:January 16, 1963
James Monroe
president of the United States from 1817 to 1825
Born:April 28, 1758
Died:July 4, 1831
James Stewart
American actor and military officer
Born:May 20, 1908
Died:July 2, 1997
James Taylor
American singer and guitarist
Born:March 12, 1948
James VI and I
King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625
Born:June 19, 1566
Died:March 27, 1625
Jamey Johnson
American country musician
Born:July 14, 1975
Jamie Bell
English actor
Born:March 14, 1986
Jamie Chung
American actress
Born:April 10, 1983
Jamie Foxx
American actor, comedian, and singer
Born:December 13, 1967
Jamie Lee Curtis
American actress and author
Born:November 22, 1958
Jamie Lynn Spears
American actress and singer
Born:April 4, 1991
Jamie Oliver
British chef and media personality
Born:May 27, 1975
Jane Addams
American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer
Born:September 6, 1860
Died:May 28, 1935
Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer
Born:December 16, 1775
Died:July 18, 1817
Jane Fonda
American actress and activist
Born:December 21, 1937
Jane Lynch
American actress
Born:July 14, 1960
Jane Russell
American actress
Born:June 21, 1921
Died:February 28, 2011
Jane Seymour
British actress
Born:February 15, 1951
Janet Jackson
American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress
Born:May 16, 1966
Janet Leigh
American actress
Born:July 6, 1927
Died:October 3, 2004
Janis Joplin
American singer
Born:January 19, 1943
Died:October 4, 1970
Jared Leto
American actor, singer, musician and songwriter
Born:December 26, 1971
Jared Padalecki
American actor
Born:July 19, 1982
Jason Alexander
American actor, comedian, director and television host
Born:September 23, 1959
Jason Bateman
American actor
Born:January 14, 1969
Jason Biggs
American actor
Born:May 12, 1978
Jason Isaacs
British actor
Born:June 6, 1963
Jason Kidd
American basketball player and coach
Born:March 23, 1973
Jason Lee
American actor, comedian and professional skateboarder
Born:April 25, 1970
Jason Momoa
American actor
Born:August 1, 1979
Jason Mraz
American singer-songwriter
Born:June 23, 1977
Jason Newsted
American musician
Born:March 4, 1963
Jason Segel
American actor
Born:January 18, 1980
Jason Statham
English actor
Born:July 26, 1967
Jason Sudeikis
American actor and comedian
Born:September 18, 1975
Jason Terry
American basketball player
Born:September 15, 1977
Jay Baruchel
Canadian actor
Born:April 9, 1982
Jay Chou
Taiwanese pop singer, songwriter, and actor
Born:January 18, 1979
Jay Leno
American television host and comedian
Born:April 28, 1950
Jay Lethal
American professional wrestler
Born:April 29, 1985
Jay Sean
British singer, rapper and songwriter
Born:March 26, 1981
Jayne Mansfield
American actress
Born:April 19, 1933
Died:June 29, 1967
Jean Harlow
American film actress
Born:March 3, 1911
Died:June 7, 1937
Jean Reno
Spanish-French actor
Born:July 30, 1948
Jean Simmons
British-American actress
Born:January 31, 1929
Died:January 22, 2010
Jean-Michel Jarre
French composer, performer and record producer
Born:August 24, 1948
Jeanette MacDonald
American singer and actress
Born:June 18, 1903
Died:January 14, 1965
Jeanne Cooper
American actress
Born:October 25, 1928
Died:May 8, 2013
Jeff Beck
English guitarist
Born:June 24, 1944
Died:January 10, 2023
Jeff Bridges
American actor
Born:December 4, 1949
Jeff Buckley
American musician
Born:November 17, 1966
Died:May 29, 1997
Jeff Conaway
American actor
Born:October 5, 1950
Died:May 27, 2011
Jeff Dunham
American ventriloquist and comedian
Born:April 18, 1962
Jeff Goldblum
American actor and musician
Born:October 22, 1952
Jeff Gordon
American racing driver
Born:August 4, 1971
Jeff Jarrett
American professional wrestler
Born:July 14, 1967
Jeff Uso
American professional wrestler
Born:August 31, 1977
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
American actor
Born:April 22, 1966
Jena Malone
American actress
Born:November 21, 1984
Jenna Dewan
American actress, dancer and model
Born:December 3, 1980
Jenna Fischer
American actress
Born:March 7, 1974
Jenna Jameson
American pornographic actress
Born:April 9, 1974
Jenna Ushkowitz
Korean-American actress and singer
Born:April 28, 1986
Jennette McCurdy
American writer and former actress
Born:June 26, 1992
Jennie Garth
American actress
Born:April 3, 1972
Jennifer Aniston
American actress
Born:February 11, 1969
Jennifer Carpenter
American actress
Born:December 7, 1979
Jennifer Connelly
American actress
Born:December 12, 1970
Jennifer Coolidge
American actress
Born:August 28, 1961
Jennifer Esposito
American actress
Born:April 11, 1973
Jennifer Garner
American actress
Born:April 17, 1972
Jennifer Grey
American actress
Born:March 26, 1960
Jennifer Hudson
American singer, actress, model and spokesperson
Born:September 12, 1981
Jennifer Lopez
American singer and actress
Born:July 24, 1969
Jennifer Love Hewitt
American actress and singer
Born:February 21, 1979
Jennifer Morrison
American actress
Born:April 12, 1979
Jennifer Tilly
American actress
Born:September 16, 1958
Jenny McCarthy
American actress, model, activist, television personality and author
Born:November 1, 1972
Jeremy Clarkson
British broadcaster, journalist and writer
Born:April 11, 1960
Jeremy Irons
British actor
Born:September 19, 1948
Jeremy Lin
Taiwanese-American basketball player
Born:August 23, 1988
Jeremy Piven
American actor
Born:July 26, 1965
Jeremy Renner
American actor
Born:January 7, 1971
Jerry Garcia
American guitarist and singer
Born:August 1, 1942
Died:August 9, 1995
Jerry Lawler
American professional wrestler and color commentator
Born:November 29, 1949
Jerry Lee Lewis
American rock 'n' roll musician
Born:September 29, 1935
Died:October 28, 2022
Jerry Lewis
American comedian, actor and film director
Born:March 16, 1926
Died:August 20, 2017
Jerry O'Connell
American actor
Born:February 17, 1974
Jerry Seinfeld
American comedian and actor
Born:April 29, 1954
Jerry Springer
American television personality and politician
Born:February 13, 1944
Died:April 27, 2023
Jerry Stiller
American actor and comedian
Born:June 8, 1927
Died:May 11, 2020
Jesse Eisenberg
American actor
Born:October 5, 1983
Jesse Jackson
American Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Born:October 8, 1941
Died:February 17, 2026
Jesse James
American entrepreneur and television personality
Born:April 19, 1969
Jesse James
American outlaw, confederate guerrilla, and train robber
Born:September 5, 1847
Died:April 3, 1882
Jesse McCartney
American singer and actor
Born:April 9, 1987
Jesse Owens
American track and field athlete
Born:September 12, 1913
Died:March 31, 1980
Jesse Ventura
American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota
Born:July 15, 1951
Jesse Williams
American actor, director, producer, and activist
Born:August 5, 1981
Jessica Alba
American actress and businesswoman
Born:April 28, 1981
Jessica Biel
American actress
Born:March 3, 1982
Jessica Chastain
American actress and producer
Born:March 24, 1977
Jessica Lange
American actress
Born:April 20, 1949
Jessica Simpson
American singer and actress
Born:July 10, 1980
Jessica Szohr
American actress and model
Born:March 31, 1985
Jessie J
English singer
Born:March 27, 1988
Jewel
American singer-songwriter
Born:May 23, 1974
Jill Scott
American singer
Born:April 4, 1972
Jim Carrey
Canadian-American actor and comedian
Born:January 17, 1962
Jim Duggan
American professional wrestler
Born:January 14, 1954
Jim Henson
American puppeteer
Born:September 24, 1936
Died:May 16, 1990
Jim Morrison
American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors
Born:December 8, 1943
Died:July 3, 1971
Jim Parsons
American actor
Born:March 24, 1973
Jim Steinman
American composer, lyricist and record producer
Born:November 1, 1947
Died:April 19, 2021
Jimi Hendrix
American guitarist
Born:November 27, 1942
Died:September 18, 1970
Jimmy Buffett
American singer-songwriter
Born:December 25, 1946
Died:September 1, 2023
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981
Born:October 1, 1924
Died:December 29, 2024
Jimmy Connors
American tennis player
Born:September 2, 1952
Jimmy Fallon
American talk show host and comedian
Born:September 19, 1974
Jimmy Kimmel
American talk show host and comedian
Born:November 13, 1967
Jimmy Page
English guitarist
Born:January 9, 1944
Jimmy Wales
co-founder of Wikipedia
Born:August 7, 1966
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician
Born:January 9, 1941
Joan Collins
English actress, author and columnist
Born:May 23, 1933
Joan Crawford
American actress
Born:March 23, 1905
Died:May 10, 1977
Joan Cusack
American actress
Born:October 11, 1962
Joan Fontaine
British actress
Born:October 22, 1917
Died:December 15, 2013
Joan Jett
American rock musician
Born:September 22, 1958
Joan Rivers
American comedian, actress, and television host
Born:June 8, 1933
Died:September 4, 2014
Joanne Woodward
American actress
Born:February 27, 1930
Joaquin Phoenix
American actor
Born:October 28, 1974
Jodie Foster
American actress and filmmaker
Born:November 19, 1962
Jodie Sweetin
American actress and television personality
Born:January 19, 1982
Joe Biden
46th President of the United States
Born:November 20, 1942
Joe Bonamassa
American musician
Born:May 8, 1977
Joe Cocker
British singer
Born:May 20, 1944
Died:December 22, 2014
Joe DiMaggio
American baseball player
Born:November 25, 1914
Died:March 8, 1999
Joe Jackson
English musician
Born:August 11, 1954
Joe Jackson (talent manager)
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Born:July 26, 1928
Died:June 27, 2018
Joe Jonas
American singer, actor and musician
Born:August 15, 1989
Joe Louis
American boxer
Born:May 13, 1914
Died:April 12, 1981
Joe Manganiello
American actor
Born:December 28, 1976
Joe Pesci
American actor
Born:February 9, 1943
Joe Rogan
American broadcaster, comedian, and actor
Born:August 11, 1967
Joe Satriani
American guitarist
Born:July 15, 1956
Joe Strummer
British singer, musician and songwriter
Born:August 21, 1952
Died:December 22, 2002
Joe Walsh
American rock musician
Born:November 20, 1947
Joel Edgerton
Australian actor
Born:June 23, 1974
Joel Madden
American singer, musician and songwriter
Born:March 11, 1979
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Born:March 21, 1685
Died:July 28, 1750
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician
Born:August 28, 1749
Died:March 22, 1832
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Born:May 7, 1833
Died:April 3, 1897
Johannes Kepler
German mathematician and astronomer
Born:December 27, 1571
Died:November 15, 1630
John Adams
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801
Born:October 30, 1735
Died:July 4, 1826
John Belushi
American actor
Born:January 24, 1949
Died:March 5, 1982
John Bonham
English drummer
Born:May 31, 1948
Died:September 25, 1980
John Candy
Canadian actor
Born:October 31, 1950
Died:March 4, 1994
John Cena
American actor and professional wrestler
Born:April 23, 1977
John Cho
American actor
Born:June 16, 1972
John Cleese
English comedian and actor
Born:October 27, 1939
John Cusack
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Born:June 28, 1966
John D. Rockefeller
American industrialist and philanthropist
Born:July 8, 1839
Died:May 23, 1937
John Denver
American singer
Born:December 31, 1943
Died:October 12, 1997
John F. Kennedy
president of the United States from 1961 to 1963
Born:May 29, 1917
Died:November 22, 1963
John F. Kennedy Jr.
American attorney and magazine publisher
Born:November 25, 1960
Died:July 16, 1999
John Fogerty
American rock musician
Born:May 28, 1945
John Forbes Nash
American mathematician and economist
Born:June 13, 1928
Died:May 23, 2015
John Ford
American film director
Born:February 1, 1894
Died:August 31, 1973
John Frusciante
American guitarist
Born:March 5, 1970
John Goodman
American actor
Born:June 20, 1952
John Howard
Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007
Born:July 26, 1939
John Hurt
British actor
Born:January 22, 1940
Died:January 25, 2017
John Kerry
American politician and diplomat
Born:December 11, 1943
John Krasinski
American actor and filmmaker
Born:October 20, 1979
John Legend
American singer-songwriter
Born:December 28, 1978
John Lennon
British musician
Born:October 9, 1940
Died:December 8, 1980
John Lydon
British-born Irish-American singer and songwriter
Born:January 31, 1956
John Major
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997
Born:March 29, 1943
John Malkovich
American actor
Born:December 9, 1953
John Mayer
American musician
Born:October 16, 1977
John McCain
American politician
Born:August 29, 1936
Died:August 25, 2018
John McEnroe
American former tennis player
Born:February 16, 1959
John Morrison
American professional wrestler
Born:October 3, 1979
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
Born:May 18, 1920
Died:April 2, 2005
John Ritter
American actor
Born:September 17, 1948
Died:September 11, 2003
John Slattery
American actor
Born:August 13, 1962
John Stamos
American actor
Born:August 19, 1963
John Steinbeck
American writer
Born:February 27, 1902
Died:December 20, 1968
John Taylor
English bassist and member of Duran Duran
Born:June 20, 1960
John Terry
English association football player
Born:December 7, 1980
John Travolta
American actor
Born:February 18, 1954
John Wayne
American actor
Born:May 26, 1907
Died:June 11, 1979
John Williams
American composer and conductor
Born:February 8, 1932
Johnny Carson
American talk show host and comedian
Born:October 23, 1925
Died:January 23, 2005
Johnny Cash
American country singer
Born:February 26, 1932
Died:September 12, 2003
Johnny Depp
American actor
Born:June 9, 1963
Johnny Dio
American mobster
Born:April 29, 1914
Died:January 12, 1979
Johnny Galecki
American actor
Born:April 30, 1975
Johnny Hallyday
French musician, singer and actor
Born:June 15, 1943
Died:December 6, 2017
Johnny Knoxville
American stunt performer and actor
Born:March 11, 1971
Johnny Marr
English musician
Born:October 31, 1963
Johnny Weir
American figure skater and television commentator
Born:July 2, 1984
Johnny Winter
American blues guitarist and singer
Born:February 23, 1944
Died:July 16, 2014
Jon Bon Jovi
American musician
Born:March 2, 1962
Jon Favreau
American actor and filmmaker
Born:October 19, 1966
Jon Hamm
American actor
Born:March 10, 1971
Jon Stewart
American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host
Born:November 28, 1962
Jon Voight
American actor
Born:December 29, 1938
Jonah Hill
American actor
Born:December 20, 1983
Jonathan Knight
American singer
Born:November 29, 1968
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Irish actor
Born:July 27, 1977
Jonathan Ross
English television and radio presenter
Born:November 17, 1960
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
Born:November 7, 1943
Jony Ive
English designer and former Chief Design Officer at Apple
Born:February 27, 1967
Jordan Henderson
English association football player
Born:June 17, 1990
Jordana Brewster
American actress
Born:April 26, 1980
Joseph Chamberlain
British politician
Born:July 8, 1836
Died:July 2, 1914
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
American actor and filmmaker
Born:February 17, 1981
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Born:March 31, 1732
Died:May 31, 1809
Joseph Merrick
British man with severe deformities known as the Elephant Man
Born:August 5, 1862
Died:April 11, 1890
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
American businessman, politician and diplomat
Born:September 6, 1888
Died:November 18, 1969
Joseph Stalin
politician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953
Born:December 18, 1878
Died:March 5, 1953
Josh Brolin
American actor
Born:February 12, 1968
Josh Duhamel
American actor and former model
Born:November 14, 1972
Josh Groban
American singer and actor
Born:February 27, 1981
Josh Holloway
American actor
Born:July 20, 1969
Josh Homme
American musician
Born:May 17, 1973
Josh Hutcherson
American actor
Born:October 12, 1992
Josh Lucas
American actor
Born:June 20, 1971
Josh Peck
American actor and comedian
Born:November 10, 1986
Josh Radnor
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Born:July 29, 1974
Josh Turner
American singer-songwriter
Born:November 20, 1977
Joshua Jackson
Canadian actor
Born:June 11, 1978
Joy Behar
American comedian, television host, actress and writer
Born:October 7, 1942
Juan Gabriel
Mexican singer and songwriter
Born:January 7, 1950
Died:August 28, 2016
Juan Martín del Potro
Argentine tennis player
Born:September 23, 1988
Juan Pablo Montoya
Colombian racing driver; former Formula One driver
Born:September 20, 1975
Jude Law
English actor
Born:December 29, 1972
Judi Dench
English actress
Born:December 9, 1934
Judy Garland
American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillian
Born:June 10, 1922
Died:June 22, 1969
Jules Verne
French writer
Born:February 8, 1828
Died:March 24, 1905
Julia Child
American chef
Born:August 15, 1912
Died:August 13, 2004
Julia Gillard
Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013
Born:September 29, 1961
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
American actress
Born:January 13, 1961
Julia Roberts
American actress
Born:October 28, 1967
Julia Stiles
American actress
Born:March 28, 1981
Julian Assange
Australian editor, publisher, and activist
Born:July 3, 1971
Julian Fernando Casablancas Christiansen
American singer
Born:August 23, 1978
Julianne Hough
American dancer, choreographer, actress, singer, and songwriter
Born:July 20, 1988
Julianne Moore
British-American actress and author
Born:December 3, 1960
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author
Born:October 1, 1935
Julie Benz
American actress
Born:May 1, 1972
Julie Bowen
American actress
Born:March 3, 1970
Julie Christie
British actress
Born:April 14, 1940
Julie Delpy
French and American actress, director, screenwriter and singer
Born:December 21, 1969
Juliette Lewis
American actress and singer
Born:June 21, 1973
Julio Iglesias
Spanish singer and lawyer
Born:September 23, 1943
Julius Erving
American basketball player
Born:February 22, 1950
Justin Bartha
American actor
Born:July 21, 1978
Justin Bieber
Canadian singer-songwriter
Born:March 1, 1994
Justin Long
American actor
Born:June 2, 1978
Justin Theroux
American actor and filmmaker
Born:August 10, 1971
Justin Timberlake
American singer and actor
Born:January 31, 1981
Justine Henin
Belgian tennis player
Born:June 1, 1982