Persons

Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Thomas Jones

Welsh singer

Sir Thomas Jones Woodwardis a Welsh singer. His career began with a string of top 10 hits in the 1960s and he has since toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas from 1967 to 2011. His voice has...

Felicity Jones

English actress

Felicity Rose Hadley Jonesis an English actress. She began her professional acting career as a child, appearing in The Treasure Seekers (1996) at age 12. She went on to play Ethel Hallow for one serie...

Rashida Jones

American actress

Rashida Leah Jonesis an American actress, writer, producer, and director. She appeared as Louisa Fenn on the Fox drama series Boston Public (2000–2002), as Karen Filippelli on the NBC comedy series Th...

Gethin Jones

Welsh television presenter

Gethin Clifford Jonesis a Welsh television presenter. He was an active rugby union player while at Manchester Metropolitan University and, after graduation, he began his television career on Welsh lan...

Ruth Jones

Welsh actress

Ruth Alexandra Elisabeth Jonesis a Welsh actress, comedian, producer and writer. She co-wrote and co-starred in the award-winning BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey (2007–2010, 2019). She later created, wrote ...

Lloyd Jones

English professional footballer

Lloyd Richard Jonesis an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL league one club Cambridge United. Club career Liverpool Liverpool signed Lloyd Jones in May 2011 from the Plymo...

Alexander Jones

Radio show host

Alexander Emerick Jonesis an American far-right radio show host and prominent conspiracy theorist. He hosts The Alex Jones Show from Austin, Texas. The Alex Jones Show is the longest-running online ne...

David Ian Jones

Minister of State for Exiting the European Union

David Ian Jones(born 22 March 1952) is a British politician and former solicitor serving as the Deputy Chairman of the European Research Group since March 2020 and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Clw...

Brian Jones

English multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter

Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones(28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the founder and original leader of the Rolling Stones.[3] Initially...

Ulrika Jonsson

Swedish-British television presenter

Eva Ulrika Jonssonis a Swedish-British television presenter and model. She became known as a TV-am weather presenter, moved on to present the ITV show Gladiators, and as a team captain of the BBC Two ...

Michael Jordan

American actor

Michael Bakari Jordanis an American actor, producer, and director. He is best known for his film roles in Fruitvale Station (2013), Creed (2015), Black Panther (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (...

Tony Jordan

British television writer

Tony Jordanis a British television writer. For many years, he was lead writer and series consultant for BBC One soap opera EastEnders. He has written over 250 episodes for the programme since 1989, in...

Charlotte Jordan

British actress

Charlotte Jordan Evansis a British actress and singer from Chobham, England, known for her roles as Gaby Grant in the Netflix series Free Rein and Daisy Midgeley in the ITV soap opera Coronation Stree...

Sarah Jordan

Canadian singer

Sarah "Sass" Jordanis a British-born Canadian rock singer from Montreal, Quebec. Her first single, "Tell Somebody," from her debut album of the same name won the Juno Award for Most Promising Female V...

Keith Joseph

British politician

Keith Sinjohn Joseph, Baron Joseph, known asSir Keith Joseph, 2nd Baronet, for most of his political life, was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a minister under f...

Anthony Joshua

British professional boxer

Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshuais a British professional boxer. He is a former two-time heavyweight champion having held the unified world heavyweight championship twice from 2017 to 2019 and from 20...

Colin Jost

American comedian

Colin Kelly Jostis an American comedian, writer, and actor. Jost has been a staff writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2005, and co-anchor of Weekend Update since 2014. He...

Tamra Judge

American businesswoman and television personality

Tamra Sue Judgeis an American businesswoman and television personality. She is a cast member of Bravo reality television show The Real Housewives of Orange County, first appearing on its third season ...

Eric Judy

American musician

Eric Scott Judyis an American musician best known as the original bass guitarist, co-founder, and occasional backing vocalist of the indie rock band Modest Mouse. Judy appeared on Adam Forkner's first...

Vinicius Junior

Brazilian professional footballer

Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior, commonly known asVinícius JúniororVini Jr., is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazil national ...