Dr. J: Julius Erving (professional basketball player)
* Violent J: Joseph Bruce (profesional wrestler/movie actor/writer/lead rapper with Detroit's Insane Clown Posse rap group, b1972)
L.L. Cool J.: James Todd Smith (rap singer/movie & tv actor, b1968? b1969?) {stands for "Ladies Love Cool James"}
Jack: Leo (Jack Russell Terrier that played the one-eyed canine in the film "Tales of the Gold Monkey")
Cactus Jack: Michael Foley (professional wrestler)
Wolfman Jack: Robert Weston Smith [aka "Daddy Jules"] (deep-voiced radio disc-jockey/actor, b1939 d1995)
Jacko: Mark Jackson (tv actor)
Bessie Jackson: Lucille Bogan (blues singer/songwriter, b1897 d1948)
Bo Jackson: Vincent Edward Jackson (professional football and baseball player, b1962)
Butter Jackson: Quentin Jackson (musician with The Duke Ellington Orchestra, b1909 d1976)
J.J. Jackson: Jerome Louis Jackson (soul singer/songwriter)
Jackie Jackson: Sigmund Esco Jackson (rhythm & blues singer with The Jacksons, b1951)
Jesse Jackson: Jesse Burns (reverand/teacher/political activist/political candidate/adulterer, b1941) {became Jackson at age 2 after adoption by step-father}
Rebbie Jackson: Maureen Jackson (rhythm & blues singer, b1950)
Sam Jackson: Dalton Trumbo (McCarthy-era blacklisted movie & tv scriptwriter)
Samuel L. Jackson: Samuel Leroy Jackson (movie & stage actor, b1948)
Scoop Jackson: Henry Martin Jackson (attorney/Democratic U.S. Congressman, then Senator from Washington State (served 43 years in Congress!), b1921 d1983)
Stonewall Jackson: Thomas Jonathan Jackson (American army officer; general in the Confederate Army, b1824 d1863)
Tito Jackson: Toriano Adaryll Jackson (musician/singer, who knows his ABC's, b1953)
Illinois Jacquet: Robert Russell Jacquet (jazz tenor saxophonist)
Sam Jaffe: Shalom Jaffe (movie & tv actor, most known for his role as Dr. Zorba on the Ben Casey tv series, b1891 d1984)
Bianca Jagger: Bianca Perez Morena de Macias (Nicaragua-born actress/writer/rock-star ex-wife)
Dean Jagger: Ira Dean Jagger Jeffries (movie and tv actor, b1903 d1991)
Mick Jagger: Michael Phillip Jagger (rock singer/songwriter/actor, b1943)
Jaguar Automobile Company: The Swallow Sidecar Company {name changed in 1936}
Jimmy Jam: James Harris III (songwriter/record producer/musician/entrepreneur, b@1956)
Amalia James: Carla A. Neggers (writer)
Anna James: Shannon Harper (writer)
Anna James: Madeline Porter (writer)
Brian James: Brian Robertson (punk rocker with The Damned)
Colin James: Colin Munn (Canadian blues singer/musician, b1964)
Dakota James: Bernard Joseph James (writer)
Deana James: Mona Sizer (writer)
Dennis James: Demie James Sposa (tv game show host/insurance company commercial spokesperson, b1917 d1997)
Dynely James: Dick Caesar & William Mayne (sci-fi fantasy writers)
Edwin James: James Edwin Gunn (science fiction writer)
Etta James: Jamesetta Hawkins [nn: "Miss Peaches"] (rhythm & blues singer/songwriter/music producer, b1938) {NdG formed by reversing parts of her real first name}
Henry James: L.C. Kellenberger (science fiction writer) [Note: not THE Henry James, who was b1843 d1916]
Josephine James: Emma Gelders Sterne (b1894 d1971) and Barbara Lindsay (mother/daughter authors of books for teens)
Kristin James: Candace Camp (writer)
M.R. James: Montague Rhodes James (British writer/scientist/scholar/ghost hunter, b1862 d1936)
Mack James: Frank C. Kneller (writer)
Margaret James: Pamela Bennetts (writer)
Martin James: James Martin Kisner (writer)
Mary James: Marijane Agnes Meaker (writer)
P.D. James: Phyllis White (writer)
Phillip James: James Philip Cawthorn (writer)
Phillip James: Michael Moorcock (writer)
Phillip James: Ramón Felipe Alvarez del Rey de Los Uerdes (writer)
Rebecca James: James Elward (writer)
Rick James: James Johnson (rhythm & blues singer/guitarist/songwriter, b1952)
Robin James: Sharon & Tom Curtis (writers)
Roby James: Rhoda Blecker (writer)
Sheila James: Sheila James Kuehl (tv actress/attorney/California state assemblywoman, b1941)
Skip James: Nehemiah James (Mississippi blues singer)
Sonny James: Jimmie Loden [nn: "The Country Gentleman"] (country singer/guitarist)
Stephanie James: Jayne Ann Krentz (writer)
Tegan James: Sally Farrell Odgers (writer)
Tommy James: Thomas Gregory Jackson (rock & roll singer/songwriter/guitarist)
William James: Terry Harknett (writer)
Kelly Jamison: Linda Buechting (writer)
Jan: William Jan Berry (60's pop singer with Jan & Dean, b1941)
William Janney: Russell Dixon Janney (movie actor, b1902? b1908? d1992)
Emil Jannings: Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz (Austrian actor/1st to receive a 'Best Actor' Oscar, b1884 d1950)
David Janssen: David Harold Meyer (movie & tv actor/little screen Fugitive, b1931 d1980)
Hans Jarta: Hans Hierta (Swedish revolutionary, b1774 d1847)
E.K. Jarvis: Harlan Ellison (writer)
Leigh Jason: Leigh Jacobson (movie actor, b1904 d1979)
Jam Master Jay: Jay Mizzell (rap singer)
Shannah Jay: Sherry-Anne Jacobs (writer)
Jay-Z: Shawn Carter (rapper/felon)
Jazz: Larry Anthony (singer with Dru Hill)
Gloria Jean: Gloria Jean Schoonover (singer/movie actress, b1927)
Ursula Jeans: Ursula McMinn (British movie & stage actress, b1906 d1973)
Jazzy Jeff: Jeff Townes (rap artist)
Jeanne-Claude: Jeanne-Claude de Guillebon (environmental artist, wife of Christo)
Susi Jeans: Susanne Hock (organist, b1911 d1993)
O.W. Jeeves: George Orson Welles (writer/actor/director/producer - used the pseudonym as co-writer for Treasure Island)
Anne Jeffreys: Anne Carmichael (opera singer/movie & tv actress, who played a ghost on the Topper tv series, b1923)
Fran Jeffries: Frances Makris (singer/movie actress, b1939)
Jehovah's Witnesses: Russellites (religious group, whose name was changed in 1925)
Aunt Jemima: Nancy Green (actress who played spokesperson role)
Allen Jenkins: Allen McGonegal (movie & tv actor/cartoon voicist, b1900 d1974)
Si Jenks: Howard Jenkins (movie actor, b1876 d1970)
Bruce Jenner: William Bruce Jenner (Olympic gold medal-winning athlete, b1949)
Jeremy: Jeremy Clyde [of Chad & Jeremy] (British pop singer of the 60's, but alas, Yesterday's Gone, b1944)
* Ron Jeremy: Ron Jeremy Hyatt [aka Bill Blackman, David Elliot, Ron Hedge, LuLu Latouche, Nicholas Pera] (former high school teacher/piano & organ player/porn cable talk show host/adult film actor/director/producer, b1953)
Chris Jericho: Chris Irvine (professional wrestler)
Jerry Lee: Koton (Actual German Shepherd police dog that starred in the tv show K-9, d1991 in the line of duty)
Jethro: Kenneth C. Burns [of Homer & Jethro] (country music singer/musician/comedian, b1927 d1992)
Jewel: Jewel Kilcher (singer/songwriter, b1974)
Helen Jewett: Dorcas Doyen (NYC prostitute/nationally-famous murder victim, d1836)
Ann Jillian: Ann Nauseda (blonde movie & tv actress, b1950)
Gentleman Jim: John James Corbett (U.S. heavyweight boxer, b1866 d1933)
Jose Jimenez: Bill Dana (ethnic comedian)
Jim Thorpe: Mauch Chunk (Pennsylvania town that changed its name to honor the memory of the great Native American Olympian)
Jimmy "The Greek": Demetrios George Synodinos [aka Jimmy G. Snyder] (Greek oddsmaker/commentator)
Jimmy "The Weasel": Aladena James Fratiano (outlaw/FBI informant/author, b1913 d1993)
Joan of Arc: Jeanne d'Arc (French patriot/army commander/saint, b1412 d1431)
Billy Joel: William Martin Joel (singer/songwriter/Piano Man, b1949)
Robert Joffrey: Abdullah Jaffea Anver Bey Khan (American dancer/choreographer/teacher/director, b1930 d1985)
Olof Johannesson: Hannes Olof Gosta Alfven (Swedish astrophysicist/plasma pioneer/science fiction novelist, b1908 d1995)
Jay Johanny Johanson: John Lee Johnson [aka Jaimoe Johanson] (rock & roll drummer with The Allman Brothers' Band, b1944)
John: John Lackland (King of England, 1199-1216)
Dr. John: Malcolm Rebennack [aka "Mac Rebennack"] (blues singer/songwriter/guitarist)
Elton John: Reginald Kenneth Dwight (singer/songwriter/pianist, b1947) {from Elton Dean, a Bluesology sax player, and Long John Baldry, founder of Blues, Inc.}
Little Willie John: Willaim Edgar John [aka John Davenport] (soul singer/songwriter, b1937 d1968)
Rosamund John: Nora Rosamund Jones (English movie actress, b1913 d1999)
Scatman John: John Larkin (singer/songwriter/pianist, b1942 d1999)
John F. Kennedy Airport: Idlewild Airport (N.Y. City's largest airport)
Bibi Johns: Bibi Johnsson (Swedish movie actress, b1929)
B.F. Johnson: Jesus Franco (writer)
Boris Johnson: Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (English political writer/European critic, b1964)
Bunk Johnson: William Geary Johnson (jazz trumpeter/cornetist, b1879 d1949)
Chic Johnson: Harold Ogden Johnson [of Ole & Johnson] (actor/comedian/vaudvillian)
Don Johnson: Donnie Wayne Johnson (tv actor, b1949)
Doctor Johnson: Samuel Johnson (British writer, b1709 d1784)
J.J. Johnson: James Louis Johnson (jazz trombonist/composer)
J.P. Johnson: Jesus Franco (writer)
Judy Johnson: Wilham Julius Johnson (professional baseball 3rd baseman/starred in the Negro leagues, b1899 d1989)
Kay Johnson: Catherine Townsend (movie actress, b1904 d1975)
Kripp Johnson: Corinthian Johnson (rhythm & blues singer with the Del-Vikings, b1933 d1990)
Lady Bird Johnson: Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson (former American First Lady, b1912)
Lonnie Johnson: Alonzo Johnson (blues & jazz performer/singer/guitarist/pianist/violinist, b1889 d1970)
Magic Johnson: Earvin Johnson, Jr. [nn: 'June Bug' in junior high school] (professional basketball player/businessman, b1959) {sportscaster re-nicknamed him after a spectacular performance at age 15}
Money Johnson: Harold Johnson (jazz trumpeter with the Duke Ellington Band, b1931)
P. Johnson: Jesus Franco (writer)
Pepper Johnson: Thomas Johnson (professional football linebacker with the New York Jets, b1964)
Plas Johnson: John Johnson, Jr. (saxaphonist/flutist known for his Pink Panther theme solo, b1931)
Puff Johnson: Ewanya Johnson (spiritual R&B singer) {mother was Marie Johnson: gave her nn of 'Puff' when she was a soft & cuddly baby}
Van Johnson: Charles Van Johnson (movie, stage & tv actor, b1916)
Bruce Johnston: Billy Baldwin (musician/singer with The Beach Boys, b1944)
Angelina Jolie: Angelina Jolie Voight (movie & tv actress, b1975)
Al Jolson: Asa Hesselson Yoelson (movie & stage actor/jazz singer/vaudvillian, b1886 d1950)
John Jon: John Andrew Foster (British singer)
Brian Jones: Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones (rock singer/versatile musician with the Rolling Stones, b1942? b1943? d1969)
Buck Jones: Charles Frederick Gebhard (western movie actor, b1889? b1891? d1942)
Carolyn Jones: Carolyn Baker (movie & tv actress, b1929 d1983)
Casey Jones: John Luther Jones (railroad engineer made famous in song, b1864 d1900) {named for his Cayce, KY hometown}
Chipper Jones: Larry Wayne Jones (Atlanta Braves third baseman, b1972)
Deacon Jones: David Jones (professional football player)
Grace Jones: Grace Mendoza (very tall Jamaican movie actress, b1948)
Grandpa Jones: Louis Marshall Jones (country-western singer/comedian/tv actor, b1913 d1998)
Indiana Jones: Henry Jones, Jr. (fictional professor/rollin' rock adventurer, b1899)
JaFran Jones: Lura JaFran Jones (American ethnomusicologist/teacher, d1997)
James Earl Jones: Todd Jones (movie actor/deep voice of CNN cable network, b1931)
Jennifer Jones: Phyllis Isley (movie actress, b1919)
Jenny Jones: Janina Stronski (Canadian singer/tv talk show hostess, b1946)
Jo Jones: Jonathan Jones (singer, b1911 d1985)
John Paul Jones: John Paul Baldwin (English rock & roll bassist/keyboardist/songwriter, b1946)
Juice Jones: Oran Jones (singer, b1958)
L.Q. Jones: Justus Ellis McQueen (character actor in war movies & westerns, b1927) {took stage name from his character in the '55 movie Battle Cry}
Parnelli Jones: Rufus Parnelli Jones (racecar driver)
Paul Jones: Paul Pond (British rock & roll singer/songwriter/harmonica player with Manfred Mann band)
Popeye Jones: Ron Jones (professional basketball player, b1970)
* Sissieretta Jones: Matilda Sissieretta Joyner [aka, The Black Patti] (minstrel singer, b1869 d1933)
Spike Jones: Lindley Armstrong Jones (comedic American bandleader/musician/City Slicker, b1911? b1912? d1965)
Star Jones: Starlet Marie Jones (attorney/tv talk show host, b1962)
Tom Jones: Thomas Jones Woodward (Welsh singer, b1940)
Too Tall Jones: Edward Lee Jones (professional football player and boxer)
Spike Jonze: Adam Spiegel (skateboarder/photographer/actor: Three Kings/director: Being John Malkovich/producer: MTV's Jackass show, b1969)
* Robert Jordan: James Oliver Rigney, Jr. (fantasy novelist)
Jordy: Jordy Lemoine (young French pop singer, b1988)
Jorge: Diane Detzer (writer)
Christine Jorgensen: George Jorgensen, Jr. (soldier/transsexual, who patiently awaited having the 1st sex-change operation, b1926 d1989)
Ivar Jorgensen: Harlan Ellison (writer)
Sonny Jorgensen: Christian Adolph Jurgensen II (quarterback with the Philadelphia Eagles ['57-'63] & Washington Redskins ['64-'74], b1934)
Joselito: Jose Gomez (Spanish matador, b1895 d1920)
Josephine: Marie Josephine Rose Tascher de la Pagerie (Empress of France, 1804-1809)
Flavius Josephus: Joseph ben Matthias (Jewish historian)
Louis Jourdan: Louis Gendre (French movie & tv actor, b1919)
Louis Jouvet: Jules Eugene Louis Jouvet (French actor)
Jovan: J. Jovan Philyaw (computer tv show host)
Leatrice Joy: Leatrice Joy Zeidler (movie actress, b1894 d1985)
Brenda Joyce: Betty Leabo (movie actress, b1918)
Who shot J.R.?: Kristen Shepard (fictitious tv character on the Dallas series, played by actress Mary Crosby)
Jubilee Jim: James Fisk (U.S. capitalist/speculator)
Cyril Judd: Judith Merril and C.M. Kornbluth (writers)
Naomi Judd: Diana Ellen Judd (singer, b1947)
Wynonna Judd: Christine Judd (singer, b1964)
Judge Judy: Judy Sheindlin (former New York Family Court judge/host of a tv court show/author)
Jenny Jugo: Eugenie Walter (Austrian movie actress, b1905)
Raul Julia: Raul Rafael Carlos Julia y Arcelay (Puerto Rican-born movie actor, b1940 d1994)
Julian: Decimus Claudius Julianus (Roman emperor, 361-363)
June: June Howard Tripp (British music hall comedian, b1901 d1985)
Democritus Junior: Robert Burton (English author/clergyman/scholar, b1577 d1640)
Junkyard Dog: Sylvester Ritter (professional wrestler known for wearing red tights & a dog collar, b1953 d1998)
Katy Jurado: Maria Christina Jurado Garcia (Mexican movie & tv actress, b1924)
Juvenal: Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Roman satiric poet)
Juvenile: Terius Gray (rapper/felon)
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