All Biographies
Discover a diverse collection of inspiring biographies featuring iconic figures from all walks of life — from legendary scientists to cultural influencers, visionary entrepreneurs, athletes, and more.
- J Harlen Bretz
- J. Hans D. Jensen
- J. J. Abrams
- J. J. Thomson
- J. M. Barrie
- J. M. W. Turner
- J. P. Morgan
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- J. Robert Oppenheimer
- J.D. Salinger
- J.E.B. Stuart
- J.J. Watt
- J.K. Rowling
- Jaap Eden
- Jacinda Ardern
- Jack Benny
- Jack Chesbro
- Jack Dempsey
- Jack Dorsey
- Jack Fisher
- Jack Haley
- Jack Hobbs
- Jack Horner
- Jack Johnson
- Jack Kays
- Jack Kerouac
- Jack Kilby
- Jack Kirby
- Jack Klugman
- Jack Lemmon
- Jack London
- Jack Ma
- Jack Morris
- Jack Nicholson
- Jack Nicklaus
- Jack Paar
- Jack Welch
- Jackie Chan
- Jackie Coogan
- Jackie DeShannon
- Jackie Evancho
- Jackie Gleason
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
- Jackie Mason
- Jackie Robinson
- Jackie Wilson
- Jacksepticeye
- Jackson Browne
- Jackson Pollock
- Jaclyn Smith
- Jacob Bannon
- Jacob Berzelius
- Jacob Grimm
- Jacqueline Govaert (Ayreon)
- Jacqueline Susann
- Jacques Anquetil
- Jacques Brel
- Jacques Cartier
- Jacques Chirac
- Jacques Cousteau
- Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
- Jada Pinkett Smith
- Jada Pinkett Smith (Wicked Wisdom)
- Jaden Hossler
- Jaden Smith
- Jadon Sancho
- Jagadish Chandra Bose
- Jagjit Singh
- Jai McDowall
- Jaimie Alexander
- Jake Gyllenhaal
- Jake LaMotta
- Jake Paul
- Jamal Khashoggi
- James Anthony Bailey
- James Bevel
- James Black
- James Bradley
- James Brown
- James Caan
- James Cagney
- James Callaghan
- James Cameron
- James Chadwick
- James Charles
- James Clavell
- James Clerk Maxwell
- James Cook
- James Corden
- James Croll
- James Dean
- James Dwight Dana
- James Dyson
- James E. West
- James Earl Jones
- James Edward Maceo West
- James Edward West
- James Fenimore Cooper
- James Forten
- James Franklin Hyde
- James Gandolfini
- James Garner
- James Hetfield
- James Hutton
- James J. Braddock
- James J. Corbett
- James J. Jeffries
- James Joyce
- James Longstreet
- James Maslow
- James May
- James McAvoy
- James Meredith
- James Naismith
- James Patterson
- James Prescott Joule
- James S. Avery
- James Stewart
- James Van Der Beek
- James Watson
- James Watt
- James Weldon Johnson
- James West
- James Woods
- James Worthy
- Jamey Jasta
- Jamie Dimon
- Jamie Dornan
- Jamie Foxx
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- Jamie Lynn Spears
- Jamie ONeal
- Jamie Vardy
- Jan Baptist von Helmont
- Jan Ernst Matzeliger
- Jan Howard
- Jan Koum
- Jan Kuehnemund
- Jan Matzeliger
- Jan Oblak
- Jan Vermeer
- Jana Jae
- Jana Kramer
- Jane Austen
- Jane Campion
- Jane Curtin
- Jane Fonda
- Jane Goodall
- Jane Jensen
- Jane Lynch
- Jane Marcet
- Jane Relf (Renaissance)
- Jane Siberry (AKA Issa)
- Jane Wiedlin
- Jane Wyatt
- Jane Wyman
- Janeane Garofalo
- Janelle Monáe
- Janet Gardner
- Janet Gardner (Vixen)
- Janet Gaynor
- Janet Jackson
- Janet Leigh
- Janet Robin
- Janet Yellen
- Janette Carter
- Jani Lane
- Janie Fricke
- Janis Joplin
- Janis Martin
- Janja Garnbret
- Jann Browne
- Jannat Mahid
- January Jones
- Jared Anderson
- Jared Dines
- Jaret Reddick
- Jasleen Royal
- Jason Aldean
- Jason Bateman
- Jason Farol
- Jason Jones
- Jason Koumas
- Jaspinder Narula
- Jass Manak
- Jassie Gill
- Javier Bardem
- Javier Colon
- Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Jay Gatsby
- Jay Gordon
- Jay Leno
- Jay Rock
- Jay Shetty
- Jay-Z
- Jayne County
- Jayne Mansfield
- Jayne Torvill
- JD Natasha (Condors and Chaos)
- Jean Andre Deluc
- Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre
- Jean Batten
- Jean Chapel
- Jean Chretien
- Jean Cocteau
- Jean de La Fontaine
- Jean Dujardin
- Jean Harlow
- Jean Piaget
- Jean Shepard
- Jean Shrimpton
- Jean Sibelius
- Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
- Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d Alembert
- Jean-Bédel Bokassa
- Jean-Claude Duvalier
- Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Jean-Paul Sartre
- Jeanne Black
- Jeanne Pruett
- Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
- Jeannie C. Riley
- Jeannie Seely
- Jeff Bezos
- Jeff Bridges
- Jeff Fenholt
- Jeff Goldblum
- Jeff Janiak
- Jeff Keith
- Jeffery Lamar Williams
- Jeffrey Hatrix
- Jeffrey Hawkins
- Jelly Roll
- Jelly Roll Morton
- Jemina Pearl (Be Your Own Pet)
- Jemma Griffiths (Jem)
- Jen Smith (Dub Narcotic Sound System)
- Jen Trynin
- Jen Wood
- Jena Irene Asciutto
- Jenn Bostic
- Jenna Ortega
- Jenna Sanz-Agero (Vixen)
- Jenna von Oy
- Jennette McCurdy
- Jennie Garth
- Jennifer Aniston
- Jennifer Brantley
- Jennifer Charles (Elysian Fields)
- Jennifer Connelly
- Jennifer Day
- Jennifer Finch
- Jennifer Finch (L7)
- Jennifer Garner
- Jennifer Hanson
- Jennifer Herrema (Royal Trux)
- Jennifer Higdon
- Jennifer Hudson
- Jennifer Hyman
- Jennifer Jones
- Jennifer Knapp
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Jennifer Lopez
- Jennifer Love Hewitt
- Jennifer Nettles
- Jennifer Paige
- Jennifer Warnes
- Jenny Hoyston (Erase Errata)
- Jenny Lewis
- Jenny Lou Carson
- Jenny Simmons (Addison Road)
- Jenny Simpson
- Jenny Warren (The Iron Maidens)
- Jensen Ackles
- Jensen Huang
- Jensy Gregory
- Jeremy Clarkson
- Jeremy Irons
- Jeremy Messersmith
- Jeremy Renner
- Jeremy Sisto
- Jerome Kern
- Jerome Robbins
- Jerry Herman
- Jerry Lawson
- Jerry Lewis
- Jerry Lucas
- Jerry Rice
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Jerry Springer
- Jerry Stiller
- Jerry West
- Jersey Joe Walcott
- Jesse Ernest Wilkins Jr
- Jesse Eugene Russell
- Jesse Jackson
- Jesse Leach
- Jesse Lee
- Jesse Lingard
- Jesse Owens
- Jesse Russell
- Jessi Alexander
- Jessi Colter
- Jessica Alba
- Jessica Andrews
- Jessica Bailiff
- Jessica Biel
- Jessica Chastain
- Jessica Harp
- Jessica Lange
- Jessica Simpson
- Jessica Tandy
- Jessicka
- Jessie Chris
- Jessie James Decker
- Jessie Mae Hemphill
- Jesus Christ
- Jet Li
- Jett Prescott
- Jewel
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- Ji-In Cho
- Ji-In Cho (Krypteria)
- Jiang Zemin
- Jill Janus
- Jill King
- Jill Sobule
- Jill Soloway
- Jim Al-Khalili
- Jim Bottomley
- Jim Bouton
- Jim Brown
- Jim Bunning
- Jim Carrey
- Jim Croce
- Jim Davis
- Jim Ellison
- Jim Henson
- Jim Lovell
- Jim Palmer
- Jim Parsons
- Jim Verraros
- Jimi Hendrix
- Jimmie Foxx
- Jimmie Johnson
- Jimmie Lee Jackson
- Jimmie Rodgers
- Jimmy Buffett
- Jimmy Carter
- Jimmy Cliff
- Jimmy Doolittle
- Jimmy Durante
- Jimmy Fallon
- Jimmy Greaves
- Jimmy Kimmel
- Jimmy Lai
- Jimmy Reed
- Jimmy Robbins
- Jimmy Van Heusen
- Jo Dee Messina
- Joachim von Ribbentrop
- Joan A. Steitz
- Joan Armatrading
- Joan Baez
- Joan Collins
- Joan Crawford
- Joan Fontaine
- Joan Jett
- Joan Osborne
- Joan Rivers
- Joanie Bartels
- Joanie Keller
- Joanna Cotten
- Joanna Dean
- Joanna Forest
- Joanna Janét
- Joanna Smith
- Joanne Woodward
- Joaquin Phoenix
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell
- Jodhi May
- Jodie Comer
- Jodie Foster
- Jodie Sweetin
- Jody Bleyle (Team Dresch)
- Jody Miller
- Jody Payne
- Joe Biden
- Joe Carter
- Joe Clark
- Joe Comeau
- Joe Cronin
- Joe DiMaggio
- Joe Frazier
- Joe Garagiola
- Joe Louis
- Joe McCarthy
- Joe McElderry
- Joe Montana
- Joe Morgan
- Joe Pepitone
- Joe Pesci
- Joe Rogan
- Joe Torre
- Joel Embiid
- Joel Grey
- Joel Miller (The Last of Us)
- Joey Belladonna
- Johan Cruyff
- Johann Fust
- Johann Michael Bach
- Johann Pachelbel
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Johanna Spyri
- Johannes Brahms
- Johannes Gutenberg
- Johannes Kepler
- Johannes van der Waals
- John A. Macdonald
- John Abbott
- John Albert Burr
- John Archibald Wheeler
- John Astin
- John B. Christian
- John B. Gurdon
- John Ballance
- John Bardeen
- John Barrymore
- John Belushi
- John Bonham
- John Boyega
- John Bunyan
- John Bush
- John C. Reilly
- John Cabot
- John Cage
- John Candy
- John Carlos
- John Carmack
- John Carpenter
- John Cena
- John Cleese
- John Cockcroft
- John Coltrane
- John Connelly
- John D. Cronise
- John D. Rockefeller Jr
- John Dalton
- John Deere
- John Denver
- John Dewey
- John Diefenbaker
- John Duff
- John Eccles
- John Ericsson
- John F. Kennedy
- John Flamsteed
- John Ford
- John Forsythe
- John Foster Dulles
- John Gielgud
- John Glenn
- John Goodman
- John Grisham
- John Gutfreund
- John H. Johnson
- John Harrison
- John Havlicek
- John Herschel
- John Hopfield
- John Hunt Morgan
- John Jacob Astor
- John Jacob Astor IV
- John James
- John Jay
- John Jellicoe
- John Kander
- John Kenneth Galbraith
- John Key
- John Krasinski
- John L. Sullivan
- John Laurens
- John Lee Love
- John Leguizamo
- John Lewis
- John Lithgow
- John Lloyd Stephens
- John Locke
- John Logie Baird
- John Major
- John Malkovich
- John Mayer
- John Maynard Keynes
- John McCarthy
- John Michael McDonagh
- John Michell
- John Muir
- John Mulaney
- John Napier
- John Nash
- John Needham
- John of Gaunt
- John Oliver
- John Parker
- John Pemberton
- John Philip Holland
- John Philip Sousa
- John Phillips
- John Philoponus
- John Polanyi
- John Ray
- John Riesen
- John Russell
- John Singleton Mosby
- John Smith
- John Standard
- John Steinbeck
- John Stockton
- John Stuart Mill
- John T. Scopes
- John Thompson
- John Travolta
- John Turner
- John von Neumann
- John Walker
- John Wallis
- John Wesley Hyatt
- John William Draper
- John William Strutt
- John Williams
- John Zimmer
- Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)
- Johnny Bench
- Johnny Carson
- Johnny Cash
- Johnny Depp
- Johnny Galecki
- Johnny Gioeli
- Johnny Weissmuller
- Jolie Holland
- Jomo Kenyatta
- Jon Batiste
- Jon Bon Jovi
- Jon Christos
- Jon Cryer
- Jon Favreau
- Jon Snow
- Jon Stewart
- Jon Voight
- Jonah Jenkins
- Jonas Salk
- Jonathan Ansell
- Jonathan Antoine
- Jonathan Brandis
- Jonathan Davis
- Jonathan Frakes
- Jonathan Pryce
- Jonathan Swift
- Jonathan Winters
- Joni Harms
- Joni Lee
- Joni Mitchell
- jonita gandhi
- Jonnie and Brookie
- Jordan Peterson
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Jorge Paulo Lemann
- Jorge Rafael Videla
- José Altuve
- José Canseco
- José Ferrer
- José Martí
- Joseph A. Walker
- Joseph Attieh
- Joseph Banks
- Joseph Barbera
- Joseph E. Johnston
- Joseph Erlanger
- Joseph Fiennes
- Joseph Grimaldi
- Joseph Haydn
- Joseph Henry
- Joseph Lee
- Joseph Lister
- Joseph Mazzello
- Joseph P. Kennedy
- Joseph Priestley
- Joseph Quinn
- Joseph Smith
- Joseph Stalin
- Joseph Stiglitz
- Joseph Weizenbaum
- Joseph Williams
- Joseph Winters
- Joseph-Louis Lagrange
- Josephine Baker
- Josh Brolin
- Josh Gad
- Josh Gibson
- Josh Groban
- Josh Hutcherson
- Joshua Alan
- Joshua Bassett
- Joshua Kimmich
- Josiah Wedgwood
- Josie Cotton
- Joss Whedon
- Joy Adamson
- Joy Lynn White
- Joy Mangano
- Joy Villa
- Joyce Kennedy
- Juan Brujo
- Juan de la Cosa
- Juan Marichal
- Juan Pablo Bonet
- Juan Perón
- Juan Ponce de León
- Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
- Juan Sebastián Elcano
- Juanita Stein (Howling Bells)
- Judd Hirsch
- Jude Law
- Judea Pearl
- Judi Dench
- Judie Tzuke
- Judith Sheindlin
- Judy Garland
- Judy Holliday
- Judy Lynn
- Judy Martin
- Judy Rodman
- Juice Newton
- Juice WRLD
- Juicy J
- Jules Massenet
- Jules Verne
- Julia Boutros
- Julia Cumming (Sunflower Bean)
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Julia Roberts
- Julia Stiles
- Julia Volkova
- Juliana Hatfield
- Julianna Margulies
- Julianne Hough
- Julianne Moore
- Julianne Regan (All About Eve)
- Julie Andrews
- Julie Bowen
- Julie Christie
- Julie Christmas
- Julie Doiron
- Julie Driscoll
- Julie Mehretu
- Julie Miller
- Julie Reeves
- Julie Roberts
- Julie Wainwright
- Julien Aklei
- Julienne Irwin
- Juliet Simms (Automatic Loveletter)
- Julieta Venegas
- Juliette Lewis
- Juliette Pochin
- Julius Caesar
- Julius Erving
- June Carter Cash
- June Millington (Fanny)
- Juni Fisher
- Junichi Masuda
- Jurgen Klinsmann
- Justin Bieber
- Justin Bonitz
- Justin Trudeau
- Justine Frischmann (Elastica)
- Justus von Liebig
- Juvénal Habyarimana
- Jyotica Tangri
- Jyotsna Radhakrishnan