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Jacques Pierre Brissot Jacques Pierre Brissot (January 15, 1754 – October 31, 1793), who assumed the name of de Warville, was a leading member of the Girondist movement during the French Revolution. Some sources give his name as Jean Pierre Brissot.
Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy The Jacques Plante Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the goaltender in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with the best goals-against average. It is named for Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Jacques Plante.
Jacques Ploncard d'Assas Jacques Ploncard (1910-2005), also called Jacques Ploncard d'Assac, was a French writer and journalist and a far right activist. Following the fall of the Vichy regime, he escaped to Portugal's Estado Novo in 1945, where he counselled Oliveira Salazar.
Jacques Pluss Jacques Pluss was an adjunct professor of history at Fairleigh Dickinson University when he was fired after revelations surfaced that he belonged to a Neo-Nazi organization. The university claimed the sole cause of his firing was excessive absences .
Jacques Poulin Jacques Poulin (born September 23, 1937 at Saint-Gédéon, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist with quiet and intimate style of writing. Often considered the most North American of the Quebec authors writing in French, his work is studied widely in both French and English Canada, although not widely known by the general public.
Jacques Pradon Jacques Pradon, often called Nicolas Pradon, (Rouen 1632 - Paris 1698) was a French playwright. Early in his career he was helped by Pierre Corneille and was introduced to the salons at the Hôtel de Nevers and the Hôtel de Bouillon by Madame Deshoulières.
Jacques Raymond Brascassat Jacques Raymond Brascassat (born 30 August 1804 - died 28 February 1867, Paris) was a French painter born in Bordeaux, and studied art in Paris, where in 1825 he won a prix de Rome with a picture Chasse de Meleagre. He went to Italy and painted a number of landscapes which were exhibited between 1827 and 1835; but subsequently he devoted himself mainly to animal-painting, in which his reputation as an artist was made.
Jacques Reeves Jacques Dimitri Reeves (born October 8, 1982 in Lancaster, Texas) is an American football cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL. He was selected with the 22nd pick of the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft out of Purdue University.
Jacques Revaux Jacques Revaux (born July 11, 1940 in Azay-sur-Cher, Indre-et-Loire, France) is a songwriter most famous for his 1968 collaboration with singer Claude François on the song "Comme d'habitude" that singer-songwriter Paul Anka reworked into the English language as "My Way".
Jacques Richard Jacques Richard (born October 7, 1952 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada - died October 8, 2002) was a professional ice hockey centre who played in the NHL for the Atlanta Flames, Buffalo Sabres, and Quebec Nordiques.
Jacques Rose Jacques Rose (born 1947) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was a member of the Chenier Cell of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) terrorist group whose members were responsible for a decade of bombings, kidnappings, murders and armed robberies that culminated in a series of events known as the October Crisis of 1970.
Jacques Rougeau Jacques Rougeau (born June 13, 1960) is a French-Canadien professional wrestler from Saint-Sulpice, Quebec, best known for his appearances in the 1980s and 1990s with the World Wrestling Federation under his own name, and as The Mountie.
Jacques Roumain Jacques Roumain (June 4 1907 – August 18 1944) was a Haïtian writer and Communist politician. Although hardly known in the English-speaking world, Roumain is well known in Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America.
Jacques Rudolph Jacobus Andries Rudolph (born May 4, 1981 in Springs, South Africa), popularly known as Jacques Rudolph and is a South African Test and ODI cricketer. Rudolph was chosen for South Africa's Test team in 2003 having previously had his selection for the 2002 New Year's Test against Australia in Sydney overruled by cricket officials due to the South African practice of obeying a 'quota' of non-white players.
Jacques Saly Jacques François Joseph Saly, also known as Jacques Saly (June 20, 1717 – May 4, 1776), French-born sculptor who worked in France, Denmark, and Italy, was born in Valenciennes to Francois Marie Saly and wife Marie Michelle.
Jacques Sernas Jacques Sernas, sometimes billed as Jack Sernas, born 30 July 1925, in Kaunas, Lithuania is a Lithuanian-born French actor with an international film career, first as a leading man and later as a character actor, perhaps best-known for his role as Paris in Helen of Troy.
Jacques Servin Jacques Servin (also known as Andy Bichlbaum) is one of the leading members of The Yes Men, a culture jamming activist group. Their exploits in "identity correction" are documented in the film The Yes Men.
Jacques Stephen Alexis Jacques Stephen Alexis (22 April 1922 - 1961) was a Haitian novelist. He is best known for his novels Compère Général Soleil (1955), Les Arbres Musiciens (1957), and L'Espace d'un Cillement (1959), and for his collection of short stories, Romancero aux Etoiles (1960).
Jacques Sylla Jacques Hugues Sylla (born 1946) was the Prime Minister of Madagascar under President Marc Ravalomanana from February 2002 until January 2007. He resigned on 19 January 2007, at the end of Ravalomanana's first term; his resignation was accepted by Ravalomanana, who appointed Charles Rabemananjara as prime minister on 20 January.
Jacques Taminiaux Jacques Taminiaux is a Belgian scientist, since 1989 Professor at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States). He studied philosophy at the Universite Catholique de Louvain (Leuven, Belgium).
Jacques Tati Jacques Tati (October 9 1908 – November 5 1982) was a noted French filmmaker. He was born Jacques Tatischeff, the son of Russian father Georges-Emmanuel Tatischeff and Dutch mother Marcelle Claire Van Hoof, in Le Pecq, Yvelines, and died in Paris.
Jacques Vergès Jacques Vergès (born March 5, 1925 at Ubon) is a controversial French lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla. He has been noted for defending unpopular figures such as Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie in 1987 and Holocaust denier Roger Garaudy in 1996.
Jacques Vieau Jacques Vieau (or Vieaux) (May 5, 1757 – July 1, 1852) was a French-Canadian fur trader and first permanent white settler in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was born near Montreal, Canada and died in Howard, Wisconsin.
Jacques Villeglé Jacques Villeglé, born Jacques Mahé de la Villeglé (1926, Quimper, Brittany) is a French mixed-media artist famous for his ripped or lacerated posters (a poster in which one has been placed over another or others, and the top poster or posters have been ripped, revealing to a greater or lesser degree the poster or posters underneath) (see decollage) and for being a member of the New Realism art group (1960-1963). His work has primarily focused on the anonymous and on the marginal remains of civilization.
Jacques Wertheimer Jacques Wertheimer (1909 – February 6, 1996) was a prominent French businessman who inherited and ran the renowned House of Chanel perfume company. Jacques Wertheimer was born at the villa Les Forgettes in Deauville, the son of Pierre Wertheimer who acquired control of Chanel in 1924.
Jacques Witta Jacques Witta is a French film editor who began working in motion picture editing in the late 1950s. During his career, he has edited more than 60 feature films and has worked with noted French film directors such as Claude Berri and Jean Becker but is best known for his collaboration with Krzysztof Kieślowski which began with The Double Life of Véronique, and continued on Three Colors: Blue and Three Colors: Red.
Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat (2 January 1719 – 18 November 1797), was one of the most important shipbuilders and merchants of the port of Bordeaux in the late 18th century. His son, André-Daniel Laffon de Ladebat (November 30, 1746 - October 14, 1829), succeeded him, then became involved in politics in the French Revolution in 1789.
Jacques-André Boiffard Jacques-André Boiffard (1902-1961) was a medical student until 1924, when he met André Breton through Pierre Naville, a Surrealist writer, and childhood friend. From then on, Boiffard decided to dedicate himself to Surrealist research in the Bureau des recherches surréalistes, writing the preface with Paul Éluard and Roger Vitrac to the first issue of La Révolution surréaliste.
Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (June 8 1851 - December 13 1940) was born in La Porcherie and was a French biophysicist and inventor of the moving-coil galvanometer and probably of the thermocouple ammeter. Along with Nikola Tesla, d'Arsonval was an important contributor to the emerging field of electrophysiology, the study of the effects of electricity on biological organisms, in the nineteenth century.
Jacques-Édouard Alexis Jacques-Edouard Alexis (born 21 September 1947 in Gonaïves) is the prime minister of Haiti. He was nominated by President René Préval on 21 May 2006, and during the next three weeks his nomination was ratified almost unanimously by both houses of parliament.
Jacques-Cartier River The Jacques-Cartier River is a river in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is 161 km long and its source is Jacques-Cartier Lake in Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, and flows in a predominantly southern direction before ending in the Saint Lawrence River at Donnacona, about 30 km upstream from Quebec City.
Jacques-Donatien Le Ray Jacques-Donatien Le Ray (1726 – 1803) was a French "Father of the American Revolution", but later an opponent of the French Revolution. His son of the same name, known also in America as James Le Ray, eventually became a United States citizen and settled in the New York – New Jersey area.
Jacques-François Blondel Jacques-François Blondel (January 17, 1705-January 9 1774) was a French architect. He was the grandson ("le petit Blondel") of François Blondel ("le grand Blondel"), whose course of architecture had appeared in four volumes in 1683
Jacques-Francois Dujarié Father Jacques-Francois Dujarié was a French Catholic priest of the Diocese of Le Mans, France ordained underground in the height of the terrors of the French Revolution. Throughout the Revolutionary period he continued to minister to the Catholic faithful throughout Northeastern France, particularly in the country side around Le Mans.
Jacques-Germain Soufflot Jacques Germain Soufflot (July 22, 1713 – August 29, 1780) was a French architect in the international circle that introduced Neoclassicism. His most famous work is the Panthéon, Paris, built from 1755 onwards, originally as a church dedicated to Sainte Genevieve.
Jacques-Jean Barre Jean-Jacques Barre (3 August 1793 in Paris-10 June 1855 in Paris) was the general engraver at the Monnaie de Paris between 1842 and 1855. In this position, he engraved and designed French medals, bank notes and postage stamps.
Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie (3 October, 1705 — 1 January, 1759) was a French diplomat who engineered the coup d'etat that brought Elizaveta Petrovna to the Russian throne in 1741. In the course of his eventful career, La Chetardie was sent on diplomatic errands throughout Europe: in London (1727), then in Holland and Prussia, in Russia twice, and finally in Turin in 1749.
Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David (August 30, 1748 – December 29 1825) was a highly influential French painter in the Neoclassical style. In the 1780s his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in taste away from Rococo frivolity towards a classical austerity and severity, chiming with the moral climate of the final years of the ancien régime.
Jacques-Louis Lions Jacques-Louis Lions (May 3 1928 – May 17 2001) was a French mathematician who made contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control, among other areas. He received the SIAM's John Von Neumann prize in 1986.
Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot Jacques Marie Frangile Bigot (1818 - 1893) was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Petit-Quincy, Seine-et-Oise.
Jacques-Martin Hotteterre Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (also known as Jacques Martin or Jacques Hotteterre) was a French composer and flautist born in Paris on September 29, 1674 and died there on July 16, 1763. Jacques-Martin Hotteterre was the son of Martin Hotteterre (d.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (born Paris 1703, died Versailles 21 March 1772). In 1721 Bellin was appointed hydrographer (chief cartographer) to the French Navy upon the creation of France's hydrographic office, the DĂ©pĂ´t des cartes et plans de la Marine.
Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière (b April 18, 1685 – d March 17, 1752) was appointed governor general of New France on March 1, 1746, a position he held until his death. As govenor general he was considered to be a good administrator if not the bravest of men in the political and economic upheavals ot the time.
Jacques-Roger Booh-Booh Jacques-Roger Booh-Booh is the former foreign minister of Cameroon, best known for his role as the head of UNAMIR, the small force (approximately 2,548 military personnel) dispatched by the United Nations to Rwanda in 1993 in an effort to aid in the implementation of the Arusha Accords and to keep the peace between Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups.
Jacques-Yves Cousteau Jacques-Yves Cousteau (11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) was a French naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, photographer and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He co-developed the aqua-lung, pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Académie française.
Jacques, duc d'Orléans Jacques Jean Jaroslaw Marie d'Orléans, Fils de France, duc de Orleans, was born on 25 June 1941 in Rabat, Morocco. He is the son of the late Henri Robert Ferdinand Marie Louis Philippe d'Orléans (the Orleanist claimant to the French throne from 1940 until his death) and Isabelle Marie de Orléans Bragança.
Jacquet of Mantua Jacquet of Mantua (Jacques Colebault) (1483–October 2, 1559) was a French composer of the Renaissance, who spent almost his entire life in Italy. He was an extremely influential member of the generation between Josquin and Palestrina, and well represents the transitional polyphonic style between those two composers.
Jacquetta Eliot, Countess of St Germans Jacquetta Jean Frederica Lampson (b. 29 June 1943) is the third daughter of Miles Wedderburn Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn, his first daughter by his second marriage, to Jacqueline Aldine Leslie née Castellani, daughter of Marchese Senator Aldo Castellani.
Jacquetta Hawkes Jacquetta Hawkes, née Hopkins, (August 5 1910 – March 18 1996) was a British archaeologist. The daughter of Nobel Prize-winning scientist, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, she married first Christopher Hawkes, then an Assistant Keeper at the British Museum, in 1933.
Jacquez Green D’Tanyian Jacquez Green (born January 15, 1976 in Fort Valley, Georgia) is a former American football player who was officially listed as a wide receiver, but was also a prolific punt returner for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Washington Redskins and Detroit Lions. He has since retired following the 2002 season, due to repeated trauma to the groin region and lack of interest in the game.
Jacqui Malouf Jacqui Malouf (born December 12, in Etobicoke Ontario, Canada) is a television host, cook, and author. Raised in Canada, she attended the University of Western Ontario, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, before beginning her career as a stand-up comic.
Jacqui Safra Jacqui (Jacob) Eli Safra is a billionaire scion of the Swiss-Lebanese Jewish Safra banking family. Some of Safra's investments include Encyclopædia Britannica, Merriam-Webster, and Spring Mountain Vineyards, a large wine growing estate, located in Saint Helena, California.
JacuĂ­ River The JacuĂ­ River is a river in Rio Grande do Sul state of southern Brazil. The JacuĂ­ empties into the GuaĂ­ba River, an estuarine arm of the Lagoa dos Patos, a large coastal lagoon connected to the Atlantic Ocean.
Jacula Jacula is a progressive rock Italian band from the early 1970 decade, borned mainly from an experimentation of the occultist duette BARTOCCETI-NORTON, the organ performer Charles Tiring and the medium Franz Porthenzy. Their music is very innovative in the progressive background those years, and is considered very rare by most funs and analysts of this kind of music, specially back in the times of bands like Pink Floyd, Genesis or Gentle Giant, which are the basis of almost all of the new prog rock.
Jacynthe Millette-Bilodeau Jacynthe Millette-Bilodeau (born September 13, 1979) is a Québécois pop singer who records as Jacynthe. She records material in English, French and Italian, and has had Top 40 hits on both the anglophone and francophone pop charts in Canada.
Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi Jadallah Azzuz at-Talhi (Arabic: جاد الله عزوز الطلحي ) was General Secretary of the People's Committee in Libya (Prime Minister) for two terms the first term from 1 March, 1979 to 16 February, 1984 and the second term from 3 March, 1986 to 1 March, 1987 . He was also the Minister of foreign affairs from 1987 to 1990.
Jadar (Serbia) The Jadar region begins roughly at the Osečina and it is divided in two sub-regions: Upper Jadar (around Osečina), which is part of much larger region of Rađevina, and Lower Jadar, which is also part of another, larger region of Podrinje. Center of the Lower Jadar is the town of Loznica, which is not on the Jadar river, but some 10 km to the southwest.
Jade (album) Jade is the title of the second album by singer Jade Villalon of Sweetbox. It was released in 2002 in Japan, and a year later Jade (Silver edition) was released with different versions of songs, a bonus track and a bonus DVD with three music videos.
Jade (comics) Jade is the codename of Jennie-Lynn Hayden, a fictional character, a superhero from DC Comics. Known affectionately as "Jennie" or "Jen", she is the daughter of Alan Scott, the Golden Age Green Lantern who has also been known as Sentinel.
Jade burial suit A jade burial suit () is a ceremonial suit made of pieces of jade in which some nobles in Han Dynasty China were buried. The Chinese believed that jade had magical properties and would prevent the decay of the body.
Jade Buddha Temple The Jade Buddha Temple (, literally Jade Buddha Chan Temple) is a Buddhist temple in Shanghai, China. As with most modern Chinese Buddhist temples, the current temple draws from both the Pure Land and Chan traditions of Mahayana Buddhism.
Jade Cocoon 2 Jade Cacoon 2 (Tamamayu Monogatari 2 in Japan) is a 2001 role-playing video game for the PlayStation 2 and the second iteration in the Jade Cocoon series by Genki. The game features a full 3D polygonal world, 200 cutscenes, and full voice-overs.
Jade Dernbach Jade Winston Dernbach (born 3 April 1986 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a cricketer who plays for Surrey County Cricket Club. He made his first-class debut in 2003, but has as of May 2005 only played in one match.
Jade Edmistone Jade Edmistone (born 6 February, 1982 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer, who is the current world-record holder in the 50 m breaststroke at both short and long course formats of the event. She is coached by Brant Best at the Redlands Swim Club in Brisbane.
Jade Emperor The Jade Emperor ( or 玉帝 Yù Dì), known informally by children and commoners as Heavenly Grandfather (天公 Tiān Gōng) and known formally as the Pure August Jade Emperor or August Personage of Jade (玉皇上帝 Yu Huang Shangdi or 玉皇大帝 Yu Huang Dadi), is the ruler of Heaven according to Chinese mythology and among the most important gods of the Chinese Taoist pantheon.
Jade Esteban Estrada Jade Esteban Estrada (born September 17, 1975 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas) is a successful Latin pop singer, comedian, choreographer and actor. Out Magazine called him "the first gay Latin star.
Jade Gate The Jade Gate or the Pass of the Jade Gate (Chinese: 玉门关 (simplified) or 玉門關 (traditional), Pīnyīn: Yùmén Guān) is the name of a pass located west of Dunhuang in today's Gansu Province of China. In ancient times, this was a pass through which the Silk Road passed, and was the one road connecting Central Asia and China.
Jade Jagger Jade Sheena Jezebel Jagger (born October 21, 1971 in Paris, France) is the only child of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and his former wife Bianca Jagger. Jade is of English-Nicaraguan ancestry, and spent her early years living with her parents on London’s fashionable Cheyne Walk.
Jade Lopez Jade Hanzel Lopez (born October 22, 1988 in Tanauan City, Batangas, Philippines) is a Filipina actress. A former Seventeen Best Female Model, She entered Philippine showbiz through the first wave of StarStruck, the reality-based star search of GMA-7.
Jade MacRae Jade MacRae is a soul singer and the daughter of two professional New Zealand musicians living in the UK, and has been surrounded by all facets of the music industry all her life. Her debut single "You Make Me Weak" debuted in the top 50 of the Australian singles charts in November 2004.
Jade North Jade North (born January 7, 1982 in Taree, New South Wales, Australia) is an Indigenous Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a right full back for the Australian A-League club Newcastle United Jets.
Jade Nova Jade Nova (AKA: Frankie Rayner) is an Amalgam Comics character whose first appearance was in Doctor Strangefate #1, though her first appearance was in Tales of Strangefate #218. She is an amalgamation of Marvel Comics' Nova Frankie Raye and DC Comics' Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner).
Jade Ribbon Campaign The Jade Ribbon Campaign (JRC) was launched by the Asian Liver Center at Stanford University in May 2001 during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month to help spread awareness internationally about hepatitis B (HBV) and liver cancer in Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities.
Jade Starbiz Jade Starbiz was a Hong Kong entertainment talk/news program on Television Broadcasts Limited that was replaced by "E-Buzz", a similar program, as of October 2005. It featured various celebrity news, gossip, and interviews, current popular music and culture in Hong Kong, and new and upcoming shows on TVB.
Jade Thomas Jade Thomas (born 10th December, 1982, St Asaph, Wales) is a Welsh female football player for Liverpool Ladies and the Welsh Women's National team. She has won the Women's Premier League and also been relegated with Liverpool.
Jade vine The jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) is a native of the tropical forests of the Philippines. Its flowers are the color of jade, and hang in bunches up to 90 cm long; each clawlike flower is about 7½ cm long.
Jadeclaw Jadeclaw is a role-playing game set in the same world as Ironclaw, in a far off kingdom called Zhongguo, inspired by Chinese Mythology, where anthropomorphic fantasy creatures control the fates of both Heaven and Earth.
Jaded Era Jaded Era is an unsigned American alternative rock/pop band from Cuyahoga Falls and Akron, Ohio that formed around 1996. They released their debut album Laugh at the World in 2001, and the albums Invisible and Study of the Human Race followed in 2003 and 2005, respectively.
Jadel Gregório Jadel Gregório (born September 16, 1980 in Jandaîa do Sul) is a Brazilian athlete competing in long jump and triple jump. Based in São Paulo, he has competed in several international championships since 2001, and never finished worse than 6th.
Jaden Smith Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born July 8, 1998 in Los Angeles, California) is the son of actress/singer Jada Pinkett Smith and actor/rapper Will Smith. He made his motion picture debut in the movie The Pursuit of Happyness as the son of his father's character, Chris Gardner.
Jadestone Group Jadestone Group is a video game developer based in Stockholm, Sweden. It specialises in mobile and online games and is best known for Championship Manager Online (or CM-Online) alongside partner Eidos Interactive.
Jadex The Jadex Courier, founded in 1992 by Jay Sperry, started as a newspaper delivery service in Woodbridge and Ansonia CT delivering the New York Times. In 1993 Jadex started subcontracting for several same day delivery and expedite delivery companies.
Jadi Rana Jadi Rana or Jadav Rana is a figure from the Qissa-i Sanjan, an epic poem completed in 1599, which is an account of the flight of some of the Zoroastrians who were subject to religious persecution following the fall of the Persian Empire, and of their early years in India, where they found refuge. A 20th century translation of the Qissa transliterates the name as Jádi Rana.
Jadid The Jadids (جديد "new" in Arabic) were Muslim Reformers within the Russian Empire in the late 19th century (1880s). They normally referred to themselves by the Turkic terms Taraqqiparvarlar (progressives) or simply Yäşlär/Yoshlar (Youth).
Jadrolinija Jadrolinija is a Croatian sea shipping company founded in Rijeka on January 20, 1947. They mostly operate car ferries, both on domestic routes to the islands on the Croatian coast, as well as routes with larger car ferries to Italy, mainly.
Jadugoda Jadugoda is a small township of Uranium Corporation India Limited situated in the Singhbhum district of Jharkhand state in Eastern India. It is located approximately 35 km by Road and 20 km by train from the Steel city of Jamshedpur.
Jadugopal Mukherjee Jadugopal Mukherjee (18 September 1886 - 30 August 1976) was an eminent Bengali Indian revolutionary who, as the successor of Jatindranath Mukherjee or Bagha Jatin, led the Jugantar members to recognise and accept Gandhi’s movement as the culmination of their own aspiration.
Jadunath Sarkar Jadunath Sarkar () was a Bengali Indian historian born on 10 December 1870 in Karchamaria, Natore (part of current day Bangladesh). He became a teacher in 1893 at Ripon College, Kolkata, instructing English literature after getting his degrees in English and History.
Jadwiga Falkowska Jadwiga Falkowska codename: Jaga, Zdzisława, Ludwika, Zaleska (b. November 13, 1889 in Tver, Russia - August 7, 1944 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish teacher, social activist, Scoutmaster (harcmistrzyni) and one of the founders of Girl Scouting in Poland.
Jadwiga Jedrzejowska Jadwiga "Jed" Jedrzejowska (October 15 1912 in KrakĂłw, Poland - February 28 1980 in Katowice) was a tennis player from Poland. Because of her long and very difficult to pronounce name, she was called "Jed" or "Ja-Ja.
Jadwiga of Lithuania Jadwiga (8 April, 1408 - 8 December, 1431) of the House of Jagiellon was a daughter of Władysław II Jagiełło (ca. 1351-1434), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania by his second wife Anna of Celje (1380-1416).
Jadwiga of Poland Saint Jadwiga (February 18, 1374 – July 17, 1399) was a Polish monarch who reigned from 1384 to 1399, and is venerated by the Roman Catholic Church as Saint Hedwig (Jadwiga) the Queen. She is the Patron Saint of Queens, and of United Europe.
Jadwiga Tyszka Jadwiga Tyszka (Yagoda Tyszka-Krayewski) was an actress in theater, TV and film in Poland and a community activist in the Ivy Hill section of Newark, NJ. She was married to painter Andre de Krayewski and had two children.
Jadwiga Wiśniewska Jadwiga Wiśniewska (born July 02, 1963 in Myszków) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 6131 votes in 28 Częstochowa district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Jadwiga Zakrzewska Jadwiga Zakrzewska (born November 04, 1950 in Płońsk) is a Polish politician. She was elected to the lower house of the Polish parliament (the Sejm) on September 25, 2005 getting 4972 votes in 20 Warsaw districts, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list.
Jadzia Dax Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax (2341-2374), played by Terry Farrell, was a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She was a regular from the first episode of the show, but left at the end of the sixth season.
Jae Weong Seo Jae Weong Seo (born May 24 1977 in Gwangju, South Korea), usually referred to as simply Jae Seo and pronounced "Jay So", is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher, who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Jaega The Jaegas (also Xega, Geigas) were a tribe of Native Americans living along the coast of present-day Martin County and Palm Beach County, Florida at the time of initial European contact, and until sometime in the 18th Century. Little is known of the origins of the Jaegas, or of the affinities of their language, but they may have been a junior branch of the Ais tribe that occupied the coast to their north.
Jael Jael (Hebrew Ya'el, יעל, the Hebrew name of the Nubian Ibex), is mentioned in the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible, as the heroine who killed Sisera to deliver Israel from the troops of king Jabin. She was the wife of Heber the Kenite.
Jaenbert Saint Jaenbert (also Jænbert, Jaenberht, Jaenbeorht, Janibert, Janbriht, Jambert, Lambert, Lanbriht, or Genegberht) was monk, then abbot, of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, from which he ascended to become Archbishop of Canterbury (consecrated 765, died 792). His term saw a dispute between the See of Canterbury and King Offa of Mercia leading to the creation of the rival Archdiocese of Lichfield in 787 under Higbert.

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