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Joseph Nation Joe Nation represents Marin and southern Sonoma counties in the California State Assembly as a Democrat. His immediate predecessors were Kerry Mazzoni, who was term limited in 2000, and Vivian Bronshvag whom Mazzoni had defeated in the 1994 primary.
Joseph Needham Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham (December 9, 1900 – March 24 1995) was a British biochemist, but was best known as a pre-eminent authority on the history of Chinese science. He was elected a fellow of both the Royal Society and the British Academy - a highly unusual achievement.
Joseph Nechvatal Joseph Nechvatal (1951–) is a post-conceptual digital artist and art theoretician known for creating computer-robotic assisted paintings and computer software animations, often using custom created computer viruses based in cellular automata models.
Joseph Nicollet Joseph Nicolas Nicollet (July 24, 1786–September 11, 1843), also known as Jean-Nicolas Nicollet, was a French geographer and mathematician known for mapping the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.
Joseph Nzau Joseph Nzau (born April 14, 1950) is a former long-distance runner from Kenya, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he finished in seventh position, clocking 2:11:28.
Joseph of Arimathea According to the Gospels, Joseph of Arimathea was the man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus after Jesus was crucified. A native of Arimathea, he was apparently a man of wealth, and a member of the Sanhedrin (which is the way bouleutes, literally "senator", is interpreted in and ).
Joseph of Cupertino Saint Joseph of Cupertino (or Giuseppe da Copertino , born Giuseppe Maria Desa) (June 17, 1603 – September 18, 1663) was an Italian saint. He was said to have been remarkably unclever, but prone to miraculous levitation and intense ecstasies that left him gaping.
Joseph O. Eaton Joseph Oriel Eaton II (July 28 1873 - 1949) was born in Yonkers, New York. At birth, he was named Harrison Eaton but his mother changed his name as a tribute, after Harrison's father, Joseph Oriel Eaton I, died.
Joseph Oesterlé Joseph Oesterlé is a mathematician who, along with David Masser, formulated the "ABC conjecture" in 1985. Dorian Goldfeld has stated that this conjecture "is the most important unsolved problem in diophantine analysis.
Joseph Oscar Irwin Joseph Oscar Irwin (December 17, 1898 - July 27, 1982) British statistician who advanced the use of statistical methods in biological assay and other fields of laboratory medicine. Irwin’s grasp of modern mathematical statistics distinguished him not only from older medical statisticians like Major Greenwood but contemporaries like Austin Bradford Hill.
Joseph Owens Joseph Owens, CSsR (April 17, 1908 in New Brunswick, Canada - October 30, 2005) was a Roman Catholic priest and theologian who wrote a number of books. He taught for a number of years at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto.
Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge The Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge (formerly the North Channel Bridge) located in the New York City borough of Queens, is a bridge that runs south from Howard Beach, crosses the Grassy Bay portion of Jamaica Bay to Broad Channel.
Joseph P. O'Hara Joseph Patrick O'Hara (January 23, 1895 – March 4, 1975) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, January 23, 1895; attended the public schools and graduated from [[Spirit Lake, Iowa, High School; during the First World War was commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry in the Officers’ Reserve Corps and later promoted to captain in the Quartermaster Corps, and served from May 13, 1917, to August 15, 1919, with overseas service; commissioned a major of Infantry in the Reserve Corps; attended Inns of Court, London, England, and was graduated from the law department of Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana, in 1920; was admitted to the bar in 1921 and commenced practice in Glencoe, Minnesota; served as attorney for various villages, cities, towns, and school districts, and as county attorney of McLeod County 1934 – 1938; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1959); was not a candidate for
Joseph Pairin Kitingan Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Pairin Kitingan (born August 17, 1940) is a Malaysian politician and was the sixth Chief Minister of Sabah, an oil- and timber-rich state in Malaysia. He held the post from April 1985 to March 1994.
Joseph Park Babcock Joseph Park Babcock (1893-1949), American popularizer of Mahjong, was born in Lafayette, Indiana. After graduating from Purdue University with a degree in Civil Engineering, he worked for the Standard Oil Company.
Joseph Parker (cricketer) Joseph Timothy Parker (born 23 August, 1976 in Bromley, Kent) is a former English cricketer who played five first-class matches for Oxford University in 1998. In all his five innings, he was dismissed for between 11 and 19.
Joseph Parnes Joseph Parnes is President of Technomart Investment Advisors and editor of the market letter Shortex. As an investment advisor he has distinguished himself as one of the foremost short sellers in the stock market.
Joseph Patrick Addabbo Joseph Patrick Addabbo (March 17 1925 - April 10 1986), was a New York City politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1986. As the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee defense subcommittee in the 1980s, he was a noted critic of President Ronald Reagan's massive defense spending increases.
Joseph Paul Franklin Joseph Paul Franklin (born April 13, 1950) is an American serial killer who may have killed 20 people between 1977 and 1980. He has been convicted of several murders, and has confessed to the attempted assassinations of two prominent people: the 1978 shooting of magazine publisher Larry Flynt and Flynt's attorney and the 1980 shooting of Vernon Jordan.
Joseph Payne Brennan Joseph Payne Brennan (1918 – 1990) was an American writer of fantasy and horror fiction, and also a poet. Brennan's first professional sale came in December 1940 with the publication of the poem, "When Snow Is Hung", which appeared in the Christian Science Monitor Home Forum, and he continued writing poetry up until the time of his death in January of 1990.
Joseph Pearce Joseph Pearce (born 1961) is an English-born writer, as of 2005 Writer in Residence and Professor of Literature at Ave Maria University in Naples, Florida; previously he had a comparable position, from 2001, at Ave Maria College in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He is known for a number of literary biographies.
Joseph Pearson Joseph Pearson (1776 - October 27, 1834) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1776; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Salisbury, North Carolina; member of the State house of commons; elected as a Federalist to the Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Congresses (March 4, 1809-March 3, 1815); while in Congress fought a duel with John George Jackson, of Virginia, and on the second fire wounded his opponent in the hip; died in Salisbury, N.C.
Joseph Pearson Caldwell Joseph Pearson Caldwell, (1808 - 1853) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Olin, North Carolina, March 5, 1808; attended Bethany Academy, near Statesville, North Carolina; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Statesville, N.C.
Joseph Pellegrino University Professor The position of Joseph Pellegrino University Professor is one of 18 University Professorships at Harvard University. University Professorships are the most distinguished position a Harvard professor can attain.
Joseph Pennacchio Joseph Pennacchio (born May 27, 1955) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2001, where he represents the 26th Legislative district. Assemblyman Pennacchio is a member of the Assembly Appropriations Committee where he has been the Republican Appropriations Officer since 2004.
Joseph Pennell Joseph Pennell (July 4, 1857 – April 23, 1926) was an American artist and author. Pennell was born in Philadelphia, and first studied there, but like his compatriot and friend, James McNeill Whistler, he afterwards went to Europe and made his home in London.
Joseph Perles Joseph Perles (1835–1894), Jewish rabbi, was born in Hungary on November 26, 1835, and died at Münich on March 4, 1894. Having received his early instruction in the Talmud from his father, Baruch Asher Perles, he was educated successively at the gymnasium of his native city, was one of the first rabbis trained at the new type of rabbinical seminary at Breslau, and the university of that city (Oriental philology and philosophy; Ph.
Joseph Petrosino Giuseppe "Joe" Petrosino (August 30, 1860 - March 12, 1909) was an NYCPD officer who was a pioneer in the fight against organized crime. The various crime fighting techniques that Petrosino pioneered during his law enforcement career are still practiced by various agencies in the fight against crime.
Joseph Petrus Hendrik Crowe Joseph Petrus Hendrik Crowe (January 12, 1826 - April 12, 1876) was the first South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Joseph Petzval Jozef Maximilián Petzval (Slovak) (Josef Maximilian Petzvalin German, Petzvál József Miksa in Hungarian) (born January 6, 1807 in Spišská Belá (Slovakia, then Kingdom of Hungary) – died September 19, 1891 in Vienna) was a mathematician, inventor and physicist best known for his work in optics. Petzval studied and later lectured at the Institutum Geometricum (currently Budapest University of Technology and Economics) in Buda (today part of Budapest).
Joseph Pevney Joseph Pevney (born September 15, 1911, New York City) is a prolific film and television director, with a directing career that spanned over 80 productions from 1950 to 1984. Among those were films including the Debbie Reynolds/Leslie Nielsen pairing in Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), the James Cagney vehicle, Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), and Westerns such as The Plunderers (1960).
Joseph Philippe Baby Casgrain Joseph Philippe Baby Casgrain (March 1 1856 – January 6 1939) was a Quebec surveyor, civil engineer and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Senate of Canada for De Lanaudière division from 1900 to 1939.
Joseph Philo Bradley Joseph Philo Bradley (March 14, 1813–January 22, 1892), was an American jurist best known for his service on the United States Supreme Court, and on the Electoral Commission that decided the disputed 1876 presidential election.
Joseph Pignatelli 'San Giuseppe Maria Pignatelli, also known as St. Joseph Pignatelli (December 27, 1737 - November 11, 1811) was a priest born in Saragossa, Spain, who was responsible for the Restoration of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
Joseph Plachutta Joseph Plachutta, also Josip Plahuta (* 13 May 1827 in Zadar, Austrian Empire, today's Croatia, †22 July 1883) was a Slovene chess problemist and chess player, known for his famous problem with Plachutta theme.
Joseph Platt Cooke Joseph Platt Cooke (January 4, 1730 - February 3, 1816) was an American military officer in the Revolutionary War, a Connecticut politician, and twice a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation. He was born in Stratford, Connecticut and graduated from Yale College in 1750.
Joseph Plumb Martin Joseph Plumb Martin (1760 – 1850) was a Revolutionary War soldier, who published an account of his experiences as a soldier in the 8th Connecticut Regiment of the Continental Army in 1830. This narrative has been frequently cited by scholars as an excellent primary source for the Revolution.
Joseph Profit, Ph.D Joe Profit was the all-time leading rusher of the Gulf States Conferences with 2,818 yards and ended his career on top of the Northeasr Louisiana State College all-time leading rusher. Profit rushed for more than 100 yards 13 times in his collegiate career on his way to becoming ULM's only first-round NFL draft pick.
Joseph Prosser Joseph Prosser (21 January 1833-1869) born in Monegal County Offaly he was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Joseph Proudman Professor Joseph Proudman (1888-1975), CBE, FRS was a distinguished British mathematician and oceanographer of international repute. His theoretical studies into the oceanic tides not only "solved practically all the remaining tidal problems which are soluble within the framework of classical hydrodynamics and analytical mathematics" but laid the basis of a tidal prediction service (developed with A.
Joseph Pulitzer Joseph Pulitzer (April 18, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-American publisher best known for posthumously establishing the Pulitzer Prizes and (along with William Randolph Hearst) for originating yellow journalism.
Joseph Quesnel Joseph Quesnel (15 November 1746 – 3 July 1809) was a French Canadian composer, poet, and playwright. Among his works were two operas, Colas et Colinette and Lucas et Cécile; the former is considered to be the first Canadian opera.
Joseph Quick Joseph Quick (New York City- ?? to 31 August 1939) was a United States Navy coxswain awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for rescuing a shipmate, Machnist's Mate, second class Walenty Wisnieroski from drowning on 27 April 1902 in port in Yokohama, Japan.
Joseph R. Grundy Joseph Ridgway Grundy (January 13, 1863 – March 3, 1961) was an American textile manufacturer and Republican Party politician from Bristol, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.
Joseph R. Julian Platoon Sergeant Joseph Rudolph Julian (1918-1945) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military honor — the Medal of Honor — for his heroism and sacrifice of life in 1945 in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.
Joseph R. West Joseph Rodman West (September 19, 1822 – October 31, 1898) was a United States Senator from Louisiana and a general in the United States Army during and after the American Civil War. He led the troops that killed famed Apache chief Mangas Coloradas.
Joseph Rabban Joseph Rabban (Hebrew: Yosef Rabban; Judeo-Malayalam: Isuppu Irabbân was a Jewish merchant, possibly from Yemen, who came to the Malabar coast (in present-day India) in the mid eighth century. According to the traditions of the Cochin Jews, Joseph was granted the rank of prince over the Jews of Cochin by the Chera ruler Bhaskara Ravivarman II (in some versions, Cheramal Perumal, King of Malabar).
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz Johann Josef Wenzel Graf Radetzky von Radetz (, ) (November 2, 1766 – January 5, 1858) was a Bohemian nobleman and Austrian general, immortalised by Johann Strauss I's Radetzky March. General Radetzky was in the military for over 70 years, until his death at age 91, and is known for the victory at the Battle of Novara (1849) won on March 23, 1849.
Joseph Rainey Joseph Hayne Rainey (June 21, 1832 – August 1, 1887) was the first African American person to serve in the United States House of Representatives and the second black person to serve in the United States Congress (U.S.
Joseph Rao Joseph "Tough Joey" Rao or Joseph Cangro (1901-) was a New York mobster involved in drug trafficking and an associate of mobster Dutch Schultz who became a policy bank operator and manager of his slot machines in Harlem. One of the early members of Schultz's organization, Rao's criminal records dates back to 1920 which included charges of burglary and felonious assault.
Joseph Ratzinger as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith On November 25, 1981, Pope John Paul II named Joseph Ratzinger Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly known as the Holy Office, the historical Roman Inquisition. Consequently, he resigned his post at Munich in early 1982.
Joseph Ratzinger, Sr. Joseph Ratzinger, Sr. (March 6, 1877 – August 25, 1959) was a German civil servant, policeman, and the father of Pope Benedict XVI (birth name Joseph Alois Ratzinger), and Georg Ratzinger; he was also a nephew of the German politician Georg Ratzinger.
Joseph Raya Archbishop Joseph Raya (August 15 1916–June 10 2005), born in Zahlé, Lebanon, was a prominent Melkite Greek Catholic archbishop, theologian and author. He served as metropolitan of Akko, Haifa, Nazareth and All Galilee from 1968 until 1974 and was particularly known for his commitment to seeking reconciliation between Christians, Jews and Muslims.
Joseph Raz Joseph Raz (born 1939) is a legal, moral and political philosopher. He is soon to step down from a personal chair (having reached the UK mandatory retirement age) as Professor of philosophy of law and a fellow of Balliol College.
Joseph Reed (jurist) Joseph Reed (August 27, 1741– March 5, 1785) was a lawyer and jurist who lived and worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served Pennsylvania as a delegate to the Continental Congress and Chief Justice of the state's Supreme Court.
Joseph Rhodes Buchanan Joseph Rhodes Buchanan (1814 in Frankfort, Kentucky – 1899) was a physician and professor of physiology at the Eclectic Medical Institute in Covington, Kentucky. Buchanan has proposed the terms Psychometry and Sarcognomy.
Joseph Rodriguez Joseph Rodriguez (1932-missing from September 6, 1936) was a four year old resident of East Harlem, New York (also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio), whose disappearance in 1936 remains one of the oldest known unsolved missing person's cases in New York City history.
Joseph Rodriguez (photographer) Documentary photographer Joseph Rodriguez was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He studied photography in the School of Visual Arts and in the Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Program at the International Center of Photography in New York City.
Joseph Rosenstock Joseph Rosenstock (born 27 January 1895 in KrakĂłw, died 17 October 1985 in New York) was a Polish conductor. He worked at the state opera in Wiesbaden before being brought into the Metropolitan Opera in New York to replace Artur Bodanzky in 1928.
Joseph Rotblat Sir Joseph Rotblat KCMG CBE FRS (4 November, 1908 – 31 August, 2005) was a Polish-born British-naturalised physicist. His work on nuclear fall-out was a major contribution to the agreement of the Partial Test Ban Treaty.
Joseph Roumanille Joseph Roumanille (August 8, 1818 - May 24, 1891) was a Provençal poet. He was born at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône), and is commonly known in southern France as the father of the Félibrige, for he first conceived the idea of raising his regional language to the dignity of a literary language.
Joseph Rovan Joseph Adolph Rovan (born Joseph Adolphe Rosenthal in Munich, Germany on July 25, 1918, died August 27, 2004), was a French philosopher and politician, and is considered a spiritual father of Europe. Initially born into the Jewish faith, his family converted to Protestantism.
Joseph Rowntree (philanthropist) Joseph Rowntree (24 May 1836 – 24 February 1925), a Quaker philanthropist, was born in York. He started working in his father's grocery business at the age of 14, but in 1869 he joined his brother, Henry Rowntree, who owned a chocolate factory in York.
Joseph Rucker Lamar Joseph Rucker Lamar (October 15, 1857 – January 2, 1916) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court appointed by President William Howard Taft. A cousin of former associate justice Lucius Lamar, he served from 1911 until his death in 1916.
Joseph Safra Joseph Safra is a member of one of the wealthiest families in South America and currently runs the Brazilian banking and investment empire, Safra Group. As the chairman of all Safra companies, among them Safra National Bank of New York, and the large Banco Safra headquartered in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil.
Joseph Saint-RĂ©my Joseph Saint-RĂ©my (1815 - 1858) was a Haitian historian. He is best known for his biography La Vie de Toussaint Louverture about the Haitian Revolution leader Toussaint L'Ouverture, and for his work PĂ©tion et HaĂŻti, about another Revolutionary figure, Alexandre PĂ©tion.
Joseph Salim Peress Joseph Salim Peress (born 1896, died June 4th 1978), was a pioneering diving engineer, inventor of one of the first truly usable atmospheric diving suits, the Tritonia, and was involved in the construction of the famous JIM suit.
Joseph Salomonsen Joseph Salomonsen (born May 17, 1976), is an Iranian-Norwegian researcher and politician, based in Norway. He gives wide ranging free lectures and he is frequently used in Norwegian media for topics relating to middle-east, religion, and multiculturalism.
Joseph Salzmann Joseph Salzmann, one of the best known Roman Catholic pioneer priests of the Northwest of the USA, was the Austrian founder of several Catholic educational institutions, including the prominent St. Francis Provincial Seminary (St.
Joseph Saurin Joseph Saurin (1659 at Courtaison – December 29, 1737 at Paris) was a French mathematician who was the first to show how the tangents at the multiple points of curves could be determined by mathematical analysis.
Joseph Saxton Joseph Saxton (1799-1873) was an American inventor, born at Huntingdon, Pa. He went to Philadelphia in 1817 and while there invented a machine for cutting the teeth of chronometer wheels, and an escapement and compensating pendulum for clocks, and constructed a clock for the steeple of Independence Hall.
Joseph Sayers Joseph Sayers (b. October 15, 1983 in Lakewood, New York, United States) is a male fashion model best known for his nude centerfold for Abercrombie and Fitch Quarterly, shot by Bruce Weber, and also for the fact that, despite being only 5'6" tall (most male models are at least 5'11"), he has experienced great success as a fashion and commercial model.
Joseph SĂĽĂź Oppenheimer Joseph SĂĽĂź Oppenheimer (1698-1738) was a Jewish banker and financial planner for Duke Karl Alexander of WĂĽrttemberg in Stuttgart. He was a nephew and stepson of the banker Samuel Oppenheimer, diplomat and Shtadlan to Kaiser Leopold of Austria.
Joseph Shabalala Joseph Shabalala (28 August 1941 - ), born Bhekizizwe Joseph Siphatimandla Mxoveni Mshengu Bigboy Shabalala, is the lead singer, founder and musical director of the South African choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Joseph Shaw "Cap" Joseph Shaw was the editor of Black Mask magazine from 1926 to 1936. Under his editorship, Black Mask published many works of crime fiction now recognised as classics of the genre, by authors such as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Erle Stanley Gardner.
Joseph Sherman Joseph Howard Sherman (born Bridgewater, Nova Scotia,1945 – died Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, January 9, 2006) was a Jewish Canadian poet and visual arts editor. He was named to the Order of Canada in 2003.
Joseph Schacht Joseph Schacht (1902–1969) was professor of Arabic and Islam at Columbia University in New York. He was the leading Western scholar on Islamic law, whose Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence (1950) is still considered one of the most important works ever written on the subject, essential for all advanced studies.
Joseph Scheidler Joseph Scheidler is a noted American pro-life activist, National Director of the Pro-Life Action League, former Benedictine monk, and named defendant in the NOW v. Scheidler litigation, a 19-year saga which was ultimately resolved in Scheidler's favor by the U.
Joseph Schillinger Joseph Schillinger (1895-1943) was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine (at that time, part of Russia). He was an exceptional student throughout this academic life and graduated from the Classical College in 1914 and the St.
Joseph Schmidt Joseph Schmidt (March 4, 1904 – November 16, 1942) was a tenor and actor. He was born in Davidende (Ukrainian: Davideny), a small town in the Bukovina province of Austria-Hungary, later Romania and now part of Ukraine.
Joseph Sinagra Joseph Sinagra (born December 20, 1946, New Brunswick, New Jersey) is an American Republican Party politician, who was the unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives in New Jersey's 12th congressional district.
Joseph Slawinski Joseph Slawinski, scrafitto artist and sculptor who died in 1983, did murals at Assumption Roman Catholic Church, the Stella Niagara Mother House Chapel, Daemon College, and the Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima in Lewiston New York. The Polish Arts Club is raising money to move and restore a 18 x 12 foot mural currently on an exterior wall of a building at Graycliff in Derby, NY.
Joseph Smith Academy The Joseph Smith Academy ("JSA") is an educational complex in Nauvoo, Illinois, less than 1000 feet from the Nauvoo Temple. Until recently, the Academy was home to a BYU distance study program focusing on church history.
Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible, also called the Inspired Version of the Bible or the JST, is a version of the Bible dictated by Joseph Smith, Jr. The work is the King James Version of the Bible (KJV) with some significant additions, clarifications, and revisions.
Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration is a 2005 film that focuses on some of the events during the life of Joseph Smith, Jr., founding prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which was both filmed and distributed by the church itself.
Joseph Smith–History Joseph Smith–History is a book in the Pearl of Great Price that contains an autobiographical record of some of the early events in Joseph Smith's life. The stories contained in Joseph Smith History include the First Vision and the visitation of the angel Moroni.
Joseph Soloveitchik Rav Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov, Yoshe Ber) Soloveitchik (Hebrew: יוסף דב הלוי סולובייצ'יק) (1903 - 1993) was an American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher. He was the descendant of the Lithuanian Jewish Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty.
Joseph Sonnabend Joseph Sonnabend (born 1932 in South Africa) is a distinguished retired physician, scientist and AIDS researcher, notable for pioneering community-based research, the propagation of "safe sex" to prevent infection, and an early and unconventional "multifactorial" model of AIDS. During the 1980s and 1990s he treated many hundreds of HIV positive people.
Joseph Spence Joseph Spence (born August, 1910 in Andros, Bahamas - died March 18, 1984 in Nassau, Bahamas) was a Bahamanian guitarist, singer and blues musician. He is well known for his vocalizations and humming while performing on guitar.
Joseph Spencer Joseph Spencer (October 3, 1714 – January 13, 1789) was an American lawyer, soldier, and statesman from Connecticut. During the Revolutionary War, he served both as a delegate to the Continental Congress and as a major general in the Continental Army.
Joseph Stanislaw Joseph Stanislaw is a financial adviser on international markets and politics. He is also the co-founder and former president of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, an energy research consultancy that was acquired in 2004 by IHS Energy.
Joseph Strutt (philanthropist) Joseph Strutt (1765-1844) was one of Derby's most honoured wealthy citizens, whose wealth came from the produce of the silk/cotton/calico mill on the Morledge in Derby. He served on the Town Council since the age of 28, serving in numerous offices, including Chief Magistrate and two terms of office as Mayor.
Joseph Suliga Joseph Suliga (1958 - February 18, 2005) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey State Senate, where he represented the 22nd Legislative District, until 2004. Suliga did not run for re-election in 2003 after a scandal involving his alleged drunken, sexual harassing of a woman in Atlantic City, NJ SULIGA FACES CHARGES.
Joseph Sullivan (FBI) Joseph Aloysius Sullivan (February 17, 1917 - August 2, 2002 was a Major Case Inspector for the FBI. He was involved in a number of highly publicized cases in the sixties and seventies including the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Joseph Sullivan (mobster) Joseph "Mad Dog" Sullivan (born c. 1940) was an Irish-American hitman who acted as a contract killer for the Mafia in New York City and was also rumored to be involved in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.
Joseph Swan School Joseph Swan School is a mixed comprehensive secondary school situated in south Gateshead, England which educates students ages 11-18. The school is named after the English physicist and chemist Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (who, incidentally, did not invent the light bulb.
Joseph Sweeney Joseph Sweeney (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 26, 1884 - died in New York City on November 25, 1963) was an American actor whose most famous role was as elderly Juror #9 (McArdle) in the 1957 film 12 Angry Men. He also had many notable appearances on television, as well as acting in other movies.
Joseph Sweetman Ames Joseph Sweetman Ames (1864-1943) was a physics professor at Johns Hopkins University, provost of the university from 1926 until 1929, and university president from 1929 until 1935. Sweetman Biographical sketch, from the JHU Libraries Special Collections, MS.
Joseph Symonds Joseph Bede Symonds (17 January 1900 – 29 March 1985) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Whitehaven constituency in Cumberland from 1959 until he stood down at the 1970 general election.
Joseph Szydlowski Joseph Szydlowski was a Polish-born aircraft engine designer who founded Turbomeca in France after fleeing Poland during the Nazi invasion at the start of World War II. He built the company on licensed production during the war, and turned to small turbine engines for helicopters when the war ended.
Joseph Needham Joseph Terence Montgomery Needham (December 9, 1900 – March 24 1995) was a British biochemist, but was best known as a pre-eminent authority on the history of Chinese science. He was elected a fellow of both the Royal Society and the British Academy - a highly unusual achievement.
Joseph Nechvatal Joseph Nechvatal (1951–) is a post-conceptual digital artist and art theoretician known for creating computer-robotic assisted paintings and computer software animations, often using custom created computer viruses based in cellular automata models.
Joseph Nicollet Joseph Nicolas Nicollet (July 24, 1786–September 11, 1843), also known as Jean-Nicolas Nicollet, was a French geographer and mathematician known for mapping the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.
Joseph Nzau Joseph Nzau (born April 14, 1950) is a former long-distance runner from Kenya, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he finished in seventh position, clocking 2:11:28.
Joseph of Arimathea According to the Gospels, Joseph of Arimathea was the man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus after Jesus was crucified. A native of Arimathea, he was apparently a man of wealth, and a member of the Sanhedrin (which is the way bouleutes, literally "senator", is interpreted in and ).
Joseph of Cupertino Saint Joseph of Cupertino (or Giuseppe da Copertino , born Giuseppe Maria Desa) (June 17, 1603 – September 18, 1663) was an Italian saint. He was said to have been remarkably unclever, but prone to miraculous levitation and intense ecstasies that left him gaping.
Joseph O. Eaton Joseph Oriel Eaton II (July 28 1873 - 1949) was born in Yonkers, New York. At birth, he was named Harrison Eaton but his mother changed his name as a tribute, after Harrison's father, Joseph Oriel Eaton I, died.
Joseph Oesterlé Joseph Oesterlé is a mathematician who, along with David Masser, formulated the "ABC conjecture" in 1985. Dorian Goldfeld has stated that this conjecture "is the most important unsolved problem in diophantine analysis.
Joseph Oscar Irwin Joseph Oscar Irwin (December 17, 1898 - July 27, 1982) British statistician who advanced the use of statistical methods in biological assay and other fields of laboratory medicine. Irwin’s grasp of modern mathematical statistics distinguished him not only from older medical statisticians like Major Greenwood but contemporaries like Austin Bradford Hill.
Joseph Owens Joseph Owens, CSsR (April 17, 1908 in New Brunswick, Canada - October 30, 2005) was a Roman Catholic priest and theologian who wrote a number of books. He taught for a number of years at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto.
Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge The Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge (formerly the North Channel Bridge) located in the New York City borough of Queens, is a bridge that runs south from Howard Beach, crosses the Grassy Bay portion of Jamaica Bay to Broad Channel.
Joseph P. O'Hara Joseph Patrick O'Hara (January 23, 1895 – March 4, 1975) was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, January 23, 1895; attended the public schools and graduated from [[Spirit Lake, Iowa, High School; during the First World War was commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry in the Officers’ Reserve Corps and later promoted to captain in the Quartermaster Corps, and served from May 13, 1917, to August 15, 1919, with overseas service; commissioned a major of Infantry in the Reserve Corps; attended Inns of Court, London, England, and was graduated from the law department of Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana, in 1920; was admitted to the bar in 1921 and commenced practice in Glencoe, Minnesota; served as attorney for various villages, cities, towns, and school districts, and as county attorney of McLeod County 1934 – 1938; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1959); was not a candidate for
Joseph Pairin Kitingan Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Pairin Kitingan (born August 17, 1940) is a Malaysian politician and was the sixth Chief Minister of Sabah, an oil- and timber-rich state in Malaysia. He held the post from April 1985 to March 1994.
Joseph Park Babcock Joseph Park Babcock (1893-1949), American popularizer of Mahjong, was born in Lafayette, Indiana. After graduating from Purdue University with a degree in Civil Engineering, he worked for the Standard Oil Company.
Joseph Parker (cricketer) Joseph Timothy Parker (born 23 August, 1976 in Bromley, Kent) is a former English cricketer who played five first-class matches for Oxford University in 1998. In all his five innings, he was dismissed for between 11 and 19.
Joseph Parnes Joseph Parnes is President of Technomart Investment Advisors and editor of the market letter Shortex. As an investment advisor he has distinguished himself as one of the foremost short sellers in the stock market.
Joseph Patrick Addabbo Joseph Patrick Addabbo (March 17 1925 - April 10 1986), was a New York City politician who served as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1986. As the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee defense subcommittee in the 1980s, he was a noted critic of President Ronald Reagan's massive defense spending increases.
Joseph Paul Franklin Joseph Paul Franklin (born April 13, 1950) is an American serial killer who may have killed 20 people between 1977 and 1980. He has been convicted of several murders, and has confessed to the attempted assassinations of two prominent people: the 1978 shooting of magazine publisher Larry Flynt and Flynt's attorney and the 1980 shooting of Vernon Jordan.
Joseph Payne Brennan Joseph Payne Brennan (1918 – 1990) was an American writer of fantasy and horror fiction, and also a poet. Brennan's first professional sale came in December 1940 with the publication of the poem, "When Snow Is Hung", which appeared in the Christian Science Monitor Home Forum, and he continued writing poetry up until the time of his death in January of 1990.
Joseph Pearce Joseph Pearce (born 1961) is an English-born writer, as of 2005 Writer in Residence and Professor of Literature at Ave Maria University in Naples, Florida; previously he had a comparable position, from 2001, at Ave Maria College in Ypsilanti, Michigan. He is known for a number of literary biographies.
Joseph Pearson Joseph Pearson (1776 - October 27, 1834) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born in Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1776; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Salisbury, North Carolina; member of the State house of commons; elected as a Federalist to the Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Congresses (March 4, 1809-March 3, 1815); while in Congress fought a duel with John George Jackson, of Virginia, and on the second fire wounded his opponent in the hip; died in Salisbury, N.C.
Joseph Pearson Caldwell Joseph Pearson Caldwell, (1808 - 1853) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Olin, North Carolina, March 5, 1808; attended Bethany Academy, near Statesville, North Carolina; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Statesville, N.C.
Joseph Pellegrino University Professor The position of Joseph Pellegrino University Professor is one of 18 University Professorships at Harvard University. University Professorships are the most distinguished position a Harvard professor can attain.
Joseph Pennacchio Joseph Pennacchio (born May 27, 1955) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2001, where he represents the 26th Legislative district. Assemblyman Pennacchio is a member of the Assembly Appropriations Committee where he has been the Republican Appropriations Officer since 2004.
Joseph Pennell Joseph Pennell (July 4, 1857 – April 23, 1926) was an American artist and author. Pennell was born in Philadelphia, and first studied there, but like his compatriot and friend, James McNeill Whistler, he afterwards went to Europe and made his home in London.
Joseph Perles Joseph Perles (1835–1894), Jewish rabbi, was born in Hungary on November 26, 1835, and died at Münich on March 4, 1894. Having received his early instruction in the Talmud from his father, Baruch Asher Perles, he was educated successively at the gymnasium of his native city, was one of the first rabbis trained at the new type of rabbinical seminary at Breslau, and the university of that city (Oriental philology and philosophy; Ph.
Joseph Petrosino Giuseppe "Joe" Petrosino (August 30, 1860 - March 12, 1909) was an NYCPD officer who was a pioneer in the fight against organized crime. The various crime fighting techniques that Petrosino pioneered during his law enforcement career are still practiced by various agencies in the fight against crime.
Joseph Petrus Hendrik Crowe Joseph Petrus Hendrik Crowe (January 12, 1826 - April 12, 1876) was the first South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Joseph Petzval Jozef Maximilián Petzval (Slovak) (Josef Maximilian Petzvalin German, Petzvál József Miksa in Hungarian) (born January 6, 1807 in Spišská Belá (Slovakia, then Kingdom of Hungary) – died September 19, 1891 in Vienna) was a mathematician, inventor and physicist best known for his work in optics. Petzval studied and later lectured at the Institutum Geometricum (currently Budapest University of Technology and Economics) in Buda (today part of Budapest).
Joseph Pevney Joseph Pevney (born September 15, 1911, New York City) is a prolific film and television director, with a directing career that spanned over 80 productions from 1950 to 1984. Among those were films including the Debbie Reynolds/Leslie Nielsen pairing in Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), the James Cagney vehicle, Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), and Westerns such as The Plunderers (1960).
Joseph Philippe Baby Casgrain Joseph Philippe Baby Casgrain (March 1 1856 – January 6 1939) was a Quebec surveyor, civil engineer and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Senate of Canada for De Lanaudière division from 1900 to 1939.
Joseph Philo Bradley Joseph Philo Bradley (March 14, 1813–January 22, 1892), was an American jurist best known for his service on the United States Supreme Court, and on the Electoral Commission that decided the disputed 1876 presidential election.
Joseph Pignatelli 'San Giuseppe Maria Pignatelli, also known as St. Joseph Pignatelli (December 27, 1737 - November 11, 1811) was a priest born in Saragossa, Spain, who was responsible for the Restoration of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
Joseph Plachutta Joseph Plachutta, also Josip Plahuta (* 13 May 1827 in Zadar, Austrian Empire, today's Croatia, †22 July 1883) was a Slovene chess problemist and chess player, known for his famous problem with Plachutta theme.
Joseph Platt Cooke Joseph Platt Cooke (January 4, 1730 - February 3, 1816) was an American military officer in the Revolutionary War, a Connecticut politician, and twice a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation. He was born in Stratford, Connecticut and graduated from Yale College in 1750.
Joseph Plumb Martin Joseph Plumb Martin (1760 – 1850) was a Revolutionary War soldier, who published an account of his experiences as a soldier in the 8th Connecticut Regiment of the Continental Army in 1830. This narrative has been frequently cited by scholars as an excellent primary source for the Revolution.
Joseph Profit, Ph.D Joe Profit was the all-time leading rusher of the Gulf States Conferences with 2,818 yards and ended his career on top of the Northeasr Louisiana State College all-time leading rusher. Profit rushed for more than 100 yards 13 times in his collegiate career on his way to becoming ULM's only first-round NFL draft pick.
Joseph Prosser Joseph Prosser (21 January 1833-1869) born in Monegal County Offaly he was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Joseph Proudman Professor Joseph Proudman (1888-1975), CBE, FRS was a distinguished British mathematician and oceanographer of international repute. His theoretical studies into the oceanic tides not only "solved practically all the remaining tidal problems which are soluble within the framework of classical hydrodynamics and analytical mathematics" but laid the basis of a tidal prediction service (developed with A.
Joseph Pulitzer Joseph Pulitzer (April 18, 1847 – October 29, 1911) was a Hungarian-American publisher best known for posthumously establishing the Pulitzer Prizes and (along with William Randolph Hearst) for originating yellow journalism.
Joseph Quesnel Joseph Quesnel (15 November 1746 – 3 July 1809) was a French Canadian composer, poet, and playwright. Among his works were two operas, Colas et Colinette and Lucas et Cécile; the former is considered to be the first Canadian opera.
Joseph Quick Joseph Quick (New York City- ?? to 31 August 1939) was a United States Navy coxswain awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for rescuing a shipmate, Machnist's Mate, second class Walenty Wisnieroski from drowning on 27 April 1902 in port in Yokohama, Japan.
Joseph R. Grundy Joseph Ridgway Grundy (January 13, 1863 – March 3, 1961) was an American textile manufacturer and Republican Party politician from Bristol, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate.
Joseph R. Julian Platoon Sergeant Joseph Rudolph Julian (1918-1945) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the United States' highest military honor — the Medal of Honor — for his heroism and sacrifice of life in 1945 in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.
Joseph R. West Joseph Rodman West (September 19, 1822 – October 31, 1898) was a United States Senator from Louisiana and a general in the United States Army during and after the American Civil War. He led the troops that killed famed Apache chief Mangas Coloradas.
Joseph Rabban Joseph Rabban (Hebrew: Yosef Rabban; Judeo-Malayalam: Isuppu Irabbân was a Jewish merchant, possibly from Yemen, who came to the Malabar coast (in present-day India) in the mid eighth century. According to the traditions of the Cochin Jews, Joseph was granted the rank of prince over the Jews of Cochin by the Chera ruler Bhaskara Ravivarman II (in some versions, Cheramal Perumal, King of Malabar).
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz Johann Josef Wenzel Graf Radetzky von Radetz (, ) (November 2, 1766 – January 5, 1858) was a Bohemian nobleman and Austrian general, immortalised by Johann Strauss I's Radetzky March. General Radetzky was in the military for over 70 years, until his death at age 91, and is known for the victory at the Battle of Novara (1849) won on March 23, 1849.
Joseph Rainey Joseph Hayne Rainey (June 21, 1832 – August 1, 1887) was the first African American person to serve in the United States House of Representatives and the second black person to serve in the United States Congress (U.S.
Joseph Rao Joseph "Tough Joey" Rao or Joseph Cangro (1901-) was a New York mobster involved in drug trafficking and an associate of mobster Dutch Schultz who became a policy bank operator and manager of his slot machines in Harlem. One of the early members of Schultz's organization, Rao's criminal records dates back to 1920 which included charges of burglary and felonious assault.
Joseph Ratzinger as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith On November 25, 1981, Pope John Paul II named Joseph Ratzinger Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly known as the Holy Office, the historical Roman Inquisition. Consequently, he resigned his post at Munich in early 1982.
Joseph Ratzinger, Sr. Joseph Ratzinger, Sr. (March 6, 1877 – August 25, 1959) was a German civil servant, policeman, and the father of Pope Benedict XVI (birth name Joseph Alois Ratzinger), and Georg Ratzinger; he was also a nephew of the German politician Georg Ratzinger.
Joseph Raya Archbishop Joseph Raya (August 15 1916–June 10 2005), born in Zahlé, Lebanon, was a prominent Melkite Greek Catholic archbishop, theologian and author. He served as metropolitan of Akko, Haifa, Nazareth and All Galilee from 1968 until 1974 and was particularly known for his commitment to seeking reconciliation between Christians, Jews and Muslims.
Joseph Raz Joseph Raz (born 1939) is a legal, moral and political philosopher. He is soon to step down from a personal chair (having reached the UK mandatory retirement age) as Professor of philosophy of law and a fellow of Balliol College.
Joseph Reed (jurist) Joseph Reed (August 27, 1741– March 5, 1785) was a lawyer and jurist who lived and worked in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He served Pennsylvania as a delegate to the Continental Congress and Chief Justice of the state's Supreme Court.
Joseph Rhodes Buchanan Joseph Rhodes Buchanan (1814 in Frankfort, Kentucky – 1899) was a physician and professor of physiology at the Eclectic Medical Institute in Covington, Kentucky. Buchanan has proposed the terms Psychometry and Sarcognomy.
Joseph Rodriguez Joseph Rodriguez (1932-missing from September 6, 1936) was a four year old resident of East Harlem, New York (also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio), whose disappearance in 1936 remains one of the oldest known unsolved missing person's cases in New York City history.
Joseph Rodriguez (photographer) Documentary photographer Joseph Rodriguez was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He studied photography in the School of Visual Arts and in the Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Program at the International Center of Photography in New York City.
Joseph Rosenstock Joseph Rosenstock (born 27 January 1895 in KrakĂłw, died 17 October 1985 in New York) was a Polish conductor. He worked at the state opera in Wiesbaden before being brought into the Metropolitan Opera in New York to replace Artur Bodanzky in 1928.
Joseph Rotblat Sir Joseph Rotblat KCMG CBE FRS (4 November, 1908 – 31 August, 2005) was a Polish-born British-naturalised physicist. His work on nuclear fall-out was a major contribution to the agreement of the Partial Test Ban Treaty.
Joseph Roumanille Joseph Roumanille (August 8, 1818 - May 24, 1891) was a Provençal poet. He was born at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône), and is commonly known in southern France as the father of the Félibrige, for he first conceived the idea of raising his regional language to the dignity of a literary language.
Joseph Rovan Joseph Adolph Rovan (born Joseph Adolphe Rosenthal in Munich, Germany on July 25, 1918, died August 27, 2004), was a French philosopher and politician, and is considered a spiritual father of Europe. Initially born into the Jewish faith, his family converted to Protestantism.
Joseph Rowntree (philanthropist) Joseph Rowntree (24 May 1836 – 24 February 1925), a Quaker philanthropist, was born in York. He started working in his father's grocery business at the age of 14, but in 1869 he joined his brother, Henry Rowntree, who owned a chocolate factory in York.
Joseph Rucker Lamar Joseph Rucker Lamar (October 15, 1857 – January 2, 1916) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court appointed by President William Howard Taft. A cousin of former associate justice Lucius Lamar, he served from 1911 until his death in 1916.
Joseph Safra Joseph Safra is a member of one of the wealthiest families in South America and currently runs the Brazilian banking and investment empire, Safra Group. As the chairman of all Safra companies, among them Safra National Bank of New York, and the large Banco Safra headquartered in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil.
Joseph Saint-RĂ©my Joseph Saint-RĂ©my (1815 - 1858) was a Haitian historian. He is best known for his biography La Vie de Toussaint Louverture about the Haitian Revolution leader Toussaint L'Ouverture, and for his work PĂ©tion et HaĂŻti, about another Revolutionary figure, Alexandre PĂ©tion.
Joseph Salim Peress Joseph Salim Peress (born 1896, died June 4th 1978), was a pioneering diving engineer, inventor of one of the first truly usable atmospheric diving suits, the Tritonia, and was involved in the construction of the famous JIM suit.
Joseph Salomonsen Joseph Salomonsen (born May 17, 1976), is an Iranian-Norwegian researcher and politician, based in Norway. He gives wide ranging free lectures and he is frequently used in Norwegian media for topics relating to middle-east, religion, and multiculturalism.
Joseph Salzmann Joseph Salzmann, one of the best known Roman Catholic pioneer priests of the Northwest of the USA, was the Austrian founder of several Catholic educational institutions, including the prominent St. Francis Provincial Seminary (St.
Joseph Saurin Joseph Saurin (1659 at Courtaison – December 29, 1737 at Paris) was a French mathematician who was the first to show how the tangents at the multiple points of curves could be determined by mathematical analysis.
Joseph Saxton Joseph Saxton (1799-1873) was an American inventor, born at Huntingdon, Pa. He went to Philadelphia in 1817 and while there invented a machine for cutting the teeth of chronometer wheels, and an escapement and compensating pendulum for clocks, and constructed a clock for the steeple of Independence Hall.
Joseph Sayers Joseph Sayers (b. October 15, 1983 in Lakewood, New York, United States) is a male fashion model best known for his nude centerfold for Abercrombie and Fitch Quarterly, shot by Bruce Weber, and also for the fact that, despite being only 5'6" tall (most male models are at least 5'11"), he has experienced great success as a fashion and commercial model.
Joseph SĂĽĂź Oppenheimer Joseph SĂĽĂź Oppenheimer (1698-1738) was a Jewish banker and financial planner for Duke Karl Alexander of WĂĽrttemberg in Stuttgart. He was a nephew and stepson of the banker Samuel Oppenheimer, diplomat and Shtadlan to Kaiser Leopold of Austria.
Joseph Shabalala Joseph Shabalala (28 August 1941 - ), born Bhekizizwe Joseph Siphatimandla Mxoveni Mshengu Bigboy Shabalala, is the lead singer, founder and musical director of the South African choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Joseph Shaw "Cap" Joseph Shaw was the editor of Black Mask magazine from 1926 to 1936. Under his editorship, Black Mask published many works of crime fiction now recognised as classics of the genre, by authors such as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Erle Stanley Gardner.
Joseph Sherman Joseph Howard Sherman (born Bridgewater, Nova Scotia,1945 – died Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, January 9, 2006) was a Jewish Canadian poet and visual arts editor. He was named to the Order of Canada in 2003.
Joseph Schacht Joseph Schacht (1902–1969) was professor of Arabic and Islam at Columbia University in New York. He was the leading Western scholar on Islamic law, whose Origins of Muhammadan Jurisprudence (1950) is still considered one of the most important works ever written on the subject, essential for all advanced studies.
Joseph Scheidler Joseph Scheidler is a noted American pro-life activist, National Director of the Pro-Life Action League, former Benedictine monk, and named defendant in the NOW v. Scheidler litigation, a 19-year saga which was ultimately resolved in Scheidler's favor by the U.
Joseph Schillinger Joseph Schillinger (1895-1943) was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine (at that time, part of Russia). He was an exceptional student throughout this academic life and graduated from the Classical College in 1914 and the St.
Joseph Schmidt Joseph Schmidt (March 4, 1904 – November 16, 1942) was a tenor and actor. He was born in Davidende (Ukrainian: Davideny), a small town in the Bukovina province of Austria-Hungary, later Romania and now part of Ukraine.
Joseph Sinagra Joseph Sinagra (born December 20, 1946, New Brunswick, New Jersey) is an American Republican Party politician, who was the unsuccessful candidate for the United States House of Representatives in New Jersey's 12th congressional district.
Joseph Slawinski Joseph Slawinski, scrafitto artist and sculptor who died in 1983, did murals at Assumption Roman Catholic Church, the Stella Niagara Mother House Chapel, Daemon College, and the Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima in Lewiston New York. The Polish Arts Club is raising money to move and restore a 18 x 12 foot mural currently on an exterior wall of a building at Graycliff in Derby, NY.
Joseph Smith Academy The Joseph Smith Academy ("JSA") is an educational complex in Nauvoo, Illinois, less than 1000 feet from the Nauvoo Temple. Until recently, the Academy was home to a BYU distance study program focusing on church history.
Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible, also called the Inspired Version of the Bible or the JST, is a version of the Bible dictated by Joseph Smith, Jr. The work is the King James Version of the Bible (KJV) with some significant additions, clarifications, and revisions.
Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration is a 2005 film that focuses on some of the events during the life of Joseph Smith, Jr., founding prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which was both filmed and distributed by the church itself.
Joseph Smith–History Joseph Smith–History is a book in the Pearl of Great Price that contains an autobiographical record of some of the early events in Joseph Smith's life. The stories contained in Joseph Smith History include the First Vision and the visitation of the angel Moroni.
Joseph Soloveitchik Rav Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov, Yoshe Ber) Soloveitchik (Hebrew: יוסף דב הלוי סולובייצ'יק) (1903 - 1993) was an American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher. He was the descendant of the Lithuanian Jewish Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty.
Joseph Sonnabend Joseph Sonnabend (born 1932 in South Africa) is a distinguished retired physician, scientist and AIDS researcher, notable for pioneering community-based research, the propagation of "safe sex" to prevent infection, and an early and unconventional "multifactorial" model of AIDS. During the 1980s and 1990s he treated many hundreds of HIV positive people.
Joseph Spence Joseph Spence (born August, 1910 in Andros, Bahamas - died March 18, 1984 in Nassau, Bahamas) was a Bahamanian guitarist, singer and blues musician. He is well known for his vocalizations and humming while performing on guitar.
Joseph Spencer Joseph Spencer (October 3, 1714 – January 13, 1789) was an American lawyer, soldier, and statesman from Connecticut. During the Revolutionary War, he served both as a delegate to the Continental Congress and as a major general in the Continental Army.
Joseph Stanislaw Joseph Stanislaw is a financial adviser on international markets and politics. He is also the co-founder and former president of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, an energy research consultancy that was acquired in 2004 by IHS Energy.
Joseph Strutt (philanthropist) Joseph Strutt (1765-1844) was one of Derby's most honoured wealthy citizens, whose wealth came from the produce of the silk/cotton/calico mill on the Morledge in Derby. He served on the Town Council since the age of 28, serving in numerous offices, including Chief Magistrate and two terms of office as Mayor.
Joseph Suliga Joseph Suliga (1958 - February 18, 2005) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey State Senate, where he represented the 22nd Legislative District, until 2004. Suliga did not run for re-election in 2003 after a scandal involving his alleged drunken, sexual harassing of a woman in Atlantic City, NJ SULIGA FACES CHARGES.
Joseph Sullivan (FBI) Joseph Aloysius Sullivan (February 17, 1917 - August 2, 2002 was a Major Case Inspector for the FBI. He was involved in a number of highly publicized cases in the sixties and seventies including the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Joseph Sullivan (mobster) Joseph "Mad Dog" Sullivan (born c. 1940) was an Irish-American hitman who acted as a contract killer for the Mafia in New York City and was also rumored to be involved in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.
Joseph Swan School Joseph Swan School is a mixed comprehensive secondary school situated in south Gateshead, England which educates students ages 11-18. The school is named after the English physicist and chemist Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (who, incidentally, did not invent the light bulb.
Joseph Sweeney Joseph Sweeney (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 26, 1884 - died in New York City on November 25, 1963) was an American actor whose most famous role was as elderly Juror #9 (McArdle) in the 1957 film 12 Angry Men. He also had many notable appearances on television, as well as acting in other movies.
Joseph Sweetman Ames Joseph Sweetman Ames (1864-1943) was a physics professor at Johns Hopkins University, provost of the university from 1926 until 1929, and university president from 1929 until 1935. Sweetman Biographical sketch, from the JHU Libraries Special Collections, MS.
Joseph Symonds Joseph Bede Symonds (17 January 1900 – 29 March 1985) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Whitehaven constituency in Cumberland from 1959 until he stood down at the 1970 general election.
Joseph Szydlowski Joseph Szydlowski was a Polish-born aircraft engine designer who founded Turbomeca in France after fleeing Poland during the Nazi invasion at the start of World War II. He built the company on licensed production during the war, and turned to small turbine engines for helicopters when the war ended.
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