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Joaquim Goes Joaquim Goes is a scientist at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Maine, USA who has been awarded the International Takeda Techno-Enterpreneurship Award in Environmetnal Sciences for his research on the `Influence of Solar Ultraviolet Radiation in Marine Ecosystems'.
Joaquim Machado de Castro Joaquim Machado de Castro (Coimbra, 1731- Lisbon, 1822), one of Portugal's foremost sculptors. He wrote extensively on his works and the theory behind them, including a full-length discussion of the statue of D.
Joaquim Manuel de Macedo Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (Born in Itaboraí, June 24, 1820 — Death: Rio de Janeiro, April 11, 1882) - (1820-1882) is an author from Rio de Janeiro. He was a prolific writer of urban Brazil in the nineteenth century.
Joaquim Miranda Joaquim Miranda (September 7, 1950 - June 17, 2006) was a Portuguese economist and politician, a former member of the Portuguese Parliament and of the European Parliament. He was born in Portalegre, in the southern region of Alentejo.
Joaquin Maria Gutierrez Joaquin Maria Gutierrez, commonly known as "Chino" (full name: Joaquin Maria Fernando Sebastian Gutierrez; born March 20, 1990), is a Filipino violinist and math and science prodigy currently studying under Prof. Jens Ellermann at the Hochschule fĂĽr Musik und Theater in Munich, Germany.
Joaquin Miller Joaquin Miller was the pen name of the colorful American poet, essayist and fabulist Cincinnatus Heine (or Hiner) Miller (September 8, 1837, or November 10, 1841 - February 17, 1913). Born in Indiana, he moved to Oregon and later to California where he had a variety of occupations, including mining-camp cook (who came down with scurvy from only eating what he cooked), lawyer and a judge, a newspaper writer and a Pony Express rider.
Joaquin Morato Joaquin Garcia-Morato Castano (1904–1939) was the leading Nationalist fighter ace of the Spanish Civil War. An accomplished prewar pilot, he served in Morocco, excelled in aerobatics, and instructed instrument flying.
Joaquin Murrieta Joaquin Murrieta (sometimes spelled Murieta or Murietta) (1829–ca. 1853), also called the Mexican Robin Hood or the Robin Hood of El Dorado, was a semi-legendary figure in California during the California Gold Rush in the 1850s.
Joaquin Nin-Culmell Joaquin Maria Nin-Culmell Cuban-Spanish Composer (born in Berlin, Germany September 5, 1908 - died in Berkeley, California, on January 14, 2004), was the brother of writer AnaĂŻs Nin, and an internationally known concert pianist, composer and emeritus professor of music at the University of California, Berkeley.
Joaquin Pasos Joaquín Pasos (May 14, 1914 — January 20, 1947) was a Nicaraguan poet. Writer of one of the most profound poems of the twentieth century (“The song of the war of things”) and one of the leading figures of the national avant-garde group.
Joaquin Xirau Palau Joaquin Xirau Palau (1895–1946). Refugee from Franco's Spain to Mexico, Xirau Palau had studied beside Ortega y Gasset, particularly inspired by German and Anglo-Saxon philosophy, such as Bergson, Husserl & Heidegger.
Joaquina Téllez-Girón, Marchioness of Santa Cruz Doña Joaquina Téllez-Girón, Marchioness of Santa Cruz (es: Doña Joaquina Téllez-Girón, marquesa de Santa Cruz) was a daughter of Pedro de Álcantara Téllez-Girón, 9th Duke of Osuna and María Josefa de la Soledad, 9th Duchess of Osuna.
Joara Joara was a large Native American settlement located in what is now Burke County, North Carolina. The location of the archaeological site is northwest of Morganton on Henderson Mill Road and portions have been excavated by the Upper Catawba Valley Archaeology Project, consisting of archaeologists from Warren Wilson College, Southern Illinois University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Joas Electronics Joas Electronics is an electronics company headquartered in Seoul and Namyangju Gyeonggi-do, Korea. It was established in 1982 under the name Seongkwang Electronics but the name was changed in 1999 to Joas Electronics.
JoAnne Akalaitis JoAnne Akalaitis (born June 29, 1937) is a Lithuanian-Americantheatre director] and a [[writer and the winner of five Obie Awards for direction (and sustained achievement) and founder of the critically acclaimed Mabou Mines in New York. In addition to the American Repertory Theater - where she directed Endgame and The Balcony - she has staged works by Euripides, Shakespeare, Strindberg, Schiller, Beckett, Genet, Williams, Philip Glass, Janáček, and her own work at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City Opera, Goodman Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Court Theatre, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and The Guthrie Theater.
JoĂŁo Alves de Assis Silva JĂ´ (JoĂŁo Alves de Assis Silva), born March 23, 1987 in SĂŁo Paulo is a Brazilian football (soccer) striker, signed with Corinthians. He began his professional career in 2003 in awful fashion - scoring an own goal before receiving a red card for striking his manager, at the age of 16.
João Amazonas João Amazonas de Souza Pedroso was a Brazilian Marxist theoretician, revolutionary, guerrilla and leader of the Communist Party of Brazil. He was born on January 1st, 1912 in the Paráense capital, Belém, and died in São Paulo on May 27th, 2002.
João Azevedo João Mendonça Azevedo (Barreiro, 10 July 1915 - Barreiro, 4 January, 1991) was one of Portugal's best football (soccer) goalkeepers. He played for Sporting Lisbon a decade and a half, winning several National Champion and the Cup of Portugal titles.
JoĂŁo Baptista de Lacerda JoĂŁo Batista de Lacerda (12th July 1846, Campos dos Goytacazes; 6th August 1915, Rio de Janeiro), was a physician and one of the pioneer Brazilian biomedical scientists in the fields of experimental physiology and pharmacology.
João Belo class frigate The João Belo class, also known as Comandante João Belo class, is a class of four frigates of French design, identical to the Comandant Rivière class, with extra equipment for tropical climates. Ordered by the Portuguese Navy in 1964, the four ships of this class were constructed in Nantes' shipyard.
JoĂŁo Bernardo Vieira JoĂŁo Bernardo "Nino" Vieira (born 27 April 1939 in Bissau) has been President of Guinea-Bissau since 1 October 2005. Vieira made a political comeback in mid-2005 by winning presidential elections only six years after being ousted during a civil war that ended a previous nineteen years in power.
JoĂŁo Cabral de Melo Neto JoĂŁo Cabral de Melo Neto (1920-1999) was born in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, and is considered one of the greatest Brazilian poets of all time. His style is quite unique, going against what most people think of poetry, be it the classical sonnet form or the free-verse form of nowadays.
JoĂŁo Carlos di Genio JoĂŁo Carlos di Genio is a Brazilian physician and educator. He created and is the main owner of the largest educational holding in the country, comprised by the Sistema Objetivo (primary, secondary and preparatory schools) and the Universidade Paulista (UNIP), a private university with more than 60 campuses all over Brazil.
João de Barros João de Barros (pron. IPA []) (1496 – October 20, 1570), called the Portuguese Livy, is one of the first great Portuguese historians, most famous for his Décadas da Ásia ("Decades of Asia"), a history of the Portuguese in India and Asia.
João de Deus João de Deus Ramos (March 8, 1830 – January 11 1896), better known as João de Deus, the greatest Portuguese poet of his generation, was born at São Bartolomeu de Messines in the province of Algarve. Matriculating in the faculty of law at the University of Coimbra, he did not proceed to his degree but settled in the city, dedicating himself wholly to the composition of verses, which circulated among professors and undergraduates in manuscript copies.
João de Deus (medium) João Teixeira de Faria (born June 24, 1942—), better known by his alias João de Deus ("John of God"), is perhaps the most famous medium and "psychic surgeon" in Brazil today. He is based in Abadiânia, a small town in the state of Goiás, southwest of Brasília.
João de Deus Pinheiro João de Deus Pinheiro, GCC, born 11 July 1945 in Lisbon, is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party–People's Party coalition; part of the European People's Party–European Democrats group.
JoĂŁo do Canto e Castro JoĂŁo do Canto e Castro Silva Antunes JĂşnior, commonly known as JoĂŁo do Canto e Castro (pron. IPA []) or just Canto e Castro (Lisbon, May 19, 1862-Lisbon, March 14, 1934) was a Portuguese Marine officer and fifth President of the Portuguese Republic from December 16 1918 to October 5 1919.
João do Rio João do Rio was the pseudonym of the Brazilian journalist, short-story writer and playwright João Paulo Emilio Cristóvão dos Santos Coelho Barreto , of African descent (August 5, 1881, Rio de Janeiro— June 23, 1921, Rio de Janeiro). He was elected in May 7, 1910 for the chair # 26 of Brazilian Academy of Letters.
JoĂŁo Evora JoĂŁo Evora (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Jon Ebora, also in the SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo: Jon Evora) is the island of SĂŁo Vicente's northernmost point. The point is accessed with a rural and unused unearthened road that link with Salamansa and nearby LimeirĂŁo.
JoĂŁo Gilberto JoĂŁo Gilberto (born JoĂŁo Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira on June 10, 1931 in the town of Juazeiro, Bahia) is a Brazilian musician and considered one of the co-creators, with Tom Jobim (Antonio Carlos Jobim), of bossa nova.
JoĂŁo Gilberto (1973 album) JoĂŁo Gilberto is primarily a samba album by JoĂŁo Gilberto, originally released in Brazil as a vinyl LP in 1973 and reissued on CD in 1988. JoĂŁo Gilberto released another album named JoĂŁo Gilberto in 1961, as well as several EPs with only his name as title.
JoĂŁo GuimarĂŁes Rosa JoĂŁo GuimarĂŁes Rosa (27 June 1908 - 19 November 1967) was a Brazilian novelist, probably the greatest Brazilian novelist born in the 20th century. His best-known work is the novel Grande SertĂŁo: Veredas (translated as The Devil to Pay in the Backlands).
JoĂŁo Loureiro JoĂŁo Loureiro is the chairman of the Portuguese sports club Boavista FC from Porto. Boavista's football team is one of the most powerful in Portuguese SuperLiga championship, after SL Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting CP.
João Marques de Oliveira João Marques de Oliveira (1853 — 1927) was a Portuguese naturalist painter. He studied in the Academy of Fine Arts in Porto and in 1873 travelled to France with is colleague António Silva Porto, were they studied with academical painters Adolphe Yvon and Alexandre Cabanel.
JoĂŁo Moutinho JoĂŁo Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho, or simply JoĂŁo Moutinho (pron. or //; born on September 8, 1986 in PortimĂŁo) is a promising star of the Portuguese football (soccer) playing for Sporting Clube de Portugal.
JoĂŁo Paulo Cunha JoĂŁo Paulo Cunha is a deputy of the Brazilian Workers Party from SĂŁo Paulo and was elected president of the House of Representatives in 2003. He fought but failed to achieve a second term in this position, which shifted to Severino Cavalcanti in February 2005.
JoĂŁo Pessoa JoĂŁo Pessoa, sometimes called the city where the sun comes first, is located at the easternmost point of the Americas at 34Âş47'38"W, 7Âş9'28"S. Local residents call this easternmost point Ponta do Seixas.
João Ribeira João Ribeira (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Jon Ribéra, also in the São Vicente Crioulo: Jon Ribeira) is a cape located in the island of São Vicente nearly 3 km north of the island capital of Mindelo. The point is accessed with an earthened road that link with Mindelo.
JoĂŁo Ricardo JoĂŁo Ricardo Pereira Batalha Santos Ferreira (born January 7, 1970 in Luanda, Angola) better known as JoĂŁo Ricardo (pron. ) is an Angolan football goalkeeper and member of the national team and 2006 FIFA World Cup participant.
João Rodrigues João Rodrigues (1561–1634, or perhaps 1558–1633) was a Portuguese member of the Society of Jesus (a Jesuit) who carried out missionary work in Japan. He wrote several books, including in 1603 a Japanese–Portuguese dictionary entitled Vocabvlario da Lingoa de Iapam (in Japanese: 日葡辞書, Nippo jisho) and in 1604 a Japanese grammar entitled Arte da lingoa de Iapam (in Japanese: 日本大文典, Nihon-dai bunten).
João Tamagnini Barbosa João Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa (December 30, 1883 – December 15, 1948), commonnly known by João Tamagnini Barbosa (pron. ) or just Tamagnini Barbosa was a Portuguese military officer and politician of the Portuguese First Republic (1910-1926).
João Tomás João Henrique Pataco Tomás (born on 27 May 1975, in Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal) is a Portuguese footballer, playing as a striker in Al-Arabi Sports Club of Qatar since September 2006. He achieved some notability playing for Académica de Coimbra, earning the nickname of O Jardel de Coimbra (The Coimbra's Jardel) after Mário Jardel, a big name of Portuguese football at the time whose played in same position and had some physical similarities with Tomás.
João Vareia João Vareia (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Jon Varéa, before 1997, Juãu Vareia) is a village situated at the southcentral part of Santiago Island in Cape Verde. It is part of the municipality of São Domingos?.
JoĂŁo Vieira Pinto JoĂŁo Manuel Vieira Pinto, CavIH, pron. , (born 19 August 1971 in Porto, Portugal) is a Portuguese footballer, who made his name mostly at a domestic level and as a key figure in the Portuguese national team's Golden Generation.
JoĂŁo Voz e ViolĂŁo JoĂŁo Voz e ViolĂŁo (portuguese for "JoĂŁo: voice and acoustic guitar") is a bossa nova album by JoĂŁo Gilberto, released in 2000. Recording very little in the 1990s, this album is JoĂŁo Gilberto's first studio album since 1991's JoĂŁo.
JoĂŁo-Maria Nabais JoĂŁo-Maria Nabais, graduated in Medicine and Surgery for the Faculty of Medicine - Classical University of Lisbon, 1974; Hospital Assistant of Paediatrics, 1985. Current activity: Graduate Hospital Assistant in Pediatrics.
Job (Biblical figure) Job ( ; Arabic: أيوب, Ayub), is a character in the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible. In brief, the book begins with an introduction to Job's character — he is described as a rich, blessed man who fears God and lives righteously.
Job (Osacky) of Chicago His Eminence, the Most Reverend Job (Osacky) of Chicago is the current archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America's Diocese of the Midwest. His territory includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Job Abbott Job Abbott (23 August 1845 – 18 August 1896) was an American-born Canadian civil engineer who helped pioneer the construction of steel bridges in Canada, including many for the Canadian Pacific Railway, such as the 3,400 ft Lachine Bridge in Montreal, Quebec.
Job class In many role-playing games (either Live action role-playing, table-top or in RPG video games), job class refers to a character's job or what abilities they know or can learn. It is sometimes called a Character class.
Job creation program Job creation programs are programs or project undertaken by a government or state of a nation in order to achieve assist the population in seeking employment. They are especially common during time of high unemployment.
Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 The Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002, Public Law No. 107-147, increased carryback of net operating losses to 5 years (through September 2003), extended the exception under Subpart F for active financing income (through 2006), and created 30 percent expensing for certain capital asset purchases (through September 2004).
Job Definition Format Job Definition Format (JDF) is a technical standard being developed by the graphic arts industry to facilitate cross-vendor workflow implementations of the application domain. It is an XML format about job ticket, message description and message interchange.
Job Durfee Job Durfee (September 20, 1790 - July 26, 1847) was a politician and jurist from Rhode Island. Born at Tiverton, he graduated from Brown University in 1813 and was admitted to the |bar and commenced practice in Tiverton.
Job enlargement Job enlargement means increasing the scope of a job through extending the range of its duties and responsibilities. This contradicts the principles of specialisation and the division of labour whereby work is divided into small units, each of which is performed repetitively by an individual worker.
Job enrichment Job enrichment in organizational development, human resources management, and organizational behavior, is the process of improving work processes and environments so they are more satisfying for employees. Many jobs are monotonous and unrewarding.
Job Henry Charles Drain Job Henry Charles Drain (15 October 1895- 26 July 1975) was an English 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.
Job Hunting (Golden Girls episode) "Job Hunting" is the twenty-second episode of the sitcom The Golden Girls, but although it was the twenty-second episode aired, it was the second to be produced. In syndication, this episode airs after the first episode The Engagement.
Job kiting Job kiting is the act of getting hired for a job with the intention of going through a paid orientation period that lasts usually from a few days to a few weeks but that does not involve performing any actual duties, following by voluntary resignation and receiving a paycheck for this period. Such activity may be costly to the employer.
Job knowledge Job knowledge - measures one’s mastery of the concepts needed to perform certain work. Job knowledge is a complex concept that includes elements of both ability (capacity to learn) and seniority (opportunity to learn).
Job lock Job lock occurs when a person feels unable to leave a job which is strongly disliked or unsuitable to their abilities because doing so will result in the loss of health insurance. It is more common in the United States where most people have health insurance through their employer.
Job migration Job migration is a term that has gained widespread use in the recent years and although it means relocation of jobs from one geographical area to another, it has come to symbolize the migration or relocation of jobs to other countries.
Job Network The Job Network is an Australian Government funded network of services, community based, religious and commercial, providing support and training to Australians seeking employment. To be eligible for support, people need to be in receipt of eligible income support payments, such as Newstart, Youth Allowance, the Disability Support Pension or Parenting Payment.
Job satisfaction Job satisfaction describes how content an individual is with his or her job. It is a relatively recent term since in previous centuries the jobs available to a particular person were often predetermined by the occupation of that person's parent.
Job security Job security has different meanings according to the employment laws of each country. A worker in Continental Europe, if asked about his job security, would reply by naming the type of statutory employment contract he has, ranging from temporary (no job security) to indefinite (virtually equivalent to 'tenure' in US universities but across the whole economy).
Job shops Job shops are typically small manufacturing operations that handle specialized manufacturing processes such as small customer orders or small batch jobs. Job shops typically move on to different jobs (possibly with different customers) when each job is completed.
Job Submission Description Language Job Submission Description Language is an extensible XML specification from the Global Grid Forum for the description of simple tasks to non-interactive computer execution systems. Version 1 of the specification focuses on the description of computational task submissions to traditional high-performance computer systems like batch queues.
Job's Daughters International Now officially named Job's Daughters International (Sometimes abbreviated to JDI) and known throughout the world simply as Job's Daughters, is a Masonic sponsored youth organization for girls aged 10 to 20 who are related to a Master Mason. It is the oldest of five Masonic sponsored organizations for girls, dating from 1920.
Job's Tears Job's Tears (Coix lacryma-jobi), Coixseed, adlay, or adlai, is a tall grain-bearing tropical plant of the family Poaceae (grass family) native to East Asia and Malaya but elsewhere cultivated in gardens as an annual. It has been naturalized in the southern United States and the New World tropics.
Job-shop problem The job-shop problem (JSP) is a problem in discrete or combinatorial optimization, and is a generalization of the famous travelling salesman problem. It is a prominent illustration of a class of problems in computational complexity theory which are hard to solve.
Jobber's Wood Jobber’s Wood is a large outdoor sports facility opened in 2001 by the then Minister for Sport Kate Hoey that forms part of The Bishop's Stortford High School’s sports facilities. A pavilion is on site to provide indoor accommodation.
Jobbing band A jobbing band is a group of musicians that come together for the collective purpose of playing social events, such as weddings, holiday parties, etc. The size of the band can be as small as three people to as many as a 20 piece band or more.
Jobbing house A jobbing house (or jobbing center) is a type of wholesale mercantile business which buys goods and bulk products from importers, other wholesalers, or manufacturers, and then sells to retailers. Jobbing houses can deal in any commodity destined for the retail market.
Jobcentre Plus Jobcentre Plus (Welsh: Canolfan Byd Gwaith), sometimes written JobCentre Plus or abbreviated to JCP, is the government-funded employment agency facility and the social security office in the United Kingdom, often operated from a high street shop. The agency was formerly titled the Employment Service, which operated Jobcentres and existed alongside separate social security benefits offices, until their merger and re-branding as Jobcentre Plus in 2002.
JobCast A JobCast is a variation of podcast where job vacancies are distributed by subscription (usually unpaid) over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and delivered to the desktop of personal computers. Like 'radio', it can mean both the content and the method of syndication.
Jobe Wheelhouse Jobe Wheelhouse (born April 14, 1985 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as an attacking midfielder for the Australian A-League club Newcastle United Jets.
Jobert of Syria Jobert of Syria (also rendered Gilbert, Josberto, or Joubert) (d.1177) was the seventh Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller from 1172 to his death, which is assumed from his disappearance from history to have occurred in 1177.
Jobi Manucode The Jobi Manucode, Manucodia jobiensis is a medium-sized, up to 34cm long, greenish blue, black and purple glossed crow-like bird of paradise with red iris, lightly crinkled bluish short upper breast and neck feathers. Both sexes are similar with slightly smaller and duller female.
Jobless recovery A jobless recovery or jobless growth is a phrase used by economists to describe the recovery from a recession which does not produce strong growth in employment. The phrase originated in the early 1990s in the United States, to describe the economic recovery at the end of President George H.
Jobra high school It has been suggested that this school-related article be merged to the appropriate locality or school district article. It may not meet Wikipedia's standards of verifiability or notability, it may not feature multiple independent reliable sources, or it may be a short entry that provides only directory-style information about the school.
Jobs for America's Graduates Jobs for America's Graduates, or JAG, is a school-to-career program implemented in 1,000 high schools, alternative schools, community colleges, and middle schools across the United States and the United Kingdom. JAG's mission is to keep young people in school through graduation and provide work-based learning experiences that will lead to career advancement opportunities or to enroll in a post-secondary institution that leads to a rewarding career.
Jobs With Justice Jobs With Justice is a nationally linked network of about 40 local coalitions throughout the United States that bring together labor unions, community organizations, religious groups, and student groups to fight for workers' rights.
Jobseeker's Allowance In the United Kingdom Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), colloquially known as The Dole, is a form of unemployment benefit that is paid by the government to people who are unemployed and seeking work. It is part of the social security benefits system and is meant to cover the cost of living expenses in periods where the claimant is out of work.
Jobst of Moravia Jobst (or Jost or Jodokus) of Moravia (in French: Josse de Luxembourg) was born in 1351 as the eldest son of John Henry of Luxembourg, margrave of Moravia, the brother of emperor Charles IV. Jobst was margrave of Brandenburg from 1388 to 1411 and also held the family castle Luxembourg.
Jobstreet JobStreet.com is the largest Online Talent Bank in Malaysia and one of the most established in the South and South-East Asian regions covering Malaysia, Singapore, India, the Philippines, Indonesia and Bangladesh.
Joburg Open The Joburg Open is a men's professional golf tournament which will be played for the first time on January 11 to January 14, 2007, at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club in Johannesburg, South Africa. It will have a prize fund of €1 million and will be co-sanctioned by the South Africa based Sunshine Tour and the European Tour.
JoBoxers JoBoxers, a predominately British pop group was formed in 1982, when former Subway Sect members - guitarist Rob Marche, keyboardist Dave Collard, bassist Chris Bostock and drummer Sean McLusky - teamed up with American singer, Dig Wayne.
Jocelin Jocelin or Jocelyn (died 1199) was a 12th century Cistercian monk and cleric, who became the fourth Abbot of Melrose and the fifth known Bishop of Glasgow of the 12th century. He was probably born in the 1130s, and in his teenage years became a monk of Melrose Abbey.
Jocelyn Barrows Dame Jocelyn Barrows is the Director for UK Development at Focus Consultancy Ltd. She was the first black woman to be a governor of the BBC and was founder and Deputy Chair of the Broadcasting Standards Council.
Jocelyn Brooke Jocelyn Brooke (born in November 30, 1908 in Kent and died in 1966)is an English author of several unusual and semi-autobiographical novels as well as some poetry. His most famous works include the Orchid Trilogy (The Military Orchid (1948), A Mine Of Serpents (1949) and The Goose Cathedral (1950)) and the Kafkaesque Image Of A Drawn Sword.
Jocelyn Brown Jocelyn Brown (born Jocelyn Lorette Brown, November 25 1950, in Kinston, North Carolina) is an R&B and dance music singer. Although she has only one Billboard Hot 100 chart entry to her credit ("Somebody Else's Guy," #75 in 1984), she has an extensive background in the music industry and is considered legendary in the dance club music world.
Jocelyn Delecour Jocelyn Delecour (born January 2, 1935) was a French athlete, who won the bronze medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the 4 x 100 metre relay. His winning teammates were Paul Genevay, Bernard Laidebeur and Claude Piquemal.
Jocelyn Guevremont Jocelyn Guevremont (born March 1, 1951 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired former professional ice hockey player who was selected third overall in the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft by the Vancouver Canucks. He played for the Montreal Junior Canadiens in junior hockey, winning the Memorial Cup with them in 1969 and 1970.
Jocelyn Jee Esien Jocelyn Jee Esien (born March 2 1979 in London, UK) is a British comedian, who is famous for appearing in the BBC hidden camera show, 3 Non Blondes. In addition to this she has also appeared in The Fast Show and Holby City.
Jocelyn Lemieux Jocelyn Lemieux (born November 18, 1967 in Mont-Laurier, Quebec) is a retired former professional ice hockey player who played for the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks, Hartford Whalers, New Jersey Devils, Calgary Flames and Phoenix Coyotes.
Jocelyn Lucas Sir Jocelyn Morton Lucas (27 August 1889 - 2 May 1980) was a British Conservative politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South in a 1939 by-election, and served until 1966 when he retired.
Jocelyn Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale Jocelyn Edward Salis Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale, KC, DL, PC (15 January, 1911 – 7 May, 2006) known as Jack Simon, was as a Law Lord in the United Kingdom, having been, by turns, a barrister, a commissioned officer in the British Army, a barrister again, a Conservative Party politician, a government minister, and a judge.
Jocelyn Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein, (born August 5 1940 in Switzerland) sometimes referred to as "Cat Woman," is a wealthy American socialite who has frequently been seen in the tabloid press due to her numerous cosmetic surgeries. Her extreme appearance has led to the press giving her the nickname "The Bride of Wildenstein," a reference to The Bride of Frankenstein.
Jocelyne Bourassa Jocelyne Bourassa (born May 30, 1947 in Shawinigan, Quebec) is a former Canadian golf amateur and LPGA Tour player. She studied Physical Education at the University of Montreal where she was a member of the volleyball, basketball, skiing and |track and field teams.

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