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Jonathan Scott Holloway (born 1967) is an American historian and academic administrator who served as the 21st president of Rutgers University. Holloway was named as the president of Rutgers University in January 2020 becoming the first person of color and…
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Jonathan Judah Isaac (born October 3, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one season for the Florida State Seminoles. Isaac was selected…
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Jonathan A. Woodson is an American physician, government official, and retired United States Army officer. He has served as president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences since 2022. Woodson retired at the rank of Major General in…
1990–
Jones Manoel da Silva (born 9 January 1990) is a Brazilian historian, YouTuber, history teacher, communicator, writer, activist, and politician. He is known for his YouTube channel named Jones Manoel. He holds a degree in history from the Federal…
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Jonita Lattimore (born December 13, 1969) is an American operatic soprano and a faculty member of Roosevelt University's Chicago College of Performing Arts. She is a lyric soprano from Chicago's South Side who has performed a wide range of operatic roles,…
2001–
Kasonga Jonathan Ngandu (born 25 October 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southern League Premier Division Central club Alvechurch. He came through Coventry City's academy and spent time on loan at Icelandic club…
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Jordan Nikemian Akins (born April 19, 1992) is an American professional football tight end. He played college football for the UCF Knights and was selected by the Houston Texans in the third round of the 2018 NFL draft. Akins has also played for the…
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Jordan Isaac Aldon Dangerfield (born December 25, 1990) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Towson Tigers and was signed as an undrafted free agent by…
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Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In high school, he was named the Los Angeles Times High School Player of the Year in…
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Jordan Kensington is a British serial Entrepreneur, artist, actor, songwriter, television and radio presenter best known as the founder of the Urban Music Awards, an awards show celebrating the achievement of hip hop, R&B, soul and jazz music artists in…
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Jordan Ladon Sheffield (born June 1, 1995) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Vanderbilt Commodores of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). He played college baseball at…
1999–
Jordyn Bradley Adams (born October 18, 1999) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels and Baltimore Orioles from 2023 to 2025. He is committed to play college football as a…
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José Antonio Bowen (born March 11, 1962) is an American author and academic. He served as the 11th president of Goucher College from 2014 to 2019.
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José Teófilo de Jesus (Salvador, Bahia, 1758?-Salvador, Bahia, July 19, 1847) was a Brazilian painter and gilder. He is the most noted representative of the Escola Baiana or Bahian School of painting. His work was eclectic, characterized by the passage…
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Josef Sorett is an American scholar of religion and race in the Americas. He has served as the dean of Columbia College of Columbia University since July 2022.
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Josefa Zaratt (also Zarratt) (March 19, 1871 – August 4, 1962) was the first Black woman to graduate from Tufts Medical School. She was one of the earliest Black women physicians in the United States.
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Joseff Oscar Gnagbo (born c. 1974) is an Ivorian–born Welsh activist, teacher, linguist and musician from Cardiff. He was chairman of the Welsh Language Society between 2023 and 2025. Gnagbo came to Wales from the Ivory Coast in 2017 as an asylum seeker,…
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Joseph Alexander Walker (February 24, 1935 – January 25, 2003) was an American playwright and screenwriter, theater director, actor and professor. He is best known for writing The River Niger, a three-act play that was originally produced Off-Broadway in…
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Rev. Joseph Albert Booker (1859–1926), was an American newspaper editor, academic administrator, educator, minister, activist, and Black community leader. He was born into slavery and orphaned at a young age; Booker went on to serve as the president of…
1946–
Joseph Bouie Jr is an American politician from New Orleans, Louisiana who was the chairman of the Louisiana Black Caucus in 2018. A Democrat, Bouie represented District 3 in the Louisiana State Senate from 2020 to 2025; previously representing District 97…
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Joseph C. Carter is a retired Brigadier General (BG) who was the Adjutant General (TAG) of the Massachusetts National Guard from 2007 - 2012. He is the former chief of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police. He currently lives in Oak Bluffs,…
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Joseph Charles Price (February 10, 1854 – October 25, 1893) was a founder and the first president of Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina. He was one of the greatest orators of his day and a leader of African Americans in the southern United…
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Joseph Carter Corbin (March 26, 1833 – January 9, 1911) was an American journalist and educator. Before the abolition of slavery, he was a journalist, teacher, and conductor on the Underground Railroad in Ohio and Kentucky. After the American Civil War, he…
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Joseph Peter Daley (August 6, 1949 – August 3, 2025) was an American educator, jazz musician, composer and arranger known for his work with the tuba, trombone and euphonium.
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