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- Joffrey, Robert Joffrey
United States choreographer (1930-1988) - John, Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, John the Divine
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus - John, King John, John Lackland
youngest son of Henry II - John XXIII, Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli
Italian pope from 1958 to 1963 who convoked the Second Vatican Council (1881-1963) - John Chrysostom, St. John Chrysostom
(Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople - John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II - John the Baptist, St. John the Baptist
(New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized) - John Paul I, Albino Luciano
the first Pope to assume a double name - John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
the first Pope born in Poland - Johns, Jasper Johns
United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930) - Johnson, Andrew Johnson, President Johnson, President Andrew Johnson
17th President of the United States - Johnson, President Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Lyndon Baines Johnson, LBJ, President Lyndon Johnson
36th President of the United States - Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Dr. Johnson
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784) - Johnston, J. E. Johnston, Joseph Eggleston Johnston
Confederate general in the American Civil War - Joliot, Jean-Frederic Joliot, Joliot-Curie, Jean-Frederic Joliot-Curie
French nuclear physicist who was Marie Curie's assistant and who worked with Marie Curie's daughter who he married (taking the name Joliot-Curie) - Joliot-Curie, Irene Joliot-Curie
French physicist who (with her husband) synthesized new chemical elements (1897-1956) - Jolliet, Louis Jolliet, Joliet, Louis Joliet
French explorer (with Jacques Marquette) of the upper Mississippi River valley (1645-1700) - Jolson, Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson
United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950) - Jonah
(Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship - Jones, Daniel Jones
English phonetician (1881-1967) - Jones, Inigo Jones
one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652) - Jones, John Paul Jones
American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792) - Jones, Bobby Jones, Robert Tyre Jones
United States golfer (1902-1971) - Jones, Casey Jones, John Luther Jones
United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train - Jones, Mother Jones, Mary Harris Jones
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930) - Jong, Erica Jong
United States writer (born in 1942) - Jonson, Ben Jonson, Benjamin Jonson
English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637) - Joplin, Scott Joplin
United States composer who was the first creator of ragtime to write down his compositions (1868-1917) - Joplin, Janis Joplin
United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970) - Joseph
(New Testament) husband of Mary and (in Christian belief) the foster father of Jesus - Joseph
(Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel - Joseph, Chief Joseph
leader of the Nez Perce in their retreat from United States troops (1840-1904) - Josephus, Flavius Josephus, Joseph ben Matthias
Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100) - Joshua
(Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land - Joule, James Prescott Joule
English physicist who established the mechanical theory of heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics (1818-1889) - Jowett, Benjamin Jowett
English classical scholar noted for his translations of Plato and Aristotle (1817-1893) - Joyce, James Joyce, James Augustine Aloysius Joyce
influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941) - Juan Carlos, Juan Carlos Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon
king of Spain since 1975 (born in 1938) - Judah
(Old Testament) the fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel - Judas, Judas Iscariot
(New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver - Judas Maccabaeus
Jewish leader of a revolt in Judea that recovered Jerusalem around 166 BC - Jude, Judas, Saint Jude, St. Jude, Thaddaeus
(New Testament) supposed brother of St. James - Julian, Julian the Apostate, Flavius Claudius Julianus
Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine - Jung, Carl Jung, Carl Gustav Jung
Swiss psychologist (1875-1961) - Junkers, Hugo Junkers
German aircraft engineer who designed the first all-metal airplane (1859-1935) - Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
French botanist who categorized plants into families and developed a system of plant classification (1748-1836) - Justinian, Justinian I, Justinian the Great
Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians - Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140) - Kachaturian, Aram Kachaturian
Armenian composer who incorporated oriental folk music (1903-1978) - Kafka, Franz Kafka
Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924) - Kahn, Louis Isadore Kahn
United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974) - Kalinin, Mikhail Kalinin, Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin
soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875-1946) - Kamehameha I, Kamehameha the Great
Hawaiian king who united the islands under his rule (1758-1819) - Kandinsky, Wassily Kandinsky, Kandinski, Wassily Kandinski
Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944) - Kant, Immanuel Kant
influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804) - Karlfeldt, Erik Axel Karlfeldt
Swedish poet whose works incorporate Swedish customs and folklore (1864-1931) - Karloff, Boris Karloff, William Henry Pratt
United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969) - Karpov, Anatoli Karpov, Anatoli Yevgenevich Karpov
Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951) - Karsavina, Tamara Karsavina
Russian dancer who danced with Nijinsky (1885-1978) - Kasparov, Gary Kasparov, Gary Weinstein
Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963) - Kastler, Alfred Kastler
French physicist (1902-1984) - Kaufman, George S. Kaufman, George Simon Kaufman
United States playwright who collaborated with many other writers including Moss Hart (1889-1961) - Kaunda, Kenneth Kaunda, Kenneth David Kaunda
statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (1924-1999) - Kazan, Elia Kazan, Elia Kazanjoglous
United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003) - Kean, Edmund Kean
English actor noted for his portrayals of Shakespeare's great tragic characters (1789-1833) - Keaton, Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis Keaton
United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966) - Keats, John Keats
Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821) - Keble, John Keble
English clergyman who (with John Henry Newman and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement (1792-1866) - Kekule, Friedrich August Kekule, Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz
German chemist remembered for his discovery of the ring structure of benzene (1829-1896) - Keller, Helen Keller, Helen Adams Keller
United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months - Kellogg, W. K. Kellogg, Will Keith Kellog
United States food manufacturer who (with his brother) developed a breakfast cereal of crisp flakes of rolled and toasted wheat and corn - Kelly, Gene Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly
United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996) - Kelly, Grace Kelly, Grace Patricia Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco
United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982) - Kelly, Emmett Kelly, Weary Willie
United States circus clown (1898-1979) - Kelvin, First Baron Kelvin, William Thompson
British physicist who invented the Kelvin scale of temperature and pioneered undersea telegraphy (1824-1907) - Kendall, Edward Kendall, Edward Calvin Kendall
United States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972) - Kendrew, Sir John Cowdery Kendrew
English biologist noted for studies of the molecular structure of blood components (born in 1917) - Kennedy, Jack Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, JFK, President Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States - Kennelly, A. E. Kennelly, Arthur Edwin Kennelly
United States electrical engineer noted for his work on the theory of alternating currents - Kent, Rockwell Kent
United States painter noted for his woodcuts (1882-1971) - Kenyata, Jomo Kenyata
Kenyan statesman and the first president of independent Kenya (1893-1978) - Keokuk
Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848) - Kepler, Johannes Kepler, Johan Kepler
German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630) - Kerensky, Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerensky
Russian revolutionary who was head of state after Nicholas II abdicated but was overthrown by the Bolsheviks (1881-1970) - Kern, Jerome Kern, Jerome David Kern
United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945) - Kerouac, Jack Kerouac, Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac
United States writer who was a leading figure of the beat generation (1922-1969) - Kesey, Ken Kesey, Ken Elton Kesey
United States writer whose best-known novel was based on his experiences as an attendant in a mental hospital (1935-2001) - Kettering, Charles Kettering, Charles Franklin Kettering
United States electrical engineer who made numerous automotive improvements (including the electric starter) (1876-1958) - Key, Francis Scott Key
United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812 - Keynes, John Maynard Keynes
English economist who advocated the use of government monetary and fiscal policy to maintain full employment without inflation (1883-1946) - Khachaturian, Aram Khachaturian, Aram Ilich Khachaturian
Russian composer (born in Armenia) whose works are romantic and reflect his interest in folk music (1903-1978) - Khama, Sir Seretse Khama
Botswanan statesman who was the first president of Botswana (1921-1980) - Khomeini, Ruholla Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
Iranian religious leader of the Shiites - Khrushchev, Nikita Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
Soviet statesman and premier who denounced Stalin (1894-1971) - Kidd, William Kidd, Captain Kidd
Scottish sea captain who was hired to protect British shipping in the Indian Ocean and then was accused of piracy and hanged (1645-1701) - Kierkegaard, Soren Kierkegaard, Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
Danish philosopher who is generally considered. along with Nietzsche, to be a founder of existentialism (1813-1855) - Kieslowski, Krzysztof Kieslowski
Polish filmmaker who made ten films based on the Ten Commandments (1941-1996) - King, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr.
United States charismatic civil rights leader and Baptist minister who campaigned against the segregation of Blacks (1929-1968) - King, B. B. King, Riley B King
United States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925) - King, Billie Jean King, Billie Jean Moffitt King
United States woman tennis player (born in 1943) - Kinsey, Alfred Charles Kinsey
United States zoologist best known for his interview studies of sexual behavior (1894-1956) - Kipling, Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Rudyard Kipling
English author of novels and poetry who was born in India (1865-1936) - Kirchhoff, G. R. Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
German physicist who with Bunsen pioneered spectrum analysis and formulated two laws governing electric networks (1824-1887) - Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German expressionist painter (1880-1938) - Kissinger, Henry Kissinger, Henry Alfred Kissinger
United States diplomat who served under President Nixon and President Ford (born in 1923) - Kitchener, Herbert Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, First Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
British field marshal (1850-1916) - Klaproth, Martin Heinrich Klaproth
German chemist who pioneered analytical chemistry and discovered three new elements (1743-1817) - Klee, Paul Klee
Swiss painter influenced by Kandinsky (1879-1940) - Klein, Calvin Klein, Calvin Richard Klein
United States fashion designer noted for understated fashions (born in 1942) - Klein, Melanie Klein
United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960) - Klein, Felix Klein
German mathematician who created the Klein bottle (1849-1925) - Kleist, Heinrich von Kleist, Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist
German dramatist whose works concern people torn between reason and emotion (1777-1811) - Klimt, Gustav Klimt
Austrian painter influenced by art nouveau (1862-1918) - Kline, Franz Kline, Franz Joseph Kline
United States abstract expressionist painter (1910-1962) - Klinefelter, Harry F. Klinefelter, Harry Fitch Kleinfelter
United States physician who first described the XXY-syndrome (born in 1912) - Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
German poet (1724-1803) - Knox, John Knox
Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572) - Koch, Robert Koch
German bacteriologist who isolated the anthrax bacillus and the tubercle bacillus and the cholera bacillus (1843-1910) - Koestler, Arthur Koestler
British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983) - Konoe, Fumimaro Konoe, Prince Fumimaro Konoe, Konoye, Fumimaro Konoye, Prince Fumimaro Konoye
Japanese statesman who set Japan's expansionist policies and formed an alliance with Germany and Italy (1891-1945) - Koopmans, Tjalling Koopmans, Tjalling Charles Koopmans
United States economist (born in the Netherlands) (1910-1985) - Korbut, Olga Korbut
Soviet gymnast (born in 1955) - Korchnoi, Viktor Korchnoi, Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi
Russian chess master (born in 1931) - Korda, Sir Alexander Korda, Sandor Kellner
British filmmaker (born in Hungary) (1893-1956) - Korzybski, Alfred Korzybski, Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski
United States semanticist (born in Poland) (1879-1950) - Kosciusko, Thaddeus Kosciusko, Kosciuszko, Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko
Polish patriot and soldier who fought with Americans in the American Revolution (1746-1817) - Koussevitzky, Serge Koussevitzky, Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky
United States conductor (born in Russia) who was noted for performing the works of contemporary composers (1874-1951) - Krafft-Ebing, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Baron Richard von Krafft-Ebing
German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902) - Krasner, Lee Krasner
United States artist remembered for her spontaneous approach to painting - Krebs, Hans Adolf Krebs, Sir Hans Adolf Krebs
English biochemist (born in Germany) who discovered the Krebs cycle (1900-1981) - Kreisler, Fritz Kreisler
United States violinist (born in Austria) (1875-1962) - Kroeber, Alfred Kroeber, Alfred Louis Kroeber
United States anthropologist noted for his studies of culture (1876-1960) - Kronecker, Leopold Kronecker
German mathematician (1823-1891) - Kropotkin, Prince Peter Kropotkin, Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin
Russian anarchist (1842-1921) - Kroto, Harold Kroto, Harold W. Kroto, Sir Harold Walter Kroto
British chemist who with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1939) - Kruger, Oom Paul Kruger, Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
Boer statesman (1825-1904) - Krupp, Friedrich Krupp
German industrialist who manufactured steel in Essen (1787-1826) - Krupp, Alfred Krupp
German arms manufacturer and son of Friedrich Krupp - Kublai Khan, Kubla Khan, Kublai Kaan
Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China - Kubrick, Stanley Kubrick
United States filmmaker (born in 1928) - Kuhn, Richard Kuhn
Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and vitamins (1900-1967) - Kuiper, Gerard Kuiper, Gerard Peter Kuiper
United States astronomer (born in the Netherlands) who studied the solar system and suggested in 1951 that there is a belt of comet-like debris at the edge of the solar system (1905-1973) - Kurosawa, Akira Kurosawa
Japanese filmmaker noted for blending Japanese folklore with western styles of acting (1910-1998) - Kutuzov, Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov, Prince of Smolensk
Russian field marshal who commanded the Russian opposition to Napoleon (1745-1813) - Kuznets, Simon Kuznets
United States economist (born in Russia) who developed a method for using a country's gross national product to estimate its economic growth (1901-1985) - Kyd, Kid, Thomas Kyd, Thomas Kid
English dramatist (1558-1594) - Laban, Rudolph Laban
Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation (1879-1958) - Labrouste, Henri Labrouste
French architect who was among the first to use metal construction successfully (1801-1875) - Lachaise, Gaston Lachaise
United States sculptor (born in France) noted for his large nude figures (1882-1935) - Lafayette, La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834) - Laffer, Arthur Laffer
United States economist who proposed the Laffer curve (born in 1940) - Laffite, Lafitte, Jean Laffite, Jean Lafitte
French pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826) - La Fontaine, Jean de La Fontaine
French writer who collected Aesop's fables and published them (1621-1695) - Lamarck, Jean Baptiste de Lamarck, Chevalier de Lamarck
French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829) - Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia
English essayist (1775-1834) - Lambert, Constant Lambert, Leonard Constant Lambert
English composer and conductor (1905-1951) - Lancelot, Sir Lancelot
(Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table - Land, Din Land, Edwin Herbert Land
United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one step photographic process (1909-1991) - Landau, Lev Davidovich Landau
Soviet physicist who worked on low temperature physics (1908-1968) - Landowska, Wanda Landowska
United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959) - Landsteiner, Karl Landsteiner
United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered human blood groups (1868-1943) - Laney, Lucy Craft Laney
United States educator who founded the first private school for Black students in Augusta, Georgia (1854-1933) - Lange, Dorothea Lange
United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965) - Langley, Samuel Pierpoint Langley
United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906) - Langmuir, Irving Langmuir
United States chemist who studied surface chemistry and developed the gas-filled tungsten lamp and worked on high temperature electrical discharges (1881-1957) - Langtry, Lillie Langtry, Jersey Lillie, Emilie Charlotte le Breton
British actress and mistress of the prince who later became Edward VII (1853-1929) - Lao-tzu, Lao-tse, Lao-zi
Chinese philosopher regarded as the founder of Taoism (6th century BC) - Laplace, Marquis de Laplace, Pierre Simon de Laplace
French mathematician and astronomer who formulated the nebular hypothesis concerning the origins of the solar system and who developed the theory of probability (1749-1827) - Lardner, Ring Lardner, Ringgold Wilmer Lardner
United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933) - La Rochefoucauld, Francois de La Rochefoucauld
French writer of moralistic maxims (1613-1680) - Larousse, Pierre Larousse, Pierre Athanase Larousse
French lexicographer (1817-1875) - LaSalle, Sieur de LaSalle, Rene-Robert Cavelier
French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France (1643-1687) - Lasso, Orlando di Lasso, Roland de Lassus
Belgian composer (1532-1594) - La Tour, Georges de La Tour
French painter of religious works (1593-1652) - Latrobe, Benjamin Henry Latrobe
United States architect (born in England) whose works include the chambers of the United States Congress and the Supreme Court - Lauder, Harry Lauder, Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder
Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950) - Laughton, Charles Laughton
United States film actor (born in England) (1899-1962) - Laurel, Stan Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel
United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965) - Laurens, Henry Laurens
leader of the American Revolution and president of the Continental Congress (1724-1792) - Laver, Rod Laver, Rodney George Laver
Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year - Lavoisier, Antoine Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
French chemist known as the father of modern chemistry - Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence
English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930) - Lawrence, E. O. Lawrence, Ernest Orlando Lawrence
United States physicist who developed the cyclotron (1901-1958) - Lawrence, Gertrude Lawrence
English actress (1898-1952) - Lawrence, Sir Thomas Lawrence
English portrait painter remembered for the series of portraits of the leaders of the alliance against Napoleon (1769-1830) - Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia
Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks - Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius
Roman martyr - Leacock, Stephen Leacock, Stephen Butler Leacock
Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944) - Leakey, Louis Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
English paleontologist whose account of fossil discoveries in Tanzania changed theories of human evolution (1903-1972) - Leakey, Mary Leakey, Mary Douglas Leakey
English paleontologist (the wife of Louis Leakey) who discovered the Zinjanthropus skull that was 1,750,000 years old (1913-1996) - Leakey, Richard Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey
English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents - Lear, Edward Lear
British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888) - Leary, Tim Leary, Timothy Leary, Timothy Francis Leary
United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996) - le Carre, John le Carre, David John Moore Cornwell
English writer of novels of espionage (born in 1931) - le Chatelier, Henry le Chatelier
French chemist who formulated Le Chatelier's principle (1850-1936) - Le Corbusier, Charles Edouard Jeanneret
French architect (born in Switzerland) (1887-1965) - Ledbetter, Huddie Leadbetter, Leadbelly
United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949) - Le Duc Tho
Vietnamese diplomat who negotiated with Henry Kissinger to end the war in Vietnam (1911-1990) - Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee
American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870) - Lee, Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee
soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)