American molecular biologist, geneticist, zoologist and Nobel Laureate (1928–2025)
James Watson
James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist.
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Persian poet (1414–1492)
Jami
Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī, also known as Mawlanā Nūr al-Dīn 'Abd al-Rahmān or Abd-Al-Rahmān Nur-Al-Din Muhammad Dashti, or simply as Jami or Djāmī and in Turkey as Molla Cami, was a Sunni poet who is known for his achievements as a prolific scholar and wr
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Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
Jan Hus
Jan Hus, sometimes anglicized as John Goose or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as Iohannes Hus or Johannes Huss, was a Czech Christian theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the inspiration of Hussitism, a key predecessor to
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Flemish painter (c.1390–1441)
Jan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck was an early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as early Netherlandish painting, and one of the supreme figures of the Early Northern Renaissance.
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American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer (1860–1935)
Jane Addams
Laura Jane Addams was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, philosopher, and author.
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Author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)
Jane Austen
Jane Austen was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
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Polish-Jewish educator and physician (1878–1942)
Janusz Korczak
Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit, was a Polish Jewish pediatrician, educator, children's author and pedagogue known as Pan Doktor or Stary Doktor.
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Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist (1883-1923)
Jaroslav Hašek
Jaroslav Hašek was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian, first anarchist and then communist, and commissar of the Red Army against the Czechoslovak Legion.
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Czechoslovak poet, Nobel prize laureate (1901–1986)
Jaroslav Seifert
Jaroslav Seifert was a Czech writer, poet and journalist.
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