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Politician and journalist during the French Revolution (1743-1793)

Jean-Paul Marat

Jean-Paul Marat was a French scientist, physician, political theorist, journalist, and politician.

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French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)

Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, political activist, and writer, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism.

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British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)

Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham was an English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer regarded as the founder of modern utilitarianism.

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4th and 5th-century Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint and Doctor of the Church

Jerome

Jerome of Stridon, also known as Hieronymus, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome.

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German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President of Germnay 2012–2017 (born 1940)

Joachim Gauck

Joachim Wilhelm Gauck is a German politician who served as President of Germany from 2012 to 2017.

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Spanish writer (1922–1992)

Joan Fuster

Joan Fuster i Ortells was an influential Catalan writer.

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Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist (1893–1983)

Joan Miró

Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist from Spain.

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German philosopher, theologian, poet (1744–1803)

Johann Gottfried Herder

Johann Gottfried von Herder was a German philosopher, theologian, pastor, poet, and literary critic.

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German philosopher (1762–1814)

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

Johann Gottlieb Fichte was a German philosopher, and a founding figure of German idealism, which developed from the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant.

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