List of Famous people named J

Jaime Lynn Long, known professionally as J. Long is a musician and entrepreneur who has written, composed, produced, and performed both R&B and contemporary inspirational music. He was a featured member of hip hop group Pretty Ricky, and also featured the group on his song "Personal Freak". In April of 2015, before departing from the music industry, Long toured one last time with his bandmates in Europe.

José Juan Barea Mora is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player for Movistar Estudiantes of the Liga ACB. He played for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Northeastern University before joining the Mavericks in 2006 and becoming only the seventh Puerto Rican to play in the NBA. He went on to win an NBA championship with the Mavericks in 2011 before signing with the Minnesota Timberwolves, where he played for the next three seasons. He has also played in the NBA Development League and the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.

Momodou Lamin Jallow, better known professionally as J Hus, is a British rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is currently signed to Black Butter Records. J Hus has been credited with pioneering the genre afroswing. He gained popularity in 2015 following the release of his song "Dem Boy Paigon".

John Paul Reddam B.A. M.A. Ph.D. is a Canadian businessman, Thoroughbred racehorse owner and a former professor of philosophy at California State University, Los Angeles.

John-Blair Bickerstaff is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Prior to that, he was the head coach for the Memphis Grizzlies and has also been an assistant coach for several other NBA teams.

James Tyree Poston is an American professional golfer.

Jorge Daniel Pardo is an American actor born in Panorama City, California, to an Argentinian-American father and a mother from El Salvador. He currently stars as biker Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes in the series Mayans M.C. (2018–present).

James Anthony Happ is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Yankees. Though his name is James Anthony and his initials are "J. A.", he pronounces his name as "Jay".

John Langshaw Austin was a British philosopher of language and leading proponent of ordinary language philosophy, perhaps best known for developing the theory of speech acts.

J Blakeson is an English film director and screenwriter. His first feature film was The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009), a kidnap thriller starring Gemma Arterton, Martin Compston and Eddie Marsan, which he wrote and directed. His most recent film was I Care A Lot (2021).