List of Famous people named Jon

Often it's a shorthand for Jonathan, John. Similar names: Jonathan, John, John, Johnny, Jonny, Jonah, Johnnie, Joni, Jona, Johny, Jhon, Jone, Jonna, Jonnie, Joon, Jono, Jonni, Jhoon, Jonne, Johnne. Here are some famous Jons:

Jón Bjarnason

First Name Jón
Last Name Bjarnason
Born on December 26, 1943 (age 82)

Jón Bjarnason is a former member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament from 1999 to 2013. An agronomist by training, he served as Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture in the years 2009–2011.

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Jon Taylor

First Name Jon
Last Name Taylor
Born on January 1, 2000 (age 26)

Jon Taylor is an American re-recording mixer. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards in the category Best Sound Mixing. He has worked on nearly 120 films since 1989. He won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sound Mixing for the television show Flipper in 1996–1997.

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Jon Valera

First Name Jon
Last Name Valera
Born on October 2, 1975 (age 50)
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Jon Walker

First Name Jon
Last Name Walker
Born on September 17, 1985 (age 40)

Jonathan Jacob Walker is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Formerly the bassist of Panic! at the Disco, Walker was also the lead guitarist and occasional split vocalist of The Young Veins, which is now on indefinite hiatus. Having gone on to release several solo recordings, he is now mostly songwriting and producing.

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Jon Van Caneghem

First Name Jon
Last Name Caneghem
Born on November 30, 1961 (age 64)

Jon Van Caneghem is an American video game director, designer and producer. He is best known for launching development studio New World Computing in 1983, making his design debut in 1986 with Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum. During the company's 20-year lifespan, Van Caneghem was involved in the creation and direction of several franchises, including the Might and Magic role-playing series and the spin-off Heroes of Might and Magic and King's Bounty strategy series.

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Jon Zazula

First Name Jon
Last Name Zazula
Born on November 30, 1951
Died on February 1, 2022 (aged 70)

Jonathan Zazula, also known as Jonny Z, is the former owner of New Jersey's Rock'n Roll Heaven record store and founder of record label Megaforce Records. Zazula's record store in East Brunswick, New Jersey made him a central figure of the East Coast metal scene, regularly playing demo tapes sent to him through his underground tape-trading network which included the likes of Brian Slagel of Metal Blade Records, Ron Quintana, and producer Mark Whitaker. He was also somewhat of a mentor to Eddie Trunk.

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Jon Yarbrough

First Name Jon
Last Name Yarbrough
Born on November 30, 1954 (age 71)
Net Worth $2.9B

Jon Yarbrough is an American billionaire, the founder of Video Gaming Technologies.

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Jon Holst-Christensen

Jon Holst-Christensen is a retired male badminton player from Denmark.

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Jon Van Ness

First Name Jon
Last Name Ness
Born on December 23, 1957 (age 68)
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Jon Callas

First Name Jon
Last Name Callas
Born on January 1, 2000 (age 26)

Jon Callas is an American computer security expert, software engineer, user experience designer, and technologist who is the co-founder and former CTO of the global encrypted communications service Silent Circle. He has held major positions at Digital Equipment Corporation, Apple, PGP, and Entrust, and is considered "one of the most respected and well-known names in the mobile security industry." Callas is credited with creating several Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards, including OpenPGP, DKIM, and ZRTP, which he wrote. Prior to his work at Entrust, he was Chief Technical Officer and co-founder of PGP Corporation and the former Chief Technical Officer of Entrust.

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