List of Famous people named Jon
Jon Gries
Jonathan Francis Gries is an American actor, writer, and director. He is also credited under the names Jon Francis and Jonathan Gries. He is best known for his role in Napoleon Dynamite as Uncle Rico and the film for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male, and also as recurring character Roger Linus on Lost. He is also known for his roles in Martin, The Pretender, The Monster Squad, Running Scared, Real Genius, and Dream Corp, LLC.
Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson is a Welsh-American journalist, author, and filmmaker whose works include Them: Adventures with Extremists (2001), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2004), and The Psychopath Test (2011). He has been described as a gonzo journalist, becoming a faux-naïf character in his stories. He produces informal but sceptical investigations of controversial fringe politics and science. He has published nine books and his work has appeared in publications such as The Guardian, City Life and Time Out. He has made several BBC Television documentary films and two documentary series for Channel 4.
Jon Runyan Jr.
Jon Daniel Runyan Jr. is an American football guard for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan.
Jon Curran
Jonathan Curran is an American professional golfer.
Jon Taffer
Jonathan Peter Taffer is an American entrepreneur and television personality. He is best known as host of the reality series Bar Rescue on the Paramount Network. He is also credited largely with creating the concept for NFL Sunday Ticket.
Jon Redwine
Jon Redwine is an American hip hop, R&B, and pop music producer. Active since 2006, he's worked with musicians such as Tinashe, Chris Brown, Bobby Brackins, G-eazy, Zendaya, REDi, Waka Flocka Flame, Mario, Ludacris, Tabi Bonney, Christina Milian, Jeremih, Colette Carr, MKTO, Jake Miller
Jon Jay
Jonathan Henry Jay is an American professional baseball center fielder who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago White Sox.
Jon Leuer
Jon Leuer is an American former professional basketball player. He was selected by the Bucks with the 40th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. During his National Basketball Association (NBA) career, he played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns and Detroit Pistons.
Jon Brion
Jon Brion is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer. He performed with The Excerpts, The Bats, and The Grays before becoming an established producer and film score composer. Brion has produced music for artists like Frank Ocean, Fiona Apple, Kanye West, Mac Miller, Aimee Mann, Brad Mehldau, of Montreal, Rufus Wainwright, Robyn Hitchcock, and Sky Ferreira. His film scores include Hard Eight (1996), Magnolia (1999), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and I Heart Huckabees, Synecdoche, New York (2008), ParaNorman (2012), Lady Bird (2017), and Christopher Robin (2018). He released his debut solo album, Meaningless, in 2001.
Jon Cor
Jon Cor is a Canadian actor, best known for playing Hodge Starkweather on Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments and Brick on Total Drama.