Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Born: March 8, 1841 Boston, Massachusetts Died: March 6, 1935 Washington, D.C. American Supreme Court justice and legal writer ...
Ivan Allen Jr.
Born Ivan Earnest Allen Jr., March 15, 1911, in Atlanta, GA; died July 2, 2003, in Atlanta, GA. Mayor and business owner. As mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 1962 to 1970, Ivan Allen Jr. pr...
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Born: October 15, 1917 Columbus, Ohio American historian and politician Arthur Schlesinger Jr. is an outstanding historian of the United States a...
Sammy Davis Jr.
Born: December 8, 1925 New York, New York Died: May 16, 1990 Los Angeles, California African American singer, dancer, and actor ...
Robert Downey Jr.
Actor Born Robert John Downey Jr., April 4, 1965, in New York, NY; son of Robert John (a filmmaker) and Elsie (an actress) Downey; married Deborah Falconer (a singer; divorc...
Cal Ripken Jr.
Born: August 24, 1960 Havre de Grace, Maryland American baseball player Cal Ripken Jr. holds many records in professional baseball, but it is his ...
John F. Kennedy Jr.
Born: November 25, 1960 Washington, D.C. Died: July 16, 1999 Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts American magazine publisher and lawyer...
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
October 10, 1974 • Kannapolis, North Carolina Race-car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. possesses one of the most familiar names—and faces—in the world of stock-car racing, b...
Juanes
Singer Born Juan Esteban Aristizábal, August 9, 1972, in Medellín, Colombia; married Karen Martínez (a model and actress); children: Luna (daughter). Addresse...
Heidi Julavits
Author Born in 1968, in Portland, ME; daughter of an attorney and a teacher; married Manny Howard (a food writer), 1997 (divorced, 1999); married Ben Marcus (a writer and ed...
Juliana
Born Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, April 30, 1909, in The Hague, Netherlands; died of pneumonia, March 20, 2004, in Baarn, Netherlands. Monarch. Princess Juliana of the Netherlands...
Carl Jung
Born: July 26, 1875 Kesswil, Switzerland Died: June 26, 1961 Küsnacht, Switzerland Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist ...
Andrea Jung
Andrea Jung (born 1959) went from being a lackluster student to attending the Ivy League's Prince- ton University, and went on to become the CEO of Avon Products. ...
Karen Jurgensen
Former editor of USA Today Born c. 1949, in NC; daughter of Kai (a drama teacher) and Peggy Jurgensen; married first husband (divorced); married Bill Leary ...
Benito JuÁrez
Born: March 21, 1806 San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, Mexico Died: July 18, 1872 Mexico City, Mexico Mexican statesman and president ...