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J. K. Rowling
(Author of Children's Fantasy Series, 'Harry Potter')
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202
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 31, 1965
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Yate, England
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
2
Jamie Lee Curtis
(Best Known for Her Roles in the Films: 'True Lies' and the 'Halloween' Series)
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57
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 22, 1958
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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J. R. R. Tolkien
(Author of 'The Hobbit' & 'The Lord of the Rings')
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 3, 1892
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bloemfontein, South Africa
Died: September 2, 1973
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
4
Jordan Peterson
(Canadian Clinical Psychologist and Author)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 12, 1962
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Edmonton, Canada
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
5
Jane Austen
(English Author Best Known for Her Novels: ‘Sense and Sensibility’, ‘Pride and Prejudice’, ‘Mansfield Park’ and ‘Emma’)
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32
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 16, 1775
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Steventon, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Died: July 18, 1817
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
6
Jose Rizal
(Filipino Nationalist and Writer Who is Considered One of the Greatest Heroes of the Philippines)
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31
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: June 19, 1861
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Calamba, Laguna
Died: December 30, 1896
7
John Locke
(English Philosopher and Physician, Popularly Known as the ‘Father of Liberalism’)
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28
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 29, 1632
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Wrington, Somerset, England
Died: October 28, 1704
8
Jesse Eisenberg
(Best Known for His Portrayal of ‘Mark Zuckerberg’ in the Film ‘The Social Network’)
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34
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 5, 1983
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Queens, New York, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
9
James Baldwin
(Author Best Known for His Novel 'Go Tell It on the Mountain')
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30
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 2, 1924
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Harlem, New York, United States
Died: December 1, 1987
10
Jennifer Jason Leigh
(Actress & Producer)
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21
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 5, 1962
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
11
Johnny Carson
(Comedian and Producer Best Known as the Host of ‘The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson’)
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11
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 23, 1925
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Corning, Iowa, United States
Died: January 23, 2005
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
12
Jewel
(Singer-Songwriter)
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32
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: May 23, 1974
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Payson, Utah, United States
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
13
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
(Philosopher, Writer, & Composer Whose Political Philosophy Influenced the Progress of the Age of Enlightenment)
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24
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: June 28, 1712
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Died: July 2, 1778
14
Jack Kirby
(Co-Creator of The Superhero 'Captain America' in 1940 with Joe Simon)
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5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 28, 1917
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: February 6, 1994
15
Jules Verne
(French Author Who Was One of the Pioneers of the Modern Science Fiction Genre)
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7
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 8, 1828
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nantes, France
Died: March 24, 1905
16
Jack London
(Novelist & Journalist)
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18
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: January 12, 1876
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: November 22, 1916
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James Joyce
(One of the Most Influential Writers of the 20th Century)
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10
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 2, 1882
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rathgar, Ireland
Died: January 13, 1941
18
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Novelist Best Known for 'The Sorrows of Young Werther', the First Novel of The Sturm Und Drang Movement)
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18
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 28, 1749
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Goethe House, Frankfurt, Germany
Died: March 22, 1832
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John Green
(Author, Vlogger)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 24, 1977
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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John Steinbeck
(American Writer and Winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature)
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5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 27, 1902
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Salinas, California, United States
Died: December 20, 1968
21
James Patterson
(American Author Known for His Thrillers, Mysteries and Romance Novels)
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5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 22, 1947
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Newburgh, New York, United States
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John Keats
(English Romantic Lyric Poet)
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17
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 31, 1795
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Moorgate, London, England
Died: February 23, 1821
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John Grisham
(American writer)
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4
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 8, 1955
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Jonesboro, Arkansas
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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J. D. Salinger
(American Author Best Known for His Novel 'The Catcher in the Rye')
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20
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 1, 1919
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: January 27, 2010
25
Jean-Paul Sartre
(Novelist, Playwright, & Philosopher)
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14
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 21, 1905
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: April 15, 1980
26
Joyce Meyer
(Author)
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Junji Ito
(Japanese Horror Mangaka and Writer)
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James Herriot
(Writer)
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30
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 3, 1916
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Sunderland, County Durham, England
Died: February 23, 1995
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Jack Kerouac
(Novelist and Poet Best Known for His Novels: ‘On the Road', ‘The Dharma Bums’ and ‘Big Sur’)
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15
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 12, 1922
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
Died: October 21, 1969
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Jonathan Swift
(Satirist & Author of 'Gulliver's Travels',' A Tale of a Tub' and 'A Modest Proposal')
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13
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 30, 1667
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Died: October 19, 1745
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Joseph Conrad
(Known for Short Stories and Novels Like Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness and the Secret Agent)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 3, 1857
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Berdychiv, Ukraine
Died: August 3, 1924
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John Milton
(English Poet and Intellectual Known for His Epic Poem ‘Paradise Lost’)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 9, 1608
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cheapside, London, England
Died: November 8, 1674
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John Maynard Keynes
(One of the Most Influential Economists of the 20th Century Whose Ideas Greatly Influenced Economic Policies of Governments)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 5, 1883
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cambridge ,England
Died: April 21, 1946
Height: 6'7" (201 cm)
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James Avery
(Film actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 27, 1945
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Suffolk, Virginia, U.S.
Died: December 31, 2013
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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J. B. Smoove
(Actor)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 16, 1965
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Plymouth, North Carolina, United States
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Jonathan Van Ness
(American Hairstylist, Podcast Host and Television Personality)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 28, 1987
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Quincy, Illinois, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Jordan Belfort
(Author of 'The Wolf of Wall Street')
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: July 9, 1962
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, United States
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
38
John Stuart Mill
(The Most Influential English-Speaking Philosopher of the Nineteenth Century)
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5
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 20, 1806
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Pentonville, London, England
Died: May 7, 1873
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Jim Cornette
(American Author and Podcaster Known for His Work in the World of Professional Wrestling)
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4
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: September 17, 1961
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Jorge Luis Borges
(Short Story Writer & Essayist Best Known for His Books 'Ficciones' & 'El Aleph')
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 24, 1899
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died: June 14, 1986
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James Watson
(Molecular Biologist Who Co-discovered the Double Helix Structure of DNA With Francis Crick)
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5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 6, 1928
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
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John Ruskin
(Art Critic and Painter)
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Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: February 8, 1819
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: England
Died: January 20, 1900
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John Cage
(Composer, Writer)
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4
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 5, 1912
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: August 12, 1992
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Jay Shetty
(English Motivational Speaker, Journalist and Lifestyle Vlogger)
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4
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: September 6, 1987
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
45
Jack Welch
(Former Chairman & CEO of General Electric)
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5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 19, 1935
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Peabody, Massachusetts, U.S
Died: March 1, 2020
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Jackie Collins
(Novelist)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: October 4, 1937
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Died: September 19, 2015
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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James Doohan
(Screenwriter, Television actor, Film actor, Actor, Novelist, Science fiction writer)
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5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 3, 1920
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Vancouver
Died: July 20, 2005
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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John Le Carré
(Novelist)
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Jose Marti
(Cuban Nationalist, Poet and Philosopher)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 28, 1853
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Havana, Cuba
Died: May 19, 1895
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Josephus
(Romano-Jewish Historian and Military Leader)
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