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• 1852 CEJohn Louis Emil DreyerJohn Louis Emil Dreyer (13 February 1852 – 14 September 1926), also Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer, was a Danish…
• 1834 CEJohn Lubbock, 1st Baron AveburyJohn Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (30 April 1834 – 28 May 1913), known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet, from…
• 1956 CEJohn LydonJohn Joseph Lydon ( LY-dən; born 31 January 1956), also known by his former stage name Johnny Rotten, is an…
• 1923 CEJohn M. AllegroJohn Marco Allegro (17 February 1923 – 17 February 1988) was an English archaeologist and Dead Sea Scrolls…
• 1959 CEJohn MagufuliJohn Pombe Joseph Magufuli (29 October 1959 – 17 March 2021) was a Tanzanian politician who served as the…
• 1943 CEJohn MajorSir John Major (born 29 March 1943) is a British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom…
• 491 CEJohn MalalasJohn Malalas (Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης Μαλάλας, romanized: Iōánnēs Malálas; c. 491 – 578) was a Byzantine…
• 1876 CEJohn MarshallSir John Hubert Marshall (19 March 1876 – 17 August 1958) was an English archaeologist who was…
• 1789 CEJohn MartinJohn Martin (19 July 1789 – 17 February 1854) was an English Romantic painter, engraver, and illustrator. He…
• 1818 CEJohn Mason NealeJohn Mason Neale (24 January 1818 – 6 August 1866) was an English Anglican priest, scholar, and hymnwriter.…
• 1977 CEJohn MayerJohn Clayton Mayer ( MAY-ər; born October 16, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He…
• 1883 CEJohn Maynard KeynesJohn Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes ( KAYNZ; 5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was an English economist whose…
• 1920 CEJohn Maynard SmithJohn Maynard Smith (6 January 1920 – 19 April 2004) was a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary…
• 1945 CEJohn McAfeeJohn David McAfee (MAK-ə-fee; 18 September 1945 – 23 June 2021) was a British and American computer…
• 1927 CEJohn McCarthyJohn McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011) was an American computer scientist and cognitive…
• 1959 CEJohn McEnroeJohn Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. Often…
• 1954 CEJohn Michael TalbotJohn Michael Talbot (born May 8, 1954) is an American Catholic musician, author, television presenter and…
• 1931 CEJohn MilnorJohn Willard Milnor (born February 20, 1931) is an American mathematician known for his work in differential…
• 1608 CEJohn MiltonJohn Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667…
• 1932 CEJohn MoffatJohn W. Moffat (born 24 May 1932) is a Danish-born Canadian physicist. He is currently professor emeritus of…
• 1451 CEJohn MoreSir John More (c. 1451 – 1530) was an English lawyer and judge. He was the father of Sir Thomas More, Henry…
• 1865 CEJohn MottJohn Raleigh Mott (May 25, 1865 – January 31, 1955) was an American evangelist and long-serving leader of the…
• 1721 CEJohn MudgeJohn Mudge (1721 – 26 March 1793) was a British physician and amateur creator of telescope mirrors. He won…
• 1838 CEJohn MuirJohn Muir ( MURE; April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914), also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of…
• 1841 CEJohn MurraySir John Murray (3 March 1841 – 16 March 1914) was a pioneering Canadian-born British oceanographer, marine…
• 1550 CEJohn NapierJohn Napier of Merchiston ( NAY-pee-ər; Latinized as Ioannes Neper; 1 February 1550 – 4 April 1617)…
• 1752 CEJohn NashJohn Nash (18 January 1752 – 13 May 1835) was a British architect of the Georgian and Regency eras. He was…
• 1944 CEJohn NewcombeJohn David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was…
• 1725 CEJohn NewtonJohn Newton (4 August [O.S. 24 July] 1725 – 21 December 1807) was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and…
• 1939 CEJohn O'KeefeJohn Michael O'Keefe (born November 18, 1939) is an American-British neuroscientist, psychologist and a…
• 1805 CEJohn Obadiah WestwoodJohn Obadiah Westwood (22 December 1805 – 2 January 1893) was an English entomologist and archaeologist noted…
• 1225 CEJohn PalaiologosJohn Doukas Palaiologos (Greek: Ἰωάννης Δούκας Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Iōánnēs Doúkas Palaiológos, 1225/30 –…
• 1920 CEJohn Paul IIPope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church…
• 1923 CEJohn Paul WildJohn Paul Wild (17 May 1923 – 10 May 2008) was a British-born Australian scientist. Following service in…
• 1240 CEJohn PediasimosJohn Pediasimos (Greek: Ἰωάννης Πεδιάσιμος; c. 1250 – early 14th century), also known as John Pothos, was a…
• 1831 CEJohn PembertonJohn Stith Pemberton (July 8, 1831 – August 16, 1888) was an American pharmacist, chemist, and Confederate…
• 1854 CEJohn Philip SousaJohn Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late…
• 490 CEJohn PhiloponusJohn Philoponus (Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Φιλόπονος, Ioánnis o Philóponos; c. 490 – c. 570), also known as…
• 1748 CEJohn PlayfairJohn Playfair FRSE, FRS (10 March 1748 – 20 July 1819) was a Church of Scotland minister, remembered as a…
• 1929 CEJohn PolanyiJohn Charles Polanyi (Hungarian: Polányi János Károly; born 23 January 1929) is a German-born Canadian…
• 1930 CEJohn PolkinghorneJohn Charlton Polkinghorne (16 October 1930 – 9 March 2021) was a Cornish theoretical physicist, theologian…
• 1925 CEJohn PopleSir John Anthony Pople (31 October 1925 – 15 March 2004) was a British theoretical chemist who was awarded…
• 1767 CEJohn Quincy AdamsJohn Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was the sixth president of the United States, serving…
• 1921 CEJohn RawlsJohn Bordley Rawls (February 21, 1921 – November 24, 2002) was an American philosopher, most active in moral…
• 1627 CEJohn RayJohn Ray (29 November 1627 – 17 January 1705) was an English Christian naturalist and one of the earliest…
• 1886 CEJohn Renshaw CarsonJohn Renshaw Carson (June 28, 1886 – October 31, 1940) was an American transmission theorist for early…
• 1787 CEJohn RichardsonSir John Richardson FRS FRSE (5 November 1787 – 5 June 1865) was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and…
• 1931 CEJohn Robert SchriefferJohn Robert Schrieffer (May 31, 1931 – July 27, 2019) was an American theoretical physicist who, with John…
• 1819 CEJohn RuskinJohn Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900) was an English polymath – a writer, lecturer, art historian…
• 1823 CEJohn Russell HindJohn Russell Hind FRS FRSE LLD (12 May 1823 – 23 December 1895) was an English astronomer.
• 1932 CEJohn SearleJohn Rogers Searle (July 31, 1932 – September 17, 2025) was an American philosopher widely noted for…
• 1813 CEJohn Shae PerringJohn Shae Perring (24 January 1813, Boston, Lincolnshire – 16 January 1869, Manchester) was a British…
• 1540 CEJohn Sigismund ZápolyaJohn Sigismund Zápolya or Szapolyai (Hungarian: Szapolyai János Zsigmond; 7 July 1540 – 14 March 1571) was…
• 1856 CEJohn Singer SargentJohn Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 15, 1925) was an American expatriate artist, considered the…
• 1738 CEJohn Singleton CopleyJohn Singleton Copley (July 3, 1738 – September 9, 1815) was an American-born British painter active in both…
• 1460 CEJohn SkeltonJohn Skelton, also known as John Shelton (c. 1463 – 21 June 1529) was an English poet, playwright, priest…
• 1580 CEJohn SmithJohn Smith (c. 1579 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, admiral of New England, and author. He…
• 1813 CEJohn SnowJohn Snow (15 March 1813 – 16 June 1858) was an English physician and a leader in the development of…
• 1753 CEJohn SoaneSir John Soane (né Soan; 10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the…
• 1902 CEJohn SteinbeckJohn Ernst Steinbeck ( STYNE-bek; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer and novelist.…
• 1796 CEJohn Stevens HenslowJohn Stevens Henslow (6 February 1796 – 16 May 1861) was an English Anglican priest, botanist and geologist.…
• 1928 CEJohn Stewart BellJohn Stewart Bell (28 July 1928 – 1 October 1990) was a physicist from Northern Ireland and the originator of…
• 1806 CEJohn Stuart MillJohn Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 7 May 1873) was an English philosopher, political economist, and politician.…
• 1942 CEJohn SulstonSir John Edward Sulston (27 March 1942 – 6 March 2018) was a British biologist and academic who won the Nobel…
• 1490 CEJohn TavernerJohn Taverner (c. 1490 – 18 October 1545) was an English composer and organist, regarded as one of the most…
• 1670 CEJohn TolandJohn Toland (30 November 1670 – 11 March 1722) was an Irish rationalist philosopher and freethinker, and…
• 1790 CEJohn TylerJohn Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth president of the United States, serving from…
• 1820 CEJohn TyndallJohn Tyndall (2 August 1820 – 4 December 1893) was an Irish physicist. His scientific fame arose in the 1850s…
• 1110 CEJohn TzetzesJohn Tzetzes (Greek: Ἰωάννης Τζέτζης, romanized: Iōánnēs Tzétzēs; c. 1110 – c. 1180) was a Byzantine poet and…
• 1932 CEJohn UpdikeJohn Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art…
• 635 CEJohn VPope John V (Latin: Ioannes V; died 2 August 686) was the bishop of Rome from 23 July 685 to his death on 2…
• 1390 CEJohn VJohn V, sometimes numbered as VI, (24 December 1389 – 29 August 1442) bynamed John the Wise (Breton: Yann ar…
• 1332 CEJohn V PalaiologosJohn V Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Ίωάννης Κομνηνός Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Iōánnēs Komnēnós…
• 655 CEJohn VIPope John VI (Latin: Ioannes VI; 655 – 11 January 705) was the bishop of Rome from 30 October 701 to his…
• 1292 CEJohn VI KantakouzenosJohn VI Kantakouzenos or Cantacuzene (Greek: Ἰωάννης Ἄγγελος [Κομνηνός] Παλαιολόγος Καντακουζηνός, romanized…
• 650 CEJohn VIIPope John VII (Latin: Ioannes VII; c. 650 – 18 October 707) was the bishop of Rome from 1 March 705 to his…
• 1370 CEJohn VII PalaiologosJohn VII Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Iōánnēs Palaiológos; 1370 – 22…
• 820 CEJohn VIIIPope John VIII (Latin: Ioannes VIII; died 16 December 882) was the bishop of Rome and leader of the Papal…
• 1392 CEJohn VIII PalaiologosJohn VIII Palaiologos (Greek: Ἰωάννης Παλαιολόγος, romanized: Iōánnēs Palaiológos; 18 December 1392 – 31…
• 1664 CEJohn VanbrughSir John Vanbrugh (24 January 1664 (baptised) – 26 March 1726) was an English architect, dramatist and…
• 1834 CEJohn VennJohn Venn, FRS, FSA (4 August 1834 – 4 April 1923) was an English mathematician, logician and philosopher…
• 1903 CEJohn Vincent AtanasoffJohn Vincent Atanasoff (in bulgarian: Джон Винсент Атанасов, romanized: Džon Vinsent Atanasov, October 4…
• 1616 CEJohn WallisJohn Wallis (Latin: Wallisius; 3 December [O.S. 23 November] 1616 – 8 November [O.S. 28 October] 1703) was an…
• 1703 CEJohn WesleyJohn Wesley (28 June [O.S. 17 June] 1703 – 2 March 1791) was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist…
• 1834 CEJohn Wesley PowellJohn Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 – September 23, 1902) was a U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American…
• 1614 CEJohn WilkinsJohn Wilkins (14 February 1614 – 19 November 1672) was an English Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher…
• 1842 CEJohn William StruttJohn William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh ( RAY-lee; 12 November 1842 – 30 June 1919), was a British physicist…
• 1932 CEJohn WilliamsJohn Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer and conductor. Over his seven-decade…
• 1320 CEJohn WycliffeJohn Wycliffe (also spelled Wyclif, Wickliffe, Wicklyf etc.; c. 1328 – 31 December 1384) was an English…
• 860 CEJohn XPope John X (Latin: Ioannes X; died 28 May 928) was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal States…
• 910 CEJohn XIPope John XI (Latin: Ioannes XI; 910 – December 935) was the bishop of Rome and nominal ruler of the Papal…
• 937 CEJohn XIIPope John XII (Latin: Ioannes XII; c. 930/937 – 14 May 964), born Octavian, was the bishop of Rome and ruler…
• 975 CEJohn XIXPope John XIX (Latin: Ioannes XIX; died October 1032), born Roman of Tusculum, was the Bishop of Rome and…
• 1210 CEJohn XXIPope John XXI (Latin: Ioannes XXI, Italian: Giovanni XXI, Portuguese: João XXI; c. 1215 – 20 May 1277), born…
• 1244 CEJohn XXIIPope John XXII (Latin: Ioannes XXII, Italian: Giovanni XXII, French: Jean XXII; 1244 – 4 December 1334), born…
• 1074 CEJohn ZonarasJoannes or John Zonaras (Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης Ζωναρᾶς Iōánnēs Zōnarâs; c. 1070 – c. 1140) was a Byzantine…
• 1487 CEJohn ZápolyaJohn Zápolya or Szapolyai (Hungarian: Szapolyai/ Zápolya János; Croatian: Ivan Zapolja; Romanian: Ioan…
• 1931 CEJohn le CarréDavid John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020), known by his pen name John le Carré (…
• 1547 CEJohn of AustriaJohn of Austria (German: Johann von Österreich, Spanish: Juan de Austria, often called "Don Juan", "Don Juan…
• 1386 CEJohn of CapistranoJohn of Capistrano, OFM (Italian: Giovanni da Capestrano; 24 June 1386 – 23 October 1456) was an Italian…
• 675 CEJohn of DamascusJohn of Damascus or John Damascene, born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, was a Christian monk, priest…
• 1195 CEJohn of GarlandJohannes de Garlandia or John of Garland was a medieval grammarian and university teacher. His dates of birth…
• 1233 CEJohn of GenoaJohn Balbi or John of Genoa (died c. 1298) was an Italian grammarian and Dominican priest. At an advanced…
• 1351 CEJohn of JensteinJan of Jenštejn (also John of Jenstein; Czech: Jan z Jenštejna; 1348 – 17 June 1400) was a Bohemian…
• 1389 CEJohn of Lancaster, Duke of BedfordJohn of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford (20 June 1389 – 14 September 1435), was a medieval English prince…
• 1246 CEJohn of MontecorvinoJohn of Montecorvino, OFM (Italian: Giovanni da Montecorvino; 1247–1328) was an Italian Franciscan…
• 1340 CEJohn of NepomukJohn of Nepomuk, also called John Nepomucene (Czech: Jan Nepomucký; German: Johannes Nepomuk; Latin: Ioannes…
• 1210 CEJohn of ProcidaJohn of Procida (Italian: Giovanni da Procida, Sicilian: Giuvanni da Procida; 1210–1298) was an Italian…
• 1110 CEJohn of SalisburyJohn of Salisbury (late 1110s – 25 October 1180), who described himself as Johannes Parvus ("John the…
• 500 CEJohn of ScythopolisJohn of Scythopolis (Greek: Ίωάννης ό Σκυθοπολίτης; c. 536–550), also known as "the Scholasticus", bishop of…
• 1542 CEJohn of the CrossSt. John of the Cross (Spanish: Juan de la Cruz; Latin: Ioannes a Cruce; né Juan de Yepes y Álvarez; 24 June…
• 1499 CEJohn of ÁvilaJohn of Ávila (Spanish: Juan de Ávila; 6 January 1499– 10 May 1569) was a Spanish priest, preacher…
• 11 CEJohn the ApostleJohn the Apostle (Ancient Greek: Ἰωάννης; Latin: Ioannes; c. 6 AD – c. 100 AD), also known as Saint John the…
• 850 CEJohn the ExarchJohn the Exarch (also transcribed Joan Ekzarh; Church Slavonic: Їѡаннъ Єѯархъ Bulgarian: Йоан Екзарх) was a…
• 550 CEJohn the MercifulJohn V Eleemon (Greek: Ἰωάννης ὁ Ἐλεήμων, romanized: Iōannēs ho Eleēmōn), also known as John the Almsgiver…
• 454 CEJohn the SilentJohn the Silent (c. January 8, 454 – c. 558), also known as "John the Hesychast" (Greek: Ἅγιος Ἰωάννης ὁ…
• 1252 CEJohn the VictoriousJohn I, also called John the Victorious (1252/53 – 3 May 1294) was Duke of Brabant (1267–1294), Lothier and…
• 1903 CEJohn von NeumannJohn von Neumann ( von NOY-mən; Hungarian: Neumann János Lajos; December 28, 1903 – February 8, 1957) was a…
• 1455 CEJohn, King of DenmarkHans, or sometimes called John (also Johannes; 2 February 1455 – 20 February 1513), was a Scandinavian…
• 1166 CEJohn, King of EnglandJohn (Christmastide 1166/7 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost…
• 1925 CEJohnny CarsonJohn William Carson (October 23, 1925 – January 23, 2005) was an American television host, comedian, and…
• 1932 CEJohnny CashJohn R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter.…
• 1943 CEJohnny HallydayJean-Philippe Léo Smet (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ filip leo smɛt]; 15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better…
• 1961 CEJoko WidodoJoko Widodo (Indonesian: [ˌd͡ʒoko wiˈdodo]; born Mulyono, Indonesian: [muˈljono]; 21 June 1961), often known…
• 1980 CEJolin TsaiJolin Tsai I-lin (Chinese: 蔡依林; pinyin: Cài Yīlín; born September 15, 1980), also romanized as Jolin Cai, is…
• 1893 CEJomo KenyattaJomo Kenyatta (c. 1897 – 22 August 1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed…
• 1962 CEJon Bon JoviJohn Francis Bongiovi Jr. (born March 2, 1962), known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American singer…
• 1947 CEJon CorzineJon Stevens Corzine ( KOR-zyne; born January 1, 1947) is an American financial executive and retired…
• 1959 CEJon FosseJon Olav Fosse (Norwegian: [ˈjʊ̀nː ˈfɔ̂sːə]; born 29 September 1959) is a Norwegian author, translator, and…
• 1150 CEJon KuvlungJon Ingesson Kuvlung (born 1157 - died 1188) was a pretender to the Royal Crown during the civil war era in…
• 1941 CEJon LordJohn Douglas "Jon" Lord (9 June 1941 – 16 July 2012) was an English keyboardist and composer. In 1968, Lord…
• 1962 CEJon StewartJon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, writer, producer…
• 1981 CEJonah LehrerJonah Richard Lehrer (born June 25, 1981) is an American author and blogger. Lehrer studied neuroscience at…
• 990 CEJonah ibn JanahJonah ibn Janah (Judeo-Arabic: יוֹנָה אִבְּן גַּ֗נָאח, romanized: Yonā ibn Janāḥ) or Abū al-Walīd Marwān ibn…
• 1851 CEJonas BasanavičiusJonas Basanavičius (Polish: Jan Basanowicz; 23 November 1851 – 16 February 1927) was an activist and…
• 1922 CEJonas MekasJonas Mekas (Lithuanian: [ˈjonɐs ˈmækɐs]; December 24, 1922 – January 23, 2019) was a Lithuanian-American…
• 1914 CEJonas SalkJonas Edward Salk (born Jonas Salk; October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American virologist and medical…
• 1944 CEJonathan DemmeRobert Jonathan Demme ( DEM-ee; February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017) was an American filmmaker. His career of…
• 1703 CEJonathan EdwardsJonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758) was an American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and…
• 1667 CEJonathan SwiftJonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and…
• 1925 CEJonathan WintersJonathan Harshman Winters III (November 11, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American comedian, actor, author…
• 1943 CEJoni MitchellRoberta Joan Mitchell (née Anderson; born 7 November 1943) is a Canadian singer-songwriter…
• 1967 CEJony IveSir Jonathan Paul Ive (born 27 February 1967) is a British-American designer. He is best known for his work…
• 1491 CEJoos LambrechtJoos Lambrecht (1491, Ghent – 1556/7, Wesel) was a Walloon printer, typographer, lexicographer and linguist.…
• 1475 CEJoos van CleveJoos van Cleve (also Joos van der Beke; c. 1485–1490 – 1540/1541) was a leading painter active in Antwerp…
• 490 CEJordanesJordanes (Greek: Ιορδάνης, born c. 490 AD - died c. 560 AD), also written as Jordanis or Jornandes, was a…
• 1225 CEJordanus de NemoreJordanus de Nemore (fl. 13th century), also known as Jordanus Nemorarius and Giordano of Nemi, was a…
• 1930 CEJordi PujolJordi Pujol i Soley (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈʒɔɾði puˈʒɔl i suˈlɛj], born 9 June 1930) is a retired Catalan…
• 1912 CEJorge AmadoJorge Leal Amado de Faria ( ZHOR-zhee; Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʒɔʁʒi aˈmadu]; 10 August 1912 – 6 August…
• 1899 CEJorge Luis BorgesJorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges ( BOR-hess; Spanish: [ˈxoɾxe ˈlwis ˈboɾxes]; 24 August 1899 – 14 June…
• 1440 CEJorge ManriqueJorge Manrique (c. 1440 – 24 April 1479) was a major Castilian poet, whose main work, the Coplas por la…
• 1875 CEJorge NewberyJorge Alejandro Newbery Malagarie (27 May 1875 – 1 March 1914) was an Argentine aviator, civil servant…
• 1925 CEJorge Rafael VidelaGeneral Jorge Rafael Videla ( vid-EL-ə; Spanish: [ˈxoɾxe rafaˈel βiˈðela]; 2 August 1925 – 17 May 2013) was…
• 1072 CEJoscelin I, Count of EdessaJoscelin I, also known as Joscelin of Courtenay (French: Jocelyn or Josselin; c. 1080 – August 1131) was a…
• 1113 CEJoscelin IIJoscelin II or Joscelyn II, sometimes known as Joscelin the Younger and Joscelin of Courtenay (French…
• 100 CEJose the GalileanJose the Galilean (Hebrew: רַבִּי יוֹסֵי הַגְּלִילִי, Rabbi Yose HaGelili), d. 15 Av, was a Jewish sage who…
• 1888 CEJosef AlbersJosef Albers ( AL-bərz, US also AHL-, German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈʔalbɐs]; March 19, 1888 – March 25, 1976) was a…
• 1888 CEJosef BeranJosef Beran (29 December 1888 – 17 May 1969) was a Czech Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Prague…
• 1753 CEJosef DobrovskýJosef Dobrovský (17 August 1753 – 6 January 1829) was a Czech philologist and historian. He was one of the…
• 1867 CEJosef Felix PompeckjJosef Felix Pompeckj (May 10, 1867, Groß-Köllen – July 8, 1930, Berlin) was a German paleontologist and…
• 1870 CEJosef HoffmannJosef Hoffmann (15 December 1870 – 7 May 1956) was an Austrian-Moravian architect and designer. He was among…
• 1773 CEJosef JungmannJosef Jungmann (16 July 1773 – 14 November 1847) was a Czech linguist and poet. He was a leading figure of…
• 1911 CEJosef MengeleJosef Mengele (German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈmɛŋələ]; 16 March 1911 – 7 February 1979), often dubbed the "Angel of Death"…
• 1835 CEJosef StefanJosef Stefan (Slovene: Jožef Štefan; 24 March 1835 – 7 January 1893) was a Carinthian Slovene physicist…
• 1140 CEJosef ben Meir ibn ZabaraJoseph ben Meïr Ibn Zabara (c. 1140 – c. 1200) was a Spanish-Jewish physicist, poet and satirist. Although…
• 1887 CEJosef ČapekJosef Čapek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛf ˈtʃapɛk]; 23 March 1887 – April 1945) was a Czech artist who was…
• 1924 CEJosef ŠkvoreckýJosef Škvorecký (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛf ˈʃkvorɛtskiː]; September 27, 1924 – January 3, 2012) was a…
• 1630 CEJosefa de ÓbidosJosefa de Óbidos (Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛfɐ ð(j) ˈɔβiðuʃ]; c. 1630 – 22 July 1684) was a Spanish-born Portuguese…
• 1902 CEJosemaría EscriváJosemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (9 January 1902 – 26 June 1975) was a Spanish Catholic priest who…
• 1947 CEJosep BorrellJosep Borrell Fontelles (born 24 April 1947) is a Spanish politician who served as High Representative of the…
• 1672 CEJoseph AddisonJoseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was a British writer and politician. He was the eldest son of…
• 1964 CEJoseph AounJoseph Khalil Aoun (born 10 January 1964) is a Lebanese politician and former army general who has served as…
• 1743 CEJoseph BanksSir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet (24 February [O.S. 13 February] 1743 – 19 June 1820) was an English naturalist…
• 1921 CEJoseph BeuysJoseph Heinrich Beuys ( BOYSS; German: [ˈjoːzɛf ˈbɔʏs]; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist…
• 1728 CEJoseph BlackJoseph Black (16 April 1728 – 6 December 1799) was a Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his…
• 1768 CEJoseph BonaparteJoseph Bonaparte (born Giuseppe di Buonaparte, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe di ˌbwɔnaˈparte]; Corsican: Ghjuseppe…
• 1940 CEJoseph BrodskyIosif Aleksandrovich Brodsky (24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996), anglicized as Joseph, was a Russian and…
• 1904 CEJoseph CampbellJoseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American writer. He was a professor of…
• 1857 CEJoseph ConradJoseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, Polish: [ˈjuzɛf tɛˈɔdɔr ˈkɔnrat kɔʐɛˈɲɔfskʲi]; 3…
• 1874 CEJoseph ErlangerJoseph Erlanger (January 5, 1874 – December 5, 1965) was an American physiologist who is best known for his…
• 1759 CEJoseph FouchéJoseph Fouché, 1st Duke d'Otrante, 1st Count Fouché (French: [ʒozɛf fuʃe]; 21 May 1759 – 26 December 1820)…
• 1768 CEJoseph FourierJean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier (French: [ʒɑ̃ batist ʒozɛf fuʁje]; 21 March 1768 – 16 May 1830) was a French…
• 1925 CEJoseph Frederick EngelbergerJoseph Frederick Engelberger (July 26, 1925 – December 1, 2015) was an American physicist, engineer and…
• 1915 CEJoseph GreenbergJoseph Harold Greenberg (May 28, 1915 – May 7, 2001) was an American linguist, known mainly for his work…
• 1732 CEJoseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn ( HY-dən; German: [ˈfʁants ˈjoːzɛf ˈhaɪdn̩]; 31 March 1732 – 31 May 1809) was an Austrian…
• 1923 CEJoseph HellerJoseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and…
• 1797 CEJoseph HenryJoseph Henry (December 17, 1797– May 13, 1878) was an American physicist and inventor who served as the first…
• 1941 CEJoseph Hooton TaylorJoseph Hooton Taylor Jr. (born March 29, 1941) is an American astrophysicist. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize…
• 1906 CEJoseph HöffnerJoseph Höffner (24 December 1906 – 16 October 1987) was a German cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He…
• 1678 CEJoseph I, Holy Roman EmperorJoseph I (Joseph Jacob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius; 26 July 1678 – 17 April 1711) was Holy Roman Emperor…
• 1741 CEJoseph II, Holy Roman EmperorJoseph II (13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 18 August 1765 and sole ruler of the…
• 1852 CEJoseph JoffreJoseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (French: [ʒozɛf ʒɔfʁ]; 12 January 1852 – 3 January 1931) was a French general…
• 1856 CEJoseph John ThomsonSir Joseph John Thomson (18 December 1856 – 30 August 1940) was a British physicist. He received the 1906…
• 1754 CEJoseph JoubertJoseph Joubert (French: [ʒozɛf ʒubɛʁ]; 6 May 1754 in Montignac, Périgord – 4 May 1824 in Paris) was a French…
• 1540 CEJoseph Justus ScaligerJoseph Justus Scaliger (5 August 1540 – 21 January 1609) was a Franco-Italian philologist and historian…
• 1971 CEJoseph KabilaJoseph Kabila Kabange ( kab-EE-lə, French: [ʒozɛf kabila]; born 4 June 1971) is a Congolese politician and…
• 1885 CEJoseph KentenichPeter Joseph Kentenich, SAC (16 November 1885 – 15 September 1968) was a German Pallottine priest and founder…
• 1961 CEJoseph KonyJoseph Rao Kony (born September 1961) is an Acholi Ugandan militant and warlord who founded the Lord's…
• 1940 CEJoseph L. GoldsteinJoseph Leonard Goldstein ForMemRS (born April 18, 1940) is an American biochemist. He received the Nobel…
• 1809 CEJoseph LiouvilleJoseph Liouville ( LEE-oo-VIL; French: [ʒozɛf ljuvil]; 24 March 1809 – 8 September 1882) was a French…