People - j

J. B. Priestley (1894 – 1984), novelist, playwright, and essayist
J. H. Round (1854 – 1928), historian
J. L. Hammond (1872 – 1949), social historian
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 – 1973), author, scholar, and author of The Lord of the Rings
J. S. Haldane (1860 – 1936), physiologist
J. Sampson Gamgee (1828 – 1886), surgeon, founder of the Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund, and FRSE
Jack Beresford (1899 – 1977), Olympic rowing champion
Jack Board (1867 – 1924), Gloucester and England Wicket Keeper
Jack Buchanan (1890 – 1950), actor-manager
Jack Hobbs (1882 – 1963), Sir, Surrey cricketer, cricketer, England cricketer, and Cambridgeshire cricketer
Jacob Epstein (1880 – 1959), sculptor and Sir
James Abbott Mcneil Whistler (1834 – 1903), painter and etcher
James Allen Shuffrey (1859 – 1939)
James Anderson (1824 – 1893), Sir
James Anthony Froude (1818 – 1894), historian and man of letters
James Boswell (1740 – 1795), biographer
James Clark Ross (1800 – 1862), polar explorer and Sir
James Cook (1728 – 1779), circumnavigator, explorer, and Captain
James Cowie (1886 – 1956), artist and head of painting at Gray's School of Art
James Cubitt (1836 – 1912), architect
James Elroy Flecker (1884 – 1915), poet and dramatist
James Glaisher (1809 – 1903), astronomer, meteorologist, and pioneer of weather forecasting
James Hilton (1900 – 1954), novelist and scriptwriter
James Knowles (1831 – 1908), architect, writer, and Sir
James M. Barrie (1860 – 1937), novelist, dramatist, and author of Peter Pan
James Murray (1837 – 1915), editor of the Oxford English Dictionary and Sir
James Pryde (1866 – 1941), artist
James Robinson (1813 – 1862), pioneer of anaesthesia and dentistry
James Smithson (1764 – 1829), scientist and founder of the Smithsonian Institution
James Thomson (1700 – 1748), poet and author of Rule Britannia
James Watson (born 1928), discoverer of how DNA carries genetic information
James Watt (1736 – 1819), engineer, inventor, and industrial pioneer
James Williamson (1855 – 1933), cinema pioneer
James Wolfe (1727 – 1759), Victor of Quebec and General
Jane Burden (1839 – 1914), Pre-Raphaelite muse, embroiderer, and Mrs William Morris
Jane Francesca 'Speranza' Wilde (1821 – 1896), poet, essayist, and Lady
Jane Haining (1897 – 1944)
Jane Loudon (1807 – 1858), horticulturalist
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 – 1964), first Prime Minister of India
Jean Ingelow (1820 – 1897), poet and novelist
Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957), composer
Jeffery Farnol, eminent author
Jeffry Wyatville (1766 – 1840), architect and Sir
Jenny Lind (1820 – 1887), singer
Jeremy Bentham (1748 – 1832), philosopher and reformer
Jessie Matthews (1907 – 1981), OBE and musical comedy star of stage and films
Jessie Stephen (1893 – 1979), Trade unionist, councillor, and first woman president of the trades council
Jethro Tull (1674 – 1741), agriculturist and inventor of the seed drill
Jimi Hendrix (1942 – 1970), guitarist and songwriter
Jimmy Mallon (1874 – 1961), Warden of Toynbee Hall, champion of social reform, and Dr
Jimmy Winston (born 1945), member of the Small Faces
JMW Turner (1775 – 1851), painter
Joanna Baillie (1762 – 1851), poet and dramatist
Jock Wishart (born 1951)
Joe Meek (1929 – 1967), record producer, pioneer of sound recording technology, and The Telstar Man
Joe Slovo (1926 – 1995), South African freedom fighter
Johann Zoffany (1733 – 1810), painter
John (1167 – 1216), King
John Adams
John Alcock (1892 – 1919), KBE and DSC
John Alder (1712 – 1780), lottery winner and public benefactor
John Ash (1723 – 1798), Dr and founder of Birmingham General Hospital
John Auger Dixon (1861 – 1931)
John Barbirolli (1899 – 1970)
John Barbour (1316 – 1395), author of Bruis and poet
John Beard (1717 – 1791), singer
John Betjeman (1906 – 1984), poet, writer, broadcaster, and Sir
John Boyd Orr (1880 – 1971), Nobel Peace Prize
John Burgoyne (1722 – 1792), General
John Burns (1858 – 1943), statesman
John Charles Felix Rossi (1762 – 1839), sculptor
John Constable (1776 – 1837), painter
John Desmond Bernal (1901 – 1971), crystallographer
John Dryden (1631 – 1700), poet
John F. Sartorius (1775 – 1830), sporting painter
John Felton
John Fielding (1721 – 1780), magistrate and Sir
John Flaxman (1755 – 1826), sculptor
John Francis Bentley (1839 – 1902), architect
John Galsworthy (1867 – 1933), novelist and playwright
John Gilbert Winant (1889 – 1947), United States Ambassador (1941-1946)
John Glyde (1823 – 1905), social historian of Suffolk
John Goodsir (1814 – 1867), anatomist and DRS
John Hanson (1922 – 1998)
John Hardman (1811 – 1867), master metalworker and stained glass maker
John Harrison (1693 – 1776), inventor of the marine chronometer
John Heartfield (1891 – 1968), master of photomontage
John Henry Newman (1801 – 1890), Cardinal Newman
John Hindmarsh (1785 – 1860), Rear Admiral, Sir, and Founding Governor of South Australia
John Horniman (1803 – 1893), tea merchant, collector, and public benefactor
John Howard (1726 – 1790), prison reformer
John Hughlings Jackson (1835 – 1911), Physican
John Hunter (1728 – 1793), surgeon
John Innes (1829 – 1904), founder of the John Innes Horticultural Institute
John Ireland (1879 – 1962), composer
John Keats (1795 – 1821), poet
John Laurie (1897 – 1980)
John Lavery (1856 – 1941), painter and Sir
John Leech (1817 – 1864), humorous artist
John Lennon (1940 – 1980)
John Lindley (1799 – 1865), botanist and pioneer Orchidologist
John Linnell (1792 – 1882), painter
John Logie Baird (1888 – 1946), Television pioneer
John Loudon (1783 – 1843), horticulturalist
John Loughborough Pearson (1817 – 1897), architect
John Lubbock, scientist
John Lubbock (1834 – 1913), scientist, politician, author, banker, Lord Avebury, and Sir
John Maitland Salmond (1881 – 1968), Marshal of the Royal Air Force, RAF Commander, and Sir
John Mann (1802 – 1885)
John Maynard Keynes (1883 – 1946), economist
John McDouall Stuart (1815 – 1866), first explorer to cross Australia
John Michael Ziman (1925 – 2005), prominent campaigner on the social responsibility of scientists and leading thinker and writer on the philosophy and history of science
John Middleton Murry (1889 – 1957), critic
John Mills (1908 – 2005), actor, Sir, and CBE
John Milton (1608 – 1674), poet
John Ninian Comper (1864 – 1960), church architect and Sir
John Passmore Edwards (1823 – 1911), journalist, editor, and builder of free public libraries
John Pounds (1766 – 1839), inspirer of the Ragged School Movement and shoemender
John Reith (1889 – 1971), Director-General of the BBC and Baron Reith
John Ruskin (1819 – 1900), man of letters
John Russell (1792 – 1878), Earl Russell, Earl, and Prime Minister
John Saxby (1821 – 1913), Pioneer of railway signalling
John Scott Eldon (1751 – 1838), Lord Chancellor
John Simon (1816 – 1904), pioneer of public health and Sir
John Skinner Prout
John Snow (1813 – 1858)
John Tallis (1816 – 1876), Publisher of 'London Street View'
John Tweed (1863 – 1933), sculptor
John Walter (1739 – 1812), founder of The Times
John Wesley (1703 – 1791), evangelist and founder of Methodism
John William Polidori (1795 – 1821), poet, novelist, and author of The Vampyre
John William Waterhouse (1849 – 1917), painter
Jomo Kenyatta (1894 – 1978), first President of the Republic of Kenya
Jonathan Hutchinson (1828 – 1913), surgeon, scientist, teacher, and Sir
José de San Martín (1778 – 1850), Argentine soldier and statesman
Joseph Aloysius Hansom (1803 – 1882), architect, founder editor of The Builder, and inventor of the hansom cab
Joseph Banks (1743 – 1820), President of the Royal Society, Sir, and botanist
Joseph Chamberlain (1836 – 1914), statesman
Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924), novelist
Joseph Grimaldi (1778 – 1837), clown
Joseph Lister (1827 – 1912), surgeon
Joseph Lucas (1834 – 1902), lamp dealer, oil dealer, and founder of Lucas Industries
Joseph Mayer, antiquary and collector
Joseph Michael Gandy (1771 – 1843), architectural visionary
Joseph Nollekens (1737 – 1823), sculptor
Joseph Rogers (1821 – 1889), health care reformer and Dr
Joseph Thomas (1838 – 1901), designer of the connection of the Looe & Caradon Railway with the GWR
Joseph Toynbee (1815 – 1866), aural surgeon
Joseph Whitaker (1820 – 1895), publisher and founder of Whitaker's Almanack
Joseph William Bazalgette (1819 – 1891), civil engineer and Sir
Josephine Butler (1828 – 1906), champion of women's rights
Joshua Reynolds (1723 – 1792), Portrait painter and Sir
Joshua Symm (1809 – 1887), Oxford builder
Julian Huxley (1887 – 1975), man of science and man of letters
Julius Benedict (1804 – 1885), musical composer and Sir