Biographies

Biographies is a category for works that tell the life stories of real people, highlighting their experiences, achievements, and historical significance. It includes both full-length accounts and shorter profiles written to inform and engage readers.

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Jovan Belcher

Jovan Belcher: American football linebacker and the 2012 tragedy

Jovan Pavlović

Jovan Pavlović — Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana

Jovian

Jovian — Coquerel's sifaka lemur famous as Zoboomafoo

Joy Corning

Joy Corning — Iowa Lieutenant Governor, Educator, and Republican Trailblazer

Joy Fleming

Joy Laville

Joy Laville — English-born Mexican painter (1923–2018)

Joy Page

Joyce Cary

Joyce Cary: life, work, and literary legacy

Jože Toporišič

Jože Toporišič — Slovene linguist and architect of modern Slovene norms

Jozef Adamec

Jozef Adamec — Slovak football forward and manager

Józef Grudzień

Józef Kowalski

Józef Kowalski — Polish veteran of the Polish–Soviet War

Józef Oleksy

Józef Oleksy — Polish politician and former prime minister

Józef Pazdur

Józef Pazdur — Polish Roman Catholic Bishop

Józef Piłsudski

Józef Piłsudski — Polish statesman and military leader

Józef Wesołowski

József Szendi

József Szendi — Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate and Archbishop of Veszprém

József Torgyán

József Torgyán — Hungarian lawyer and politician

József Verebes

Jørgen Kieler

Jørgen Kieler: Danish Physician and Resistance Activist (1919–2017)

Jørgen Kosmo

Jørgen Kosmo — Norwegian politician and auditor (1947–2017)

Ju Wenjun

Ju Wenjun — Chinese chess grandmaster and Women's World Champion

Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández

Juan Antonio Menéndez Fernández (1957–2019) — Spanish Roman Catholic bishop

Juan Bautista Agüero

Juan Bautista Agüero — Paraguayan football striker (1935–2018)

Juan Carlos Cáceres

Juan Carlos Cáceres — Argentine jazz and tango innovator, singer and painter

Juan Carlos Calabró

Juan Carlos Calabró: Argentine actor and comedian

Juan Carlos García

Juan Carlos García (Honduran footballer)

Juan Carlos Maccarone

Juan Carlos Tedesco

Juan Carlos Tedesco — Argentine educator and former Minister of Education

Juan Carlos Touriño

Juan Corona

Juan Corona: Conviction in the murders of migrant farm workers (1971–2019)

Juan Cotino

Juan Cotino — Spanish businessman and People's Party politician

Juan de Dios Castillo

Juan de Dios Castillo — Mexican football coach and player

Juan de Esquivel

Juan de Pareja

Juan dela Cruz

Juan dela Cruz — national personification of the Philippines

Juan Formell

Juan Formell (1942–2014): Cuban bassist and leader of Los Van Van

Juan Francisco Rodríguez

Juan Francisco Rodríguez — Spanish amateur champion and professional boxer

Juan Giménez

Juan Giménez, Argentine comic-book artist and science-fiction illustrator

Juan Goytisolo

Juan Goytisolo — Spanish novelist, essayist and cultural critic

Juan Ignacio Molina

Juan Ignacio Molina (Abate Molina) — Chilean naturalist and historian

Juan José Muñante

Juan José Muñante — Peruvian right winger and international footballer

Juan José Pizzuti

Juan Luis Maurás

Juan Luis Maurás: Chilean lawyer and parliamentary leader (1922–2017)

Juan Luis Vives

Juan Luis Vives: Valencian Humanist, Educator and Social Thinker

Juan Luna

Juan Luna: Filipino painter, sculptor, and nationalist (1857–1899)

Juan Manuel Tenuta

Juan Manuel Tenuta — Uruguayan actor active in Argentine cinema and theatre

Juan Morano

Juan Morano (1941–2018), Spanish municipal and national politician