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.
Juan Padrón
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
Juan Sandoval Íñiguez
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Juan Sebastián Elcano: Commander Who Completed the First Circumnavigation
Juan Taverna
Juan Valera
Juanita Morrow Nelson
Juba II
Juba II of Mauretania: Roman-era client king and cultural patron (c. 50 BC–AD 23)
Jubal Early
Jubal A. Early: Confederate General and Postwar Advocate
Judah Maccabee
Judah Maccabee: Leader of the Maccabean Revolt
Judas Iscariot
Judge Joe Brown
Judith Jones
Judith Jones: editor, cookbook advocate, and memoirist
Judith Kerr
Judith Krantz
Judith Light
Judith McGrath
Judith McGrath — Australian television actress (1947–2017)
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Judith Ortiz Cofer — Puerto Rican–American author of memoir, poetry and children's literature
Judith Quiney
Judith Quiney (née Shakespeare), 1585–1662 — William Shakespeare’s younger daughter
Judith Rich Harris
Judith Rich Harris (1938–2018): psychologist and author
Judith, Countess of Flanders
Judy Garland as gay icon
Judy Garland as a Gay Icon: Origins, Influence, and Legacy
Judy Holliday
Judy Holliday — American actress and award-winning stage and film performer
Judy Kennedy
Juhani Kärkinen
Juhani Kärkinen (1935–2019)
Juhani Wahlsten
Juhani Wahlsten (1938–2019)
Juice Newton
Juice Newton (American pop and country singer)
Juice Wrld
Juice Wrld (Jarad Higgins) — American rapper, singer and songwriter
Jukka Mikkola
Jukka Virtanen
Jules Deelder
Jules Deelder: Rotterdam’s Night Poet and Spoken‑Word Icon
Jules Joseph Lefebvre
Jules Joseph Lefebvre — French academic painter of portraits and idealized female figures
Jules Mutebusi
Jules Mutebusi: Congolese military figure and rebel leader
Jules Verne
Jules Verne: novelist of adventure and early science fiction
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges
Julia Child
Julia Child: American Chef, Author, and Television Pioneer
Julia Gardiner Tyler
Julia Hartwig
Julia Hartwig — Polish poet, essayist and translator
Julia Morgan
Julia Morgan — American architect and engineer
Julia Ormond
Julia Ormond — English actress and activist
Julia Stiles
Julia Stiles — American actress, stage performer and advocate
Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe: American poet, abolitionist and women's rights leader
Julian Huxley
Julian Huxley: evolutionist, writer, UNESCO's first director
Julian May
Julian May — American science fiction and fantasy author
Julián Pastor
Julián Pastor (1943–2015): Mexican director, actor and screenwriter