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J. K. Rowling
Joanne Rowling, OBE, FRSL (/?ro?l??/; born 31 July 1965), pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbrai
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, FRSL (/?t?lki?n/; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an Englis
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist and poet.
Jane Austen
Jane Austen (/?d?e?n ??st?n/; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works
Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac (/?k?ru?æk/ or /?k?r??wæk/, born Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac; March 12, 1922 – Oc
Jack Handy
Jack Handey (born February 25, 1949) is an American humorist. He is best known for his Deep Thoughts
James Patterson
James Brendan Patterson (born March 22, 1947) is an American author and philanthropist. Among his wo
James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell (/?lo??l/; February 22, 1819 – August 12, 1891) was an American Romantic poet
Janet Fitch
Janet Fitch (born November 9, 1955) is most famously known as the author of the Oprah's Book Club no
James Madison
James Madison Jr., (March 16 [O.S. March 5], 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman and F
Jane Goodall
Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE (/???d???l/; born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall, 3 April 1934), formerly
J.r. Ward
Jessica Rowley Pell Bird Blakemore (born April 1969 in Massachusetts, United States) is a #1 New Yor
J. C. Ryle
John Charles Ryle (10 May 1816 – 10 June 1900) was the first Anglican bishop of Liverpool.
Jack Canfield
Jack Canfield (born August 19, 1944) is an American author, motivational speaker, seminar leader, co
Jack Welch
John Francis "Jack" Welch, Jr. (born November 19, 1935) is an American retired business executive, a
Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield (born July 16, 1945) is a bestselling American author and teacher in the vipassana mo
Jaggi Vasudev
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev (born 3 September 1957) is an Indian spiritual leader, yogi, mystic and visio
James Purefoy
James Brian Mark Purefoy (born 3 June 1964) is an English actor, producer and director. He is best k
James A. Baldwin
James "Jim" Baldwin (May 26, 1886 – August 2, 1964) was an American football player, track athlete
James Thurber
James Grover Thurber (December 8, 1894 – November 2, 1961) was an American cartoonist, author, jou
J. D. Salinger
Jerome David Salinger (/?sæl?nd??r/; German German pronunciation: ['za?l???]; January 1, 1919 – J
James Hillman
James Hillman (April 12, 1926 – October 27, 2011) was an American psychologist. He studied at, and
Jared Leto
Jared Joseph Leto (/?l?to?/; born December 26, 1971) is an American actor, singer-songwriter, and di
Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich (born Janet Schneider; April 22, 1943) is an American writer. She began her career w
James Surowiecki
James Michael Surowiecki (/?s??ro??w?ki?/ SOOR-oh-WIK-ee; born April 30, 1967) is an American journa
Janet Yellen
Janet Louise Yellen (born August 13, 1946) is an American economist. She is the Chair of the Board o
Jack Nicholson
John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker, having perfor
James M. Barrie
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish novelist and
Jack Nicklaus
Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), nicknamed "The Golden Bear", is a retired American pr