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John F. Kennedy Jr.

John F. Kennedy Jr.

Born: November 25, 1960 Washington, D.C. Died: July 16, 1999 Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts American magazine publisher and lawyer...

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Born: January 15, 1929 Atlanta, Georgia Died: April 4, 1968 Memphis, Tennessee African American civil rights activist and minister ...

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr.

Born: December 8, 1925 New York, New York Died: May 16, 1990 Los Angeles, California African American singer, dancer, and actor ...

Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Born: October 15, 1917 Columbus, Ohio American historian and politician Arthur Schlesinger Jr. is an outstanding historian of the United States a...

Cal Ripken Jr.

Cal Ripken Jr.

Born: August 24, 1960 Havre de Grace, Maryland American baseball player Cal Ripken Jr. holds many records in professional baseball, but it is his ...

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Born: March 8, 1841 Boston, Massachusetts Died: March 6, 1935 Washington, D.C. American Supreme Court justice and legal writer ...

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Ivan Allen Jr.

Born Ivan Earnest Allen Jr., March 15, 1911, in Atlanta, GA; died July 2, 2003, in Atlanta, GA. Mayor and business owner. As mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 1962 to 1970, Ivan Allen Jr. pr...

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Berry Gordy Jr.

Born: November 28, 1929 Detroit, Michigan African American businessman, songwriter, and entrepreneur Berry Gordy Jr. founded Motown Records in 1959. Th...

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Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Professional race car driver Born Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr., October 10, 1974, in Concord, NC; son of Dale, Sr. (a race car driver and team owner) and Brenda Earnhardt. ...

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Robert Downey Jr.

Actor Born Robert John Downey Jr., April 4, 1965, in New York, NY; son of Robert John (a filmmaker) and Elsie (an actress) Downey; married Deborah Falconer (a singer; divorc...

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Juanes

Singer Born Juan Esteban Aristizábal, August 9, 1972, in Medellín, Colombia; married Karen Martínez (a model and actress); children: Luna (daughter). Addresse...

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Heidi Julavits

Author Born in 1968, in Portland, ME; daughter of an attorney and a teacher; married Manny Howard (a food writer), 1997 (divorced, 1999); married Ben Marcus (a writer and ed...

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Juliana

Born Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, April 30, 1909, in The Hague, Netherlands; died of pneumonia, March 20, 2004, in Baarn, Netherlands. Monarch. Princess Juliana of the Netherlands...

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Andrea Jung

Andrea Jung (born 1959) went from being a lackluster student to attending the Ivy League's Prince- ton University, and went on to become the CEO of Avon Products. ...

Carl Jung

Carl Jung

Born: July 26, 1875 Kesswil, Switzerland Died: June 26, 1961 Küsnacht, Switzerland Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist ...

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Karen Jurgensen

Former editor of USA Today Born c. 1949, in NC; daughter of Kai (a drama teacher) and Peggy Jurgensen; married first husband (divorced); married Bill Leary ...

JustGiving

JustGiving

Communication and Internet

JustGiving is a global online social platform for giving. The firm's headquarters are located in Bankside, London. History In 2000, Zarine Kharas and Anne-Marie Huby foun

High Court of Justice

High Court of Justice

Politics and Administration

The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as Her Majesty’s High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, a

Benito JuÁrez

Benito JuÁrez

Born: March 21, 1806 San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, Mexico Died: July 18, 1872 Mexico City, Mexico Mexican statesman and president ...

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