Remarkable people
Biographies of notable people — their path, achievements and key facts.

Maya Jama
British television presenter and radio DJ
Maya Indea Jamais a British television presenter and radio DJ. She co-presented BBC One's Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer alongside Peter Crouch and Alex Horne and was the presenter of the BBC Three com...

Duncan James
English singer
Duncan Matthew James Inglisis an English singer, actor and television presenter. He became widely known in 2001 as a member of the boy band Blue and later for playing Ryan Knight in the British soap o...

Daniel James
professional footballer
Daniel Owen Jamesis a professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Leeds United. Born in England, he plays for the Wales national team. James made his professional debut for...

Gregory James
English broadcaster and author
Gregory James Alan Milwardis an English broadcaster and author. He has been a presenter on BBC Radio 1 since 2007, hosting shows including his old drive-time show and the station's flagship breakfast ...

Alexander James
English musician
Steven Alexander James professionally known as Alex James, is an English musician best known as the bassist of the influential British rock band Blur. James rose to international prominence in the ear...

Reece James
English professional footballer
Reece Lewis Jamesis an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Chelsea, which he captains, and the England national team. James joined the Chelsea academy as ...

William (will.i.am) James
American rapper
William James Adams, known professionally aswill.i.am, is an American rapper, singer, DJ, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and actor. He is best known as the frontman of the musical group Bl...

Jameela Jamil
British actress
Jameela Alia Jamilis a British actress, activist and presenter. She began her career on Channel 4, where she hosted a pop culture series in the T4 strand from 2009 until 2012. She then became the radi...

GIBSON-Park Jamison
professional rugby union player
Jamison Ratu Gibson-Parkis a professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for United Rugby Championship club Leinster. Born in New Zealand, he represents Ireland at international level af...

Philip Jansen
Chief executive officer (CEO) of BT Group
Philip Eric Rene Jansenis a British businessman, the chief executive officer (CEO) of BT since February 2019, having been CEO of Worldpay since April 2013. Career In 2010, Jansen joined Brakes Group a...

Christine Jardine
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Women and Equalities
Christine Anne Jardineis a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician serving as the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Women and Equalities, the Cabinet Office and Scotland since July 2022. She was elected ...

Ryan Jarman
British musician
Ryan James Jarmanis a British musician who is the guitarist and vocalist with English lo-fi indie rock band The Cribs. The Cribs Jarman formed The Cribs in the early 2000s with his twin brother Gary a...

Ross Jarman
British drummer, musician
Ross Anthony Jarman is a British drummer who is a member of the rock band The Cribs. The Cribs Ross was born and raised in Wakefield, England. He formed The Cribs in the early 2000s with brothers Ryan...

Gary Jarman
British multi-instrumentalist, musician
Gary John Jarmanis a British multi-instrumentalist, best known for being bassist and singer in the Wakefield music group The Cribs. Formed in 2002, The Cribs have released eight albums to date, and nu...

James Jarmusch
American film director
James Robert Jarmuschis an American film director, screenwriter and musician. He has been a major proponent of independent cinema since the 1980s, directing films such as Stranger Than Paradise (1984)...

Daniel Owen Woolgar Jarvis
Mayor of South Yorkshire
Daniel Owen Woolgar JarvisMBE (born 30 November 1972) is a British Labour Party politician and former British Army officer serving as the Mayor of South Yorkshire (formerly Mayor of the Sheffield City...

Augustus Jaspert
British diplomat
Augustus James Ulysses "Gus" Jaspertis a British diplomat who was previously the Governor of the British Virgin Islands. He was sworn into office on 22 August 2017. He left office on 23 January 2021, ...

Sajid Javid
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Sajid Javid(/ˈsædʒɪd ˈdʒævɪd/; born 5 December 1969) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since June 2021. He served as Home Secretary from 2018 to 2...

Ranil Jayawardena
Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hampshire
Ranil Malcolm Jayawardenais a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Hampshire since 2015. A member of the Conservative Party, he served under Prime Minister Liz ...

Peter Jeavons
Group Brand Director at BT Group
Peter Jeavonsis Group Brand Director at BT Group. Career Group Brand Director BTDirector Of Brand Marketing EEHead of Brand Strategy and Planning Orange Skills Brand ArchitectureBrand DevelopmentStrat...