Dead People Server

People Whose Last Names Start With J

Dead People Server

People Whose Last Names Start With J

Terry Jacks (singer, environmentalist) -- Alive. Born March 29, 1944. "Seasons in the Sun" and "Which Way Ya Goin' Billy" .

Anne Jackson (actress) -- Alive. Born September 3, 1925. Married to Eli Wallach. IMDb

Glenda Jackson (actress/politician) -- Alive. Born May 9, 1936. Leading British actress of the '70s, particularly reknown for her performance of Queen Elizabeth I, currently serving in Parliament. IMDb

Gordon Jackson (actor) -- Dead. Bone cancer. Died January 15, 1990. Born December 19, 1923. Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs. IMDb

J. J. Jackson (DJ/VJ) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died March 17, 2004. Born April 8, 1941. The first VJ on MTV. IMDb Obituary

Jackie Jackson (singer/songwriter) -- Alive. Born May 4, 1951. Oldest member of the Jackson 5. IMDb

Janet Jackson (singer/dancer) -- Alive. Born May 16, 1966. Youngest Jackson, she broke out as a '70s TV actress before becoming a singer/dancer in the '80s. IMDb

Jermaine Jackson (singer/songwriter) -- Alive. Born May 4, 1951. Member of the Jackson 5, produced The Jacksons: An American Dream, converted to Islam and lives in Dubai. IMDb

La Toya Jackson (singer) -- Alive. Born May 29, 1956. The Jackson known for wearing hats. IMDb

Mahalia Jackson (gospel singer) -- Dead. Died January 27, 1972. Born October 26, 1911. "We Shall Overcome" IMDb

Marlon Jackson (entrepreuneur/singer) -- Alive. Born March 12, 1957. Member of the Jackson 5, later become a real estate agent, part owner of the Black Family Channel, the only Jackson sibling to stay married. IMDb

Mary Jackson (actress) -- Dead. Parkinsons. Died December 10, 2005. Born November 22, 1910. Miss Emily Baldwin on The Waltons, died on the same day as Eugene McCarthy and Richard Pryor. IMDb Obituary

Maynard Jackson (lawyer/mayor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died June 23, 2003. Born March 23, 1938. First black mayor of Atlanta.

Michael Jackson (beer hunter/writer) -- Dead. Complications of Parkinsons/Heart attack. Died August 30, 2007. Born March 27, 1942. Beer and whisky expert, wrote many books and tried many, many kinds of drinks, had been recently writing about slow foods. Obituary

Michael Jackson (singer/songwriter) -- Alive. Born August 29, 1958. Wildly eccentric performer, youngest member of the Jackson 5, one of the biggest performers of the '80s ( "Thriller" , "Billie Jean" ), married briefly to Lisa Marie Presley, acquitted child molester. IMDb

Samuel L. Jackson (actor) -- Alive. Born December 21, 1948. Actor whose played them all: from geeks (Jurassic Park) to arms dealers (Jackie Brown) to Jedi (recent Star Wars movies). IMDb

Tito Jackson (singer/guitarist) -- Alive. Born October 15, 1953. One of the Jackson 5. IMDb

Richard Jaeckel (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 14, 1997. Born October 10, 1926. IMDb

Rona Jaffe (writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died December 30, 2005. Born June 12, 1932. The Best of Everything, Class Reunion. IMDb Obituary

Sam Jaffe (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died March 24, 1984. Born March 10, 1891. Many movie roles, a co-star of Ben Casey. IMDb

Mick Jagger (Rolling Stone) -- Alive. Born July 26, 1943. IMDb

Art James (game show host/announcer) -- Dead. Died March 28, 2004. Born July 11, 1929. Hosted shows such as The Who, What, Where Game, longtime announcer for Concentration, died on the same day as Peter Ustinov. IMDb

Brion James (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died August 7, 1999. Born February 20, 1945. The replicant Leon in Blade Runner, a general in The Fifth Element. IMDb

Dennis James (game show host) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 3, 1997. Born August 24, 1917. A host of The Price is Right, pitchman for many companies, including Kellogg's. IMDb

Harry James (bandleader) -- Dead. Cancer. Died July 5, 1983. Born March 15, 1916. Bandleader, discovered Frank Sinatra. IMDb

Rick James (Singer) -- Dead. Unknown. Died August 6, 2004. Born February 1, 1948. Early '80s hit "Super Freak" . IMDb FindAGrave

Laurence M. Janifer (writer) -- Dead. Died July 9, 2002. Born March 17, 1933. SF writer.

David Janssen (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died February 13, 1980. Born March 27, 1931. The Fugitive and many TV movies. IMDb

Claude Jarman, Jr. (teacher, former child star) -- Alive. Born September 27, 1934. The Yearling. IMDb

Graham Jarvis (actor) -- Dead. Multiple myeloma. Died April 16, 2003. Born August 25, 1930. Actor in many TV shows, may be best-remembered for Charles Jackson in Seventh Heaven. IMDb

Gregory Jarvis (Challenger (STS-51L) astronaut) -- Dead. Shuttle explosion. Died January 28, 1986. Born August 24, 1944. Civilian payload specialist for the Challenger.

Sir David Jason (actor) -- Alive. Born February 2, 1940. Only Fools and Horses, Danger Mouse, A Touch of Frost, Hogfather. IMDb

Rick Jason (actor) -- Dead. Suicide (depression). Died October 16, 2000. Born May 21, 1926. Combat TV show. IMDb

Robert Jastrow (astronomer) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died February 8, 2008. Born September 7, 1925. Wrote the best-selling God and the Astronomers, and directed NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and, later the Mount Wilson Observatory, died on the same day as Phyllis Whitney. IMDb Obituary

Anne Jeffreys (actress) -- Alive. Born January 23, 1923. Starred on the TV show Topper, Baywatch, married to Robert Sterling for 55 years. IBDB IMDb

Richard Jeni (comedian) -- Dead. Suicide. Died March 10, 2007. Born October 31, 1957. Busy stand-up comic who made a number of HBO specials including Richard Jeni: Good Catholic Boy. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Richard Jenkins (actor) -- Alive. Born December 2, 1953. Even though he's playing the dead Nathaniel Fisher in Six Feet Under, he's very much alive and appears in bit parts all over the place (did you spot him in Huckabees?). IMDb

Roy Jenkins (politician/writer) -- Dead. Died January 5, 2003. Born November 11, 1920. Liberal home secretary in the '60s, a founder of the Social Democrats in 1981, author of a well-received biography of Winston Churchill. Obituary

Peter Jennings (TV news anchor) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died August 7, 2005. Born July 29, 1938. ABC World News Tonight anchor, narrated many documentaries. IMDb FindAGrave

Waylon Jennings (singer/songwriter) -- Dead. Diabetes. Died February 13, 2002. Born June 15, 1937. IMDb

Michael Jeter (actor) -- Dead. Unclear, possibly AIDS-related. Died March 30, 2003. Born August 26, 1952. Versatile actor who won a Tony for Grand Hotel and an Emmy for Evening Shade; was shooting The Polar Express at the time of his sudden death. IMDb

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (classy writer) -- Alive. Born May 7, 1927. The German writer for Merchant Ivory Productions, she wrote Heat and Dust and is a former MacArthur Foundation Fellow. IMDb

Glynis Johns (actress) -- Alive. Born October 5, 1923. While she's had an extraordinarily long career, she's probably best-known as the mother in Mary Poppins. IBDB IMDb

Arte Johnson (comedian) -- Alive. Born January 20, 1929. The "Verrrrrrrrrrrry Interesting" comic on Laugh-In. IMDb

Ben Johnson (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died April 8, 1996. Born June 13, 1918. The Last Picture Show. IMDb

Holly Johnson (singer) -- Not dead yet. Born February 9, 1960. Frankie Goes to Hollywood. IMDb

John Johnson (publishing entrepreneur) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died August 8, 2005. Born January 19, 1918. Started Ebony and Jet, died on the same day as Barbara Bel Geddes. FindAGrave

Lady Bird Johnson (former First Lady) -- Dead. Died July 11, 2007. Born December 22, 1912. Gardening promoter, highway beautifier.

Lyndon Baines Johnson (president) -- Dead. Died January 22, 1973. Born August 27, 1908. 1960s president who presided over a period of great changes.

Lynn-Holly Johnson (actress) -- Alive. Born December 13, 1958. Ice Castles. IMDb

Magic Johnson (basketball great/entreprenuer) -- Alive. Born August 14, 1959. IMDb

Phil Johnson (architect) -- Dead. Died January 25, 2005. Born July 8, 1906. The first winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, he designed Avery Fisher Hall and the AT&T building in New York City, died on the same day as Raymond Peterson.

Russell Johnson (actor) -- Not dead yet. Born November 10, 1924. Best-known as the Professor on Gilligan's, did Alaska Airlines ads. IMDb

Van Johnson (actor) -- Alive. Born August 25, 1916. in nearly 100 movies including The Caine Mutiny. IMDb

Virginia Johnson (sex researcher/psychologist) -- Alive. Born February 11, 1925. Masters and Johnson.

Ollie Johnston (animator) -- Dead. Died April 14, 2008. Born October 31, 1912. The last surviving "Disney's old men," animators who created the golden age of the Disney animation from the '30s through the '70s. IMDb Obituary FindAGrave

Anissa Jones (Buffy) -- Dead. Drug overdose (suicide?). Died August 28, 1976. Born March 11, 1958. Family Affair. IMDb FindAGrave

Brian Jones (guitarist/singer) -- Dead. Drowning. Died July 3, 1969. Born February 28, 1942. A founder of the Rolling Stones but was out of the band before his death. IMDb FindAGrave

Carolyn Jones (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died August 3, 1983. Born April 28, 1929. The original Morticia on The Addams Family, married to Aaron Spelling before Tori's mom was. IMDb

Christopher Jones (actor) -- Alive. Born August 18, 1941. Starred as the mysterious soldier in Ryan's Daughter, once married to Susan Strasberg. IMDb

Chuck Jones (animator) -- Dead. Congestive heart failure. Died February 22, 2002. Born September 21, 1911. Director of many classic Daffy Duck cartoons, creator of Wyle E. Coyote and the Road Runner. IMDb

Davy Jones (singer/actor) -- Alive. Born December 30, 1945. Former Monkee, raises horses, working to open a small museum in Pennsylvania. IBDB IMDb

Dean Jones (actor) -- Alive. Born January 25, 1931. Lots of Disney flicks - That Darn Cat. IMDb

Gemma Jones (actress) -- Alive. Born December 4, 1942. Duchess of Duke Street, Mum in the Bridget Jones movies. IMDb

Grace Jones (actress/performer) -- Alive. Born May 19, 1952. Striking-looking performer who memorably fought Wilt Chamberlain in Conan, the Destroyer. IMDb

Grandpa Jones (country comic/banjo wizard) -- Dead. Complications of strokes. Died February 19, 1998. Born October 20, 1913. A Boston radio station gave him his nickname while he was in his 20s! Hee Haw "What's fer supper?" . IMDb

Henry Jones (actor) -- Dead. Effects of a fall. Died May 17, 1999. Born August 1, 1912. Lots of movies and TV - the judge on Phyllis. IMDb

Howard Jones (obstetrician/fertility specialist) -- Alive. Born circa 1915. With his wife Georgeanna, he helped develop in vitro fertilization and they oversaw the first in vitro babies in the US.

James Earl Jones (actor) -- Not dead yet. Born January 17, 1931. Shakespearean-voiced actor, "best-heard" as Darth Vader, and in Verizon commercials, son of Robert Earl Jones. IBDB IMDb

Jennifer Jones (actress) -- Alive. Born March 2, 1919. Duel in the Sun. IMDb

Robert Earl Jones (actor) -- Dead. Died September 7, 2006. Born February 3, 1910. Luther in The Sting, ran in marathons when he was 85, father of James Earl Jones. IBDB IMDb Obituary

Robert Trent Jones (golf course architect) -- Dead. Old age/after-effects of stroke. Died June 14, 2000. Born June 20, 1906. Designed all or part of over 300 golf courses, including the Augusta National and Spyglass Hill (Pebble Beach).

Shirley Jones (actress) -- Alive. Born March 31, 1934. Many musicals, The Partridge Family, was married to Jack Cassidy, later married to Marty Ingels. IMDb

Star Jones (lawyer, interviewer) -- Alive. Born March 24, 1962. Shot to fame as a legal expert during the OJ trial, a former host of The View who left the show memorably. IMDb

Terry Jones (comedian/director) -- Alive. Born February 1, 1942. The organ-playing Python. IMDb

Tommy Lee Jones (actor) -- Alive. Born September 15, 1946. Survived being stepped on by his horse, starred in The Fugitive, Al Gore's Harvard roommate. IMDb

Janis Joplin (singer) -- Dead. Heroin overdose. Died October 4, 1970. Born January 19, 1943. IMDb

Barbara Jordan (politician) -- Dead. Pneumonia/complications of leukemia and multiple sclerosis. Died January 17, 1996. Born February 21, 1936. First black Congressional representative from the South since Reconstruction, a memorable speaker.