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Dictionary - People

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Concise biographies of noteworthy people in history, sports, politics, business and entertainment from the respected American Heritage Dictionary — when the people flourished, what they accomplished and why they're famous.
On this page: Jackson, Andrew to Jiménez de Cisneros, Francisco.
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Jackson, Andrew (7th President of the United States)
Jackson, Jesse Louis (Baptist Preacher/Politician)
Jackson, Joseph Jefferson (American baseball player)
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Military Leader / Civil War Figure)
Jacob (Biblical Figure)
Jacob, François (French biologist)
Jacobs, Aletta (Dutch physician)
Jacobs, Helen Hull (American tennis player)
Jacobs, Jane (American-Canadian critic & architect)
Jacquard, Joseph Marie (French inventor)
Jagan, Cheddi Berret (Guyanese politician)
Jagatai (Mongol military leader)
Jakobson, Roman (Russian-American linguist, writer & critic)
James I (king of England)
James II ((1633-1701) king of England, Scotland, and Ireland)
James, C(yril) L(ionel) R(obert) (Trinidadian author and historian)
James, Henry (Writer)
James, Jesse (Outlaw)
James, Saint (12 Apostle)
James, Saint (brother of Jesus)
James, Saint (12 Apostle)
James, William (American philosopher)
Jamison, Judith (American dancer)
Janáček, Leoš (Czech composer & musician)
Jansen, Cornelis (Dutch theologian)
Japheth (in the Old Testament)
Jarrell, Randall (American poet & critic)
Jarrett, Keith (Jazz Artist, '60s-2000s)
Jaspers, Karl Theodor (German philosopher & psychologist)
Jaurès, Jean (French politician & historian)
Jay, John (U.S. Supreme Court Judge / Jurist)
Jeffers, (John) Robinson (American poet & dramatist)
Jefferson, Thomas (3rd U.S. President)
Jehoshaphat (king in the Old Testament)
Jehu (king in the Old Testament)
Jellicoe, John Rushworth (English military leader)
Jenner, Edward (Physician)
Jephthah (in the Old Testament)
Jeremiah (persons in the Bible)
Jerome, Saint (Saint / Writer)
Jesse (Bible)
Jesus (Religious Leader)
Jesus (author of the Apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus)
Jewett, Sarah Orne (American novelist & writer)
Jezebel (Phoenician princess and queen of Israel)
Jiang Zemin (Political Leader)
Jiménez de Cisneros, Francisco (Spanish theologian & statesman/stateswoman)