Jess
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First name
- Jess AtkinsonJess AtkinsonJess Gerald Atkinson is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, and the Indianapolis Colts...
(born 1961), American football player - Jess Cain (1926-2008), American radio host
- Jess CatesJess CatesJess Cates is a Los Angeles based songwriter who has co-written multi-platinum selling songs such as Nick Lachey's "What’s Left Of Me", and the Backstreet Boys hit of 2006 "Incomplete". In recent years, Cates has worked in a commercially successful songwriting team with Lindy Robbins and Emanuel...
(born 1976), American songwriter - Jess CollinsJess CollinsJess Collins , simply known today as Jess, was an American visual artist.- Biography :Jess was born Burgess Franklin Collins in Long Beach, California. He was drafted into the military and worked on the production of plutonium for the Manhattan Project...
(1923-2004), American visual artist, known only today by his first name Jess - Jess ConradJess ConradJess Conrad OBE is an actor and singer from England.-Career:Having started his career as a repertory actor and film extra, Jess Conrad was cast in a television play "Bye, Bye Barney" as a pop singer...
(born 1936), British actor - Jess H. DickinsonJess H. DickinsonThe Hon. Jess Hays Dickinson is a Presiding Justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi. He represents District 2 Place 1.Dickinson was born in Charleston, Mississippi. His mother was Laura Augusta Hays...
(born 1947), American judge - Jess E. DuBois (born 1934), American painter
- Jess HahnJess HahnJess Hahn was an American actor who mostly starred in French films....
(1921-1998), American actor - Jess HarnellJess HarnellJess Q. Harnell is an American voice actor and singer, best known for voicing Wakko Warner on Animaniacs. Harnell has been the announcer for America's Funniest Home Videos since 1998.-Life and acting career:...
(born 1963), American voice actor - Jess HartleyJess HartleyChristina K. Hartley is an American novelist, writer, game creator, and editor.Hartley is the author of the novel Exalted: In Northern Twilight published by White Wolf Publishing, and Little Yoshida, a novel published as an electronic serial, by Mind Storm Labs...
(born 1967), American writer - Jess HillJess HillJesse Terrill Hill was an American athlete, coach and college administrator who was best known for his tenure as a coach and athletic director at the University of Southern California. His career spanned six decades...
(1907-1993), American athlete and coach - Jess Jackson (born 1980), British record producer
- Jess Stonestreet Jackson, Jr. (born 1930), American wine entrepreneur
- Jess KleinJess KleinJess Klein is an American singer/songwriter. A native of Rochester, NY, Klein picked up the acoustic guitar and started writing songs while living in Kingston, Jamaica in her late teens. On a whim, she auditioned for a guest slot at a local weekly dub poetry and music session...
(born 1974), American singer/songwriter - Jess LiaudinJess LiaudinJess Liaudin is a French mixed martial artist who currently fights out of London, England. Jess trained in martial arts from eight years old; in karate initially and then moving on to kickboxing....
(born 1974), French mixed martial artist - Jess MargeraJess MargeraJesse Phillip Margera is the drummer in the band CKY, its predecessor Oil and Foreign Objects, Viking Skull, and The Company Band.-Life and career:...
(born 1978), American drummer - Jess MowryJess MowryJess Mowry is an American author of books and stories for children and young adults. He has written fourteen books and many short stories for and about black children and teens in a variety of genres, ranging from inner-city settings to the forests of Haiti...
(born 1960), American author - Jess NevinsJess NevinsJohn J. Nevins, MA/MS, is an American author and librarian, born 30 July 1966 and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the author of the World Fantasy Award-nominated Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana , and other works on Victoriana and pulp fiction...
(born 1966), American author - Jess OppenheimerJess OppenheimerJess Oppenheimer a radio and television writer, producer, and director, was producer and head writer of the CBS sitcom I Love Lucy.Lucille Ball called Oppenheimer "the brains" behind I Love Lucy...
(1913-1988), American television writer - Jess RobbinsJess RobbinsJess Robbins was an American film director, writer and producer. He directed 73 films between 1913 and 1927.He was born in Dayton, Ohio, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* His New Job...
(1886-1973), American film director - Jess RodenJess RodenJess Roden is an English rock singer and guitarist.-Biography:Roden's first band was The Raiders followed by The Shakedown Sound which also included the guitarist, Kevyn Gammond, and keyboard player August Eadon ....
(born 1947), British musician - Jess RowJess Row-Life:He attended Yale University and graduated in 1997. He later taught English in Hong Kong for two years before completing his M.F.A. at the University of Michigan in 2001....
(born 1974), American writer - Jess StacyJess StacyJess Stacy was an American jazz pianist who gained prominence during the Swing era.-Early life:Stacy was born Jesse Alexandria Stacy in Bird's Point, Missouri, a small town across the Mississippi River from Cairo, Illinois. In 1918 Stacy moved to Cape Girardeau, Missouri...
(1904-1995), American jazz pianist - Jess StearnJess StearnJess Stearn , born in Syracuse, New York, was a journalist and author of more than thirty books, nine of which were bestsellers. He was a prize-winning reporter for the New York Daily News for 17 years, and was later an Associate Editor at Newsweek...
(1914-2002), American journalist and author - Jess ThomasJess ThomasJess Thomas was an American operatic tenor, best known for his Wagner singing.-Biography:Jess Floyd Thomas was born in Hot Springs, South Dakota. As a child he took part in various musical activities and later studied psychology at the University of Nebraska and Stanford University. He was...
(1927-1993), American opera singer - Jess VanstrattanJess VanstrattanJess Kedwell Vanstrattan is an Australian football goalkeeper currently without a club.-Club career:Born in Gosford, New South Wales, Vanstrattan started his career for Northern Spirit in Sydney, NSW.-Verona:...
(born 1982), Australian soccer player - Jess von der AheJess von der AheJess von der Ahe is an American contemporary artist living in New York.Von der Ahe received her BFA from Art Center College of Design in California in 1990 and since then has had 6 solo and 14 group exhibitions around the country...
(born 1966), American artist - Jess WalterJess WalterJess Walter is an American author of five novels. His work has been published in fifteen countries and translated into thirteen languages....
(born 1965), American author - Jess WaltonJess WaltonJess Walton is an American actress, best known for her role as Jill Foster Abbott on the American soap opera, The Young and the Restless.-Early life:...
(born 1949), American actress - Jess WeixlerJess WeixlerJessica "Jess" Weixler is an American actress, best known to date as the lead in the comedy-horror film Teeth and the comedy The Big Bad Swim...
(born 1981), American actress - Jess WillardJess WillardJess Willard was a world heavyweight boxing champion. He won the heavyweight title from Jack Johnson in April 1915 and lost it to Jack Dempsey in July 1919....
(1881-1968), American boxer - Jess WinfieldJess WinfieldJess Winfield is an American novelist, self-help author, and television writer. His books include: What Would Shakespeare Do and My Name Is Will...
(born 1961), American writer - Jess YatesJess YatesJess Yates was a British television presenter and producer...
(1918-1993), British television presenter
Surname
- Carl JessCarl JessLieutenant General Sir Carl Herman Jess CB, CMG, CBE, DSO was an Australian Army officer who served in World War I and World War II.-Early life and career:...
(1884-1948), Australian general - Eoin JessEoin JessEoin Jess is a former Scottish football player. He was capped 18 times by Scotland, scoring two goals.His career started at Aberdeen, helping the Dons to finish second in the Scottish Premier League in the 1993–94 season...
(born 1970), Scottish footballer - John JessJohn JessJohn David Jess, CBE was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he attended Melbourne Grammar School before becoming an estate agent. He was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in a 1960 by-election for the seat of La Trobe, representing the Liberal Party. He held the seat...
(1922-2003), Australian politician - Marilyn Jess (born 1959), French porn actress
- Tyehimba JessTyehimba JessTyehimba Jess is an American poet.-Life:He graduated from the University of Chicago, and New York University, with an MFA. He teaches poetry and fiction at CUNY College of Staten Island and is the faculty adviser for Caesura, the university's literary arts magazine.His work appeared in Soul...
, American poet
Fiction
- Jess, 1887 novel by Henry Rider Haggard
- Jess Bhamra, fictional character in the 2002 film Bend It Like BeckhamBend It Like BeckhamBend It Like Beckham is a 2002 comedy-drama film starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis, and Archie Panjabi first released in the United Kingdom. The film was directed by Gurinder Chadha...
- Jess Mariano, fictional character in the television series Gilmore Girls
- Jess MackenzieJess MackenzieJessica "Jess" Mackenzie is a fictional character in the television series Monarch of the Glen. Jess is played by Scottish actress Rae Hendrie....
, fictional character in the television series Monarch of the Glen - Jess Squirrel, fictional character in the Redwall novels by Brian Jacques
- Jess TamblynJess TamblynJess Tamblyn is a fictional character from the Saga of Seven Suns series of novels by Kevin J. Anderson.-Biography:Jess Tamblyn was the second son of Bram Tamblyn and Karla Baker and was made the heir to the Plumas water mine after his elder brother Ross Tamblyn was disowned...
, fictional character in the Saga of Seven Suns novels by Kevin J. Anderson - Jess the cat, fictional character in the Postman Pat universe
- Jesse Oliver Aarons, Jr., fictional main character of Bridge to TerabithiaBridge to TerabithiaBridge to Terabithia is a work of children's literature about two lonely children who create a magical forest kingdom. It was written by Katherine Paterson and was published in 1977 by HarperCollins. In 1978, it won the Newbery Medal...
by Katherine PatersonKatherine PatersonKatherine Paterson is an American author of children's novels. She wrote Bridge to Terabithia and has received several of the major international awards for children's literature.- Early life:...
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See also
- Jesse (disambiguation)Jesse (disambiguation)Jesse is the father of David in the Bible.Jesse may refer to:People:*List of people named Jesse*F. Tennyson Jesse , English criminologist, journalist and author*John John Jesse , American painter...
- Jesses (falconry)Jesses (falconry)Jesses are thin straps, traditionally made from leather, used to tether a hawk or falcon in falconry. They allow a falconer to keep control of a bird while it is on the glove or in training, and allow a bird to be secured on a perch outside of its aviary...
- Jessica (given name)Jessica (given name)Jessica is a female given name.The oldest written record of the name with its current spelling is found as the name of a character in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, where it belongs to the daughter of Shylock...
- Jessilina
- Jesus (name)