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- J. R. McNeillAmerican historian
- Jaap KunstDutch ethnomusicologist (1891–1960)
- Jack HalberstamAmerican academic, LGBT+ activist
- Jacob BurckhardtSwiss historian (1818–1897)
- Jacques BarzunFrench-American historian (1907–2012)
- Jacques CujasJacques Cujas (or Cujacius) (Toulouse, 1522 – Bourges, 4 October 1590) was a French legal
- Jacques LacanFrench psychoanalyst and writer (1901–1981)
- Jacques Le GoffFrench historian
- Jaime EscalanteBolivian educator, teacher and mathematician
- Jalal Al-e-AhmadIranian novelist, short-story writer, translator and philosopher
- James Anthony FroudeEnglish historian, novelist and biographer (1818–1894)
- James Barr AmesJames Barr Ames (June 22, 1846 – January 8, 1910) was an American law educator, who popula
- James Bryce, 1st Viscount BryceBritish diplomat and politician (1838–1922)
- James BusbyScottish/Australian/New Zealand wine farmer and politician (1802-1871)
- James G. MarchAmerican political scientist, sociologist, and economist
- James GallScottish clergyman and cartographer
- James H. BillingtonAmerican author (1929–2018)
- James S. HarlanJames S. Harlan (November 24, 1861 – September 20, 1927) was an American lawyer and commer
- Jan MorrisWelsh historian and travel writer (1926–2020)
- Jane ElliottAmerican diversity educator (born 1933)
- Jared SparksAmerican historian, educator, and Unitarian minister (1789–1866)
- Jean de La BruyèreFrench philosopher and moralist (1645–1696)
- Jean Philibert DamironJean-Philibert Damiron (French: ; 10 January 1794 – 11 January 1862) was a French philosop
- Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'ArgensFrench philosopher and writer (1704–1771)
- Jean-Baptiste de La SalleFrench priest and Catholic saint (1651–1719)
- Jean-Baptiste SayFrench economist and businessman (1767–1832)
- Jean-Luc NancyFrench philosopher (1940–2021)
- Jefferson LectureThe Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities is an honorary lecture series established in 1972
- Jeffrey SachsAmerican economist (born 1954)
- Jeffrey Young (psychologist)Jeffrey E. Young (born March 9, 1950) is an American psychologist best known for having de
- Jeremy WaldronNew Zealand lawyer (born 1953)
- Jernej KopitarSlovene philologist
- Jerry SaltzAmerican art critic and historian (born 1951)
- Jiang BailiJiang Fangzhen (13 October 1882 – 4 November 1938), courtesy name Baili and art name Danni
- Jiddu KrishnamurtiSpiritual speaker and writer (1895–1986)
- Jodocus HondiusFlemish and Dutch engraver and cartographer (1563–1612)
- Joe Medicine CrowNative American writer and war chief (1913–2016)
- Joel S. MigdalJoel S. Migdal is the Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies in the Universit
- Johan HuizingaDutch cultural historian (1872–1945)
- Johann Gustav DroysenGerman historian (1808–1884)
- Johann Joachim WinckelmannGerman art historian (1717–1768)
- Johann Martin SchleyerGerman Catholic priest (1831–1912)
- Johann Nikolaus ForkelGerman musicologist (1749–1818)
- Johanna NicholsAmerican linguist (born 1945)
- Johannes MagnusSwedish Catholic prelate and historian (1488–1544)
- Johannes TinctorisRenaissance music theorist and composer (1435–1511)
- John A. DeNovoJohn August DeNovo (November 5, 1916 – January 26, 2000) was an American historian. He was
- John Addington SymondsEnglish poet, literary critic and cultural historian (1840–1893)
- John Amos ComeniusCzech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592–1670)
- John AubreyEnglish writer and antiquarian (1626–1697)
- John BeazleyBritish art historian and archaeologist (1885–1970)
- John BowlbyBritish psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1907–1990)
- John BowringBritish political economist (1792–1872)
- John Brackenridge (clergyman)John Brackenridge (c. 1772 – May 2, 1844) was a Presbyterian minister who served as Chapla
- John CanemakerAmerican animator and historian
- John ChadwickJohn Chadwick, FBA (21 May 1920 – 24 November 1998) was an English linguist and classical
- John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron ActonEnglish historian and politician (1834–1902)
- John Fiske (philosopher)American philosopher and historian (1842–1901)
- John HarsanyiHungarian-American economist and philosopher (1920–2000)
- John HarvardEnglish clergyman and philanthropist (1607–1638)
- John Hirst (historian)John Bradley Hirst, FASSA (9 July 1942 – 3 February 2016) was an Australian historian and
- John Hope FranklinAmerican historian (1915–2009)
- John LayardJohn Willoughby Layard (27 November 1891 – 26 November 1974) was an English anthropologist
- John LockeEnglish philosopher and physician (1632–1704)
- John Lothrop MotleyAmerican historian (1814–1877)
- John Marshall (archaeologist)British archaeologist (1876–1958)
- John Marshall HarlanU.S. Supreme Court justice from 1877 to 1911
- John of Ephesus6th-century Byzantine historian
- John PhiloponusByzantine philosopher (c.490–c.570)
- John R. RossAmerican poet and linguist (1938–2025)
- John SearleAmerican philosopher (1932–2025)
- John SpeedEnglish cartographer and historian (1551 or 1552 – 1629)
- Johnnie CochranAmerican attorney (1937–2005)
- Johnny CochraneJohnny Cochrane was a Scottish football manager.
- Jonathan HaidtAmerican social psychologist (born 1963)
- José Enrique RodóUruguayan writer (1871–1917)
- José Mauro de VasconcelosJosé Mauro de Vasconcelos (February 26, 1920 – July 24, 1984) was a Brazilian writer.
- José VasconcelosMexican lawyer, author, and Secretary of Education (1881–1959)
- Josef SzombathyAustro-Hungarian archaeologist (1853–1943)
- Joseph I. CastroJoseph I. Castro is an American academic and was the eighth chancellor of the California S
- Joseph JastrowAmerican psychologist
- Joseph Justus ScaligerFrench classical scholar (1540–1609)
- Joseph RyersonJoseph Ryerson (28 February 1761 – 9 August 1854) was a United Empire Loyalist, Lieutenant
- Josiah RoyceAmerican philosopher (1855–1916)
- Judith Jarvis ThomsonAmerican philosopher (1929–2020)
- Jules MicheletFrench writer and historian (1798–1874)
- Julia BoorstinJulia Boorstin Samuelson is an American news correspondent, reporter and author. Since 200
- Julien Offray de La MettrieFrench physician and philosopher (1709–1751)
- Julius WellhausenGerman theologian and orientalist (1844–1918)
- Juri LotmanEstonian-Russian semiotician, literary scholar