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- J. B. S. HaldaneGeneticist and evolutionary biologist (1892–1964)
- J. C. R. LickliderAmerican psychologist and computer scientist (1915-1990)
- J. Craig VenterAmerican geneticist (1946–2026)
- J. Hans D. JensenGerman physicist (1907–1973)
- J. Marion SimsAmerican physician and gynecologist (1813–1883)
- J. Michael KosterlitzBritish physicist
- J. Presper EckertAmerican electrical engineer and computer pioneer (1919–1995)
- J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial PrizeThe J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize and Medal was awarded by the Center for Theoretic
- Jack ParsonsAmerican rocket engineer (1914–1952)
- Jack SteinbergerGerman-American physicist, Nobel laureate (1921–2020)
- Jacob W. DavisRussian-American tailor (1831–1908)
- Jacqueline BartonAmerican chemist (born 1952)
- Jacquelyne JacksonAmerican sociologist (1932–2004)
- Jacques FriedelJacques Friedel ForMemRS (French: ; 11 February 1921 – 27 August 2014) was a French physic
- Jacques HadamardFrench mathematician (1865–1963)
- Jacques MonodFrench biochemist (1910–1976)
- Jacques PiccardSwiss oceanographer and engineer (1922–2008)
- Jade Mirror of the Four UnknownsJade Mirror of the Four Unknowns, Siyuan yujian (simplified Chinese: 四元玉鉴; traditional Chi
- Jagadish Chandra BosePhysicist, biologist and botanist (1857–1937)
- Jakob AckeretJakob Ackeret, FRAeS (17 March 1898 – 27 March 1981) was a Swiss aeronautical engineer. He
- James Arthur (mathematician)James Greig Arthur CC FRSC FRS (born May 18, 1944) is a Canadian mathematician working on
- James Braid (surgeon)Scottish surgeon (1795–1860), pioneer of hypnotism
- James CroninAmerican particle physicist
- James D. WeinrichJames Donald "Jim" Weinrich (born 1950) is an American sex researcher and psychobiologist.
- James DewarBritish chemist and physicist (1842–1923)
- James DuportJames Duport (; 1606, Cambridge – 17 July 1679, Peterborough), in Latin books Jacobus Dupo
- James FranckGerman–American physicist (1882–1964)
- James GobboSir James Augustine Gobbo, AC, CVO, QC (22 March 1931 – 7 November 2021) was an Australian
- James GoslingCanadian computer scientist (born 1955)
- James Gregory (mathematician)Scottish mathematician and astronomer
- James HansenAmerican physicist (born 1941)
- James HargreavesEnglish inventor of the Spinning Jenny
- James J. GibsonAmerican psychologist (1904–1979)
- James J. Peters VA Medical CenterThe James J. Peters VA Medical Center, (also known as the Bronx Veterans Hospital), is a U
- James J. StokerJames Johnston Stoker (March 2, 1905 – October 19, 1992) was an American applied mathemati
- James John Garth WilkinsonJames John Garth Wilkinson (3 June 1812 – 18 October 1899), was an English homeopathic phy
- James Joseph SylvesterEnglish mathematician (1814–1897)
- James LindScottish physician (1716–1794)
- James Lind (naturalist)James Lind FRS FRSE FRCPE (May 17, 1736 – October 17, 1812) was a Scottish natural philoso
- James LovelockEnglish scientist (1919–2022)
- James Madison AwardThe James Madison Award is administered by the American Library Association, which describ
- James Murdoch AustinJames Murdoch Austin (May 25, 1915 – November 26, 2000) was a New Zealand-American meteoro
- James RainwaterAmerican physicist
- James Scott Prize LectureshipThe James Scott Prize Lectureship is given every four years by the Royal Society of Edinbu
- James W. WagnerJames W. Wagner (born 1953) served as the 19th President of Emory University in Atlanta, G
- Jamshid al-KashiPersian astronomer and mathematician (c. 1380–1429)
- Jan Baptist van HelmontChemist and physician (1580–1644)
- Jan Evangelista PurkyněCzech biologist and physiologist (1787–1869)
- Jan HögbomJan Arvid Högbom (born 3 October 1929) is a Swedish radio astronomer and astrophysicist.
- Jan OortDutch astronomer (1900–1992)
- Jan SwammerdamDutch biologist and microscopist (1637–1680)
- Jane Anne RussellAmerican endocrinologist
- Jane Colden18th-century American botanist (1724–1766)
- Jane E. ParkerBritish scientist
- Jane Elizabeth HodgsonAmerican physician, obstetrician, and gynecologist (1915–2006)
- Jane Ellen HarrisonBritish classical scholar, linguist and feminist (1850–1928)
- Jane Hamilton HallAmerican physicist
- Jane LuuVietnamese American astronomer
- Jane M. OlsonAmerican epidemiologist
- Jane M. OppenheimerAmerican embryologist and historian
- Jane SharpEnglish midwife, c. 1641–1671
- Jane SomervilleBritish physician
- Jane StaffordAmerican medical writer and chemist
- Jane Wright (entomologist)Canadian-Australian entomologist
- Janet CarrAustralian physiotherapist and academic
- Janet DarbyshireBritish epidemiologist
- Janet SprentBritish botanist
- Janet TaylorEnglish astronomer and navigation expert
- Janet ThomsonBritish geologist
- Janet Zaph BriggsAmerican metallurgist
- János BolyaiHungarian mathematician (1802–1860)
- Janssen Medal (French Academy of Sciences)The Janssen Medal is an astrophysics award presented by the French Academy of Sciences to
- Japan Science and Technology AgencyThe Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST; Japanese: 科学技術振興機構) is a Japanese government
- Japanese nameJapanese names (日本人の氏名、日本人の姓名、日本人の名前, Nihonjin no shimei, Nihonjin no seimei, Nihonjin no
- Jaroslav HeyrovskýCzech chemist and inventor (1890–1967)
- Jay Wright ForresterAmerican operations researcher
- Jayant NarlikarIndian physicist and author (1938–2025)
- Jayme TiomnoJayme Tiomno (April 16, 1920 in Rio de Janeiro – January 12, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro) was a
- Jean BartikAmerican computer programmer (1924–2011)
- Jean Berko GleasonAmerican psycholinguist (born 1931)
- Jean DelsarteJean Frédéric Auguste Delsarte (19 October 1903, in Fourmies – 28 November 1968, in Nancy)
- Jean DieudonnéFrench mathematician (1906–1992)
- Jean Léonard Marie PoiseuilleFrench physicist and physiologist (1797–1869)
- Jean PerrinFrench physicist (1870–1942)
- Jean TaylorAmerican mathematician
- Jean-Baptiste BiotFrench physicist (1774–1862)
- Jean-Étienne GuettardFrench scientist (1715–1786)
- Jean-Jacques Muyembe-TamfumVirologist known for working with Ebola
- Jean-Marie LehnFrench chemist, Nobel laureate (born 1939)
- Jean-Martin CharcotFrench neurologist (1825–1893)
- Jean-Pierre BlanchardFrench inventor (1753–1809)
- Jean-Pierre SerreFrench mathematician (born 1926)
- Jeanette EppsAmerican aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut (born 1970)
- Jeanne Villepreux-PowerFrench biologist (1794–1871)
- Jedidah IslerAmerican astrophysicist
- Jeffrey T. LeekJeffrey Tullis Leek is an American biostatistician and data scientist working as a Vice Pr
- Jelena de Belder-KovačičSlovenian-Belgian botanist and horticulturist
- Jennifer DoudnaAmerican biochemist and Nobel laureate (born 1964)
- Jennifer GardyCanadian biochemist
- Jennifer MoyleBritish biochemist
- Jennifer Tour ChayesAmerican computer scientist and mathematician
- Jenny NelsonIrish physicist
- Jenny Rosenthal BramleyRussian-born American physicist 1909–1997)
- Jerome I. ElkindJerome Elkind is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist. In 1988 he was co
- Jerome Isaac FriedmanAmerican physicist (born 1930)
- Jérôme LejeuneFrench pediatrician and geneticist (1926–1994)
- Jerrold R. ZachariasJerrold Reinach Zacharias (January 23, 1905 – July 16, 1986) was an American physicist and
- Jersey, OhioJersey is a census-designated place (CDP) in Licking County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
- Jethro Tull (agriculturist)English agricultural pioneer (1674–1741)
- Jia XianChinese mathematician
- Jill Bolte TaylorAmerican neuroscientist
- Jill FarrantSouth African botanist
- Jill TarterAmerican astronomer
- Jim PeeblesCanadian-American astrophysicist and cosmologist (born 1935)
- JīvakaPersonal physician of the Buddha and Indian King Bimbisara
- Joan A. SteitzAmerican biochemist
- Joan Beauchamp ProcterBritish zoologist (1897–1931)
- Joan BirmanAmerican mathematician
- Joan CurranWelsh physicist (1916–1999)
- Joan DingleyNew Zealand mycologist
- Joan du Plat TaylorBritish archaeologist
- Joan FeynmanAmerican astrophysicist (1927–2020)
- Joan RobinsonEnglish economist (1903–1983)
- Joan Wadleigh CurranJoan Wadleigh Curran (April 27, 1950 – March 29, 2023) was an American visual artist, pain
- Joanne ChoryAmerican plant biologist (1955–2024)
- Joanne CohnAmerican physicist
- Joanne M. MaguireAmerican engineer and executive
- Jocelyn Bell BurnellNorthern Irish physicist (born 1943)
- Jocelyn CraneAmerican zoologist and arachnologist (1909–1998)
- Joel MosesJoel Moses (24 November 1941 – 29 May 2022) was an Israeli-American mathematician, compute
- Joep LangeJoseph Marie Albert "Joep" Lange (Dutch pronunciation: ; 25 September 1954 – 17 July 2014)
- JoGayle HowardAmerican zoologist
- Jogesh PatiJogesh C. Pati (born 1937) is an Indian-American theoretical physicist at the SLAC Nationa
- Johan Christian FabriciusDanish zoologist (1745–1808)
- Johann Friedrich BlumenbachGerman physiologist and anthropologist (1752-1840)
- Johann Gottfried GalleGerman astronomer (1812–1910)
- Johann Heinrich LambertSwiss polymath (1728–1777)
- Johann III BernoulliJohann III Bernoulli (also known as Jean; 4 November 1744 in Basel – 13 July 1807 in Berli
- Johann Jakob HeckelAustrian zoologist (1790–1857)
- Johann Wilhelm RitterGerman chemist, physicist, and philosopher (1776–1810)
- Johannes HeurniusJohannes Heurnius (born Jan van Heurne; 4 February 1543 – 11 August 1601) was a Dutch phys
- Johannes HeveliusAstronomer and chairman of the city council of the Old Town of Gdańsk (1611–1687)
- Johannes StarkGerman physicist (1874–1957)
- John ArbuthnotScottish physician, satirist and polymath in London (1667–1735)
- John Archibald WheelerAmerican theoretical physicist (1911–2008)
- John B. GoodenoughAmerican materials scientist (1922–2023)
- John Bell (surgeon)John Bell (12 May 1763 – 15 April 1820) was a Scottish anatomist and surgeon.
- John BrowningAmerican firearms designer (1855–1926)
- John C. MatherAmerican astrophysicist and cosmologist (born 1946)
- John C. SheehanJohn Clark Sheehan (September 23, 1915 – March 21, 1992) was an American organic chemist w
- John Clayton TaylorJohn Clayton Taylor FRS (born 4 August 1930) is a British mathematical physicist. He is an
- John CockcroftBritish physicist (1897–1967)
- John D. EshelbyJohn Douglas Eshelby FRS (21 December 1916 – 10 December 1981) was a scientist in micromec
- John Deere (inventor)American blacksmith and manufacturer (1804–1886)
- John DeLoreanAmerican automobile engineer and executive (1925–2005)
- John Edensor LittlewoodBritish mathematician (1885–1977)
- John FlamsteedEnglish astronomer (1646–1719)
- John Forbes Nash Jr.American mathematician and Nobel Laureate (1928–2015)
- John Fritz MedalAward
- John Hancock (ornithologist)English ornithologist and taxidermist
- John HarrisonEnglish clockmaker (1693–1776)
- John Harvey KelloggAmerican physician (1852–1943)
- John Hasbrouck Van VleckAmerican physicist and mathematician (1899–1980)
- John HerschelEnglish polymath (1792–1871)
- John Horton ConwayEnglish mathematician (1937–2020)
- John Hunter (surgeon)British surgeon (1728–1793)
- John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of ScienceScience award given by U.S. National Academy of Sciences
- John J. LoudAmerican lawyer and inventor (1844–1916)
- John Joseph MontgomeryAmerican inventor, engineer and professor
- John L. HallAmerican physicist (born 1934)
- John La MontagneJohn Ring La Montagne (January 1, 1943 – November 2, 2004) was a Mexican-American biomedic
- John Macleod (physiologist)Scottish biochemist and physiologist (1876–1935)
- John MaddoxSir John Royden Maddox, FRS (27 November 1925 – 12 April 2009) was a Welsh theoretical che
- John McAfeeBritish and American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
- John McCarthy (computer scientist)American scientist (1927–2011)
- John MilnorAmerican mathematician (born 1931)
- John NapierScottish mathematician (1550–1617)
- John Philip HollandIrish-American marine engineer (1841–1914)
- John PolanyiGerman-born Canadian chemist
- John RayBritish naturalist (1627–1705)
- John Robert SchriefferAmerican physicist (1931–2019)
- John Scott HaldaneBritish physiologist and researcher (1860–1936)
- John Scott MedalAward
- John SmeatonEnglish engineer (1724–1792)
- John Stith PembertonAmerican pharmacist, inventor of Coca-Cola (1831–1888)
- John T. ThompsonUnited States Army general (1860–1940)
- John Theophilus DesaguliersBritish philosopher (1683–1744)
- John Tuzo WilsonCanadian geologist and professor (1908–1993)
- John TyndallIrish physicist (1820–1893)
- John Vincent AtanasoffAmerican computer pioneer (1903–1995)
- John WallisEnglish mathematician (1616–1703)
- John WarnockAmerican computer scientist, inventor and technology businessman (1940–2023)
- John Wilkinson (industrialist)English industrialist
- John William Strutt, 3rd Baron RayleighBritish physicist (1842–1919)
- John YudkinBritish physiologist and nutritionist
- Johnny AppleseedAmerican pioneer nurseryman (1774–1845)
- Joint BioEnergy InstituteThe Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) is a research institute funded by the United States D
- Jordan algebraNot-necessarily-associative commutative algebra satisfying (xy)(xx) = x(y(xx))
- Jordan and Einstein framesThe Lagrangian in scalar-tensor theory can be expressed in the Jordan frame or in the Eins
- Jordan mapIn theoretical physics, the Jordan map, often also called the Jordan–Schwinger map is a ma
- Jordan matrixIn the mathematical discipline of matrix theory, a Jordan matrix, named after Camille Jord
- Josefa Celsa SeñarisVenezuelan herpetologist
- Joseph BazalgetteBritish civil engineer (1819–1891)
- Joseph BlackBritish physicist and chemist (1728–1799)
- Joseph HenryAmerican physicist and inventor (1797–1878)
- Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.American astrophysicist
- Joseph LiouvilleFrench mathematician (1809–1882)
- Joseph Marie JacquardFrench weaver, merchant, and inventor (1752–1834)
- Joseph NeedhamBritish biochemist, historian and sinologist (1900–1995)
- Joseph PérèsJoseph Pérès (31 October 1890 – 12 February 1962) was a French mathematician.
- Joseph von FraunhoferGerman physicist (1787–1826)
- Josephine CochraneAmerican inventor (1839–1913)
- Josephine NamboozeUgandan physician, public health specialist, academic
- Jost BürgiSwiss clock and instrument maker (1552–1632)
- Joukowsky transformIn applied mathematics, the Joukowsky transform (sometimes transliterated Joukovsky, Jouko
- Journal of Combinatorial TheoryThe Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A and Series B, are mathematical journals spec
- Journal of NeurochemistryThe Journal of Neurochemistry is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all
- Joy AdamsonNaturalist, artist and author (1910–1980)
- Joyce MushabenAmerican political scientist (born 1952)
- Józefa JoteykoPolish child neurologist and psychologist
- JSTORNon-profit digital library
- Judith Gamora CohenAmerican astronomer
- Judith Graham PoolAmerican scientist (1919–1975)
- Judith H. HibbardAmerican health researcher and academic
- Judith KestenbergAustrian psychoanalyst
- Judith PipherAmerican astrophysicist and observational astronomer (1940–2022)
- Judith ResnikAmerican engineer and astronaut (1949–1986)
- Judith TukahirwaUgandan environmental scientist
- Judith Young (astronomer)American physicist (1952–2014)
- Jules MolkJules Molk (8 December 1857 in Strasbourg, France – 7 May 1914 in Nancy) was a French math
- Jules TanneryJules Tannery (24 March 1848 – 11 December 1910) was a French mathematician, who notably s
- Julia KempeJulia Kempe is a French, German, and Israeli researcher in quantum computing. She is curre
- Julia MortonAmerican author and botanist
- Julia RobinsonAmerican mathematician (1919–1985)
- Julia YeomansBritish theoretical physicist (born 1954)
- Julian SchwingerAmerican theoretical physicist (1918–1994)
- Julie Ann SosaAmerican surgeon
- Julie Beth LovinsComputational linguist
- Julie FouquetJulie Elizabeth Fouquet (born March 23, 1958) is an American applied physicist, engineer,
- Julie GerberdingAmerican physician, educator, infectious disease specialist (born 1955)
- Julie LedgerwoodAmerican allergist and immunologist
- Julie MoschelesováCzech geographer (1892–1956
- Juliet NyagaKenyan epidemiologist and corporate executive
- Julius TafelJulius Tafel (2 June 1862 – 2 September 1918) was a Swiss chemist and electrochemist.
- Jun Chen (astronomer)Jun Chen is a Chinese American astronomer and discoverer of minor planets.
- June AlmeidaScottish virologist (1930–2007)
- June DowneyAmerican psychologist (1875–1932)
- June LascellesAustralian microbiologist (1924–2004
- Justina FordAmerican physician
- Justine SergentLebanese neurosurgeon