| JJ. P. MorganAmerican Businessman | Businessman | American | 19th century | 6 | 5.0 |
 Jacques ChiracFrench Politician | Politician | French | 20th century | 13 | 3.7 |
| JJames AllenBritish-born American essayist | Essayist | American | 19th century | 24 | 4.9 |
| JJames B. StockdaleUS military | Politician | American | 20th century | 1 | 3.6 |
| JJames BaldwinAfrican-American writer | Writer | American | 20th century | 35 | 3.3 |
 James JoyceIrish author | Author | Irish | 19th century | 17 | 4.1 |
 James Russell LowellAmerican romantic poet, critic and editor | Poet | American | 19th century | 48 | 3.4 |
| JJames Truslow AdamsAmerican historian and writer | Writer | American | 19th century | 4 | 4.9 |
 Jane AustenEnglish novelist | Novelist | English | 18th century | 24 | 5.0 |
| JJanet FrameNew Zealand writer | Writer | New Zealand | 20th century | 3 | 4.1 |
 Jean AnouilhFrench playwright | Playwright | French | 20th century | 12 | 4.9 |
| JJean BaudrillardFrench sociologist, and philosopher | Philosopher | French | 20th century | 48 | 4.1 |
 Jean CocteauFrench author and filmmaker | Author | French | 19th century | 18 | 4.4 |
 Jean de la BruyèreFrench satiric moralist | — | French | 17th century | 56 | 3.6 |
 Jean de La FontaineFrench poet | Poet | French | 17th century | 22 | 3.0 |
| JJean GiraudouxFrench novelist, essayist, and playwright | Novelist | French | 19th century | 5 | 3.1 |
 Jean Jacques RousseauFrench-Swiss political philosopher and essayist | Politician | Swiss | 18th century | 54 | 3.7 |
 Jean PaulGerman novelist and humorist | Comedian | German | 18th century | 42 | 3.5 |
 Jean Paul SartreFrench Writerand philosopher | Writer | French | 20th century | 21 | 4.3 |
| JJean RostandFrench biologist and philosopher | Philosopher | French | 19th century | 31 | 3.9 |
| JJean-Luc GodardFrench filmmaker and author | Author | French | 20th century | 5 | 3.8 |
 Jeremy BenthamBritish philosopher | Philosopher | British | 18th century | 5 | 3.1 |
 Jewish proverb | — | Jewish | — | 28 | 3.3 |
| JJimmy CarterAmerican statesman 39th President of the USA | Politician | American | 20th century | 3 | 4.6 |
 Johann Kaspar LavaterSwiss theologian and poet | Theologian | Swiss | 18th century | 31 | 3.9 |
 Johann Sebastian BachGerman Musician | Musician | German | 17th century | 9 | 3.5 |
 Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheGerman poet, novelist and dramatist | Poet | German | 18th century | 239 | 4.5 |
 Johannes BrahmsGerman Musician | Musician | German | 19th century | 9 | 4.7 |
| JJohn AbbottCanadian lawyer and statesman | Lawyer | Canadian | 19th century | 2 | 3.5 |
| JJohn AdamsSecond President of the USA | Politician | American | 18th century | 21 | 3.8 |
| JJohn CageAmerican musician | Musician | American | 20th century | 2 | 3.1 |
 John D. RockefellerAmerican business magnate and philanthropist | Businessman | American | 19th century | 79 | 3.7 |
| JJohn DonneEnglish poet | Poet | English | 16th century | 24 | 4.2 |
 John DrydenBritish poet, dramatist and critic | Poet | British | 17th century | 45 | 3.7 |
 John F. Kennedy35th President of the USA [ Assassinated in Dallas] | Politician | American | 20th century | 66 | 4.4 |
 John GayEnglish poet and dramatist | Poet | English | 17th century | 17 | 3.5 |
| JJohn KeatsBritish poet | Poet | British | 18th century | 33 | 4.5 |
| JJohn Kenneth GalbraithCanadian-American economist | Economist | American | 20th century | 30 | 4.6 |
 John LennonBritish musician | Musician | British | 20th century | 23 | 4.8 |
 John LockeEnglish philosopher | Philosopher | English | 17th century | 22 | 4.7 |
 John Maynard KeynesBritish economist | Economist | British | 19th century | 17 | 4.9 |
 John MiltonEnglish poet, polemicist, man of letters | Poet | English | 17th century | 52 | 3.1 |
| JJohn Newton MitchellUS Attorney General | Politician | American | 20th century | 1 | 3.8 |
| JJohn Quincy AdamsSixth President of the USA | Politician | American | 18th century | 1 | 4.2 |
 John RuskinEnglish weiter and art critic | Writer | English | 19th century | 83 | 4.0 |
 John SteinbeckAmerican writer | Writer | American | 20th century | 12 | 4.0 |
 John Stuart MillBritish philosopher and economist | Philosopher | British | 19th century | 1 | 4.1 |
| JJohn UpdikeAmerican writer | Writer | American | 20th century | 29 | 3.2 |
| JJohn W. GardnerAmerican educator, and social activist | Educator | American | 20th century | 12 | 4.6 |
 John WilliamsAmerican Musician | Musician | American | 20th century | 12 | 4.2 |
 Jonathan SwiftAnglo-Irish satirist | Writer | Irish | 17th century | 48 | 3.4 |
 Jorge Luis BorgesArgentine writer, essayist, and poet | Writer | Argentinian | 19th century | 8 | 3.1 |
 Jose Manuel BarrosoPortuguese Politician | Politician | Portuguese | 20th century | 34 | 4.5 |
 Jose Maria AznarSpanish Politician | Politician | Spanish | 20th century | 24 | 4.1 |
 Jose MourinhoPortuguese Coach | Coach | Portuguese | 20th century | 34 | 4.6 |
 José Ortega y GassetSpanish Essayist, and Philosopher | Philosopher | Spanish | 19th century | 17 | 4.8 |
 Joseph AddisonEnglish essayist, poet, and dramatist | Poet | English | 17th century | 51 | 3.6 |
 Joseph ConradBritish novelist | Novelist | British | 19th century | 34 | 3.0 |
| JJoseph HaydnAustrian Musician | Musician | Austrian | 18th century | 4 | 3.4 |
 Joseph HellerAmerican author | Author | American | 20th century | 4 | 3.5 |
 Joseph JoubertFrench moralist | — | French | 18th century | 35 | 3.2 |
| JJoseph PulitzerAmerican Publisher | Publisher | American | 19th century | 9 | 3.7 |
| JJoseph StalinRussian Leader | Leader | Russian | 19th century | 21 | 4.8 |
 Josh BillingsAmerican humorist and lecturer | Comedian | American | 19th century | 65 | 4.7 |
 Jules RenardFrench writer | Writer | French | 19th century | 17 | 3.3 |
| JJulius Robert OppenheimerAmerican nuclear physicist | Physicist | American | 20th century | 4 | 3.5 |
