Jeff Hanneman (1964 - 2013)

Hanneman was born January 31, 1964, in Oakland, California, and grew up in Long Beach in a family containing several war veterans: his father fought in Normandy during World War II and his brothers in Vietnam, making warfare a common conversation topic at the dinner table. War films were popular on TV at the time, […]

Jefferson Davis “Jeff” Milton (1861 - 1947)

Frontier Lawman. Jefferson Davis Milton was the youngest child of fourteen children of Florida Governor John Milton. He had a sad childhood being four-years-old when his father committed suicide after the Confederacy had lost the war. The governor left his wife Caroline Howze with several young children to face the hardships of living on their […]

Jeffrey Dahmer (1960 - 1994)

Serial Killer, having killed an estimated 16 men and boys.   Jeffrey Dahmer was born on May 21, 1960 in West Allis, Wisconsin, the first son of Joyce Annette (née Flint) and Lionel Herbert Dahmer. Dahmer’s mother worked as a teletype machine instructor, whereas his father was a student at Marquette University, working towards a degree […]

Jeffrey Gyle (1927 - 1992)

Actor. Born Joseph George Geil, in Los Angeles County, California, Gyle is best remembered for playing the role of bully ‘Corky’ in several of the Our Gang and Little Rascal films of the 1930s. Some of these include, “Bored Of Education” (1936), “Mail And Female” (1937), “Our Gang Follies Of 1938” (1937), “Clown Princes” (1939), […]

Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (1960 - 1994)

Serial Killer, having killed an estimated 16 men and boys.  Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his parents divorced when he was 18, shortly after his first, undetected (later confirmed) killing in June 1978 of a hitchhiker, Steven Hicks.  His father sent him to college, at Ohio State University, but he flunked out in the first semester, […]

Jeffreys Lewis (1857 - 1926)

Actress, she had a prolific career on stage. Some of the original productions she appeared in were “The Queen of Chinatown”(1899), “Oliver Goldsmith” (1900), “The Marriage Game” (1901), “You Never Can Tell” (1905), “The Clansman”(1906), “Twenty Days in the Shade” (1908), and “The Americans in France” (1920). On film, she appeared in “A Regular Girl”(1919), […]

Jelka Delius (1868 - 1935)

Painter. Born Jelka Rosen in born in Belgrade, Serbia, she was best remembered for being the wife of English composer Frederick Delius. Becoming a successful painter in her own rights, she studied and practiced art in Paris, exhibiting in the Salon des Indépendants. She met Delius in 1896, they married in 1903 and she inherited […]

Jenna McMahon (1933 - 2015)

Actress, Writer and Producer. Born Mary Virginia Skinner, she will best be remembered for partnering with the late Dick Clair to form one of the top comedy writing teams of the 1970s and ’80s. In 1961, she met Clair at a playhouse in West Hollywood where she was teaching acting. They came up with a […]

Jenni Rivera (1969 - 2012)

Entertainer.  American-born Dolores Janney Rivera Saavedra, better known as Jenni Rivera and ‘The Diva of Banda’, released her first studio album in 2003 with ‘Homejane A Las Grandes’ and went on to sell over 15 million albums worldwide in the banda and nortena genre.  In 2008, the Latin Grammy-nominated artists tenth studio album became her […]

Jennie Carter Benedict (1860 - 1928)

Author, Businesswoman. She attended culinary classes at the Boston Cooking School in Boston, Massachusetts with future culinary expert Fanny Farmer. She was the creator of Benedictine Cheese, a sandwich spread made from cucumbers and cream cheese. She published her first cook book, “The Blue Ribbon” in 1902. (bio by: Mike Maloney)

Jennie Grossinger (1892 - 1972)

Hotel Developer.  Family links:  Parents:  Malka Grumet Grossinger (1870 – 1952)  Spouses:  Harry Grossinger (1889 – 1964)*  Charles C Herman (1895 – 1968)*  Siblings:  Jennie Grossinger (1892 – 1972)  Lottie Grossinger Grau (1895 – 1962)*  Harry Grossinger (1901 – 1965)* *Calculated relationship

Jennie Serepta Dean (1852 - 1913)

School Founder, Former Slave. Jennie Dean was freed from slavery due to the American  Civil War. After attending schools in Virginia and Washington DC, she worked as a  maid to help her family buy a farm in Prince William County, Virginia and also to pay for   one of her sisters to attend school. Around […]

Jennifer Howard (1925 - 1993)

Actress. Born in New York, she was the daughter of actress Clare Eames and screenwriter Sidney Howard. She made her screen debut in “Return To Peyton Place” (1961), followed by “All Fall Down” (1962), “House Of Women” (1962) and “To All a Good Night” (1980). For television she appeared on “The Twilight Zone”, “Perry Mason”, […]

Jennifer Jones (1919 - 2009)

Jennifer Jones Best known for her performance in “A Song for Bernadette,” for which she won the Academy Award in 1944. She was born Phyllis Lee Isley, the only child of Phillip and Flora Mae Isley, owners and stars of a theatrical stock company. Her family traveled the country performing plays under a tent. Phyllis […]

Jennifer Moss (1945 - 2006)

Actress. She is best remembered for role as ‘Lucille Hewitt’ in the British soap opera television series, “Coronation Street” from 1960 to 1974. She also appeared in television series, “Hetty Weinthropp Investigates”, and the 1963 film, “Live It Up.” Also a talented singer, Moss recorded several songs in the 1960s for music producer Joe Meek […]

Jennifer Nitsch (1966 - 2004)

Actress. She appeared in “Allein unter Frauen” (1991) and “Der Schattenmann” (1994). (bio by: The Romancer) Cause of death: Suicide

Jennifer Willems (1947 - 2015)

Dutch Actress. Willems was an actress who was well known in film and television, particularly the children’s television series “De film van ome Willem”. She started her acting career on the television series “Bibelebons” in 1972 and would continue to act in such films and television series as “De film van ome Willem” (1974), “Naked […]

Jennings Lane (1915 - 1996)

Jennings Lang (May 28, 1915, New York City – May 29, 1996, Palm Desert, California) was an American film producer, as well as a screenwriter and actor. Lang was born to a Jewish family in New York City, New York. Originally a lawyer, from New York City, he came to Hollywood in 1938 and set up […]

Jenny Maxwell (1941 - 1981)

Jenny Maxwell (born Jennifer Helene Maxwell) (September 3, 1941 – June 10, 1981) was an American film and television actress, probably best remembered for her role in the 1961 Elvis Presley film Blue Hawaii. Of Norwegian descent (the original name of Moksvold was changed when the family emigrated in 1949), and a distant relative of Marilyn […]

Jenny Tomasin (1938 - 2012)

Actress. She is best remembered as Ruby, the dimwitted and accident prone kitchen maid of the hit British television series “Upstairs, Downstairs”. Raised in Leeds, little is recorded of her early years save that she had early theatrical ambitions which she persued against her family’s wishes in a string of stage productions. Jenny made her […]

Jenő Barcsay (1900 - 1988)

Artist. He was considered the Master of the Human Form. Born in Transylvania in the town of Katona, but moved to Budapest in 1919. He spent a year in Paris after graduating from art school in Hungary. He was influenced a great deal by the artist Cezanne. While visiting Italy he was then greatly influenced […]

Jenő Barcsay (1900 - 1988)

Artist. He was considered the Master of the Human Form. Born in Transylvania in the town of Katona, but moved to Budapest in 1919. He spent a year in Paris after graduating from art school in Hungary. He was influenced a great deal by the artist Cezanne. While visiting Italy he was then greatly influenced […]

Jereboam O. Beauchamp (1970 - 1826)

Convicted Murderer, Figure In The Beauchamp-Sharp Tragedy. From a fairly prominent family Beauchamp was a respectable law student before the murder. In the early hours of November 7, 1825, he fatally stabbed Colonel Solomon Sharp, a former attorney-general of Kentucky at Sharp’s home in Frankfort, Kentucky. During an 1824 political campaign a handbill had been […]

Jeremiah Denton (1924 - 2014)

Jeremiah Denton ran as a Republican for a U.S. Senate seat from his home state of Alabama in 1980. He first easily defeated former U.S. Congressman Armistead Selden in the Republican primary. Selden was the candidate of choice of the Republican establishment in the state. He then achieved a surprise victory with 50.15 percent of […]

Jeremy Beadle (1948 - 2008)

English television presenter, author, producer and above all, infamous prankster. Jeremy was born in Hackney, East London. At the age of 2 years old Jeremy was often in hospital for surgery on his hand for a condition known as Poland syndrome, a rare disorder which stunted the growth in his right hand. He was brought […]

Jeremy Belknap (1744 - 1798)

Jeremy Belknap was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of a tanner. His uncle was Mather Byles, one of New England’s intellectual leaders. Belknap was baptized by the historian Thomas Prince, another leading figure of 18th-century New England. He was educated at the Boston Latin School and Harvard College, where he graduated in 1762. In […]

Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832)

Philosopher. He was one of the originators of Utilitarianism. He Wrote “Fragment On Government” in 1776. He willed his body to be preserved and displayed. It was dissected in a medical amphitheater at the Web Street School of anatomy in London, 3 days after his death, which was illegal at the time. Only executed murderers […]

Jeremy Blake (1971 - 2007)

A graduate of the both School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA ’93) and California Institute of the Arts (MFA 95), Jeremy Blake was selected for the Whitney Biennial in 2000, 2002 and 2004. His “Winchester” series, inspired by the story of Sarah Winchester and the Winchester Mystery House, was shown at the San […]

Jeremy Brett (1933 - 1995)

Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ in the television series by Granada (considered by many to be the most definitive portrayal of Holmes ever done).  He was the first actor to attempt to portray all of the stories of Sherlock Holmes as written by the author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. […]

Jeremy Elliot Applegate (1965 - 2000)

Actor. Appeared in the role of ‘Peter Dawson,’ the straight laced friend to Veronica (played by Wynona Ryder), in the hit movie “Heathers” in 1989. Through the 1980s, he had many guest star and recurring roles on shows like “My Two Dads,” “Our House,” and “21 Jump Street.”