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Joseph Barbera
Illustrator, Television Producer / 1911 - 2006
Cartoon artist, director and producer Joseph Barbera formed Hanna-Barbera with William Hanna, which by the late 1960s dominated the TV animation scene.
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(1911-2006)
Illustrator, Television Producer
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Joseph Bonanno
Activist, Entrepreneur, White Collar Criminal, Organized Crime Boss / 1905 - 2002
Joseph Bonanno, known as Joe Bananas, led one of the top New York crime families in the New York from the 1930s to the 1960s.
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(1905-2002)
Activist, Entrepreneur, White Collar Criminal, Organized Crime Boss
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Joseph Bonaparte
King / 1768 - 1844
Joseph Bonaparte was the older brother of Napoleon I, who made him king of Spain. He served as Spain's king from 1808 to 1813.
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(1768-1844)
King
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Joseph Brant
Military Leader, Missionary / 1742 - 1807
Mohawk Indian chief Joseph Brant was a spokesman for his people and a Christian missionary and British military officer during the American Revolution.
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(1742-1807)
Military Leader, Missionary
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Joseph Brodsky
Poet / 1940 - 1994
Russian-born American poet Joseph Brodsky was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987 for his important lyric and elegiac poems.
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(1940-1994)
Poet
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T Bone Burnett
Songwriter, Music Producer, Singer / 1948 -
T Bone Burnett is a Grammy Award-winning musician and producer who has worked on several popular films, including The Big Lebowski and Crazy Heart.
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(1948-)
Songwriter, Music Producer, Singer
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Joseph Gordon Coates
Prime Minister / 1878 - 1943
Joseph Gordon Coates was the prime minister of New Zealand 1925–1928, who later instituted rigorous policies to combat the economic depression of the 1930s.
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(1878-1943)
Prime Minister
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Joseph Conrad
Author / 1857 - 1924
English novelist and short-story writer Joseph Conrad’s works include the novels Lord Jim, Nostromo and The Secret Agent and the story “Heart of Darkness”.
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(1857-1924)
Author
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Joseph Cotten
Film Actor, Radio Personality / 1905 - 1994
Film actor Joseph Cotten was a member of Orson Welles Mercury Theater radio ensemble. He also appeared in the movie Citizen Kane.
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(1905-1994)
Film Actor, Radio Personality
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Joseph Di Mambro
Mass Murderer, Cult Leader, Religious Leader / 1924 - 1994
Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret formed the Order of the Solar Temple and allegedly set fire to Swiss OST buildings, killing themselves and 46 others.
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(1924-1994)
Mass Murderer, Cult Leader, Religious Leader
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Joseph Estrada
Film Actor, Producer, World Leader / 1937 -
Filipino actor and politician Joseph Estrada served as the 13th president of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001.
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(1937-)
Film Actor, Producer, World Leader
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Joseph Goebbels
Political Leader / 1897 - 1945
Joseph Goebbels was minister of propaganda for the German Third Reich under Adolf Hitler. He presented a favorable image of the Nazi regime to the Germans.
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(1897-1945)
Political Leader
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1981 -
Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt starred in the TV comedy 3rd Rock From the Sun, and several acclaimed films, including (500) Days of Summer, Inception and The Dark Knight Rises.
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(1981-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Joseph Grimaldi
Comedian / 1778 - 1837
Joseph Grimaldi was an English clown and a pantomimist. His whiteface makeup and impudent thievery became the norm for all pantomime clowns.
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(1778-1837)
Comedian
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Joseph Heller
Anti-War Activist, Author / 1923 - 1999
Based on his experience, novelist Joseph Heller wrote the satirical novel Catch-22, considered one of the most significant works of postwar protest literature.
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(1923-1999)
Anti-War Activist, Author
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Joseph Henry
Physicist / 1797 - 1878
Physicist Joseph Henry aided Samuel F.B. Morse in developing the telegraph. He also discovered several important principles of electricity.
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(1797-1878)
Physicist
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Joseph Hooker
General / 1814 - 1879
Joseph Hooker was a Union general in the American Civil War who successfully reorganized the Army of the Potomac in 1863.
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(1814-1879)
General
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Joseph Ismay
Business Leader / 1862 - 1937
Titanic survivor Joseph Ismay was the son of Thomas Ismay, founder of the White Star Line. He served as White Star Line's agent before being made partner.
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(1862-1937)
Business Leader
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Joseph Jackson
1929 -
Joseph Jackson is best known for being the father of of international pop superstar Michael Jackson.
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Shoeless Joe Jackson
Baseball Player / 1887 - 1951
Joe Jackson was a top major league baseball player during the early 20th century who was ousted from the sport for his alleged role in game fixing.
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(1887-1951)
Baseball Player
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Joseph Eggleston Johnston
General / 1807 - 1891
Confederate general Joseph Eggleston Johnston never suffered a direct defeat during the American Civil War despite his long-standing feud with Jefferson Davis.
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(1807-1891)
General
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Joseph II
Political Leader, Emperor / 1741 - 1790
Holy Roman emperor Joseph II tried to strengthen the Habsburg empire with his enlightened reforms, but the changes he made were met with fierce opposition.
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(1741-1790)
Political Leader, Emperor
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Joseph Kasavubu
World Leader / 1910 - 1969
Joseph Kasavubu was the first president of the independent Congo republic from 1960 to 1965, who shortly after independence ousted the Congo's first premier.
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(1910-1969)
World Leader
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Joseph P. Kennedy
Business Leader, Diplomat / 1888 - 1969
Joseph P. Kennedy is best known as the father of three political leaders: President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Representative Ted Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, who served as a U.S. senator and attorney general.
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(1888-1969)
Business Leader, Diplomat
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Joseph P. Kennedy III
Lawyer, U.S. Representative / 1980 -
A part of the famed American political dynasty, Joseph P. Kennedy became the latest member of his family to win public office in 2012. He won a seat to the U.S. House of Representatives, taking over for the retiring Barney Frank.
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(1980-)
Lawyer, U.S. Representative
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Joseph Lieberman
Environmental Activist, Lawyer, U.S. Representative / 1942 -
Joseph Lieberman was Connecticut's Attorney General 1983–1988. He won his first election to the U.S. Senate in 1988, and twice more in 1994 and 2000.
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(1942-)
Environmental Activist, Lawyer, U.S. Representative
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Joseph Lister
Doctor, Scientist / 1827 - 1912
British surgeon and medical scientist Joseph Lister is regarded as the founder of antiseptic medicine, which he implemented with amputee patients.
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(1827-1912)
Doctor, Scientist
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Joseph Lowery
Civil Rights Activist, Minister / 1921 -
Civil rights leader, social activist and minister Joseph Lowery has fought against prejudice and discrimination against African-Americans for more than 50 years.
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(1921-)
Civil Rights Activist, Minister
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Joe Manganiello
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1976 -
Joe Manganiello has risen to fame as werewolf Alcide Herveaux on the television drama True Blood.
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(1976-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director, Producer, Screenwriter / 1909 - 1993
American producer, director and screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz was known for creating memorable characters. He worked with many major Hollywood stars.
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(1909-1993)
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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Joseph Massino
Organized Crime Boss / 1943 -
Mobster Joseph Massino became boss of the Bonanno crime family when other crime bosses were being sent to jail for life. The press called him "the Last Don."
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(1943-)
Organized Crime Boss
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Joseph McCarthy
U.S. Representative / 1908 - 1957
Senator Joseph McCarthy charged that communists had infiltrated the U.S. State Department. He became chair of the Senate's subcommittee on investigations.
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(1908-1957)
U.S. Representative
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Joseph O'Connor
Journalist, Author / 1963 -
The brother of singer Sinéad O'Connor, writer Joseph O'Connor wrote the novel Cowboys and Indians, which was on the short list for the Whitbread Prize.
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(1963-)
Journalist, Author
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Joseph Priestley
Philosopher, Minister, Theologian, Scientist / 1733 - 1804
John Priestly was a clergyman, political theorist, and scientist whose work advanced liberal political and religious thought and experimental chemistry.
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(1733-1804)
Philosopher, Minister, Theologian, Scientist
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Joseph Pulitzer
Business Leader, Publisher / 1847 - 1911
Newspaper editor and publisher Joseph Pulitzer helped set the pattern of the modern newspaper. In his time, he was one of the most powerful U.S. journalists.
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(1847-1911)
Business Leader, Publisher
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Joseph Rotblat
Activist, Physicist, Journalist / 1908 - 2005
Physicist Joseph Rotblat participated in the Manhattan project. After the World War II, he devoted himself to peaceful applications of nuclear physics.
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(1908-2005)
Activist, Physicist, Journalist
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Joseph Sestak
Military Leader, U.S. Representative / 1951 -
Joseph Sestak was Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, overseeing the Navy's warfare budget. He became the highest-ranking officer ever elected to Congress.
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(1951-)
Military Leader, U.S. Representative
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Joseph Smith
Religious Leader / 1805 - 1844
Joseph Smith was the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After he was murdered, his work was continued by Brigham Young.
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(1805-1844)
Religious Leader
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Joseph Stalin
Dictator / 1878 - 1953
Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union for more than two decades, instituting a reign of terror while modernizing Russia and helping to defeat Nazism.
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(1878-1953)
Dictator
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Joseph Sullivan
Organized Crime Boss / 1939 -
Joseph "Mad Dog" Sullivan is an American gangster thought to have killed between 20 and 30 people, most of them rival mobsters.
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(1939-)
Organized Crime Boss
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Joseph H. Taylor Jr.
Astronomer, Physicist / 1941 -
American radio astronomer and physicist Joseph H. Taylor Jr. was the co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering the first binary pulsar.
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(1941-)
Astronomer, Physicist
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J.J. Thomson
Academic, Physicist / 1856 - 1940
J.J. Thomson was a Nobel Prize winning physicist whose research led to the discovery of electrons.
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(1856-1940)
Academic, Physicist
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Joseph Valachi
Organized Crime Boss / 1904 - 1971
Joseph Valachi was a part of Lucky Luciano's mob family from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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(1904-1971)
Organized Crime Boss