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J.A. Kemp & Co.
J.A. Kemp & Co. is a British firm of patent and trade mark attorneys, based in Gray's Inn, London and with offices in Oxford and Munich, Germany. The firm has a strong reputation, particularly in the fields of electronics, software patents and biotechnology. In particular, their successful handlin..
Jak
Jak can be: Jak, North American Indian.JAK, Janus kinase, an intracellular signaling molecule; component of the JAK-STAT signal system.Jak, the main character of the Jak and Daxter video game series by Naughty Dog.''Jak, a comic strip in the UK comic The Dandy.Alternative spelling of male name Jack..
JAK-STAT signaling pathway
The JAK-STAT signaling pathway takes part in the regulation of cellular responses to cytokines and growth factors. Employing Janus kinases (JAKs) and Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (STATs), the pathway transduces the signal carried by these extracellular polypeptides to the cell ..
Jaka's Story
Jaka's Story is a graphic novel written and drawn by Dave Sim, with background art by Gerhard. The fifth book in the Cerebus the Aardvark series, it is regarded by many as the series' highpoint and a classic of the medium, thanks to its subtle characterisation, expert pacing and innovative use of t..
Jakabaring Stadium
Jakabaring Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Palembang, Indonesia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 40,000 people. It was built in 2004. ..
Jakalope
Jakalope is a Canadian industrial group. They are named for the fictional animal of the same name, although the animal's name is more commonly spelled jackalope. The band was formed in 2003 by noted Canadian industrial musician and producer Dave "Rave" Ogilvie. Contents 1 Members2 ..
Jakandor
A small setting that was supported in three books, as part of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Oddssey line. Jakandor, also known as the Isle of War, is an island divided between the native Charonti, a civilization heavily into the use of magic (especially necromancy), and the Knorr, barbarians who ..
Jakaro
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Jakarta
This page is about the capital city of Indonesia. For The Apache Jakarta project, see Jakarta Project. Provinsi Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta Motto: Jaya Raya(Indonesian): "Prosper and Great" [*] Jakarta National Monument Monas (National Monument)Ragunan ZooTaman Impian Jaya A..
Jakarta Commons
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Jakarta Convention Center
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. The Jakarta Convention Center is located in Bung Karno Sport Complex, Senayan, South Jakarta. It has a ..
Jakarta Declaration
The Jakarta Declaration is a declaration signed at the World Health Organisation's 1997 Jakarta Conference. The declaration reiterated the importance of the agreements made in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, and added emphasis to certain aspects of public health promotion in the 21st centur..
Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival
The three-day Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival (JJF) is a major Indonesian jazz festival. Foreign musicians from Europe, Australia, Asia, Japan, the USA and South America participated in the March 2006 event. 22 international musicians were contracted for the event, including James Brown, ..
Jakarta International School
The Jakarta International School (JIS) is the largest private international school in Jakarta, Indonesia. JIS was founded in 1951 by a group of expatriates in Jakarta with the name Joint Embassy School. The school offers classes for students from pre-K to 12th grade and offers conventional high sc..
Jakarta Islamic State University
Jakarta Islamic State University, locally known as Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah, was established in 1957 as school for civil servants in religious education. ..
Jakarta Kota Station
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Jakarta Monorail
The Jakarta Monorail is a monorail system currently under construction in Jakarta, Indonesia. Two lines are being built: the green line serving Semanggi-Casablanca-Kuningan-Semanggi and the blue line serving Kampung Melayu-Casablanca-Tanah Abang-Roxy. History The project has been dogged by financi..
Jakarta Project
The Jakarta Project creates and maintains open source software for the Java platform. It operates as an umbrella project under the auspices of the Apache Software Foundation, and all of Jakarta products are released under the Apache License. Subprojects Major contributions by the Jakarta Project ..
Jakarta Riots of May 1998
Jakarta Riots of May 1998 were riots that occurred in several parts of Indonesia, notably Jakarta and Surakarta during May 1998. The riots were triggered by economic problems like food shortages and mass unemployment in Indonesia. The Indonesian currency Rupiah had collapsed and prices of basic go..
Jakarta Slide
Slide is an open-source content management system from the Jakarta project. It is written in Java and implements the WebDAV protocol. Slide is a set of APIs to implement the WebDAV client. Due to this Slide can also be seen as a Content Management Framework. The use of WebDAV, which is a superse..
Jakarta Stock Exchange
Bursa Efek Jakarta (BEJ) or Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) is a stock exchange based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Contents 1 History2 Stock Indices3 Notes4 See also5 External links History Originally opened in 1912 under the Dutch colonial government, it was re-opened in 1977 a..
Jakarta Tower
The Jakarta Tower (Menara Jakarta) project was initiated during president Suharto's administration. The government intended Jakarta Tower to be the tallest structure in the world. International architecture design firms were invited to propose designs for the structure. The design itself should repr..
Jakarta Turbine
Turbine is a servlet-based framework that allows experienced Java developers build web applications quickly. Turbine allows you to use personalize the web sites and to use user logins to restrict access to parts of your application. Turbine is a matured and well-established framework that is used ..
Jakarta TV Tower
The Jakarta TV Tower is a tower that is under construction in Jakarta, Indonesia. It will be 558m (1831ft) tall up to the antenna. It was to be the tallest freestanding structure in the world when completed in 2009. However, after the completion of the more recently planned Guangzhou TV and Sightsee..
Jakarta Velocity
Jakarta Velocity is an open source package directed by the Jakarta Project. Velocity is a Java-based template engine. Its aim is to ensure clean separation between the presentation tier and business tiers in a Web application (see model-view-controller design pattern). External links [Velocity..
Jakaya Kikwete
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born October 7 1950) is a Tanzanian politician and current President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Kikwete was born in Msoga, Bagamoyo District, Tanzania or as it was then known, Tanganyika. Contents 1 Education2 Leadership and Political Life3&nb..
JAKAZiD
JAKAZiD (real name Josh McInnes, born May 7, 1988) is a musician from Portsmouth in the UK, usually associated with writing happy hardcore music and remixing other well-known songs in this style. Contents 1 History2 Recent work3 Future plans4 External links History JAKAZiD ha..
Jaka Železnikar
Jaka Železnikar (1971 - ) is first Slovene poet who (from 1997 on) created larger corpus of language works using the possibilities of the internet medium. Works are mostly bilingual (Slovene and English) and further the traditions of visual/concrete, combinatory, generative and interactive poetry. ..
Jake's Progress (soundtrack)
Jake's Progress is a 1995 soundtrack album by Elvis Costello and Richard Harvey. Elvis Costello Albums My Aim Is True | Spike | King of America | Brutal Youth | Mighty Like a Rose | Kojak Variety | North | Il Sogno Elvis Costello and The Attractions This Year's Model | Armed Forces | ''Ge..
Jake's Women
Jake's Women is a play by Neil Simon. It centers on Jake, a writer with a struggling marriage. Jake talks to many of the women he knows, both in real life and in his imagination, as he works to save his marriage. In 1996, it was made into a TV movie starring Alan Alda. External link ..
Jakeem Thunder
Jakeem Johnny Thunder (initially called J. J. Thunder, a name he dislikes) is a fictional character published by DC Comics and a member of the current version of the superhero team the Justice Society of America. Character History A foul-mouthed African-American boy from Keystone City (home of ..
Jaken
Jaken (Japanese: 邪見, "wicked perspective") is a character in the anime and manga series InuYasha. Anime TV version of Jaken The assistant of Sesshomaru (Sesshōmaru), Jaken is a kappa demon who is very loyal to Sesshomaru, primarily out of gratitude for once saving his lif..
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks is a Children's television series, animated using Computer-generated imagery, and broadcast in the United States on PBS Kids, in Ireland on RTÉ Two, as part of The Den, in Australia on ABC 2, in Ontario on TVOKids and in the UK on BBC Two, where it is also ..
Jakestown
Jakestown is a radio show hosted by Brian Jacques on BBC Radio Merseyside. ..
Jake 'J.J' Gittes
Jake 'J.J' Gittes is a fictional Irish-American private eye in the film-noir movies Chinatown and The Two Jakes. Gittes is played in both films by Jack Nicholson. He lives in Los Angeles from where he runs his Private Detective business with the aid of his two assistants Larry and Duffy; famed for ..
Jake (band)
--> Jake was a Christian pop band formed the early 2000s in Alberta, Canada. The band consisted of brothers Toby Penner (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion), Marty Penner (bass, keyboards, vocals), and Josh Penner (guitar, vocals). The band was named after the father of the band members, ..
Jake (disambiguation)
Jake can refer to: Jake "the Cake" Lucas is a naked mud wrestler with the signature finishing move "the creamy center."A shortened form of the male name JacobJamaican ginger or Jake, a ginger extract used to bootleg liquor during prohibitionJake, an old-fashioned slang term for "alright" or "OK"L..
Jake 2.0
Jake 2.0 was an American television program broadcast on UPN, first aired in 2003. The program was then cancelled in mid-January 2004 due to low ratings, leaving four episodes unaired in the United States. Jake 2.0 is currently being aired on HDnet,Thursday, 10:00pm EST and has aired international..
Jake Adams
Jake Adams (born 29 January 1981), is a member of New Zealand group, Steriogram. ..
Jake and Dinos Chapman
Jake Chapman (born 1966) and Dinos Chapman (born 1962) are brothers and British artists who work almost exclusively in collaboration with each other. Their father was a British art teacher and their mother an orthodox Greek Cypriot. They were brought up in Cheltenham but moved to Hastings where they..
Jake and Jackie
Jake and Jackie was a radio show run by Jake Fogelnest and Jackie Clarke on WFNY-FM Monday through Thursday from 11pm-3am. Contents 0.1 Other Members0.2 Major Characters0.3 Quotes0.4 See also Other Members Ivan Lee: Producer. He got drunk at Jackie's birthday party and they..
Jake and the Fatman
Jake and the Fatman was a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor Jason Lochinvar "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992, but despite its 100-plus episodes has never been picked up for syndication in t..
Jake Arnott
Jake Arnott is a British novelist who was born in Buckinghamshire in 1961 and now lives in North London. Having left school at 16 and drifted through various jobs including a labourer, mortuary technician, artist's model and theatrical agency assistant, Arnott became an actor with the Red Ladder Co..
Jake Atz
Jacob Henry Atz (July 1, 1879 - May 22, 1945) born in Washington, DC was a Second Baseman for the Washington Senators (1902) and Chicago White Sox (1907-09). In 4 seasons he played in 209 Games, had 605 At Bats, 64 Runs, 132 Hits, 21 Doubles, 3 Triples, 49 RBI, 23 Stolen Bases, 69 Walks, .218 Bat..
Jake Baker
Jake Baker, (born Abraham Jacob Alkhabaz) was a student at the University of Michigan College for Literature, Science, and Arts. He is most famous for his involvement in US v. Baker, a case brought against him for his violations of 18 U.S.C. s 875(c), communicating via interstate or foreign commerce..
Jake Beckley
Jacob Peter Beckley (August 4, 1867 - June 25, 1918), nicknamed "Eagle Eye", was a Major League Baseball player at the turn of the 20th century. During a career which spanned from 1888 to 1907, Jake played predominantly at first base for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1888-1889, 1891-1896), New York..
Jake Bellows
Along with being a co-founder of Neva Dinova, Jake Bellows is, also, the band's main songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist. Originally from Council Bluffs, Iowa, he moved to Omaha in the 6th grade where he eventually started writing and performing songs with Heath Koontz. He's known for his sarca..
Jake Berenson
Jake Berenson is a fictional character from the sci-fi book series Animorphs, written by K.A. Applegate. Until the second-to-last book of the series, his last name was never revealed, and he was known only as Jake. Place and role in Animorphs [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ..
Jake bergman
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Jake Bern
Jake Bern is an American actor who has had extensive work in primarily television and commercials. He has appeared as guest roles on such tv shows as CBS's Cold Case, WB's Gilmore Girls, and ABC's LA Dragnet, as well as numerous commercials, including: Sprint, Domino's, and MTV. Also, he has acted i..
Jake brake
The Jake Brake is a particular brand of engine brake manufactured and sold by Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Inc. While the term Jake Brake technically only describes Jake Brake brand engine brakes, it has become a genericized trademark and is often used to refer to engine brakes or compression release eng..
Jake Burbage
Jake Burbage (b. September 27, 1992) is an American juvenile actor who played Henry Finnerty in the television series Grounded for Life until 2004. He was born in Willingboro, New Jersey. He has also guest starred in Sex and the City and was the voice of Benny in the Nickelodeon series Dora the Expl..
Jake Burns
For other people named Burns, see Burns. John 'Jake' Burns (b. 21 February 1958 in Belfast) is a singer and guitarist, and is best known as a member of Stiff Little Fingers. Jake Burns in a 2006 promo pic. He wrote songs for the band such as Alternative Ulster, Suspect Device, Straw Dogs and ..
Jake Burns and the Big Wheel
Jake Burns and the Big Wheel were a band put together by former Stiff Little Fingers vocalist Jake Burns in 1982. The band consisted of Jake, Steve Grantley on drums, Sean Martin on bass guitar, and Pete Saunders on keyboards. They split up in 1987 when Jake rejoined Stiff Little Fingers. Discogr..
Jake Burton Carpenter
History of Burton In 1977, a company was born that revolutionized an industry and opened the eyes of millions to a new sport. Jake Burton Carpenter does not claim to have invented the snowboard, but his company, Burton Snowboards has become the best selling snowboard company in the world to, in ov..
Jake Busey
William Jake Busey (born June 15, 1971 in Los Angeles, California), sometimes credited as Jacob Busey, is an American actor/film producer. Family life He is the son of Gary Busey and Judy Helkenberg. An only child, his parents divorced when he was 16. Career Jake Busey's start in acting came in t..
Jake Butcher
Jacob Franklin "Jake" Butcher (born 1936 in Union County, Tennessee) was an American banker. Born in the Dotson's Creek section of Union County, Tennessee, Butcher's father was a general store manager and bank president. After attending the University of Tennessee and Hiwassee College, Butcher ser..
Jake Buxton
Jake Buxton (born 4 March, 1985 in Sutton-in-Ashfield) is an English footballer. He plays for Mansfield Town, usually at right-back, but has also played several games in central defence or at left-back. Buxton has played his entire career at Mansfield. He made his first-team debut in October 2002, ..
Jake Chinwamo
Reverend Jake Chinwamo is an artist and musician. He was born and still resides in Paris, France. He is well known for his charismatic ways. Jake Chinwamo is the inspiration for a series of comic books titled 'le révérend' published in the late 1990's by a small independent French company called ..
Jake Cinninger
Jake Cinninger. Jacob Alan Cinninger (born December 16, 1975) is an American musician, one of two lead guitarists for Chicago-based progressive rock band Umphrey's McGee. His style is a fusion of speed and soul, and resembles artists as varied as Eddie Van Halen to Jeff Beck. Hailing from N..
Jake Cinninger (album)
Jake Cinninger is the self-titled, all instrumental solo album from the lead guitarist of progressive rock band Umphrey's McGee. The album was released in 2001 and features Cinninger on every instrument for almost all of the albums tracks. The album includes excerpts from future Umphrey's McGee cl..
Jake Cooper
Jake Cooper (1916 – 1990) was an American Communist. He was active in the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 led by the Communist League of America and later became a member of the Socialist Workers Party and as a leading member of the SWP he was imprisoned under the Smith Act together with many..
Jake Copass
Jake Copass (born 1922, died June 8 2006) was a cowboy poet who lived in the Santa Ynez Valley. He had been working as a wrangler at the Alisal Guest Ranch in Solvang, California since 1946. A native of Texas, he was shocked when he saw the valley. "Green grass in winter?" he says. "I had never s..
Jake Cuenca
Juan Carlos Cuenca popularly known as Jake Cuenca (born December 30, 1987, San Jose, California) is a Filipino print and commercial model and a television and film actor who rose to prominence via his stint as one of the young stars in the youth-oriented show Click. He is currently a contract star o..
Jake Daubert
Jake Daubert on a 1911 American Tobacco Company baseball card. Jacob Ellsworth Daubert (April 7 1884 - October 9 1924) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Superbas/Dodgers/Robins and Cincinnati Reds from 1910 until his death at age 40. One of the..
Jake Delhomme
[] at NFL.com Jake Christopher Delhomme (born January 10, 1975 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana) is an American football quarterback for the Carolina Panthers NFL franchise. Contents 1 High School and College Career2 Turning Pro3 Carolina Panthers4 Personality5 Pers..
Jake E. Lee
Jakey Lou Williams (born February 15, 1957, in Norfolk, Virginia, USA), better known as Jake E. Lee is a heavy metal guitarist best known for his work with Ozzy Osbourne. Musical education Lee took classical piano lessons as a child, and would also play around with his older sister's guitar. Afte..
Jake Eberts
Jake Eberts (born July 10, 1941) is a movie producer, executive and financier. Known for risk-taking and producing a consistently high caliber of movies including such award-winning titles as Chariots of Fire (1981, uncredited ), Gandhi (1982), Dances with Wolves (1990), and the successful animated ..
Jake Edwards
Jake Edwards (born January 6, 1988) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He was recruited as the number 36 draft pick in the 2005 AFL Draft from the Western Jets. He is yet to make his debut for the Carlton Football Club. External links [ profile] on �..
Jake Ehrlich
Jake W. Ehrlich Lawyer. San Francisco. 1900 - December 24, 1971. Born near Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. Known as "the Master," Jake Ehrlich had a long and colorful forty year career as a defense and divorce attorney in San Francisco. He authored a dozen books on the law, the Bible, and h..
Jake Epp
The Honourable Arthur Jacob "Jake" Epp, PC (born September 1 1939) is an executive and former Canadian politician. Born into a Mennonite family in Manitoba, Jake Epp was a High School history teacher in Steinbach, Manitoba before entering politics. Jake Epp was first elected to the Canadian House..
Jake Epstein
[[Image:jakeep.jpg|thumb|Epstein in [[Degrassi: The Next Generation]]]] Jacob Lee Epstein (born January 16, 1987) is a Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Craig Manning on [[Degrassi: The Next Generation]]. Epstein was born in Toronto, Ontario and is of Jewish heritage; his father,..
Jake Esteves
History Jake Esteves went to LSU along with Kurt Ainsworth, and was drafted by the San Fransicso Giants in the 6th round of the 1998 Amateur Draft. He started out as a spot starter at Bakersfield in 1998 but did not have much effect. But in 1999, Esteves posted amazing numbers for the first two mo..
Jake Fogelnest
Jake Fogelnest started a television show from his New York City bedroom when he was fourteen years old. SQUiRT TV made its debut in January of 1994 on Manhattan public access. The show, which Fogelnest wrote, produced and directed, featured his opinions on music, film and television. The one-man s..
Jake Forbes
Vernon "Jake" Forbes (Born - July 4 1897 in Toronto, Ontario - Died - December 30, 1985),, was a Canadian Professional Hockey Goaltender who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto St. Patricks, Hamilton Tigers, New York Americans and Philadelphia Quakers. Contents 1 ..
Jake Gaither
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Jake Gaither Gymnasium
Jake Gaither Gymnasium is a 3,365-seat multi-purpose arena in Tallahassee, Florida. It was built in 1963 and is home to the Florida A&M University Rattlers basketball team. It is named for Jake Gaither, head football coach at Florida A&M University from 1945 until 1969. ..
Jake Garn
Edwin Jacob Garn (born October 12, 1932) served as a U.S. Senator representing Utah from 1974 to 1993. Garn became the first member of the United States Congress to fly in space when he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery as a payload specialist during NASA mission STS-51-D (April 12-April 19,..
Jake Gaudaur
Jacob Gill "Jake" Gaudaur, Jr (born 5 October 1920, Orillia, Ontario) is a former Canadian Canadian Football League (CFL) player, executive, and Commissioner of the CFL from 1968 to 1984. He played for the Hamilton Tigers (1940-1941 & 1948-1949), Toronto Argonauts (1941), Toronto RCAF Hurricanes (1..
Jake Gold
Jake Gold (April 4, 1958) is a Canadian musician manager. He is a judge on the Canadian Idol television program. In addition to Idol participants, he has also managed popular Canadian artists like The Tragically Hip and Gord Downie. He was born in New Jersey but grew up in Toronto. External link &..
Jake Goldenflame
Jake Goldenflame (born 1937) is a convicted sex offender and is the author of Overcoming Sexual Terrorism. He was charged with fondling his own daughter four times. Sent to prison in 1986, he served 5 years in prison before being released in 1991. He has been through training to deal with the temp..
Jake Goldsbie
Jake Goldsbie (born August 8, 1988 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actor. Goldsbie plays Toby Isaacs in [[Degrassi: The Next Generation]], although he originally auditioned for the role of J.T. Yorke. Filmography Twitches (2005)I Do, They Don't (2005)Childstar (2004)The Red Sneakers (2002)Prin..
Jake Grove
Jake Grove Position Center / Guard Team Oakland Raiders Number 64 Height 6' 4" Weight 300 lbs Born 01/22/1980 College Virginia Tech Drafted 2nd Round, 13th Pick (2004) Hometown Forest, VA Jake Grove (born in Johnson City, TN) is a National Football League left guard f..
Jake Guzik
Jake "Greasy Thumb" Guzik (May 20, 1886-February 21, 1956) was the financial and legal advisor, and later political “fixer”, for the Chicago Outfit. Contents 1 Early life2 Chicago Outfit3 Later years4 Further reading5 External links Early life Born in Moscow, Russ..
Jake Gyllenhaal
Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actor. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early life1.2 Career1.3 Personal life2 Selected filmography3 Awards4 References5 External links5.1&nbs..
Jake Halpern
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since July 2006. Jake Halpern was born in 19..
Jake Hartford
Jake Hartford is a radio talk show host on [WLS-AM 890] in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Some have called his irreverent style "quirky yet refreshing." Jake is most infamous for giving callers the wrong instructions to change their clocks during Daylight Savings Time shifts. Every May he cond..
Jake Heggie
Jake Heggie (born in Florida in 1961) is an American composer and pianist. Heggie has written more than 200 songs and concert works. In 1998 he was appointed composer in residence to the San Francisco Opera, where his opera Dead Man Walking was first performed in 2000. His second opera, The End of ..
Jake Hess
Jake Hess was a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer in the southern United States. He was born William Jesse Hess December 24, 1927, in Limestone County, Alabama, and died January 4, 2004 in Opelika, Alabama after suffering a heart attack December 14 2003, just days after a performance in Atlanta, Ge..
Jake Hoeppner
Jake E. Hoeppner (born February 1, 1936) is a former Canadian politician. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2000, initially with the Reform Party and later as an independent Member of Parliament (MP). Hoeppner was born on a Russian Mennonite family in Morden, Manitoba, did no..
Jake Holmes
Jake Holmes (born December 18, 1939 in San Francisco, California) is an American folk-rock singer/songwriter of the late 1960s. Holmes is the author of the song "Dazed and Confused" which was later adopted and popularized by Led Zeppelin. The song appeared on Holmes' debut, The Above Ground Sou..
Jake Hooker
Jake Hooker (born Jerry Mamberg, May 3rd 1953, Haifa, Israel). His family moved to the USA and he was brought up in New York City, eventually moving to London, England in his adult life. Career Hooker was in the group The Arrows in the 1970s, a founding band member. The pop group had several hit si..
Jake Howard
Jake Howard (born 30 August 1945 in Bexley, New South Wales) is a former internaitonal rugby footballer who played prop for Australia. Howard gained 7 caps between his debut on the 6 June 1970 against Scotland. His son Pat Howard (born 1973) also played centre and fly-half for the Wallabies. ..
Jake Humphrey
Bio Jake worked as a paperboy and attended Hewett School where he became interested in the media. His first proper job was working for Anglia TV as a runner, followed by transferring to Rapture TV where he presented the original incarnation of G@mers. When he moved to the BBC his real break came, ..
Jake in Progress
Jake in Progress was a comedy on ABC which began in the 2004-2005 season. The main character is Jake (played by John Stamos of Full House), a New York City publicist-to-the-stars who tries to change his womanizing ways as he tries to find the woman of his dreams. Stamos' co-stars in the show are Na..
Jake Ireland
Jake Ireland is a Canadian football player and referee. Life Jake (born under the name John Ireland) was born on December 1, 1946, and attended Burlington Central High School from 1960–1965. Jake's father, Garnet Ireland, as well as Jake's two brothers and a sister, also attended BCHS. While at ..
Jake Jabs
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Jake Jagielski
Jake Jagielski is a fictional character, played by Bryan Greenberg on The WB's One Tree Hill. He was a basketball player for the Ravens and was the love interest of Peyton Sawyer. Jagielski is currently living in Savannah Georgia while he awaits for a custody trial to regain custody of his Daughter ..
Jake Johannsen
Jake Johannsen (born in Iowa City, Iowa) is an American comedian. Johannsen attended Iowa State University in the early 1980s, originally majoring in veterinary medicine, and then later changing to chemical engineering. He left after three years in college and relocated to San Francisco, Cali..
Jake Kaese
Jake Kaese is an American child actor who appeared in The Butterfly Effect. External links ..
Jake Kane
Jake Kane First appearance Pilot Last appearance Leave It to Beaver Statistics Name Jake Kane Status Alive Family Celeste Kane (wife)Duncan Kane (son)Lilly Kane (daughter; deceased)Lilly Manning (granddaughter) Affiliation CEO, Kane Software Special Skills Developer of stream..
Jake Kaner
Professor Jake Kaner (born 1959) is Professor of Furniture at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, and a member of the Institute of Conservation. He was recently awarded a grant by Arts and Humanities Research Council to create an Electronic Furniture Archive of High Wycombe. In 2004, he wa..
Jake Kasdan
Jake Kasdan (born 1975) is the director such films as 1998's Zero Effect and 2002's Orange County. He is the son of famed writer/director Lawrence Kasdan. External links [IMDb] ..
Jake Kaufman
Jake Kaufman (also known as virt) (born April 3 1981) is an American video game music composer. In 2002, he set up VGMix, and is presently redesigning it for the second time with a team of volunteers. He is also a member of the netlabel Hellven. Contents 1 Works1.1 ..
Jake Kilrain
Jake Kilrain (b. February 9, 1859 in Greenpoint, New York; d. December 22, 1937 in Quincy, Massachusetts) was the popular name of John Joseph Killion, a famous bare knuckle fighter and glove boxer of the 1880s. Early life Kilrain found employment as a teenager in Somerville, Massachusetts. As a c..
Jake LaMotta
Giacobbe La Motta (born July 10, 1921), better known as Jake LaMotta, nicknamed The Bronx Bull, "The Raging Bull", is a former boxer who was world middleweight champion and whose life has been as controversial outside the ring as it was inside it. Contents 1 Boxing records2 Early life3&..
Jake Lingle
Jake Lingle, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, was shot dead gangland-style at the Illinois Central train station underpass, during rush hour on June 9, 1930 as dozens of people watched. The hit man, Leo Vincent Brothers, was caught four months later after an intensive manhunt. Lingle was allege..
Jake Lloyd
[[Image:swlloyd.jpg|thumb|Lloyd in [[Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace]], 1999]] Jacob Christopher Lloyd (born March 5 1989) is an American actor. Lloyd was born in Fort Collins, Colorado to Lisa and William Loyd. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films Jingle All The Way (1996) a..
Jake Logan
Contents 1 Introduction2 Biography3 Sources4 See also Introduction Jake Logan is a fictional character from the game [[Tachyon: The Fringe]] by Novalogic. Jake has pronounced ironic sense of humor, and is often found questioning orders from his superiors. He is somewhat of a..
Jake MacDonald
Jake MacDonald (born 1949) is a Canadian novelist who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Works Indian River - 1981The Bridge Out of Town - 1986Two Tickets to Paradise - 1990Raised by the River - 1992Juliana and the Medicine Fish - 1997Houseboat Chronicles: Notes from a Life in Shield Country - 2002With t..
Jake Martin
Jacob Daniel Martin (born December 22, 1951), better known as Jake Martin, is an American voice actor. For non-union anime dubs or live-action projects, he goes under the names Dan Martin and Jake Daniels. Anime Lupin The 3rd: Inspector Koichi ZenigataGiant Robo: Professor ShizumaThe Legend of Bla..
Jake Maskall
Jake Maskall is a British actor who is most famous for his appearance in the TV soap opera EastEnders, in which he played ladies' man and bad boy Danny Moon. His character Moon entered on December 30, 2004 and was driven out of the show by gangster Johnny Allen seven months later. He returned to Eas..
Jake Mathews
Jake Mathews is a singer, songwriter and performer with a traditional sound. He is described as a consummate performer, open to his fans for chats, photographs and autographs. Mathews was born Jake Lagrandeur, in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. His self-titled debut CD garnered six nationally charted ..
Jake Matthews
Jake Matthews is a wrestler for TWA(Teenage Wrestling Association) and is currently the raining TWA Heavyweight Champion. Profile Height: 4"11 Weight 80 pounds D.O.B : 7/11/92(d/m/y) Ring Names: Jakas"TNT"Matthews, JT Krash, '''Triple X, Jake"Sexanator"Matthews''' Title History TWA Heavyweight..
Jake McDorman
John Allen McDorman IV (born July 8, 1986), better known as Jake McDorman, is an American actor. McDorman was born in Dallas, Texas to John Allen McDorman III and Deborah Gale Stallings; he has a younger sister, Morgan, and an older half-sister, Mandy. After dropping out of the Boy Scouts of Americ..
Jake McDuck
Jake McDuck is a fictional character of the Scrooge McDuck universe. He is Scrooge McDuck's uncle. He was mentioned in the story "A Christmas for Shacktown" (1952) by Carl Barks, in which Donald Duck dresses up as Jake in an attempt to trick Scrooge into giving money to charity. The character was l..
Jake McGoldrick
Jake McGoldrick is a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He represents District 1, known as the Richmond District neighborhood of San Francisco. McGoldrick was elected in 2000 as part of the progressive majority of candidates that were swept into office that year. The former teacher, ..
Jake Meyer
Jake Meyer, born 20th Jan 1984, is the youngest Briton to climb Everest (aged 21 years 4 months) and the youngest male to complete the ‘'Seven Summits'’ – the highest mountains in each of the seven continents. From Tetbury in Gloucestershire, Meyer was educated at Marlborough College, then e..
Jake Milliman
Jake "The Milkman" Milliman was a professional wrestler who competed primarily in the AWA. Milliman primarily performed as a jobber. His most famous match was one with Col. DeBeers, known as the "Great American Turkey Hunt". The match was part of the AWA Team Challenge Series, where the wrestl..
Jake Moon
Jacob "Jake" Moon is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. He is played by Joel Beckett. Contents 1 Profile2 Danny's exit3 Jake and Chrissie4 Danny's return5 Family6 Quotes Profile Jake made his first appearance on 30 December 2004 with hi..
Jake Moore
Textile artist Jake Moore (born 1964) has worked with large scale installation and immersive environments for over 10 years exhibiting both within institutions like The Walter Phillips Gallery, The Canadian Museum for Textiles, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Ace Art Inc, and numerous site specific locati..
Jake Morgendorffer
Jake Morgendorffer is a fictional animated character who featured regularly in the MTV television show, Daria. Father of Daria Morgendorffer, he is a middle aged man, brown-haired, and skinny, who always wears an ocean blue business suit. Background Jake Morgendorffer was the only son of emotionall..
Jake Nauta
redirect [[Template:Importance]]Jake Nauta is lead singer of the band, Playjerise. He also voiced several characters in Tim Andrews' short film The Great Feast, and is the music director in the Australian TV series, Glen At Work. ..
Jake Nava
Jake Nava is a music video director. He is currently part of Battlecruiser, the music video division of [Harry Nash] (bio on site) in the UK, and [FM Rocks] within the US. Music videography 1994 Lulu - "Goodbye Baby and Amen"1995 Mark Morrison - "Crazy"1996 Mark Morrison - "Ret..
Jake Nevin Field House
The Jake Nevin Field House is an arena-auditorium at Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The arena, built in 1932, is the former home of the Villanova basketball program prior to the construction of The Pavilion in 1986. It currently houses the women's volleyball team, as well as th..
Jake O'Donnell
James Michael "Jake" O'Donnell (born January 25 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former sports official who worked as a National Basketball Association (NBA) referee for 28 seasons from 1967 to 1995, and also as an umpire in Major League Baseball for four seasons from 1968 to 1971. He is t..
Jake paralysis
Jake paralysis was neuropathy caused by drinking a Jamaican ginger extract (commonly called “jake”) diluted with an industrial chemical known as triorthocresyl phosphate (TCP or TOCP). Jake had been legally sold for medicinal purposes since the Civil War. Because it was about 70% alcohol, it w..
Jake pearce
jake pearce jake pearce wanted to appear on wikopedia, showing the world he's amazing accoumplishments and incredible feats. To be honest, it was hard to know were to start when writing about such an intellectial, wise, knowladgable person such as himself. He's fulfilling journey of knowledge sta..
Jake Peavy
Jacob Edward Peavy, more commonly known as Jake Peavy (born 31 May, 1981, in Mobile, Alabama, USA) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the San Diego Padres. He bats and throws right handed. Peavy stands 6'1" feet tall (1.85 m) and weighs 182 pounds (82.72 kg). He was dev..
Jake Plummer
[] at NFL.com Jason Steven "Jake (The Snake)" Plummer (born December 19, 1974 in Boise, Idaho) is an American football player who plays quarterback for the Denver Broncos. He went to Arizona State University as a four-year starter. Plummer went to high school at Capital High School in Bo..
Jake Putnam
Jake Putnam is a former Emmy-winning journalist who now works in public relations in Boise, Idaho. Putnam was born in Pocatello, Idaho November 22, 1956 and is a graduate of Pocatello High School and Idaho State University. Putnam began his career in 1984 as a photographer for KIFI television in Ida..
Jake Reed
Jake Reed (born 1967) is a former American Football wide receiver who played for 12 seasons between 1991 and 2002 with the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints. He had four 1,000 yard seasons in his career and a career high of 85 Receptions in 1994 and was second in reciving yards in the NFL..
Jake Remington
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Jake Rivera
Jake Rivera is a music producer who founded various record labels, including Stiff Records, Radar Records, F-Beat Records, and Demon Records. ..
Jake Riviera
Jake Riviera (born Andrew Jakeman) founded Stiff Records in 1976, a label best known for its punk and new wave acts, including Elvis Costello, Madness, Ian Dury, and the Damned. Formerly an amateur boxer in east London, Riviera managed pub-rock acts Chilli Willi And The Red Hot Peppers and Dr Feelg..
Jake Robel
Jake Robel was a six-year-old boy who died on 22 February 2000 in Kansas City when a carjacker, Kim Davis, stole the car Robel was sitting alone in while his mother was inside a nearby store. Davis had thrown Robel out of the vehicle, but Robel became tangled in his seatbelt and was dragged for mile..
Jake Roberts
Jake the Snake redirects here. For the American football player, see Jake Plummer. Aurelian Jake Smith, Jr. (born May 30, 1955 in Gainesville, Texas), better known by his ring name of Jake "The Snake" Roberts, is a second generation American professional wrestler. Roberts played a notorious heel ..
Jake Robinson
Jake Robinson was born in Ukiah Califonia, was raised there until he left to join the army in 1998. During army service he was deployed to Iraq and Kuwaite, got married, and is a father of two. He plans to return to California in the future. ..
Jake Roenick
Jake Roenick is a police officer in the 2005 remake of the movie Assault on Precinct 13. Prior to the start of the movie storyline, he lost his partner in a fatal shooting. ..
Jake Rosholt
Jake Rosholt (born September 2, 1982) is an American amateur wrestler. Competing for Oklahoma State University, Rosholt won the 184-pound NCAA Division I wrestling title in 2003 and the 197-pound title in 2005. Rosholt, a redshirt junior at OSU, is a 3-time All-American and 2004 Big 12 Conference ..
Jake Sandvig
Steven Jacob Sandvig (born September 8, 1986 in Clovis, California) is an American actor. Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes 2005 Sky High Lash 2004 Cracking Up Preston Shackleton television series 1999 The Story of Us Josh Jordan at Twelve Guest appearan..
Jake Saunders
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Sir John Saunders (John Anthony Holt Saunders, widely known as Jake) (born July 291917) was chairman of the Hon..
Jake Scott
There are 2 known people named Jake Scott. Jake Scott (football player)- A former American Football player for the Miami Dolphins.Jake Scott (director)- A music video director. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referr..
Jake Scott (director)
Jake Scott is a film director who works primarily in the field of music videos. He has made videos for Soundgarden, The Smashing Pumpkins, Live, Blind Melon, Radiohead, and The Verve. He has also made one feature film, Plunkett and MacLeane (1999). He is the son of Ridley Scott. External links ..
Jake Scott (football player)
:A second football player named Jake Scott was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the 2004 NFL Draft. Jake Scott (born July 20, 1945 in Greenwood, South Carolina) is a former American football free safety and punt returner who played eight seasons from 1970 to 1978 for the Miami Dolphins and Wash..
Jake Scott (Indianapolis Colts player)
Jake Scott (born April 16, 1981 in Lewiston, Idaho) is an American football offensive guard currently playing for the Indianapolis Colts. Jake Scott stands 6'5 tall (196cm) and weighs 295 lbs (134kg). ..
Jake Sedgemore
Jake Sedgemore (born in Birmingham, October 20, 1978) is a professional footballer currently playing in the English Football Conference for Worcestershire-based club Kidderminster Harriers, where he'll stay until at least the end of the 2006/07 season. Football Career Jake began his footballing ca..
Jake Shears
Jake Shears (born Jason Sellards on October 3, 1977 in Arizona) is the vocalist for the American alternative music group the Scissor Sisters. Contents 1 Early life and career2 Other credits3 Trivia4 External links Early life and career Sellards attended Occidental College in..
Jake Shields
Jake Shields is an American mixed martial artist, currently fighting at 170 lbs. He holds a mixed martial arts record of 15 wins, 4 losses, and is the Rumble on the Rock 175 lb. Champion. ..
Jake Shimabukuro
Album cover for Dragon Jake Shimabukuro (born November 3, 1976 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a young ukulele virtuoso known for his lightning-fast fingers. Combining elements of jazz, rock, Hawaiian, and pop, he is often called the Jimi Hendrix of the ukulele. He has released an instructional DVD c..
Jake Siewert
Richard L. 'Jake' Siewert, Jr. (1964-) served as White House Press Secretary from September 30 2000 to January 19 2001 during the administration of President Bill Clinton. External links [First press briefing by Jake Siewert][Last press briefing by Jake Siewert] |- style="text..
Jake Simmonds
Jake Simmonds is a fictional character played by Andrew Hayden-Smith in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and originates from a parallel Earth. In Rise of the Cybermen Jake is a member of a resistance group called "the Preachers" along with Ricky Smith and "Mrs ..
Jake Sisko
Mean anomaly (M) Physical characteristics Dimensions Surface area Volume Mass Density (ρ) Surface gravity Escape velocity Rotation period Rotation velocity Obliquity Right ascensionof north pole Declination Absolute magnitude Albedo..
Jake Snider
Jake Snider is the lead vocalist and guitarist in the band Minus the Bear. In the past he has been a part of the band Sharks Keep Moving. ..
Jake Song
Jake Song, Korean Name Song Jae-kyeong (송재경), b. 1965 [[Citing sources citation needed]], is a South Korean programmer who is regarded as one of the greatest game developers in Korea. He played the major role in creating the MMORPG called Lineage, an online game with hug..
Jake Stahl
Garland "Jake" Stahl (April 13 1879 - September 18 1922) was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, and New York Highlanders. A graduate of the University of Illinois, he started off as a catcher before being traded to the Sena..
Jake Steed
Birthdate: 7 August 1970 Birth location: Birth name: Date of death: Penis size: Height: Weight: Eye color: Brown Hair color: Brown Ethnicity: African American Alias(es): Website: [Official Site] Jake Steed is the stage name of an African American..
Jake Sumner
Jake Sumner (born 24 May 1985) is a British model and the son of British singer Sting and Trudie Styler. He modeled in 2003 for Tommy Hilfiger's denim campaign. [link] External links ..
Jake Swirbul
Leon A. "Jake" "The Bullfrog" Swirbul (March 18, 1898 – June 28 1960), was an aviation pioneer and co-founder of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation. He was born in the Yorkville section of Manhattan. His family moved to Long Island when he was a child. He grew up in Sag Harbor and graduate..
Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper (born March 12, 1969) is an American journalist. Born in New York City, he was raised in Philadelphia. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1991 with a B.A. in history modified by visual studies. He briefly attended graduate school at the University of S..
Jake Thackray
John Philip "Jake" Thackray (February 22 1938 – December 24 2002), was an English, poet and singer-songwriter from Leeds, Yorkshire. Contents 1 Early life and influences2 National fame3 Themes of his work4 Retirement and death5 Revival in interest6 Discograph..
Jake the Alligator Man
Jake the Alligator Man is an alleged half-man, half-alligator on display in apparently mummified condition at Marsh's Free Museum, a tourist trap in Long Beach, Washington. He was acquired by the Marshes for $750 in 1967 from an antique store. His image was used by the Weekly World News on Novembe..
Jake the Peg
--> "Jake the Peg" was a fictional three-legged man, played by Rolf Harris in the 1960s. Jake wore a long coat that came down to the knees, and apparently had three identical legs. Part of the fun was trying to guess which leg was false, as he kept both hands in his pockets, one of which operated ..
Jake Thomas
Jake Thomas (born January 30, 1990 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American actor best known for his appearance in the television show Lizzie McGuire in which he plays Lizzie's younger brother, Matt McGuire. He has also played a young Hugh Hefner in the television movie Hefner: Unauthorized. He has..
Jake Tsakalidis
Iakovos "Jake" Tsakalidis (born June 10, 1979 in Rustavi, Georgia) is a Pontian Greek professional basketball player in the NBA who holds dual citizenship in Georgia, where he was born, and Greece, where he was raised. He was selected 25th by the Phoenix Suns in the 2000 NBA Draft. He has played for..
Jake turbill world cup
For the football (soccer) World Cup currently being held in Germany, see 2006 FIFA World Cup. A world cup is a global competition, contested in many sports, in which the participant entities (individuals, organised clubs or national teams) compete for the title of world champion. The supposition is ..
Jake Voskuhl
Position: Center College: University of Connecticut NBA draft: 2000, 2nd round33rd overallChicago Bulls Pro career: 6th season Hall of Fame: N/A(Active) Robert Jacob Voskuhl (born November 1 1977 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a professional basketball player, currently playing center for..
Jake Wade
Jake Wade is a common name that can refer to different people: Jake Wade: a MLB pitcherJake Wade: Julius Jennings Wade, a sportswriter Others The Law and Jake Wade (1958, John Sturges), a movie title This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same..
Jake Wade (baseball)
Jacob Fields (Jake) Wade (April 1, 1912 - February 1, 2006) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Detroit Tigers (1936-1938), Boston Red Sox (1939[start]), St. Louis Browns (1939[end]), Chicago White Sox, (1942-1944), New York Yankees (1946) and Washington Senat..
Jake Walker
Family Affairs character Jake Walker Played by Seb Castang Duration 2003, 2004-2005 Date of Birth Marital Status Single Occupation Unknown Family Dave Jake Walker was a fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs, played by Seb Castang. He was initially seen i..
Jake Warren
Jake H. Warren, O.C., B.A. (born Howard Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada in 1921) was the Canadian high commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1971 to 1974 then ambassador to the United States from 1975 to 1977. A World War II Royal Canadian Navy veteran, he was Vice-Chairman and a Director..
Jake Weary
Jake Weary (born February 14, 1990) is an American actor. He is the son of actress Kim Zimmer and director A.C. Weary. He resides with his family in New Jersey. Acting After an initial guest role on his mother's show, Guiding Light in 2002, he was cast as Luke Snyder on the television soap opera ..
Jake Weber
Jake Weber (born March 19, 1964 in London, United Kingdom) is a British actor. Biography Jake Weber attended Middlebury College in Vermont, where he majored in English Literature and Political Science, graduating cum laude with a BA. He attended the Julliard School, from which he graduated in 1991..
Jake Weber Filmography
Filmography Summerhill (2005)Medium (2005) (TV series) ... as Joe DuBoisThe Warrior Class (2004) ... as Phil AnwarHaven (2004) ... as Officer PowellDawn of the Dead (2004) ... as MichaelLove Thy Neighbor (2002) ... as Bondage Man100 Mile Rule (2002) ... as Bobby DavisLeo (2002) ... as Ben BloomThe M..
Jake Webster
--> Jake Webster, (born 29 October 1983 in Melbourne, Vic, Australia) is a New Zealand National Rugby League player. He plays the position of Centre and Wing for the Melbourne Storm Rugby League Club. Jake is the only Melbourne-born player in the Storm squad. He spent the early years of his life i..
Jake Weimer
Jacob Weimer, nicknamed "Tornado Jake" (November 29, 1873 - June 19, 1928), was a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1903-1905), Cincinnati Reds (1906-1908) and San Francisco Giants (1908). Weimer batted right handed and threw left handed. He was born in in Ot..
Jake Westbrook
Jacob Cauthen "Jake" Westbrook (born September 29, 1979 in Athens, Georgia) is a right-handed starting pitcher currently with the Cleveland Indians. He joined the Indians rotation in 2004 after coming in and pitching seven perfect innings in relief of Jeff D'Amico. He is from Danielsville, Georgia...
Jake Wetzel
Silver medal Rowing Men's straight 4 Jacob Wetzel (born December 26, 1976 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is an American-Canadian rower. He has represented both countries at the World Championships and the Olympics. As a teenager, Wetzel was on the Canadian Junior Cycling team; he only be..
Jake White
Jake White (born 13 December 1963 in Johannesburg) is a South African rugby union coach. He was appointed the coach of the South African national rugby union team, the Springboks, in 2004. Contents 1 Coaching career1.1 Springboks coach (2004- )2 Achievements as Springboks Coach3&..
Jake Wood
Jake Wood (born 12 July 1972) is a British actor. He has appeared in many television shows since 1985, including Red Dwarf and Doc Martin. He also appeared in Vera Drake. He plays Max Branning in EastEnders. Jake Wood is the voice of the gecko in the GEICO commercials. Jake also featured as part..
Jake Woods
Jake Woods (born on September 3, 1981 in Fresno, California) is a left handed pitcher in Major League Baseball currently with the Seattle Mariners. Made his Major League debut in 2005 with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Compiled a 1-1 record and a 4.55 ERA in 28.2 innings his rookie season. ..
Jake Zim
Jake Zim is the Vice President of Online for Fox Atomic, the youth-market film studio. Zim oversees all aspects of the studio's online presence, including marketing, creative, original and acquired content and digital distribution. Fox Atomic was formed late in 2005 and is headed by Fox Searchlight..
Jakhal
Jakhal is a village in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan, India. It is located in the district of Jhunjhunu, approximately 20 km east of Nawalgarh and 30 km south of Jhunjhunu. ..
Jakhal Mandi
Jakhal Mandi is a city and a municipal committee in Fatehabad district in the Indian state of Haryana. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Jakhal Mandi had a population of 6890. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Jakhal Mandi has..
Jakhar
Jakhar is a gotra of the Jat clan. The gotra is found in the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, and in particular Rajasthan. The lineage is known for being landowners in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. They are considered to be descendants of King Jakhbhadra. They belong to satwat vans of Ksha..
Jakhrani
Jakhrani (Urdu: جکھرانی) is a Sindhi tribe in Sindh, Pakistan. ..
Jakie Astor
Sir John Jacob "Jakie" Astor (born August 29, 1918) is a British politician and sportsman and a member of the prominent Astor family. Jakie Astor is the youngest child of Waldorf Astor and Nancy Witcher Langhorne. He was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford and served in the British military du..
Jakin, Georgia
Jakin is a city in Early County, Georgia, United States. The population was 157 at the 2000 census. Geography Jakin is located at [31°5′26″N, 84°58′59″W] (31.090574, -84.983179)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a..
Jakita Wagner
Jakita Wagner is a fictional character in the comic book series, Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday. Jakita possesses incredible strength, speed and resilience, the limits of which are not known. It has been remarked that she "Could drop kick a rhino over the Grand Canyon." As the daughte..
Jaki Byard
Jaki (John) Byard (June 15, 1922 - February 11, 1999) was a jazz piano player and composer who also played trumpet and saxophones, among several other instruments. He was noteworthy for his eclectic style, incorporating everything from ragtime and stride to free jazz. Byard began playing professio..
Jaki Graham
Jaki Graham (born September 15 1956 in Birmingham, England) is an English singer. She originally sang in a band called Ferrari and then went on to sing in the band Medium Wave and become a backing singer for UB40. She was soon discovered and went on to achieve good chart success, including two singl..
Jaki Liebezeit
Jaki Liebezeit (born 1939) is a drummer probably best known as a founding member of Can. One critic suggests that he is ["one of the few drummers to convincingly meld the funky and the cerebral"]. In the mid 1960s, he was part of Manfred Schoof's quintet, who were early exponents of Euro..
Jakki Brambles
Jakki Brambles (aka Jackie Brambles) is a British television and radio presenter and reporter. Born 1 March, 1967 in Harlow, England, she was the first female presenter to get her own weekday show on the national pop network BBC Radio 1. Brambles joined the station in 1988 from Capital Radio in Lon..
Jakki Degg
Jakki Degg (born February 20, 1978) is a British model, and former Page 3 girl for the newspaper The Sun. Jakki became famous when she won the inaugural MaxPower magazine babes competition. Following this she became a Page 3 model for The Sun, as well as posing topless and semi-nude for "lads" mags..
Jakko Jakszyk
Jakko M. Jakszyk (born Michael Lee Curran on June 8th 1958) is a guitarist and vocalist who has played with Level 42. His mother was Irish singer Peggy Curran and his father an unknown US airman. At 18 months of age, he was adopted by Norbert and Camille Jakszyk. His first significant band was 64 S..
Jakko Jan Leeuwangh
Jakko Jan Leeuwangh (born September 9, 1972 in Alkmaar) is a former speed skater from the [Netherlands]]. He finished fourth in the 1998 Olympic 1,000 m event. The highlight of his career was riding a world record at the 1,500 meters, in 2000 in Calgary. At that time, when he was leaded by ..
Jakks Pacific
Jakks Pacific, Inc. is an American toy company. Jakks is well known for their WWE figure line. They have been producing figures for the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) since the mid 1990s. After obtaining Pet Pal, Jakks is now pursuing the idea of releasing products in the pet industry. In 2006..
Jakks TV Games
Jakks TV Games is the name for a series of devices by Jakks Pacific. When the appropriate plugs are inserted into a television set, the user is able to play a pre-defined selection of video games. They usually host "classic" games by companies like Atari and Namco, but a few contain original games, ..
Jako
Jako is a German sportswear manufacturer. Jako was founded 1989, and has since then sponsored several teams in the German Bundesliga and other leagues in Europe. External links [Jako.de Official Site] ..
Jakob-Kaiser-Platz
Jakob-Kaiser-Platz is a metro station on the Berlin U-Bahn line U7. It was opened on October 1 1980 with the line's extension from Richard-Wagner-Platz to Rohrdamm. Its name translates to "Jakob Kaiser square"; it was named after a nearby square. It lies between the stations Halemweg and Jungfernhe..
Jakobinenstraße (Nuremberg U-Bahn)
Jakobinenstraße is a Nuremberg U-Bahn station, located on the U1 in Fürth. ..
Jakobsberg
Jakobsberg is a suburb of Metropolitan Stockholm, and the seat of Järfälla Municipality in Sweden. ..
Jakobsberg Priory
Jakobsberg Priory is a Benedictine monastery at Ockenheim in Gau-Algesheim, in the district of Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the missionary Ottilien Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation. History The monastery developed from a place of pilgrimage founded in 1720..
Jakobselva
The 25 miles long Jakobselva River - Jakobs River in English - comes from the mountains at the Varanger Peninsula in the extreme north-eastern Norway. The Jakobselva River winds its way down through a lush birch wood valley, on its way to the Varanger Fjord. The river is known to be a superb s..
Jakobshavn Isbræ
Jakobshavn Isbræ, also known as the Jakobshavn Glacier and Sermeq Kujalleq (in Greenlandic) is a large outlet glacier in West Greenland. It is located next to the Greenlandic town of Ilulissat (Danish: Jakobshavn) at the Ilulissat Icefjord, approximately at [69°10′N 49°50′W]. ..
Jakobsnes
Jakobsnes is a village in the municipality of Sør-Varanger, Norway. Its population is 271 [link]. ..
Jakobstad
For the Latvian town known in German as Jakobstadt, please see Jēkabpils. Jakobstads stadPietarsaaren kaupunki CityJakobstad (1620) Administrative ProvinceWestern Finland Historical ProvinceOstrobothnia Area - Total - Land - Water 93 km²89.1 km²3.9 km² Population ..
Jakobstads Tidning
Jakobstads Tidning (abbr. JT) is a Swedish language regional newspaper in Finland. It's the third largest Swedish language newspaper in Finland in terms of circulation, behind Hufvudstadsbladet and Vasabladet. Its headquarters are located in Jakobstad (Pietarsaari in Finnish), with local offices loc..
Jakobus Morenga
Jakobus Morenga, also "Jacobus," known as the "black Napoleon," born c. 1875, died September 19, 1907, was an important figure in Namibia, then the German colony of German South-West Africa. He was chief leader in the insurrection against Germany which took place between 1904 and 1908, called the ..
Jakob (band)
Jakob is a New Zealand post-rock band, based in the Hawkes Bay city of Napier. The band consists of guitarist Jeff Boyle; bassist Maurice Beckett; and drummer Jason Johnston. They have been compared to such bands as Mogwai, Sonic Youth, and HDU, though they largely eschew any vocals or samples in..
Jakob (EP)
Jakob is a 1999 EP by the New Zealand post-rock band Jakob. Track listing Verstaerker (10:34)Fortuitous (6:14)Can We Come In? (6:21)Warmth (5:10)Gattaca (8:22)Means (25:12) A bonus track is hidden at the end of the EP. Videos for Verstaeker and Can We Come In? were made by Ed Davis, and are avail..
Jakob Aall
Jakob Aall (27 July 1773 - 4 August 1844) was a Norwegian historian and statesman. He was born in Porsgrund, Norway and while studying divinity at Copenhagen he became interested in the pursuit of natural science. In 1797 he set out to make the tour of the scientific schools of Leipsic, Kiel, and ..
Jakob Abbadie
Jakob Abbadie (1654? - 1727), also known as Jacques or James Abbadie, Swiss Protestant divine and writer, was born at Nay in Bern, Switzerland. He studied at Sedan, Saumur and Puylaurens, with such success that he received the degree of doctor in theology at the age of seventeen. After spendi..
Jakob Aljaž
Jakob Aljaž made himself a name by having mountain huts built (in Vrata valley, on Kredarica, a small tower on the summit of Triglav) and paths in the Julian Alps laid out. He was a priest, who was also a successful composer, singer and choir master is very well known among the Slovene nation. In t..
Jakob Amsler-Laffon
Jakob Amsler-Laffon was a mathematician, physicist, engineer and the founder of his own factory (b.11 November 1823 d. 3 January 1912). Amsler was born on the Stalden near the village of Schinznach in the district of Brugg, canton Aargau, and died in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. His father was Jakob A..
Jakob Andreae
Jakob Andreae (March 251528–1590) was a significant Lutheran theologian, involved in the drafting of major documents. He was born in Waiblingen, in the duchy of Württemberg. He studied at the University of Tübingen from 1541. In 1573 he conducted with the help of Martin Crusius a corresp..
Jakob Augustsson
is a right- or left wing defender, currently playing for Helsingborgs IF in the Allsvenskan. Prior to signing for the club in 2004, he played for FC Lyn Oslo in Norway and Landskrona BoIS. He spent part of the 2005 season on loan to Sandefjord Fotball. ..
Jakob Ayrer
Jakob Ayrer (ca. 1543-March 26, 1605) was a German playwright and author of Fastnachtsspiele (carnival or Shrovetide plays). Little is known of Ayrer's living circumstances. He lived as an ironmonger in Nuremburg, probably studying theology and law in Bamberg before returning in 1593 to Nuremberg,..
Jakob Balde
Jakob Balde (1604-1668), German Latinist, was born at Ensisheim in Alsace on January 4 1604. Driven from Alsace by the marauding bands of Count Mansfeld, he fled to Ingolstadt where he began to study law. A love disappointment, however, turned his thoughts to the church, and in 1624 he entered the ..
Jakob Bartsch
Jakob Bartsch or Jacobus Bartschius (ca. 1600–1633) published several star charts in 1624, titled Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati, which included several new constellations introduced around 1613 on a celestial globe by Petrus Plancius. Bartsch was the son-in-law of Johannes Kepler. ..
Jakob Bender
Jakob Bender (March 23, 1910–February 8, 1981) was a German footballer. In the 1930s, Bender was a squad member of Fortuna Düsseldorf, who became German League champions. Between 1933 and 1935, he played for the German national football team. He was part of the squad selected for the Footbal..
Jakob Benzelius
Jakob Benzelius (February 25 1683 – June 29, 1747) was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1747 to his death. Jakob Benzelius studied at Uppsala University, graduated as filosofie magister (M.A.) in 1703 and, after a few years teaching in Uppsala, spent several years traveling ..
Jakob Bernays
Jakob Bernays (September 11, 1824 - May 26, 1881), German philologist and philosophical writer, was born at Hamburg of Jewish parents. His brother, Michael, was also a distinguished scholar. His father, Isaac Bernays (1792-1849), a man of wide culture, was the first orthodox German rabbi to preach ..
Jakob Bernoulli
Jakob Bernoulli. Jakob Bernoulli (Basel, Switzerland, December 27, 1654 - August 16, 1705), also known as Jacob, Jacques or James Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician and scientist and the older brother of Johann Bernoulli. While travelling in England in 1676, Jakob Bernoulli met Robert Boyl..
Jakob Böhme
Idealized portrait of Böhme's from Theosophia Revelata (1730). Jakob Böhme (1575–1624) was a German Christian mystic. Contents 1 Biography2 See also3 Works4 External links Biography Böhme was born in eastern Germany, near Görlitz. He grew up as a Lutheran, an..
Jakob Ceporin
Jakob Ceporin (1499-1525) was a Swiss humanist. Born Jakob Wiesendanger (Ceporin is a close Greek translation of the original Swiss surname -from keporós, "garden-custodian," "garden-overseer") in the town of Dinhard, Ceporin was the son of a wealthy farmer. He studied at the school of Latin at W..
Jakob Dubs
Jakob Dubs Jakob Dubs (July 26, 1822 - January 13, 1879) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1861-1872). He was elected to the Federal Council on July 30, 1861 and handed over office on May 28, 1872. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland. ..
Jakob Dylan
Jakob Luke Dylan, born December 9, 1969 in New York, is the lead singer and songwriter of the rock band The Wallflowers. He is the youngest of four children born to singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and his ex-wife Sara Dylan. It has been reported that Jakob does not like his famous father to be mentione..
Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen
Jakob Edvard Colbjørnsen was chief justice for the high court (Høyesterett) when it was located in the Danish-Norwegian capital, Copenhagen. Born in Norway, he served as the Norwegian chief justice from 1799 until his death. He died in 1802 and his brother, Christian Colbjørnsen was chief justice..
Jakob Ehrlich
Jacob Ehrlich (September 15, 1877, May 17, 1938) An early Zionist and leader of the Jewish Community in Vienna, Austria. Ehrlich represented the city's 180,000 Jewish citizens in the city government before World War II, and was among those deported in the "Prominententransport" to the Nazi cencent..
Jakob Eklund
Jakob Eklund (born 1962) is a Swedish actor. He is in a relationship with actress Marie Richardson, and has three children, named Tova, Klara, and Leon. Jakob Eklund's own father died of drug misuse when Jakob was still a child. External link ..
Jakob Emanuel Handmann
Jakob Emanuel Handmann (born 1718 in Basel, died 1781 in Bern) was a Swiss painter. External links http://www.khist.unizh.ch/Biblio/FV/EH_Buchanzeige.htm ..
Jakob Erlandsen
Jakob Erlandsen (? - February 18, 1274) was a Danish Archbishop 1254-1274 and the central character of the first great church conflict in Denmark. Belonging to a wealthy magnate family that was related to Archbishop Absalon Erlandsen became a clergyman. He was educated in Paris and showed a solid j..
Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart
Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742-1795) was a German botanist, a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University, and later Director of the Botanical Garden of Hannover, where he produced several major botanical works between 1780-1793. The standard botanical author abbreviation Ehrh. is applied to plan..
Jakob Friedrich Fries
Jakob Friedrich Fries (August 23, 1773–August 10, 1843) was a German philosopher. Life and career Fries was born at Barby in Saxony. He studied theology at the academy of the Moravian brethren at Niesky, and philosophy at the Universities of Leipzig and Jena. After travelling, in 1806 he be..
Jakob Frohschammer
Jakob Frohschammer (1821-1893), German theologian and philosopher, was born at Illkofen, near Regensburg, on the 6th of January 1821. Destined by his parents for the Roman Catholic priesthood, he studied theology at Munich, but felt an ever-growing attraction to philosophy. Nevertheless, after muc..
Jakob Grimminger
Jakob Grimminger in Triumph of the Will. Jakob Grimminger (25 April 1892 - 28 January 1969[#endnote_flagspot] was a member of the Schutzstaffel (SS) who was famous for carrying the Blutfahne, the ceremonial Nazi flag. He was born in Augsburg, Bavaria, and served during World War I i..
Jakob Gronovius
Jakob Gronovius Jakob Gronovius (1645-1716) was a German classical scholar, the son of Johann Friedrich Gronovius. He is chiefly known as the editor of the Thesaurus antiquitatum Graecarum (1697-1702, in 13 volumes)., ..
Jakob Guttmann
Jakob Guttmann, Jacob Guttmann: Jakob Guttmann (rabbi) (Jacob Guttmann), German rabbiJakob Guttmann (sculptor) See also Guttmann ..
Jakob Guttmann (rabbi)
See also Hungarian Austrian Jewish sculptor Jakob Guttmann (sculptor), and Guttmann, Gutmann. Rabbi Jakob Guttmann (April 22, 1845, Beuthen, Oberschlesien - September 29, 1919, Breslau) was a German Jewish theologian, philosopher of religion (Religionsphilosoph). He was the father of Julius Guttma..
Jakob Guttmann (sculptor)
Jakob Guttmann (1811, Arad-April 28, 1860, Vienna) was an Hungarian Jewish sculptor. In his early childhood he carved toys, and in 1833 went to Vienna to satisfy his artistic cravings. Here he became an engraver, and worked for three years with his burin. He then received a scholarship from Prince ..
Jakob Heilmann
Jakob Heilmann Jakob Heilmann (August 21, 1846 in Geiselbach, Aschaffenburg County (Lower Franconia) - February 15, 1927 in Munich) was a German contractor. Son of a glazier, Heilmann attended the construction school in Munich and graduated with the exam as a master builder. Since 1866, he w..
Jakob Heine
Jakob (or Jacob) Heine (April 16, 1800, Lauterbach (Black Forest, Germany) – November 12, 1879, Cannstatt, Germany) was a German orthopaedist. He is most famous for his study, in 1840, into poliomyelitis, which was the first medical report on the disease, and the first time the illness was recogni..
Jakob Hellman
Jakob Hellman, born October 20, 1965 in Vuollerim, Norrbotten, is a Swedish pop singer. Although his only album to date, ...Och stora havet, was released in 1989, he is still well-known in his native country. Jakob Hellman grew up in rural north Sweden, just south of the polar circle. Without prev..
Jakob Hermann
Another notable Jacob Hermann was the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius (1560-1609). Jakob Hermann (16 July 1678 - 11 July 1733) was a mathematician who worked on problems in classical mechanics. Hermann received his initial training from Jacob Bernoulli and graduated with a degree in 1695. He ..
Jakob Herzog
Jakob Herzog (1892 – 1931) was a Swiss Socialist. Originally a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, Herzog was expelled in 1918 for supporting the October Revolution. Herzog was one of the founding members of the Swiss Communist Movement (Forderung) in 1918 and leader of the Com..
Jakob Hlasek
Jakob Hlasek (born November 12, 1964 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland. The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year (partnering his fellow Swiss player Marc Rosset). He was also a member ..
Jakob Hurt
Jakob Hurt (22 July 1839 in Vana-Koiola - 13 January 1907 in St Petersburg) was a notable Estonian folklorist and theologian. [[fiu-vro:Hurda Jakob]] ..
Jakob Jocz
Jakób Jocz (1906-1983) was a third generation Hebrew Christian, born in Born in Vilnius, Lithuania. He was the son of a Messianic Jewish cabinetmaker. During a visit to England for a speaking tour his wife gave birth to a child. At the same time, Germany invaded Poland, which made it undesirable ..
Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson
Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson (born November 24, 1982 in Reykjavík) is a swimmer from Iceland, who started swimming for S.C. Ægir in 1991. He represented Iceland at the 2000 Summer Olympics, achieving the best ever result by an Icelandic swimmer in coming 25th. ..
Jakob Jud
Jakob Jud [ju:t] (January 12, 1882, Wängi, Kanton Thurgau - June 15, 1952, Seelisberg, Kanton Uri) was a Swiss Romance linguist (Romanist). Literary works External links ..
Jakob Kaiser
Jakob Kaiser (wall-plaque at Jakob-Kaiser-Haus, Berlin) Jakob Kaiser (8 February 1888 - 7 May 1961) was a German politician and resistance leader during World War II. Jakob Kaiser was born in the Franconian town of Hammelburg. In his younger years he was a bookbinder. He joined a Catholic tr..
Jakob Kellenberger
Jakob Kellenberger (born October 19, 1944 in Heiden, Switzerland) is a Swiss diplomat and the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). He studied French and Spanish literature as well as linguistics in Zürich, Tours and Granada and gained a doctorate from the University ..
Jakob Klatzkin
Jakob Klatzkin, Yakov/Jakub Klaczkin (Russian: , October 3, Kartoz-Brioza/Kartusskaya Berëza (now Belarus), 1882 - March 26, 1948, Vevey, Switzerland) was a Jewish philosopher, publicist, publisher. He was a son of Rabbi Eliyahu Klaczkin (1852, Oshpol - 1932, Jerusalem). His birthplace Kartoz-Bri..
Jakob Klukstad
Jakob Bersveinson Klukstad, who was born 1705 in Lom, died 1773. He spent most of his career on Klukstad farm in Lesja, and at the time was the foremost Norwegian sculptor and painter. Klukstad's work can still be seen in churches at Lesja, Skjåk and Heidal. References Årsskrift for Lesja histo..
Jakob Lines
Jakob Lines was a ferry operator based in Jakobstad (Pietarsaari), Finland. The company was established in 1969 by the city of Jakobstad. It operated routes between Jakobstad and Kokkola in Finland, and Skellefteå, Umeå, and Örnsköldsvik in Sweden. Jakob Lines' first ship M/S Nordek made it..
Jakob Lorber
Jakob Lorber (July 22, 1800- August 24, 1864) was a Christian mystic and visionary who referred to himself as "God's scribe". He wrote that on 15 March 1840 he began hearing an 'inner voice' from the region of his heart and thereafter transcribed what it said. By the time of his death 24 years lat..
Jakob Maria Mierscheid
Jakob Maria Mierscheid (born March 1, 1933) has been a fictitious politician in the German Bundestag since December 11 1979. He was then the alleged deputy chairman of the Mittelstandsausschuß (Committee for Small and Medium Sized Businesses) of the Bundestag in 1981 and 1982. According to his offi..
Jakob Martin Pettersen
Jakob Martin Pettersen (1899-1970) was the Norwegian Minister of Transport and Communications 1952-1955. ..
Jakob Martin Strid
Jakob Martin Strid (born 1972) is a Danish cartoonist, who is known throughout Denmark for his successful series Strid in the Danish newspaper Politiken. Before his mainstream success he drew for the socialist paper Socialisten; both runs consisted mostly of satire on political events. He is decided..
Jakob Marzel Sternberger
Jakob Marzel Sternberger (1750 - 1822) was the first mayor of the town of Kadaň after the municipal reform of Joseph II. He was a mayor from 1788 till 1822. ..
Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz
Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (b. 23 January 1751, or 12 January in the Julian calendar; d. 4 June 1792, or 24 May in the Julian calendar) was a German writer of the Sturm und Drang movement. Contents 1 Life2 Lenz as a literary figure3 Selected works3.1 Editions3.2 Single w..
Jakob Nielsen
Jakob Nielsen can mean: Jakob Nielsen (mathematician)Jakob Nielsen (usability consultant) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ..
Jakob Nielsen (mathematician)
For the software usability expert, see Jakob Nielsen (usability consultant). Jakob Nielsen (October 15, 1890 – August 3, 1959) was a Danish mathematician known for his work on automorphisms of surfaces. He was born in the village Mjels on the island of Als in North Schleswig, in modern day Denma..
Jakob Nielsen (usability consultant)
Jakob Nielsen speaking at a conference. Jakob Nielsen (born 1957 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a writer, speaker, and consultant on software and web-design usability. He earned a Ph.D. in user interface design and computer science from the Technical University of Denmark. Nielsen worked at Bellco..
Jakob Nilsson Vik
Jakob Nilsson Vik (1882-1960) was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs 1931-1932 and 1932-1933, and consultative councillor of state 1940-1941. ..
Jakob P. Steinbach
Jakob P. Steinbach was born in 1752 in the small town of Kansk. He joined the Russian army at the age of 18 and was quickly upgraded to the rank of captain. With this power took it upon himself and his troops to pillage the villages restin on the Russian border. This act was frowned upon by George I..
Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer
Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer (10 December 1790 – 26 April 1861) was an Austrian traveller, journalist and historical investigator, best known for his now discredited theory that the Greeks of the present day are predominantly of Albanian and Slav descent, a theory that was finally shown to be inc..
Jakob Piil
Jakob Storm Piil (born 3 September 1973) is a Danish professional road bicycle racer. He is an all-round rider, known for his aggressive style of riding, whose speciality is to pick the right breakaways. He is the cousin of Danish former professional bicycle racer Jørgen V. Pedersen. Contents 1..
Jakob Poulsen
Jakob Poulsen (born 7 July 1983) is a Danish football defender playing in SC Heerenveen. Before that he played in Esbjerg fB. On 2006-05-09 he was selected for the Danish squad for UEFA U-21 Championship 2006. ..
Jakob Prandtauer
Jakob Prandtauer (baptized in Stanz bei Landeck (Tyrol) on July 16 1660, died in Sankt Pölten on September 16 1726) was a Baroque Austrian architect. Trained as stonemason rather than as an architect, he designed and supervised the construction of the Monastery Church of Melk, in Melk, Austria. ..
Jakob Reumann
Jakob Reumann was an Austrian Socialist politician. ..
Jakob Roggeveen
Jacob Roggeveen (1 February 1659 - 31 January, 1729) was a Dutch explorer who was sent to find Terra Australis, but he instead came across Easter Island by chance. His father, Arent Roggeveen, was a mathematician with much knowledge of astronomy, geography, and the theory of navigation as well. He..
Jakob Rosanes
Jakob Rosanes Jakob Rosanes (August 16, 1842 Brody, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) – January 6, 1922) was a German mathematician who worked on algebraic geometry and invariant theory. He is known as a chess master, too. Rosanes studied at University of Berlin and the University of Breslau. H..
Jakob Sande
Jakob Sande (1906-1967) was a Norwegian writer whose texts were written in nynorsk, the least used of the two official Norwegian written language forms. His work helped secure a special place on the Norwegian culture-scene for the municipality Fjaler. Biography Sande was born on December 1, 1906,..
Jakob Schaffner
Jakob Schaffner (1875-1944) was a leading Swiss novelist who became a supporter of Nazism. Born on 14th November 1875 in Basel, his father died at an early age before his mother emigrated to the United States, leaving him to be reared in an orphanage. His early experiences inspired his most celebra..
Jakob Segal
Jakob Segal (* 1911 in St. Petersburg, Soviet Union; † 1995) was a biology professor at Humboldt University in the former East Germany. He is one of the advocates of the conspiracy theory that HIV was created by the United States government at Fort Detrick, Maryland. He was accused of being a Sov..
Jakob Seisenegger
Jakob Seisenegger (1505-1567) was an Austrian painter used by Charles V. He won international fame for his use of full-length poses in his portraits, creating a model used by future artists, notabily Titian. His portrait Emperor Charles V with Hound (1532), currently resides in the Kunsthistorisc..
Jakob Senneby
Jakob Senneby (b.1971 in Stockholm)is an artist that is occupied with researching into the potentiality of digital media to work as organisational tools for participatory production. The work span from investigating the avatar and identity in distributed systems, to larger scaled community organisat..
Jakob Sigismund Beck
Jakob Sigismund Beck (1761-1840), German philosopher, was born at Danzig in 1761. Educated at Königsberg, he became professor of philosophy first at Halle (1791-1799) and then at Rostock. He devoted himself to criticism and explanation of the doctrine of Kant, and in 1793 published the Erläuternde..
Jakob Sprenger
Jakob Sprenger (born 24 July 1884 in Oberhausen (near Bad Bergzabern), now in Rhineland-Palatinate; died 8 April 1945 in Kössen (Tyrol, Austria), suicide) was a Nazi politician. In 1922, the postal inspector Jakob Sprenger became a member of the NSDAP. The militant anti-Semite rose quickly through..
Jakob Stämpfli
Jakob Stämpfli Jakob Stämpfli (February 23, 1820 - May 15, 1879) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1854-1863). He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 6, 1854, and handed over office on December 31, 1863. He was affiliated with the Free..
Jakob Steiner
Jakob Steiner (18 March , 1796 – April 1, 1863) was a Swiss mathematician. He was born in the village of Utzendorf, Canton of Bern. At eighteen he became a pupil of Heinrich Pestalozzi, and afterwards studied at Heidelberg. Thence he went to Berlin, earning a livelihood there, as in Heidelber..
Jakob Sveistrup
Jakob Sveistrup performs at Congratulations Jakob Sveistrup is a Danish singer. He entered the Danish music scene in 2003 as a comptetitor in the Danish televised talent contest Stjerne for en aften ("Star For A Night"). He made it to the finals. Unusually, Sveistrup is not a professional si..
Jakob the Liar
Jakob the Liar is a 1999 low-budget movie directed by Peter Kassovitz and starring Robin Williams, Liev Schreiber, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, and Bob Balaban. The movie is set in 1944 in a ghetto in Poland, in the times of the Holocaust. The movie is based on the book by Jurek Becker. References ..
Jakob Ulvsson
Jakob Ulvsson (died in the spring of 1521) was Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1469–1515 and the founder of Uppsala University. Jakob Ulvsson came from a noble family background in Uppland and studied at the universities in Rostock (where he got a bachelor of arts in 1458/1459) and Paris (magi..
Jakob van Domselaer
Jakob van Domselaer (1890-1960), a Dutch composer, was born in the town of Nijkerk on April 15, 1890. In 1912 van Domselaer traveled to Paris where he met the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), eventually becoming a part of Mondrian's artistic circle known as "De Stijl." Van Domselaer's pian..
Jakob van Hoddis
Jakob van Hoddis (born May 16 1887 in Berlin; died 1942 in Sobibór; real name Hans Davidsohn) was a German-Jewish poet. The name "van Hoddis" is an anagram of "Hans Davidsohn". External links [Jakob Van Hoddis article (in English) - Laika Poetry Review][Stiftung "Neue Synagoge Ber..
Jakob von Uexküll
For the founder of the Right Livelihood Award, see Jakob von Uexkull. Jakob von Uexküll (September 8, 1864 - July 25, 1944) was an Estonian biologist who had important achievements in the fields of muscular physiology and the cybernetics of life. However, his most notable achievement is the notion..
Jakob von Uexkull
For the Estonian biologist, see Jakob von Uexküll. Jakob von Uexkull Jakob von Uexkull (born 19 August 1944) is a writer, lecturer, professional philatelist and past member of the European Parliament who, in 1980, founded the Right Livelihood Awards (aka the Alternative Nobel Prize). He hol..
Jakob Walter
Napoleonic Foot Soldier (1788-1864) Jacob Walter was a soldier from the German state of Württemberg. It was part of the kingdom of Westphalia founded by Napoleon and was considered was a French vassal state. It was here where Jakob Walter was conscripted three times by Napoleon, 1806, 1809, and 18..
Jakob Wassermann
Jakob Wassermann (March 10, 1873 - January 1, 1934) was a German and Jewish writer and novelist. Life Born in Fürth, he was the son of a shopkeeper and lost his mother at any early age. He showed literary interest early and published various pieces in the newspapers. Because his father was rel..
Jakob Wimpfeling
Jakob Wimpfeling (July 25, 1450–November 17, 1528 was a German Renaissance humanist and theologian. Wimpfeling was born in Schlettstadt, Alsace. He went to the school at Schlettstadt, conducted by Ludwig Dringenberg. In 1464 he became a student at the University of Freiburg, where he received..
Jakokoyak
Jakokoyak is a Welsh lo-fi pop project, with leanings towards psychedelic folk and electronic experimentation. Welsh experimental electronic act Jakokoyak is the brainchild of Rhys Edwards. A native of Mold in Flintshire, Wales. Edwards began recording as a sophomore at University. Working and r..
Jakovasaurs
"Jakovasaurs" is episode 305 of Comedy Central's animated series South Park. It originally aired on June 16, 1999. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The episode starts with the four boys sitting around a campfire near Starks Pond at night. Cartman ..
Jakovo
Jakovo can refer to: Jakovo, a village in Serbia and Montenegro. Jakovo - Jacobo Ríos, a Computer Science enthusiast from Mexico. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change th..
Jakovo (village)
Jakovo (Јаково) is a village located in the Surčin municipality, Serbia and Montenegro. In 2002 the village had a total population of 5,949, of which 5,665 were ethnic Serbs. Jakovo is situated in the south-eastern part of Syrmia, which belong to Belgrade City. The Fenek Monastery is located ..
Jakov Gotovac
Jakov Gotovac (October 11, 1895 – October 16, 1982) was a composer and conductor of classical music. He is the author of the most famous Croatian nationalist opera, the comic Ero s onoga svijeta ("Ero the joker"), which first played in Zagreb in 1935. Gotovac was born in Split and initially ..
Jakov Ignjatović
Jakov Ignjatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јаков Игњатовић) (1822-1899) was a famous Serbian novelist and prose writer of the 19th century. ..
Jakov Mikalja
Jakov Mikalja (Micalia, Micaglia; Jacobus; March 31, 1601 - December 1, 1654) was a Croatian linguist and lexicographer, the author of an early Croatian dictionary. Contents 1 Life2 Dictionary3 Works4 External link Life Mikalja was born in Peschici on the peninsula of Gar..
Jakov Nenadović
Jakov Nenadović (1765-1836) (Serbian Cyrillic Јаков Ненадовић) was a Serbian Duke and the first Serbian Minister of Interior. ..
Jakow Trachtenberg
Jakow Trachtenberg (17 June 1888 - 1953) was a Ukrainian mathematician who developed the mental calculation techniques called the Trachtenberg system. He was born in Odessa. He graduated with highest honors from the Mining Engineering Institute in St. Petersburg and later worked as an engineer in th..
Jako (programming)
Jako is a programming language created by Gregor M. Purdy. It is similar to C++, but makes several large deviations, in some ways making it closer to Perl. Jako can be compiled into Parrot's assembly language, PASM, and then run on the Parrot virtual machine. Hello world in Jako is: use sys; sys::pr..
JAKQ Dengeki Tai
J.A.K.Q. Dengeki Tai (ジャッカー電撃隊 Jakkā Dengeki Tai), translated as J.A.K.Q. Blitzkrieg Squad is the second Sentai series. Unlike most of the other Sentai which start out with a team of 5 members the JAKQ team started out with only 4. A fifth member (Big One) appeared in episode 23. J...
Jakriborg
Jakriborg is an apartment building district, or new town, under construction at suburban Hjärup, between Malmö and Lund in the Southwest Scania metropolitan area in Sweden. The land belongs to the village of Uppåkra, which existed for a thousand years as the predecessor of Lund until the tow..
Jakšić
Jakšić is a village in Slavonia, Croatia. The population of the village was 4.437 in 2001. Cities and Municipalities of Požega-Slavonia County Cities and towns: Požega | Lipik | Pakrac | Pleternica Municipalities: Brestovac | Čaglin | Jakšić | Kaptol | Kutjevo | Velika ..
Jaktens Tid
Jaktens Tid (English: hunting time) is a folk metal album by the Finnish band Finntroll. It was released in 2001 by [Spinefarm]. The album itself is considered by many fans of the band as their best, featuring a mix of folk and black metal aspects, such as traditional joik singing. The..
Jakten på Odin
The Search for Odin (Norwegian: Jakten på Odin) is the project title of Thor Heyerdahl's last series of archaeological excavations, which took place in Azov in Russia. Contents 1 Theoretical background2 Excavations3 Critique4 See also5 Further reading6 External li..
Jaku
Jaku is an LP released by Electronica artist DJ Krush. Tracklist "Song 2" -4:59"Still Island" featuring Shuzan Morita -5:06"Road to Nowhere" -3:21"Nosferatu" featuring Mr Lif -3:45"The Beginning" -3:55"Transition" -1:57"Stormy Cloud" featuring Ken Shima -5:54"Univearth" featuring Tetsuro Naito -..
Jakub Arbes
Jakub Arbes (June 12, 1840, Prague – April 8, 1914, Prague) was a Czech writer and journalist, sympathizer of the májovci literary group, creator of the new genre called romanetto. See also List of Czech writers ..
Jakub Berman
--> Jakub Berman (born December 26, 1901, in Warsaw, Poland - died April 10, 1984), was a Polish communist politician of Jewish origin. As a member of the Polish United Workers' Party's Politbiuro he was in charge of the Urzad Bezpieczenstwa and considered Joseph Stalin's right hand in Poland betwe..
Jakub Bursa
Jakub Bursa (1813-1884) was a famous Czech architect and builder of Bohemian Rustic Baroque architecture. He decorated many gables of houses in Southern Bohemia in the style of the so-called rural South Bohemian Baroque. ..
Jakub Deml
Jakub Deml Jakub Deml (August 20 1878 - February 10 1961) was Czech Catholic priest and writer. Life Deml was born in Tasov near Třebíč, then Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic. Between 1902-1909 he was a Catholic priest, suspended in 1912. He then became one of the most important Czech ..
Jakub Egit
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Jakub Goldberg
Jakub Goldberg (aka Kuba Goldberg) (August 29 1924 in Warsaw, Poland – April 27 2002 in Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Polish film assistant director, scriptwriter and actor. A graduate of the prestigious Polish Film School in Lodz, Goldberg was a personality in the post-war Polish film community,..
Jakub Grzegorzewski
Jakub Grzegorzewski (born April 16, 1982) is a Polish football player who plays for Concordia Piotrków Trybunalski. He has also played for Heko Czermno and Korona Kielce. During the 2004/05 season, he helped to promote Korona to the Ekstraklasa. ..
Jakub Husnik
Jakub Husník (*March 29 1837 Vejprnice near Pilsen; March 26 1916 in Prague), was a Czech painter, indication teacher and inventor of the improved photolithography (new reproduction method of the pressure of the surface). Contents 1 Life2 Research3 Works4 Honours and members..
Jakub Janda
Jakub Janda (born April 27, 1978 in Čeladná) is a Czech ski jumper, winner of 2005-2006 Four Hills Tournament and winner of the Ski Jumping World Cup 2005–2006. He entered Ski Jumping World Cup in 1996, but his first major success was third place in Liberec (2003). Janda improved his performan..
Jakub Jan Ryba
Jakub Jan Ryba Jakub Šimon Jan Ryba (October 26, 1765 - April 8 1815) was a Czech teacher and composer of classical music. His most famous work is Czech Christmas Mass "Hey, Master!". Ryba was born in Preštice near Plzeň. His father was a schoolteacher, which was a very poorly paid occupat..
Jakub Jasiński
Jakub Jasiński (1761-1794) was a Polish general and poet. Participated in the War in Defense of the Constitution in 1792. An enemy of Targowica Confederation, organized an action against its supporters in Wilno. Killed in Battle of Praga in 1794. A graduate of the Warsaw-based Szkoła Rycerska, ..
Jakub Klepis
Jakub Klepis (born June 5, 1984 in Prague, Czech Republic) is a professional ice hockey center who currently plays for the Hershey Bears of the AHL, the minor league affiliate for the Washington Capitals of the NHL. Klepis was drafted in the 1st round, 16th overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 2..
Jakub Krawczyk
Kuba Krawczyk, also known as Żabcia, is a current guitarist of Polish streetpunk band The Analogs. His nickname means in Polish small frog and its origin came from his green coloured pyjamas that his mom had been giving him while on tour. He had 18 when he joined The Analogs. References () ..
Jakub Krčín
Jakub Krčín (June 18 1535 [#endnote_date] in Kolín - 1535-1604) was a prominent Czech Renaissance architect and engineer. He was a prolific designer and founder of fishponds. See also Štěpánek Netolický Notes ↑  Some sources doubt date, place and even year of Krčín's bir..
Jakub Ludwik Sobieski
Jakub Ludwik Henryk Sobieski Noble Family Sobieski Coat of Arms Janina Parents Jan III SobieskiMarie Casimire Louise Consorts Hedwig Elisabeth Amelia Children with Hedwig Elisabeth AmeliaMaria Leopoldyna SobieskaMaria Kazimiera SobieskaMaria Karolina SobieskaJan SobieskiMaria K..
Jakub Polak
Jakub Polak (c. 1545-c. 1605; also known as Jakub Reys and Jacques le Polonois) was a Polish lutenist and composer. Notable for his service as court lutenist to Henry III of Poland and France. Initially one of the court musicians of Kraków, after Henry III fled Poland he joined him in Paris in 157..
Jakub Rutnicki
Jakub Rutnicki (born December 03, 1978 in Szamotuły) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 3182 votes in 38 Piła district, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list. Jakub was also a finalist from the first edition of Idol Poland finishing 9th. See also M..
Jakub Schikaneder
Jakub Schikaneder (1855-1924) was a Czech painter, known for his soft paintings of the outdoors, often lonely in mood. External Links ()[Radio Prague] - extensive Biography ..
Jakub Sobieski
Jakub Sobieski Noble Family Sobieski Coat of Arms Janina Parents Marek SobieskiJadwiga Snopkowska Consorts Marianna WisniowieckaZofia Teofillia Daniłowicz Children with Zofia Teofillia DaniłowiczMarek SobieskiJan III SobieskiKatarzyna Sobieska Date of Birth May 5, 1590 Pla..
Jakub Świnka
Jakub Świnka (died on March 4, 1314) was a Polish Catholic priest, the Archbishop of Gniezno and a notable politician and supporter of the idea of unification of all Polish lands under the rule of Wladislaus the Short. His Coat of Arms was Świnka. Biography Little is known about the early life o..
Jakub Szczawiński
Jakub Szczawiński (1577-1637) was a noble (szlachcic) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, of Prawdzic Coat of Arms. He held the offices of voivode of Brześć Kujawski (1622-1637)[link] and starosta łeczycki (1620-1637). He was also the Marshal of the Sejm in 1616 (26 April to 7 June)..
Jakub Szulc
Jakub Szulc (born December 21, 1973 in Kłodzko) is a Polish politician. He was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 5004 votes in 2 Wałbrzych district, candidating from Platforma Obywatelska list. See also Members of Polish Sejm 2005-2009 External links [Jakub Szulc - parliamentary..
Jakub Uchański
Jakub Uchański (1502-1581) of Rydwan Coat of Arms was a primate of Poland and interrex from 1572 to 1573 and from 1574 to 1575.[link] He began his career at the royal court as a secretary and overseer of the lands of Polish queen Bona Sforza. Due to her support he received the position o..
Jakub Wędrowycz
Jakub Wędrowycz is the main protagonist of a number of short stories by Andrzej Pilipiuk, a renown Polish writer. Wędrowycz is an elderly alcoholic, moonshine producer, amateur exorcist and fighter against all sorts of supernatural forces dwelling around Wędrowycz's village, from the aliens to ..
Jakub Wujek
Jakub Wujek (1541–1597) was a Polish Jesuit, religious writer, and translator of the Bible into Polish. Wujek studied at the Kraków Academy, then in Vienna and at the Collegium Romanum. An erudite Biblical scholar, he possessed an excellent knowledge of Greek, Latin and Hebrew. His Polis..
Jakub Zadzik
Tapestry of Jakub Zadzik - Korab Coat of Arms Jakub Zadzik (1582-1642), Great Crown Secretary from 1613 to 1627, bishop of Chełmno from 1624, Crown Deputy Chancellor from 1627, Great Crown Chancellor from 1628 to 1635, bishop of Kraków from 1635, diplomat, szlachcic, magnate in the Polish-Li..
Jakucho Setouchi
Jakucho Setouchi (瀬戸内 寂聴 Setouchi Jakuchō, May 15, 1922 - ) is the name of the Buddhist nun, writer and activist formally known as Harumi Setouchi (瀬戸内 晴美). Biography Setouchi was born in Tokushima in 1922. She attended Tokyo Women's Christian University and graduated with a de..
Jakuns
Jakuns are an aboriginal race of the Malay Peninsula. They have become much mixed with other tribes, and are found throughout the south of the peninsula and along the coasts. The purest types are straight-and coarse-haired, and exhibit typically Southeast Asian characteristics. They are closely rela..
Jakupica
Jakupica (Macedonian:Јакупица) is a mountain range in the central part of the Republic of Macedonia. Its highest peak is Solunska Glava (2540 metres above the sea level). Other significant peaks are: Karadzica (2,473 m), Popovo Brdo (2,380 m), Ostar Breg (2,365 m), Ubava (2,353 m), Ostar Vr..
Jakup Xherahu
Jakup Xherahu was the mayor of the town of Ishmi, western Albania. Very distinguished, he proclaimed independence from the Ottoman Empire by raising the Albanian flag, just days before Albanian Independence Day on November 28, 1912. A close ally to Abaz Kupi, he helped him escape communist forces d..
Jakuren
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Jakusho Kwong
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Jak (comics)
Jak (more commonly known as Black Jak) is a comic strip and character in the UK comic The Dandy, or more accurately, three characters, all of whom had blonde or red spiky hair. Jak's first incarnation was drawn by Jimmy Hansen starting from issue 2924, dated 6 December 1997. The strip played entire..
Jak (Jak and Daxter)
Jak is the main character from the Jak and Daxter video game series. From Jak II onwards, he is voiced by Mike Erwin. From the Japanese version of Jak II onwards, he is voiced by Shotaro Morikubo (森久保 祥太郎). --> [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details fo..
Jak 2
Jak 2 can refer to: Jak II, a video game from the Jak and Daxter seriesJAK2, a member of the Janus kinase family This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point di..
Jak 3
Jak 3 is a video game for Sony's PlayStation 2 console developed by Naughty Dog. Although touted as the final game in the acclaimed Jak and Daxter series, it has inspired two spinoff games, [[Jak X: Combat Racing]] and Daxter, both out now. Contents 1 Storyline2 Areas Of Interest3 ..
Jak 4
The sixth installment in the Jak series. It will have the cast from the first 5 Jak and Daxter games. It should have new characters in the story that will form into your friend or foe. It is being talk about if the Jak 4 game should be on the Playstation 2 or on the Playstation 3. If on the PS3, the..
Jak and Daxter
Jak and Daxter is a video game franchise originally developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 2 that is named after its own protagonists. So far, five games featuring the two unlikely heroes have been released. Contents 1 Notable features2 Storyline2.1 ''Jak and Daxter: The Prec..
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
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Jak Housden
Jak Housden is an Australian musician. He was the guitarist for the Badloves before becoming a full-time guitarist for The Whitlams for the release of 'Torch The Moon' in 2002. Before this Whitlams release however, Jak made an appearance on the 2000 album 'Love This City'. Housden released a solo ..
Jak II
Jak II, called Jak II: Renegade in Europe, is a video game for the Sony PlayStation 2 developed by Naughty Dog (the brains behind Crash Bandicoot). It is the sequel to [[Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy]] and the second game in the Jak and Daxter series. It was released on October 14, 2003. ..
Jak Lauren
Jak Lauren is a character in the Deathlands series of novels by James Axler. He is an albino, and is distinguished in the books by his unusual syntax when speaking. He is a young man, probably in his late teens, and is an extremely capable hunter and warrior. His signature weapon is a leaf bladed k..
Jak Ohmsford
Jak Ohmsford is a character from the Shannara video game, adapted from the novel series by Terry Brooks. Jak is the son of Shea Ohmsford, and apparently the father of Wil Ohmsford, though the game seems to be non-canon. The Warlock Lord's return and the destruction of the Sword of Shannara forces J..
Jak X: Combat Racing
Jak X: Combat Racing, a video game developed by Naughty Dog, and was released on October 18, 2005 for the PlayStation 2. It is a spinoff of the Jak and Daxter series. It is a racing game that models itself after the driving mechanics of Jak 3. Contents 1 Story2 Characters2.1 Rec..

 

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