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Jovanka Broz
Jovanka during her Partisan days. Jovanka Budisavljević Broz (Serbian Cyrillic: Јованка Будисављевић Броз) (born December 7th, 1924 in the village in Lika region, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, (today's Croatia) is the widow of Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito. T..
Jovanka Steele
Jovanka Steele (fl. 2000s) is an American actress, writer and comedian. She was born in Los Angeles, California. Steele has performed as a stand-up comedian in the United States, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, The Netherlands and Belgium. TV and Radio Steele has appeared in a broad range of..
Jovanna Vitiello
Jovanna Vitiello is a model who worked with Playboy in the 1990s. Appearances in \'\'Playboy\'\' special editions Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 58 November 1997 - Gen Nishino, pages 46-47.Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 63 September 1998 - pages 14-15.Playboy's Body Language October 1998.Playboy'..
Jovanotti
Jovanotti, byname of Lorenzo Cherubini (born September 26, 1966) is an Italian singer-songwriter and rapper. Most of his output is hip-hop influenced, although not most of his work should be viewed as hip hop music per se. Many of his songs are not hip hop related and may probably be best viewed a..
Jovanović
Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јовановић) is a common Serbian last name. Jova in Serbian means willow. It derives from Jovan, which is comparable to John in English. The part ov designates possession: Jovanov means John's. The suffix ić is a diminutive designation, or descendant designatio..
Jovano Jovanke
Jovano, Jovanke is a traditional Macedonian/Bulgarian folk song. It is about two young lovers separated by a river and their disapproving parents. Jovana is a female name, and Jovanka - diminutive version of it. Jovano and Jovanke are the vocative case of these names - i.e. the way the name is spok..
Jovan Chokor
Jovan Chokor (1885-1946) was a Serbian epidemiologist, infectologist, and physician famous for contributing significantly to the works of Robert Koch. Aftering being informed of an error in his works, Koch wrote "[Chokor] saved humanity from a huge epidemic." ..
Jovan Cvijić
Portrait of Jovan Cvijić by Uroš Predić Jovan Cvijić (Serbian Cyrillic Јован Цвијић) (1865 - 1927) was a Serbian geographer, president of the Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences, and rector of Belgrade University. He was a Montenegrin Serb by origin.[www.montenegro.org.au/C...
Jovan Divjak
Jovan Divjak (Born March 11, 1937 in Belgrade, Serbia) was a general in the Bosnian army during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War. He was the highest ranking ethnic Serb in the army and one of its most educated and experianced officers. He was born in Serbia while his father was stationed there in the army..
Jovan Dučić
Jovan Ducić as ambassador Jovan Dučić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Дучић) (1871-1943) was a famous Bosnian Serb poet, writer and diplomat. The exact date of Dučić's date of birth is still undetermined; it is variously said to have been on February 17 (or February 5 according to the..
Jovan Haye
Jovan Haye (born June 21, 1982) is a National Football League defensive end for the Carolina Panthers. He attended Vanderbilt University and was selected with the 15th pick in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Panthers. ..
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Јовановић Змај) (November 24, 1833 - June 3, 1904) is one of the best-known Serb poets. He translated the Bible from Gothic to Cyrillic. Zmaj ("Dragon") was born in Novi Sad. He finished elementary school i..
Jovan Jovičić
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Jovan Karamata
Jovan Karamata (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Карамата) (1902–1967) was one of the greatest Serbian mathematicians of the 20th century. Contents 1 Life2 Legacy3 See also4 Resources4.1 External links4.2 Further reading Life Jovan Karamata was born in ..
Jovan Kirovski
Jovan Kirovski (born March 18, 1976, in Escondido, California) is a soccer forward, who currently plays in Major League Soccer for the Colorado Rapids. Once Kirovski was touted as the next great player of American soccer, but he has never lived up to the expectations. Kirovski joined Manchester Un..
Jovan Rajić
Jovan Rajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Рајић) (1726-1801) was a famous writer, historian, and pedagogue, considered one of the greatest Serbian academics of the 18th century. External links [Life Overview][Extensive Biography] ..
Jovan Rašković
Dr Jovan Rašković Jovan Rašković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Рашковић) was an ethnic Serbian psychiatrist and politician from Croatia. Rašković was born in Knin on July 5, 1929. He grew up there and in Kistanje in Dalmatia, the southern region of Croatia. During WWII, after t..
Jovan Ristić
Jovan Ristić, or Ristitch (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Ристић) (1831-1899) was a Serbian statesman born at Kragujevac in 1831. He was educated at Belgrade, Heidelberg, Berlin and Paris. After failing to obtain a professorship in the high school of Belgrade, he was appointed in 1861 Serbian..
Jovan Sajnovic
Jovan Šajnović ( Belgrade, 1924–2004) was a famous Yugoslavian conductor. He graduated from the Academyof Music in Zagreb, where he studied conducting, composition, and piano. While there, he studied with professors F. Zaun, S. Šulek and I. Maček. He was the conductor of the Zagreb Opera and t..
Jovan Shajnovich
Jovan Shajnovich (Jovan Šajnović[link], Belgrade, 1924–2004) was a famous Yugoslavian conductor. He graduated from the Academy of Music in Zagreb where he studied conducting, composition, and piano. While there, he studied with professors F. Zaun, S. Šulek and I. Maček. He was the..
Jovan Soldatović
Jovan Soldatović (1920, Čerević - 2005) was a Serbian sculptor, internationally recognized for his hundreds of sculptures and memorials. External links [Biography and Works] (Serbian)[Vojvodina Biography][Serbian sculpture][Biography, Dnevnik] (Serbian] ..
Jovan Stanković
Jovan Stanković (born 4 March, 1971) is a Serbian football player. He played for Crvena Zvezda Beograd, Real Mallorca in Spain, Olympique Marseille in France and Atlético Madrid in Spain. He played for the FR Yugoslavia national football team and was a participant at the 2000 UEFA European Champ..
Jovan Sterija Popović
Jovan Sterija Popović (1806-1856) was one of the most famous dramatists to emerge from the Balkans in the 19th century. He was a famous playwright, dramatist, comediographer, and pedagogue. He is considered by many to be the Father of Serbian Drama. Contents 1 Selection of Works1.1 ..
Jovan Sundečić
Jovan Sundečić (1825–1900), was a Serbian and Montenegrin poet, priest of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a secretary of Prince Nikola I of Montenegro. He is most famous for writing lyrics of contemporary anthem of Montenegro Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori (To Our Beautiful Montenegro).[#endnote..
Jovan Ugljesa
Jovan/Ivan Uglješa (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Угљеша, Iowaн Углеша) was a Serbian despot and Vukashins brother. He was stated the master of the Serbian lands, Greece and Pomorje. The Patriarch of Constantinople mentioned the master of Serbia, Ugljesha in a letter from 1371, Ugljesh..
Jovan Vladimir
Jovan Vladimir (Јован Владимир) (died May 22 1016) was a ruler of Doclea. He is recognized as a Saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church. The disintegration of Prince Ceslav's Serbia precipitated the rise of other Serbian principalities, most notably that of Duklja. This slavicized name..
Jovan Zdravevski
Jovan Zdravevski (born 1981) is a Macedonian-born basketball player who currently plays for Icelandic club Skallagrímur in the Iceland-Express League. Zdravevski is widely regarded as one of the best players currently playing in Iceland. ..
Jovan Žujović
Jovan Žujović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Жујовић) (1856 - 1936) was an anthropologist, known as a founder of geology in Serbia. He is known, among other things, for his work in anthropology. In his book, Stone Age, published in 1893, relying mostly on French scientists, he reviewed con..
Jovellanos
Jovellanos is a city and municipality at the center of Matanzas Province in Cuba. The municipality coveres 214 km² and includes the communities of Asunción, Isabel, Realengo and San José. The settlement was founded in 1849 on the location of an old ranch called Bemba. It took the actual ..
Jovellar, Albay
Jovellar is a 5th class municipality in the province of Albay, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 17,357 people in 3,234 households. Main access to the town is via Guinobatan. Jeepneys ply the 16 kilometer distance from Guinobatan to Jovellar daily with the first tri..
Jovem Pan
The history of the radio JOVEM PAN of São Paulo began on May 3, 1944, when it was inaugurated - as Rádio Panamericana S.A - in its first location, Street São Bento, 279. It had as prefix the first notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony that, in the code morse, they represent " V " of Vitória. In No..
Jovenes, Inc.
Founded in 1989, Jovenes, Inc. is a non-profit organization in Los Angeles whose mission has been to assist homeless and displaced young adults in primarily, but not exclusively Pico-Union/Westlake, Echo Park, South Central, East Los Angeles, Long Beach and Hollywood. It was founded by Fr. Richard..
Joventut Badalona
DKV Joventut Club Name Joventut Badalona Image Founded 1930 Arena Palacio Municipal de Deportes, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain. Capacity 8.500 Chairman ..
Jovesa Sovasova
Ratu Jovesa Dauruatana Sovasova (1942 - 8 April 2005) was a Fijian chief, who held the title of Tui Vitogo, or Paramount Chief of Vitogo village, from 30 June 1970 till his death. In his funeral eulogy, Lautoka police chief Rusiate Santi praised Sovasova for his commitment to the rule of law and ..
JOVIAL
JOVIAL is a computer programming language similar to ALGOL, but specialized for the development of embedded systems. JOVIAL stands for "Jules Own Version of the International Algorithmic Language." The "International Algorithmic Language" part of the name is from ALGOL, which was originally going t..
Jovial
JOVIAL stands for "Jules Own Version of the International Algorithmic Language." The "International Algorithmic Language" part of the name is from ALGOL. This high order language was developed to write software for the embedded systems of military aircraft by Jules Schwartz in 1959. In the late 1970..
Jovian
For the astronomical usage, see Jovian (astronomy). This siliqua of Jovian, ca 363, celebrates his fifth year of reign, as a good omen. Jovian actually reigned only eight months. Flavius Iovianus, anglicized as Jovian, (c. 332 - February 17, 364) was a soldier elected Roman Emperor by the arm..
Joviânia
Joviânia is small town and municipality in south-central Goiás state, Brazil. The population was 7,205 (2005 estimate) in a total area of 454.9 km² (10/10/2002). Elevation: 807 meters, one of the highest cities in the state.Statistical microregion: 015 Meia Ponte Microregion.Became a municipa..
Jovianus Pontanus
Jovianus Pontanus (Italian Giovanni Gioviano Pontano) (1426‑1503) was an Italian humanist and poet. Biography Pontanus was born at Cerreto in the duchy of Spoleto, where his father was murdered in one of the frequent civil brawls which then disturbed the peace of Italian towns. His mother ..
Jovian Chronicles
Cover of the Jovian Chronicles core book as of 2005 Jovian Chronicles is a science fiction game setting published by Dream Pod 9 since 1992. It introduces a complete universe for role-playing and wargaming space combat, featuring mecha, giant spacecraft and epic space battles. The setting wa..
Jovibarba
Jovibarba ("beard of Jove") is a small genus of three species of succulents in the family Crassulaceae, native to Europe. The genus is closely related to Sempervivum, and was formerly considered a subgenus of it. Jovibarba have pale-greenish-yellow or yellow bell-shaped flowers with six petals, wh..
Jovica Trajcev
Jovica Trajcev (born January 9, 1981) is a Macedonian football central midfielder. In 2005 he moved from FK Vardar to K.A.A. Gent together with Blessing Anyanwu. Trajcev has also played with FK Sileks. External reference () [Bio at Gent] ..
Jovica Zelenbaba
Jovica Zelenbaba (May 23 1989 in Waterloo, Ontario) is a major junior ice hockey hockey goalie. OHL Priority Selection- Saginaw Spirit 9th Round(163rd) 2005 Season Team League GP MIN GA GAA W L T Saves PCT GP W L OTL 2005-2006 Saginaw Spirit OHL 2 40 3 4.50 0 0 0 20 .870 - - - - ..
Jovinian
Jovinian, or Jovinianus, the "Epicurus of Christianity" according to his enemy Saint Jerome, was condemned as a heretic at a synod convened in Milan by Ambrose, in 390. Like most non-orthodox Christians, he is only known through the quotes of his detractors, his own work having been entirely suppre..
Jovino Santos-Neto
Jovino Santos-Neto, born in Brazil in 1954, worked as a pianist, flutist and producer with the legendary Hermeto Pascoal from 1977 to 1992. He teaches at Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts. He has released several recordings as the leader of his own ensemble and also in collaboration with musicia..
Jovinus
Jovinus is a Roman cognomen, most often used for a 5th century Roman usurper emperor. This article is about the Roman usurper. For the saint, see Saint Jovinus. Jovinus Jovinus was a Gallo-senator and claimed to be Roman Emperor (411 - 413). Following the defeat of the usurper known with t..
Jovita
Jovita a heavyweight Pullman Company Sleeping car. The Jovita is a steel heavyweight sleeping car built by and for the Pullman Company in 1914. It is believed it is one of the oldest heavyweight Pullman cars in its orginal configuration still in exisistance. It was built with 12 open Sections and o..
Jovita fontanez
A 1984 graduate of UMass Boston, Jovita Fontanez was the first Hispanic woman to serve as head of the Boston Election Commission and the first Hispanic woman to be a member of the Electoral College of Massachusetts. More on Fontanez: [Three Decades of Public Service and Counting] ..
Jovita Moore
Photo of Jovita Moore from wsbtv.com Jovita Moore anchors the daily newscast of WSB-TV from 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. and also does news reports during the week. Before moving to Atlanta, she worked as weekend anchor/reporter at WMC-TV in Memphis, Tennessee. She began her career as a reporter at KF..
Jovito Salonga
Jovito Salonga President of the Senate of the Philippines1987–1992 Senator of the Philippines1965–1972, 1987–1992 Representative, 2nd District of Rizal1961–1965 Political party: Liberal Party Born: June 22, 1920Pasig, Rizal Spouse: Lydia Santiago Jovito..
Jovo
JOVO Click 'N Construct is a brand name of toy constructions system invented by Josef Volgger and produced by JOVO International of Helsinge, Denmark. The toy consists of equilateral triangle, square and regular pentagon plastic pieces that click together on their edges, and the edges then a..
Jovovich-Hawk
Jovovich-Hawk is a line of clothing, now in its third season, created by fashion models Milla Jovovich and Carmen Hawk. Jovovich-Hawk pieces can be found at Fred Segal in Los Angeles, Harvey Nichols, and over 50 stores around the world. Background Jovovich-Hawk was established by Jovovich and Ha..
Jovo Ivanišević
Jovo Ivanišević (?-1889) was a Serbian composer from Donji Kraj near Cetinje. While young he showed exquisite talent for music, and is most famous for composing contemporary anthem of Montenegro Ubavoj nam Crnoj Gori (To Our Beautiful Montenegro). He died while being a student of the Prague Conser..
Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga
Jovo Stanisavljević - Čaruga (1897 – February 27, 1925) was an outlaw in Slavonia in the early 20th century. Stanisavljević was born of Serbian parentage in the village of Bare (located near Našice). His mother died when he was ten, and he went to locksmith school in Osijek. When the Firs..
Jo Valentine
Jo Valentine could be a pen name for Charlotte ArmstrongJo Valentine, Baroness Valentine ..
Jo Valentine, Baroness Valentine
Josephine Clare Valentine, Baroness Valentine, known as Jo Valentine sits on the boards of several organisations in the United Kingdom. She is chief executive of London First, is on the National Lottery Commission. In 2005 she was recommended by the House of Lords Appointments Commission to be mad..
Jo Vallentine
Josephine Vallentine (b. May 30, 1946) is a peace activist and a former Australian Senator for Western Australia. Vallentine entered the Senate on July 1 1985 after she had been elected as a member of the Nuclear Disarmament Party but she sat as an independent and then as a member of the Greens West..
Jo Vandeurzen
Jo Vandeurzen (Heusden, June 2 1958) is a Belgian politician and chairman of Christian Democratic and Flemish, a centrist Flemish Christian Democratic party. He has a licence in law from the Catholic University of Leuven. He works at Geyskens-Vandeurzen in Beringen. Political career chairman of..
Jo Van Fleet
Jo Van Fleet (December 30, 1914 – June 10, 1996) was an Academy Award-winning American theater and film actress. Contents 1 Early life2 Career3 Private life4 External links Early life Van Fleet was born in Oakland, California. Career Van Fleet established herself as ..
Jo Vargas
Jo Vargas (Joëlle Audoin-Rouzeau) is a French painter born on the 7th of June, 1957 in Paris. The pseudonym Vargas derives from the Ava Gardner character in The Barefoot Contessa. Her twin sister, Frédérique, is the writer Fred Vargas. She trained at the National School for Decorative Arts (Ec..
Jo Vonlanthen
Jo Vonlanthen (b. May 31, 1942) is a former Formula One driver from Switzerland. He participated in 1 grand prix, debuting on August 17, 1975. He scored 0 championship points. Complete Formula One results Yr Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Team 1975 Will ARG BRA SAF ..
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