Joshua Clottey, also known as “Grand Master” and “The Hitter”, is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who has competed in light welterweight, welterweight and light middleweight divisions. Clottey was born in Accra, Ghana, and he began his career playing football before setting his sights to boxing. Clottey rose to fame after winning his first 20 fights, 14 of which were... read full bio
John Ruiz, also known as “The Quietman”, is an American former professional boxer who has competed in the heavyweight division. Ruiz has previously held the WBA heavyweight title and has been the first Latino boxer to win a world heavyweight title. Ruiz was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and during his amateur career he competed in the World Championships as well... read full bio
Joe Calzaghe, also known as “The Pride of Wales”, “The Italian Dragon” or “Super Joe”, is a Welsh former professional boxer who has competed in super-middleweight and light-heavyweight divisions. Calzaghe has previously held world championships in two weight classes as well as the unified WBA (super), WBC, IBF, WBO, Ring magazine and lineal super-middleweight titles, and the Ring light-heavyweight title.... read full bio
Jermain Taylor, also known as “Bad Intentions”, is an American former professional boxer who has competed in middleweight and super middleweight divisions. He is the most recent undisputed middleweight champion after winning the WBA (undisputed), WBC, IBF WBO, Ring magazine, and lineal titles after defeating Bernard Hopkins. His accomplishment made Taylor the first, and only boxer to date, to claim... read full bio
James Toney, also known as “Lights Out” or “The Dark Emperor”, is an American former professional boxer who has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, which include the IBF and lineal middleweight titles, the IBF super middleweight title, and the IBF cruiserweight title. Toney has competed in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions over... read full bio
James Walter “Buddy” McGirt is an American former professional boxer and boxing trainer from Brentwood, New York. McGirt was a world champion in two weight classes, he held the IBF junior welterweight title as well as the WBC and lineal welterweight titles and competed in light welterweight, welterweight and light middleweight divisions. As a boxing trainer, McGirt has worked with... read full bio
James “Bonecrusher” Smith is an American former professional boxer from Magnolia, North Carolina who previously held the WBA heavyweight title. Smith has previously served in the U.S. military and worked as a prison guard before beginning his career as a boxer. During his amateur career, Smith held a record of 35-4 before turning professional. During his professional career, Smith competed... read full bio
Joachim Low is a German football coach and former professional player who is currently the head coach of the Germany national team which he has helped lead a win at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil as well as the FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. Low began his career playing with SC Freiburg. Over the course of his professional career... read full bio
Jim Denevan is an American artist who is best known for creating temporary land art on surfaces such as sand, earth, and ice, which are then erased by natural causes such as rain or the weather. Denevan’s art usually ranges in scale from small works of art to works that are as big as a city. Most of Denevan’s artwork... read full bio
Jax Jones is an English DJ, songwriter, record producer, and remixer, who rose to fame being featured on Duke Dumont’s single “I Got U”. Jones was born in London, England, and while growing up, he was immersed into all different genres of music. Jones always had a fascination with music and started studying classical guitar at a young age but... read full bio
Jeff Sparr is an artist, teacher, and mental-health advocate who is the co-founder of PeaceLove. Sparr began PeaceLove as a means to support mental illness after battling with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder most of his life. Sparr began painting to help cope with his OCD and found it a creative outlet that helped him with his symptoms and helped him feel... read full bio
J.T. Poston is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. Poston was born in Hickory, North Carolina, and he began his golfing career in high school where he shot a NCHSAA golf tournament record of 63. Poston went on to continue playing golf in college at Western Carolina University. While playing at Western Carolina University, Poston... read full bio
Jayson Lusk is an American economist, researcher, writer, and speaker who is currently the Distinguished Professor and Head of the Agricultural Economics Department at Purdue University. Lusk has previously earned his B.S. in Foot Technology from Texas Tech University and went on to earn his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Kansas State University. After graduating from graduate school, Lusk began... read full bio
Jeremy Pope is an American up-and-coming actor from Orlando, Florida. While growing up, Pope studied at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and from there, he went on to make his Off-Broadway and then Broadway debut playing Pharus Jonathan Young in the play ‘Choir Boy’. Since then, Pope’s theatre credits have gone on to include playing Griffin in the Off-Broadway... read full bio
Jake Picking is an American actor who is best known for playing Rock Hudson in the Netflix original series “Hollywood” as well as for playing Sean Collier in the film “Patriots Day”. Picking was born in Erlangen, Germany, as his father was in the Army at the time of his birth. Picking went on to grow up in Boston, Massachusetts,... read full bio
Jonathan Daviss is an up-and-coming actor who has recently gained fame playing Pope in the Netflix original series “Outer Banks”. Daviss was born in Conroe, Texas, and before acting he was a football star in high school and also played baseball. At the age of 17, Daviss moved from Texas to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment... read full bio
Dr. Jack Groppel is the co-founder of the Human Performance Institute, Vice President of Applied Science and Performance Training at Wellness & Prevention, Inc., which is a Johnson & Johnson company, and he is also an author. Groppel is an expert in fitness and nutrition and he has served as an adjunct Professor of Management at the J.L. Kellogg School... read full bio
Jennifer Arnold, MD, MSc, FAAP is a neonatologist, cancer survivor, and is a star of the TLC reality television series “Little Couple.” Alongside her husband, Bill Klein, and their two adopted children, Little Couple follows their personal and professional lives. Arnold has a rare type of dwarfism called Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Type Strudwick and she is only 3 foot 2. While... read full bio
Jonathan Sarna is an American professor who is the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History in the department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He is also director of the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program. Sarna was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and he was raised in New York City... read full bio
Jonah Platt is an American actor, writer, musician, arranger, director, and producer who is the brother of fellow actor and musician Ben Platt. As an actor, Platt has previously served as a replacement for Broadway’s Wicked. On screen, Platt has had roles in television series such as “Parenthood,” “Love Handles,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “A Million Little Things,” “The Office,” “Jesus... read full bio
