(Encyclopedia) Servan-Schreiber, Jean-Jacques, 1924–2006, French journalist, politician, and public intellectual, b. Paris, grad. École Polytechnique (1947). A political writer at Le Monde (1948–53…
(Encyclopedia) Millet or Milé, Jean FrançoisMillet or Milé, Jean Françoisboth: zhäN fräNswäˈ mēlāˈ [key], c.1642–1679, French landscape painter, known as Francisque, b. Antwerp. The Arcadian and…
(Encyclopedia) Saint-Vallier, Jean Baptiste de la CroixSaint-Vallier, Jean Baptiste de la CroixzhäN bätēstˈ də lä krwä săN-välyāˈ [key], 1653–1727, Roman Catholic bishop of Quebec, b. France. He…
(Encyclopedia) Bemba Gombo, Jean-Pierre, 1962–, Congolese politician. Born to wealthy parents, he was educated in Brussels and built a business empire in what was then Zaïre. In the early 1990s he…
Spears, Britney Jean
(Encyclopedia) Spears, Britney Jean, 1981- , b. McComb, Ms. Spears studied singing and dance as a young child in her hometown and enrolled in New…
Saint James, Margaret Jean
(Encyclopedia) Saint James, Margaret Jean, 1937-2021, American sex-work rights advocate, b. Bellingham, Wa. Saint James married shortly after…
(Encyclopedia) Millet, Jean François, 1814–75, French painter. He was born into a poor farming family. In 1837 an award enabled him to go to Paris, where he studied with Delaroche. In 1849 he settled…
(Encyclopedia) Villèle, Jean Baptiste Séraphin Joseph, comte deVillèle, Jean Baptiste Séraphin Joseph, comte dezhäN bätēstˈ sāräfăNˈ zhôzĕfˈ kôNt də vēlĕlˈ [key], 1773–1854, French statesman and…
