Arts and Music

• Jesse Belvin

  American songwriter.

  • Wrote ''''Goodnight My Love'''' and ''''Earth Angel'''' (see list of Songwriters)

Leadership

• Jesse E. Eschbach

  American judge.

  • Senior Circuit Judge, Seventh Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)
• Jesse Jackson (born 1941)

  American clergyman and civil-rights leader. Ran for President in 1984 and 1988.

  • Chairman of the National Rainbow Coalition (see list of Noted Social Reformers and Educators)

Miscellaneous

• Jesse Chisholm

  Nineteenth-century trader for whom the Chisholm trail may have been named.

  • National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)
• Jesse Jackson (born 1941)

  American clergyman and civil-rights leader. Ran for President in 1984 and 1988.

  • 1989 Spingarn Medal winner (see list of Spingarn Medal Winners)
• Jesse

  Father of King David.

  • Appears in 1 Samuel (see list of Biblical Names from the Old Testament)
• Jesse Knight
  • National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)
• Jesse Owens (born 1913, died 1980)

  African-American athlete whose outstanding performance at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin gave the lie to Hitler's claims of Aryan supremacy.

  • 1976 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)

Science and Philosophy

• Jesse W. Beams

  American physicist.

  • 1967 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)

Sports

• Jesse C. Burkett

  Baseball player.

  • 1985-96 National League Batting Champion (see list of National League Batting Champions)
  • Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Jesse Haines
  • Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Jesse Owens (born 1913, died 1980)

  African-American athlete whose outstanding performance at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin gave the lie to Hitler's claims of Aryan supremacy.

  • 1936 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 100m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the 100 Meter Sprint)
  • 1936 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
  • 1936 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Long Jump (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the Long Jump)
  • 1936 Associated Press Athlete of the Year (see list of Associated Press Athletes of the Year)

Stage and Screen

• Jesse Lasky (born 1880, died 1958)

  American film executive. Co-founder of Paramount Studios.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Jesse Vasquez

  Fictional character.

  • Portrayed by Mark D. Espinoza (see list of Characters on ''Beverly Hills 90210'')

The Literary World

• Jesse Lynch Williams (born 1871, died 1929)

  American playwright.

  • 1918 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, for Why Marry (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama)

Stage and Screen

• Jesse Welles
  • Portrayed Gwen from 1980-81 (see list of Actors on ''Soap'')