Authors Starting with “J”
10 authors found
Jean Baudrillard
Jean Baudrillard was a French sociologist and philosopher with an interest in cultural studies. He is best known for his analyses of media, contemporary culture, and technological communication, as well as his formulation of concepts such as hyperreality.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Swiss philosopher, writer, and composer who played a key role in the Enlightenment. His ideas on social contract theory, human freedom, and popular sovereignty influenced the French Revolution and the development of modern political and economic thought. Rousseau believed that civilization had weakened humanity's natural liberty and that a free society would be guided by the "general will" of its citizens.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism.
Jeff Bezos
American business magnate best known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company.
J. K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling, pen name of Joanne Rowling, is a British author best known for creating the Harry Potter series. The seven-volume fantasy saga, published between 1997 and 2007, is the best-selling book series in history, selling more than 600 million copies. Rowling has also written detective fiction under her own name and the Cormoran Strike series under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Was a German polymath, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language.
John D. Rockefeller
American business magnate and philanthropist
John F. Kennedy
American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States
John Locke
John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism".
Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson (born June 12, 1962) is a Canadian-American psychologist and author. He is a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Toronto and has written several books on psychology, philosophy, and culture.