Italian actor and dancer who did much to popularise the role of Harlequin in Georgian pantomimes.
Jack Sprat
English nursery rhyme first recorded in the form we know it today in 1670.
James Sharples
Blacksmith and self-taught artist whose major work, The Forge, was completed in 1847.
Jane Taylor
English children's author (1783–1824), whose best known work is "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".
Jean Adam
Jean Adam (30 April 1704 – 3 April 1765) was a Scottish poet whose best-known work is “There’s Nae Luck Aboot The Hoose”.
Jessie Saxby
Author and folklorist from Unst, one of the Shetland Islands of Scotland. She also had political interests and was a suffragette.
John Henry Mole
English artist (1814–1886) who became a professional miniature painter in 1835, later focusing on landscapes and portraits of children.
John Simmons, artist
English painter recognised as a specialist in painting female fairies, frequently nude.
John William Waterhouse
English artist known primarily for his depictions of women set in scenes from myth, legend or poetry. He is the best known of that group of artists who from the 1880s revived the literary themes favoured by the Pre-Raphaelites.
Joseph Noel Paton
Scottish artist, antiquary, poet and sculptor.