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James Joyce

Name at birth: James Augustine Aloysius JoyceJoyce was to modern literature what Picasso was to modern art: he scrambled up the old formulas and set the table for the 20th century. Joyce's books…

James Patterson

One of the best selling authors in the world, James Patterson is known for writing dozens of mystery thrillers, including the Alex Cross series of detective stories. He's also known for using some of…

James Monroe

James Monroe was president of the United States from 1817-1825 and is best known for establishing the aggressive foreign policy stand known as the Monroe Doctrine. James Monroe served one term as…

James McCourt

James McCourt is a British television personality, perhaps best known as a presenter for the Disney Channel's Studio Disney program. McCourt got into broadcasting early, producing programming for a…

James Thurber

James Thurber's witty short stories and lumpy cartoons were a popular mainstay of The New Yorker magazine in the 1930s and 1940s. A Midwestern boy with an urbane twist, Thurber mixed comical…

James Taylor

James Taylor was a big part of the folk revolution of the 1960s and early 1970s, recording hits like "Carolina in My Mind," "Sweet Baby James," and Carole King's "You've Got A Friend." Taylor was…

James Surowiecki

James Surowiecki writes a financial column for the magazine The New Yorker. A graduate of the University of North Carolina (1988), Surowiecki has written for New York and Fortune magazines, and…

James Spader

Big screen star James Spader's turn as Alan Shore on television's The Practice and Boston Legal earned him Emmys in 2004, 2005 and 2007. Spader has been in the movies since the 1980s, a decade in…

James Rouse

James W. Rouse was an urban planner and real estate developer who pioneered indoor malls and is often credited with rejuvenating downtown areas in the United States during the 1970s. Rouse co-…

James Watt

18th century inventor James Watt was a Scottish instrument maker whose improvements on the steam engine helped advance the Industrial Revolution. After an apprenticeship in England, Watt returned to…