User:Roman Spinner/J (name disambiguation)


 * 1) Mary Jackson
 * 2) Katharine Johnson
 * 3) Mary Johnson

=Mary Jackson= Mary Jackson may refer to:


 * Mary Jackson Carey (c. 1609–c. 1680), English author of poems and meditations; best known to history as Lady Carey; daughter of Sir John Jackson; married Pelham Carey, courtier during reign of Charles I and son of Henry Carey, 1st Earl of Dover; she later married George Peyler
 * Mary Percy Jackson (1904–2000), English medical practitioner who served in Canadian province of Alberta for 45 years, from 1929 until retirement in 1975; recipient of many honors, including Centennial Medal of Canada (1967), Alberta Order of Excellence (AOC, 1983) and Order of Canada (OC, 1989)
 * Mary Jackson (actress) (1910–2005), American character performer whose nearly-fifty-year career began in 1950 and was spent almost entirely on television; best known as lovelorn recurring character Emily Baldwin on The Waltons (1972–81); regular on Hardcastle & McCormick in 1983 and on short-lived Parenthood in 1990
 * Mary Ann Jackson (1923–2003), American child actress who, between age 5 and 8 was among group of lead performers in Hal Roach's series of comedy shorts, Our Gang, from 1928 until 1931 (decades later, one of her castmates, Jackie Cooper, reminisced that he was in love with her); ended acting career at age 8
 * Mary Jackson (artist) (born 1945), African American fiber artist from South Carolina; descendent of state's coastal Gullah community; began producing baskets full-time in 1980, creating contemporary designs with traditional techniques; works held in international museums and collections

Fictional characters

 * Mary Jackson, character in American author Stephen King's duo of 1996 parallel-universe horror novels The Regulators and Desperation; is terrorized poet, with English professor husband Peter, in opening and closing scenes of Desperation; works in accounting, is unfaithful to Peter and dies by gunfire in The Regulators

Arts

 * Katharine McMahon Johnson (1855–1924), American literary spouse; married poet and diplomat Robert Underwood Johnson in 1876; writer Owen Johnson was their son; conducted extensive correspondence with Nikola Tesla
 * Katie Johnson (1878–1957), English actress who first appeared on stage in 1894; in films since 1932; at age 77, in May 1956, one year before her death, won "Best Actress" British Academy Film Award for The Ladykillers
 * Kate Edelman Johnson (born 1939), American television and film producer; philanthropist; daughter of producer Louis F. Edelman; widow of Time-Warner president Deane F. Johnson; active in Alzheimer’s research funding
 * Kathie Lee Johnson (born 1953), American singer and television personality on Name That Tune and Hee Haw Honeys; achieved popularity as co-host of Live with Regis and Kathie Lee and Today; has used surname "Gifford" since 1986
 * Catherine Johnson (born 1957), English playwright whose works have been produced for stage, television and film; wrote stage version and screenplay for musical Mamma Mia!; instituted Catherine Johnson Award in 2007
 * Catherine Johnson (novelist) (born 1962), English author who co-wrote screenplay for Bullet Boy; among her books in "Young Adult" genre is Landlocked, which received 1999 International Youth Library White Raven Award
 * Katy Johnson (born 1978), American beauty pageant winner and singer who was chosen Miss United States Teen 1995, Miss Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest 1998, Miss Vermont 1999 and Miss Vermont USA 2001
 * Katrina Johnson (born 1982), American actress, singer and talk radio personality who, at age 12 in 1994, joined ensemble cast of Nickelodeon's sketch comedy series All That for its first three seasons; in numerous music videos
 * Kate Lang Johnson (born 1984), American actress and model with roles in features Fired Up, Tom Cool and Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon; also continuing part on NBC's Persons Unknown as well as primetime guest-starring spots

Athletes

 * Kathy Johnson (born 1959), American artistic gymnast who won bronze at 1978 World Championships and, in 1984, shortly before her 25th birthday, won team silver and individual bronze medal at 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
 * Kathryn Johnson (field hockey Canada) (born 1963), Canadian competitor who participated in 1986 FIH World Cup, 1987 Champions Trophy, 1987 Pan American Games and 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
 * Katrina McClain Johnson (born 1965), American basketball player at three Olympics: Seoul 1988 (gold), Barcelona 1992 (bronze) and Atlanta 1996 (gold); three additional golds at FIBA (1986, 1990) and Pan American (1987)
 * Kathryn Johnson (field hockey Britain) (born 1967), English competitor who played for Leicester Ladies and participated in 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics; member of bronze medal team at 1992 Olympics in Barcelona
 * Kate Johnson (born 1978), American rower who, starting at age 15, competed on nine teams; won gold medal at 2002 FISA World Rowing Championships; team gold at 2004 World Cup in Munich and Lucerne; silver at 2004 Athens Olympics
 * Katarina Johnson-Thompson (born 1993), English track and field athlete in the under-20 age group who, between 2006 and 2012 won five gold medals in major championships and international record events (see Multistars)

Others

 * Katherine Johnson (born 1918), African American physicist, space scientist and mathematician whose early application of digital electronic computers at NASA made significant contributions to aeronautics and space programs
 * Katie Johnson (presidential secretary) (born 1981), American political assistant to high level leadership figures in Democratic Party; served as personal secretary to President Obama from January 2009 to June 2011

Fictional

 * Katherine Johnson, American journalist, from New York, whose murder sets in motion main plot of Day of Reckoning (novel) (2000) by Anglo-Irish author Harry Patterson, writing under pen name Jack Higgins