Jess is a unisex given name, often a short form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...

) of Jessica,

Jesse Jesse may refer to: People * Jesse (biblical figure), father of David in the Bible * Jesse (given name), including a list of people * Jesse (surname), a list of people Music * ''Jesse'' (album), a 2003 album by Jesse Powell * "Jesse" (s ...

, Jessie, Jessy, Jesswin and a surname. It may refer to:

Given name

Jess Atkinson Jess Gerald Atkinson (born December 11, 1961) is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, and the Indianapolis Colts. He played college footba ...

(born 1961), American football player * Jess Cain (1926–2008), American radio host *

Jess Cates Jess Cates (born July 27, 1976 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American songwriter who has co-written songs such as Nick Lachey's " What's Left of Me" and the Backstreet Boys' 2005 hit "Incomplete". In recent years, Cates has worked in a songwriti ...

(born 1976), American songwriter *

Jess Collins Jess Collins (August 6, 1923 – January 2, 2004), simply known today as Jess, was an American visual artist. Biography Jess was born Burgess Franklin Collins in Long Beach, California. He was drafted into the military and worked on the produc ...

(1923–2004), American visual artist *

Jess Conrad Jess Conrad (born Gerald Arthur James; 24 February 1936) is an English stage and screen actor and singer. As a boy he was nicknamed "Jesse" after American outlaw Jesse James; as there was already an actor named "Gerald James" in Actors' Equity Ass ...

(born 1936), British actor * Jess H. Dickinson (born 1947), American judge * Jess E. DuBois (1934–2022), American painter * Jess Folley (born 2003), English singer *

Jess Glynne Jessica Hannah Glynne (born 20 October 1989) is a British singer. She rose to prominence in 2014 as a featured artist on the singles " Rather Be" by Clean Bandit and " My Love" by Route 94, both of which reached number one on the UK Singles C ...

(born 1989), English singer and songwriter *

Jess Hahn Jesse Beryle Hahn (October 29, 1921June 29, 1998) was an American- French character actor who mostly starred in French films. Biography After serving with the Marines in the Second World War, he moved to France in 1949 and took French citi ...

(1921–1998), American actor *

Jess Harnell Jess Harnell (born December 23, 1963) is an American voice actor. His roles include Wakko Warner in ''Animaniacs'', Captain Hero in '' Drawn Together'', Jerry in the first two seasons of '' Totally Spies!'', Ironhide in the first three ''Tr ...

(born 1963), American voice actor *

Jess Hartley Christina K. "Jess" Hartley (born December 11, 1967) is an American novelist, writer, game creator, and editor. Hartley is the author of the novel ''Exalted: In Northern Twilight''

(born 1967), American writer *

Jess Herbst Jess Helene Herbst (born October 14, 1958) is an American politician and transgender rights activist, who served as the mayor of New Hope, Texas, from May 2016 until May 2018. Herbst became the first openly transgender mayor in Texas in 2016 whe ...

(born 1958), American politician *

Jess Hill Jesse Terrill Hill (January 20, 1907 – August 31, 1993) was an American athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator who was best known for his tenure as a coach and athletic director at the University of Southern California (USC). His ...

(1907–1993), American athlete and coach *

, Australian investigative reporter and author * Jess Stonestreet Jackson, Jr. (1930–2011), American wine entrepreneur *

Jess Klein Jess Klein (born 1974) is an American singer-songwriter. A native of Rochester, New York, Klein learned to play acoustic guitar and started writing songs as a college student in Kingston, Jamaica, while working on a thesis "documenting dub po ...

(born 1974), American singer/songwriter *

Jess Liaudin Jess Liaudin (born 21 December 1973) is a French mixed martial artist, kickboxer and film actor. A professional MMA competitor from 1990 until 2014, he competed for UFC, Pancrase, Cage Rage, and King of the Cage. Background Liaudin trained ...

(born 1973), French mixed martial artist *

Jess Lee (Canadian singer) Jess Lee is a Canadian Métis country music singer-songwriter. Career Signed by RCA in 1980 as the lead singer of the Midnite Rodeo Band his work with Rocky Swanson earned him several awards including BCCMA Male Vocalist and Album of the Year h ...

, Canadian country music singer *

Jess Lee (Malaysian singer) Jess Lee (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Lí Kâi-vì'', born 1 June 1988), a Malaysian Chinese female singer. In 2010, she participated in the One Million Star, seventh One Million Star hosted by Taiwan Central Television. On January 30, 2011, she became ...

(born 1988) *

Jess Margera Jesse Margera (born August 28, 1978) is an American musician. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band CKY, which he co-founded in 1998. Prior to CKY, Margera performed in the band Foreign Objects with former CKY vocalist and guitarist ...

(born 1978), American drummer *

Jess McMahon Roderick James "Jess" McMahon Sr. (October 29, 1882 – November 21, 1954) was an American professional wrestling and professional boxing promoter, and patriarch of the McMahon family, founders of Capitol Wrestling Corporation, precursor to th ...

(1882–1954), American professional wrestling and professional boxing promoter, patriarch of the McMahon family of businesspeople and promoters *

Jess Mortensen Jesse Philo Mortensen (April 16, 1907 — February 19, 1962) was an NCAA champion track athlete and coach. Mortensen is one of only three men to win Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship team titles as both an athlete and coach. ...

(1907–1962), American multi-sport college athlete and track-and-field coach *

Jess Mowry Jess Mowry (born March 27, 1960, near Starkville, Mississippi) is an American author of books and stories for children A child () is a human being between the stages of childbirth, birth and puberty, or between the Development of the human ...

(born 1960), American author *

Jess Mruzik Jessica Ann Mruzik (born June 15, 2002) is an American professional volleyball player for LOVB Houston. She played college volleyball for the Michigan Wolverines and the Penn State Nittany Lions, which she led to the 2024 national championship ...

(born 2002), American volleyball player *

Jess Nevins Jess Nevins (born 1966) is an American author and research librarian best known for annotated guides and encyclopedias covering Victoriana, comic books, genre fiction and pulp fiction.Jess Oppenheimer Jessurun James Oppenheimer (November 11, 1913 – December 27, 1988) was an American radio and television writer, producer, and director. He was the producer and head writer of the CBS sitcom ''I Love Lucy''. Lucille Ball called Oppenheimer � ...

(1913–1988), American television writer * Jess Phillips (disambiguation) * Jess J. Present (1921–1998), American politician * Jess Richardson (1930–1975), American football player *

Jess Robbins Jess Robbins (April 30, 1886 – March 11, 1973) was an American film director, writer and producer. He directed more than 70 films between 1913 and 1927. He was the first director to direct Laurel and Hardy in the same motion picture, namely ' ...

(1886–1973), American film director *

Jess Roden Jess Roden (born 28 December 1947) is an English rock singer, songwriter and guitarist. Biography Roden's first band was The Raiders followed by The Shakedown Sound which also included the guitarist Kevyn Gammond, and keyboard player August Ead ...

(born 1947), British musician * Jess Roskelley (1982–2019), American mountaineer *

Jess Row Jess Row (born 1974 in Washington, D.C.) is an American short story writer, novelist, and professor. Early life He received a B.A. in English from Yale University in 1997. He later taught English in Hong Kong for two years. He completed his Mast ...

(born 1974), American writer * Jess Simpson (disambiguation) *

Jess Stacy Jess Alexandria Stacy (born Jesse Alexander Stacy;B ...

(1904–1995), American jazz pianist *

Jess Stearn Jess Stearn (April 26, 1914 – March 27, 2002) was an American journalist and author of more than thirty books, nine of which were bestsellers. Early life Stearn was born in Syracuse, New York, to David Stearn, a rabbi. He graduated from Syracu ...

(1914–2002), American journalist and author * Jess Thomas (1927–1993), American opera singer * Jess Thorup (born 1970), Danish former footballer *

Jess Vanstrattan Jess Kedwell Vanstrattan (born 19 July 1982) is a retired Australian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Vanstrattan was born in Gosford and started his senior career with Central Coast. He played the majority of his career in ...

(born 1982), Australian soccer player *

Jess von der Ahe Jess von der Ahe (born 1966 in Santa Monica, California) is an American contemporary artist living in New York City. Von der Ahe received her BFA from Art Center College of Design in California in 1990 and since then has had 8 solo and 25 group ex ...

(born 1966), American artist *

Jess Walter Jess Walter (born July 20, 1965) is an American author of seven novels, two collections of short stories, and a non-fiction book. He is the recipient of the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2006. Career Wal ...

(born 1965), American author *

Jess Walton Jess Walton is a Canadian-American actress, best known for her role as Kelly Harper in CBS soap opera '' Capitol'' and as Jill Abbott on the CBS soap opera, ''The Young and the Restless''. Early life Walton was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, ...

(born 1949), American actress *

Jess Weixler Jessica Weixler (born June 8, 1981) is an American actress. She played Dawn O'Keefe in the comedy horror film ''Teeth'' and Jordan in the comedy '' The Big Bad Swim'' and played the role of defense lawyer for Lyle Menendez in the Netflix series ...

(born 1981), American actress *

Jess Willard Jess Myron Willard (December 29, 1881 – December 15, 1968) was an American world heavyweight boxing champion billed as the Pottawatomie Giant. He won the world heavyweight title in 1915 by knocking out Jack Johnson (boxer), Jack Johnson. Wil ...

(1881–1968), American boxer * Jess Winfield (born 1961), American writer * Jess Yates (1918–1993), British television presenter

Surname

* Carl Jess (1884–1948), Australian Army lieutenant general * Eoin Jess (born 1970), Scottish former footballer *

Jim Jess Jim Jess (born 25 January 1955) is a retired Australian rules football player who was recruited from St. Arnaud after he won the 1975 North Central Football League best and fairest award, the Feeney Medal with 31 votes. Jess played in the VF ...

(born 1955), retired Australian rules football player * John Jess (1922–2003), Australian politician * Matt Jess (born 1984), English rugby union player * Tyehimba Jess (born 1965), American poet *

Walter Jess Walter Jess (born April 13, 1942) was a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan () is the legislative chamber of the Saskatchewan Legislature in the province of Saskat ...

(born 1942), Canadian politician

Fictional characters

* Jess Bhamra, in the 2002 film ''

Bend It Like Beckham ''Bend It Like Beckham'' is a 2002 Sports film, sports comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha from a screenplay by Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges, and Guljit Bindra. The film stars Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anu ...

'' * Jess Bradley, the confidant/protégé/lover/scapegoat of James Stillwell in the comic book series ''The Boys'' *

Jess Mariano This is an extensive list of all the characters in the comedy-drama television series ''Gilmore Girls''. Cast Starring Recurring characters Notable guest appearances Main characters Lorelai Gilmore Lorelai Gilmore, portrayed ...

, in the television series ''Gilmore Girls'' * Jess (''Misfits''), in the British television series ''Misfits'' * Jess (''New Girl''), the eponymous ''New Girl'' on the FOX sitcom. * Jess Riley, playable character in the survival horror game '' Until Dawn'' * Jess Squirrel, in the ''Redwall'' novels by Brian Jacques * Jess Tamblyn, in the ''Saga of Seven Suns'' novels by Kevin J. Anderson * Jess Warner, in the Australian soap opera ''Wentworth'' * Jess the cat, in the ''Postman Pat'' universe * ''Jess''(e) in the video game '' Minecraft: Story Mode'' * Jess Chambers in ''

The Flash The Flash is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1 (cover date, cover-dated Jan ...

'' series finale. * Jess McConnell,

American Girl American Girl is an American line of dolls released on May 5, 1986, by Pleasant Company. The dolls portray eight- to fourteen-year-old girls of various ethnicities, faiths, nationalities, and social classes throughout different time periods ...

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