List of people named Jesse
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Jesse is a common first name in many English-speaking countries. This spelling is most often used as the male variant of the name, while Jessie is the most common spelling for the female variant. In recent times, Jessie is often a pet form of Jessica, although it is actually a name in its own right, derived from the Hebrew name Yishay. It can also be used as a Scottish pet form of Janet. Jesse is also a Dutch and a Finnish male name.
Actors
Athletes
- Jesse Anderson (American football), American professional football player
- Jesse Barfield, professional baseball player
- Jesse Barnes, professional baseball player
- Jesse Burkett, professional baseball player, college coach
- Jesse Carlson, professional baseball player
- Jesse Carver, British football player and manager
- Jesse Crain, professional baseball player
- Jesse English, professional baseball player for the Washington Nationals
- Jesse Foppert, professional baseball player
- Jesse Levine, professional tennis player
- Jesse Lumsden, professional football player, former McMaster University running back
- Jesse Owens, African-American Olympic athlete
- Jesse Palmer, professional football player, former Bachelor star
- Jesse, ring name of professional wrestler Ray Gordy
- Jesse Sorensen, American professional wrestler
- Jesse Ryder, is a New Zealand cricketer.
Criminals
Musicians
- Jesse Carmichael, keyboard player for the band Maroon 5
- Jesse Cook, Canadian guitarist
- Jesse Davis, American jazz saxophonist
- Jesse Ed Davis, American guitarist
- Jesse Fuller, American one-man-band
- Jesse Hughes (disambiguation), American frontman of the band Eagles of Death Metal
- Jesse F. Keeler, musician, member of the band Death From Above 1979
- Jesse Lacey, American frontman for the band Brand New
- Jess Margera, American musician, member of the band CKY
- Jesse McCartney, American singer
- Jesse Michaels, Former frontman for Operation Ivy and Common Rider
- Jesse Pintado, American guitarist, ex-member of Napalm Death and Terrorizer
- Jesse Powell, American R&B singer
- Jesse Colin Young, American singer/songwriter, member of The Youngbloods
- Jesse Winchester, American singer/songwriter
- Jesse Wood, English singer son of Ronnie Wood
Politicians
- Jesse D. Bright, U.S. senator from Indiana
- Jesse Atherton Bynum, Democratic U.S. representative from North Carolina
- Jesse Collings, English reformer, member of Parliament, mayor of Birmingham
- Jesse Franklin, Democratic-Republic senator and governor of North Carolina
- Jesse Gray (1923–1988), New York civil rights leader and politician
- Jesse Helms, Republican U.S. senator from North Carolina (1973-2003)
- Jesse L. Helms, former mayor of Greenville, South Carolina
- Jesse Jackson, American civil rights activist, politician, and minister
- Jesse Klaver, Dutch politician
- Jesse B. Thomas, Democratic-Republican senator from Illinois
- Jesse M. Unruh, Democratic politician, state treasurer of California (1975–1987)
- Jesse Ventura, pro wrestler and governor of Minnesota (real name is James Janos)
- Jesse Johnson Yeates, Democratic U.S. representative from North Carolina
- Jesse A. Younger, Republican U.S. representative from California
Scientists
Fictional characters
- Jesse Aarons, in the book Bridge to Terabithia
- Jesse Andersen, Japanese anime character
- Jesse Chambers, a DC comic book superhero
- Jesse Custer, in the comic book series Preacher
- Jesse de Silva, a ghost in Meg Cabot's The Mediator series
- Jesse Duke, from the TV show and movie The Dukes of Hazzard
- Jesse Fitzgerald, in the novel My Sister's Keeper
- Jesse Flores (The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
- Jesse Katsopolis, in the TV sitcom Full House
- Jesse McNally, in the T.V. Show Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Jesse Pinkman, drug dealing high school dropout in the TV series Breaking Bad
- Jesse Porter, a burned spy who works with Michael on USA's "Burn Notice".
- Jesse Ramirez, from the TV show Roswell
- Jesse Stefanovic, in the Canadian TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Jesse St. James, from the American TV series Glee
- Jesse Stone, from the detective movies based on the Jesse Stone novels by Robert B. Parker
- Jesse Swanson, from the film Pitch Perfect
- Jesse Tuck, in Tuck Everlasting
- Jesse, character in the Free Willy movies
Miscellaneous
- Jesse Alto, American poker player
- Jesse Applegate, American pioneer
- Jesse Camp, former MTV personality
- Jesse Dylan, American film and video director, son of Bob Dylan
- Jesse Fraser, Jamaican documenation specialist and business analyst
- Jesse Honey, English quiz player and winner of BBC Mastermind (TV series) 2010
- Jesse Horn, American writer and illustrator
- Jesse James, American custom motorcycle builder, TV personality and previous husband of actress Sandra Bullock
- Jesse Clyde Nichols, American real estate developer
- Jesse B. Oldendorf, American Navy admiral
- Jesse Walker, American journalist/blogger
See also