People — J
Joan Baptista Roca i Caball
1898 – 1976
politician
Joan Baptista Xuriguera i Parramona
1908 – 1987
linguist
Joan Baptiste
b. 1959
athletics competitor
Joan Baraclough
1934 – 2024
Joan Barba
association football player
Joan Barbarà
b. 1966
association football player
Joan Barclay
1914 – 2002
actor
Joan Bardina i Castarà
1877 – 1950
pedagogue
Joan Barfoot
b. 1946
novelist
Joan Barnett
1945 – 2020
film producer
Joan Barr
1939 – 2015
politician
Joan Barreda Bort
b. 1983
motorcycle racer
Joan Barrett
b. 2000
Joan Barril
1952 – 2014
writer
Joan Barrington
1558 – 1641
matriarch
Joan Barry
1920 – 2007
actor
Joan Barry
1903 – 1989
actor
Joan Barry
b. 1941
nurse
Joan Bartlett
1911 – 2002
activist
Joan Barton
1908 – 1986
poet
Joan Barton
1925 – 1976
actor
Joan Bastardas i Parera
1919 – 2009
linguist
Joan Bates
1929 – 2016
model
Joan Bauer
b. 1950
politician
Joan Bauer
b. 1951
writer
Joan Baxter
journalist
Joan Beatty
politician
Joan Beauchamp
1890 – 1964
peace activist
Joan Beauchamp Procter
1897 – 1931
zoologist
Joan Beaufort
1404 – 1445
politician
Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland
1379 – 1440
Joan Beaumont
b. 1948
military historian
Joan Beck
1918 – 2014
fencer
Joan Belmar
b. 1970
painter
Joan Benedict Steiger
1927 – 2024
actor
Joan Benesh
1920 – 2014
ballet dancer
Joan Benham
1918 – 1981
stage actor
Joan Benjamin
academic
Joan-Benjamin Gaba
b. 2001
judoka
Joan Bennett
1910 – 1990
actor
Joan Bennett Kennedy
1936 – 2025
socialite
Joan Benoit Samuelson
b. 1957
marathon runner
Joan Benson
1925 – 2020
keyboardist
Joan Berger
1933 – 2021
baseball player
Joan Beringer
b. 2006
basketball player
Joan Berkowitz
1931 – 2020
chemist
Joan Bernard
1918 – 2012
academic
Joan Bernard Armstrong
1941 – 2018
judge
Joan Bernott
science fiction writer
Joan Besoli
b. 1959
sport shooter
Joan Bielski
1923 – 2012
women's rights activist
Joan Binder Weiss
b. 1955
screenwriter
Joan Bingham
1935 – 2020
Joan Binimelis
1538 – 1616
physician
Joan Birman
b. 1927
mathematician
Joan Biskupic
b. 1950
journalist
Joan Blackham
1946 – 2020
actor
Joan Blackman
1938 – 2026
actor
Joan Blades
b. 1956
journalist
Joan Blaeu
1596 – 1673
cartographer
Joan Blaine
1900 – 1949
actor
Joan Blanch Rodríguez
1937 – 2014
politician
Joan Blanquer i Penedès
1912 – 2002
film director
Joan Blondell
1906 – 1979
actor
Joan Blos
1928 – 2017
writer
Joan Boada
ballet dancer
Joan Bocher
preacher
Joan Bodger
1923 – 2002
writer
Joan Bodon
1920 – 1975
writer
Joan Bolger
Joan Bondurant
1918 – 2006
philosopher
Joan Bordoy i Cañellas
1897 – 1972
association football player
Joan Borrisser Roldán
b. 1990
athletics competitor
Joan Botam
1926 – 2023
regular priest
Joan Bou
b. 1997
sport cyclist
Joan Boughton
Joan Boulind
1912 – 2004
Joan Boyar
b. 1955
researcher
Joan Bracey
1656 – 1685
highwayman
Joan Braderman
1948 – 2025
video artist
Joan Brady
b. 1950
novelist
Joan Brady
1939 – 2024
novelist
Joan Bramsch
1936 – 2009
writer
Joan Branson
1945 – 2025
Joan Brassil
1919 – 2005
sculptor
Joan Bray
b. 1945
teacher
Joan Breibart
Joan Brennecke
researcher
Joan Breslin Pitkin
b. 1932
politician
Joan Breton Connelly
b. 1954
anthropologist
Joan Brickhill
1924 – 2014
film actor
Joan Bridge
1912 – 2009
costume designer
Joan Brigham
b. 1935
historian
Joan Bright Astley
1910 – 2008
autobiographer
Joan Brody
bridge player
Joan Brooke, 5th Baroness Cobham
Joan Brosnan Walsh
1938 – 2009
actor
Joan Brossa
1919 – 1998
poet
Joan Brotat
1920 – 1990
painter
Joan Brown
1926 – 2016
potter