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Junior (suffix) A name suffix, in the Western English-language naming tradition, follows a person's full name and provides additional information about the person. Post-nominal letters indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accredit ...

, a name suffix

Arts and entertainment

* ''J.R.'' (album), an album by Jim Bob * ''

J R ''J R'' is a novel by William Gaddis published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1975. In the story, a schoolboy secretly amasses a fortune in penny stocks. ''J R'' won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1976.Barely Real ''Barely Real'' is the 1992 extended play (EP) by the American indie rock band Codeine. After releasing their previous album ''Frigid Stars LP'' in 1990, the group accepted an invitation from the quartet Bastro to tour in Europe in 1991. Followin ...

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J. R. Ewing John Ross "J.R." Ewing Jr. is a fictional character in the American television series ''Dallas'' (1978–1991) and its spin-offs, including the revived ''Dallas'' series (2012–2014). The character was portrayed by Larry Hagman from the serie ...

, a television character from ''Dallas'' *

JR Chandler Adam "JR" Chandler Jr. is a fictional character from the ABC and The Online Network daytime drama ''All My Children''. He was portrayed by Jacob Young from 2003 to 2011, prior to Ryan Bittle taking over the role in 2013. Bittle was cast as the n ...

, aka Adam Chandler Jr, a television character from ''All My Children'' * ''

Jornal da Record ''Jornal da Record'' (; Portuguese for ''Record News'' or ''Record Journal'') is a Brazilian news program, broadcasts on RecordTV every Monday to Friday at 21:30 and Saturday at 19:45 (BRT). The television news coverage of the main events in Braz ...

'', a Brazilian news program on RecordTV

Businesses and organizations

Aero California Aero California (at times shortened as ''AeroCal'') was a low-cost airline with its headquarters in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, operating a network of domestic passenger flights with its hub at the city's Manuel Márquez de León Inte ...

, defunct Mexican airline by IATA code *

Japan Railways Group The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as the or simply JR, consists of seven for-profit stock companies that took over most of the assets and operations of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Mo ...

or the JR Group, the main operators of the Japanese railway network * Jember railway station *

John Radcliffe Hospital The John Radcliffe Hospital (informally known as the JR) is a large tertiary teaching hospital in Oxford, England. It forms part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is named after John Radcliffe, an 18th-century physic ...

Joy Air Joy Air () is a Chinese airline launched jointly by China Eastern Airlines and AVIC I on March 29, 2008 based at Xi'an. The airline started testing service in June 2009, and commenced passenger service at the end of 2009. On December 14, 2020, H ...

, Chinese airline by IATA code

People

In arts and entertainment

JR (artist) JR (; born 22 February 1983) is the pseudonym of a French photographer and street artist. JR stands for the initials of JR's first name, which is Jean-René. Describing himself as a ''photograffeur'' (a portmanteau of "photographer" and " graf ...

(born 1983), French artist *

J.R. (musician) Courtney Peebles (born March 4, 1979), better known as Courtney Orlando,https://rapzilla.com/2015-08-j-r-changes-stage-name/ formerly known as J.R., is a Christian singer and producer formerly signed to Cross Movement Records. He is also half ...

(born 1979), American Christian musician and producer *

JR (rapper) Tabure Thabo Bogopa Junior (born 13 March 1987), professionally known as JR, is a South African entrepreneur and musician. He frequently performs Motswako rap, in both Setswana and English. He has had two number-one hip hop songs as well as ...

(born 1987), South African rapper and entrepreneur * ''J. R.'' a pen-name of writer

John Ruskin John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and pol ...

* ''Jr.'', stage name of

Park Jin-young Park Jin-young (Hangul: 박진영; born December 13, 1971), also known by his stage names J. Y. Park and The Asiansoul or the initials JYP, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, record executive, and reality television show ju ...

, South Korean singer *

J.R. Martinez Jose Rene Martinez (born June 14, 1983) is an American actor, motivational speaker, and former U.S. Army soldier. Starting in 2008, he played the role of Brot Monroe on the ABC daytime drama ''All My Children''. He is the winner of Season 13 ...

(born 1983), American actor, motivational speaker, and former U.S. Army soldier * Jim Ross (born 1952), professional wrestling commentator * JR (born 1995), stage name of

Kim Jong-hyeon Kim Jong-hyeon (; born June 8, 1995), formerly known by his stage name JR, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as the leader, main dancer and main rapper of South Korean boy group NU'EST. Following his contract exp ...

, South Korean singer and member of NU'EST

In politics

* Junius Richard Jayawardena (1906–1996), President of Sri Lanka from 1978–1989

In sport

J. R. Bremer Ernest Lenell "J. R." Bremer (born September 19, 1980) is a retired American-Bosnian former professional basketball player who last played for Limoges CSP of the LNB Pro A. Bremer has also played in the National Basketball Association, NBA and w ...

(born 1980), American-born naturalized Bosnian basketball player * J. R. Redmond (born 1977), former NFL player for the New England Patriots *

J. R. Smith Earl Joseph "J. R." Smith III (born September 9, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Smith played high school basketball at New Jers ...

(born 1985), former NBA player *

Jeremy Roenick Jeremy Shaffer Roenick ( ; born January 17, 1970) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 8th overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft by the Chica ...