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- Heinrich Eduard Jacob (1889–1967)
- Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743–1819)
- Johann Georg Jacobi (1740–1814)
- Ernst Jandl (1925–2000)
- Jans der Enikel
- Tommy Jaud (born 1970)
- Jean Paul (Johann Paul Friedrich Richter) (1763-1825)
- Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946)
- Walter Jens (born 1923)
- Wilhelm Jensen (1837–1911)
- Johannes von Tepl (c. 1350 – c. 1415)
- Albrecht von Johansdorf (c. 1185 – c. 1209)
- Uwe Johnson (1934–1984)
- Hanns Johst (1890–1978)
- Ernst Jünger (1895–1998)
- Peter Stephan Jungk (born 1952)
- Robert Jungk (1913–1994)
- Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling, actually Johann Heinrich Jung (1740–1817)
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