Namesakes
Hermione Granger
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 
Fictional Characters from Books 1997 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Fictional Characters from Movies 2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter Characters
John of Gorze
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 900-974
Saints
John of the Grating
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1098-1168
Saints
John the Spaniard
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1123-1160
Saints
John of Thérouanne
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) ?-1130
Saints
John of Matha
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1154-1213
Saints
John of Barastre
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) ?-1275
Saints
Jean I
(m) 1316
Frankish and French Kings 1316
Jean II the Good
(m) 1319-1364
Frankish and French Kings 1350-1364
Jean de Béthencourt
(m) 1362-1425
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
John the Bastard of Orleans
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1402-1468
Shakespearian Characters Henry VI (1)
Jean Fouquet
(m) 1420-1481
Notable Artists
Jean Chauvin
(m) 1509-1564
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Giambologna
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1529-1608
Notable Artists
Cardinal Richelieu
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1585-1642
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Jean-François Régis
(m) 1597-1640
Saints
Jean Eudes
(m) 1601-1680
Saints
Jean de La Fontaine
(m) 1621-1695
Notable Writers
Jean Baptiste Poquelin "Molière"
(m) 1622-1673
Notable Writers
Jean-Baptiste Lully
(m) 1632-1687
Notable Musicians
Jean Racine
(m) 1639-1699
Notable Writers
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
(m) 1651-1719
Saints
Jean-Philippe Rameau
(m) 1683-1764
Notable Musicians
Antoine Watteau
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1684-1721
Notable Artists
Jean Siméon Chardin
(m) 1699-1779
Notable Artists
Jean-Nicolas Cordier
(m) 1710-1794
Saints
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
(m) 1712-1778
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Jean-Michel Langevin
(m) 1731-1793
Saints
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
(m) 1732-1806
Notable Artists
Jean-Baptiste Souzy
(m) 1734-1794
Saints
Jean-Marie du Lau
(m) 1738-1792
Saints
Jean-Antoine Houdon
(m) 1741-1828
Notable Artists
Jean François de Galaup
(m) 1741-1788
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Jean-Paul Marat
(m) 1743-1793
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
(m) 1744-1829
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Jean Bourdon
(m) 1747-1794
Saints
Jean-Pierre Blanchard
(m) 1753-1809
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Jacques I
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1758-1806
Other Royalty 1804-1806 Haiti (emperor)
Jean-Louis Pierrot
(m) 1761-1857
Haitian Presidents 1845-1846 (president)
Karl III Johan
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1763-1844
Norwegian Kings and Queens 1818-1844
Swedish Kings and Queens (Karl XIV Johan) 1818-1844
Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles
(m) 1767-1828
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1818-1819 (prime minister)
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
(m) 1769-1851
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1832-1834; 1839-1840; 1840-1847 (prime minister)
Jean-Baptiste de Villèle
(m) 1773-1854
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1821-1828 (prime minister)
Jean-Pierre Boyer
(m) 1776-1850
Haitian Presidents 1818-1843 (president)
Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac
(m) 1778-1832
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1828-1829 (prime minister)
Jean-Baptiste Riché
(m) 1780-1847
Haitian Presidents 1846-1847 (president)
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
(m) 1780-1867
Notable Artists
François Arago
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1786-1853
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1848 (prime minister)
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney
(m) 1786-1859
Saints
Augustin-Jean Fresnel
(m) 1788-1827
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Jean-François Champollion
(m) 1790-1832
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Jean-Jacques Willmar
(m) 1792-1866
Other Leaders 1848-1853 Luxembourg (prime minister)
Joseph Lebeau
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1794-1865
Belgian Prime Ministers 1831; 1840-1841
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
(m) 1796-1875
Notable Artists
Jean-Gabriel Perboyre
(m) 1802-1840
Saints
Sylvain Van de Weyer
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1802-1874
Belgian Prime Ministers 1845-1846
Jean-Baptiste Nothomb
(m) 1805-1881
Belgian Prime Ministers 1841-1845
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin
(m) 1805-1871
Notable Actors and Entertainers (magician)
Jean-Charles Cornay
(m) 1809-1837
Saints
Jean-François Millet
(m) 1814-1875
Notable Artists
Jean-Louis Bonnard
(m) 1824-1852
Saints
Jean-Léon Gérôme
(m) 1824-1904
Notable Artists
Jean-Martin Charcot
(m) 1825-1893
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Henri Dunant
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1828-1910
Nobel Prize Winners 1901 (peace)
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries
Ferdinand Sarrien
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1840-1915
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1906 (prime minister)
Jean Casimir-Perier
(m) 1847-1907
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1893-1894; 1894-1895 (prime minister/president)
Jean de Backer
(m) 18xx-19xx
Olympic Medalists 1900 water polo (silver)
Jean Fardelle
(m) 18xx-19xx
Olympic Medalists 1900 water polo (bronze)
Cincinnatus Leconte
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1854-1912
Haitian Presidents 1911-1912 (president)
Antoine Marfan
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1858-1942
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Jean Valjean
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1862 Les Misérables
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals 1980 Les Misérables
Louis Barthou
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1862-1934
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1913 (prime minister)
Jules Renkin
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1862-1934
Belgian Prime Ministers 1931-1932
René Viviani
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1863-1925
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1914-1915 (prime minister)
Jean Sibelius
(m) 1865-1957
Notable Musicians
Jean Baptiste Perrin
(m) 1870-1942
Nobel Prize Winners 1926 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Camille Huysmans
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1871-1968
Belgian Prime Ministers 1946-1947
Aloys Van de Vyvere
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1871-1961
Belgian Prime Ministers 1925
Jean Chastanié
(m) 1875-1948
Olympic Medalists 1900 3000 m steeplechase; 5000 m team (bronze/silver)
Jean-Marie Musy
(m) 1876-1952
Swiss Presidents 1925; 1930
Jack Laviolette
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1879-1960
Hall-of-Famers 1962 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Robert Schuman
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1886-1963
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1947-1948; 1948 (prime minister)
Jean Arp
(m) 1886-1966
Notable Artists
Jean Rouppert
(m) 1887-1979
Notable Artists
Jean Bouin
(m) 1888-1914
Olympic Medalists 1912 5000 m (silver)
Jean Cocteau
(m) 1889-1963
Notable Writers
Adolphe Menjou
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1890-1963
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean Rhys
(f) 1890-1979
Notable Writers
Corneille Heymans
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1892-1968
Nobel Prize Winners 1938 (medicine)
J. Paul Getty
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1892-1976
Notable Businesspeople
André Devaux
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1894-1981
Olympic Medalists 1920 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Jean Renoir
(m) 1894-1979
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Filmmakers
Jean Toomer
(m) 1894-1967
Notable Writers
Jean Piaget
(m) 1896-1980
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Pierre Voizard
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1896-1982
Other Leaders 1950-1953 Monaco (prime minister)
Jean Duvieusart
(m) 1900-1977
Belgian Prime Ministers 1950
Jean Arthur
(f) 1900-1991
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean Dubuffet
(m) 1901-1985
Notable Artists
Jean Gabin
(m) 1904-1976
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
René Lacoste
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1904-1996
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Jean-Paul Sartre
(m) 1905-1980
Nobel Prize Winners 1964 (literature)
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Notable Writers
Pierre Pflimlin
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1907-2000
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1958 (prime minister)
Jean Van Houtte
(m) 1907-1991
Belgian Prime Ministers 1952-1954
Jean Taris
(m) 1909-1977
Olympic Medalists 1932 swimming - 400 m freestyle (silver)
Henri LaBorde
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1909-1993
Olympic Medalists 1932 discus throw (silver)
Jean Genet
(m) 1910-1986
Notable Writers
Jean Shiley
(f) 1911-1998
Olympic Medalists 1932 high jump (gold)
Jean Harlow
(f) 1911-1937
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Georges Pompidou
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1911-1974
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1962-1968; 1969-1974 (prime minister/president)
Michel Debré
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1912-1996
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1959-1962 (prime minister)
Jean Reymond
(m) 1912-1992
Other Leaders 1963-1966 Monaco (prime minister)
Jean Marais
(m) 1913-1998
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1914-1993
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1957 (prime minister)
Jean Stafford
(f) 1915-1979
Pulitzer Award Winners 1970 The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
Jean Dausset
(m) 1916-2009
Nobel Prize Winners 1980 (medicine)
Jean-Pierre Melville
(m) 1917-1973
Notable Filmmakers
Jean Kerebel
(m) 1918-2010
Olympic Medalists 1948 4x400 m relay (silver)
Diana Serra Cary
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1918-2020
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean Herly
(m) 1920-1998
Other Leaders 1981-1985 Monaco (prime minister)
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
(m) 1921-2019
Other Royalty 1964-2000 Luxembourg (grand duke)
Jean Kent
(f) 1921-2013
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jack Kerouac
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1922-1969
Notable Writers
Eleanor Parker
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1922-2013
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean Stapleton
(f) 1923-2013
Emmy Award Winners 1971; 1972; 1978 All in the Family (actress)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean-Paul Riopelle
(m) 1923-2002
Notable Artists
Vivean Gray
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1924-2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean Tinguely
(m) 1925-1991
Notable Artists
Jean Ausseil
(m) 1925-2001
Other Leaders 1985-1991 Monaco (prime minister)
Jean-Claude Pascal
(m) 1927-1992
Eurovision Song Contest Winners 1961 Luxembourg
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1928-1993
Olympic Medalists 1948; 1952 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (bronze/silver)
Jean-Marie Le Pen
(m) 1928-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Jean Simmons
(f) 1929-2010
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean Desforges
(f) 1929-2013
Olympic Medalists 1952 4x100 m relay (bronze)
Jean Tabary
(m) 1930-2011
Notable Artists
Jean Roba
(m) 1930-2006
Notable Artists
Jean-Luc Godard
(m) 1930-2022
Notable Filmmakers
Jean-Louis Trintignant
(m) 1930-2022
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean Stewart
(f) 1930-2020
Olympic Medalists 1952 swimming - 100 m backstroke (bronze)
Jean Béliveau
(m) 1931-2014
Hall-of-Famers 1972 (ice hockey)
Most Valuable Players 1956; 1964 ice hockey
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Jean-Paul Belmondo
(m) 1933-2021
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean Boiteux
(m) 1933-2010
Olympic Medalists 1952 swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (gold/bronze)
Jean Chrétien
(m) 1934-
Canadian Prime Ministers 1993-2003
Prince Henrik of Denmark
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1934-2018
Other Royalty 1967-2018 Denmark (prince)
Jean Marsh
(f) 1934-
Emmy Award Winners 1975 Upstairs, Downstairs (Masterpiece Theatre) (actress)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Paula Jean Myers-Pope
(f) 1934-1995
Olympic Medalists 1952; 1956; 1960 diving - platform; diving - springboard (bronze/silver)
Jean Scrivens
(f) 1935-
Olympic Medalists 1956 4x100 m relay (silver)
Jean-Pascal Delamuraz
(m) 1936-1998
Swiss Presidents 1989; 1996
Jean Giraud
(m) 1938-2012
Notable Artists
Jean Seberg
(f) 1938-1979
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Patrick Bauchau
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1938-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean-Marie Lehn
(m) 1939-
Nobel Prize Winners 1987 (chemistry)
Betty Everett
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1939-2001
Notable Musicians
Jean-Paul Proust
(m) 1940-2010
Other Leaders 2005-2010 Monaco (prime minister)
J. M. G. Le Clézio
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1940-
Nobel Prize Winners 2008 (literature)
Notable Writers
Jean-Luc Dehaene
(m) 1940-2014
Belgian Prime Ministers 1992-1999
Jean Ratelle
(m) 1940-
Hall-of-Famers 1985 (ice hockey)
Jean Shrimpton
(f) 1942-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (model)
Hervé Villechaize
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1943-1993
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Johnny Hallyday
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1943-2017
Notable Musicians
Jean-Claude Killy
(m) 1943-
Notable Athletes (skiing)
Olympic Medalists 1968 alpine skiing (gold)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
(m) 1943-
Notable Filmmakers
Billie Jean King
(f) 1943-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Jean-Pierre Sauvage
(m) 1944-
Nobel Prize Winners 2016 (chemistry)
Jean MacLaren
(f)
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals 1947 Brigadoon
Jennifer Warnes
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1947-
Notable Musicians
Donna Jean Godchaux
(f) 1947-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1994 The Grateful Dead
Jean-Pierre Adams
(m) 1948-2021
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Jean Reno
(m) 1948-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
(m) 1948-
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 2002-2005 (prime minister)
Jean-Michel Jarre
(m) 1948-
Notable Musicians
Bernard Arnault
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1949-
Notable Businesspeople
Jean Lasquin
(m) ?-19xx
Olympic Medalists 1924 water polo (gold)
Jean-Marc Ayrault
(m) 1950-
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 2012-2014 (prime minister)
Pam Kruse
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1950-
Olympic Medalists 1968 swimming - 800 m freestyle (silver)
Jean-Claude Duvalier
(m) 1951-2014
Haitian Presidents 1971-1986 (president)
Lynda Carter
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1951-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/model)
Jean Smart
(f) 1951-
Emmy Award Winners 2021; 2022 Hacks (actress)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean-Jacques Goldman
(m) 1951-
Notable Musicians
Jean-Jacques Burnel
(m) 1952-
Notable Musicians
Jean-Paul Gaultier
(m) 1952-
Notable Artists
Susie Atwood
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1953-
Olympic Medalists 1972 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 200 m backstroke (bronze/silver)
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
(m) 1953-
Haitian Presidents 1991; 1994-1996; 2001-2004 (president)
Jean Tirole
(m) 1953-
Nobel Prize Winners 2014 (economics)
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers
Jean-Marie Pfaff
(m) 1953-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Jean-Claude Juncker
(m) 1954-
Other Leaders 1995-2013 Luxembourg (prime minister)
Jean van de Velde
(m) 1957-
Notable Filmmakers
Carol Menken-Schaudt
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1957-
Olympic Medalists 1984 basketball (gold)
Amy Klobuchar
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1960-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Scout Finch
(a.k.a. Jean) (f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird
Jean-Claude Van Damme
(m) 1960-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
(m) 1960-1988
Notable Artists
Jean Brodie
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1961 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Leslie Deniz
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1962-
Olympic Medalists 1984 discus throw (silver)
Paige Turco
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1965-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean Castex
(m) 1965-
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 2020-2022 (prime minister)
Embeth Davidtz
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1965-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean-Philippe Gatien
(m) 1968-
Olympic Medalists 1992; 2000 table tennis (silver/bronze)
Pam Bileck
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1968-
Olympic Medalists 1984 artistic gymnastics (silver)
Jean
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1969 Jean
Jean Galfione
(m) 1971-
Olympic Medalists 1996 pole vault (gold)
Christophe Beck
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1972-
Notable Musicians
Jean Louisa Kelly
(f) 1972-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Leslie Mann
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1972-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean Dujardin
(m) 1972-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 2012 The Artist (actor)
Jenna von Oÿ
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Emmanuel Macron
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1977-
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 2017- (president)
Pam Ewing
(a.k.a. Jean) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1978 Dallas
Jean-François Gillet
(m) 1979-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Busy Philipps
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1979-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean-Marc Gaillard
(m) 1980-
Olympic Medalists 2014 cross-country skiing (bronze)
Jean-Pierre
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1981 Jean-Pierre
Jean de Villiers
(m) 1981-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Jean-Julien Rojer
(m) 1981-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Britney Spears
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1981-
Notable Musicians
Billie Jean
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1982 Billie Jean
Jean Makoun
(m) 1983-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Jean
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1984 Blue Jean
Leopold of Liechtenstein
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1984
Other Royalty 1984 Liechtenstein (prince)
Jean Beausejour
(m) 1984-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Lara Jean Chorostecki
(f) 1984-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Billie Jean Davy
(f)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1985 The Legend of Billie Jean
Vincent Kompany
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1986-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Jean
(m) 1986-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Jean-Luc Picard
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation
Ronda Rousey
(a.k.a. Jean) (f) 1987-
Notable Athletes (martial arts)
Olympic Medalists 2008 judo (bronze)
Jean-Guillaume Béatrix
(m) 1988-
Olympic Medalists 2014 biathlon (bronze)
C. J. Parker
(a.k.a. Jean) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1989 Baywatch
Jean-Frédéric Chapuis
(m) 1989-
Olympic Medalists 2014 freestyle skiing (gold)
Jean-Charles Valladont
(m) 1989-
Olympic Medalists 2016 archery - individual (silver)
Maxim Choupo-Moting
(a.k.a. Jean) (m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik
(m) 1989-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Regé-Jean Page
(m) 1990-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jean-Luc Rieupeyroux
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1991 Step by Step
Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro
(m) 1992-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Jean Marie Dongou
(m) 1995-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Ella Jean
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2009 Ella Jean