Jane

Jane is a feminine given name:

People with this name

Entertainment

• Jane "Poni" Adams (born 1921), American actress
• Jane Bryan (1918–2009), American actress
• Jane Curtin (born 1947), American actress and comedian
• Jane Fonda (born 1937), American actress, former fitness instructor, and daughter of actor Henry Fonda
• Jane Goldman (born 1970), British writer and television presenter; wife of Jonathan Ross
• Ellie Goulding (born 1986 as Elena Jane Goulding), British singer
• Jane Kaczmarek (born 1955), American actress
• Jane Krakowski (born 1968), American actress
• Jane Lynch (born 1960), American actress
• Jane March (born 1973), English actress
• Jane Powell (born 1929), American actress and singer
• Jane Russell (1921–2011), American actress and sex symbol
• Jane Seymour (born 1951), English actress
• Jane Withers (born 1926), American actress, model and singer
• Jane Wyatt (1910–2006), American actress
• Jane Wyman (1917–2007), American actress and ex-wife of President Ronald Reagan

History

• Calamity Jane (1852–1903), U.S. frontierswoman
• Jane Addams (1860–1935), American Nobel Peace Prize-winning social worker and co-founder of Hull House
• Jane Roe, alias of Norma Leah McCorvey, plaintiff in the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in the United States

Literature

• Jane Anger (16th century), English author
• Jane Austen (1775–1817), British novelist, known for Emma and Pride and Prejudice
• Jane Gomeldon (1720 – 1779), English writer, poet, and adventurer

News media

• Jane Pauley (born 1950), American television journalist

Royalty and nobility

• Lady Jane Grey (1537–1554), Queen of England, also known as "Jane of England"
• Jane Seymour (1508–1537), Queen and wife of King Henry VIII of England

Science

• Jane Goodall (born 1934), English primatologist, known for studying chimpanzees and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute

Fictional Janes

In law

Jane Doe or Jane Roe is used in American law as a "placeholder name" for anonymous or unknown female participants in legal proceedings.

Jane Doe is used in United States police investigations when the identity of a female victim is unknown or incorrect, and by hospitals to refer to a female corpse or patient whose identity is unknown.