Janet (given name)
Janet is a feminine given name meaning "God is gracious" or "gift from God". It is the feminine form of John. It is a variation of the French proper noun Jeannette, Spanish proper noun Juanita, Russian Жанет, Circassian Джэнэт, and Hungarian Zsanett. It is also the diminutive of Jeanne or Jane.
People with the given name Janet
- Janet Aalfs, American poet and martial artist
- Janet Abbate, American associate professor of science, technology, and society
- Janet Abu-Lughod, American sociologist
- Janet Abuel, Filipino lawyer, accountant, and public servant
- Janet Achola, Ugandan middle-distance runner
- Janet Achurch, English stage actress and actor-manager
- Janet Ackland, Welsh international lawn- and indoor bowler
- Janet Adair, American vaudeville-, ragtime-, musical revue-, and musical comedy performer
- Janet Adam, Scottish potter and sculptor
- Janet Adams, American politician
- Janet Adelman, American Shakespeare scholar, literary critic, and professor of English
- Janet H. Adkins, American politician
- Janet Afary, Iranian-born American author, feminist activist, and researcher of history, religious studies, and women studies
- Janet Ågren, Swedish actress and model
- Janet Ahlberg, English writer of children's books
- Janet Aitken, several people
- Janet Ajzenstat, Canadian professor emeritus of political science
- Janet Akinrinade, Nigerian politician
- Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer
- Janet Albrechtsen, Australian opinion columnist
- Janet Alcoriza, American screenwriter and actress
- Janet Aldrich, American actress and singer
- Janet Alexander, English actress
- Janet Allard, American playwright and theater educator
- Janet Allen, American biochemist and industrial engineer
- Janet Allison, American sex offender
- Janet Amos, Canadian actress, educator, playwright, and theater director
- Janet Amponsah, Ghanaian sprinter
- Janet Amsden, British actress
- Janet Ancel, American politician
- Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone, English children's book illustrators
- Janet Anderson (disambiguation), several people
- Janet Andrewartha, Australian television- and theater actress
- Janet Anne Galloway, Scottish activist for women's rights and education
- Janet Arceo, Mexican actress, TV presenter, announcer, director, and businesswoman
- Janet Archer, English artist
- Janet Arnold, British clothing historian, costume designer, teacher, conservator, and author
- Janet Arnott, Canadian curler and Olympic champion coach
- Janet Arvizo, American prosecuting witness in the Michael Jackson Trial
- Janet Asimov, American science fiction writer, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst
- Janet Askew, New Zealand nurse
- Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd, American socialite
- Janet Aulisio, American role-playing game artist
- Janet Austin, Canadian non-profit sector executive and public servant
- Janet Awino, Kenyan rugby sevens player
- Janet Ayer Fairbank, American author and suffragette
- Janet Babb, American geologist
- Janet Backhouse, English manuscripts curator
- Janet Ruth Bacon, English university principal
- Janet Bagguley, English international footballer
- Janet Baird, Australian AFLW player
- Janet Baker, English mezzo-soprano
- Janet M. Baker, American academic and speech processing researcher
- Janet Balaskas, South African author and childbirth educator
- Janet Banana, Zimbabwean teacher who became First Lady of Zimbabwe
- Janet Bannister, Canadian business executive and venture capitalist
- Janet Banzet, American actress
- Janet Barlow, several people
- Janet Barnes, British curator and museum director
- Janet Barnett, American professor of mathematics
- Janet Barresi, American politician
- Janet Barrowman, Scottish suffragette
- Janet Barth, American radiation engineer
- Janet Basco, Filipino singer
- Janet Bately, British academic
- Janet Bathgate, Scottish writer and schoolteacher
- Janet Baus, American documentary film- and television director, producer, and editor
- Janet Bayly, New Zealand photographer, museum director, and curator
- Janet Beat, Scottish composer, music educator, and music writer
- Janet Beaton, Scottish aristocrat
- Janet Beavin Bavelas, American experimental social psychologist
- Janet Beecher, American actress
- Janet Beer, British academic
- Janet Beery, American mathematician and mathematics historian
- Janet Behan, English-Irish writer and actress
- Janet Beihoffer, American accountant
- Janet L. Beizer, American academic
- Janet Bell, English middle-distance runner
- Janet Bennion, American anthropologist professor
- Janet Benshoof, American human rights lawyer
- Janet Bentley, American dramaturg at the August Strindberg Repertory Theatre
- Janet Bercovitz, American entrepreneurship scholar and professor
- Janet Berliner, American novelist
- Janet Bethune, Scottish wife of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran
- Janet Bewley, several people
- Janet Biehl, American artist, author, copyeditor, and translator
- Janet Biggs, American artist
- Janet Billig Rich, American artist manager, music supervisor, and producer
- Janet Bina Kahama, Tanzanian politician
- Janet Birkmyre, English track racing cyclist
- Janet Blair (singer-songwriter), American independent pop/Christian singer-songwriter
- Janet Blair, American actress and singer
- Janet Blake, American-Canadian agricultural producer and philanthropist
- Janet Bloomfield (men’s rights activist), Canadian men's rights activist
- Janet Bloomfield, British peace- and disarmament campaigner
- Janet Blunt, British folklorist
- Janet Bodnar, American editor and business- and financial journalist
- Janet Bond Arterton, American inactive senior district judge
- Janet Bonnema, American civil engineer and women's rights activist
- Janet Bostwick, Bahamian lawyer and politician
- Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, American political scientist and professor
- Janet Boyd, English suffragette, feminist, and women's rights activist
- Janet Boyle, Northern Irish high jumper
- Janet Boyman, Scottish woman accused of witchcraft
- Janet Brady, Canadian candidate in the New Democratic Party of Manitoba candidates in the 1999 Manitoba provincial election
- Janet Bragg, American aviator
- Janet Braun-Reinitz, American muralist, painter, and activist committed to social justice
- Janet Brehaut, New Zealand cricketer
- Janet Brennan Croft, American librarian and Tolkien scholar
- Janet Brewster, Canadian Inuk politician
- Janet Bronwen Alun Pugh, English fashion model and psychotherapist
- Janet Broughton, American emerita professor of philosophy
- Janet Brown (disambiguation), several people
- Janet Browne, British historian of science
- Janet Brumby, English development manager of Young Enterprise
- Janet Buckner, American politician
- Janet Bundi, Kenyan footballer
- Janet Burchill, Australian contemporary artist
- Janet Burke, Jamaican sprinter
- Janet Burroway, American author
- Janet Burston, American child actress
- Janet Burton, Welsh professor of medieval history
- Janet S. Butel, American professor of molecular virology and microbiology
- Janet Caird, Malawi-born Scottish teacher and a writer of mysteries, poems, and short stories
- Janet Camilo, Dominican Republic lawyer
- Janet Campbell, several people
- Janet Cardiff, Canadian artist
- Janet Carlson, American politician
- Janet Carnochan, Canadian historian and teacher
- Janet Carr (psychologist), English psychologist
- Janet Carr, Australian academic and physiotherapist
- Janet Carroll, American film-, stage-, and television character actress
- Janet Carsten, British professor of social and cultural anthropology
- Janet Carter, New Zealand clinical psychology academic and professor- and dean of science
- Janet Catherine Berlo, American art historian and academic
- Janet Chance, British feminist writer, sex education advocate, and birth control- and abortion law reformer
- Janet Chandler, American model and actress
- Janet Chapman, American author
- Janet Charman, New Zealand poet
- Janet Cherobon-Bawcom, American distance runner
- Janet Chisholm, British Cold War spy
- Janet Chow, Hong Kong actress
- Janet Chvatal, American soprano
- Janet Clark, several people
- Janet Clarke, Australian socialite and philanthropist
- Janet Coats Black, Scottish poet, philanthropist, and founder of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
- Janet Coats, American media journalism director and executive editor
- Janet Cobbs, American/Canadian volleyball coach
- Janet Cochrane, Canadian community organizer and First Nations activist
- Janet Cohen, several people
- Janet Coit, American government official and lawyer
- Janet Coleman, British academic and historian of political theory
- Janet Coles, American LPGA Tour player
- Janet Collins, American prima ballerina, choreographer, and teacher
- Janet Colquhoun, British religious writer
- Janet Cone, American college athletic director
- Janet Conrad, American experimental physicist, researcher, and professor
- Janet Cook Lewis, American librarian and book repairer
- Janet Cooke, American journalist
- Janet Cooper Alexander, American lawyer
- Janet Cornfoot, Scottish woman killed for alleged witchcraft
- Janet Cosh, Australian botanist and secondary school teacher
- Janet Coster, English operatic mezzo-soprano
- Janet E. Courtney, English scholar, writer, and feminist
- Janet Cowell, American politician
- Janet Cox-Rearick, American art historian and professor of art history
- Janet Craxton, English oboe player and teacher
- Janet Cree, English painter
- Janet Cruz, American politician
- Janet Culp, American synchronized swimmer
- Janet Currie, Canadian-American economist and professor
- Janet Daby, British politician
- Janet Dacal, American actress, singer, and musical theater performer
- Janet Dailey, American author of romance novels
- Janet Daley, American-born British journalist
- Janet Daling, American epidemiologist and emeritus professor
- Janet Daly, Australian short track speed skater
- Janet Dancey, Canadian oncologist
- Janet Dando, Spanish international lawn bowler
- Janet Darbyshire, British epidemiologist and science administrator
- Janet Davidson, New Zealand archaeologist and curator
- Janet Davies, several people
- Janet Davis, Canadian city councillor
- Janet Dawson (writer), American mystery writer
- Janet Dawson, Australian artist
- Janet de Coux, American sculptor
- Janet De Gore, American television and theater actress
- Janet Dean Fodor, American professor emerita of linguistics
- Janet Dean, English politician
- Janet A. Deatrick, American professor emerita of nursing
- Janet Dees, American curator
- Janet DeLaine, Australian archaeologist
- Janet Delaney, American photographer and educator
- Janet Dempsey Steiger, American politician
- Janet Devlin, Northern Irish singer and songwriter
- Janet Dhillon, American lawyer
- Janet Dibley, English actress
- Janet Dicks, American weight thrower
- Janet Dietrich, American pilot
- Janet DiFiore, American lawyer and judge
- Janet Doe, American librarian
- Janet L. Dolgin, American legal scholar and professor of health
- Janet Donald, New Zealand church leader
- Janet Doub Erickson, American graphic artist and writer
- Janet Douglas, several people
- Janet Dudley-Eshbach, American academic
- Janet Dunbar, American composer
- Janet Duprey, American politician
- Janet Dykman, American archer
- Janet Echelman, American sculptor and fiber artist
- Janet Ecker, Canadian politician
- Janet Edeme, Nigerian agricultural scientist and plant biologist
- Janet Egyir, Ghanaian footballer
- Janet Eisner, American college professor emerita
- Janet Eissenstat, American government worker
- Janet D. Elashoff, American statistician
- Janet Elder, American writer, editor, author, and reporter
- Janet Eldred, American professor and author
- Janet Elizabeth Astor, English wife of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond
- Janet Elizabeth Case, British classical scholar, tutor of ancient Greek, and women's rights advocate
- Janet Elizabeth Macgregor, Scottish physician and cytologist
- Janet Elliott Wulsin, American nurse and explorer
- Janet A. W. Elliott, Canadian engineering scientist and researcher in thermodynamics
- Janet Ellis, English television presenter, actress, and writer
- Janet Ellis (politician), American politician
- Janet Ellzey, American mechanical engineer
- Janet Ely, American diver
- Janet Emerson Bashen, American entrepreneur, business consultant, and software inventor
- Janet Emig, American composition scholar
- Janet Eremenko, Canadian politician
- Janet Erskine Stuart, English Roman Catholic nun and educator
- Janet Ertel, American member of music group The Chordettes
- Janet Evanovich, American writer
- Janet Evans (revolutionary), British revolutionary
- Janet Evans, American competition swimmer
- Janet Evra, English-born vocalist, bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and bandleader
- Janet Fairbank, American operatic singer
- Janet Fallis, Australian professional tennis player
- Janet Farrar, British teacher, author, and Wiccan priestess
- Janet Febisola Adeyemi, Nigerian civil engineer and geologist
- Janet Feder, American composer and guitarist
- Janet Fieldhouse, Australian ceramic artist
- Janet Fielding, Australian actress
- Janet Finch-Saunders, Welsh politician
- Janet Finch, British sociologist and academic administrator
- Janet Fish, American contemporary realist artist
- Janet Fitch, American author
- Janet Flanner, American writer and pioneering narrative journalist
- Janet Fletcher, Australian linguist
- Janet Fockart, Scottish merchant and moneylender
- Janet Folkes, English balloonist
- Janet Fookes, British politician
- Janet Ford, British sociologist and university administrator
- Janet Foutty, American businessperson, author, and public speaker
- Janet Fox (author), American fantasy- and horror writer, poet, teacher, editor, and publisher
- Janet Fox, American actress
- Janet Fragoso Alonso, birth name of Mexican professional wrestler Miss Janeth
- Janet Frame, New Zealand author
- Janet Franklin (swimmer), English swimmer
- Janet Franklin, German-born American botanist, geographer, and landscape ecologist
- Janet Fraser, New Zealand community leader
- Janet Freeman, American community organizer and activist for tenant's rights
- Janet Friedman, American archaeologist
- Janet Froelich, American graphic designer and creative director
- Janet S Gaffney, American-New Zealand academic
- Janet Gardner, American rock singer
- Janet Garrett, American candidate in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio
- Janet E. Garvey, American ambassador
- Janet Gasparini, Canadian candidate in the 2006 Greater Sudbury municipal election
- Janet Gaylord Moore, American writer, curator, and artist
- Janet Gaymer, British civil servant, solicitor, and lawyer
- Janet Gaynor, American actress
- Janet Georges, Seychellois weightlifter
- Janet Gerhauser, American pair skater
- Janet Gertrude Higgins, birth name of Nettie Palmer, Australian poet, essayist, and literary critic
- Janet Gezari, American literary critic and scholar
- Janet Gibson, Belizean biologist and zoologist
- Janet Gillies, New Zealand civilian- and military nurse and army nursing administrator
- Janet Gilsdorf, American pediatric infectious diseases physician, scientist, and writer
- Janet Godfrey, British songwriter
- Janet Godman, English cricketer
- Janet Goldner, American visual artist
- Janet González Tostado, Mexican politician
- Janet Gourlay, Scottish Egyptologist
- Janet Gover, Australian writer of short stories and romance novels
- Janet Grace Akech Okori-Moe, Ugandan teacher and politician
- Janet Graham (poet), Scottish poet
- Janet Graham, English composer, music educator, and music therapist
- Janet Gray Hayes, American politician
- Janet Greek, American director and writer of film and television
- Janet Green, several people
- Janet Greene, American singer
- Janet Greenip, American politician
- Janet Greig, Scottish-Australian anaesthetist
- Janet Grey, American soap opera actress
- Janet Grieve, New Zealand biological oceanographer
- Janet Grillo, American filmmaker
- Janet Grogan, Irish singer and songwriter
- Janet Gulland, British aeronautical engineer
- Janet Gunn, American actress
- Janet Gurwitch, American businesswoman and investor
- Janet Guthrie, American race car driver
- Janet Gyatso, American religious studies scholar
- Janet Haas, American professional tennis player
- Janet Hailes Michelmore, Australian business executive and health activist
- Janet Hale, American educational theorist and educator
- Janet Hall, several people
- Janet Halley, American legal scholar
- Janet Hamill, American poet and spoken word artist
- Janet Hamilton, Scottish poet
- Janet Hanson, American financier
- Janet Harbison, Irish harper, composer, teacher, and orchestra director
- Janet Harden, Scottish diarist
- Janet Hardy, American writer and sex educator
- Janet Harris, American NCAA player
- Janet M. Hartley, English emeritus professor of international history
- Janet Harvey, Canadian curler
- Janet Hatta, Japanese actress
- Janet Haworth, Welsh politician
- Janet Healy Weeks, American lawyer and judge
- Janet Healy, American animated film producer
- Janet Heenan, New Zealand rugby union player
- Janet E. Helms, American research psychologist
- Janet Hemingway, British infectious diseases specialist
- Janet Henderson, Welsh Anglican priest and former nurse
- Janet Hendry, Scottish aviator
- Janet Henfrey, English stage- and television actress
- Janet Henry (artist), American visual artist
- Janet Henry (economist), British economist
- Janet Hergt, Australian geochemist
- Janet Hering, American academic and environmental scientist
- Janet Hetherington, Canadian writer and artist
- Janet Hill Gordon, American lawyer and politician
- Janet Hiller, Australian epidemiologist and health services researcher
- Janet Hills, British police detective
- Janet Hilton, English clarinet soloist, teacher, chamber performer, and orchestral musician
- Janet Hinostroza, Ecuadorian television journalist
- Janet Hitchman, English writer
- Janet Hobhouse, American novelist, biographer, and editor
- Janet Hoek, New Zealand academic and professor of public health
- Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann, birth name of Viva (actress), American actress, writer, and former Warhol superstar
- Janet Hogan, Australian swimmer
- Janet Holborow, New Zealand mayor
- Janet Holder, Canadian business executive
- Janet Holm, New Zealand environmental activist and historian
- Janet Holmes, several people
- Janet L. Holmgren, American linguist, professor and administrator
- Janet Hong, Canadian translator
- Janet Honour, English athlete
- Janet Hopner, Australian fencer
- Janet Hopps Adkisson, American professional tennis player
- Janet Horne, Scottish woman executed for witchcraft
- Janet C. Howard, American politician
- Janet Howell, American politician
- Janet Hsieh, Taiwanese-American television personality, actress, producer, violinist, and author
- Janet Hubert, American film- and television actress
- Janet Huckabee, American politician
- Janet Hunter, English candidate in the 2004 North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council election
- Janet Huntington Brewster, American philanthropist, writer, radio broadcaster, and relief worker
- Janet Hürlimann, Canadian-Swiss curler and curling coach
- Janet Hurst, British microbiologist, editor, and science educator
- Janet Husband, British emeritus professor of radiology
- Janet Iacobuzio, American television soap opera writer
- Janet Irwin, New Zealand medical practitioner
- Janet Iwasa, American data visualization expert and assistant professor of biochemistry
- Janet Jackson (golfer), Irish golfer
- Janet Jackson, American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress
- Janet E. Jackson, American judge
- Janet Jacobs, American baseball player
- Janet L. Jacobs, American sociologist
- Janet Jagan, American-born Guyanese politician
- Janet Jakobsen, American professor, academic, and scholar of gender and sexuality
- Janet Wilson James, American historian, educator, and pioneer
- Janet Jamieson, American professional baseball player
- Janet Jansson, American biological scientist
- Janet Jenkins, American woman who went to court
- Janet Jennings, American nurse and reporter
- Janet Jesudason, Singaporean sprinter
- Janet Johnson, several people
- Janet Jones (disambiguation), several people
- Janet Jonsson, Swedish snowboarder
- Janet J. Joyce, American farmer and politician
- Janet Joyce, American novelist
- Janet Julian, American educator, author, and actress
- Janet Kagan, American author
- Janet Kalven, American Catholic educator and writer
- Janet Kaplan, American poet and professor
- Janet Karim, Malawian journalist and diplomat
- Janet Karin, Australian ballerina
- Janet Karvonen, American basketball player
- Janet Kauffman, American Mennonite novelist, poet, mixed media artist, and academic
- Janet L. Kavandi, American scientist and NASA astronaut
- Janet Kay Jensen, American author
- Janet Kay, English actress and vocalist
- Janet Kear, English ornithologist and conservationist
- Janet Keeping, Canadian politician
- Janet Kelso, South African computational biologist
- Janet Kennedy (designer), British print designer
- Janet Kennedy, Scottish noble, and mistress of King James IV of Scotland
- Janet Kerdikoshvili, American model, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder
- Janet Key, English actress
- Janet Khan, Australian author
- Janet Khoo, Malaysian TV drama- and film actress
- Janet Kidder, Canadian actress
- Janet Kigusiuq, Inuk artist
- Janet Kirkland Starr, American politician
- Janet Kisa, Kenyan professional middle- and long-distance runner
- Janet Kitz, Scottish-born Canadian educator, author, and historian
- Janet Kohan-Sedq, Iranian athlete
- Janet L. Kolodner, American cognitive- and learning scientist
- Janet Koper, Canadian politician
- Janet Koth, American homemaker and contestant on Survivor (American TV series)
- Janet Kozyra, American heliophysicist
- Janet Krupin, American actress, singer, writer, and producer
- Janet Kukuk, American politician
- Janet Lacey, English charity director and philanthropist
- Janet Lagasse, American professional tennis player
- Janet Lam, spouse of Chief Executive of Hong Kong
- Janet Lambert, American actress and author
- Janet Land, Canadian film- and television actress
- Janet Tai Landa, Canadian economist, researcher, and professor
- Janet Landgard, American actress and model
- Janet Lane-Claypon, English physician
- Janet Langhart, American television journalist, anchor, and author
- Janet Langsam, American cultural activist
- Janet Lansburgh, American screenwriter and director
- Janet Laurence (author), British author and cookery writer
- Janet Laurence, Australian artist
- Janet Lauritsen, American criminologist and professor
- Janet LaValley, American past member of alternative rock band Tribe (band)
- Janet Lawless, South African athlete
- Janet Lawson, American jazz singer and educator
- Janet Leach (appropriate adult), English social worker
- Janet Leach, American studio potter
- Janet Leahy, American television executive producer and writer
- Janet Leathem, New Zealand psychology academic
- Janet Lee (disambiguation), several people
- Janet Lee Stevens, American journalist
- Janet Lees Price, British actress
- Janet Lembke, American author, essayist, naturalist, translator, and scholar
- Janet Leon, Swedish singer, songwriter, and A&R
- Janet Leung, Canadian Olympian and NPF player
- Janet Lever, American sociologist and professor emerita of sociology
- Janet K. Levit, American law professor, attorney, and university administrator
- Janet Lewis (disambiguation), several people
- Janet Leys Shaw Mactavish, Canadian architect
- Janet Liang, American health advocate and activist
- Janet Lilly, American modern dancer and choreographer
- Janet Lilo, New Zealand visual artist
- Janet Lim, Hong Kong–born Singaporean writer and nurse
- Janet Lim-Napoles, Chinese-Filipino businesswoman and convict
- Janet Lindup, South African ballet dancer
- Janet Lippincott, American artist
- Janet Little, Scottish poet
- Janet Lockton, American politician
- Janet C. Long, American politician and educator
- Janet Looker, English lord mayor and solicitor of York
- Janet Love, South African civil servant, activist, and politician
- Janet Lowe, American journalist, newspaper editor, and writer
- Janet Lucroy, American visual artist
- Janet Luhmann, American physicist
- Janet Lunn, Canadian children's book writer
- Janet Lupo, American 1975 Playboy model
- Janet Lusk, Scottish social worker
- Janet Lynn Skinner, American gospel musician
- Janet Lynn, American figure skater
- Janet Mackenzie (New Zealand teacher), Scottish-born New Zealand schoolteacher
- Janet Mackenzie, daughter of Colin Cam Mackenzie, 11th of Kintail
- Janet Mackenzie, British Anglican priest and former teacher
- Janet Mackey, New Zealand politician
- Janet MacLachlan, American actress
- Janet Maguire, American composer
- Janet Mahoney, English actress
- Janet Main, New Zealand basketball player
- Janet Malcolm, American writer, staff journalist, and collagist
- Janet Mansfield, Australian potter, publisher, and author
- Janet Manyowa, Zimbabwean gospel musician
- Janet Maratita, Northern Mariana Islands politician
- Janet March, American children's book illustrator and murder victim
- Janet Marder, American rabbi
- Janet Margolin, American actress
- Janet Marie Rogers, Canadian First Nations Mohawk/Tuscarora writer and poet
- Janet Marion Martin, American professor
- Janet Marlow, British middle-distance runner
- Janet Martin Welch, American librarian
- Janet Martin, American film actress and singer
- Janet Mary Lord, British biologist and professor
- Janet Mary Riley, American civil rights activist and law professor
- Janet Mary Salsbury, British composer, music educator, and organist
- Janet Maslin, American journalist
- Janet Mathews, Australian pianist, music teacher, and documenter of Aboriginal music, language, and culture
- Janet Matthews, Australian artist
- Janet Maw, English actress
- Janet May Buchanan, Scottish Egyptologist
- Janet Mayo, Australian advocate for war widows
- Janet Mbabazi, Ugandan cricketer
- Janet Mbene, Tanzanian politician
- Janet Mbugua, Kenyan media personality, anchor, and actress
- Janet McAdams, American poet
- Janet McCabe, American attorney and academic
- Janet McCallum, several people
- Janet McCalman, Australian social historian, population researcher, and author
- Janet McCarter Woolley, American bacteriologist
- Janet McCloud, Native American indigenous rights activist
- Janet J. McCoy, American politician and businesswoman
- Janet McCracken, American philosopher and professor
- Janet McCredie, Australian radiologist
- Janet McDonald, American writer and attorney
- Janet McDonald (mathematician), American mathematician and professor
- Janet McEwan, British politician
- Janet McIntyre, New Zealand television journalist, reporter, and producer
- Janet McKenzie, American artist
- Janet McKenzie Hill, American practitioner of culinary reform, food science, and scientific cooking
- Janet McLachlan, Canadian wheelchair basketball player
- Janet McLean, New Zealand law academic and professor
- Janet McNaughton, Canadian writer
- Janet McNeill, Irish novelist and playwright
- Janet McTeer, English actress
- Janet McVeagh, New Zealand disability worker, environmentalist, and politician
- Janet Mead, Australian Catholic nun
- Janet Meakin Poor, American landscape designer
- Janet Meik Wright, American legal scholar and attorney
- Janet Melville, English golfer
- Janet Merlo, Canadian police officer and autobiographer
- Janet E. Mertz, American biochemist, molecular biologist, and cancer researcher
- Janet Metcalf, American politician
- Janet Millett, English writer
- J. M. A. Mills, English theosophist writer and clerk
- Janet M. Mills, American politician
- Janet E. Minor, Canadian law officer
- Janet Mitchell, several people
- Janet Mock, American writer, television host, director, producer, and transgender rights activist
- Janet Monach Patey, English concert- and oratorio contralto
- Janet Mondlane, American-born Mozambican activist
- Janet Monge, American curator, physical anthropologist, and scientist
- Janet Montgomerie, Countess of Eglinton, Australian-born Scottish countess and Red Cross administrator
- Janet Montgomery (disambiguation), several people
- Janet Moore, New Zealand civilian- and army nurse, nursing administrator, and hospital matron
- Janet Moreau, American track and field athlete
- Janet Morgan (squash player), English squash player
- Janet Morgan Riggs, American psychologist and academic administrator
- Janet Morgan, Lady Balfour of Burleigh, Canadian-born English writer and historian
- Janet Morin, Canadian gymnast
- Janet Morison Miller, Canadian lawyer
- Janet Morley, English author, poet, and Christian feminist
- Janet Morris, American author and defense analyst
- Janet Morrison, Canadian academic administrator
- Janet Morrissey, Canadian figure skating champion
- Janet Morton, Canadian visual artist
- Janet Moses, New Zealand woman killed for exorcism
- Janet Mullarney, Irish artist and sculptor
- Janet G. Mullins Grissom, American lobbyist
- Janet Munsil, Canadian playwright
- Janet Munyarryun, Aboriginal dancer
- Janet Murguía, American civil rights activist
- Janet Murphy, Canadian curler
- Janet Myhre, American statistician
- Janet Napolitano, American lawyer and politician
- Janet Neel Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico, British lawyer and crime fiction writer
- Janet T. Neff, American senior district judge
- Janet Nelson, British historian and emerita professor
- Janet Newberry, American professional tennis player
- Janet Nguyen, American politician
- Janet Nichols Lynch, American author, pianist, and teacher
- Janet Niven, British histologist and pathologist
- Janet Nkubana, Rwandan basket weaver
- Janet Noble, American playwright, screenwriter, and journalist
- Janet L. Norwood, American statistician
- Janet Nungnik, Inuk textile artist
- Janet Nutter, Canadian diver
- Janet Nwadiogo Mokelu, Nigerian politician, philanthropist, nurse, teacher, headmistress, and businesswoman
- Janet W. O'Brien, American politician
- Janet O'Sullivan, Irish pro-choice campaigner
- Janet Okala, Nigerian political leader
- Janet Okell, English wargamer
- Janet Okelo, Kenyan rugby sevens player
- Janet Olson, American electrical engineer and electronic design automation industry executive
- Janet Omorogbe, Nigerian sprinter
- Janet Ong'era, Kenyan politician
- Janet Oppenheim, American historian
- Janet Osgerby, British swimmer
- Janet G. Osteryoung, American chemist
- Janet Otieno, Kenyan gospel music singer and songwriter
- Janet Owen Thomas, British composer and organist
- Janet S. Owens, American candidate in the 2006 Maryland Comptroller election
- Janet Owusu, Ghanaian footballer
- Janet Paisley, Scottish writer, poet, and playwright
- Janet Pancho Gupta, Filipino artist and photographer
- Janet Panic, Métis singer, guitarist, and songwriter
- Janet Paraskeva, British government official
- Janet Parker, British medical photographer who was the last recorded person to die from smallpox
- Janet Parshall, American Christian radio talk show host
- Janet Paschal, American inspirational gospel vocalist
- Janet Patterson, Australian costume- and production designer
- Janet Paul, New Zealand publisher, painter, and art historian
- Janet Pavek, American operatic soprano and musical theater actress
- Janet Payne Bowles, American art educator, metalsmith, and jewelry designer
- Janet Peckinpaugh, American television anchor, reporter, business owner, and political candidate
- Janet Peery, American short story writer and novelist
- Janet Peoples, American screenwriter
- Janet Perlman, Canadian animator, author, and illustrator
- Janet Perr, American art director, graphic designer, author, and illustrator
- Janet Perry, American operatic soprano
- Janet Petersen, American politician
- Janet Petro, American engineer and civil servant
- Janet Philip, British baroness and journalist
- Janet Pierce, Scottish-born Irish painter
- Janet Pierrehumbert, American professor of linguistics
- Janet Pilgrim, several people
- Janet Planet, Australian member of indie electro pop band Confidence Man (band)
- Janet Plowe, American biologist
- Greta and Janet Podleski, Canadian author, chef, and television presenter
- Janet Polasky, American presidential professor of history
- Janet Porter, American anti-abortion activist and author
- Janet Powell, Australian politician
- Janet Pressley, American singer-songwriter
- Janet Price, Welsh soprano
- Janet Protasiewicz, American attorney and jurist
- Janet Quigley, British radio broadcaster
- Janet Quin-Harkin, British novelist and dance teacher
- Janet Quist, American 1978 Playboy model
- Janet Radünzel, German rower
- Janet Ramus, real name of Cookie (singer), British soul singer
- Janet Ray Michie, Scottish speech therapist and politician
- Janet Reed, American ballerina and ballet mistress
- Janet Reger, British lingerie designer and businesswoman
- Janet Rehnquist, American inspector general
- Janet Reno, American lawyer and attorney general
- Janet Rice, Australian politician
- Janet Richard, Maltese athlete
- Janet Richards, several people
- Janet Rideout, American organic chemist
- Janet Ritterman, Australian-educated British college director
- Janet Roach, Australian contestant on The Real Housewives of Melbourne
- Janet Robertson, Argentine-born Falkland Islands politician
- Janet Robin, American guitarist, singer, songwriter, film- and television composer, and guitar coach
- Janet L. Robinson, American executive
- Janet Roitman, American anthropologist
- Janet Romano-Zicari, birth name of Lizzy Borden (actress), American pornographic actress and professional wrestler
- Janet Ronalds, Australian-born German physiotherapist and cricketer
- Janet Rono, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Janet Rosenberg (landscape architect), Canadian landscape architect
- Janet Ross, English historian, biographer, and Tuscan cookbook author
- Janet Rossant, English developmental biologist
- Janet Routledge, Canadian politician
- Janet Rowley, American human geneticist
- Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, British politician
- Janet Rumsey, American AAGPBL pitcher
- Janet Russell Perkins, American botanist
- Janet Ruttenberg, American painter
- Janet Ryder, Welsh politician
- Janet Rzewnicki, American politician and businesswoman
- Janet A. Sanderson, American diplomat and adjunct professor of international relations
- Janet Sape, Papua New Guinean business leader, international netball player, coach, and administrator
- Janet Sarbanes, American author and a professor of creative writing and cultural studies
- Janet Sassoon, American ballet dancer and teacher
- Janet Sawbridge, British ice dancer and figure skating coach
- Janet Sawicki, American cancer researcher and professor emeritus
- Janet Scarfe, Australian academic and historian
- Janet Schaw, Scottish traveler and diarist
- Janet Schulman, American author of children's books and editor
- Janet Schuster, Canadian Paralympic and visually-impaired cross-country skier and physiotherapist
- Janet Scicluna, British businessperson
- Janet Scott, several people
- Janet Scudder, American sculptor and painter
- Janet Seeley, American college professor
- Janet Seidel, Australian jazz vocalist and pianist
- Janet Semple, South African politician
- Janet Seymour-Smith, English translator and scholar
- Janet Shackleton, New Zealand hurdler
- Janet Shamlian, American television reporter and correspondent
- Janet Shaw, several people
- Janet Sheather, Canadian swimmer
- Janet Sheen, American actress
- Janet Shibley Hyde, British psychologist and professor
- Janet Siefert, American biologist
- Janet Simkin, British lichenologist
- Janet Simpson, English sprinter
- Janet Sinsheimer, American expert in statistical genetics
- Janet Sision, Kenyan actress
- Janet Smith, several people
- Janet Smylie, Métis family medicine physician
- Janet Snyder Matthews, American historian and author
- Janet Sobel, Ukrainian-born American painter
- Janet Soergel Mielke, American politician and secretary
- Janet Sorg Stoltzfus, American educator
- Janet Soskice, Canadian-born English Roman Catholic theologian and philosopher
- Janet Souto, Spanish professional tennis player
- Janet D. Spector, American archaeologist
- Janet Spens, Scottish literary scholar
- Janet Sprent, British botanical scientist and emeritus professor
- Janet L. Springer, American ballet dancer, artistic director, choreographer, and specialist in classical ballet
- Janet Sprintall, Australian-born American oceanographer
- Janet Staiger, American professor emeritus of communication
- Janet Stancomb-Wills, British mayor and philanthropist
- Janet Stavinga, Canadian mayor
- Janet E. Steele, American author and professor of journalism
- Janet Steinbeck, Australian competitive swimmer
- Janet Stephens, American hairstyle archaeologist
- Janet Sternburg, American writer, poet, and photographer
- Janet Stevenson, American writer, teacher, and social activist
- Janet Stewart, several people
- Janet Strayer, German curler
- Janet Street-Porter, English broadcaster, journalist, writer, and media personality
- Janet Stuart Oldershaw Durham, American suffragist, clubwoman, lawyer, and politician
- Janet Stumbo, American associate justice
- Janet Sung, American classical violinist
- Janet Sutherland, English poet
- Janet Suzman, South African-born British actress
- Janet M. Suzuki, Japanese-American librarian
- Janet Tamaro, American television writer, series creator, executive producer, and showrunner
- Janet Tashjian, American writer
- Janet Taylor Lisle, American writer
- Janet Taylor Pickett, American artist
- Janet Taylor Spence, American psychologist
- Janet Taylor, English astronomer, navigation expert, mathematician, and meteorologist
- Janet Tedstone, English cricketer
- Janet Teissier du Cros, Scottish writer, translator, broadcaster, and pianist
- Janet Tempest, Argentine-born British landowner and Catholic philanthropist
- Janet Thomas, Australian mathematician and educator
- Janet Thompson, several people
- Janet Thomson, English geologist and Antarctic researcher
- Janet Thornton, British senior scientist and director emeritus
- Janet Thurlow, American jazz singer
- Janet Tibbits, Australian swimmer
- Janet Tobias, American film director, producer, and screenwriter
- Janet E. Tobitt, British-American author, editor, publisher, music director, collector of folk songs and dances, playwright, teacher, Girl Guide and Girl Scout leader, and shepherd's pipe player
- Janet Todd, British academic and author
- Janet Todd (kickboxer), American Muay Thai kickboxer
- Janet Toro, Chilean performance artist
- Janet G. Travell, American physician and medical researcher
- Janet Treasure, British psychiatrist
- Janet Trevelyan, British writer, social campaigner, and fundraiser
- Janet Trotter, English academic and administrator
- Janet Trujillo, American politician
- Janet Truncale, American business executive
- Janet Turner, multiple people
- Janet E. Turner, American artist
- Janet Tyler (nurse), Australian registered nurse
- Janet van de Graaf, Canadian improv artist and television actress
- Janet Varney, American actress, comedian, and voice artist
- Janet Vasconzuelos, Peruvian volleyball player
- Janet Vaughan, British physiologist, academic, and academic administrator
- Janet Velie, American actress
- Janet Vernon, Australian wife of dancer and choreographer Graeme Murphy
- Janet Vestal Kelly, American politician
- Janet Vidhi, Indian professional squash player
- Janet Vitmayer, British museum director
- Janet Vogel, American past member of doo-wop group The Skyliners
- Janet Waldo, American actress and voice artist
- Janet Walker, Canadian legal scholar, author, and professor
- Janet Walker (costumier), Australian costumier and businesswoman
- Janet Wall, American politician
- Janet Wallach, American writer
- Janet Wallis, British philanthropist
- Janet Wanja, Kenyan volleyball player
- Janet Ward, American actress
- Janet Waring, American art historian
- Janet Watson, English geologist
- Janet Watson (linguist), British linguist, academic, and phonologist
- Janet Watt, New Zealand badminton player
- Janet Webb, English actress
- Janet Weinberg, American LGBTQ activist, advocate for people with HIV/AIDS, and disability rights advocate
- Janet Weiss, American rock drummer
- Janet Welch, English doctor
- Janet Wells, New Zealand alpine skier
- Janet Wentz, American politician
- Janet F. Werker, Canadian researcher of developmental psychology
- Janet Werner, Canadian artist
- Janet Wesonga, Ugandan local politician
- Janet Wheeler, British composer and choral conductor
- Janet Whitaker, Baroness Whitaker, British politician
- Janet Wilder Dakin, American philanthropist and zoologist
- Janet Wiley, American AAGPBL player
- Janet Williams, several people
- Janet Williamson, New Zealand nurse
- Janet Wilmshurst, New Zealand palaeoecologist
- Janet Wilson, New Zealand academic
- Janet Wishart, Scottish accused witch
- Janet Wittes, American statistician
- Janet G. Woititz, American psychologist and researcher
- Janet Wolfe, American professional wrestler
- Janet C. Wolfenbarger, American Air Force general
- Janet L. Wolff, American advertising executive
- Janet Wolfson de Botton, British art collector and philanthropist
- Janet S. Wong, American poet and author of children's books
- Janet Woodcock, American physician and pharmacologist
- Janet Woods, English photographer and hostess
- Janet Woollacott, English-born French singer
- Janet Woollard, Australian politician
- Janet Wright, English-born Canadian actress and theater director
- Janet Wu, American TV presenter, journalist, and teacher
- Janet Yale, Canadian telecommunications lawyer and association executive
- Janet K. Yamamoto, American immunologist
- Janet Yang Rohr, American politician
- Janet Yang, American film producer
- Janet Yates, Northern Irish archer
- Janet Yawson, Ghanaian long jumper
- Janet Yee, Singaporean social worker and children's rights advocate
- Janet Yellen, American economist
- Janet Young, several people
- Janet Zaph Briggs, American metallurgist
- Janet Zarish, American actress, director, and teacher
- Janet Zollinger Giele, American sociologist and professor emerita
- Janet Zweig, American artist
People with the given name Janat
- Janat Ansari, Nepalese politician
- Janat Gul, alternate name of Hammdidullah, Afghan prisoner of the U.S.
- Janat Gul (cricketer), Afghan cricketer
- Janat Mukwaya, Ugandan politician
People with the given name Janeth
- Janeth Arcain, Brazilian WNBA player
- Janeth Caizalitín, Ecuadorian athlete
- Janeth Jepkosgei, Kenyan middle-distance runner
- Janeth Magufuli, Tanzanian educator and former First Lady of Tanzania
- Janeth Morón, Bolivian footballer
- Janeth Mumtaz Deen, Australian community figure
- Janeth Pangamwene, Tanzanian professional footballer
- Janeth Shija, Tanzanian professional footballer
People with the given name Żaneta
- Żaneta Glanc, Polish discus thrower
- Żaneta Skowrońska, Polish dressage rider
Fictional characters with the given name Janet
- Janet, in the Scottish border ballad "Tam Lin". She is alternately named "Margaret" in many versions.
- Janet, in the US fantasy comedy TV series The Good Place, played by D'Arcy Carden
- Janet, in the UK children's drama TV series Grange Hill, played by Stella Haime
- Janet, in the video game Brawl Stars
- Janet, in the video game Quake Live
- Janet Barch, in the US adult animated sitcom Daria, voiced by Ashley Albert
- Janet Barlow, in the UK soap opera Coronation Street, played by Judith Barker
- Janet Bergman Collins, in the US TV soap opera Search for Tomorrow, played by Marian Hailey, Sandy Robinson, Fran Sharon, Ellen Spencer, and Millee Taggart
- Janet Bhai, in the Japanese manga and anime Black Lagoon, voiced by Miki Nagasawa and Kelly Sheridan
- Janet Buckley, in the UK play Peril at End House, played by Nancy Poultney and Joan Hart
- Janet Chant, in Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci fantasy novel series
- Janet Ciccone, in the US soap opera As the World Turns, played by Julie Pinson
- Janet Cruise, in the 1988 US science fiction film Mac and Me, played by Christine Ebersole
- Janet Cunningham, in the 2009 US horror film The Final Destination, played by Haley Webb
- Janet Darling, in the US teen sitcom Clarissa Explains It All, played by Elizabeth Hess
- Janet Dawkins, in the UK TV sitcom My Hero, played by Emily Joyce
- Janet Dent, in the UK soap opera Coronation Street, played by Linda Clark
- Janet Drake, Tim Drake's mother
- Janet Fraiser, in the science fiction TV series Stargate SG-1, played by Teryl Rothery
- Janet Garrison, in the US animated TV series South Park, voiced by Trey Parker
- Janet Gavin, in the US comedy-drama TV series Rescue Me, played by Andrea Roth
- Janet Green, in the soap opera All My Children, played by Kate Collins, Melody Anderson, and Robin Mattson
- Janet Keogh, in the UK TV sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, played by Sheridan Smith
- Janet Kim, in the Canadian TV sitcom Kim's Convenience, played by Andrea Bang
- Janet King, several characters
- Janet Kirk, in the Australian TV soap opera Neighbours, played by Roberta Connelly
- Janet Meadows, in the US drama TV series October Road, played by Rebecca Field
- Janet Mitchell, in the soap opera EastEnders, played by child actress Grace
- Janet Nelson Jr., in the animated TV series Johnny Test, voiced by Kathleen Barr
- Janet Nettles, the mayor in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
- Janet O'Flynn, in the 2009 film Survival of the Dead, played by Kathleen Munroe
- Janet Pearson, in the 1989 US independent coming-of-age comedy film She's Out of Control, played by Catherine Hicks
- Janet Petty, in the US TV series The Flash, played by Bethany Brown
- Janet Reid, in the UK TV soap opera Coronation Street, played by Judith Barker
- Janet Scott, in the UK TV series Scott & Bailey, played by Lesley Sharp
- Janet Sosna, in the US teen drama TV series Beverly Hills, 90210, played by Lindsay Price
- Janet St. Clair, in the UK children's drama TV series Grange Hill, played by Simone Nylander
- Janet Stein, in Pride (comics)
- Janet Thompson, in the film serial The Adventures of Smilin' Jack, played by Marjorie Lord
- Janet van Dyne, a.k.a. the Wasp, in the Marvel Universe
- Janet Weiss, in the 1975 independent musical comedy horror film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, played by Susan Sarandon
- Janet Wood, in the US TV sitcom Three's Company, played by Joyce DeWitt
- Janet York, in the US TV series 24, played by Jacqui Maxwell