Jeanne (given name)
Jeanne is a French personal name which is the feminine form of the male given name Jean. It is equivalent to the English Joan, Jane, Jean and several historical figures in English named Joanna. The names derive from the Old French name Jehanne.
Historical people whose name includes ''Jeanne''
- Marie Antoinette Josephe Jeanne
- Jeanne d'Arc
- Queen Jeanne I of Navarre
- Queen Jeanne II of Navarre
- Queen Jeanne III of Navarre, also called Jeanne d'Albret
- Jeanne de Flandre
- Jeanne de Dreux, also called Jeanne de Penthièvre
- Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons
- Jeanne of Angoulême
- Queen Jeanne II of Naples
- Jeanne de Laval
- Jeanne Du Barry, mistress of King Louis XV of France
- Several princesses of France, Navarre, and Valois
People with the given name Jeanne
- Jeanne Basone, American professional wrestler, actress, model, and stuntwoman
- Jeanne de Bellem, Belgian writer and revolutionary
- Jeanne Bérangère, French actress
- Jeanne Black, American country music singer
- Jeanne Milliken Bonds, American politician
- Jeanne Calment, French woman with the longest confirmed lifespan in history
- Jeanne C. Smith Carr, American educator, author
- Jeanne Carstensen, American journalist and author
- Jeanne Cooper, American actress
- Jeanne Cordova, American trailblazer
- Jeanne Crain, American actress
- Jeanne Dumée, French astronomer
- Jeanne Dunning, American photographer
- Jeanne de Flandreysy, French author and literary critic.
- Jeanne Halbwachs, French pacifist, feminist and socialist
- Jeanne Hoff, American psychiatrist
- Jeanne Jugan, French nun and saint
- Marie Sophie Jeanne Laisné, French operatic soprano
- Jeanne Landry, Canadian composer, pianist and teacher
- Jeanne Le Ber, French Canadian recluse
- Jeanne Leblanc, Canadian film director and screenwriter
- Jeanne Macherez, French heroine during the World War I; Mayor of Soissons
- Jeanne de Montagnac, French singer and salonnière
- Jeanne Moreau, French actress, screenwriter and director
- Jeanne Pallier, French aviator, founder of le Club Féminine Automobile to provide female drivers for the ambulances near the Front in the First World War.
- Jeanne Audrey Powers, leader within The United Methodist Church, an advocate for women and LGBTQ+ people in the church, and one of the first women ordained in the denomination
- Jeanne Quinault, French actress, salonist and playwright
- Jeanne de La Saulcée, French publisher, printer and bookseller
- Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian politician
- Jeanne Shaheen, American politician
- Jeanne de Tramcourt, French mistress of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden
- Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress
- Jeanne Van Calck, Belgian child who was murdered
- Jeanne Murray Vanderbilt, American socialite
- Jeanne Fox Weinmann, American socialite, historian, and clubwoman
- Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon, American actress
- Jeanne You, South Korean pianist
Fictional people named Jeanne
- Jeanne, one of the two main characters in Bernardo Bertolucci's film Last Tango in Paris, played by Maria Schneider
- Dr. Jeanne Benoit, subject of an undercover mission of Special Agent Tony DiNozzo in the TV show NCIS, played by Scottie Thompson
- Jeanne, one of the primary characters of the video game series Bayonetta.
- Jeanne, one of the main characters alter egos as Kaitou Jeanne who is the reincarnation of Joan de Arc in the TV show Kaitou Jeanne.
- Jeanne, the main character in Jeanne d'Arc the video game.
- Jeanne, one of the primary characters in the TV show The Case Study of Vanitas.
Other
- Jeanne (crater), a crater on Venus.
- There have been three hurricanes called Hurricane Jeanne: in 1980, 1998 and 2004