List of Famous people named Jane

Jane Lubchenco is an American environmental scientist and marine ecologist who teaches and conducts research at Oregon State University. Her research interests include interactions between the environment and human well-being, biodiversity, climate change, and sustainable use of oceans and the planet. From 2009 to 2013, she served as Administrator of NOAA and Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. In February 2021, she was appointed by President Joe Biden to serve as Deputy Director for Climate and Environment in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Jane Hyatt Yolen is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 350 books, of which the best known is The Devil's Arithmetic, a Holocaust novella. Her other works include the Nebula Award−winning short story "Sister Emily's Lightship", the novelette "Lost Girls", Owl Moon, The Emperor and the Kite, the Commander Toad series and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight. She has collaborated on works with all three of her children, most extensively with Adam Stemple.

Jane Lauder Warsh is an American billionaire heiress and businesswoman.

Elizabeth Jane Barkley, also commonly known as Jane Hadley Barkley, was the Second Lady of the United States during the term of Vice President Alben W. Barkley.

Jane Grace Evans-Freke Cummins was a doctor who served with the Royal Air Force Medical Services during the Second World War.

Jane Ray is an English illustrator of more than 70 children's books. She is the writer and illustrator of some including Can You Catch a Mermaid?, Ahmed and the Feather Girl, and The Elephants Garden. She won the 1992 Nestlé Children's Book Prize in the 6- to 8-year-old readers category for the Story of the Creation, published by Orchard Books, and has been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal several times. She was also a nominee for the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava 2017.