List of Famous people named Jean

Jean Pierre Carl Buron, known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish-American actor. He is best known for starring on the radio series Dr. Christian (1937–1954) and in the film Heidi (1937). Asked how to pronounce his name, he told The Literary Digest, "In English, her'sholt; in Danish, hairs'hult." Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were sound films ; he directed four.

Jean Witkowski, the son of Georges Martin Witkowski, was a French choral conductor and conductor.

Jean d'Orléans-Longueville , Cardinal de Longueville was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church for six months in 1533. He was abbot in commendam of Bec, and concurrently archbishop of Toulouse (1503) and bishop of Orléans (1521).

Jean de Dammartin or Jehan de Dammartin sometimes spelled Dampmartin (14th-century in Jargeau was a 15th-century French architect.