List of Famous people named Jean

Jean Talon, Count d'Orsainville was the first Intendant of New France. Talon was appointed by King Louis XIV and his minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert to serve as the Intendant of Justice, Public Order and Finances in Canada, Acadia and Newfoundland for two terms: 1665 to 1668 and 1670 to 1672.

Jean Eric Rehn was a Swedish architect, engraver and designer.

Jean Bell is a former Playboy Playmate of the Month, and one of the first African American women to feature in this role. She later had a career as an actress in movies, most prominently in TNT Jackson, in which she played the title character, and supporting roles in Mean Streets and The Klansman, as well as occasional TV appearances.

Jean de Beaugrand was the foremost French lineographer of the seventeenth century. Though born in Mulhouse, de Beaugrand moved to Paris in 1581. He also worked as a mathematician and published works on geostatics. He is credited with naming the cycloid. He lived and worked in Paris as an artist until his death in 1640.

The Abbé Jean de Montigny was a French philosophic writer and poet, elected to the Académie française, but who died in his prime.

Jean de La Chapelle was a French writer and dramatist. He was born at Bourges, France, was elected to the Académie française in 1688, and died in Paris.

Alexis Fernand Félix Jean Rivier was a French composer of classical music in the neoclassical style.

Jean Perrault, is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Sherbrooke, Quebec from 1994 to 2009, and as president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.