List of Famous people named Jean

Name Jean is among the most common names in France, USA, England, Brazil, Canada, Switzerland. Often it's a shorthand for Johan, Jan. Similar names: Johan, Jan, Jenny, Jeanne, Jenna, Jennie, Jin, Jeannie, Jeno, Jen, Jenni, Jenn, Jeanie, Jena, Jeane, Jhene, Jeanna, Jeana, Jenya, Jeany, Jenno, Jeanny, Jenne, Jina. Here are some famous Jeans:

Jean Germain

First Name Jean

Last Name Germain

Born on September 11, 1947

Died on April 7, 2015 (aged 67)

Born in France, Centre-Val de Loire

Jean Germain was a French socialist politician.

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Jean Baptiste Kléber

First Name Jean

Last Name Kléber

Born on March 9, 1753

Died on June 14, 1800 (aged 47)

Born in France, Grand Est

Jean-Baptiste Kléber was a French general during the French Revolutionary Wars. After having served one year in the French Royal Army, he entered Habsburg service seven years later. But his plebeian ancestry hindered his opportunities. Eventually, he volunteered for the French Army in 1792 and quickly rose through the ranks.

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Jean Glavany

First Name Jean

Last Name Glavany

Born on May 14, 1949 (age 77)

Born in France, Île-de-France

Jean Glavany is a French politician, member of the Socialist Party (PS) and former Minister.

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Jean Charest

First Name Jean

Last Name Charest

Born on June 24, 1958 (age 68)

Born in Canada, Quebec

John James "Jean" Charest is a Canadian politician who served as the 29th premier of Quebec, from 2003 to 2012; the fifth deputy prime minister of Canada from June 25, 1993, until November 4, 1993; the leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998; and the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1998 to 2012. He became Premier after winning the 2003 election; after he lost the 2012 election he announced that he would be resigning as Quebec Liberal Leader and leaving politics. Charest sits as an advisor to Canada's Ecofiscal Commission. Charest is currently a consultant for Huawei on the Meng Wanzhou case and for its 5G network plans in Canada.

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Jean Henri Latude

First Name Jean

Last Name Latude

Born on March 23, 1725

Died on January 1, 1805 (aged 79)

Born in France, Occitania

Jean Henri Latude, often called Danry or Masers de Latude, was a French writer famous for his lengthy confinement in the Bastille, at Vincennes, and for his repeated escapes from those prisons.

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Jean Rouaud

First Name Jean

Last Name Rouaud

Born on December 13, 1952 (age 73)

Born in France, Pays de la Loire

Jean Rouaud is a French author, who was born in Campbon, Loire-Atlantique. In 1990 his novel Fields of Glory won the Prix Goncourt. First believed to be the first book in a trilogy, Fields of Glory turned out to be the first book in a series of five books on the family history of the author.

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Jean Cau

First Name Jean

Last Name Cau

Born on July 8, 1925

Died on June 18, 1993 (aged 67)

Born in France, Occitania

Jean Cau was a French writer and journalist.

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Jean E. Sammet

First Name Jean

Last Name Sammet

Born on March 23, 1928

Died on May 20, 2017 (aged 89)

Born in United States of America, New York

Jean E. Sammet was an American computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language in 1962. She was also one of the developers of the influential COBOL programming language.

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