List of Famous people named Jean

Jean Echenoz is a French writer.

Jean de La Bruyère was a French philosopher and moralist, who was noted for his satire.

Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His work is noted for its stylistic elegance and poetic fantasy. Giraudoux's dominant theme is the relationship between man and woman—or in some cases, between man and some unattainable ideal.

Jean-Luc Castaneda is a former French footballer who played as a goalkeeper for France. Castaneda began his professional career with AS Saint-Etienne in 1975. He also played for the France national football team. He earned nine caps in 1981–82 and was part of the French squad for the 1982 FIFA World Cup. In 1989, he joined the Olympique Marseille and retired in 1990. Castaneda also coached FC Istres and US Marseille Endoume.

Jean Gandois, AM was a French businessman.

Jean Louvet was a Belgian playwright.

Jean Montalat was a French politician. During the Second World War, he was drafted into and subsequently joined the Alliance network of the French Resistance, escaping to Algeria in 1943 to join the Free French forces. He represented the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in the National Assembly from 1951 to 1971 and was the mayor of Tulle from 1959 to 1971.

Jean Lebrun is a French journalist. A professor agrégé of history, he soon preferred journalism to the Éducation nationale. After he collaborated with Combat, La Croix and Esprit, he became a producer for the radio stations France Culture then France Inter.

Jean René Désiré Françaix was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator, known for his prolific output and vibrant style.

Jean Maximilien Lamarque was a French commander during the Napoleonic Wars who later became a member of the French Parliament. Lamarque served with distinction in many of Napoleon's campaigns. He was particularly noted for his capture of Capri from the British, and for his defeat of Royalist forces in the Vendée in 1815. The latter campaign received great praise from Napoleon, who said Lamarque had "performed wonders, and even surpassed my hopes".