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 Carmet

First Name Jean
Last Name Carmet
Died on April 20, 1994 (aged 24)

Jean Carmet was a French actor.

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Jean Vanier

Jean François Vanier
First Name Jean
Last Name Vanier
Born on September 10, 1928
Died on May 7, 2019 (aged 90)

Jean Vanier was a Canadian Catholic philosopher and theologian. In 1964, he founded L'Arche, an international federation of communities spread over 37 countries for people with developmental disabilities and those who assist them. In 1971, he co-founded Faith and Light with Marie-Hélène Mathieu, which also works for people with developmental disabilities, their families, and friends in over 80 countries. He continued to live as a member of the original L'Arche community in Trosly-Breuil, France, until his death.

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Jean Baptiste Point du Sable

First Name Jean
Last Name Sable
Born on January 1, 1745
Died on August 28, 1818 (aged 73)
Born in Haiti, Artibonite

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable is regarded as the first permanent non-Indigenous settler of what would later become Chicago, Illinois, and is recognized as the "Founder of Chicago". A school, museum, harbor, park, and bridge have been named in his honor. The site where he settled near the mouth of the Chicago River around the 1780s is identified as a National Historic Landmark, now located in Pioneer Court.

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Jean Christophe Averty

Jean Christophe Charles Averty
First Name Jean
Last Name Averty
Born on August 6, 1928
Died on March 4, 2017 (aged 88)

Jean-Christophe Averty was a French television and radio director, and Satrap of the College of 'Pataphysique.

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Jean Hagen

First Name Jean
Last Name Hagen
Born on August 3, 1923
Died on August 29, 1977 (aged 54)
Height 163 cm | 5'4

Jean Hagen was an American actress best known for her role as Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain (1952), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hagen was also nominated three times for an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Margaret Williams (1953–56) on the television series Make Room for Daddy.

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Jean Shrimpton

First Name Jean
Last Name Shrimpton
Born on November 7, 1942 (age 83)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Jean Rosemary Shrimpton is an English model and actress. She was an icon of Swinging London and is considered to be one of the world's first supermodels. She appeared on numerous magazine covers including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Elle, Ladies' Home Journal, Newsweek, and Time. In 2009, Harper's Bazaar named Shrimpton one of the 26 best models of all time, and in 2012, Time named her one of the 100 most influential fashion icons of all time. She starred alongside Paul Jones in the film Privilege (1967).

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Jean Le Cam

First Name Jean
Last Name Cam
Born on April 27, 1959 (age 66)
Born in France, Brittany

Jean Le Cam is a French sailor.

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Jean Renoir

First Name Jean
Last Name Renoir
Born on September 15, 1894
Died on February 12, 1979 (aged 84)

Jean Renoir was a French film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and author. As a film director and actor, he made more than forty films from the silent era to the end of the 1960s. His films La Grande Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939) are often cited by critics as among the greatest films ever made. He was ranked by the BFI's Sight & Sound poll of critics in 2002 as the fourth greatest director of all time. Among numerous honours accrued during his lifetime, he received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 1975 for his contribution to the motion picture industry. Renoir was the son of the painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. He was one of the first filmmakers to be known as an auteur.

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Jean Meslier

First Name Jean
Last Name Meslier
Born on June 15, 1664
Died on June 17, 1729 (aged 65)
Born in France, Grand Est

Jean Meslier was a French Catholic priest (abbé) who was discovered, upon his death, to have written a book-length philosophical essay promoting atheism and materialism. Described by the author as his "testament" to his parishioners, the text criticizes and denounces all religions.

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Jean Stapleton

First Name Jean
Last Name Stapleton
Born on January 19, 1923
Died on May 31, 2013 (aged 90)

Jean Stapleton was an American character actress of stage, television and film.

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