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 Shepard

Ollie Imogene Shepard
First Name Jean
Last Name Shepard
Born on November 21, 1933
Died on September 25, 2016 (aged 82)

Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard was an American honky-tonk singer-songwriter who pioneered for women in country music. Shepard released a total of 73 singles to the Hot Country Songs chart, one of which reached the number-one spot. She recorded a total of 24 studio albums between 1956 and 1981, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1955.

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Jean Wyllys

Jean Wyllys de Matos Santos
First Name Jean
Last Name Wyllys
Born on March 10, 1974 (age 52)
Born in Brazil, Bahia

Jean Wyllys is a Brazilian lecturer, journalist and politician who rose to fame after winning the fifth season of Big Brother Brasil. He was also notable as being Brazil's second openly gay member of parliament and the first congressman who was a gay-rights activist. He has been compared to Harvey Milk for his work. In 2019, citing death threats, he gave up on his Congress seat.

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Jean Zay

First Name Jean
Last Name Zay
Born on August 6, 1904
Died on June 20, 1944 (aged 39)

Jean Zay was a French politician and freemason. He served as Minister of National Education and Fine Arts from 1936 until 1939. He was imprisoned by the Vichy government from August 1940 until he was murdered in 1944.

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Jean Kasem

First Name Jean
Last Name Kasem
Born on January 1, 1955 (age 71)

Jean Thompson Kasem is an American actress. She is the widow of radio personality and actor Casey Kasem.

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Jean Demannez

First Name Jean
Last Name Demannez
Born on February 15, 1949
Died on December 1, 2021 (aged 72)

Jean Demannez was a Belgian politician. He served as mayor of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode in the Brussels-Capital Region from 1999 to 2012.

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Jean Schultheis

First Name Jean
Last Name Schultheis
Born on October 27, 1943 (age 82)

Jean Edouard Louis Schultheis, better known as Jean Schultheis is a Moroccan-born French singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was made famous by his single, "Confidence pour confidence", released in 1981.

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Jean Froissart

First Name Jean
Last Name Froissart
Born on November 30, 1336
Died on November 30, 1404 (aged 68)

Jean Froissart was a French-speaking medieval author and court historian from the Low Countries who wrote several works, including Chronicles and Meliador, a long Arthurian romance, and a large body of poetry, both short lyrical forms, as well as longer narrative poems. For centuries, Froissart's Chronicles have been recognised as the chief expression of the chivalric revival of the 14th century kingdoms of England, France and Scotland. His history is also an important source for the first half of the Hundred Years' War.

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Jean Pierre Noher

First Name Jean
Last Name Noher
Born on May 5, 1956 (age 70)

Jean Pierre Noher is a French-born Argentine actor.

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Jean Rochon

First Name Jean
Last Name Rochon
Born on July 29, 1938
Died on October 18, 2021 (aged 83)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Jean Rochon was a Canadian politician and member of the National Assembly of Quebec. He was a cabinet minister for several ministries from 1994 to 2003 when the Parti Québécois formed the government under the leadership of Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry.

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Jean Tissier

First Name Jean
Last Name Tissier
Born on April 1, 1896
Died on March 31, 1973 (aged 76)

Jean Tissier (1896–1973) was a French stage, film and television actor. A prolific actor, he had more than two hundred fifty appearances on screen during his career. He was married to the actress Georgette Tissier.

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