List of Famous people named Jean

Jean Briane was a French politician. A member of the Union for French Democracy, he served Aveyron's 1st constituency in the National Assembly from 1971 to 2002.

Jean Darling was an American child actress who was a regular in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1927-29. Prior to her death, she was one of four surviving cast members from the silent era cast of Our Gang. At the time of her death in 2015, Darling was, along with Baby Peggy, one of the last surviving actors who worked in the silent film era.

Jean Giono was a French author who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of France.

Jean Leray was a French mathematician, who worked on both partial differential equations and algebraic topology.

Jean Sévillia is a conservative French journalist and essayist. He is known for writings in Le Figaro's magazine. His defense of the Roman Catholic Church's role in history has made him popular from traditionalist and ultraconservative organisations in France. He is critical of what he perceives to be left wing bias in the media that often influence popular beliefs on history.

Jean Chastel was a farmer and inn-keeper from the province of Gévaudan in France, noted for killing the Beast of Gévaudan on June 19, 1767 at Mont Mouchet.

Jean Pisani-Ferry is a French economist and public policy expert. He is a fellow at think tanks Bruegel in Brussels and the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C. He is also a senior professor in economics and public management at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, and a professor at the European University Institute near Florence.

Jean Leclerc is a Québécois singer-songwriter and author from Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada. He is popularly known as Jean Leloup, a stage name he kept using until 2006, when he temporarily changed his name to Jean Leclerc, only to resurrect his wolf character in August 2008. He is known for his colourful personality and unique musical style in the francophone rock community.

Jean Desailly was a French actor. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 to 1946, and later participated in about 90 movies.

Jean Fergusson was a British television and theatre actress, who was best known for playing the part of Marina on the British situation comedy Last of the Summer Wine from 1985 until it was cancelled in 2010, and her several guest roles in the soap Coronation Street.