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Jeanne (given name)

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Gender
  
female

Word/name
  
French

Jeanne (given name)

Related names
  
Jean, Joan, Joanna, Jane, Jenny, Jeannie, Jeannette

Jeanne ([ʒan]) is a French female name, equivalent to the English Joan, Jane, Jean and several historical figures in English named Joanna. (Feminine forms of John)

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Historical people who have been called simply Jeanne

  • Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc in English)
  • Queen Jeanne I of Navarre
  • Queen Jeanne II of Navarre
  • Queen Jeanne III of Navarre, also called Jeanne d'Albret
  • Jeanne de Flandre (Joanna of Flanders in English)
  • Jeanne de Dreux, also called Jeanne de Penthièvre (Joanna of Dreux in English)
  • Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons
  • Jeanne of Angoulême
  • Queen Jeanne II of Naples (Joanna II of Naples)
  • Jeanne de Laval
  • Jeanne Du Barry, mistress of King Louis XV of France
  • Several princesses of France, Navarre, and Valois

    • People with the given name Jeanne

  • Jeanne de Bellem (1732/34–fl. 1790), Belgian writer and revolutionary
  • Jeanne Bérangère (1864-1938), French actress
  • Jeanne Calment (1875–1997), French woman with the longest confirmed lifespan in history
  • Jeanne Cooper (1928–2013), American actress
  • Jeanne Crain (1925–2003), American actress
  • Jeanne Dumée (1660-1706), French astronomer
  • Jeanne de Flandreysy (1874-1959), French author and literary critic.
  • Jeanne Jugan (1792–1879), French nun and saint
  • Jeanne Moreau (born 1928), French actress, screenwriter and director
  • Jeanne Sauvé (1922–1993), Canadian politician
  • Jeanne Shaheen (born 1947), American politician
  • Jeanne de Tramcourt (1875–1952), French mistress of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden
  • Jeanne Quinault (1699-1783), French actress, salonist and playwright
  • Jeanne Tripplehorn (born 1963), American actress

    • Fictional people named Jeanne

  • Jeanne, one of the two main characters in Bernardo Bertolucci's film Last Tango in Paris, played by Maria Schneider
  • Dr. Jeanne Benoit, subject of an undercover mission (and potential romantic interest) of Special Agent Tony DiNozzo in the TV show NCIS, played by Scottie Thompson
  • Jeanne, one of the primary antagonists of the video game Bayonetta.
  • Jeanne, one of the main characters alter egos as Kaitou Jeanne who is the reincarnation of Joan de Arc in the TV show Kaitou Jeanne.

    • Other

  • There have been three hurricanes called Hurricane Jeanne: in 1980, 1998 and 2004.
  • Jeanne (crater), a crater on Venus.

    • References

    Jeanne (given name) Wikipedia
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