Jeanne (given name)

Jeanne

Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc in English) is a famous Jeanne.
Pronunciation	French: [ʒan]
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	French
Other names
Variant form(s)	Jeannie, Jenny, Jeannette
Related names	Jean, Joan, Joanna, Jane, Jenny, Jeannie, Jeannette

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

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 Basone (born 1963), American professional wrestler, actress, model, and stuntwoman
• Jeanne de Bellem (1732/34–fl. 1790), Belgian writer and revolutionary
• Jeanne Bérangère (1864–1938), French actress
• Jeanne Black (1937–2014), American country music singer
• 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 Dunning (born 1960), American photographer
• Jeanne de Flandreysy (1874–1959), French author and literary critic.
• Jeanne Jugan (1792–1879), French nun and saint
• Marie Sophie Jeanne Laisné (born 1870; year of death unknown), French operatic soprano
• Jeanne Macherez (1852–1930), French heroine during the World War I; Mayor of Soissons
• Jeanne Moreau (1928–2017), French actress, screenwriter and director
• Jeanne Quinault (1699–1783), French actress, salonist and playwright
• 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 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

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