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A fictional bearer of this name is Jane from the mobile game Path to Nowhere. She’s a sheriff and ex-bank robber, but she’s extremely competent, dedicated, and serious about righting wrongs and making up for what she’s done; she also has a very dry, deadpan sense of humor and makes jokes a lot.
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Jane Doe is a playable physical anomaly agent in the video game Zenless Zone Zero. She is a criminal behaviour specialist working as a consultant for the Criminal Investigation Special Response Team.
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Jane Doe is a character in the musical Ride the Cyclone. She is described as the most forgettable girl in town.
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Jane is the name of Wendy's daughter from Peter Pan 2: Return to Neverland.
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Jane Marczewski (I think I spelled her last name right), better known as Nightbirde, was a contestant on America's Got Talent. Her original song, "It's Ok", got her a golden buzzer from Simon Cowell. She had been battling cancer and unfortunately had to drop out of the competition due to a decline in health. Sadly, she passed away in February of 2022. She was a woman of great faith in God, and left behind beautiful songs and inspiration.
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Someone has already mentioned her, but the titular protagonist of ‘Jane and the Dragon’ was indeed one Jane Turnkey. Originally intended to follow in her mother’s footsteps as a lady-in-waiting to the princess, she instead turned her ambition to becoming the first female knight, proving her worth and right to train by rescuing the prince from a dragon at the age of 10.
According to creator Martin Baynton, she later changes her name to Jane d’Ark, after learning that her maternal grandfather was also a knight, felled in battle — I wonder if the similarity to Jeanne d’Arc was intentional.
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According to creator Martin Baynton, she later changes her name to Jane d’Ark, after learning that her maternal grandfather was also a knight, felled in battle — I wonder if the similarity to Jeanne d’Arc was intentional.
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Dixie D'Amelio's middle name.
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Jane Doe, John Doe's wife.
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“Plain Jane” A$AP FERG created a song back in 2017 with the name Plain Jane.
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Jane Ives, the true name of Eleven from Stranger Things.
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Mr. Jane Doe; better known as 'Soldier' was a self-titled war hero, fighting for the US army in the 40's, though not being employed by the US at all, but that didn't stop him from going on many nazi-killing rampages through WWII. He lived the rest of his days fighting in the mercenary conflict known as the 'Gravel Wars' throughout the late 60's and early 70's. I like this name.
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Not very famous, but George Washington had an older half-sister named Jane, named for her mother, although I believe she died as an infant before he was born.
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Jane Andrews is a character in Anne of Green Gables. She is one of Anne's friends.
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Jane is the name of a speech synthesizer created by Acapela Group, now no longer produced I believe, it's American English. It's also the name of one of Eloquence's voices. Also American, as far as I can remember.
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Jane is Ellie Goulding's middle name, her full name is Elena Jane.
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Another famous bearer:
Jane of Arc, a patron of prisoners, soldiers and saint of France (where she is known as Jeanne d'Arc). She was a 15th-century peasant girl who, after claiming she heard messages from God, was given leadership of the French army. She defeated the English in the battle of Orléans but was eventually captured and burned at the stake.
Name day is celebrated on the 16th of May.
Saint Jane Molla (Gianna Beretta Molla) - She has proven herself as a helper in difficulties during pregnancy, childbirth and marital problems. Many women have sought the power to say "yes" to conceived life.
Name Day: 28th April.
Saint Jane Frémiot de Chantal (Ioanna Francisca Frémiot de Chantal) - Patron of Salesians; Called for a happy childbirth
Name Day: 12th of August.
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Jane of Arc, a patron of prisoners, soldiers and saint of France (where she is known as Jeanne d'Arc). She was a 15th-century peasant girl who, after claiming she heard messages from God, was given leadership of the French army. She defeated the English in the battle of Orléans but was eventually captured and burned at the stake.
Name day is celebrated on the 16th of May.
Saint Jane Molla (Gianna Beretta Molla) - She has proven herself as a helper in difficulties during pregnancy, childbirth and marital problems. Many women have sought the power to say "yes" to conceived life.
Name Day: 28th April.
Saint Jane Frémiot de Chantal (Ioanna Francisca Frémiot de Chantal) - Patron of Salesians; Called for a happy childbirth
Name Day: 12th of August.
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Jane Colden was an American botanist, described as the "first botanist of her sex in her country" by Asa Gray in 1843. Although not acknowledged in botanical publications, she wrote a number of letters resulting in botanist John Ellis writing to Carl Linnaeus of her work applying the Linnaean system of plant identification to American flora, "she deserves to be celebrated". Contemporary scholarship maintains that she was the first female botanist working in America. She was regarded as a respected botanist by many prominent botanists such as: John Bartram, Peter Collinson, Alexander Garden, and Carl Linnaeus. Colden is most famous for her manuscript which remains titleless, in which she describes the flora of the New York area, and draws ink drawings of 340 different species of them.
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Do not forget Jane Jetson.
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Jane Fonda is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model and fitness guru. She is a two-time Academy Award winner and two time BAFTA Award winner. In 2014, she was the recipient of the American Film Institute AFI Life Achievement Award.
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Jane Addams was a pioneer American settlement social worker and leader in women's suffrage and world peace.
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I can't believe nobody has mentioned Jane from the sequal of Peter Pan "Return To Neverland". Jane was Wendy's daughter along with son Daniel. I personally love the name Jane, and Janie makes a lovely nickname! I would definitely use this name.
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Jane Crocker from Andrew Hussie's MS Paint Adventure webcomic Homestuck.
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A famous bearer of the name is the character Jane Margolis of Breaking Bad. (Kristen Ritter).
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A famous bearer is American actress Jane Lynch.
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There are two actresses by the name of Jane Alexander. The first is an American actress (born 1939) who played Eleanor Roosevelt in the TV movie Eleanor and Franklin. The second is a British actress (born 1973) that works in Italy. She appeared in various Italian TV series and provided the voice for Elizabeth in the animated movie The Legend of the Titanic.
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Jane Levy (born 1989 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress.
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Jane Russell (born 1921 in Bemidji, Minnesota) was an American actress. She was one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 40s and 50s.
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Jane Fonda (born 1937 in New York City) is an American actress.
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A famous bearer of this name is Jane Foster also known as Jane Nelson, the human love interest of the marvel comic book superhero, Thor (based on the Norse god of thunder). In the Comics she was a nurse and later a doctor, in the 2011 film 'Thor' she is an astrophysicist, played by Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman.
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Oh, and I don't know if this girl counts as famous, but these days, being on TV makes you famous, so...
America's Next Top Model's Jane Randall. She featured in Cycle 15 and received either third or fourth place, after she was eliminated in a double elimination. (Fade out from the episode suggests she should be given third.)
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America's Next Top Model's Jane Randall. She featured in Cycle 15 and received either third or fourth place, after she was eliminated in a double elimination. (Fade out from the episode suggests she should be given third.)
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Jane Says is one of my favorite songs. It's by Jane's Addiction.
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Jane is a character in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer.
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Jane Porter, from Edgar Rice Burrows "Tarzan and the Apes".
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Wow. I can't believe no-one has mentioned Jane Birkin. She was an English actor, singer, model and film director in the hippie-era and later. She is the mother of actor and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg who starred in Lars Von Trier's "Antichrist" and she was the inspiration for the "Birkin bag" from Hermès.
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Jane Cecil Chaplin (born 1957), daughter of actor Charlie Chaplin.
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A famous bearer is English actress Jane Leeves (born April 18, 1961). She's best known for her role as Daphne Moon on the TV series "Frasier". She's also known as Audrey in "Murphy Brown" and Marla the Virgin in four episodes of "Seinfeld".
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The main protagonist of 'Jane and the Dragon' has this name.
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Famous bearer Jane Austen was English novelist famed for her books "Pride & Prejudice" and "Sense and Sensibility", along with 4 other works.
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Not really famous. But in Stephenie Meyer's vampire saga (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn) Jane is a young vampire that belongs to the Volturi. She can use her mind to inflict pain on others.
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Jane Gallagher from The Catcher in the Rye.
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There's a song by Braking Benjamin called 'Diary Of Jane'.
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In the Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper, one of the three main characters from the first book, Under Sea and Over Stone, is Jane, she is the sister of Simon and Barney.
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A famous bearer is American actress Jane Krakowski (born October 11, 1968). She is best known to audiences for her television roles, as T. R. Kendall on "Search for Tomorrow" from 1984 to 1986, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 1987, Elaine Vassal on "Ally McBeal" from 1997 to 2002, for whcih she received a Golden Globe Award nomination in 1999, and Jenna Maroney on "30 Rock" since 2006. She is also known for her stage roles, specifically Broadway roles in "Grand Hotel", for which she won a Tony Award nomination, "Company", "Once Upon a Mattress", and "Nine", for which she won a Tony Award. She also starred in a revival of "Guys and Dolls" on the West End, for which she won an Olivier Award.
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On Prime Suspect (a police drama), Jane Tennison was the name of the Detective Superintendent/main character (played by Helen Mirren).
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Hospitals and law enforcement personnel call an unidentified female corpse a "Jane Doe".
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Jane was the eldest Miss Bennett in Jane Austen's "Pride & Prejudice."
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American poet, Jane Hirshfield.
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Actress Jane Asher. Sister of musician Peter Asher and former fiancee of Beatle Paul McCartney.
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"Whatever Happened To Baby Jane" with Bette Davis playing Baby Jane Hudson.
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Actress and pin-up model Jane Russell is a famous bearer.
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This is the name of the youngest girl in E. Nesbit's children's story, "Five Children and It."
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Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist famous for her work with chimpanzees. The Jane Goodall institute works for chimp conservation. I love this name. It's just gorgeous, not at all plain!
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There are authors named Jane Adams and Jane Green.
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Jane Eyre, main protagonist from Charlotte Bronte's book Jane Eyre, is of course a famous bearer of the name.
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Tarzan and Jane comes to mind.
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I can't believe no one's mentioned Jane Norman (or Jane Nor), she's got bags EVERYWHERE with her name on them in England.
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Some famous actresses named Jane: Jane Kaczmarek, the mother, Lois, on "Malcolm in the Middle;" Jane "Hanoi Jane" Fonda, recently seen in "Monster-in-Law;" Jane Wyman, the ex-wife of Ronald Reagan who starred in "Falcon Crest;" and the riotously funny Jane Curtain who starred in "Saturday Night Live" and also played Dr. Mary Albright in "3rd Rock from the Sun."
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I love the rock/folk/metal band Jane's Addiction, their best song being "Jane Says", and the song "Sweet Jane" by The Velvet Underground. There are lots and lots of other songs with Jane in the title, such as "Lady Jane" by The Rolling Stones, "Jane" by The Barenaked Ladies, "Baby Jane" by Rod Stewart, "Queen Jane Approximately" by Bob Dylan, "Song That Jane Likes" by the Dave Matthews Band, "Jane" by Jefferson Starship, "Hazey Jane" by Nick Drake, "Jane" by Stevie Nicks, "Sweet Baby Jane" by U2, "Crazy Jane on God" by Van Morrison, and then there's the album "Songs About Jane" by Maroon 5.
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Jane was the middle name of famous jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.
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I cannot believe no one has mentioned Miss Jane Marple, my favorite of Agatha Christie's detectives. Miss Marple was an old English lady with an eye for mystery. One of the most brilliant fictional characters ever.
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"Plain" Jane Jones is the real name of Natalie Portman's character in the movie "Closer."
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Dick and Jane are the children of the beginning reader book series.
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Remember Jane, the little girl from Mary Poppins, and it is also Harry Potter's Dolores Umbrige's middle name.
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Jane Seymore. British actress who was in a James Bond film. Also the main character of a tv show called Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman.
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Jane Lane: a main character in the animated television show "Daria".
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Lady Jane Grey was queen of England for 9 days.
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This is the middle name of J.K. Rowling's fictional character: Hermione Jane Granger.
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The children's book character Hermione Granger's second name was originally Jane, but the author changed it because it was also the second name of Dolores Umbridge.
Honestly, I think that it was immature and ridiculous of the writer.
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Honestly, I think that it was immature and ridiculous of the writer.
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You're wrong. Her middle name is actually Jean.
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Jane Smith, the character Angelina Jolie played on "Mr and Mrs. Smith". Also the love of Tarzan's life.
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This was the name of Jane Seymore, Henry VIII's third wife and mother of his son Edward.
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