Namesakes
Jane Austen
(f) 1775-1817 
Notable Writers
Jane
(f) c. 1536-1554
English and British Kings and Queens 1553
Jane Fonda
(f) 1937-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1972; 1979 Klute; Coming Home (actress)
Jane Addams
(f) 1860-1935
Nobel Prize Winners 1931 (peace)
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries
Ella Fitzgerald
(middle name Jane) (f) 1917-1996
Notable Musicians
Jane Goodall
(f) 1934-
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Jane Seymour
(f) 1509-1537
Other Royalty 1536-1537 England (queen consort)
Jane Wyman
(f) 1917-2007
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1949 Johnny Belinda (actress)
Olivia Wilde
(middle name Jane) (f) 1984-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lily Collins
(middle name Jane) (f) 1989-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Russell
(f) 1921-2011
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Birkin
(f) 1946-2023
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Jane Lynch
(f) 1960-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Natasha Richardson
(middle name Jane) (f) 1963-2009
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Miss Jane Marple
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1930 The Murder at the Vicarage
Jane Darwell
(f) 1879-1967
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1941 The Grapes of Wrath (actress)
Dannii Minogue
(middle name Jane) (f) 1971-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Natalie Imbruglia
(middle name Jane) (f) 1975-
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Notable Musicians
Jane Seymour
(f) 1951-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Esther Williams
(middle name Jane) (f) 1921-2013
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Campion
(f) 1954-
Notable Filmmakers
Oscar Award Winners 2022 Power of the Dog (director)
Miranda Richardson
(middle name Jane) (f) 1958-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary J. Blige
(middle name Jane) (f) 1971-
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Notable Musicians
Phoebe Tonkin
(middle name Jane) (f) 1989-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Rebecca De Mornay
(middle name Jane) (f) 1959-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Alexander
(f) 1939-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Samantha Morton
(middle name Jane) (f) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sarah Hyland
(middle name Jane) (f) 1990-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Krakowski
(f) 1968-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Karen Allen
(middle name Jane) (f) 1951-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jennifer Saunders
(middle name Jane) (f) 1958-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Calamity Jane
(f) 1852-1903
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Jane Pierce
(f) 1806-1863
American First Ladies 1853-1857
Taylor Schilling
(middle name Jane) (f) 1984-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Dolores Umbridge
(middle name Jane) (f)
Fictional Characters from Books 2003 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter Characters
Talulah Riley
(middle name Jane) (f) 1985-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Wyatt
(f) 1910-2006
Emmy Award Winners 1958; 1959; 1960 Father Knows Best (actress)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Catherine Tate
(middle name Jane) (f) 1969-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian/actor)
Bebe Neuwirth
(middle name Jane) (f) 1958-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jan Sterling
(a.k.a. Jane) (f) 1921-2004
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Powell
(f) 1929-2021
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Siân Phillips
(a.k.a. Jane) (f) 1933-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sophia Myles
(middle name Jane) (f) 1980-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Andrea Corr
(middle name Jane) (f) 1974-
Notable Musicians
Eliza Scanlen
(middle name Jane) (f) 1999-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Harrison
(f) 1804-1846
American First Ladies 1841
Samantha Barks
(middle name Jane) (f) 1990-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Mary Oliver
(middle name Jane) (f) 1935-2019
Notable Writers
Pulitzer Award Winners 1984 American Primitive
Erika Christensen
(middle name Jane) (f) 1982-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Curtin
(f) 1947-
Emmy Award Winners 1984; 1985 Kate & Allie (actress)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Kaczmarek
(f) 1955-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Levy
(f) 1989-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Withers
(f) 1926-2021
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Asher
(f) 1946-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Leeves
(f) 1961-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Olivia d'Abo
(middle name Jane) (f) 1969-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Carolyn Schuler
(middle name Jane) (f) 1943-
Olympic Medalists 1960 swimming - 100 m butterfly; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (gold)
Jane Lapotaire
(f) 1944-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sally Gunnell
(middle name Jane) (f) 1966-
Olympic Medalists 1992 400 m hurdles; 4x400 m relay (gold/bronze)
Jane Bell
(f) 1910-1998
Olympic Medalists 1928 4x100 m relay (gold)
Jane Zhang
(f) 1984-
Notable Musicians
L. J. Smith
(middle name Jane) (f) c. 1960-
Notable Writers
Susan Saint James
(middle name Jane) (f) 1946-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Alison Moyet
(middle name Jane) (f) 1961-
Notable Musicians
Emma Coburn
(middle name Jane) (f) 1990-
Olympic Medalists 2016 3000 m steeplechase (bronze)
Harley Jane Kozak
(f) 1957-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Smiley
(f) 1949-
Notable Writers
Pulitzer Award Winners 1992 A Thousand Acres
Torah Bright
(middle name Jane) (f) 1986-
Olympic Medalists 2010; 2014 snowboarding (gold/silver)
Jayne Meadows
(a.k.a. Jane) (f) 1919-2015
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Wendy Crewson
(middle name Jane) (f) 1956-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Penny Taylor
(middle name Jane) (f) 1981-
Olympic Medalists 2004; 2008 basketball (silver)
Rose Tremain
(middle name Jane) (f) 1943-
Notable Writers
Sally Blane
(middle name Jane) (f) 1910-1997
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Deborah Mailman
(middle name Jane) (f) 1972-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane "Eleven" Hopper
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2016 Stranger Things
Maya DiRado
(middle name Jane) (f) 1993-
Notable Athletes (swimming)
Olympic Medalists 2016 swimming (bronze/gold/silver)
Maureen Gardner
(middle name Jane) (f) 1928-1974
Olympic Medalists 1948 80 m hurdles (silver)
Jane Barkman
(f) 1951-
Olympic Medalists 1968; 1972 swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (bronze/gold)
Kathy Smallwood-Cook
(middle name Jane) (f) 1960-
Olympic Medalists 1980; 1984 400 m; 4x100 m relay (bronze)
Jane Saville
(f) 1974-
Olympic Medalists 2004 20 km walk (bronze)
Sarah Jane Morris
(f) 1977-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Susan Pedersen
(middle name Jane) (f) 1953-
Olympic Medalists 1968 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 200 m medley; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (silver/gold)
Jane Yolen
(f) 1939-
Notable Writers
Laura Jane Grace
(f) 1980-
Notable Musicians
Natalie Appleton
(middle name Jane) (f) 1973-
Notable Musicians
Jane Gylling
(f) 1902-1961
Olympic Medalists 1920 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (bronze)
Kathleen Crowley
(middle name Jane) (f) 1929-2017
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Eden Riegel
(middle name Jane) (f) 1981-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Moran
(f) 1985-
Olympic Medalists 2012 water polo (bronze)
Jane Fauntz
(f) 1910-1989
Olympic Medalists 1932 diving - springboard (bronze)
Mary Sears
(middle name Jane) (f) 1939-
Olympic Medalists 1956 swimming - 100 m butterfly (bronze)
Nancy Ramey
(middle name Jane) (f) 1940-2022
Olympic Medalists 1956 swimming - 100 m butterfly (silver)
Hayley Lewis
(middle name Jane) (f) 1974-
Olympic Medalists 1992 swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 800 m freestyle (bronze/silver)
Jane Cederqvist
(f) 1945-2023
Olympic Medalists 1960 swimming - 400 m freestyle (silver)
B. J. Bedford
(middle name Jane) (f) 1972-
Olympic Medalists 2000 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (gold)
Cindy Brogdon
(middle name Jane) (f) 1957-
Olympic Medalists 1976 basketball (silver)
Jane Wiedlin
(f) 1958-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2021 The Go-Go's
Nora-Jane Noone
(f) 1984-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joan of Aza
(a.k.a. Jane) (f) c. 1135-1205
Saints
Jane Eyre
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1847 Jane Eyre
Vicky Dixon
(middle name Jane) (f) 1959-
Olympic Medalists 1992 field hockey (bronze)
Lucy Dixon
(middle name Jane) (f) 1989-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Flora Thompson
(middle name Jane) (f) 1876-1947
Notable Writers
Jane Porter
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1912 Tarzan of the Apes
Jane Kerr
(f) 1968-
Olympic Medalists 1988 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (bronze)
Jane Swagerty
(f) 1951-
Olympic Medalists 1968 swimming - 100 m backstroke (bronze)
Janie Wagstaff
(f) 1974-
Olympic Medalists 1992 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay (gold)
Maddy Curley
(middle name Jane) (f) 1981-
Notable Athletes (gymnastics)
Reneé Rapp
(middle name Jane) (f) 2000-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jane Gardam
(f) 1928-
Notable Writers
Letitia Dean
(middle name Jane) (f) 1967-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Sarah-Jane Crawford
(f) 1981-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (presenter)
Jane Bennet
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1813 Pride and Prejudice
Jane Andrews
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1908 Anne of Green Gables
Jane Fairfax
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1815 Emma
Jane Deaux
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1997 Dharma & Greg
Jane Rizzoli
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 2001 The Surgeon
Fictional Characters from Television 2010 Rizzoli & Isles
Stevie Hall
(middle name Jane) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 McLeod's Daughters
Tayler Geddes
(middle name Jane) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 McLeod's Daughters
Jane Tennison
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1991 Prime Suspect
Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1966 Lady Jane
Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1970 Sweet Jane
Jane Cardone
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2016 The Family
Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1983 Baby Jane
Mary Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1996 What's the New Mary Jane
Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2006 The Diary of Jane
Mary Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1993 Mary Jane's Last Dance
Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Movies 2000 The Truth About Jane
Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1972 Gudbuy T'Jane
Daisy Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1975 Daisy Jane
Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1988 Jane Says
Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2008 Hurricane Jane
Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1979 Jane
Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1994 Jane
Mary Jane Harper
(f)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1977 Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
Giovanna of Orvieto
(a.k.a. Jane) (f) ?-1306
Saints
Giovanna of Signa
(a.k.a. Jane) (f) 1244-1307
Saints
Giovanna Scopelli
(a.k.a. Jane) (f) 1428-1491
Saints
Giovanna Soderini
(a.k.a. Jane) (f) 1301-1367
Saints
Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2014 Reckless Jane
Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1986 Romeo and Jane
Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1993 The Song That Jane Likes
Jane Doe
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2010 Jane Doe
Jeanne Marie de Maille
(a.k.a. Jane) (f) 1332-1414
Saints
Jeanne-Françoise de Chantal
(a.k.a. Jane) (f) 1562-1641
Saints
Jeanne-Antide Thouret
(a.k.a. Jane) (f) 1765-1828
Saints
Joana of Portugal
(a.k.a. Jane) (f) 1452-1490
Saints
Kara Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2008 Kara Jane
Mary Jane
(f)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1988 Mary Jane