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Jane is a female given name. It is one of the many feminine forms of John. It is also a Catalan last name, spelled as Jané or Janè. For more information on the origin of the name, see Jane (given name).

General

Jane can be used to identify a generic public person

. It is often used in conjunction with its male counterpart John. See the following:
  • Jane Doe, female counterpart to John Doe
  • Jane Q. Public, female counterpart to John Q. Public

Music

Albums

  • Songs About Jane, album by Maroon 5
  • Jane Doe, album by Converge

Bands

  • Jane (band), a German progressive rock band from the 1970s
  • Jane (Panda Bear band), an American duo consisting of Scott Mou and Noah Lennox (aka Panda Bear of the Animal Collective)
  • Jane (Finnish band), a Finnish Pop Girl Band
  • Jane's Addiction, an American alternative rock band
  • Saving Jane is a band from Columbus Rock, alternative rock
  • Jane iii, a rap & contemporary r&b Girl Group

Songs

  • "Baby Jane", a song by Rod Stewart.
  • "Queen Jane Approximately", a song by Bob Dylan from his 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited
  • "Jane", a song by Ben Folds Five from their 1999 album The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
  • "Jane", a song by the Barenaked Ladies, from their 1994 album Maybe You Should Drive
  • "Jane", a song by Brooks Williams
  • "Jane", a song by Catie Curtis
  • "Jane", a song by Elf Power
  • "Jane", a song by EPMD, from their 1988 album Strictly Business
  • "Jane", a song by the Jefferson Starship, from their 1979 album Freedom at Point Zero
  • "Jane", a song by the Loved Ones, from their 2006 album Keep Your Heart
  • "Jane", a song by Sam Rosenthal
  • "Jane", a song by Vance Gilbert
  • "Jane (Stop This Crazy Thing!)" a song by MC Shan
  • "Happy Birthday Jane", a song by The Enemy
  • "Lady Jane", a song by The Rolling Stones
  • "Lazy Line Painter Jane", a song by Belle and Sebastian
  • "Me Jane", a song by PJ Harvey
  • "My Blue Eyed Jane", a song by Lulu Belle White and recorded by Jimmie Rodgers at Hollywood Recording Studios in 1930
  • "Sweet Jane", a song originally performed by The Velvet Underground and covered by The Cowboy Junkies
  • "Jane, Jane, Jane", a song by The Kingston Trio
  • "The Diary of Jane", a song by the band Breaking Benjamin
  • "Jane Says", a song by Jane's Addiction based on lead singer Perry Farrell's ex-housemate, Jane Bainter
  • "Soldier Jane", a song by Beck on his album The Information
  • "Zoe Jane", a song by Staind
  • "Hazey Jane" a song by Nick Drake
  • "Jane Fonda" a song by Mickey Avalon
  • "Lady Jane", a song by Queensr˙che on their album Promised Land
  • "Lovely Jane", a song by DAG on their album Righteous

Print media

Literature

  • The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, a book by Ernest Gaines
  • Jane, a 1900 book by Marie Corelli
  • Jane and the Dragon, series of children's books by Martin Baynton
  • Jane Eyre, a novel by Charlotte Brontë
  • Jane of Lantern Hill, a book by L.M. Montgomery
  • See Jane Run, a 1992 novel by Joy Fielding

Comics

  • Jane (comic strip), a comic strip by Norman Pett
  • Jane Arden, a comic strip and its title character
  • ''Jane's World, a comic strip that debuted in March 1998 about Jane Wyatt, a young lesbian woman
  • Painkiller Jane
  • The P.L.A.I.N. Janes, a 2007 comic created by Cecil Castellucci and published by DC Comics' Minx imprint, that stars four characters named Jane (

    Magazines

    • Jane (magazine), a magazine replacement for Sassy Magazine

    Business

    • Jane (cosmetics), a cosmetics company owned by the Estée Lauder Companies. The cosmetics are available at drugstores.
    • Jane Collective, an organization providing illegal abortions in the Chicago area in the 1960s and early 1970s
    • Jane's Information Group, often called Jane's, which publishes books and trade magazines that are considered the de facto public source of information on warfare and transportation systems

    Species

    • Jane (dinosaur), Jane the juvenile dino at the Burpee Museum of Natural History

    Fictional characters named Jane

    Animation

    • Jane Doe, a character on the animated series Camp Lazlo
    • Jane Jetson, from the animated series The Jetsons
    • Jane Lane (Daria), a character on the television show Daria.

    Comic books

    • Jane Foster (comics), a character in Marvel Comics
    • Painkiller Jane, a comic book character that has spawned a made-for-TV movie and a TV series

    Literature

    • Dick and Jane, characters by Zerna Sharp
    • Jane (Ender's Game), an entity resembling modern conceptions of AI, from the ''Ender's Game series
    • Jane, Wendy Darling's daughter from J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan mythos. Jane was also the central character in the Disney Peter Pan movie sequel, Return to Neverland
    • Jane Banks, a child of Mr. & Mrs. Banks in the Mary Poppins books, film, and stage musical
    • Jane Bennet, the eldest sister of the Bennet family in Pride and Prejudice
    • Jane Eyre, the titular character of a famous novel by Charlotte Brontë and several film adaptations based on it
    • Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster and amateur detective created by mystery writer Agatha Christie
    • Jane Porter (Tarzan), the sweetheart of Tarzan
    • Jane, a member of the Volturi guard in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga.

    TV, film, & theater

    • Jane, a character on 7th Heaven
    • Jane Christie, a character from Coupling (TV series)
    • Jane Beale (previously Collins), a character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders
    • Jayne Cobb, a character on the sci-fi series Firefly.
    • Becoming Jane, a 2007 film based on the life of Jane Austen
    • G.I. Jane, a 1997 war-movie, with Demi Moore in the leading role.
    • Jane,a character from peter pan return to neverland

    Video games

    • Jane (Tekken), a minor female character in the Tekken video game series

    Real people with Jane as a given name

    Arts

    • Jane Burden, pre-Raphaelite model and muse, known for her beauty
    • Jane Frank (1918-1986), American artist
    • Jane Kelly, artist and journalist

    Entertainment

    • Jane Adams (actress), American actress
    • Jane "Poni" Adams, American actress
    • Jane Asher, English actress and author
    • Jane Badler, actress
    • Jane Birkin, actress and singer
    • Jane Bryan, American actress
    • Jane Curtin, American actress and comedian
    • Jane Fonda, American actress, former fitness instructor, and daughter of actor Henry Fonda
    • Jane Goldman, British writer and television presenter; wife of Jonathan Ross
    • Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
    • Jane Krakowski, American actress
    • Jane Lapotaire, English actress
    • Jayne Mansfield, American actress and 1950s-1960s sex symbol
    • Jane March, English actress
    • Jane McDonald, English singer and television star
    • Jane Monheit, American singer
    • Jane Novak, American actress
    • Jane Powell, American actress and singer
    • Jane Russell, American actress and sex symbol
    • Jane Seymour, English actress
    • Jane Siberry, Canadian singer/songwriter, has changed her name to Issa
    • Jane Wiedlin, American singer and rhythm guitarist, sometime member of the Go-Go's
    • Jane Wyman, American actress and ex-wife of President Ronald Reagan
    • Jesse Jane, American pornographic actress and model
    • Jane, Russian DJ who plays Electro

    History

    • Calamity Jane (1852-1903), U.S. frontierswoman
    • Jane Addams, American Nobel Peace Prize-winning social worker and co-founder of Hull House.
    • Jane Roe, alias of Norma Leah McCorvey, plaintiff in the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in the United States.

    Literature

    • Jane Austen (1775-1817), a famed 18th century British novelist, famous for Emma and Pride and Prejudice.
    • Jane Louise Curry, American writer
    • Jane Lindskold, American author
    • Jane Taylor, English poet and novelist
    • Jane Yolen, American author
    • Jane Kenan, French and English author

    News media

    • Jane Pauley, American television journalist

    Religion

    • Jane Elizabeth Faulding, British Protestant Christian missionary
    • Jane Frances de Chantal, French saint

    Royalty

    • Jane Loeau (1828-1873), Hawaiian noble lady
    • Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554), Queen of England, also known as Jane of England
    • Jane Seymour, Queen and wife of King Henry VIII of England
    • Lady Jane Conyngham, Baroness
    • Jane Wharton, Baroness
    • Jane Lane, Lady Fisher (1626-1689), played a heroic role in the Escape of Charles II in 1651

    Science

    • Jane Colden, American botanist
    • Jane Goodall, English primatologist, known for studying chimpanzees and founder of The Jane Goodall Institute
    • Jane McGrath, co-founder of the McGrath Foundation

    Sport

    • Jane Burley, Scottish field hockey midfielder
    • Jane Frederick, American heptathlete
    • Jane Haist, Canadian discus thrower and shot putter
    • Jane Patterson, Canadian judoka
    • Jane Salumäe, Estonian marathon runner

    Real people with Jane as a surname

    • Fred T. Jane, the founding editor of reference books on warships (''All the World's Fighting Ships) and aircraft
    • Thomas Jane, actor
    • Joseph Jane Royalist MP

    Vehicles

    • Jane (ship), a ship that disappeared near Australia in 1816.

    Places

    • Jane Street, a major street in Toronto. Hence:
      • Jane and Finch, a neighbourhood.
      • Jane (TTC), a subway station.

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