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'''Jane''' is a female given name. It is one of the many feminine forms of [[John (name)|John]]. For more information on the origin of the name, see [[Jane (given name)]]
It is also a [[Catalan]] last name, spelled as Jané or Janè.
==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]]
==Activism==
* "[[Abortion_in_the_United_States#Abortion_before_Roe|Jane]]," an underground Chicago abortion service in the late 1960's and early 1970's (before ''[[Roe vs. Wade]]'').
==Music==
===Albums===
*''[[Songs About Jane]]'', album by [[Maroon 5]]
*''Jane Doe'', album by [[Converge (band)|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
===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 (Barenaked Ladies song)|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]]
==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]]''
*''[[Cecil Castellucci#The P.L.A.I.N. Janes (2007)|The P.L.A.I.N. Janes]]'', a 2007 comic created by [[Cecil Castellucci]] and published by [[DC Comics|DC Comics']] [[Minx (comics)|Minx]] imprint, that stars four characters named Jane (Main Jane, Brain Jane, Theater Jane, and Sporty Jane). A sequel called ''Janes in Love'' is planned.
===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, Illinois|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 (Camp Lazlo)|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 [[Painkiller Jane (film)|made-for-TV movie]] and a [[Painkiller Jane (TV series)|TV series]]
===Literature===
*[[Dick and Jane]], characters by [[Zerna Sharp]]
*[[Jane (Ender's Game)]], an [[AI]] entity from the ''[[Ender's Game]]'' series
*Jane, Wendy Darling's daughter from [[J.M. Barrie]]'s [[Peter Pan]] mythos. [[Return to Neverland#Voice Cast|Jane]] was also the central character in the Disney ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]'' movie sequel, ''[[Return to Neverland]]''
*[[Mary Poppins#The Banks' children|Jane Banks]], a child of Mr. & Mrs. Banks in the [[Mary Poppins]] books, film, and stage musical
*[[Pride and Prejudice#Jane Bennet|Jane Bennet]], the eldest sister of the Bennet family in ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''
*[[Jane Eyre (character)|Jane Eyre]], the titular character of a famous novel by [[Charlotte Brontë]] and several film adaptations based on it
*[[Miss Marple|Miss Jane Marple]], an elderly spinster and amateur detective created by mystery writer [[Agatha Christie]]
*[[Jane Porter (Tarzan)]], the sweetheart of [[Tarzan]]
===TV, film, & theater===
* [[Jane (7th Heaven)|Jane]], a character on ''[[7th Heaven]]''
*Jane Christie, a character from ''[[Coupling (TV series)]]''
*[[Jane Collins]], a character from the BBC soap opera ''[[Eastenders]]''
*[[Jayne Cobb]], a character on the sci-fi series [[Firefly (TV 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.
===Video games===
*[[List of minor Tekken characters#Jane|Jane (Tekken)]], a minor female character in the [[Tekken (series)|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
*[[Poni Adams|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 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 Monheit]], American singer
*[[Jane Novak]], American actress
*[[Jane Powell]], American actress and singer
*[[Jane Russell]], American actress and [[sex symbol]]
*[[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]], English actress
*[[Jane Siberry]], Canadian singer/songwriter, has changed her name to '''Issa'''
*[[Jane Wyman]], American actress and ex-wife of President [[Ronald Reagan]]
*[[Jesse Jane]], American pornographic actress and model
===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
*[[Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill|Lady Jane Conyngham]], Baroness
*[[Jane Wharton, 7th Baroness Wharton|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 [[botany|botanist]]
*[[Jane Goodall]], English [[primatology|primatologist]], known for studying [[chimpanzees]] and founder of [[The Jane Goodall Institute]]
*[[Jane McGrath]], co-founder of the McGrath Foundation
===Sport===
*[[Jane Frederick]], American heptathlete
*[[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.
==See also==
*{{lookfrom|Jane}}
*[[Baby Jane]]
*[[Joanna]] - origin of the name Jane
*[[Janes]]
*[[Mary Jane]]
*[[Sarah Jane]]
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== '''Celebrities named Jane:''' ==
*Jane Addams (Nobel Peace Prize 1931, social reformist)
*Jane Asher(British actress)
*Jane Goodall (Primatologist)
*Jane Greer (American actress)
*Jane Powell (American singer, dancer, actress)
*Jane Seymour Fonda (American actress)
*Jane Pratt (American Actress)
*Jane Russell (American Actress, sex symbol)
*Jane Wiedlin (Musician)
*Jane Xie (Professional swimmer)
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