Jane is a female given name. It is one of the many feminine forms of 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

• "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

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", 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
• 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 (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 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 AI entity 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

TV, film, & theater

• 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.
• 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

• 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 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, 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

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 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

• All pages beginning with 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)