People — J
Jean Porter
1922 – 2018
actor
Jean Porthaise
1520 – 1602
theologian
Jean Poton de Xaintrailles
1390 – 1461
military personnel
Jean Potvin
1949 – 2022
ice hockey player
Jean Poueigh
1876 – 1958
journalist
Jean Pougnet
1907 – 1968
violinist
Jean Pouilloux
1917 – 1996
anthropologist
Jean Pouliot
1923 – 2004
Jean Poyer
1445 – 1503
illuminator
Jean Pradel
1933 – 2021
jurist
Jean Prahm
b. 1978
singer
Jean Prasteau
1921 – 1997
writer
Jean Prat
1923 – 2005
rugby union player
Jean Presset
1925 – 2017
association football player
Jean Prestet
1648 – 1690
Catholic priest
Jean Preudhomme
1732 – 1795
painter
Jean Preuss
1904 – 1986
sport cyclist
Jean Prévost
1870 – 1915
lawyer
Jean Prévost
1901 – 1944
writer
Jean Price
1943 – 2019
politician
Jean Price-Mars
1876 – 1969
anthropologist
Jean Primrose Whyte
1923 – 2003
librarian
Jean Prioleau
b. 1970
basketball coach
Jean Priorat
translator
Jean Proal
1904 – 1969
writer
Jean Prodromidès
1927 – 2016
composer
Jean Proess
1896 – 1978
sprinter
Jean Pronovost
b. 1945
ice hockey player
Jean Proriol
b. 1934
politician
Jean Prosper Guivier
1814 – 1862
musician
Jean Prouff
1919 – 2008
association football player
Jean Prouvé
1901 – 1984
architect
Jean Prouvost
1885 – 1978
politician
Jean Pruitt
1939 – 2017
nun
Jean Prunescu
b. 1989
association football player
Jean Przyluski
1885 – 1944
scientist
Jean Pucelle
1300 – 1334
illuminator
Jean Puech
b. 1942
politician
Jean Puget de la Serre
1594 – 1665
choreographer
Jean Puiforcat
1897 – 1945
goldsmith
Jean Puketapu
1931 – 2012
Jean Purdy
1945 – 1985
embryologist
Jean Pusie
1910 – 1956
ice hockey player
Jean Pütz
b. 1936
television presenter
Jean Puy
1876 – 1960
painter
Jean Pyerre
b. 1998
association football player
Jean Quan
b. 1949
politician
Jean Quarré
1919 – 1942
politician
Jean Quertier
1925 – 2019
tennis player
Jean Queval
1913 – 1990
translator
Jean Quevillon
b. 1963
sport cyclist
Jean Quintin
1500 – 1561
Catholic priest
Jean Quiquampoix
b. 1995
sport shooter
Jean R. Anderson
b. 1953
gynecologist
Jean R. Preston
1935 – 2013
politician
Jean R. Yawkey
1909 – 1992
sports executive
Jean Rabasse
b. 1961
scenographer
Jean Rabe
1957 – 2026
novelist
Jean Rabier
1927 – 2016
cinematographer
Jean Racine
1639 – 1699
playwright
Jean Rae Baxter
b. 1932
novelist
Jean Raffin-Dugens
1861 – 1946
politician
Jean Ragnotti
b. 1945
rally driver
Jean Ralaimongo
1884 – 1943
politician
Jean Ramadier
1913 – 1968
governor
Jean-Rameau Sokoudjou
b. 1940
traditional leader or chief
Jean Ramez
1932 – 2020
fencer
Jean Ramjohn-Richards
b. 1936
physician
Jean Ranc
1674 – 1735
painter
Jean Randriamamitiana
b. 1973
athlete
Jean Randrianasolo
b. 1989
association football player
Jean Rankin
1905 – 2001
naturalist
Jean Raon
1631 – 1707
sculptor
Jean Raoul Chaurand-Naurac
1878 – 1932
painter
Jean Raoux
1677 – 1734
painter
Jean Raoux
1916 – 2004
military personnel
Jean Rapp
1771 – 1821
politician
Jean Raquin
1935 – 2026
politician
Jean Rasey
b. 1954
television actor
Jean Raspail
1925 – 2020
writer
Jean Ratelle
b. 1940
ice hockey player
Jean Ravelonarivo
b. 1959
politician
Jean Ray
1887 – 1964
writer
Jean Ray Laury
1928 – 2011
quilter
Jean-Raymond Abrial
1938 – 2025
computer scientist
Jean-Raymond Boulle
b. 1950
businessperson
Jean Raymond Merlin
Jean-Raymond Peltier
b. 1957
rower
Jean-Raymond Toso
b. 1952
sport cyclist
Jean-Raymond Tournoux
1914 – 1984
journalist
Jean Raynal
1929 – 2015
sports journalist
Jean Rebeyrol
1903 – 1975
swimmer
Jean Reboul
1796 – 1864
poet
Jean Rech
1931 – 2017
aerodynamicist
Jean-Reck Ah Fok
b. 1983
association football player
Jean Redcliffe-Maud
1904 – 1993
diarist
Jean Rédélé
1922 – 2007
entrepreneur
Jean Redon
b. 1953
writer
Jean Redpath
1937 – 2014
singer
Jean Rees
1914 – 2004
painter