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Jane Toppan
Jane Toppan, born Honora A. Kelley, was an American serial killer who poisoned patients with morphine. She confessed to 31 murders before being committed to a state hospital.
Jane Tranter
Jane Tranter (born 1963) is a British TV producer, former BBC Controller of Drama Commissioning who revived Doctor Who, and co-founder and CEO of Cardiff-based Bad Wolf, producer of Succession, Industry, and His Dark Materials.
Jane Turner
Jane Turner (born 1960) is the Australian actress, comedian, and writer who co-created and starred as Kath Day-Knight in Kath & Kim (2002-2007) with Gina Riley; OAM recipient 2020, West End debut in Holding the Man.
Jane Uogel Yogurt (简爱酸奶)
Jane Uogel Yogurt (简爱酸奶, Jian'ai) is a Chinese chilled yogurt brand launched in 2015, known for a no-additives formula of raw milk, sugar, and lactic acid bacteria.
Jane Visvader
Jane E. Visvader is an Australian molecular biologist at WEHI, Melbourne, known for identifying the breast stem cell and defining the cells from which breast cancers arise.
Jane W. Newburger
Jane W. Newburger is an American pediatric cardiologist, Commonwealth Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a leader at Boston Children's Hospital, known for Kawasaki disease trials.
Jane Wagner
Jane Wagner (born 1935, Morristown, Tennessee) is an American playwright, director, and producer, wife of Lily Tomlin, known for J.T., the Tomlin specials, and The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.
Jane Wickline
Jane Wickline, American comedian and actress (born 1999, Los Angeles), SNL featured player since September 2024 known for Weekend Update keyboard songs; co-creator of the musical comedy act Dukes with Liva Pierce.
Jane Wiedlin
Jane Wiedlin (Jane Marie Genevieve Wiedlin) is an American musician who played rhythm guitar for the new wave band the Go-Go's and co-wrote "Our Lips Are Sealed".
Jane Withers
Jane Withers (1926–2021) was an American actress, a leading 1930s child star as Shirley Temple's bratty foil in Bright Eyes, later Josephine the Plumber in Comet commercials and the voice of Laverne in Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Jane Wyatt
Jane Wyatt (1910-2006), American actress born Campgaw, New Jersey; Margaret Anderson on Father Knows Best (three Emmys), Sondra in Lost Horizon, and Spock's mother Amanda Grayson in Star Trek.
Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman (Sarah Jane Mayfield, 1917-2007) was an American actress, Oscar winner for Johnny Belinda, Ronald Reagan's first wife, and star of Fireside Theatre and Falcon Crest.
Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen (1939–2026), American author of more than 400 books for children and adults, including Owl Moon, The Devil's Arithmetic, the How Do Dinosaurs...? series, and the Pit Dragon trilogy; called the Hans Christian Andersen of America.
Jane Zhang (张靓颖)
Jane Zhang (张靓颖), the "Dolphin Princess," is a Chinese pop singer born 1984 in Chengdu, third-place finisher on Super Girl 2005, known for "画心", "Dust My Shoulders Off", first Asian Victoria's Secret performer, and the "追" world tour.
Jane!
Jane! is a 2018 alternative rock single by the English band The Long Faces, inspired by serial killer Jane Toppan. It became a TikTok viral hit in 2026, reaching Billboard Hot 100 No. 74 and the UK Singles Chart after the band had disbanded.
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction: Los Angeles alternative rock band formed 1985 by Perry Farrell and Eric Avery, with Dave Navarro and Stephen Perkins; albums Nothing's Shocking (1988) and Ritual de lo Habitual (1990); founded Lollapalooza; split after 2024 onstage fight.
Jane's Fighting Ships
Jane's Fighting Ships is an annual reference work cataloging the warships of the world's navies, founded by British journalist Fred T. Jane and first published in 1897.
Janean Holden
Janean Holden is an American nurse scientist at the University of Michigan who studies how the brain modulates pain and, in 1999, became the first nurse scientist to receive a Presidential Early Career Award.
Janeane Garofalo
Janeane Garofalo (born 1964) is an American stand-up comedian and actress, a central figure of early-1990s alternative comedy, known for The Ben Stiller Show, The Larry Sanders Show, Reality Bites, Wet Hot American Summer, and Air America radio.
Janeen Connolly
Janeen Connolly is an American politician and Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives from District 8, covering downtown Tempe, and a former Salt River Project government representative.
Janeen H. Baxter
Janeen H. Baxter is an Australian sociologist at the University of Queensland who studies family dynamics, gender inequality, and social disadvantage, and was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences in 2024.
Janeese Lewis George
Janeese Lewis George is an American politician and Democratic councilmember for Ward 4 on the Council of the District of Columbia, nominated for DC mayor in the November 2026 election.
Janel Moloney
Janel Moloney, American actress best known as Donnatella "Donna" Moss on The West Wing (1999–2006), two-time Emmy nominee; later roles include The Leftovers, The Undoing, and Law & Order: Organized Crime.
Janel Parrish
Janel Parrish, born 1988 in Honolulu, Hawaii, is an American actress and singer known for Mona Vanderwaal on Pretty Little Liars and Margot Covey in the To All the Boys films; she began as Young Cosette in Les Misérables and finished third on Dancing with the Stars.
Janel Tsai
Janel Tsai (蔡淑臻, born 1975) is a Taiwanese actress and model who won Golden Bell Awards for Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner and Mad Doctor.
Janelia Fluor
Janelia Fluor dyes are bright, photostable, cell-permeable rhodamine dyes developed at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, used chiefly for live-cell and single-molecule fluorescence microscopy.
Janelia Research Campus
Janelia Research Campus is the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's first independent research institute, opened in 2006 in Ashburn, Virginia, where internally funded small groups study neurobiology, imaging, and fly connectomes.
Janella Salvador
Janella Salvador (Janella Maxine Desiderio Salvador), Filipino actress and singer born 1998, debuted in Be Careful with My Heart, led Oh My G!, The Killer Bride, and Darna as Valentina, records OPM pop, mother of Jude.
Janelle Bynum
Janelle Bynum, also known as Janelle S. Bynum, is a Democratic U.S. representative for Oregon's 5th district since 2025, after eight years in the Oregon House.
Janelle James
Janelle James (born 1979, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer known for Principal Ava Coleman on Abbott Elementary, Emmy-nominated 2022–2026, NAACP Image Award winner, and Netflix's Strip Law.