French painter (1684-1721)
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Jean-Antoine Watteau was a French painter and draughtsman whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens.
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French philosopher, mathematician, and political scientist (1743–1794)
Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet, known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, political economist, politician, and mathematician.
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French painter (1780–1867)
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was a French Neoclassical painter.
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French landscape and portrait painter and printmaker in etching (1796-1875)
Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, or simply Camille Corot, was a French landscape and portrait painter as well as a printmaker in etching.
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French naturalist (1744-1829)
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck, often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier.
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French painter (1814–1875)
Jean-François Millet
Jean-François Millet was a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France.
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French and Swiss film director (1930–2022)
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard was a French and Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic.
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French left-wing populist politician (born 1951)
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Jean-Luc Antoine Pierre Mélenchon is a French left-wing politician who has been the de facto leader of La France Insoumise since it was established in 2016.
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French writer and Nobel Prize winner (born 1940)
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, usually identified as J.
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