Jean-Jacques is a French name, equivalent to "John James" in English. Since the second half of 18th century, Jean Jacques Rousseau was widely known as Jean Jacques. Notable people bearing this name include:
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Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Annaud (; born 1 October 1943) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for directing ''Quest for Fire'' (1981), ''The Name of the Rose'' (1986), '' The Bear'' (1988), '' The Lover'' (1992), '' Seven Years in ...
(born 1943), French film director, screenwriter and producer
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John James Audubon
John James Audubon (born Jean-Jacques Rabin; April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was an American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist. His combined interests in art and ornithology turned into a plan to make a complete pictoria ...
, born Jean-Jacques Rabin (1785–1851), American ornithologist and painter from Breton origin
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Jean-Jacques Bertrand
Jean-Jacques Bertrand (; June 20, 1916 – February 22, 1973) was the 21st premier of Quebec, from October 2, 1968, to May 12, 1970. He led the Union Nationale party.
Member of the legislature
Bertrand served as Member of the Legislative Assemb ...
(1916–1973), Premier of Quebec, Canada
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Jean-Jacques Burnel (born 1952), Franco-English musician, bassist
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Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel
Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel (11 May 1811, Geneva – 6 August 1893) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1864–1872).
Challet was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on 12 July 1864 as the first member from t ...
(1811–1893), member of the Swiss Federal Council
* Jean-Jacques Colin (1784-1865), French chemist
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Jean-Jacques Conceição
Jean-Jacques Nzadi da Conceição (born 3 April 1964, in Kinshasa), more commonly known as J.J. Conceição or Jean-Jacques, is an Angolan-Portuguese retired professional basketball player. A 2.02 m (6'7 "), 100 kg (220 lbs.) power forw ...
(born 1964), Angolan basketball player
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Jean-Jacques De Gucht (born 1983), Flemish politician and member of Open VLD
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Jean-Jacques Dessalines
Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Haitian Creole: ''Jan-Jak Desalin''; ; 20 September 1758 – 17 October 1806) was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent First Empire of Haiti, Haiti under the Constitution of Haiti, 1 ...
(1758–1806), a leader of the Haïtian Revolution
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Jean-Jacques Domoraud (born 1981), Côte d'Ivoire footballer
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Jean-Jacques Goldman
Jean-Jacques Goldman (; born 11 October 1951) is a French singer-songwriter and music record producer. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world. Since the death of Johnny Hallyday in 2017 he has been the highest grossing living French p ...
(born 1951), French singer-songwriter
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Jean-Jacques Kieffer (1857–1925), French naturalist and entomologist
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Jean-Jacques Lafon
Jean-Jacques Lafon (born October 5, 1955) is a French singer-songwriter and painter. He remains known for his 1985 one-hit wonder "Le géant de papier", which peaked at No. 6 on the SNEP singles chart and earned a Silver disc. Lafon is also the ...
(born 1955), French singer-songwriter
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Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan
Jean-Jacques Lefranc (also Le Franc), Marquis de Pompignan (10 August 1709 – 1 November 1784) was a French man of letters and erudition, who published a considerable output of theatrical work, poems, literary criticism, and polemics; treatises o ...
(1709–1784), French poet
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Jean-Jacques Manget
Jean-Jacques Manget (or Johann Jacob Mangetus) (1652–1742) was a Genevan physician and writer. He was known for his work on epidemic diseases such as bubonic plague and tuberculosis. In addition to his own researches, he assiduously compiled pr ...
(1652–1742), Swiss physician and writer
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Jean-Jacques Olier
Jean-Jacques Olier, S.S. (20 September 1608 – 2 April 1657) was a French Catholic priest and the founder of the Sulpicians. He also helped to establish the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal, which organized the settlement of a new town ...
(1608–1657), French priest and the founder of the Sulpicians
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Jean-Jacques Perrey
Jean Marcel Leroy (; 20 January 1929 – 4 November 2016), popularly known as Jean-Jacques Perrey, was a French electronic music performer, composer, producer, and promoter. He is considered a pioneer of pop electronica.[Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolu ...]
(1712–1778), major Genevan/French philosopher, widely known as Jean Jacques
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Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber (1924–2006), French journalist and politician
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Jean-Jacques Winders (1849–1936), Belgian architect
Surname
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Jamil Jean-Jacques (born 1975), a Haitian football player
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Martin Jean-Jacques (born 1960), a Dominican cricketer
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1461 Jean-Jacques
1461 Jean-Jacques, provisional designation , is a metallic asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 34 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 December 1937, by French astronomer Marguerite Laugier at Nice Observa ...
, a main belt asteroid
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Jean-Jacques: The Early Life and Work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712–1754''
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Jean (male given name)
In all French-speaking countries, Jean is a male name derived from the Old French ''Jehan'' (or Jahan). The female equivalent is Jeanne () and derives from the Old French ''Jehanne''. Both names derive from the Latin name Johannes, itself from th ...
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Jacques, name list
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Dikembe Mutumbo, former Basketball player whose middle name is Jean-Jacques
References
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French masculine given names
Compound given names