Jane Goodall created one of the most trailblazing studies of primates in modern times when she dwelled with Tanzanian chimps to observe their behavior.

Jane Austen was a Georgian era author, best known for her social commentary in novels including 'Sense and Sensibility,' 'Pride and Prejudice,' and 'Emma.'

Emmy Award-winning British actress Jane Seymour starred on the dramatic TV series Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, and was in the James Bond film Live and Let Die.

English noblewoman Lady Jane Grey is one of the most romanticized monarchs of Tudor England. Her short, nine-day reign was an unsuccessful attempt to maintain Protestant rule. This challenge cost her the throne and her head.


Film, TV and theater actress Jane Krakowski is known for having starred in series like 'Ally McBeal,' '30 Rock' and 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,' with additional roles in stage productions like 'Guys and Dolls' and 'She Loves Me.'

Television journalist Jane Pauley is the host of 'CBS Sunday Morning.' She was a correspondent and co-anchor for NBC’s 'Today,' and also started the weekly magazine series 'Real Life with Jane Pauley,' which was later renamed 'Dateline.'

Jane Bolin was a trailblazing attorney who became the first African-American female judge in the United States, serving on New York's Family Court for four decades.

The wife of 14th U.S. President Franklin Pierce, Jane Pierce served as first lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857.

Author and activist Jane Jacobs wrote about preserving urban neighborhoods, in books like The Death and Life of Great American Cities and Dark Age Ahead.

Jane Campion is an Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter known for films like The Piano and The Portrait of a Lady as well as television's Top of the Lake.

Jane Addams co-founded one of the first settlements in the United States, the Hull House in Chicago, Illinois, and was named a co-winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize.

Jane Lynch is a Golden Globe and Emmy-Award winning film and television actress. She is best known for her role as Coach Sue Sylvester on the TV series Glee.

Jane Wyman was an Academy Award-winning American screen actress who was also Ronald Reagan's first wife.

Actress Jane Kaczmarek is best known for playing the strict, yet unpredictable, Lois Wilkerson on the popular television sitcom Malcolm in the Middle.

American actress Jane Curtin rose to fame in 1975 as one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live. She went on to star in the popular sitcoms Kate & Allie (1984) and 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996). 

Emmy-award winning actress Jane Wyatt is best known for her role as housewife and mother Margaret Anderson on the CBS television sitcom Father Knows Best.

Anne Boleyn's successor, Queen Consort Jane Seymour, was Henry VIII’s third wife. She bore his first male heir, King Edward VI, before dying of complications.

Jane A. Delano was a nurse, administrator and leader who was a pioneer in her field, overseeing the mobilization of U.S. nurses overseas during World War I.

British-American actress Jane Leeves played Daphne on the Emmy Award-winning NBC sitcom Frasier, and began playing Joy on TV Land's Hot in Cleveland in 2010.