Old French (, , ; ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th Jahan in some South Asian languages.
People with the given name Jehan
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People with the given name Jehan
* Jehan Adam (15th century), French mathematician
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People with the given name Jehan
* Jehan Adam (15th century), French mathematician
* Jehan Alain (1911–1940), French organist and composer
* Jahanara Begum (1614–1681), Mughal (Indian) royalty sometimes known as Jehan Begum
* Jehan Cauvin (1509–1564), French theologian and founder of Calvinism better known as John Calvin
* Jean Cousin the Younger, Jehan Cousin the Younger (circa 1522–1595), French artist
* Jehan Daruvala (born 1998), Indian racing driver
* Jehan de Lescurel
Jehan de Lescurel (; also Jehannot de l'Escurel) was a composer-poet of late medieval music. Jehan's extensive surviving ''oeuvre'' is an important and rare examples of the ''formes fixes'' before the time of Guillaume de Machaut; it consists of ...
(died 1304), medieval poet and composer also known as Jehannot de l'Escurel
* Jehan de Vezelay, birth name of Johannes of Jerusalem (1042–1119), French abbot
* Jehan de Waurin
Jean de Waurin or Wavrin (c. 1400c. 1474) was a medieval French chronicler and compiler, also a soldier and politician. He belonged to a noble family of Artois, and witnessed the Battle of Agincourt from the French side, but later fought on the ...
(circa 1400–1474), French chronicler
* Jehan Fresneau (fl. ca. 1468–1505), French composer
* Jehan Mubarak (born 1981), American-born Sri Lankan cricketer
* Jehan Rictus (1867–1933), French poet
* Jehan Sadat (1933–2021), first lady of Egypt
* Jehan Ara Saeed (1926–2007), Pakistani radio newsreader
* Jehan Tabourot (1520–1595), Catholic priest better known by his pen name Thoinot Arbeau
* Jehan Titelouze (c. 1562/63–1633), French organist and composer
* Jehan Georges Vibert (1840–1902), French academic painter
* Jehan Wali (21st century), Pakistani extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
Fictional character
* Jehan Frollo, a character in Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician.
His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...
's '' The Hunchback of Notre-Dame''
People with the surname Jehan
* Noor Jehan (1926–2000), Pakistani film singer
* Sonya Jehan (born 1980), Franco-Pakistani actress
People with the nickname Jehan
* Jehan (singer) (born 1957), French songwriter and singer
* Jean (Jehan) Prouvaire, a character in Victor Hugo's novel ''Les Misérables
''Les Misérables'' (, ) is a 19th-century French literature, French Epic (genre), epic historical fiction, historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. '' ...
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* Jehanne (disambiguation)
Jehanne, or Joan of Arc, is a patron saint of France.
Jehanne or ''variant'', may also refer to:
* Jehanne la Pucelle d'Ay de Domremy (1412–1431, Saint Joan of Arc), Patron Saint of France
* Jehanne d'Alcy (1865–1956), French actress
* Je ...
* Jean (male given name)
In many French-speaking countries, Jean is a male name derived from the Old French ''Jehan'' (or Jahan). The -4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... ''Jeha ...
* Jahan (name)
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