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TheList of figures named Joan
Below are lists of people and fictional characters named or known as ''Joan''. They are divided by gender and time period and within each list are presented alphabetically, by surname or title. Where the same name or title applies to more than one person, each is listed in order of birth year.Women
Medieval and early modern periods
The following is a list of women known as ''Joan'' who lived in theModern era
* Joan Allen (born 1956), American film actress * Joan Anim-Addo (), Grenadian-born academic, poet, playwright and publisher * Joan Armatrading (born 1950), British singer * Joan Marie Aylward, Canadian politician * Joan Baez (born 1941), American singer-songwriter * Joan Barclay (1914–2002), American actress * Joan Barnett (1945–2020), American casting director and television executive producer * Joan Bennett (1910–1990), American actress * Joan Benoit (born 1957), American marathon runner * Joan Bielski (1923–2012), Australian activist * Joan Blackman (born 1938), American actress * Joan Blondell (1906–1979), American actress * Joan Bodger (1923–2002), American writer, storyteller and educator * Joan Cather (1882–1967), British suffragette * Joan Caulfield (1922–1991), American actress * Joan Chandler (1923–1979), American actress * Joan Chen (born 1961), Chinese-American actress and director * Joan Collins (born 1933), English actress and author * Joan Ganz Cooney (born 1929), American television producer * Joan Cooper (1914–1999), English civil servant and social worker * Joan Crawford (born between 1904 and 1908; died 1977), American actress * Joan Crossley-Holland (1912–2005), English gallery owner and potter * Joan Cusack (born 1962), American actress * Joan Davis (1907–1961), American actress and comedian * Joan Davis (cricketer) (1911–2004), Welsh cricketer * Joan Didion (1934–2021), American writer * Joan Dowling (1928–1954), British actress * Joan Eardley (1921–1963), British painter * Joan Embery (born 1949), American zoologist and conservationist * Joan Evans (disambiguation), multiple people * Joan Feynman (1927–2020), American astrophysicist * Joan Bamford Fletcher (1909–1979), Canadian member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry * Joan Fontaine (1917−2013), British-American actress * Joan Gilbert (1906−1991), English broadcaster * Joan Gomberg (born 1957), American research geophysicist * Joan Gould (1927–2022), American author and journalist * Joan Greenwood (1921−1987), English actress * Joan Grounds (1939–2010), American-born Australian artist * Joan Haanappel (1940–2024), Dutch figure skater and sports presenter * Joan Hackett (1934–1983), American actress * Joan B. Hague (active 1971–1982), American politician * Joan Hansen (born 1958), American long-distance runner * Joan Harnett (born 1943), New Zealand netball player and real estate agent * Joan Hickson (1906–1998), English actress * Joan Higginbotham (born 1963), American astronaut * Joan Hotchkis (1927–2022), American actress * Joan Humphreys, former Hong Kong international lawn bowler * Joan Jameson (1892–1953), Irish painter * Joan Jara (born 1927), British-Chilean dancer and widow of Víctor Jara * Joan Jefferson Farjeon (1913–2006), English scenographer and scenic designer * Joan Jett (born 1958), American musician * Joan Jones (1939–2019), Canadian businesswoman and civil rights activist * Joan O. Joshua (1912–1993), English veterinary surgeon, dog breeder and feminist * Joan Kennedy (soldier) (1908–1956), Canadian soldier * Joan Kennedy Taylor (1926–2005), American writer and political activist * Joan Bennett Kennedy (born 1936), American socialite, and first wife of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy * Joan Kennedy (musician) (–c. 2000), Canadian country music singer * Joan La Barbara (born 1947), American vocalist and composer * Joan Marie Laurer ("Chyna"; 1969–2016), American pornographic actress, bodybuilder, model, and former professional wrestler * Joan Lawson (1907–2002), English ballet dancer and writer * Joan Leemhuis-Stout (born 1946), Dutch politician * Joan Le Mesurier (1931–2021), English actress and author * Joan Leslie (1925–2015), American actress * Joan Lin (born 1953), Taiwanese actress * Joan Lindsay (1896–1984), Australian author, best known for her novel ''Picnic at Hanging Rock'' * Joan Littlewood (1914–2002), English theatre director * Joan Lunden (born 1950), American journalist, author and television presenter * Joni Mitchell (born Roberta Joan Mitchell, 1943), Canadian-American artist * Joan Moriarty (1923–2020), British nursing administrator * Joan Trumpauer Mulholland (born 1941), American civil rights activist * Joan Murray (disambiguation), multiple people * Joan O'Brien (1936–2025), American actress and singer * Joan O'Malley (active 1964–1996), Canadian civil servant * Joan Onyemaechi Mrakpor (born 1966), Nigerian politician * Joan Orenstein (1923–2009), Canadian actress * Joan Osborne (born 1962), American singer-songwriter * Joan Plowright (1929–2025), English actress * Joan Rayner (1900–1999), Australian theatre educator * Joan Redwing (active from ), materials scientist and professor * Joan Regan (1928–2013), English singer * Joan Rice (1930–1997), English actress * Joan Richmond (1905–1999), Australian racing driver * Joan Rimmer (1918–2014), English musicologist * Joan Riviere (1883–1962), English psychoanalyst * Joan Rivers (1933–2014), American comedian, talk show host and businesswoman * Joan R. Rosenblatt (1926–2018), American statistician * Joni Robbins (born Joan Eva Rothman; died 2020), American voice actress * Joan Robinson (1903–1983), British economist * Joan Semmel (born 1932), American feminist painter * Joan Severance (born 1958), American model and actress * Joan Silber (born 1945), American writer * Joan Sims (1930–2001), English actress * Joan Micklin Silver (1935–2020), American film director * Joan Smalls (born 1988), Puerto Rican model and television personality * Joan Smith (disambiguation), multiple people * Joan Staniswalis (1957–2018), American statistician * Joan Steinbrenner (1935–2018), American vice-chair of the New York Yankees baseball team * Joan Sutherland (1926–2010), Australian opera singer * Joan Sydney (1936–2022), English-Australian actress * Joan Taylor (1929–2012), American actress * Joan Tewkesbury (born 1936), American film and television director and screenwriter * Joan Thiele (born 1991), Italian singer-songwriter * Joan Tower (born 1938), American composer * Joan Vass (1925-2011), American fashion designer. * Joan Wall (1933–2023), English field hockey player and sports administrator * Joan Walters (1924-2011), American professor * Joan Wexler (born 1946), American Dean and President of Brooklyn Law School * Joan S. Whitmore (1922–2002), South African hydrologist specialising in agriculture and water * Joan Wyndham (1921–2007), British writer and memoiristMen
The following is a list of men known as ''Joan'': * John or Joan, a (local chieftain or ruler) in Wallachia around 1247 * Joan Adon (born 1998), MLB pitcher for Washington Nationals * Joan Blaeu (1596–1673), Dutch cartographer * Joan Boada, Cuban ballet dancer * Joan Capdevila (born 1978), Spanish footballer * Joan Comorera (1894–1958), Spanish communist politician * Joan Cornellà (born 1981), Spanish cartoonist and illustrator * Joan Milton Cwaik (born 1990), Argentinian technology communicator and entrepreneur * Joan Daemen (born 1965), Belgian cryptographer and inventor of Rijndael * Joan Ignasi Elena (born 1968), Catalan politician * Joan Gamper (1877–1930), Swiss-born Spanish footballer and businessman most famous as the founder of FC Barcelona * Joan Gaspart (born 1944), Spanish businessman and president of FC Barcelona (2000–2003) * Joan Laporta (born 1962), Spanish lawyer and president of FC Barcelona (2003–2010) * Joan Llaneras (born 1969), Spanish track cyclist * Joan Majó (born 1938), Spanish politician * Joan Martorell (1833–1906), Spanish architect * Joan Mir (born 1997), Spanish motorcycle racer * Joan Miró (1893–1983), Spanish artist * Joan Oumari (born 1988), Lebanese footballer * Joan Ribó (born 1947), Spanish politician * Joan Roca i Fontané (born 1964), Spanish chef * Joan Sebastian (1951–2015), Mexican vocalist * Joan Manuel Serrat (born 1943), Spanish songwriter * Joan Villadelprat, Former Operations Director and Team Manager at Benetton Formula * Joan Verdú (born 1983), Spanish footballer * Joan Voûte (1879–1963), Dutch astronomer * Joan van der Waals (1920–2022), Dutch physicistFictional characters
Legendary or fictional characters called ''Joan'' include: * Pope Joan, 9th century legend * The clone of Joan of Arc is a main character in '' Clone High'' * Joan Clayton, a character from the TV series ''Girlfriends'', played by Tracee Ellis Ross * Joan Ferguson, a character from the TV series '' Wentworth'' * Joan Girardi, main character in the 2003-2005 fantasy family drama TV series '' Joan of Arcadia'', played by Amber Tamblyn * Joan Holloway, character in the TV series '' Mad Men,'' played by Christina Hendricks * Joan Lambert, a character in the 1979 '' Alien'', played by Veronica Cartwright * Joan Lawson, a character from Small Wonder, played by Marla Pennington * Joan Thursday, a character from the 2012-2023 TV series '' Endeavour'', played by Sara Vickers * Joan Watson, a character from the TV series '' Elementary'', played by Lucy Liu * Sow Joan, an '' Animal Crossing series'' character * Lt. Joan Dark, a character from the 2019 film '' Doom: Annihilation''See also
* All Wikipedia pages starting with "Joan" * Saint Joan (disambiguation) * Sant Joan (disambiguation) * Darby and Joan, expression for a happily married couple who led a placid, uneventful life * JoanieExplanatory notes
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