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Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist famous for his studies of the intellectual growth of children and his influential theories of cognitive development. Piaget's background was in biology, and as a…

Jean Nidetch

Jean Nidetch started what is now known as Weight Watchers International, a worldwide food and services company that assists in weight loss. Jean Nidetch was a dieting New York housewife who in 1961…

Jean Dujardin

Jean Dujardin is the actor who was a big star in France before he won an Oscar for The Artist and became a big star everywhere else. Jean Dujardin first rose to fame in Paris, on the strength of a…

Wyclef Jean

Name at birth: Nel Ust Wycliffe JeanWyclef Jean is the rapper and former member of the Fugees who ran for president of Haiti in 2010. Wyclef Jean was born in Haiti and lived there until age 9, when…

Jeane Dixon

A Roman Catholic, Jeane Dixon believed she had a gift from God that allowed her to foretell the future. She became one of the first to be known as a "celebrity psychic." From a young age, Dixon did…

Jean Chretien

Jean Chretien was first elected to Canada's House of Commons in 1963, beginning a stretch of nearly 30 years of unbroken service in government posts. From 1986-1990 he practiced law privately, but…

Jean Shepherd Biography

Jean ShepherdAge: 78 radio personality whose popularity carried over to movies, TV, the stage, and the literary world. A gifted storyteller who appealed to a wide audience, one of Sheperd's…

Jean Simmons Biography

actressBorn: January 31, 1929Died: January 21, 2010 (Santa Monica, Calif.) Best Known as: English film actress Jean Simmons, a versatile British actress who…

Untermeyer, Jean Starr

Untermeyer, Jean Starr[1886-1970](1)Born at Zanesville, Ohio, in 1886. Educated in private schools of New York City and in special courses at Columbia University. Married Louis Untermeyer,…

Brewer's: Jean Crapaud

A Frenchman. A Frenchman is called both a toad and a frog. (See Crapaud.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Jean FarineJeames A B C D E F G H I J K…