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:''For other uses, see John Doe (disambiguation).''
The name 'John Doe' is generally used in the United States as a placeholder name for a male party in a legal action or legal discussion whose true identity is unknown. Male corpses or emergency room patients whose identity is unknown are also known by the name John Doe. A female who is not known is referred to as 'Jane Doe'. A child or baby whose identity is unknown can be referred to as 'Baby Doe' or, in one particular case, as 'Precious Doe'. Additional people in the same family may be called James Doe, Judy Doe, etc. Widely used in the United States of America, though rarely used in other developed countries.
The Doe names are often, though not always, used for anonymous or unknown defendants. Another set of names often used for anonymous parties, particularly plaintiffs, are 'Richard Roe' for males and 'Jane Roe' for females (as in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court abortion decision ''Roe v. Wade''). The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' states that John Doe is "the name given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff, in the (now obsolete) mixed action of ejectment, the fictitious defendant being called Richard Roe". Likewise, the ''Nuttall Encyclopaedia'' states that 'John O'Noakes' or John Noakes is a fictitious name for a litigious person, used by lawyers in actions of ejectment.
Even outside the specific legal context, the name John Doe is often used in general discourse and popular culture to refer to an unknown person. A famous example is the Frank Capra film ''Meet John Doe''.
The "John Doe" custom dates back to the reign of England's King Edward III, during the legal debate over something called the Acts of Ejectment. This debate involved a hypothetical landowner, referred to as "John Doe", who leased land to another man, the equally fictitious "Richard Roe", who then took the land as his own and "ejected", or evicted, poor "John Doe".
These names -- John Doe and Richard Roe -- had no particular significance, aside from "Doe" (a female deer) and "Roe" (a small species of deer found in Europe) being commonly known nouns at the time. But the debate became a hallmark of legal theory, and the name "John Doe" in particular gained wide currency in both the legal world and general usage as a generic stand-in for any unnamed person. "John Doe" and "Richard Roe" are, to this day, mandated in legal procedure as the first and second names given to unknown defendants in a case (followed, if necessary, by "John Stiles" and "Richard Miles"). The name "Jane Doe", a logical female equivalent, is used in many state jurisdictions, but if the case is federal the unnamed defendant is dubbed "Mary Major".
In ''Friedman v. Ferguson'', 850 F.2d 689 (4th Cir. 1988), the plaintiff ''pro se'' somewhat famously used the following creative variations on John Doe: Brett Boe, Carla Coe, Donna Doe, Frank Foe, Grace Goe, Harry Hoe, Jackie Joe, Marta Moe, Norma Noe, Paula Poe, Ralph Roe, Sammy Soe, Tommy Toe, Vince Voe, William Woe, Xerxes Xoe.
Different fictitious names are used for unknown or unspecified persons in different countries in an informal context, rather than in a court of law or similar. These names are generally understood to be generic.
==John/Jane Doe in popular culture==
★ John Doe is a Cartoon agent in the Cartoon book ''Halo''.
★ A character named crow well mountain juniper (all lowercase) changes his name to John Doe in the book ''Jpod'' by Douglas Coupland.
★ The antagonist in Lincoln Child's "Utopia"
★ Snoopy (Charlie Brown's dog from the Charles Schulz comic strip Peanuts), in his "world-famous attorney" persona, claimed that "John Doe v. Richard Roe" was his most famous case. The name of this case reverses the usual roles of plaintiff and defendant associated with those names.
★ ''John Doe'' is a comic, edited in Italy by Eura Editoriale.
★ The phonetically similar John Dough was used by the Joker, a DC Comics villain. This pseudonym is notable because in this guise, he was able to convince Snapper Carr, the mascot of the Justice League, to give up the location of their original base, the Secret Sanctuary, prompting a move to the more famous JLA satellite.
★ A woman calling herself Jane Doe is another of Batman's foes. She infiltrates her victim's lives and then assumes them, usually murdering them soon after. She was a major player in the limited series ''Arkham Asylum: Living Hell''.
★ The landmark 1973 Supreme Court abortion case Roe v. Wade gets half of its name from Jane Roe (an anonymous plaintiff) who was later revealed to be Norma McCorvey.
★ A Toronto woman, publicly known only as Jane Doe, waged an 11-year court battle against the Toronto Police Service after being raped in 1986, alleging that the police had used her as bait to catch the rapist. She won the case in 1998, and was named ''Chatelaine''' s Woman of the Year that year. [1] She published a book about her experience, ''The Story of Jane Doe'', in 2003.
★ In the movie ''Fletch'', Irwin Fletcher writes under the name of Jane Doe.
★ ''Meet John Doe'' is a film directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper.
★ Jane Doe is the assumed name of an alien character in ''Galaxy Quest'' played by actress Missi Pyle.
★ John Doe was the pseudonym of a character in the . He was the last teenager in the fictional town of Springwood, Ohio.
★ John Doe Jersey is the name given by the press to the incarnation of God in ''Dogma.''
★ Johnny Dough, a play on "John Doe," is Dirk Diggler's rival actor in ''Boogie Nights.''
★ Jonathan Doe is the name of the serial killer played by Kevin Spacey in ''Se7en''.
★ In Steven Seagal film ''Hard to Kill'', Seagal's character 'Mason Storm', while in a coma, has the name John Doe on his hospital bed.
★ In movie ''Murder by Numbers'' Sandra Bullock uses Jane Doe to identify a murder victim.
★ 1968's ''Bullitt'' sees a man murdered under the protection of protagonist Frank Bullitt placed under the name John Doe to suppress news of the man's death reaching Bullitt's superiors.
★ John Doe was the stage name of John Duchac, founder of seminal punk rock band X.
★ Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach (American rock band) fame used "J. Doe" as his stage name for his side-project band, Fight The Sky.
★ "John Doe" is a song from the thrash metal band Testament on their album ''Demonic''.
★ "Jane Doe" is a song by hard rock band Mr. Big from their album ''Hey Man'' released in 1996.
★ "Jane Doe" is a song by symphonic metal band Within Temptation
★ "Jane Doe" is a song by Alicia Keys
★ Jane Doe is an album by metalcore band Converge
★ The Red Hot Chili Peppers twice refer to Doe, in the song "Midnight" they sing : "Like the fear, that's in the eyes of every Doe | Say it now 'cause John and Jane would like to know" and in "Good Time Boys": "if you don't believe me you can ask John Doe 'cause his heart is made of glory and his voice is made of gold".
★ "Johndoe" is a Norwegian rock band.
★ "Jane Doe", an American band.
★ P.O.D. uses the line, "Dread at the controls, label 'em John Doe" repeatedly in their song "Sounds Like War."
★ ''John Doe'' is a 2002 Fox Broadcasting Company series starring Dominic Purcell, currently playing on the SciFi Channel. This short-lived television show is named after the name of the main character, who's a man with extreme knowledge of everything in the world, except his own name. In 21 episodes he tries to discover his name, while working on difficult police cases. The series was aborted after the last (cliffhanger) episode.
★ "John Doe" is the title of an X-Files episode (Season 9, Episode 7)
★ "John Doe" is the title of a ''Prison Break'' episode (Season 2, Episode 14)
★ "Baby Boy Doe" is the title of a ''Family Ties'' episode (Season 2, Episode 19)
★ Many unidentified victims in the crime drama series (all shows, including spin-offs) are called John and Jane Doe until their ID is found.
★ ''Jane Doe'' is a series of made-for-TV movies on the Hallmark Channel starring Lea Thompson.
★ "Jane Doe" is the leader of the "Squirrel Scouts" in the animated series "Camp Lazlo"; the name is a pun on the fact that she is in fact a female deer.
★ "Jane Doe" is the name given to a character who has no memory of her past in Grey's Anatomy.
★ "John Doe" is the name given to a character who actually called Tempus in Lois And Clark.
★ "Jane Doe" is the name given to Claire Bennet when she "dies" in episode four (Collision) of TV series Heroes.
★ "Jane Doe" is the name given to an unknown identity of a murdered victim in the show Bones.
★ "John" and "Jane" Doe are often used in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
★ "John Dough" is the name used by Swami River to rent a post office box in the Mathnet episode "The Case of the Swami Scam."
★ "Jane Doe" is the name given to a unknown victim in NCIS. Ducky kept her cremated remains for 10 years in the morgue.
★ Jane Doe is the name of an unknown quest character in the computer game ''Maple Story''.
★ In '', Naked Snake uses the pseudonym "John Doe" when asked for his name by Para-Medic. When Snake asks for her name, Para-Medic sarcastically retorts "Jane Doe".
★ In '', assassin Shelly de Killer disguises himself as a Butler, and when asked his name, he replies "John Doe."
★ In '', one character from the asylum is named John Doe.
★ In Microsoft ''Combat Flight Simulator 3'', John Doe is the default name present in the naming fields when creating a new pilot.
★ http://www.Janedoelatex.com : London based clothing company, Jane Doe focused on Latex clothing, started in 2005.
★ Everyman
★ Legal fiction
★ Numerius Negidius
★ A. N. Other
★ N.N. (Nomen nescio)
★ Pseudonym
★ John Smith
★ John Q. Public
★ Alice and Bob
★ Keeping up with the Joneses
★ Placeholder name
★ Alan Smithee
★ Jock Tamson's bairns
★ Fnu Lnu
★ Ola Nordmann
★ Hong Gildong
The name 'John Doe' is generally used in the United States as a placeholder name for a male party in a legal action or legal discussion whose true identity is unknown. Male corpses or emergency room patients whose identity is unknown are also known by the name John Doe. A female who is not known is referred to as 'Jane Doe'. A child or baby whose identity is unknown can be referred to as 'Baby Doe' or, in one particular case, as 'Precious Doe'. Additional people in the same family may be called James Doe, Judy Doe, etc. Widely used in the United States of America, though rarely used in other developed countries.
The Doe names are often, though not always, used for anonymous or unknown defendants. Another set of names often used for anonymous parties, particularly plaintiffs, are 'Richard Roe' for males and 'Jane Roe' for females (as in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court abortion decision ''Roe v. Wade''). The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' states that John Doe is "the name given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff, in the (now obsolete) mixed action of ejectment, the fictitious defendant being called Richard Roe". Likewise, the ''Nuttall Encyclopaedia'' states that 'John O'Noakes' or John Noakes is a fictitious name for a litigious person, used by lawyers in actions of ejectment.
Even outside the specific legal context, the name John Doe is often used in general discourse and popular culture to refer to an unknown person. A famous example is the Frank Capra film ''Meet John Doe''.
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| History |
| Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions |
| Comics |
| Court Cases |
| Film |
| Music |
| Television |
| Video games |
| Fashion |
| See also |
History
The "John Doe" custom dates back to the reign of England's King Edward III, during the legal debate over something called the Acts of Ejectment. This debate involved a hypothetical landowner, referred to as "John Doe", who leased land to another man, the equally fictitious "Richard Roe", who then took the land as his own and "ejected", or evicted, poor "John Doe".
These names -- John Doe and Richard Roe -- had no particular significance, aside from "Doe" (a female deer) and "Roe" (a small species of deer found in Europe) being commonly known nouns at the time. But the debate became a hallmark of legal theory, and the name "John Doe" in particular gained wide currency in both the legal world and general usage as a generic stand-in for any unnamed person. "John Doe" and "Richard Roe" are, to this day, mandated in legal procedure as the first and second names given to unknown defendants in a case (followed, if necessary, by "John Stiles" and "Richard Miles"). The name "Jane Doe", a logical female equivalent, is used in many state jurisdictions, but if the case is federal the unnamed defendant is dubbed "Mary Major".
In ''Friedman v. Ferguson'', 850 F.2d 689 (4th Cir. 1988), the plaintiff ''pro se'' somewhat famously used the following creative variations on John Doe: Brett Boe, Carla Coe, Donna Doe, Frank Foe, Grace Goe, Harry Hoe, Jackie Joe, Marta Moe, Norma Noe, Paula Poe, Ralph Roe, Sammy Soe, Tommy Toe, Vince Voe, William Woe, Xerxes Xoe.
Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions
Different fictitious names are used for unknown or unspecified persons in different countries in an informal context, rather than in a court of law or similar. These names are generally understood to be generic.
| Arabia | Fulan (Arabic: فلان) (female equivalent: Fulanah, فلانة), Ellan (علان) as a partner. Majhoul (Arabic: مجهول). Taken further, it can become Fulan al-Fulani, or even Fulan ibn Fulan al-Fulani, depending on the intention of the speaker. |
| Argentina | Juan Pérez, Don Nadie, Fulano, Mengano, Zutano, Perengano, Doña Rosa |
| Australia | Fred Nerk, Joe Blow, Joe Bloggs, John Citizen, Joe Farnarkle, John Barry, Simon McCool, Bob Johnson |
| Austria | Hans Meier, Hans Maier, Hans Mayer, Max Muster(mann), Herr und Frau Österreicher |
| Belgium | Jean Dupont, Jan Janssen, Jos Joskens, Duschmol, Duchien |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Marko Marković, Petar Petrović, Sima Simić |
| Brazil | Fulano (de Tal), Sicrano, Beltrano, João da Silva, Zé da Silva, Zé Ninguém, Zé das Couves, Dunha. |
| Bulgaria | Иван Иванов (Ivan Ivanov), лицето Х (the person X). |
| Canada | G. Raymond (male/female, mostly on credit cards and ID, used as it could be either an anglophone or francophone name), John Jones, Jos Bleau (Quebec, French adaptation of Joe Blow) |
| Chile | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Perico de los Palotes, N.N. ("Ningún Nombre" or No Name). |
| China | 无名氏 (Pinyin: Wúmíng Shì, literally "Mr./Ms. No Name"); 某某 (Pinyin: Mǒu Mǒu, literally "so-and-so"); (using the List of common Chinese surnames with numbers, etc.) 赵大 (Pinyin: Zhào Dà, literally "Zhao Big"), 钱二 (Pinyin: Qián Èr, "Qian 2"), 孙三 (Pinyin: Sūn Sān, "Sun 3"), 张三 (Pinyin: Zhāng Sān, "Zhang 3"), 李四 (Pinyin: Lǐ Sì, "Li 4"), 王五 (Pinyin: Wáng Wǔ, "Wang 5"), ...; (using the Heavenly Stems) 某甲 (Pinyin: Mǒu Jiǎ, literally "a certain A"), 某乙 (Pinyin: Mǒu Yǐ, "a certain B"), 某丙 (Pinyin: Mǒu Bǐng, "a certain C"), ...; 小强，小明... |
| Colombia | Fulano de Tal (probably from Arabic, Fulan), Pepito Pérez, Sultano, Mengano, Perencejo |
| Costa Rica | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal (probably from Arabic, Fulan), Sutano, Mengano, Perencejo |
| Croatia | Ivan Horvat, Pero Perić, N.N. ("Nepoznati Netko", trns. "Unknown someone") |
| Cuba | Fulano, Mengano, Ciclano, Esperancejo, Juan Pinga (female equivalents: Fulana, Mengana, Ciclana, Esperanceja.) Optional surname: de Tal ("of such") |
| Czech Republic | Jan Novák, Karel Vomáčka, Tomáš Martiník, Jan Skočdopole, pan Neznámý (Mr. Unknown) |
| Denmark | N.N. (short for latin ''nomen nescio'', "I don't know the name"). More informally, the term ''Hr. og Fru Danmark'' ("Mr. and Mrs. Denmark") is used as a generic name for any average Danish couple (similar to ''Mr. & Mrs. John Q. Public'' and ''Kari og Ola Normann''). |
| Ecuador | Juan Perez, Fulano, Sultano, Mengano, Juan Piguabe |
| Estonia | Jaan Tamm (male), Tädi Maali (an old female, literally "Aunt Maali") |
| Faroe Islands | Miðalhampamaður |
| Finland | Matti Meikäläinen (male/generic) and Maija Meikäläinen (female) |
| France | Jean Dupont, Paul Martin, Monsieur Durand, Monsieur Untel/ Madame Unetelle, Monsieur/Madame X, Pierre-Paul-Jacques as in Tom-Dick-Harry (even though those are three very common, typical distinct surnames, this is often said as a long uninterrupted string, as if an actual composed surname: "or" is added in the middle sometimes: "Pierre-Paul-ou-Jacques") |
| Germany | Hans/Max/Otto and Erika Mustermann, Lieschen Müller, Otto Normalverbraucher, Meier/Müller/Schulze, Hinz & Kunz, NN |
| Greece | Γιῶργος Τάδε (Giorgos Tade, male), Μαρία Τάδε (Maria Tade, female), Άγνωστος (Unknown). |
| Guatemala | Juan Pérez, Fulano, Sutano (or Zutano), Mengano, Perencejo |
| Hong Kong and Macau | 陳大文 (male), 陳小明 (boy). |
| Hungary | Gipsz Jakab, Hát/Háth Izsák, Jóska Pista, Kovács János (John Smith), Pityi Palkó, Ribizli Gizi, XY |
| Iceland | Meðal-Jón, Meðal-Jóna, Jón Jónsson, Jóna Jónsdóttir |
| India | Naamalum (Used in judicial purposes as well for male, female and child alike) नामालुम (in Devanagari). Translates directly into "unknown". |
| Indonesia | Si Anu / Fulan |
| Iran | Folani (Persian : فُلانی), Felani (Persian : فلانی), Yaroo (Persian : ِیارو) |
| Ireland | Seán and Síle Citizen; Irish: ''Seán Ó Rudaí'', from ''rud'' = thing |
| Israel | Israel Israeli ישראל ישראלי and also Ploni פלוני and Almoni אלמוני (as a party to Ploni) or the latter combined to Ploni Almoni (taken from Ruth 4:1, where it is used in place of the actual name of Boaz's relative, whose name is omitted as he failed to perform his levirate duty). Another name used is Moshe Cohen משה כהן. |
| Italy | Mario Rossi, Pinco Pallino, Tal dei Tali, Tizio, Caio, Sempronio. |
| Japan | 山田太郎 (Yamada Taro, a common male name), 山田花子 (Yamada Hanako, a common female name), 名無しの権兵衛 (Nanashi-no-Gombee, 名無しの means nameless, and 権兵衛 is a rather old-fashioned male name.), 何野某 (Nanno Nanigashi, old-fashioned)) |
| Korea | 홍길동 (洪吉童, Hong Gil-dong; male), 심청 (沈淸, Shim Cheong; female) 철수 (Cheol-soo, male), 영희 (Yeong-hee; female) |
| Latvia | Jānis Bērziņš |
| Lebanon | Majhoul (Arabic: مجهول), Folan (Arabic: فلان) (female equivalent: Folana, فلانة), Elan (علان) as a partner. |
| Lithuania | Vardenis Pavardenis, Jonas Jonaitis, Petras Petraitis |
| Macedonia | Петар Петровски (Petar Petrovski) |
| Malaysia | Si Anu, Si Polan, Si Polan Bin Si Polan, Mat & Minah |
| Malta | Joe Borg |
| Mauritius | Sa Nation la, Sa boug la (for male) ; Sa fame la (for female) |
| Mexico | Juan/Juanito/Juanita Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Mengano, Perengano, Sutano, Juan Pueblo |
| Netherlands | Jan Jansen. ''Jan Modaal'' is used in a similar way to the English ''the Joneses'', in particular referring to average wealth. ''Jan-Piet-Klaas'' used as one word with the meaning of ''Tom, Dick and Harry''. |
| Nepal | Ram, Shyam, Hari, and other slangs such as Chamar, Ram Kumar Deshar, Sigdel, and Jyapu. |
| New Zealand | Joe Bloggs, John Doe, Bob Smith |
| Nigeria | Lagbaja |
| Norway | N.N, Ola Nordmann, Kari Nordmann, Peder Ås |
| Pakistan | Falana (Male), Falani (Female). This is derived from the Persian equivalent |
| Panama | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Sultano, Mengano |
| Paraguay | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Sultano, Mengano, N.N. |
| Peru | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Mengano, Zutano, Perengano, Perencejo |
| Philippines | Juan dela Cruz, Juanita dela Cruz |
| Poland | N.N. ("unknown"--used to refer to e.g. unknown soldiers at war); Jan Kowalski, Jan Nowak (used in the meaning of "everyman", an average citizen) |
| Portugal | Fulano, Sicrano, Beltrano, Indivíduo, Tipo, Gajo, Zé da Silva, Homenzinho, Mulherzinha, Rapazinho, Zé Povinho. |
| Puerto Rico | Fulano de Tal, Juan Perez, or Juan del Pueblo |
| Romania | Ion Popescu |
| Russia | Иванов Иван Иванович (Ivanov Ivan Ivanovich), Петров и Сидоров (Petrov and Sidorov), Вася Пупкин (Vasya Pupkin), (old slavonic abbreviation of имя рекомое, that is "name to be spoken". Still usable; not a name, but a reference to a person, usually in context of filling in a form), referring to legal entities - ООО "Ромашка" (OOO "Romashka" - "Сamomile Limited liability company"), ООО "Рога и копыта" (OOO "Roga i Kopyta" - Horns & Hoofs LLC), ООО "Фунтик" (OOO "Foontik" - "Piglet LLC"), Завод "Красная синька" (Plant "Krasnaya Sin'ka"; a pun, in which word "Krasnaya", usually meaning "red", is used in meaning "soviet/communist", and word "sin'ka" means "washing blue") |
| Serbia | In legal documents, police and court, NN ''lice'' (NN person) is used. Everyday equivalents are: Petar Petrović, Pera Perić, Marko Marković, Janko Janković. |
| Singapore | In humour, everyday equivalents are either: Tan Ah Kao and Tan Ah Beng. |
| Slovakia | Ján Novák, (humorously) Jožko Mrkvička |
| Slovenia | Janez Novak |
| South Africa | Koos van der Merwe, Piet Pompies |
| Spain | Fulano de Tal, Pepe Pérez, Fulano, Fulanito, Mengano, Menganito, Perico de los Palotes, Fulanito de Tal, Menganito de Cual, Zutano, Zutanito, Sultano, Sultanito, Don Nadie, Juan Nadie, Perengano. Female equivalent: Fulanita, Fulanita de Tal, Mengana, Menganita, Menganita de Tal. |
| Swahili | Fulani |
| Sweden | (Herr/Fru) Svensson, Medelsvensson for the average Swede; Kalle, Olle, Pelle, Nisse and Lisa are pretty common when a name is needed as an example. "Name Name" ( ''or NN'' from Latin ''Nomen Nescio'') is used as a placeholder. |
| Switzerland | Herr und Frau Schweizer, Hans Meier, Hans Mustermann |
| Thailand | นาย ก. (Nai Gor, literally Mr. Gor), นาง ก. (Nang Gor, literally Mrs. Gor). Note that ก. (Gor) is the first letter in Thai alphabet. Other people in the story are named after subsequent letters: ข (Kor, with high pitch) ค (Kor, with low pitch), etc. |
| Turkey | Sarı çizmeli Mehmet Ağa |
| United Kingdom | Joe Bloggs, John Smith, A N Other, R Punter, "Tom, Dick, and Harry", Ronnie (or Ronny) Arbuckle, Joe Public, Johnny Foreigner |
| Uruguay | Fulano, Mengano; Juan Perez |
| USA | McLovin, John Doe, Jane Doe, John Q. Public, Joe Blow, Joe Schmoe, Joe Sixpack, John Smith, Eddie Punchclock (for blue-collar workers), Joe Botts (particularly in New York City), J. S. Ragman (U. S. Navy), Vinnie Boombotz (particularly in New York City) |
| Venezuela | Fulano, Fulano de Tal, Sutano, Mengano, Perencejo, Pedro Perez, Juan de los Palotes, Juan Bimba |
| Vietnam | Người giấu tên, Nguyễn Văn A (male), Trần Thị B (female) |
==John/Jane Doe in popular culture==
Books
★ John Doe is a Cartoon agent in the Cartoon book ''Halo''.
★ A character named crow well mountain juniper (all lowercase) changes his name to John Doe in the book ''Jpod'' by Douglas Coupland.
★ The antagonist in Lincoln Child's "Utopia"
Comics
★ Snoopy (Charlie Brown's dog from the Charles Schulz comic strip Peanuts), in his "world-famous attorney" persona, claimed that "John Doe v. Richard Roe" was his most famous case. The name of this case reverses the usual roles of plaintiff and defendant associated with those names.
★ ''John Doe'' is a comic, edited in Italy by Eura Editoriale.
★ The phonetically similar John Dough was used by the Joker, a DC Comics villain. This pseudonym is notable because in this guise, he was able to convince Snapper Carr, the mascot of the Justice League, to give up the location of their original base, the Secret Sanctuary, prompting a move to the more famous JLA satellite.
★ A woman calling herself Jane Doe is another of Batman's foes. She infiltrates her victim's lives and then assumes them, usually murdering them soon after. She was a major player in the limited series ''Arkham Asylum: Living Hell''.
Court Cases
★ The landmark 1973 Supreme Court abortion case Roe v. Wade gets half of its name from Jane Roe (an anonymous plaintiff) who was later revealed to be Norma McCorvey.
★ A Toronto woman, publicly known only as Jane Doe, waged an 11-year court battle against the Toronto Police Service after being raped in 1986, alleging that the police had used her as bait to catch the rapist. She won the case in 1998, and was named ''Chatelaine''
Film
★ In the movie ''Fletch'', Irwin Fletcher writes under the name of Jane Doe.
★ ''Meet John Doe'' is a film directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper.
★ Jane Doe is the assumed name of an alien character in ''Galaxy Quest'' played by actress Missi Pyle.
★ John Doe was the pseudonym of a character in the . He was the last teenager in the fictional town of Springwood, Ohio.
★ John Doe Jersey is the name given by the press to the incarnation of God in ''Dogma.''
★ Johnny Dough, a play on "John Doe," is Dirk Diggler's rival actor in ''Boogie Nights.''
★ Jonathan Doe is the name of the serial killer played by Kevin Spacey in ''Se7en''.
★ In Steven Seagal film ''Hard to Kill'', Seagal's character 'Mason Storm', while in a coma, has the name John Doe on his hospital bed.
★ In movie ''Murder by Numbers'' Sandra Bullock uses Jane Doe to identify a murder victim.
★ 1968's ''Bullitt'' sees a man murdered under the protection of protagonist Frank Bullitt placed under the name John Doe to suppress news of the man's death reaching Bullitt's superiors.
Music
★ John Doe was the stage name of John Duchac, founder of seminal punk rock band X.
★ Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach (American rock band) fame used "J. Doe" as his stage name for his side-project band, Fight The Sky.
★ "John Doe" is a song from the thrash metal band Testament on their album ''Demonic''.
★ "Jane Doe" is a song by hard rock band Mr. Big from their album ''Hey Man'' released in 1996.
★ "Jane Doe" is a song by symphonic metal band Within Temptation
★ "Jane Doe" is a song by Alicia Keys
★ Jane Doe is an album by metalcore band Converge
★ The Red Hot Chili Peppers twice refer to Doe, in the song "Midnight" they sing : "Like the fear, that's in the eyes of every Doe | Say it now 'cause John and Jane would like to know" and in "Good Time Boys": "if you don't believe me you can ask John Doe 'cause his heart is made of glory and his voice is made of gold".
★ "Johndoe" is a Norwegian rock band.
★ "Jane Doe", an American band.
★ P.O.D. uses the line, "Dread at the controls, label 'em John Doe" repeatedly in their song "Sounds Like War."
Television
★ ''John Doe'' is a 2002 Fox Broadcasting Company series starring Dominic Purcell, currently playing on the SciFi Channel. This short-lived television show is named after the name of the main character, who's a man with extreme knowledge of everything in the world, except his own name. In 21 episodes he tries to discover his name, while working on difficult police cases. The series was aborted after the last (cliffhanger) episode.
★ "John Doe" is the title of an X-Files episode (Season 9, Episode 7)
★ "John Doe" is the title of a ''Prison Break'' episode (Season 2, Episode 14)
★ "Baby Boy Doe" is the title of a ''Family Ties'' episode (Season 2, Episode 19)
★ Many unidentified victims in the crime drama series (all shows, including spin-offs) are called John and Jane Doe until their ID is found.
★ ''Jane Doe'' is a series of made-for-TV movies on the Hallmark Channel starring Lea Thompson.
★ "Jane Doe" is the leader of the "Squirrel Scouts" in the animated series "Camp Lazlo"; the name is a pun on the fact that she is in fact a female deer.
★ "Jane Doe" is the name given to a character who has no memory of her past in Grey's Anatomy.
★ "John Doe" is the name given to a character who actually called Tempus in Lois And Clark.
★ "Jane Doe" is the name given to Claire Bennet when she "dies" in episode four (Collision) of TV series Heroes.
★ "Jane Doe" is the name given to an unknown identity of a murdered victim in the show Bones.
★ "John" and "Jane" Doe are often used in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.
★ "John Dough" is the name used by Swami River to rent a post office box in the Mathnet episode "The Case of the Swami Scam."
★ "Jane Doe" is the name given to a unknown victim in NCIS. Ducky kept her cremated remains for 10 years in the morgue.
Video games
★ Jane Doe is the name of an unknown quest character in the computer game ''Maple Story''.
★ In '', Naked Snake uses the pseudonym "John Doe" when asked for his name by Para-Medic. When Snake asks for her name, Para-Medic sarcastically retorts "Jane Doe".
★ In '', assassin Shelly de Killer disguises himself as a Butler, and when asked his name, he replies "John Doe."
★ In '', one character from the asylum is named John Doe.
★ In Microsoft ''Combat Flight Simulator 3'', John Doe is the default name present in the naming fields when creating a new pilot.
Fashion
★ http://www.Janedoelatex.com : London based clothing company, Jane Doe focused on Latex clothing, started in 2005.
See also
★ Everyman
★ Legal fiction
★ Numerius Negidius
★ A. N. Other
★ N.N. (Nomen nescio)
★ Pseudonym
★ John Smith
★ John Q. Public
★ Alice and Bob
★ Keeping up with the Joneses
★ Placeholder name
★ Alan Smithee
★ Jock Tamson's bairns
★ Fnu Lnu
★ Ola Nordmann
★ Hong Gildong
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