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In the [[USA]], the [[name]] '''John Doe''' is used for a [[defendant]] or victim in a legal example or for a person whose identity is unknown or is intended to be [[anonymous]]. Male [[corpse]]s 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 whose identity is unknown is referred to as '''Precious Doe''' or '''Baby Doe'''. Additional people in the same family may be called James Doe, Judy Doe, etc. The jargonized vernacular name is '''Joe Schmoe'''. |
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An anonymous [[plaintiff]] is known as [[Richard Roe]], or Jane Roe in the case of a woman. |
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The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' states that John Doe is "the name given to the [[legal fiction|fictitious]] lessee of the plaintiff, in the (now obsolete) mixed action of [[ejectment]], the fictitious defendant being called [[Richard Roe]]". Likewise, the ''[[Nuttall encyclopedia]]'' states that '''John O'Noakes''' or '''[[John Noakes]]''' is a fictitious name for a litigious person, used by lawyers in actions of ejectment. |
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An account of the reasons why a fictitious tenant and a fictitious defendant were named is found in [[Charles Rembar]]'s book ''The Law of the Land''. |
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By extension from the law usage, John Doe is often used in [[computer software]] needing a default or example first and last name for a form. |
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== John Doe in various countries/regions == |
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| [[Australia]] |
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| Fred Nurk, Joe Farnarkle, John Citizen, Joe Blow/Bloe, John Barry, Joe Bloggs |
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| [[Austria]] |
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! Distance from Core |
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| Hans Meier, Hans Maier, Hans Mayer, Herr und Frau Österreicher |
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| 49,100 [[light year]]s |
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| [[Arabia]] |
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! Region |
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| Fulan (Arabic: فلان) (female equivalent: Fulanah, فلانة), Ellan (علان) as a partner. Majhoul (Arabic: مجهول) |
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| [[Outer Rim Territories]] |
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| [[Argentina]] |
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! [[Systems of Star Wars|System]] |
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| Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Fulano, Mengano, Menganito. |
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| [[Systems of Star Wars#Bespin|Bespin system]] |
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| [[Belgium]] |
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| Jan Janssen, Piet Pietersen, Jos Joskens |
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| approx 14 [[year]]s |
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| [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] |
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! [[Rotation period]] |
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| Marko Markovic, Petar Petrovic, Sima Simic |
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| 12 [[hour]]s |
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| [[Brazil]] |
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! Number of suns |
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| Fulano (de Tal), Sicrano, Beltrano, João da Silva, Zé da Silva, Zé Ninguém. |
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| 1 |
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| [[Canada]] |
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! Number of moons |
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| G. Raymond (male/female, mostly on credit cards and ID, used as could be either an anglophone or francophone name), John Jones, Jos Bleau (Quebec, French adaptation of Joe Blow) |
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| 2 principal |
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| [[Catalan Countries]] |
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! Major species |
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| Fulanet (male) / Fulaneta (female), Menganet (male) / Menganeta (female). |
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| [[Humans (Star Wars)|Humans]], [[List of Star Wars races#Ugnaught|Ugnaught]]s |
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| [[Chile]] |
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! Population |
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| Perico de los palotes |
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| 6 million |
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| [[China]] |
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! [[Languages in Star Wars|Official language]] |
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| 无名氏 (Pinyin: Wúmíng Shì, literality some one noname); 赵大 (Pinyin: Zhào Dà), 钱二 (Pinyin: Qián Èr), 孙三 (Pinyin: Sūn Sān, 李四 (Lǐ Sì), ... (The name order by 百家姓, added chinese number); 张三 (Pinyin: Zhāng Sān), 李四 (Pinyin: Lǐ Sì), 王五 (Pinyin: Wáng Wǔ), ... ; 某甲 (Pinyin: Mǒu Jiǎ literally Someone A, 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁,... are [[Heavenly Stems]]), 某乙 (Pinyin: Mǒu Yǐ), 某丙 (Pinyin: Mǒu Bǐng), 小强,小明... |
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| [[Basic (Star Wars)|Basic]] |
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| [[Chile]] |
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! Terrain |
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| Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Perico de los Palotes |
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| [[Gas giant]] |
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| [[Colombia]] |
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! Surface water |
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| Fulano de Tal (probably from Arabic, Fulan), Pepito Pérez, Zutano, Mengano, Perencejo |
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| None |
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! Points of interest |
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| [[Cloud City]], [[Tibannopolis]], [[Life Zone]] |
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| [[Croatia]] |
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! Affiliation |
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| Ivan Horvat, Pero Perić |
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| [[Confederacy of Independent Systems]],[[Galactic Empire|Star Wars]] |
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| [[Czech Republic]] |
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| Jan Novák, Karel Vomáčka, Franta Vopršálek |
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| [[Denmark]] |
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| N.N. |
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| [[Ecuador]] |
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| Juan Puto, Fulano, Zutano, Mengano, Perencejo |
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| [[Estonia]] |
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| Jaan Tamm (male), Tädi Maali (an old female, literally "Aunt Maali") |
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| [[Faroe Islands]] |
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| Miðalhampamaður |
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| [[Finland]] |
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| Matti Meikäläinen (male/generic) and Maija Meikäläinen (female) |
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| [[France]] |
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| Jean Dupont, Paul Martin, Monsieur Durand, Monsieur/Madame Untel |
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| [[Germany]] |
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| Hans/Max and Erika Mustermann, Lieschen Müller, Otto Normalverbraucher, Meier/Müller/Schulze, NN |
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| [[Greece]] |
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| Γιώργος Τάδε (male), Μαρία Τάδε (female), Τάδε Ταδόπουλος, ο Δείνα, ο Φούφουτος, Ένας Κάποιος |
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| [[Guatemala]] |
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| Juan Pérez, Fulano, Zutano, Mengano, Perencejo |
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| [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]] |
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| 陳大文 |
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| [[Hungary]] |
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| Gipsz Jakab, Kovács János, Jóska Pista |
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| [[Indonesia]] |
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| Si Anu / Fulan |
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| [[Iceland]] |
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| Meðal-Jón, Meðal-Jóna, Jón Jónsson, Jóna Jónsdóttir |
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| [[India]] |
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| Ashok Kumar, (''female equivalent unknown'') |
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| [[Iran]] |
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| Folani, Felani |
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| [[Ireland]] |
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| Seán and Síle Citizen |
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| [[Israel]] |
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| [[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 4:2, 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), Moshe Kohen משה כהן, and Dani דני (usually a little boy). |
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| [[Italy]] |
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| Mario Rossi, Tizio, Caio, Sempronio, Pinco Pallino |
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| [[Japan]] |
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| 山田太郎 (Yamada Taro), 山田花子 (Yamada Hanako), 名無しの権兵衛 (Nanashi-no-Gombei), 何野某(Nanno Nanigashi), (drowned corpses both sexes, 土左衛門 Dozaemon) |
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| [[Korea]] |
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| 홍길동 (Hong, Gil-dong) |
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| [[Latvia]] |
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| Jānis Bērziņš |
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| [[Lebanon]] |
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| Majhoul (arabic: مجهول), Folan (arabic: فلان) (female equivalent: Folana, فلانة), Elan (علان) as a partner. |
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| [[Lithuania]] |
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| Vardenis Pavardenis |
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|[[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] |
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| Петар Петровски |
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| [[Mexico]] |
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| Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Mengano, Perengano, Zutano |
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| [[Malaysia]] |
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| Si Anu, Si Polan, Si Polan Bin Si Polan, Mat & Minah |
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| [[Malta]] |
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| Joe Borg |
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| [[Netherlands]] |
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| a defendant is referred to with first name and initial, e.g. "John D."; Jan Modaal is approximately the Joneses, in particular referring to average wealth |
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| [[Norway]] |
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| Ola and Kari Nordmann |
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| [[Pakistan]] |
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| Falani (Male), Falani (Female). This is derived from the Persian equivilant |
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| [[Paraguay]] |
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| Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Zultano, Mengano, N.N. |
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| [[Peru]] |
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| Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Zultano, Mengano |
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| [[Philippines]] |
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| Juan dela Cruz |
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| [[Poland]] |
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| Jan [[Kowalski]], [[Jan Nowak]] (but in legal/police work person unknown is [[Nomen nescio|NN]]) |
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| [[Portugal]] |
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| Manuel Dos Santos, Zé Ninguém |
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| [[Romania]] |
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| Ion Popescu |
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| [[Russia]] |
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| Иванов (Ivanov), Петров-Сидоров (Petrov and Sidorov), Вася Пупкин (Vasya Pupkin), Вася Тапочкин (Vasya Tapochkin), имярек (old slavonic; yet still usable) |
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| [[Serbia and Montenegro]] |
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| Petar Petrović, Pera Perić |
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| [[Singapore]] |
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| Tan Ah Kow |
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| [[Slovakia]] |
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| Jožko Mrkvička |
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| [[Slovenia]] |
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| Janez Novak |
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| [[South Africa]] |
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| Koos van der Merwe |
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| [[Spain]] |
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| Pepe Pérez, Pedro Pérez, Juan Nadie, Fulano, Fulanito, Mengano, Menganito, Zultano, Zultanito, Don Nadie |
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| [[Sweden]] |
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| (Herr/Fru) Svensson, Medelsvensson for the average Swede; [[Nomen nescio|N.N.]] as placeholder in formal contexts; Kalle, Olle, Pelle, Nisse and Lisa are pretty common when a name is needed as an example. |
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| [[Switzerland]] |
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| Herr und Frau Schweizer, Hans Meier, Hans Mustermann |
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| [[Thailand]] |
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| Nai-gor (นาย ก), Nai-Kor (นาย ข) which gor (ก) and (ข) are the first two charactors of Thai alphabet |
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| [[United Kingdom]] |
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| [[Fred Bloggs]] or Joe Bloggs, [[John Smith (disambiguation)|John Smith]]. Also A N Other, R Punter. [[The man on the Clapham Omnibus]] is used in legal circles as a generic term for the behaviour and level of education of a "normal" person. |
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| [[Uruguay]] |
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| Fulano, Mengano; Juan Perez |
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| [[USA]] |
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| John Doe, Jane Doe, Precious Doe, Baby Doe, John Q. Public, [[John Smith (disambiguation)|John Smith]] (which has largely been replaced with John Doe) The female equivalent is Jane Doe or Mary Major. A second male suspect is dubbed Richard Roe, and subsequent ones are referred to as John Stiles and Richard Miles. |
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| [[Vietnam]] |
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| Người dấu tên, Nguyễn Văn A (male), Nguyễn Thị B (female) |
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==John/Jane Doe in [[popular culture]]== |
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'''Bespin''' is the [[fictional planet|planet]] in ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]'' over which the [[Floating cities (science fiction)|floating city]] [[Cloud City]] hovers suspended by an antigravity pod. Bespin is also a major source of [[tibanna gas]], which is refined for production and transport in Cloud City and used in the production of starship blasters. It is home to several [[million]] individuals — including [[Humans (Star Wars)|humans]] and [[List of Star Wars races#Ugnaught|Ugnaught]]s. |
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* ''[[Meet John Doe]]'' is a [[film]] directed by [[Frank Capra]] and starring [[Gary Cooper]]. |
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* "Jane Doe" is a [[song]] by [[hard rock]] band [[Mr. Big (band)|Mr. Big]] from their [[album (music)|album]] ''[[Hey Man]]'' released in [[1996]]. |
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The planet Bespin is a [[gas giant]] that is about 118,000 [[kilometer]]s in diameter. Like most gas giants, it has a solid core made of [[metal]] followed by layers of metallic gasses. Most of the layers of [[gas]] are poisonous, and the pressure and temperature are far above what a human could tolerate. But from approximately 150 to 180 kilometers down from [[space]] there is a habitable layer known as the Bespin Life Zone. This layer has an [[oxygen]] [[Celestial body atmosphere|atmosphere]] with the temperature and pressure that makes it ideal for human life. It is in this layer that Cloud City is located. Like most gas giants, Bespin has a number of moons. Bespin has a 12 [[hour]] [[day]], and completes a revolution around its [[sun]] about every 14 [[year]]s. |
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* "Jane Doe" is a [[song]] by [[symphonic metal]] band [[Within Temptation]] |
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* "Jane Doe" is a [[2001]] [[album (music)|album]] by extreme metal [[Band (music)|band]] [[Converge (band)|Converge]]. |
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The ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'', by [[Han Solo]]'s admission, barely made it there from the [[Planets of Star Wars#Anoat|Anoat system]] without [[hyperdrive]]. |
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* "Jane Doe" is a [[song]] by [[Alicia Keys]] |
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* An [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]] character in ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' (played by actress [[Missi Pyle]]) assumes the name "Jane Doe." |
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[[Lando Calrissian]], the previous owner of the ''Millennium Falcon'', administered Cloud City and provided well-paying jobs for the Ugnaughts until the [[Galactic Empire (Star Wars)|Galactic Empire]] took over. |
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* "Jonathan Doe" is the name of the [[serial killer]] in the movie ''[[Seven (film)|Se7en]]''. |
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* ''[[John Q]]'' is a [[2002]] [[Film|movie]] largely centered on the inadequacy of the average [[citizen|citizen's]] [[health insurance]] |
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*''[[John_Doe_(TV_series)|John Doe]]'', a [[2002]] [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] series starring [[Dominic Purcell]]. |
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*Johnny Doe is [[Dirk Diggler|Dirk Diggler's]] rival [[actor]] in the [[1997]] [[film]] ''[[Boogie Nights]].'' |
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* John Doe is a comic, edited in Italy by Eura Editoriale. |
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* John Doe is a [[Secret Service]] agent in the [[Dan Gutman]] book, [[The Kid Who Became President]]. |
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* The landmark 1973 Supreme Court abortion case [[Roe v. Wade]] gets half of its name from Jane Roe (an anonymous plaintiff) whom was later revealed to be [[Norma McCorvey]]. |
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==See also== |
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During the [[Galactic Civil War]], the infamous Imperial agent [[Darth Vader]] briefly captured Cloud City (as seen in ''The Empire Strikes Back'') in what became known as the '''Siege of Bespin'''. |
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*[[Everyman]] |
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*[[Legal fiction]] |
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*[[Numerius Negidius]] |
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*[[A. N. Other]] |
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*[[Nomen nescio|N.N. (Nomen nescio)]] |
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*[[Pseudonym]] |
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*[[John Smith (disambiguation)|John Smith]] |
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*[[John Q. Public]] |
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*[[Alice and Bob]] |
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*[[Keeping up with the Joneses]] |
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*[[Placeholder name]] |
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*[[Alan Smithee]] |
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*[[List of Everyman type fictional characters]] |
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[[Category:Common law|Doe, John]] |
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The [[Jedi Knight]] [[Streen]], an old gas prospector, was discovered on Bespin by [[Luke Skywalker]] and recruited to be part of the first class of the [[Jedi Academy]]. He had lived there as a hermit after Cloud City was abandoned by the Empire after their defeat there. |
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[[Category:Legal fictions|Doe, John]] |
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[[Category:Nonexistent people|Doe, John]] |
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[[Category:Anonymity pseudonyms|Doe, John]] |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.starwars.com/databank/location/bespin/index.html Star Wars Databank entry] |
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Revision as of 03:02, 29 January 2006
In the USA, the name John Doe is used for a defendant or victim in a legal example or for a person whose identity is unknown or is intended to be anonymous. Male corpses 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 whose identity is unknown is referred to as Precious Doe or Baby Doe. Additional people in the same family may be called James Doe, Judy Doe, etc. The jargonized vernacular name is Joe Schmoe.
An anonymous plaintiff is known as Richard Roe, or Jane Roe in the case of a woman.
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 encyclopedia states that John O'Noakes or John Noakes is a fictitious name for a litigious person, used by lawyers in actions of ejectment.
An account of the reasons why a fictitious tenant and a fictitious defendant were named is found in Charles Rembar's book The Law of the Land.
By extension from the law usage, John Doe is often used in computer software needing a default or example first and last name for a form.
John Doe in various countries/regions
Australia | Fred Nurk, Joe Farnarkle, John Citizen, Joe Blow/Bloe, John Barry, Joe Bloggs |
Austria | Hans Meier, Hans Maier, Hans Mayer, Herr und Frau Österreicher |
Arabia | Fulan (Arabic: فلان) (female equivalent: Fulanah, فلانة), Ellan (علان) as a partner. Majhoul (Arabic: مجهول) |
Argentina | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Fulano, Mengano, Menganito. |
Belgium | Jan Janssen, Piet Pietersen, Jos Joskens |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Marko Markovic, Petar Petrovic, Sima Simic |
Brazil | Fulano (de Tal), Sicrano, Beltrano, João da Silva, Zé da Silva, Zé Ninguém. |
Canada | G. Raymond (male/female, mostly on credit cards and ID, used as could be either an anglophone or francophone name), John Jones, Jos Bleau (Quebec, French adaptation of Joe Blow) |
Catalan Countries | Fulanet (male) / Fulaneta (female), Menganet (male) / Menganeta (female). |
Chile | Perico de los palotes |
China | 无名氏 (Pinyin: Wúmíng Shì, literality some one noname); 赵大 (Pinyin: Zhào Dà), 钱二 (Pinyin: Qián Èr), 孙三 (Pinyin: Sūn Sān, 李四 (Lǐ Sì), ... (The name order by 百家姓, added chinese number); 张三 (Pinyin: Zhāng Sān), 李四 (Pinyin: Lǐ Sì), 王五 (Pinyin: Wáng Wǔ), ... ; 某甲 (Pinyin: Mǒu Jiǎ literally Someone A, 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁,... are Heavenly Stems), 某乙 (Pinyin: Mǒu Yǐ), 某丙 (Pinyin: Mǒu Bǐng), 小强,小明... |
Chile | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Perico de los Palotes |
Colombia | Fulano de Tal (probably from Arabic, Fulan), Pepito Pérez, Zutano, Mengano, Perencejo |
Croatia | Ivan Horvat, Pero Perić |
Czech Republic | Jan Novák, Karel Vomáčka, Franta Vopršálek |
Denmark | N.N. |
Ecuador | Juan Puto, Fulano, Zutano, Mengano, Perencejo |
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/Madame Untel |
Germany | Hans/Max and Erika Mustermann, Lieschen Müller, Otto Normalverbraucher, Meier/Müller/Schulze, NN |
Greece | Γιώργος Τάδε (male), Μαρία Τάδε (female), Τάδε Ταδόπουλος, ο Δείνα, ο Φούφουτος, Ένας Κάποιος |
Guatemala | Juan Pérez, Fulano, Zutano, Mengano, Perencejo |
Hong Kong and Macau | 陳大文 |
Hungary | Gipsz Jakab, Kovács János, Jóska Pista |
Indonesia | Si Anu / Fulan |
Iceland | Meðal-Jón, Meðal-Jóna, Jón Jónsson, Jóna Jónsdóttir |
India | Ashok Kumar, (female equivalent unknown) |
Iran | Folani, Felani |
Ireland | Seán and Síle Citizen |
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 4:2, 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), Moshe Kohen משה כהן, and Dani דני (usually a little boy). |
Italy | Mario Rossi, Tizio, Caio, Sempronio, Pinco Pallino |
Japan | 山田太郎 (Yamada Taro), 山田花子 (Yamada Hanako), 名無しの権兵衛 (Nanashi-no-Gombei), 何野某(Nanno Nanigashi), (drowned corpses both sexes, 土左衛門 Dozaemon) |
Korea | 홍길동 (Hong, Gil-dong) |
Latvia | Jānis Bērziņš |
Lebanon | Majhoul (arabic: مجهول), Folan (arabic: فلان) (female equivalent: Folana, فلانة), Elan (علان) as a partner. |
Lithuania | Vardenis Pavardenis |
Macedonia | Петар Петровски |
Mexico | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Mengano, Perengano, Zutano |
Malaysia | Si Anu, Si Polan, Si Polan Bin Si Polan, Mat & Minah |
Malta | Joe Borg |
Netherlands | a defendant is referred to with first name and initial, e.g. "John D."; Jan Modaal is approximately the Joneses, in particular referring to average wealth |
Norway | Ola and Kari Nordmann |
Pakistan | Falani (Male), Falani (Female). This is derived from the Persian equivilant |
Paraguay | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Zultano, Mengano, N.N. |
Peru | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Zultano, Mengano |
Philippines | Juan dela Cruz |
Poland | Jan Kowalski, Jan Nowak (but in legal/police work person unknown is NN) |
Portugal | Manuel Dos Santos, Zé Ninguém |
Romania | Ion Popescu |
Russia | Иванов (Ivanov), Петров-Сидоров (Petrov and Sidorov), Вася Пупкин (Vasya Pupkin), Вася Тапочкин (Vasya Tapochkin), имярек (old slavonic; yet still usable) |
Serbia and Montenegro | Petar Petrović, Pera Perić |
Singapore | Tan Ah Kow |
Slovakia | Jožko Mrkvička |
Slovenia | Janez Novak |
South Africa | Koos van der Merwe |
Spain | Pepe Pérez, Pedro Pérez, Juan Nadie, Fulano, Fulanito, Mengano, Menganito, Zultano, Zultanito, Don Nadie |
Sweden | (Herr/Fru) Svensson, Medelsvensson for the average Swede; N.N. as placeholder in formal contexts; Kalle, Olle, Pelle, Nisse and Lisa are pretty common when a name is needed as an example. |
Switzerland | Herr und Frau Schweizer, Hans Meier, Hans Mustermann |
Thailand | Nai-gor (นาย ก), Nai-Kor (นาย ข) which gor (ก) and (ข) are the first two charactors of Thai alphabet |
United Kingdom | Fred Bloggs or Joe Bloggs, John Smith. Also A N Other, R Punter. The man on the Clapham Omnibus is used in legal circles as a generic term for the behaviour and level of education of a "normal" person. |
Uruguay | Fulano, Mengano; Juan Perez |
USA | John Doe, Jane Doe, Precious Doe, Baby Doe, John Q. Public, John Smith (which has largely been replaced with John Doe) The female equivalent is Jane Doe or Mary Major. A second male suspect is dubbed Richard Roe, and subsequent ones are referred to as John Stiles and Richard Miles. |
Vietnam | Người dấu tên, Nguyễn Văn A (male), Nguyễn Thị B (female) |
John/Jane Doe in popular culture
- Meet John Doe is a film directed by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper.
- "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 2001 album by extreme metal band Converge.
- "Jane Doe" is a song by Alicia Keys
- An alien character in Galaxy Quest (played by actress Missi Pyle) assumes the name "Jane Doe."
- "Jonathan Doe" is the name of the serial killer in the movie Se7en.
- John Q is a 2002 movie largely centered on the inadequacy of the average citizen's health insurance
- John Doe, a 2002 Fox Broadcasting Company series starring Dominic Purcell.
- Johnny Doe is Dirk Diggler's rival actor in the 1997 film Boogie Nights.
- John Doe is a comic, edited in Italy by Eura Editoriale.
- John Doe is a Secret Service agent in the Dan Gutman book, The Kid Who Became President.
- The landmark 1973 Supreme Court abortion case Roe v. Wade gets half of its name from Jane Roe (an anonymous plaintiff) whom was later revealed to be Norma McCorvey.