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Sep 25, 2023 · From the courts to the morgue, if the government doesn’t know a person’s name, or wants to withhold it for some reason, they generally use the name John Doe or Jane Doe as a placeholder. But why?
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John Doe (male) and Jane Doe (female) are multiple-use placeholder names that are used in the United States and the United Kingdom when the true name of a person is unknown or is being intentionally concealed.
May 4, 2024 · John Doe and Jane Doe are official test accounts created by Roblox CEOs David Baszucki and Erik Cassel on June 25, 2005 (although their join dates are listed as February 27, 2006). The name John Doe refers to an anonymous male, and likewise, Jane Doe refers to an anonymous female.
Oct 20, 2023 · In Japan it's Yamada Taro, in France it's Jean Dupont, in the Netherlands it's Jan Jansen, in Italy it's Mario Rossi, and many more, per Trusted Translations. The names Jane and John Doe have become synonymous in American culture with the idea of a mystery person. Here's why anonymous people are called by those names.
Oct 27, 2021 · The two accounts that would supposedly hack Roblox were John Doe and Jane Doe. In that official post, Roblox informed the community that these two accounts were created by Roblox developers David Baszucki and Erik Cassel as test accounts on June 25, 2005.
Apr 4, 2022 · In Roblox, John Doe and Jane Doe are officially test accounts created by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel, two Roblox CEOs, and are listed as user/2 and user/3 in the Roblox players list.
Apr 12, 2017 · John Doe is very generic, rolls off the tongue, and in colloquy is not easily mistaken for a known person, like "John Smith" might be (there was at least one very famous John Smith, and though that name is commonly equated with anonymity the usage is less formal).
