Jan Cousteau
Wife of undersea explorer Philippe Cousteau

Jan Cousteau

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Wife of undersea explorer Philippe Cousteau
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Female
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5 April 1939(Redondo Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA)
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Janice Cousteau (née Sullivan; 5 April 1939) is the widow of undersea explorer Philippe Cousteau and joined the Cousteau team on 20 expeditions over 12 years.

Jan and Philippe Cousteau during an expedition

She and Philippe married in Paris.

They had two children, Alexandra Cousteau and Philippe Cousteau Jr., born six months after his father's accidental death.

She is on the board of directors of the Washington Humane Society and is a co-founder, with her children, of EarthEcho International.

She still takes part in occasional expeditions.