Jane McCrea (sometimes spelled McCrae or MacCrae, 1752 – July 27, 1777) is a young woman who is killed by a Huron-Wendat warrior associated with the British army of Lieutenant General John Burgoyne during the American Revolutionary War.

Affianced to a Loyalist serving in Burgoyne's army, her slaying leadsto expressions of outrage and an increase in Patriot military recruiting, especially in the days following her killing.

The propaganda that follows greatly accentuates her beauty, and the fact that she was associated with Loyalists (although her family was primarily active in serving the Patriot cause) undermines British claims of protection for Loyalists.

Burgoyne's inability to punish the alleged killers also undermines British assertions that they are more civilized in their conduct of the war; the dissemination of this propaganda contributes to the success of Patriot recruiting drives in New York for several years.

McCrea's fiancé is reported to be bitter about the affair, and never marries.

The story of her life and death enters American folklore, and is used by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans and Kenneth Lewis Roberts in Rabble in Arms.