Jan (name)
Encyclopedia
Jan is a variant of John in Catalan, Dutch, English, Afrikaans, Northern Germanic and Western Slavic Languages (in Slovak, spelled Ján
), also a shortened form of Janice
or Janet
. It also has separate origin in Arabic.
Ján
- Famous people named Ján :*Ján Mucha, Slovak footballer*Ján Šťastný, Slovak hockey player*Ján Bahýľ, inventor*Ján Čapkovič, football player*Ján Čarnogurský, former Prime Minister of Slovakia*Ján Cikker, composer*Ján Ďurica, football player...
), also a shortened form of Janice
Janice (given name)
Janice is a feminine given name, an extended version of Jane. Jane is one of the feminine forms of John in English. The meaning of "Janice" is "God is gracious" .-List of people with the given name Janice:...
or Janet
Janet
Janet may refer to:* Janet , a female given name* Janet Jackson, American recording artist, actress, and author* JANET , the computer network which connects universities in the United Kingdom...
. It also has separate origin in Arabic.
People
- Jan Amos Komenský, Czech teacher, scientist, educator, and writer
- Jan de HartogJan de HartogJan de Hartog was a Dutch playwright, novelist and occasional social critic who moved to the United States in the early 1960s and became a Quaker.- Early years :...
(1914–2002), Dutch writer - Jan BjörklundJan BjörklundJan Arne Björklund is a Swedish politician. He is the leader of the Liberal People's Party and serves as Minister for Education and Deputy Prime Minister in the Swedish government.- Education and military career :...
, Swedish politician - Jan BuijsJan BuijsJan Willem Eduard Buijs, sometimes written Jan Buys was a Dutch architect, best known for his De Volharding Building. His works include manufacturing, commercial, residential and municipal buildings...
(1889-1961), Dutch architect - Jan de Wit (born 1945), Dutch politician and lawyer
- Jan Dismas ZelenkaJan Dismas ZelenkaJan Dismas Zelenka , baptised Jan Lukáš Zelenka and previously also known as Johann Dismas Zelenka, was the most important Czech Baroque composer, whose music was notably daring with outstanding harmonic invention and mastery of counterpoint.- Life :Zelenka was born in Louňovice pod Blaníkem, a small...
, Czech baroque composer - Jan Evangelista PurkyněJan Evangelista PurkyneJan Evangelista Purkyně was a Czech anatomist and physiologist. He was one of the best known scientists of his time. His son was the painter Karel Purkyně...
, Czech anatomist, and physiologist, discoverer of Purkinje cells - Jan E. GoldsteinJan E. GoldsteinJan E. Goldstein is the Norman and Edna Freehling Professor of History at the University of Chicago.-Work:Jan Goldstein obtained her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1978...
, Norman and Edna Freehling Professor of History at the University of ChicagoUniversity of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. - Jan GuillouJan GuillouJan Oskar Sverre Lucien Henri Guillou is a Swedish author and journalist. Among his books are a series of spy fiction novels about a spy named Carl Hamilton, and a trilogy of historical fiction novels about a Knight Templar, Arn Magnusson...
, Swedish journalist and author - Jan van EyckJan van EyckJan van Eyck was a Flemish painter active in Bruges and considered one of the best Northern European painters of the 15th century....
, Flemish painter - Jan HusJan HusJan Hus , often referred to in English as John Hus or John Huss, was a Czech priest, philosopher, reformer, and master at Charles University in Prague...
(burned 1415), Czech religious reformer - Jan HronJan HronJan Hron Prof., Dr. Sc. Dr.h.c. is a Czech Agroscientist, University Professor and former Rector of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague .- Biography :Hron was born on September 17, 1941; he is married and has two children....
, Rector of University of Life Sciences Prague - Jan HowardJan HowardLula Grace Johnson , known professionally as Jan Howard, is an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star. She attained moderate success as a country female vocalist during the 1960s and early 1970s...
(born 1930), American country music singer - Dominique Jan, Columbia University surgeon
- Georg Jan (1791–1866), Italian taxonomist
- Jan Jacobsz May, Dutch seafarer and explorer
- Jan JanskýJan JanskýProf. MUDr. Jan Janský was a Czech serologist, neurologist and psychiatrist. He is credited with the first classification of blood into the four types of the ABO blood group system.Janský studied medicine at Charles University in Prague. From 1899 he worked in a psychiatric clinic in Prague...
, Czech scientist, first classified 4 blood types - Jan KeferJan KeferJan Kefer was a notable Czech astrologer, hermeticist and publicist in the age between the two World Wars. He was the chairman of Universalia, a society of Czech hermeticists.- Biography :...
, Czech theurgist, astrologist and occult writer - Jan KollerJan KollerJan Koller is Czech footballer currently playing in AFK Smetanova Lhota.As an international player he played as a striker for the Czech Republic national team. He is the all-time leading goal scorer for either the Czech Republic or the former Czechoslovakia, with 55 goals in 91 caps...
, Czech footballer - Jan KorteJan KorteJan Korte is a former football player from the Netherlands, who played for BV Veendam, and later on became a football manager. He coached BV Veendam for three years .-References:...
(born 1956), Dutch footballer and manager - Jan KvalheimJan KvalheimJan Kvalheim is a former beach volleyball player from Norway, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000....
(born 1963), Norwegian beach volleyball player - Jan LaštůvkaJan LaštuvkaJan Laštůvka is a Czech football goalkeeper who currently plays for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.- Career :Laštůvka started his career at Czech side FC Karviná and moved in summer 2000 to FC Baník Ostrava for four years. In 2003 he won the Talent of the Year award at the Czech Footballer of the Year...
, Czech footballer - Jan Lucemburský, king of Bohemia
- Jan MasarykJan MasarykJan Garrigue Masaryk was a Czech diplomat and politician and Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1940 to 1948.- Early life :...
, Czech diplomat and politician - Jan MatejkoJan MatejkoJan Matejko was a Polish painter known for paintings of notable historical Polish political and military events. His most famous works include oil on canvas paintings like Battle of Grunwald, paintings of numerous other battles and court scenes, and a gallery of Polish kings...
, Polish painter - Jan MočnikJan MocnikJan Močnik is a Slovenian basketball player.-Pro career:Močnik grew up in Nova Gorica, where he playes for local team Nova Gorica in second national league of Slovenia....
(born 1987), Slovenian basketball player - Jan Mohammad JamaliJan Mohammad JamaliMir Jan Mohammad Jamali is a politician from Jaffarabad, Balochistan, Pakistan. He is the son of prominent Baloch leader Mir Noor Mahmmad Jamali. Mir Jan Mohammad Jamali was first elected as a member of Provincial Assembly of Balochistan in 1997. He was Chairman of the Pakistani Senate until...
, politician from Jaffarabad, Balochistan, Pakistan. - Jan Mohammed Khan, Governor of Uruzgan, Afghanistan.
- Jan Nepomucký, Czech saint from the 14 century
- Jan NerudaJan NerudaJan Nepomuk Neruda was a Czech journalist, writer and poet, one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of "the May school".-Early life:...
, Czech journalist, writer and poet - Jan ÕunJan ÕunJan Õun is a retired football forward from Estonia. He played for several clubs in his native country, including JK Viljandi Tulevik and FC Kuressaare.-International career:...
(born 1977), Estonian footballer - Jan PalachJan PalachJan Palach was a Czech student who committed suicide by self-immolation as a political protest.- Death :...
, Czech student self-immolated in 1969 protesting against the Soviet invasion - Jan Pieterszoon CoenJan Pieterszoon CoenJan Pieterszoon Coen was a officer of the Dutch East India Company in the early seventeenth century, holding two terms as its Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies....
, officer of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the early seventeenth century - Jan PodebradskýJan PoděbradskýJan Poděbradský is a retired male decathlete from the Czech Republic, who also competed in the men's 400 metres during his career. He set his personal best in the decathlon on June 4, 2000 in Arles, France. Poděbradský is a two-time national champion in the decathlon.-Achievements:-External links:...
(born 1974), Czech decathlete - Jan PolákJan PolákJan Polák is a Czech international footballer. He currently plays for the German team Wolfsburg.In his younger days he played for 1. FC Brno and Tatran Bohunice. Formerly a member of the Czech national under-21 side, Polák, alongside players like Petr Čech and Milan Baroš, was a part of the team...
, Czech footballer - Jan RubesJan RubesJan Ladislav Rubeš CM was a Czech-Canadian bass opera singer and actor.-Life and career:Rubeš was born in Volyně, Czechoslovakia, the son of Ružena and Jan Rubeš. Not too long after World War II, he graduated from the Prague Conservatoire and joined the Prague Opera House as a bass singer...
, Czech-Canadian singer and actor - Jan Sladký KozinaJan Sladký KozinaJan Sladký Kozina was a legendary Czech revolutionary leader of the Chodové peasant rebellion at the end of the 17th century....
, Czech revolutionary leader of Chodové - Jan ŠimákJan ŠimákJan Šimák is a Czech footballer who plays for FC Carl Zeiss Jena. He is an attacking midfielder well known for his powerful shot and goalscoring from midfield.-Career:...
, Czech footballer - Jan SmutsJan SmutsJan Christiaan Smuts, OM, CH, ED, KC, FRS, PC was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various cabinet posts, he served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948...
, South African statesman - Jan StaafJan StaafJan Egon Staaf is a retired male race walker from Sweden. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1988 and 1996. Staaf set his personal best in the men's 20 km walk event in 1997.-Achievements:-References:*...
(born 1962), Swedish race walker - Jan UllrichJan UllrichJan Ullrich is a German former professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France. He went on to take five second places and a fourth in 2004 and third in 2005. He is considered one of the best time-trialists in the history of the sport...
German former professional road bicycle racer - Jan VetterFarin UrlaubJan Ulrich Max Vetter, better known as Farin Urlaub was born on 27 October 1963 in West Berlin, Germany. He is best known as the guitarist/vocalist for the German punk rock band Die Ärzte...
lead singer of German punk band Die ÄrzteDie ÄrzteDie Ärzte is a punk band from Berlin. Die Ärzte are one of the best-known German punk rock bands and have released over 20 albums. The band consists of guitarist Farin Urlaub, drummer Bela B. and bass player Rodrigo González...
, commonly known as Farin Urlaub - Jan WohlschlagJan WohlschlagJan Wohlschlag is a retired high jumper from the United States, who set her personal best on 1 July 1989, jumping 2.00 metres at a meet in Oslo, Norway. She is a two-time indoor and outdoor USA national champion....
(born 1958), American high jumper - Jan Žižka z Trocnova, Czech hussite leader
See also
- JánJán- Famous people named Ján :*Ján Mucha, Slovak footballer*Ján Šťastný, Slovak hockey player*Ján Bahýľ, inventor*Ján Čapkovič, football player*Ján Čarnogurský, former Prime Minister of Slovakia*Ján Cikker, composer*Ján Ďurica, football player...
- John (given name)John (given name)John is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Latin Ioannes, Iohannes, which is in turn a form of the Greek , Iōánnēs. This Greek name is a form of the Hebrew name , , which means "God is generous"...
- Alternate forms for the name JohnAlternate forms for the name JohnOther language forms for the name John:* Džons * Džonas * Eoin * Evan * Gianina Irish* Gino, * Giovanni, Gianni * Gjon or Gjin * Hans * Honza...