Janis
Encyclopedia
As a first name
- Janis BojarsJanis BojarsJānis Bojārs is a retired male shot putter from Latvia, best known for winning the silver medal for the Soviet Union in the men's shot put event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. He set his personal best on July 14, 1984 at a meet in Riga.-References:*...
(born 1956), Soviet shot putter. - Janis IanJanis IanJanis Ian is an American songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author. Ian first entered the folk music scene while still a teenager in the mid-sixties; most active musically in that decade and the 1970s, she has continued recording into the 21st century...
(born 1951), American songwriter and folksinger. - Janis JoplinJanis JoplinJanis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...
(1943–1970), American singer and songwriter. - Janis KellyJanis KellyJanis Louise Kelly is a retired female volleyball player from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she finished in 10th place with the Women's National Team.-References:*-External links:...
(born 1971), Canadian volleyball player. - Janis TanakaJanis TanakaJanis Tanaka is a bass player who has worked as a session musician and on tour with a number of well-known artists including Pink, Fireball Ministry, Hammers of Misfortune, Pagan Babies, Stone Fox and L7....
, a bassist.
Fictional characters
- Janis GoldJanis GoldJanis Gold is a fictional character on the TV series 24. She is portrayed by Janeane Garofalo. Gold is an FBI agent, and was first introduced in season 7.-Concept and creation:...
, a fictional character on 2424 (TV series)24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
. - Janis Hawk, a main character in the TV series FlashForwardFlashforwardA flashforward is an interjected scene that takes the narrative forward in time from the current point of the story in literature, film, television and other media. Flashforwards are often used to represent events expected, projected, or imagined to occur in the future...
. - Janis Ian, a character in the film Mean GirlsMean GirlsMean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy-drama film directed by Mark Waters. The screenplay was written by Tina Fey and is based in part on the non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman, which describes how female high school social cliques operate and the effect they can have...
. Named after the singer/songwriter.
As a surname
- Byron JanisByron JanisByron Janis is an American classical pianist.-Life:He made several recordings for RCA Victor and Mercury Records, and occupies two volumes of the Philips Great Pianists series. His discography covers repertoire from Beethoven to David Guion and includes renditions of major piano concertos from...
(born 1928), American concert pianist. No relation to Conrad Janis. - Conrad JanisConrad JanisConrad Janis is an American jazz musician and also a theatre, film, and television actor. In the fall of 1953, he played eldest son Edward in the Ezio Pinza situation comedy Bonino on NBC...
(born 1928), American actor and jazz musician. No relation to Byron Janis. - Elsie JanisElsie JanisElsie Janis was an American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as "the sweetheart of the AEF" .-Early career:...
(1889–1956), American musical theatre and vaudeville performer. - Irving JanisIrving JanisIrving Lester Janis was a research psychologist at Yale University and a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley most famous for his theory of "groupthink" which described the systematic errors made by groups when taking collective decisions...
, a social psychologist who pioneered the groupthink theory. - Jaroslav JanišJaroslav JanišJaroslav "Jarek" Janiš is an auto racing driver born on 8 July 1983 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia. In 2006 he is racing in the FIA GT Championship. He has taken 3 pole positions Brno, Dijon and the Hungaroring but only a single victory, teamed with Sascha Bert and occasionally former Formula One...
, Czech auto racing driver.
Other
- JānisJanis-As a first name:*Janis Bojars , Soviet shot putter.*Janis Ian , American songwriter and folksinger.*Janis Joplin , American singer and songwriter.*Janis Kelly , Canadian volleyball player.*Janis Tanaka, a bassist....
, ancient Latvian god, or Jānis, the most popular modern Latvian given name - Janis (software), a program by NEANuclear Energy AgencyThe Nuclear Energy Agency is an intergovernmental multinational agency that is organized under the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development...
to view nuclear information - Janis (film)Janis (film)Janis is a 1974 documentary film about the rock singer Janis Joplin. The film was directed by Howard Alk with a lot of assistance from Albert Grossman, Janis' manager. It was available on videocassette in the United States in the 1980s and 1990s, but DVD versions have been released only in France,...
, a 1974 film about Janis Joplin - The name of two different albums by Janis JoplinJanis JoplinJanis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...
:- JanisJanis (1975 album)Janis is a collection of performances by Janis Joplin, issued in 1975 as a compilation album containing film soundtrack and live recordings. Disc one is subtitled "From the soundtrack of the motion picture Janis ". In addition to concert recordings from Toronto and Frankfurt, there are several...
(1975), a 2 LP compilation that acts as soundtrack album for the film - JanisJanis (1993 album)Janis is a compilation album by Janis Joplin, released in 1993. The album features a broad overview of her career from her very first recording in December 1962, to the last songs she did during the sessions for Pearl just a few days before her death in October 1970.-Disc one:#"What Good Can...
(1993), a 1993 career overview collection
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