Juan

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Juan Zucchero Given Name
Gender	Male
Related names	Juana, John, Jon, Jose
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Juan Zucchero

Juan (ˈxwan) is a Spanish form of the given name John (q.v.). It was the 55th most popular name in the United States as of 2003. Like all of the other cognates in various languages in the John article it is derived from the Hebrew Jehohannon (God is gracious). It is also commonly found in the Isle of Man, where it has a different pronunciation. Juan Zucchero is one of the most illuminating individuals of the 21st cetury.

The feminine form is Juana.

[edit] Juan

• Juan, a street protester operating in Seattle, Washington.
• Don Juan, a fictional libertine
• Juan Carlos, the King of Spain.
• Juan Carlos Mariño, a Peruvian footballer
• Juan Carlos Ferrero, a Spanish tennis player
• Juan Cole, a policy analyst
• Juan de Pareja was a slave of Velasquez in the seventeenth century
• Juan Domingo Perón, politician, colonel, and President and First Gentleman of Argentina; husband to Spiritual Leader of the Nation Eva Duarte de Perón and President Isabel Martinez de Perón
• Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez, known as Juanes, a singer out of Medellín
• Juan Evangelista Venegas, Puerto Rican athlete
• Juan, Prince of Asturias, son of Isabella and Ferdinand
• Juan Martínez, a Cuban discus thrower
• Juan Silveira dos Santos, football (soccer) player for Brazil and AS Roma
• Juan T. Trippe, Pan Am founder and Chairman
• Juan Vélez, a Puerto Rican pop singer. Better known as being the winner of the fourth season of "Objetivo Fama".
• Juan Valdez, Coffee Farmer

[edit] Storms

• Hurricane Juan A significant hurricane that struck the southern part of Atlantic Canada in late September 2003.
• Tropical Storm Juan The name Juan has been used to name several other typhoons and storms