Jaan (given name)
Jaan is the spelling of the name John in Estonian language.
People named Jaan include:
- Jaan Anvelt (1884–1937), Estonian communist revolutionary
- Jaan Arder (born 1952), Estonian singer
- Jaan Ehlvest (born 1962), Estonian chess player
- Jaan Eilart (1933–2006), Estonian biologist
- Jaan Einasto (born 1929), Estonian astrophysicist
- Jaan Elgula (born 1962), Estonian singer
- Jaan Hünerson (1882–1942), Estonian politician
- Jaan Isotamm (born 1939), Estonian poet
- Jaan Jung (1835–1900), Estonian composer and educator
- Jaan Jüris (born 1977), Estonian ski jumper
- Jaan Kangilaski (born 1970), Estonian philosopher
- Jaan Kaplinski (born 1941), Estonian poet, philosopher, and culture critic
- Jaan Kärner (1891–1958), Estonian poet and writer
- Jaan Kenbrovin, credited with writing the lyrics for the song I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
- Jaan Kiivit, Sr. (1906–1971), Estonian Archbishop
- Jaan Kiivit, Jr. (1940–2005), Estonian Archbishop
- Jaan Kikkas (1892–1944), Estonian weightlifter
- Jaan Kirsipuu (born 1969), Estonian road bicycle racer
- Jaan Koort (1883–1935), Estonian sculptor and painter
- Jaan Kreuks (1891–1923), Estonian communist activist
- Jaan Kross (1920–2007), Estonian contemporary writer
- Jaan Kruus (1884–1942), Estonian military commander
- Jaan Kruusvall (born 1940), Estonian writer
- Jaan Kundla (born 1937), Estonian politician
- Jaan Laaman, noted member of the United Freedom Front
- Jaan Lattik, (1878–1967), Estonian politician and writer
- Jaan J. Leppik (born 1969), Estonian clergyman and politician
- Jaan Maide (1896–1945), Estonian military commander
- Jaan Manitski (born 1942), Estonian politician
- Jaan Maramaa (1891–1986), Estonian chemist
- Jaan Mark, Estonian politician
- Jaan Oad (1899–1984), Estonian painter and sailor
- Jaan Oks (1884–1918), Estonian writer
- Jaan Patterson (born 1975), German American writer and composer, founder of the netlabel Surrism-Phonoethics
- Jaan Pehk (born 1975), Estonian writer, singer and guitarist
- Jaan Port (1891–1951), Estonian botanist
- Jaan Poska (1866–1920), Estonian barrister and politician
- Jaan Puhvel (born 1932), Estonian-American Indo-Europeanist
- Jaan-Mati Punning (1940–2009), Estonian ecologist
- Jaan Raamot (1873–1927), Estonian politician
- Jaan Rääts (born 1932), Estonian film score composer
- Jaan Rannap (born 1931), Estonian children's writer
- Jaan Rett (born 1969), Estonian American programmer
- Jaan Rink (1886–1929), Estonian military commander
- Jaan Roots (1927–1952), Estonian Forest brother
- Jaan Ruus (born 1938), Estonian film critic
- Jaan Sarv (1877–1954), Estonian mathematician and pedagogue
- Jaan Saul (1936–1966), Estonian actor and director
- Jaan Sihver (1879–1918), Estonian communist activist
- Jaan Sööt (born 1964), Estonian musician
- Jaan Soots (1880–1942), Estonian military commander
- Jaan Tallinn (born 1972), Estonian programmer
- Jaan Talts (born 1944), Estonian weightlifter
- Jaan Tätte (born 1964), Estonian playwright, actor, theatre director, singer and writer
- Jaan Teemant (1872–?), Estonian lawyer and politician
- Jaan Tiidemann (born 1971), Estonian architect
- Jaan Tomp (1894–1924), Estonian communist politician
- Jaan Tõnisson (1868–?), Estonian statesman
- Jaan Toomik (born 1961), Estonian video artist and a painter
- Jaan Trubetsky (born 1938), Estonian bayan player
- Jaan Undusk (born 1958), Estonian writer and literay scientist
- Jaan Vahtra (1882–1947), Estonian artist
- Jaan Viik, guard of the Jägala concentration camp, one of four men put on trial during the holocaust trials in Soviet Estonia
Fictional characters