Jan (name)
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| Jan | |
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| Pronunciation | IPA: [ˈjan] |
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/Name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | God is Gracious |
| Other names | |
| Related names | John (male); Janice, Janet (female) |
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Jan is a variant of John in Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Scandinavian, Cornish, Devon dialect, German, Afrikaans, Northern Germanic and Western Slavic Languages (in Slovak, spelled Ján)
Alternatively a shortened form of Janice or Janet with corresponding pronunciation. It has separate origin in Arabic.
People
- Jan III Sobieski, Polish monarch
- Jan Akkerman, Dutch rock musician
- Jan Amos Komenský, Czech teacher, scientist, educator, and writer
- Jan de Hartog (1914–2002), Dutch writer
- Jan Basri, Michael, Polish songwriter and public speaker
- Jan Björklund, Swedish politician
- Jan Buijs (1889–1961), Dutch architect
- Jan de Bont (born 1943), Dutch cinematographer, producer, and film director
- Jan de Wit (born 1945), Dutch politician and lawyer
- Jan Dismas Zelenka, Czech baroque composer
- Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist, and physiologist, discoverer of Purkinje cells
- Jan E. Goldstein, Norman and Edna Freehling Professor of History at the University of Chicago.
- Jan van Gooswilligen (1935–2008), Dutch field hockey player
- Jan Guillou, Swedish journalist and author
- Jan Gunnar Røise (born 1975), Norwegian actor
- Jan van Eyck, Flemish painter
- Jan Hammer, Czech musician
- Jan Hus (burned 1415), Czech religious reformer
- Jan Hron, Rector of University of Life Sciences Prague
- Jan Howard (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 Heweliusz, Polish astronomer
- Jan Janský, Czech scientist, first classified 4 blood types
- Jan Kalvoda, (born 1953), Czech politician and lawyer
- Jan Kefer, Czech theurgist, astrologist and occult writer
- Jan Koller, Czech footballer
- Jan Korte (born 1956), Dutch footballer and manager
- Jan Kvalheim (born 1963), Norwegian beach volleyball player
- Jan Laštůvka, Czech footballer
- Jan Lucemburský, king of Bohemia
- Jan Masaryk, Czech diplomat and politician
- Jan Matejko, Polish painter
- Jan Močnik (born 1987), Slovenian basketball player
- Jan Mohammad Jamali, politician from Jaffarabad, Balochistan, Pakistan.
- Jan Mohammed Khan, Governor of Uruzgan, Afghanistan.
- Jan Nepomucký (c. 1345–1393), Czech saint
- Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, writer and poet
- Jan Õun (born 1977), Estonian footballer
- Jan Palach, Czech student self-immolated in 1969 protesting against the Soviet invasion
- Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587–1629), officer of the Dutch East India Company
- Jan Podebradský (born 1974), Czech decathlete
- Jan Polák, Czech footballer
- Jan van Riebeeck Dutch seafarer and explorer
- Jan Rubes, Czech-Canadian singer and actor
- Jan Sladký Kozina, Czech revolutionary leader of Chodové
- Jan Šimák, Czech footballer
- Jan Smuts, South African statesman
- Jan Soukup (born 1979), Czech karateka and kickboxer
- Jan Staaf (born 1962), Swedish race walker
- Jan Ullrich German former professional road bicycle racer
- Jan Veentjer (born 1938), Dutch field hockey player
- Jan Vetter lead singer of German punk band Die Ärzte, commonly known as Farin Urlaub
- Jan Washausen, German footballer
- Jan Wohlschlag (born 1958), American high jumper
- Jan Žižka z Trocnova, Czech hussite leader
See also
- All pages beginning with "Jan"
- Ján
- John (given name)
- Alternate forms for the name John
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