Janez (given name)

Janez
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	John
Region of origin	Slovenia
Other names
Related names	Ján, Janež, Janša; Johannes, Johann, Johan; John

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Janez is a Slovene form of the given name John.

Janez Burger (born 1965), film director
Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008), second president of Slovenia
Janez Drozg (1933–2005), film director
Janez Janša (born 1958), fifth prime minister of Slovenia
Janez K. Lapajne (1937–2012) geophysicist and seismologist
Janez Lapajne (born 1967), film director
Janez Vajkard Valvasor (1641–1693), Slovene name of Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, scholar and polymath, member of the Royal Society