Jan

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Jan or JAN may refer to:

Given names:

• A variant of John especially in Catalan, Dutch, Northern Germanic and Western Slavic Languages (in Slovak, spelled Ján)
• In English, shortened form of Janice or Janet

People (very selective listing, see all articles):

• Jan Amos Komenský, Czech teacher, scientist, educator, and writer
• Jan de Hartog (1914–2002), Dutch writer
• Jan Dismas Zelenka, Czech baroque composer
• Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist, and physiologist, discoverer of Purkinje cells
• Jan Guillou, Swedish journalist and author
• 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 Janský, Czech scientist, first classified 4 blood types
• Jan Kefer, Czech theurgist, astrologist and occult writer
• Jan Korte (born 1956), Dutch footballer and manager
• Jan Kvalheim (born 1963), Norwegian beach volleyball player
• Jan Lucemburský, king of Bohemia
• Jan Masaryk, Czech diplomat and politician
• Jan Matejko, Polish painter
• Jan Močnik (born 1987), Slovenian basketball player
• Jan Nepomucký, Czech saint from the 14 century
• 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 Rubes, Czech-Canadian singer and actor
• Jan Sladký Kozina, Czech revolutionary leader of Chodové
• Jan Staaf (born 1962), Swedish race walker
• Jan Wohlschlag (born 1958), American high jumper
• Jan Žižka z Trocnova, Czech hussite leader

Other:

• Common abbreviation for the month of January
• Jan (comics), pseudonym of Spanish comic book artist Juan López Fernández
• A Danish car brand between 1915 and 1918, made by Jan Hagemeister
• Jan (deity), lunar deity in Kachin mythology
• Jan Mayen, Norwegian island in the Arctic Ocean

Acronyms:

• Japan Article Number, a barcode system
• Japanese Accepted Names for Pharmaceuticals, the Japanese equivalent of United States Adopted Name
• Jackson-Evers International Airport (IATA code: JAN), an airport in Jackson, Mississippi
• Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US Amtrak station code JAN
• Job Accommodation Network, US organization providing information about workplace accommodations for people with disabilities
• Journal of Advanced Nursing, a scientific magazine by nurses and midwives

See also

• Ján
• John (first name)
• Alternate forms for the name John

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