List of Famous people named Jan

Jan Nepomuk Neruda was a Czech journalist, writer, poet and art critic; one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of the "May School".

Jan Feliks Szyszko (help·info) was a Polish forester, university teacher and politician who served as Minister of Environment in the cabinets of Jerzy Buzek (1997–1999), Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (2005–2007), Jarosław Kaczyński (2007), Beata Szydło (2015–2017) and Mateusz Morawiecki (2017–2018).

Jan Sigurd Baalsrud, MBE was a commando in the Norwegian resistance trained by the British during World War II.

Jan Niklas is a German film and television actor. He is best known for appearing in TV films such as Peter The Great, Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna and Anne Frank: The Whole Story. He won a Golden Globe Award for his appearance in the TV miniseries Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna. He also played in the Hungarian film Colonel Redl which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Jan Antoni Szczepański was a Polish boxer, who won the gold medal in the lightweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. In the final he defeated Hungary's László Orbán on points (5:0).

Jan Fernando Martín Sonneborn is a professional basketball player with three nationalities, Spanish, German, and Israeli. In his career, he has played at three different positions, center, power forward, and small forward.

Jan Stanisław Franciszek Czerski was a Polish-born Russian Imperial paleontologist, osteologist, geologist, geographer and explorer of Siberia.

Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch navigator and colonial administrator who located Cape Town and the Dutch Cape Colony of the Dutch East India Company.

Jan Myrdal was a Swedish author, filmmaker, cultural figure, and political activist noted for his strident Maoist views.

Jan Jesenius, also written as Jessenius, was a Bohemian physician, politician and philosopher.