List of Famous people named Jan

Jan Jönsson is a Swedish football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Eliteserien club Stabæk.

Jan Fabre is a Belgian multidisciplinary artist, playwright, stage director, choreographer and designer.

Jan Schlaudraff is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and striker. He is currently the sporting director of Hannover 96.

Jan Želivský was a prominent Czech priest during the Hussite Reformation.

Jan Brueghel the Younger was a Flemish Baroque painter, and the son of Jan Brueghel the Elder.

Jan Henryk Dąbrowski was a Polish general and statesman, widely respected after his death for his patriotic attitude, and described as a national hero.

Jan Mauritz Boklöv is a Swedish former ski jumper who won the 1988–89 World Cup season. He also dominated the Swedish national championships during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is best known for popularising the now-ubiquitous V-style in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Jeanne Alida "Jan" Ruff-O'Herne was a Dutch Australian human rights activist known for campaigning internationally against war rape. During World War II, Ruff-O'Herne was forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army. After remaining silent for fifty years, from the 1990s until her death, Ruff-O'Herne spoke out publicly to demand a formal apology from the Japanese government and to highlight the plight of other "comfort women". On her death, the South Australian Attorney-General noted: "her story of survival is a tribute to her strength and courage, and she will be sorely missed not only here in South Australia, but around the world."

Jan Wüstenfeld is a German biathlete. He competed in the men's 20 km individual event at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Jan Kochanowski was a Polish Renaissance poet who established poetic patterns that would become integral to the Polish literary language.