List of Famous people named Jan

Jan Mashiani was a South African track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics in the marathon. He finished thirteenth of the fourteen finishers, but moved up to twelfth after Frederick Lorz was disqualified.

Jan Rubens (1530–1587) was a Flemish magistrate of Antwerp, best known today as the father of Peter Paul Rubens.

Jan Konrad Liberda was a Polish football forward. Liberda played mostly for one team, Polonia Bytom, where he remained since 1950, until 1969. He ended his career in 1971 at AZ. He twice was the topscorer of the Ekstraklasa, in 1959 with 21 goals, and in 1962 with 16 goals. Also, in 1962, he won championship of Poland. All together, Liberda played in 304 of Polonia's games, scoring 146 goals.

Jan V of Zator, was a Duke of Zator during 1468–1474, and ruler over half of Zator from 1474 until his death.

Jan Werich was a Czech actor, playwright and writer.

Jan Augustus Gies was a member of the Dutch Resistance who, with his wife, Miep, helped hide Anne Frank, her sister Margot, their parents Otto and Edith, the van Pels, and Fritz Pfeffer from Nazi persecution during the occupation of The Netherlands by aiding them as they resided in the Secret Annex.

Jan Jaroslav Pinkava is a Czech British writer and animator. He directed the Pixar short film Geri's Game and served as co-director and co-wrote the story for Ratatouille, both of which went on to win Oscars.

Václav Jaroslav Karel Pinkava, better known by his pen name Jan Křesadlo, was a Czech psychologist who was also a prizewinning novelist and poet.

Jan Kazimierz Chodkiewicz (1616–1660) was a Polonized Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic).