List of Famous people named Jan

Name Jan is among the most common names in Germany, Canada, Australia. Shortened forms: Jean. Similar names: Jean, Jane, Jana, Janne, Jani, Jann, Jaan, Janna, Janni, Janny, Jannie, Jaana, Jian, Jahn, Janio, Janaya, Jaani, Janie, Jany, Janae, Janey. Here are some famous Jans:

Jan Mashiani

First Name Jan
Last Name Mashiani
Born on November 30, 1849 (age 176)

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.

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Jan Tadeusz Duda

First Name Jan
Last Name Duda
Born on April 29, 1949 (age 77)
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Jan Rubens

First Name Jan
Last Name Rubens
Born on March 13, 1530
Died on March 1, 1587 (aged 56)

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

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Jan Liberda

First Name Jan
Last Name Liberda
Born on November 26, 1936
Died on February 6, 2020 (aged 83)

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.

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Jan V of Zator

First Name Jan
Last Name Zator
Died on April 17, 1513

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

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Jan Werich

Jan Křtitel František Serafínský
First Name Jan
Last Name Werich
Died on October 31, 1980 (aged 10)

Jan Werich was a Czech actor, playwright and writer.

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Jan Gies

Jan Augustus Gies
First Name Jan
Last Name Gies
Born on August 18, 1905
Died on January 26, 1993 (aged 87)

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.

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Jan Pinkava

First Name Jan
Last Name Pinkava
Born on June 21, 1963 (age 63)
Born in Czech Republic

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.

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Jan Křesadlo

Václav Jaroslav Karel Pinkava
First Name Jan
Last Name Křesadlo
Born on December 9, 1926
Died on August 13, 1995 (aged 68)

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

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Jan Kazimierz Chodkiewicz

First Name Jan
Last Name Chodkiewicz
Born on January 1, 1616
Died on March 13, 1660 (aged 44)

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

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