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 Kochanowski

First Name Jan
Last Name Kochanowski
Born on August 22, 1584 (age 441)
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Jan Le Witt

First Name Jan
Last Name Witt
Died on January 1, 1991 (aged 21)

Jan Le Witt (1907–1991) was a Polish-born British abstract artist, graphic designer and illustrator. He had a long professional partnership with George Him. As a design company, Lewitt-Him brought an innovative use of colour, abstraction and symbolism to commercial design. They established a reputation for fine poster work during World War Two and for exhibition displays, most notably with the Guinness clock for the Festival of Britain. The partnership dissolved in 1955 when Le Witt decided to concentrate upon his own, often abstract, art.

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Jan Łukasiewicz

First Name Jan
Last Name Łukasiewicz
Born on December 21, 1878
Died on February 13, 1956 (aged 77)

Jan Łukasiewicz was a Polish logician and philosopher who is best known for Polish notation and Łukasiewicz logic. He was born in Lemberg, a city in the Galician Kingdom of Austria-Hungary. His work centred on philosophical logic, mathematical logic and history of logic. He thought innovatively about traditional propositional logic, the principle of non-contradiction and the law of excluded middle. Modern work on Aristotle's logic builds on the tradition started in 1951 with the establishment by Łukasiewicz of a revolutionary paradigm.

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Jan Cieplak

First Name Jan
Last Name Cieplak
Born on August 17, 1857
Died on February 17, 1926 (aged 68)

Archbishop Jan Cieplak was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and bishop.

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Jan Radlica

First Name Jan
Last Name Radlica
Born on November 30, 1349
Died on January 12, 1392 (aged 42)

Jan Radlica was a Polish clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kraków. He was appointed bishop in 1382. He died in 1392.

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Ján Babjak

First Name Ján
Last Name Babjak
Born on October 28, 1953 (age 72)

Ján Babjak, S.J. Archbishop and Metropolitan of Prešov is Prešov residential archieparch and the highest representative of the Greek Catholic Metropolitan Church in Slovakia.

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Jan Cornet

First Name Jan
Last Name Cornet
Born on February 24, 1982 (age 44)
Born in Spain, Catalonia

Jan Cornet Galí is a Spanish actor. He won a Goya Award for his role as Vicente in Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In (2012).

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Jan Wildens

First Name Jan
Last Name Wildens
Born on January 1, 1586
Died on October 16, 1653 (aged 67)

Jan Wildens was a Flemish painter and draughtsman specializing in landscapes. His Realist landscapes show an eye for detail and have a serene character. He was a regular collaborator with Rubens and other leading Flemish Baroque painters of his generation in whose compositions he painted the landscapes.

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Jan Doat

First Name Jan
Last Name Doat
Born on December 17, 1909
Died on February 4, 1988 (aged 78)
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Jan Hammenecker

First Name Jan
Last Name Hammenecker
Born on January 24, 1968 (age 58)
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