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 Lemański

First Name Jan

Last Name Lemański

Died on November 11, 1933

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Jan Letzel

First Name Jan

Last Name Letzel

Born on April 9, 1880

Died on December 26, 1925 (aged 45)

Born in Czech Republic, Hradec Králové Region

Jan Letzel was a Czech architect, most famous for designing a building in Hiroshima whose ruins are now the A-Bomb Dome or Peace Memorial.

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Jan Woltjer

First Name Jan

Last Name Woltjer

Born on August 3, 1891

Died on January 28, 1946 (aged 54)

Jan Woltjer was a Dutch astronomer.

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Jan Boeckhorst

First Name Jan

Last Name Boeckhorst

Died on April 21, 1668

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia

Jan Boeckhorst or Johann Bockhorst was a German-born Flemish Baroque painter and draughtsman. He was a versatile artist who produced history paintings, genre scenes and portraits in a style influenced by the trio of leading Baroque painters in Antwerp Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck and Jacob Jordaens. Boeckhorst also worked as a designer of cartoons for tapestries.

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Jan Standonck

First Name Jan

Last Name Standonck

Born on August 16, 1453

Died on February 5, 1504 (aged 50)

Born in Belgium, Flemish Region

Jan Standonck was a Flemish priest, Scholastic, and reformer.

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Jan van Kleef-Ravenstein

First Name Jan

Last Name Kleef-Ravenstein

Died on August 14, 1504

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Jan du Plessis

First Name Jan

Last Name Plessis

Born on January 22, 1954 (age 72)

Born in South Africa

Jan Petrus du Plessis is the non-executive chairman of BT Group, and is the former non-executive Chairman of Rio Tinto Group plc, and a former non-executive director of the Lloyds TSB Group. Du Plessis was placed tenth in The Times 2006 Power 100, a list which rates the most powerful people in British business.

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Jan Křtitel Kuchař

First Name Jan

Last Name Kuchař

Died on February 18, 1829

Born in Czech Republic, Hradec Králové Region

Jan Křtitel Kuchař, or also German: Johann Baptist Kucharz was a Czech organist, mandolinist, harpsichordist, music composer, operatic conductor, and teacher.

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