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Given name

* Jan Nisar Akhtar, Indian poet * Jan Fishan Khan, Afghan warlord * Jan Mohammad Jamali, Baluch Sardar * Jan Muhammad Junejo, Khilafat Movement leader * Jan Mohammed Khan, Afghan politician * Jan Uddin, British-Bangladeshi actor and model

Middle name

* Ahmed Jan Thirakwa, Indian musician * Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury, Bangladeshi major general and minister * Sarwar Jan Chowdhury, Bangladeshi former member of parliament * Sarwar Jan Miah, Bangladeshi politician and lawyer

Surname

* Ahmad Jan (Bagram detainee), Afghan detainee * Ahmad Jan (Taliban governor), Afghan governor * Khwaja Yusuf Jan, Bengali aristocrat and politician * Lalak Jan, Pakistani military personnel * Maulana Hassan Jan, Assassinated Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam politician * Mian Shakirullah Jan, Pashtun judge and member of the PCO Judges case protest

Variants

In Turkic languages, Jan is usually spelled Can (/dʒan ~ ʑan/) and is also used as a component in two-part names ( Turkish: Alimcan, Tatar: Ğəlimcan / Галимҗан, etc.). When transliterated from Russian script, it is Dzhan (Джан), or alternatively, Zyan (Зян). In Uzbek, Jan is Jon (Olimjon).

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