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Jansen (surname) Jansen is a Dutch/ Flemish and Low German patronymic surname meaning son of Jan, a common derivative of Johannes. It is equivalent to the English surname Johnson. The near homonyms " Jensen" and "Jansson" are its Danish, Norwegian and Swedis ...

, a Dutch surname, cognate of Johnson *

Pearl Jansen Pearl Gladys Jansen (born 1950 in Bonteheuwel) is a South African beauty queen and singer who ends up first runner-up in the Miss World beauty contest in the UK in 1970. She became the first coloured woman to represent her country at this level e ...

, a former South African beauty queen

Places

* Jansen, Saskatchewan, Canada * Jansen, Colorado, United States *

Jansen, Nebraska Jansen is a village in Jefferson County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 100 at the 2020 census. History Jansen was platted in 1886 when the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. The village was named ...

, United States

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* Jansen AG, Swiss steel and plastic company, founded by Josef Jansen of Aachen *

Jansen (crater) Jansen is a lunar impact crater in the north part of the Mare Tranquillitatis. The diameter is 24 km. It was named after 17th century Dutch optician Zacharias Janssen. It is located to the east-southeast of the crater Plinius. The rim ...

, lunar crater named after Dutch inventor of the telescope Sacharias Jansen *

Jansen's metaphyseal chondrodysplasia Jansen's metaphyseal chondrodysplasia (JMC) is a disease that results from ligand-independent activation of the type 1 (PTH1R) of the parathyroid hormone receptor, due to one of three reported mutations (activating mutation). JMC is extremely ra ...

, rare disease discovered by the orthopedic surgeon Murk Jansen *

Jansenism Jansenism was an early modern theological movement within Catholicism, primarily active in the Kingdom of France, that emphasized original sin, human depravity, the necessity of divine grace, and predestination. It was declared a heresy by t ...

, Catholic theological movement named after the Dutch theologian Cornelius Jansen

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