Janson is a Scandinavian

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, meaning "son of

Jan Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Num ...

", derived from

Johannes Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as " John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, '' Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Y ...

. There are alternate Belgian,

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

, Danish,

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

n, Norwegian and

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

spellings.

Surname

Notable people with this

include: *

Anton Janson Anton Janson (January 17, 1620 in Wanden/Wauden? in Friesland – November 18, 1687 in Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,71 ...

(1620–1687), Dutch printer and typographer after whom the font "Janson" is named *

Charles Auguste Marie Joseph, Comte de Forbin-Janson Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph, Count of Forbin-Janson, Fathers of Mercy, C.P.M. (3 November 1785 – 12 July 1844), was a French people, French aristocrat and prelate who was a founder of the Fathers of Mercy, established in an effort to re-ev ...

(1785–1844), French Bishop of Nancy and Toul, and founder of the Association of the Holy Childhood *

Chris Janson Christopher Pierre Janson (born April 2, 1986) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Janson has recorded three full-length albums, '' Buy Me a Boat'', '' Everybody'', and '' Real Friends'', through Warner Records Nashville, along wi ...

(born 1986), American country music singer and songwriter *

Ciara Janson Ciara Janson, previously ''Janson Zelmerlöw'' is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Nicole Owen on ''Hollyoaks''. Career Janson performed voice acting work as a child, from the age of 18 months, leading Hobson's Internatio ...

(born 1987), English actress *

David Janson David Janson (born David Jackson, 30 March 1950) is an English actor and theatre director whose stage debut was in ''Oliver!'' in 1962. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963 in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and appeared as the young ...

(born 1950), English actor and father of Ciara Janson * Ernest A. Janson (1878–1930), highly decorated United States Marine of World War I * H. W. Janson (1913–1982), American art historian * Horst Janson (1935-2025), German film and television actor * Jonathan Janson (born 1950), American painter and art historian *

Klaus Janson Klaus Janson (born January 23, 1952) is an American comics artist, working regularly for Marvel Comics and DC Comics and sporadically for independent companies. While he is best known as an inker, Janson has frequently worked as a penciller and co ...

(born 1952), American comic book artist *

Lucas Janson Lucas Ezequiel Janson (born 16 August 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Boca Juniors. Career Tigre Toronto FC loan On 8 August 2018 Janson joined Toronto FC on loan for the remainder of the 2018 Major ...

(born 1994), Argentine footballer *

Marie Janson Marie Janson (23 July 1873 – 8 March 1960) was a Belgian politician and the first woman to serve in the Belgian senate. She was a daughter of Paul Janson and Anna-Augustine Amoré. Born in Brussels, her father Paul Janson was leading mem ...

(1873–1960), Belgian politician and first woman to serve in the Belgian Senate; sister of Paul-Émile Janson * Oscar Janson (born 1975), Swedish athlete *

Paul Janson Paul Janson (11 April 1840 – 19 April 1913) was a Belgium, Belgian liberalism, liberal politician.Jean Francis ''Mes belges années'' 1974 "Paul Janson ne demeura que quatre ans dans la cité liégeoise car sa famille vint s'établir à I ...

(1840–1913), Belgian liberal politician; father of Paul-Émile Janson and Marie Janson * Paul-Émile Janson (1872–1944), Belgian liberal politician, brother of Marie Janson *

Svante Janson Carl Svante Janson (born 21 May 1955) is a Swedish mathematician. A member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1994, Janson has been the chaired professor of mathematics at Uppsala University since 1987. In mathematical analysis, Jans ...

, Swedish mathematician

Fictional

* Paul Janson, the protagonist of '' The Janson Directive'', a novel by Robert Ludlum * Wes Janson, an X-Wing pilot in ''Rogue Squadron'' in the ''Star Wars'' movies and expanded universe novels

Given name

While Janson is uncommon as a

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, notable people with this first name include: *

Janson Junk Janson Randall Junk (born January 15, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels, Milwaukee Brewers, and Oakland Athletics. ...

(born 1996), American baseball player * Janson van Keulen (1593–1661), variant name of Cornelius Johnson, English portrait painter

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