Janson (name) explained
Janson is a Scandinavian patronymic surname, meaning "son of Jan", derived from Johannes. There are alternate Belgian, Dutch, Danish, Latvian, Norwegian and Swedish spellings.
Surname
Notable people with this surname include:
- Anton Janson (1620–1687), Dutch printer and typographer after whom the font "Janson" is named
- Charles Auguste Marie Joseph, Comte de Forbin-Janson (1785–1844), French Bishop of Nancy and Toul, and founder of the Association of the Holy Childhood
- Chris Janson (born 1986), American country music singer and songwriter
- Ciara Janson (born 1987), English actress
- David Janson (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 (actor), German film and television actor
- Jonathan Janson (born 1950), American painter and art historian
- Klaus Janson (born 1952), American comic book artist
- Lucas Janson (born 1994), Argentine footballer
- Marie Janson (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 (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, 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 given name, notable people with this first name include:
- Janson Junk (born 1996), American baseball player
- Janson van Keulen (1593–1661), variant name of Cornelius Johnson, English portrait painter
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