Jaan (given name)
Jaan is an Estonian masculine, a cognate of the English-language given name John.
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Estonian |
| Name day | 24 June |
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | Estonia |
People named Jaan include:
- Jaan Anvelt (1884–1937), Estonian communist revolutionary
- Jaan Arder (born 1952), Estonian singer
- Jaan Ehlvest (born 1962), Estonian chess player
- Jaan Eilart (1933–2006), Estonian biologist
- Jaan Einasto (born 1929), Estonian astrophysicist
- Jaan Hargel (1912–1966), Estonian conductor, music teacher, oboe player and flautist
- Jaan Isotamm (1939–2014), Estonian poet
- Jaan Jüris (born 1977), Estonian ski jumper
- Jaan Kalviste (1898–1936), Estonian chemist, educator, and translator
- Jaan Kaplinski (born 1941), Estonian poet, philosopher, and culture critic
- Jaan Kärner (1891–1958), Estonian poet and writer
- Jaan Kiivit Sr. (1906–1971), Estonian Archbishop
- Jaan Kiivit, Jr. (1940–2005), Estonian Archbishop
- Jaan Kikkas (1892–1944), Estonian weightlifter
- Jaan Kirsipuu (born 1969), Estonian road bicycle racer
- Jaan Klõšeiko (1939–2016), Estonian printmaker and photographer
- Jaan Kross (1920–2007), Estonian contemporary writer
- Jaan Kruus (1884–1942), Estonian military General
- Jaan Kruusvall (1940–2012), Estonian writer and playwright
- Jaan Kundla (born 1937), Estonian politician
- Jaan Laaman (born 1948), American member of the United Freedom Front
- Jaan Lattik, (1878–1967), Estonian politician and writer
- Jaan J. Leppik (born 1969), Estonian clergyman and politician
- Jaan Maide (1896–1945), Estonian Army officer and commander
- Jaan Manitski (born 1942), Estonian politician
- Jaan Mark (born 1951), Estonian politician
- Jaan Patterson (born 1975), German American writer and composer, founder of the netlabel Surrism-Phonoethics
- Jaan Pehk (born 1975), Estonian writer, singer and guitarist
- Jaan Port (1891–1951), Estonian botanist
- Jaan Poska (1866–1920), Estonian barrister and politician
- Jaan Puhvel (born 1932), Estonian-American Indo-Europeanist
- Jaan Puidet (born 1992), Estonian basketball player
- Jaan Rääts (1932–2020), Estonian film score composer
- Jaan Rekkor (born 1958), Estonian actor
- Jaan Sarv (1877–1954), Estonian mathematician and pedagogue
- Jaan Soots (1880–1942), Estonian military commander
- Jaan Tallinn (born 1972), Estonian programmer
- Jaan Talts (born 1944), Estonian weightlifter
- Jaan Tätte (born 1964), Estonian playwright, poet, actor, and singer
- Jaan Teemant (1872–?), Estonian lawyer and politician
- Jaan Tiidemann (born 1971), Estonian architect
- Jaan Tõnisson (1868–?), Estonian statesman
- Jaan Toomik (born 1961), Estonian video artist and a painter
- Jaan Usin (1887–1941), Estonian Navy commander
- Jaan Valsiner (born 1951), Estonian-American psychologist
Fictional characters
- Jaan Tatikas, protagonist in the Eduard Bornhöhe's novel Tallinna narrid ja narrikesed, who has become a well-known stereotype in Estonian culture
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Jaan
- All pages with titles containing Jaan
- Jaana, given name
- Jaani (disambiguation)
- Jaanus, given name
- Jan (disambiguation)
- Ján
- Jāņi, summer solstice (Midsummer)
- Alternate forms for the name John
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