Jaan (given name)
| Jaan | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Estonian |
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | Estonia |
Jaan is the spelling of the name John in Estonian language.
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 Jüris (born 1977), Estonian ski jumper
- Jaan Kaplinski (born 1941), Estonian poet, philosopher, and culture critic
- Jaan Kärner (1891–1958), Estonian poet and writer
- Jaan Kiivit, Jr. (1940–2005), Estonian Archbishop
- Jaan Kikkas (1892–1944), Estonian weightlifter
- Jaan Kirsipuu (born 1969), Estonian road bicycle racer
- Jaan Kross (1920–2007), Estonian contemporary writer
- 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 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 Rääts (born 1932), Estonian film score composer
- 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 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
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 beginning with "Jaan"
- All pages with titles containing Jaan
- Jaana, given name
- Jaani, village in Estonia
- Jaanus, given name
- Jan (disambiguation)
- Ján
- Jāņi, summer solstice (Midsummer)
- Alternate forms for the name John
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