People — J
Jânio Quadros
1917 – 1992
lawyer
Janique LeBlanc
b. 1997
curler
Janira Hopffer Almada
b. 1978
politician
Janire Nájera
b. 1981
artist
Janires Magalhães Manso
1953 – 1988
singer
Jānis Ādamsons
b. 1956
politician
Jānis Akuraters
1876 – 1937
writer
Jānis Alberts Jansons
1892 – 1971
author
Jānis Alksnis
1869 – 1939
architect
Janis Amatuzio
b. 1950
pathologist
Jānis Andersons
b. 1986
ice hockey player
Jānis Andriksons
1912 – 1967
speed skater
Janis Antiste
b. 2002
association football player
Janis Antonovics
b. 1942
biologist
Janis Babson
1950 – 1961
Jānis Backāns
1925 – 2004
ceramicist
Jānis Balodis
1881 – 1965
soldier
Jānis Baumanis
b. 1992
racing automobile driver
Jānis Bebris
1917 – 1969
association football player
Janis Beinarovics
1907 – 1967
amateur wrestler
Jānis Beks
b. 2002
association football player
Jānis Bērziņš
b. 1993
basketball player
Jānis Bērziņš
b. 1982
biathlete
Janis Birkeland
b. 1945
architect
Jānis Birks
b. 1956
politician
Janis Blaswich
b. 1991
association football player
Jānis Blūms
b. 1982
basketball player
Jānis Bojārs
1956 – 2018
athletics competitor
Jānis Bordāns
b. 1967
politician
Janis Brenner
choreographer
Jānis Brikmanis
1940 – 2019
writer
Janis Bubenko
1935 – 2022
computer scientist
Jānis Buivids
1864 – 1937
military officer
Jānis Bulis
b. 1950
Catholic priest
Jānis Čakste
1859 – 1927
politician
Jānis Cakuls
1926 – 2022
Catholic priest
Janis Carter
1913 – 1994
actor
Janis Cavagna
b. 1995
association football player
Janis Chan
b. 1979
actor
Jānis Cimze
1814 – 1881
organist
Janis Claxton
1964 – 2018
choreographer
Janis Cocking
metallurgist
Jānis Čoke
1878 – 1910
revolutionary
Janis Cole
b. 1954
film director
Janis Cooke Newman
b. 2000
novelist
Janis Coppin
b. 1988
association football player
Janis Crystal Lipzin
b. 1945
filmmaker
Jānis Daliņš
1904 – 1978
athletics competitor
Jānis Dimza
1906 – 1942
decathlete
Jānis Dombrava
b. 1988
politician
Jānis Doniņš
b. 1946
javelin thrower
Jānis Dreimanis
b. 1949
association football player
Jānis Drēziņš
1868 – 1948
sea captain
Janis Driver Treworgy
1954 – 2015
geologist
Jānis Dūklavs
b. 1952
politician
Jānis Dukšinskis
b. 1963
politician
Jānis Eglītis
1961 – 2013
politician
Jānis Elsiņš
b. 1974
bobsledder
Jānis Endzelīns
1873 – 1961
linguist
Janis F. Kearney
b. 1953
diarist
Jānis Fabriciuss
1877 – 1929
military officer
Janis Ferdinands Tidemanis
1897 – 1964
painter
Jānis Francis
1877 – 1956
military officer
Janis Freegard
b. 1963
poet
Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis
1834 – 1891
architect
Jānis Gailītis
b. 1985
basketball coach
Jānis Garklāvs
1898 – 1982
Eastern Orthodox priest
Jānis Geste
b. 1983
journalist
Jānis Gilis
1943 – 2000
association football player
Janis Graham Jack
b. 1946
lawyer
Jānis Grasbergs
b. 1986
politician
Janis H Jenkins
medical anthropologist
Janis Hanek
b. 1999
association football player
Janis Hansen
1941 – 2021
actor
Janis Hansen
1943 – 2017
singer
Janis Hape
1958 – 2021
swimmer
Jānis Hermanis
b. 1970
cross-country skier
Janis Hirsch
b. 1950
comedy writer
Janis Holt
b. 1959
politician
Janis Hughes
b. 1958
politician
Janis Ian
b. 1951
singer
Jānis Iesalnieks
b. 1984
politician
Jānis Ikaunieks
1912 – 1969
astronomer
Jānis Ikaunieks
b. 1995
association football player
Jānis Ilsters
1851 – 1889
botanist
Janis Irwin
b. 1985
politician
Jānis Ivanovs
1906 – 1983
composer
Jānis Jaks
b. 1995
ice hockey player
Jānis Jansons
b. 1990
bobsledder
Jānis Jansons-Brauns
1872 – 1917
literary critic
Jānis Jansons
b. 1982
floorball player
Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš
1877 – 1962
writer
Janis Johnson
b. 1946
politician
Janis Johnson McKenzie
b. 1955
politician
Janis Johnston
b. 1957
sociologist
Jānis Joņevs
b. 1980
writer
Janis Joplin
1943 – 1970
singer
Jānis Jordāns
1888 – 1944
athletics competitor
Jānis Jubalts
b. 1974
musician
Jānis Judiņš
1884 – 1918
military officer