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Jana (given Name)
Jana is the spelling of several unrelated given names. See Jaana for the Finnish and Estonian given name. * Persian (Persian: جانا) My dearest, My soul. *a Catalan and Occitan old name *In Cantabria it is the feminine form of Jano, a Celtic god based on the Roman Janus (see also xana of Asturias). *the Roman goddess Diana, who was often called Jana. Jana is also the feminine form of the Roman god Janus. *In Arabic Jana, is a noun which means to Earn or Reap and is used as a female name, but is pronounced as Janaa جنى. *In Albanian, short for Jehona which means echo, other short names include Jona, Ana, Hona *In Brazilian Portuguese, short for Janaina, a name with Amerindian and African origins, meaning "queen of the seas" or "mother of the fishes" *In Hebrew, Jana means "God is gracious" People * Jana (footballer) * Jana (Native American singer) *Jana (singer) *Jana Andrsová (born 1939), Czech ballerina and actress *Jana Asher, American statistician and human rights ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaana
Jaana is a feminine given name which is the short from of Marianne and a pet form of Johanna. It is common in Estonia and Finland; the feminine version of Jaan. People * Jaana Padrik (born 1958), Estonian journalist and politician * Jaana Pelkonen (born 1977), Finnish politician and television host * Jaana Kunitz (born 1972), Finnish ballroom dancer * Jaana Saarinen (born 1955), Finnish actress * Jaana Savolainen Jaana Maarit Savolainen (born 23 January 1964 in Lappeenranta) is a Finnish former cross-country skier who competed from 1984 to 1993. She won a bronze medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and finished 18th in ... (born 1964), Finnish, cross-country skier In fiction * Jaana the druid, fictional character in Ultima game series. References {{Reflist Estonian feminine given names Finnish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana (singer)
Dragana Todorović (; sr-cyr, Драгана Тодоровић ; born 15 March 1974), known by her stage name Jana ( sr-cyr, Јана), is a Serbian turbo-folk and pop folk singer. Biography Jana was born in Pristina on March 15, 1974 and grew up in the village of Babin Most, near the town of Obilić, SFR Yugoslavia. Her career started at the age of fourteen, in 1988, when she visited a well-known kafana in the town of Obilić one night with her parents and brother (who played the accordion). She had worn a white overcoat and pink hat. During dinner, she took the microphone, got a chair, and, being shy, turned her back against the audience and started singing "Što me pitaš" (''Why Are You Asking Me'') by Šemsa Suljaković to roaring applause. After finishing the Stevan Mokranjac music academy in her hometown, she recorded an album in 1992 that sold very few copies and flopped. She went back to performing in kafanas throughout Kosovo, then took a short break from singing d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Burčeska
Jana Burčeska ( mk, Јана Бурческа, ; born 6 July 1993) is a Macedonian singer. She represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Ukraine, with the song " Dance Alone". Burčeska first came to prominence in her native country in 2011 after competing in ''Macedonian Idol''. During the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, she acted as a press assistant and jury voting spokesperson for the Macedonian Radio Television. Biography In 2011, Burčeska competed in ''Macedonian Idol'' and came fifth. On 21 November 2016, Macedonian Radio Television announced that the singer would represent Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, with the song " Dance Alone". She took part in the second semi-final of the contest on 11 May 2017, however failed to qualify to the final, placing 15th with 69 points. In her Eurovision postcard, aired before her performance, she announced her pregnancy. Later that evening, when interviewed on-air by host Timur Miroshnychenko Timur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Budajová
Jana Budajová (born 16 November 1992 in Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovakian ice hockey goaltender. International career Budajová was selected for the Slovakia national women's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics, but did not play during the tournament. Budajová also appeared for Slovakia at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2012 IIHF World Women's Championships was the 14th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation and took place in Vermont, United States, at the Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, and the Cairns Arena in South Burlington. ..., but again, did not play. She twice represented her country at junior level, playing for the Slovakia women's national under-18 ice hockey team. In 2009, she played in three games, winning two, and in 2010 she played in 4, winning the best goaltender award with a save percentage of 95.42%. International events References External links 1992 births Living people Ic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Brejchová
Jana Brejchová (born 20 January 1940) is a Czech film actress. She has appeared in more than 70 films since 1953. She was married to director Miloš Forman and later actor Vlastimil Brodský. Her younger sister Hana is also an actress who has appeared in the Miloš Forman films '' Loves of a Blonde'' and ''Amadeus''. Selected filmography * '' Wolf Trap'' (1957) * '' Desire'' (1958) * '' Suburban Romance'' (1958) * '' Higher Principle'' (1960) * '' The Fabulous Baron Munchausen'' (1961) * ''Gripsholm Castle'' (1963) * '' The House in Karp Lane'' (1965) * '' The Pipes'' (1966) * '' The Return of the Prodigal Son'' (1966) * '' End of a Priest'' (1969) * '' Noc na Karlštejně'' (1974) * ''The Young Man and Moby Dick'' (1979) * '' Scalpel, Please'' (1985) * ''The Conception of My Younger Brother ''The Conception of My Younger Brother'' ( cs, Početí mého mladšího bratra) is a 2000 Czech drama film directed by Vladimír Drha. It was entered into the 22nd Moscow International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Boková
Jana Boková is a Czech film director. Boková was born in Prague, but left Czechoslovakia in August 1968 to attend a conference of art students in Austria, then emigrated to Paris, France to study at the Sorbonne. She then lived in the United States where she worked as a photographer for ''Rolling Stone'' and other magazines.Jana Boková / Czech Republic , Doc Alliance Films. She then lived in the United Kingdom for many years, studying at the National Film and Television School, and producing documentary films for British television. She wrote and directed the 1986 drama film '' H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Bobošíková
Jana Bobošíková (born 29 August 1964) is a Czech politician. In the 2004 European Parliament election she was elected a Member of the European Parliament for the Independent Democrats and remained unaffiliated in the European Parliament. In the 2008 and 2013 presidential elections she unsuccessfully ran for the office as President of the Czech Republic. She founded Politika 21 in 2006 and the Suverenita party in 2009. Early life She was a member of the Socialist Union of Youth. In 2012, Czech media noticed that in a TV news report from June 1986, she passed a bouquet of roses to President Gustáv Husák, the Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. She later told Czech Television that it had been "an honor". In 1987 she graduated with a master's degree in economics. Career From 1989, Bobošíková presented TV programmes on politics and economics, spending most of her television career at Ceska Televize (CT). She was appointed Head of News in late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Bennett
Jana Eve Bennett (6 November 1955 – 11 January 2022) was an American-born British media consultant; member of the board of the British Library; member of the board of the Headlong (theatre company), Headlong Theatre Company; and Adviser to Ozy Media. Previously she was President and General Manager of The History Channel, History, and H2 (TV network), H2 at A+E Networks in New York City. She joined A+E Networks in June 2013 as President of The Biography Channel (later bio) and Lifetime Movie Network. Bio was rebranded as FYI (U.S. TV channel), FYI in July 2014. Prior to joining A+E Networks, she was President of BBC Worldwide Networks and Global BBC iPlayer. In that role she was responsible for BBC Worldwide's television channels, which operate in more than 100 countries, and the development and roll out of the commercial global iPlayer. She was also Worldwide's Managing Director for Latin America with oversight of the company's businesses in the region. She sat on Worldwide's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Bellin
Jana Bellin (''née'' Malypetrová; born 9 December 1947) is a British, formerly Czechoslovak chess player. She was awarded the Woman International Master chess title in 1969 and the Woman Grandmaster title in 1982. Bellin was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She was the Czech Women's Champion in 1965 and 1967 under her maiden name of Malypetrová. After her marriage to William Hartston she moved to England in 1970 and won the British Women's Championship in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977 (after a play-off), and 1979. She has fifteen appearances in the Women's Chess Olympiads, representing Czechoslovakia in 1966 and 1969 and England thirteen times from 1972 through 2006, seven times on first board. At the Olympiad she earned individual silver medals in 1966 and 1976, a team bronze medal in 1968 with the Czechoslovakian team, and a team silver in 1976 with England. Bellin is a medical doctor specialising in anaesthetics, and works in intensive care at Sandwell General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Beller
Jana Vladimirovna Beller (russian: Яна Владимировна Беллер) (born 27 October 1990 in Omsk) is a Soviet-born German model, best known for winning the sixth cycle of ''Germany's Next Top Model''. Early life Beller was born in the Soviet Union to ethnic German parents and moved to Germany when she was a child. She has been playing chess since she was five years old. In 2009 Beller was featured in a documentary that showed ambitious girls attempting to start a modelling career. ''Germany's Next Top Model'' Beller won the sixth cycle of ''Germany's Next Top Model''. She was declared the winner in a live finale on 9 July 2011. Her prizes included 100,000 € in money and a 300,000 € contract with the Agency "One Eins", under the management of host Heidi Klum's father. However, soon after she switched to another agency. Career She has since signed with new agencies and was on the cover of ''Cosmopolitan''. Furthermore, she works for ''Misslyn'' and '' Rockb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Begum
Jana Begum was a Mughal Indian noblewoman and scholar, noted for being one of the first women to write a commentary (Arabic: tafsir) on the Qur'an in the 17th century. She was the daughter of Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, a scholar and general under Mughal Emperor Akbar.Yoginder Sikand. Bastions of Believers: Madrasas and Islamic Education in India. (Delhi: Penguin Books), 2005, p. 35 Her grandfather was Bairam Khan, another general under Mughal Emperors Humayun and Akbar. Bairam Khan had also served as Regent to Akbar. Jana Begum later went on to marry Daniyal Mirza, a son of Akbar making her the Mughal Emperor's daughter-in-law. Akbar had also married Bairam Khan's widow Salima Sultan Begum Salima Sultan Begum (23 February 1539 – 2 January 1613) was the third wife and chief consort of the Mughal emperor Akbar, and the granddaughter of Babur. Salima was the daughter of Akbar's paternal aunt, Gulrukh Begum, and her husband, the Vi ... hence Salima not only was step-grandm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Bach - Best German Newcomer
*2006 Eroticline Award - Best Actress (Germany)
*2007 Eroticl ...
Jana Bach (born 10 April 1979) is a German pornographic actress, model, and television host. Adult career Jana Bach began modeling for the erotic magazine ''Coupé'' in 2004, and entered the adult film industry at the German Venus Festival. She has appeared in more than thirty adult films since 2005 (see below), primarily for the Berlin-based ''Inflagranti-Film'' label. Bach participated in a topless women's football match between Austria and Germany as goalkeeper for the Germans. She was quoted, "I was supposed to hold the balls but I really have no idea how to do that". Awards *2005 Eroticline Award The Erotixxx Award (''eLine Award'' or ''Eroticline Award'' until 2008) is a prize awarded in the adult film industry by German magazine ''eLine'' (established as ''EAN''), [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
