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Janko
Janko is a name that derives from a diminutive form of the name ''Jan'' (Slavic languages), '' Janez'' (Slovenian), '' János'' (Hungarian), and ''Yakov''/''Jacob'' (Ashkenazi Jewish). It also derives from the vernacular form of Latin ''Johannes''. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Janko Benša (born 1977), Serbian distance runner *Janko Bobetko (1919–2003), Croatian general *Janko Brašić (1906–1994), Serbian naïve painter *Janko Drašković (1770–1856), Croatian politician *Janko Dreyer (born 1994), South African cricketer *Janko Gagić (died 1804), Serbian hajduk leader *Janko Gojković (born 1973), Bosnian swimmer *Janko Gredelj (1916–1941), Yugoslav communist *Janko Halkozović (fl. 1757), Serbian painter * Janko Janša (born 1900), Slovenian cross-country skier *Janko Jesenský (1874–1945), Slovak lower nobleman and member of the Slovak national movement *Janko Kamauf (1801–1874), city magistrate of Gradec and mayor of Zagreb, Croatia *Janko Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Drašković
Janko Drašković ( Hungarian: ''Draskovich János''; 20 October 1770 – 14 January 1856) was a Croatian politician associated with the beginnings of the 19th-century national revival, the Illyrian movement. He studied law and philosophy before joining the military until he was discharged on medical grounds. In the 1790s, Drašković pursued a political career, winning a seat in the Croatian Parliament and the Diet of Hungary. Advocating protection of Croatian interests against the threats of Germanisation and Magyarisation in the Habsburg monarchy and subsequently, in the Austrian Empire, Drašković preferred gradual political reforms. He became a leading figure in the Croatian national revival following the 1832 publication of the ''Dissertation'', a manifesto outlining the main problems Croatia faced in terms of political, cultural, economic, and social development and cohesion. The ''Dissertation'' became largely regarded as the programme of the Croatian national revival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Nilović
Janko Nilović (born 20 May 1941) is a pianist, arranger and composer of Montenegrin and Greek descent who was born in Turkey and has lived in France since 1960. He has published many works, most of them on library labels not available for sale to the public. His oeuvre stretches from classical, jazz, and funk to pop, psychedelia, and easy listening. Biography Born in Istanbul to a Montenegrin father and Greek mother, he studied piano, oboe and percussion as a child, and set up his own rock and roll band in the late 1950s. He moved to Paris in 1960, and played piano in nightclubs before joining a trio of Greek musicians, Les Doussis, with whom he played bass, guitar and keyboards. The group recorded for Barclay Records, and Nilović then began to find work as an arranger and orchestrator for pop musicians and TV shows, as well as continuing to perform in jazz clubs. In 1967, he joined with French-based singer Davy Jones (unrelated to the Monkees' singer) to set up Ju Ju R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Brašić
Janko Brašić ( sr-Cyrl, Јанко Брашић; Oparić, January 1, 1906 – June 15, 1994) was a Serbian painter. He is considered to be one of the foremost contributors to the naïve art genre, with a worldwide reputation. Biography Brašić was born in 1906 in Oparić near Jagodina. He began painting in 1927, but his earliest dated works are from 1933 (drawings and self-portrait in oil). He is considered as the founder of the Serbian naive art. He died in his birth village of Oparić in 1994, where he lived and worked all his life.Н. Крстић, ''Завичајни хроничари'', in Наивна уметност у Србији, САНУ, Београд - МНМУ, Јагодина, 2003; 126 About himself "I made my self-portrait as a testimony so that my fellow-countrymen would stay calm. If I painted someone else they could accuse me of the lack of resemblance since I got the picture and the man whose portrait I had made wouldn't be there for them to see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Bobetko
Janko Bobetko (10 January 1919 – 29 April 2003) was a Croatian general who had participated in World War II and later in the Croatian War of Independence. He was one of the founding members of 1st Sisak Partisan Detachment, the first anti-fascist military unit during World War II in Yugoslavia. He later had a military career in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). In 1992, Bobetko became the Chief of the General Staff of the Croatian Army (HV). He served in this capacity until his retirement in 1995. Bobetko had been charged with war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia but died before he could be tried; a later verdict in another case found him culpable for crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but was reversed on appeal. Biography Bobetko was born in the village of Crnac, Sisak in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Halkozović
Janko Halkozović was a Serbian painter from Old Serbia, modern-day North Macedonia. His art, like Hristofor Žefarović's, developed in the tradition of Serbian southern regions. He became a renowned artist when he moved to Vojvodina in the northern part of Serbian regions. In 1757 he painted the iconostasis for Mala Remeta Monastery, and the next year he did parts of the iconostasis in Beočin Monastery, where he painted several murals in 1777. Halkozović also painted the iconostasis in Osijek and the main icons on the iconostasis of the Church of Holy Mother's Ascension in Novi Sad, among which the dominating one is the central component of the Coronation of the Mother of God that has been attributed to him. He also collaborated with other painters, including Jovan Isailović Senior. Halkozović lived and worked at about the same time as painters Stanoje Popović, Vasa Ostojić, Aleksije Lazović, Arsenije Teodorović, Joakim Marković, Jovan Četirević Grabovan, Teodor I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Leskovar
Janko Leskovar (12 December 1861 – 4 February 1949) was a Croatian novelist. His literary form was marked with the novella ''Misao na vječnost''. Biography Leskovar was born in Valentinovo to a noble family. His grandfather was a blacksmith. His father was named Ivan Leskovar, while his wife was Terezija Leskovar. Leskovar worked as a teacher. He finished the novel ''Misao na vječnost'' as a middle-aged writer. The novel was published in 1891 in the magazine ''Vijenac ''Vijenac'' (English: '' The Wreath'') is a biweekly magazine for literature, art and science, established in December 1993 and published by ''Matica hrvatska'', the central national cultural institution in Croatia. Historical background The ...''. In his decade of writing influence, Leskovar was preoccupied with various psychological analyses of his story characters. His birth house remains preserved in Valentinovo. Works * ''Endless contemplation'' * ''Fallen castles'' * ''Shadows of love'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Kersnik
Janko Kersnik (4 September 1852 – 28 July 1897) was a Slovene writer and politician. Together with Josip Jurčič, he is considered the most important representative of literary realism in Slovene. Biography Kersnik was born in Brdo Manor near Lukovica in Upper Carniola, then part of the Austrian Duchy of Carniola (now in Slovenia). His father Jože Kersnik was a district judge, while his mother Berta Höffern was a local noblewoman. Kersnik grew up in a bilingual, German- Slovene environment. He attended the German-language grammar school in Ljubljana, but was expelled under accusations of Slovene nationalism. He continued his studies under the private tutorship of Fran Levec, an influential Young Slovene literary historian. He studied law at the University of Vienna and Graz, where he graduated in 1874. He worked in the Austro-Hungarian administration in Ljubljana between 1874 and 1878, where he opened a civil law notary office in his native Brdo pri Lukovici. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Orožen
Janko Orožen (; 10 December 1891 – 30 September 1989)Šlebinger, Janko. 1935. "Orožen Janko." ''Slovenski biografski leksikon'', vol. 6: Mrkun–Peterlin. Ljubljana: Zadružna gospodarska banka. was a Slovene historian and schoolteacher. Life Orožen was born in Sveti Štefan (now Turje), where he also attended a one-room school.Kmecl, Matjaž. 1972. "Profesor Janko Orožen - osemdesetletnik." ''Jezik in slovstvo'' 17(4): 113. He attended a teacher training school in Maribor and then graduated from high school in Celje. He enrolled in law school in Prague in 1913,Šumrada, Janez. 1981. "Janko Orožen - devetdesetletnik." ''Kronika'' 29(3): 282–283. but withdrew due to a lack of funds. During the First World War he was called up to serve in the Austro-Hungarian army in 1915 and was captured on the Russian front. He then joined the volunteers in the Czechoslovak Legion in 1918 and fought with them on the Macedonian front. In 1922 he graduated from the Faculty of Arts at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Gagić
Janko Gagić ( sr-Cyrl, Јанко Гагић; died 4 February 1804) was a Serbian hajduk leader (''buljubaša'') He was killed during the ''Slaughter of the Knezes'', the incident that sparked the Serbian Revolution, ultimately leading to Serbia's liberation from the Ottoman Empire. Gagić was born in village of Ribnica in the Ribarska Banja region near Kruševac. After several Turks abducted his sister Teodora, Janko, a young and courageous man, with several comrades chased them down and killed them. As it was unsafe for him to remain in his home region, he moved to the village of Boleč between Belgrade and Grocka. He joined the Serbian Free Corps and participated in the Austro-Turkish War and Koča's frontier rebellion, where he gained military experience. Known for his bravery, he was chosen to be a ''knez'' (village chieftain) in Boleč during the Habsburg occupation of Serbia. After the war and return of Ottoman rule, the Janissaries began to empower themselves. In 1801 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Gojković
Janko Gojković (born April 14, 1973) is a Bosnian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. He is a three-time Olympian (1992, 1996, and 2000), and a member of the Bosnian swimming team since the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991. He held numerous Bosnian records in the 100 m butterfly, and achieved top finishes from the European Championships. After his sporting career ended in 2000, Gojković worked in various swim clubs across Great Britain and some parts of Eastern Europe. Career Early years Gojković, a native of Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, started swimming at the age of seven as a member of PK Sarajevo under a former Yugoslav system. He accepted a full scholarship to attend the Long Beach Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California, as an exchange student. He played for the school's swimming team, and also lettered in water polo, before his graduation in 1990. The following year, Gojković became a member of the SFR Yugoslavia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Konstantinov
Janko Konstantinov ( mk, Јанко Константинов; 18 January 1926 in Bitola, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes – 2010) is a Macedonian architect and artist. Education and career Janko Konstantinov studied at Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade under famous designers and educators such as: Alexander Deroko, Milan Zlokovik,j Mate Bajlon, and Nicholas Dobrovikj. He graduated in 1952. Then in 1954, he went on to specialize in his field at the Royal Danish Academy of Art and Architecture in Copenhagen. Konstantinov gained experience working on projects in Finland, where he worked with the legendary Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, Sweden and the USA. From 1958 to 1964, worked as a designer in the studio of designer Victor Gruen. He also worked in the studio Daniel Johnson Medehal Los Angeles, the United States. After the tragic events of the 1963 earthquake, Konstantinov returned to Skopje to help rebuild the city. His Telecommunications Centre and Post Office (buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Pacar
Janko Pacar (born 18 August 1990) is a Swiss football forward who currently plays for FC Emmenbrücke. Career In January 2016, he joined Petrolul Ploiești on an 18-month loan deal but the contract expired when the club relegated at the end of the 2015–16 season. In July 2016, he signed a three-year contract with FC Wohlen. Ahead of the 2019/20 season, Pacar joined FC Emmenbrücke FC Emmenbrücke are a Swiss football team with its home in the city of Emmen, currently playing in the Swiss 1. Liga (football), the fourth highest tier in the Swiss football pyramid. The club was formed in 1921. Their best result in the yo .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
