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Janko Vukotic
Janko is a name that derives from a diminutive form of the name ''Jan (name), Jan'' (Slavic languages), ''Janez (given name), Janez'' (Slovenian), ''János (other), János'' (Hungarian), and ''Yakov''/''Jacob (name), 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 (1801–187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan (name)
Jan is a form of John that is used in various languages. (See the “Other names” section in this page’s infobox for more variants.) The name is used in Afrikaans, Belarusian, Circassian, Catalan, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Devon dialect, Dutch, German, Kazakh, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Scandinavian and Finnic languages. It is the most prevalent in Czech Republic. In English, the name "Jan" is unrelated to "John", but is a shortened form of the first names Janice, January or Janet, with corresponding pronunciation. It has a separate origin in Persian, Greek, and Armenian. Netherlands and Flanders In the Netherlands and Flanders, the name used to be one of the most popular given first names. From the 1950s the occurrence of the name decreased. In 2014, no more than 3% of the boys are given this name. However, it still is one of the most widely distributed names. It is also the most common name of Dutch players in the Netherlands national football team. The name Jan is somet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Kamauf
Janko Kamauf (1801–1874) was the last city magistrate of Gradec and the first mayor of Zagreb, Croatia. He saw the unification of Gradec, Kaptol and several surrounding villages into Zagreb by ban Josip Jelačić in 1850 and remained the city mayor until 1857. See also * List of mayors of Zagreb This article contains a list of people who have served as mayor of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, or president of the Zagreb Assembly. List See also *List of mayors in Croatia References External links Grad Zagreb - svi gradonačelnici References * * 1801 births 1874 deaths Mayors of Zagreb {{Zagreb-stub ...[...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 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 Neuber
Janko Neuber (born 25 June 1971) is a German former cross-country skier. He competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro .... References External links * 1971 births Living people German male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Germany Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics People from Erzgebirgskreis Skiers from Saxony 20th-century German people People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt East German male cross-country skiers {{Germany-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Mihailović Moler
Janko Mihailović Moler (in Cyrillic Serbian: Јанко Михаиловић Молер; Negrišori, Ottoman Empire, 1792 - Negrišori, Principality of Serbia, 1853) was a Serbian priest and artist. He was an icon and portrait painter. Biography He is known for painting the icons of the iconostasis of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Ježevica Monastery, the Orthodox church in Guča, the church of Žiča monastery, the monastery and the wooden church of Dobroselica, on the Zlatibor mountains. With his son Sreten Protić, he painted the iconostasis of the Church of the Holy Trinity in the village of Bjeluša, near Arilje, in 1831, and the Church of St. John the Baptist in Gorobilje. He also did the portrait of Nikifor Maksimović, the founder of the Sretenje monastery near Čačak. He is also credited with the coat of arms of the Obrenović dynasty, which adorns the façade of Jovan Obrenović's '' konak'' in Čačak.https://www.cacakmuzej.org.rs/files/Vodic_Engleski.pdf See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Mežik
Janko Mežik (born 23 September 1921, date of death unknown) was a Slovenian ski jumper. He competed in the individual event at the 1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz .... References External links * 1921 births Year of death missing Slovenian male ski jumpers Olympic ski jumpers for Yugoslavia Ski jumpers at the 1948 Winter Olympics People from Kranjska Gora {{Slovenia-skijumping-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Mavrović
Janko Mavrović (born 24 October 1977) is a former Croatian team handball player who started out in left wing position and was later switched to centre back position. He played for his local hometown clubs RK Kvarner, RK Pećine, RK Zamet, RK Crikvenica from Crikvenica and RK Buzet from Buzet. Honours ;RK Buzet *Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football (soccer), football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, i ... (1): 2008-09 References External linksEHF Profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Lukovski
Janko Lukovski (born 7 April 1946) is a former Macedonian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ... player and coach who played for Rabotnički and MZT Skopje. References External links Sport KeyVideo Sample {{DEFAULTSORT:Lukovski, Janko 1946 births Living people Macedonian men's basketball players Macedonian basketball coaches Macedonian expatriate basketball people in Serbia Sportspeople from Skopje Serbian people of Macedonian descent KK Vojvodina coaches KK Spartak Subotica coaches KK Sutjeska coaches KK Borovica coaches KK Profikolor coaches Shooting guards ... [...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 Lavrin
Janko Lavrin (10 February 1887 – 13 August 1986) was a Slovene novelist, poet, critic, translator, and historian. He was Professor Andrej Jelenc DiCaprio of Slavonic Studies at the University of Nottingham. An enthusiast for psycho-analysis, he wrote what he called 'psycho-critical studies' of Ibsen, Nietzsche and Tolstoy. Biography Lavrin was born in Krupa, White Carniola, Slovenia.Catalogue record for MS 806 at the University of Nottingham. He was educated in Austria, Russia and , moving to |
Janko Kos
Janko Kos (born 9 March 1931) is a Slovenian literary historian, theoretician, and critic. He was born in Ljubljana in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as the son of the painter and sculptor Tine Kos. His father was a liberal and freethinker (during World War II a supporter of the pro-Communist Liberation Front of the Slovenian People), while his mother was a devout Roman Catholic. He studied at the University of Ljubljana, where he graduated from comparative literature in 1956. Among his schoolmates was the famous literary scholar Dušan Pirjevec Ahac. During this period, Kos became involved in the intellectual endeavours of the " Critical generation," a group of young Slovene artists and intellectuals who challenged the cultural policies of the Titoist regime. Among Kos' closest collaborators during this time were the literary theoretician Taras Kermauner, dissident sociologist Jože Pučnik, writer Dominik Smole, essayist Primož Kozak, and the poet Dane Zajc, Kos' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
