Janka, typically a
given name
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or a
surname
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, is a form of the originally
Hebrew language
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name ''"Yohanan"'' (meaning "God is merciful").
Notable people with the name include:
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Carlo Janka
Carlo Janka (born 15 October 1986) is a Swiss former alpine ski racer. Born in Obersaxen, in the canton of Graubünden, he had the winter sports facilities right in front of his home. Janka has won gold medals at both the Winter Olympics and th ...
(born 1986),
Swiss
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alpine ski
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racer
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Les Janka,
American
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consultant
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Gabriel Janka (1864–1932),
Austrian
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wood researcher
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Victor von Janka
Viktor Janka von Bulcs, often shortened to ''Viktor Janka'' (24 December 1837 in Vienna - 9 August 1890 in Budapest) was an Austrian military officer and botanist. He worked as the officer of a Cuirassier regiment (armoured cavalry soldiers) for th ...
(1837-1900),
Hungarian botanist
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Walter Janka
Walter Janka (29 April 1914 – 17 March 1994) was a German communist, political activist and writer who became a publisher.
Janka is notable for having spent time incarcerated as a political prisoner under the rule of the Nazis and later impri ...
(1914–1994),
German
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publisher
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Janka Bryl (1917–2006),
Belarusian writer
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Janka Gabor (1896-1997),
Austrio-Hungarian Countess de Szigethy, mother of
Magda
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,
Zsa Zsa
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and
Eva Gabor
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Yanka Dyagileva
Yana Stanislavovna "Yanka" Dyagileva (russian: Яна Станиславовна Дягилева; 4 September 1966 – 1991) was a Russian poet and singer-songwriter and one of the most popular figures of her time in Russia's underground pun ...
(1966–1991),
Russian
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poet and singer-songwriter
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Yanka Kupala
Yanka Kupala, also spelled Janka Kupała ( be, Янка Купала; – 28 June 1942), was the pen name of Ivan Daminikavič Lutsevič (), a Belarusian poet and writer.
Biography Early life
Kupala was born on July 7, 1882, in Viazynka, ...
, also known as ''Janka Kupała'', (1882–1942), Belarusian poet and writer
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Yanka Maur
Janka Maŭr (; ; ; Yanka Mavr; 11 May 1883 – 3 August 1971) was a famous Belarusian writer. Janka Maŭr was actually his pseudonym as his true name was Ivan Michajłavič Fiodaraŭ (Belarusian: Іва́н Міха́йлавіч Фёдар ...
, also known as ''Janka Maŭr'', (1883–1971), Belarusian writer
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Ahmed Janka Nabay
Ahmed Janka Nabay (5 January 1964 – 2 April 2018) was a Sierra Leonean musician and a major figure in Bubu Music, a traditionally Temne music which is played by up to 20 musicians blowing into bamboo pipes of different sizes.[Sierra Leonean
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musician
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Distribution of the name ''Janka'' in USA
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