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Janse Janse is a Dutch patronymic surname. People with this name include: *Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse (1877–1970), South African entomologist * Axel Janse (1888–1973), Swedish gymnast *Don Janse (1929–1999), American vocal director and arran ...

, Janssens, and especially Jansen and Janssen, are very common surnames derived from this patronym, the form Jansz is quite rare and Janszoon itself does not exist in the Netherlands.Jansz
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As a surname

Ernst Jansz Ernst Gideon Jansz (born May 24, 1948 in Amsterdam) is one of the founding members and frontmen of Doe Maar. Doe Maar is a Dutch 1980s ska/reggae band, and is considered one of the most successful bands in Dutch pop history. His father, born in ...

(born 1948), Dutch musician and novelist, founding member of Doe Maar *

Frederica Jansz Frederica Jansz is a Sri Lankan journalist and former editor of ''The Sunday Leader''. During her time at newspaper she was highly critical of Sri Lanka's government. Her predecessor Lasantha Wickrematunge had been assassinated, and Jansz was s ...

, Sri Lankan

Burgher Burgher may refer to: * Burgher (social class), a medieval, early modern European title of a citizen of a town, and a social class from which city officials could be drawn ** Burgess (title), a resident of a burgh in northern Britain ** Grand Bu ...

journalist, Editor of the Sunday Leader *

Geoff Jansz Geoff Jansz (born 1958 ) is a Sri Lankan-born Australian chef and television presenter. Career After graduating from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Pharmacy in 1984, Geoff Jansz worked as a pharmacist, but later opened a restaur ...

(born 1958), Sri Lankan Australian

chef and television presenter *

Herbert Eric Jansz Sir Herbert Eric Jansz, (13 November 1890 - March 1976) was a Ceylonese civil servant. He was member of the Senate of Ceylon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance (1948-1950) and Chairman, Public Service Commission. He was appoi ...

(1890-1976), Sri Lankan Burgher civil servant *

Neville Jansz Neville Joseph Louis Jansz, Member of the Order of the British Empire, MBE, Ceylon Civil Service, CCS was a Sri Lankan civil servant and diplomat. He was the Ceylon's Ambassador to Australia and former Director General of the Department of Foreign ...

, Sri Lankan

civil servant and diplomat *

Pieter Jansz Pieter Jansz (September 25, 1820 - June 6, 1904) was the first Dutch Mennonite missionary in Indonesia. He arrived in Central Java in 1851 and began his missionary work. He encountered constraining influences from Islam throughout the area, reco ...

(1820–1904), Dutch Mennonite missionary in Indonesia

In lieu of a surname

Jan Janssonius Johannes Janssonius (1588, Arnhem – buried July 11, 1664, Amsterdam) (born Jan Janszoon, in English also Jan Jansson) was a Dutch cartographer and publisher who lived and worked in Amsterdam in the 17th century. Biography Janssonius was ...

(1588–1664), also known as Jan Janszoon, Dutch cartographer *

Jan Janszoon Jan Janszoon van Haarlem, commonly known as Reis Mourad the Younger (c. 1570 – c. 1641), was an Ottoman and Salé Rovers Dutch pirate in Algeria and Morocco who converted to Islam after being captured by a Moorish state in 1618. He began se ...

(1570–1641), first President and Grand Admiral of the Corsair Republic of Salè, Governor of Oualidia, and a Dutch pirate *

Willem Janszoon Willem Janszoon (; ), sometimes abbreviated to Willem Jansz., was a Dutch navigator and colonial governor. Janszoon served in the Dutch East Indies in the periods 16031611 and 16121616, including as governor of Fort Henricus on the island of So ...

(1570–1630), Dutch navigator and colonial governor, is the first European known to have seen the coast of Australia

As a patronym

Since "Jan" was the most common given name in the Netherlands for many centuries, the patronym was exceedingly common. To name a few: *

Aart Jansz Druyvesteyn Aernout or Aart Jansz Druyvesteyn (1577 – 5 August 1627) was a Dutch Golden Age lawyer, painter, and mayor of Haarlem. Biography According to Van Mander in 1604, he was a promising young landscape painter who came from a good family in Ha ...

(1577–1627), Dutch painter *

Aert Jansz Marienhof Aert Jansz or Jan Aertsz Marienhof (1626 in Utrecht – 1652 in Brussels), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. According to Arnold Houbraken he left Utrecht for Brussels and made small paintings in the style of Rubens that were quite popular. He ...

(1626–1652), Dutch painter *

Adriaen Jansz Kraen Adriaen Jansz Kraen (1619, Haarlem – 1679, Haarlem), was a Dutch still life painter.Adriaen Jansz Kraen

(1619–1679), Dutch painter * Albert Jansz. Klomp (1625–1688), Dutch painter *
Albert Jansz Vinckenbrinck Albert Jansz Vinckenbrink (1604 in Spaarndam – 1665 in Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age sculptor in Amsterdam. Biography According to the RKD he was a sculptor who learned from his father and became the father of the sculptors Jan, Hendrik, ...
(1604–1665), Dutch sculptor * Anthonie Jansz. van der Croos (1606–1662), Dutch painter *
Anthony Janszoon van Salee Anthony Janszoon van Salee (1607–1676) was an original settler of and prominent landholder, merchant, and creditor in New Netherland. Van Salee is believed to be the son of Jan Janszoon (Jan Jansen), a Dutch pirate who after 1619 served a Mooris ...
(1607–1676), original settler of and prominent, wealthy landholder, merchant, and creditor in New Netherland *
Christiaen Jansz van Bieselingen Christiaen Jansz van Bieselingen (1558–1600) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography Van Bieselingen was born at Delft. According to Arnold Houbraken, Houbraken he died aged 42, having had the honor of painting the only portrait of Willi ...
(1558–1600), Dutch painter. *
Claes Jansz. Visscher Claes Janszoon Visscher (1587 – 19 June 1652) was a Dutch Golden Age drawing, draughtsman, engraver, mapmaker, and publisher. He was the founder of the successful Visscher family mapmaking business. The firm that he established in Amsterdam wo ...
, (1587–1652), Flemish draughtsman, engraver, printmaker and publisher * Diederik Jansz. Graeff, (1532–1589), first illustrious member of the De Graeff family, a rich merchant, Ship-owner and Politician *
Dirk Jansz Smient Dirk Jansz Smient was governor of Mauritius in the new settlement at Grand Port from 1666 to 1669, when he returned to Cape of Good Hope. He was replaced by George Frederik Wreede. In November 1676 he led a punitive expedition A punitive expedi ...
, governor of Mauritius in the new settlement at Grand Port from 1666 to 1669, when he returned to Cape of Good Hope *
Jacob Jansz. Coeman Jacob Jansz. Coeman (Amsterdam? ca 1632- 9 April 1676, Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was a Dutch painter of portraits. Coeman worked in the style of Thomas de Keyser. In 1655 he married Hester Wils, either from Haarlem or Den Briel. His father li ...
(born after 1676), Dutch painter of the 17th century * Jan Jansz Buesem (c.1600–1649), Dutch painter * Jacob Jansz van Velsen (1597–1656), Dutch painter * Jan Jansz de Jonge Stampioen (1610–1690), Dutch mathematician famous for his published work on spherical trigonometry * Jan Jansz. de Stomme (1615–1658), Dutch painter * Jan Jansz. Treck (1606–1652), Dutch still-life painter * Jan Jansz van de Velde (1620–1662), Dutch painter * Jan Jansz. Weltevree (born 1595), Dutch sailor and probably the first Dutchman to visit Korea *
Jan Janszoon de Heem Jan Janszoon de Heem (bapt. 2 July 1650, Antwerp – after 1695) was a Dutch Golden Age still-life painter and the son of Jan Davidszoon de Heem (1606–1684) and the half-brother of Cornelis de Heem (1631–1995).Sam Segal, "Jan ohannesJansz. ...
(1650–1695), Dutch still-life painter * Job Janszoon van Meekeren (1611–1666), Dutch surgeon * Johannes Jansz. van Bronckhorst (1627–1656), Dutch painter *
Laurens Janszoon Coster Laurens Janszoon Coster (c. 1370, Haarlem – c. 1440), or Laurens Jansz Koster, is the purported inventor of a printing press from Haarlem. He allegedly invented printing simultaneously with Johannes Gutenberg and was regarded by some in t ...
(1370–1440), Dutch potential inventor of the printing press *
Lenaert Jansz de Graeff Lenaert Jansz de Graeff (Amsterdam, – in Exile, ) belonged to the powerful Amsterdam patriciate. He was one of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation at Amsterdam, vice-general-captain of Amsterdam, friend of Henry, Count of Bréderode, the ...
(1530–1578), son of Jan Pietersz Graeff, a rich cloth merchant from Amsterdam *
Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer (–) was a Dutch cartographer and a notable figure of the Golden Age of Netherlandish cartography, known for his pioneering contributions on the subject of nautical cartography. Career Seafaring Waghenaer is one ...
(1533–1606), Dutch chief officer and cartographer * Matthias Jansz van Geuns (1758–1839), Dutch Mennonite teacher and minister * Michiel Jansz van Middelhoven (1562–1638), Dutch theologian *
Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, often abbreviated as Michiel Jansz. and the surname also spelled Miereveld or Miereveldt, (; 1 May 1566 – 27 June 1641) was a Dutch painter and draftsman of the Dutch Golden Age. Biography Van Mierevelt wa ...
, (1567–1641), Dutch painter *
Pieter Jansz Pieter Jansz (September 25, 1820 - June 6, 1904) was the first Dutch Mennonite missionary in Indonesia. He arrived in Central Java in 1851 and began his missionary work. He encountered constraining influences from Islam throughout the area, reco ...
(1612–1672), Dutch painter * Pieter Jansz van Asch (1603–1678), Dutch painter * Pieter Jansz van Ruyven (1651–1719), Dutch painter *
Pieter Jansz. Saenredam Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (9 June 1597 – buried 31 May 1665) was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age painting, Dutch Golden Age, known for his distinctive paintings of whitewashed church interiors such as ''Interior of St Bavo's Church in Haarlem ...
(1597–1665), Dutch painter *
Quirijn Jansz Damast Quirijn Jansz Damast (1580 – 1638), was a Dutch linen weaver and mayor of Haarlem, best known today for his portrait painted by Frans Hals. Biography Quirijn Damast was the son of Jan Damast Crijnsz from Courtrai. He became a damask weaver l ...
(1580–1638), was a Dutch linen weaver and mayor of Haarlem * Salomon Jansz van den Tempel (1633–1673), Dutch master shipbuilder * Vechter Jansz van Teffelen (1563–1619), Dutch malt maker and mayor of Haarlem *
Vincent Jansz van der Vinne Vincent Jansz. van der Vinne (1736, Haarlem – 1811, Haarlem), was a Dutch 18th century painter and the great-grandson of Vincent van der Vinne. Biography According to the RKD he was a pupil of his father Jan Laurentsz van der Vinne, who ...
(1736–1811), Dutch painter

See also
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Janszoon voyage of 1605–06 Willem Janszoon captained the first recorded European landing on the Australian continent in 1606, sailing from Bantam, Java, in the ''Duyfken''. As an employee of the Dutch East India Company ( nl, Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC), J ...
– first recorded European landing on the Australian continent in 1606 *
Project Laurens Janszoon Coster Project Laurens Janszoon Coster (), sometimes abbreviated as Project Laurens Jansz. Coster or Project Coster, is a collection of Dutch high literature on the web.
, collection of Dutch high literature on the web

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