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Januarius Januarius ( ; la, Ianuarius; Neapolitan and it, Gennaro), also known as , was Bishop of Benevento and is a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. While no contemporary sources on his life are preserved, later ...

People

Janusz Akermann Janusz Akermann (born 1957 in Tczew) is a Polish painter and Professor of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. Between 1981 and 1985, Akerman studied at the Painting Department at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. He graduated in 1985, taking over fr ...

(born 1957), Polish painter * Janusz Bardach, Polish gulag survivor and physician * Janusz Bielański, Roman Catholic priest *

Janusz Bojarski Major General Janusz Bojarski (born 24 June 1956, Krasnosielc, Poland) General Officer of Polish Armed Forces The Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, abbreviated ''SZ RP''; popularly called '' ...

(born 1956), Polish general * Janusz Bokszczanin (1894–1973), Polish Army colonel *

Janusz Christa Janusz Christa (19 July 1934, Wilno – 15 November 2008, Sopot) was a Polish author of comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of com ...

(1934–2008), Polish author of comic books * Janusz Domaniewski (1891–1954), Polish ornithologist *

Janusz Gajos Janusz Gajos (; born 23 September 1939) is a Polish film, television and theatre actor as well as pedagogue and photographer. Professor of Theatre Arts and an Honorary Doctor of the National Film School in Łódź, he is considered one of the gr ...

, Polish actor *

Janusz Gaudyn Janusz Gaudyn (25 February 1935 in Katowice- Ochojec – 22 June 1984 in Trzyniec) was a Polish physician, writer and poet. He is known mostly for his aphorisms. Gaudyn lived since 1939 in the Zaolzie region and spent his youth in Frysztat. ...

(1935–1984), Polish physician, writer and poet * Janusz Głowacki (1938–2017), Polish-American author and screenwriter * Janusz Janowski (born 1965), Polish painter, jazz drummer and art theorist *

Janusz Kamiński Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński (; born June 27, 1959) is a Polish cinematographer and director of film and television. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his films since 1993. He won the Academy Aw ...

(born 1959), Polish cinematographer and film director *

Janusz Korczak Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit (22 July 1878 or 1879 – 7 August 1942), was a Polish Jewish educator, children's author and pedagogue known as ''Pan Doktor'' ("Mr. Doctor") or ''Stary Doktor'' ("Old Doctor"). After spending ...

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Henryk Goldszmit Janusz Korczak, the pen name of Henryk Goldszmit (22 July 1878 or 1879 – 7 August 1942), was a Polish Jewish educator, children's author and pedagogue known as ''Pan Doktor'' ("Mr. Doctor") or ''Stary Doktor'' ("Old Doctor"). After spending m ...

), Polish-Jewish children's author, pediatrician, and child pedagogist * Janusz Kurtyka (born 1960), Polish historian specializing in the culture and religion of Poland in the 16th and 17th centuries *

Janusz Liberkowski Janusz Liberkowski (born March 9, 1953 in Nowa Sól, Poland) is the winner of the first season of the show ''American Inventor ''American Inventor'' was a reality television series based on a competition to be named America's best inventor. It w ...

(born 1953), winner of ''American Inventor'' season one * Janusz Magnuski (1933–1999), Polish author and military historian *

Janusz Meissner Janusz Meissner (pen name: "''porucznik'' Herbert," English: "Flt Lt Herbert"; 21 January 1901 in Warsaw – 28 February 1978 in Kraków) was a Polish writer and journalist, and a pilot of Polish Air Force. Life In late 1919 Meissner completed ...

(1901–1978), Polish Air Force pilot, journalist and author *

Janusz Olejniczak Janusz Olejniczak (; born 2 October 1952 in Wrocław) is a Polish classical pianist and actor. Career Olejniczak began playing piano at the age of six. He studied under Luiza Walewska, Ryszard Bakst and Zbigniew Drzewiecki in Warsaw and Łód ...

(born 1952), Polish classical pianist *

Janusz Pasierb Janusz Stanisław Pasierb (7 January 1929 – 15 December 1993), Polish Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It ...

(1929–1993), Polish catholic priest, poet, writer, and historian *

Janusz Pawłowski Janusz Pawłowski (born 20 July 1959 in Sopot) is a retired male judoka from Poland. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and won the bronze medal in the Men's Half-Lightweight (– 65 kg) division. He also competed at the 1988 Su ...

(born 1959), Polish judoka *

Janusz Piekałkiewicz Janusz Piekałkiewicz (1925 in Warsaw – March 9, 1988) was a Polish underground soldier, historian, writer, as well as a television and cinema director and producer. He was a world-renowned author on many aspects of World War II history; over 30 ...

(1925–1988), Polish underground soldier, historian, writer, and television/cinema director and producer *

Janusz Sanocki Janusz Sanocki (5 March 1954 – 7 December 2020) was a Polish politician. Sanocki served as a member of the Sejm from 2015 to 2019 for Law and Justice. He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland The COVID-19 pandemic in ...

(1954–2020), Polish politician *

Janusz Skumin Tyszkiewicz Janusz Skumin Tyszkiewicz ( lt, Jonušas Skuminas Tiškevičius) (1570–1642) was a noble of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, a politician, a sponsor of Baroque music and a writer (1610+). He held numerous political offices, including voivod ...

, Lithuanian writer *

Janusz Spyra Dr Hab. Janusz Jan Spyra (born 26 October 1958) is a Polish historian. He is specializing in history of Cieszyn Silesia. He graduated from the Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University ( Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is ...

(born 1958), Polish historian specializing in Cieszyn Silesia *

Janusz Szrom Janusz Szrom (born 16 November 1968 in Grodków) is a Polish jazz vocalist and composer. Biography His musical education started in 1977 on the piano, at Nysa School of Music. Then, in 1981, he started to play on trumpet while continuing t ...

(born 1968), Polish jazz vocalist and composer *

Janusz Waluś Janusz Jakub Waluś ( , ; born 14 January 1953) is a Goral Polish right-wing extremist convicted of the 1993 assassination of Chris Hani, General Secretary of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), ...

(born 1953), Polish assassin * Janusz Witwicki (1903–1946), Polish architect and art historian * Janusz Wójcik (born 1953), Polish politician, and former football player and coach *

Janusz Zajdel Janusz Andrzej Zajdel (15 August 1938 – 19 July 1985) was a Polish science fiction author, second in popularity in Poland to Stanisław Lem. His major genres were social science fiction and dystopia. His main recurring theme involved th ...

(1938–1985), Polish science-fiction author *

Janusz Andrzej Zakrzewski Janusz Andrzej Zakrzewski (23 July 1932 in Kraków – 26 October 2008 in Warsaw) was a Polish physicist. He was a professor of the University of Warsaw (since 1971), member of the Warsaw Scientific Society (since 1984), Polish Academy of Sciences ...

(1932–2008), Polish physicist * Janusz Zalewski (1903–1944), Polish sailor *

Janusz K. Zawodny Janusz Kazimierz Zawodny (11 December 1921 – 8 April 2012) was a Polish-American historian, political scientist, and World War II soldier and resistance fighter of the Polish Underground State. Life Zawodny fought in the Polish Army during Wor ...

(1921–2012), Polish-American historian, political scientist, and former World War II resistance fighter and soldier *

Janusz Zaorski Janusz Zaorski (born 19 September 1947) is a Polish film director, scenarist and actor, representative of the cinema of moral anxiety ( pl, kino moralnego niepokoju), trend in Polish cinema. Zaorski has directed mainly psychological dramas, comed ...

(born 1947), Polish film director, scenarist and actor *

Janusz Żurakowski Janusz Żurakowski (12 September 1914 – 9 February 2004) was a Polish fighter and test pilot. At various times in his life he lived and worked in Poland, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Early life Żurakowski was born in 1914 to Polish paren ...

, Polish-born fighter and test pilot

Politics

Janusz I of Warsaw Janusz I of Warsaw (pl: ''Janusz I warszawski''), also known as Janusz I the Old (pl: ''Janusz I Starszy'') (c. 1347/52 – 8 December 1429), was a Polish prince member of the House of Piast in the Masovian branch, from 1373/74 Duke of Warsaw an ...

(c. 1340 – 1429), Duke of Warsaw *

Janusz III of Masovia Janusz III of Masovia (pl: ''Janusz III mazowiecki''; ca. 27 September 1502 – 9/10 March 1526), was a Polish prince member of the House of Piast in the Masovian branch. He was a Duke of Czersk, Warsaw, Liw, Zakroczym and Nur during 1503-15 ...

(1502–1526), Polish duke of Masovia * Janusz Aleksander Sanguszko (1712–1775), Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnate *

Janusz Chwierut Janusz Chwierut (born 21 August 1965 in Kęty) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 5272 votes in 12 Chrzanów district as a candidate from the Civic Platform list. See also * Members of Polish Sejm 200 ...

(born 1965), Polish politician * Janusz Dobrosz, Polish politician * Janusz Jędrzejewicz (1885–1951), Polish politician and educator *

Janusz Kaczmarek Janusz Kazimierz Kaczmarek (born 25 December 1961 in Gdynia) is a Polish lawyer, prosecutor and politician. He was National Public Prosecutor from 31 October 2005 to 8 February 2007, and Polish Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration ...

(born 1961), Polish lawyer, prosecutor and politician *

Janusz Kiszka Janusz Kiszka (born 1600 in Krzywicze (today Belarus) – 1653) was a Polish politician and magnate in the 17th century Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Last of the Kiszka family. Royal Rotmistrz, starosta of Parnawa from 1610, Voivode of Po ...

(1600–1653), Polish-Lithuanian politician and magnate *

Janusz Kochanowski Janusz Bogumił Kochanowski (18 April 1940 – 10 April 2010) was a Polish lawyer, diplomat, and the Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection of the Republic of Poland (Polish Ombudsman). Life and career Janusz Kochanowski was born in Częstoch ...

(born 1940), Polish lawyer and diplomat * Janusz Kołodziej (politician) (born 1959), Polish politician *

Janusz Korwin-Mikke Janusz Ryszard Korwin-Mikke (; born 27 October 1942), also known by his initials JKM or simply as Korwin, is a Polish far-right politician, paleolibertarian and author. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2014 until 2018. He was the ...

(born 1942), Polish conservative liberal political commentator and politician *

Janusz Krasoń Janusz Mirosław Krasoń (pronounced ; born 15 September 1956 in Jawor) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 15,162 votes in 3 Wrocław district as a candidate from the Democratic Left Alliance The D ...

(born 1956), Polish politician * Janusz Leon Wiśniewski (born 1954), Polish scientist and writer *

Janusz Lewandowski Janusz Antoni Lewandowski (; born 13 June 1951) is a Polish politician and economist belonging to the Gdańsk liberals group, and a former member of the European Parliament (elected on 13 June 2004), Chairman of the Committee on Budgets. On 27 ...

(born 1951), Polish economist and politician *

Janusz Maksymiuk Janusz Roman Maksymiuk (born 19 January 1947 in Janówka) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 7,384 votes in 22 Krosno district as a candidate from the Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej Self-Defen ...

(born 1947), Polish politician *

Janusz Onyszkiewicz Janusz Adam Onyszkiewicz (, born 18 December 1937) is a Polish mathematician, alpinist, politicianEuropa Publications, "The International Who's Who 2004", Routledge, 2003pg. 1258/ref> and was a vice-president of the European Parliament's Foreign ...

(born 1937), Polish mathematician, alpinist and politician *

Janusz Ostrogski Prince Janusz Ostrogski () (1554 – 17 September 1620 in Tarnów) was a Polish-Lithuanian noble and statesman. He served as a voivode of Volhyn (1584-1593), as a castellan of Kraków (from 1593 on), and as a starosta of Bohuslav (from 1591), B ...

(1554–1620), Polish-Lithuanian noble *

Janusz Palikot Janusz Marian Palikot (; born 26 October 1964) is a Polish politician, activist and businessman. Palikot studied philosophy and became wealthy as a businessman who dealt with crates and distilled beverages (dealt with international trade with ta ...

(born 1964), Polish politician, activist and businessman *

Janusz Pałubicki Janusz Władysław Pałubicki (born 1948) is a Polish politician and activist. Born in 1948 in Wałbrzych, Pałubicki studied history of art at the University of Poznań. From 1981 he was a member of Solidarity; in 1982 he became the leader of t ...

(born 1948), Polish politician and activist *

Janusz Radziwiłł (1579–1620) Janusz Radziwiłł ( lt, Jonušas Radvila; 2 July 1579 – 3 December 1620) was a noble and magnate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was the deputy cup-bearer of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1599, the castellan of Vilnius sinc ...

, Polish nobleman *

Janusz Radziwiłł (1612–1655) Prince Janusz Radziwiłł, also known as Janusz the Second or Janusz the Younger ( lt, Jonušas Radvila, 2 December 1612 – 31 December 1655) was a noble and magnate in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Throughout his life he occupied a numb ...

, Polish-Lithuanian noble and magnate * Janusz Radziwiłł (1880–1967), Polish nobleman and politician *

Janusz Reiter Janusz Stanisław Reiter (born 6 August 1952) is a Polish diplomat. Career Janusz Reiter has graduated from German studies at the University of Warsaw. A former Solidarity activist and editor of certain opposition magazines for seven years duri ...

(born 1952), Polish diplomat * Janusz Śniadek (born 1955), Polish politician *

Janusz Suchywilk Janusz Suchywilk of Grzymala Coat of Arms (c. 1310 – 5 April 1382) was a Polish nobleman ( szlachcic), relative of Jarosław z Bogorii i Skotnik. Janusz became Chancellor of the Polish Kingdom and Archbishop of Gniezno in 1374. From 1357 un ...

(c. 1310 – 1382), Polish nobleman * Janusz Tazbir (born 1927), Polish historian *

Janusz Tomaszewski Janusz Teofil Tomaszewski () (born 13 September 1956 in Pabianice) is a Polish politician. A Solidarity activist, member of Solidarity Electoral Action. He was a vice-prime minister and Minister of Internal Affairs from 31 October 1997 to 3 Septem ...

(born 1956), Polish politician *

Janusz Tyszkiewicz Łohojski Janusz Tyszkiewicz Łohojski of Leliwa (lit. Janusz Tyszkiewicz of Łohojsk;A toponimic name coined to distinguish his branch of the Tyszkiewicz family from other branches. Hence he is also sometimes referred to as ''Janusz z Łohojska Tyszkiewi ...

, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnate and politician * Janusz Wiśniowiecki, starost of Krzemieniec *

Janusz Wojciechowski Janusz Czesław Wojciechowski (born 6 December 1954 in Rawa Mazowiecka) is a Polish politician and was a long-standing Member of the European Parliament, elected from the Lodz Voivodship representing the Polish People's Party (PSL) (2004–2006 ...

(born 1954), Polish politician *

Janusz Zabłocki Janusz Zbigniew Zabłocki (18 February 1926 – 13 March 2014) was a Polish politician, journalist, Catholic activist, lawyer, soldier of Armia Krajowa. Life He was born in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. He studied law at the Jagiellonian University, f ...

(born 1926), Polish politician, publicist, Catholic activist, lawyer and soldier of Armia Krajowa *

Janusz Zemke Janusz Władysław Zemke (pronounced ; born 24 February 1949, Kowalewo Pomorskie) is a Polish politician. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005, getting 33,672 votes in 4 Bydgoszcz district as a candidate from the Democratic Left Allia ...

(born 1949), Polish politician * Janusz Ziółkowski (1924–2000), Polish sociologist and politician

Sports

* Janusz Brzozowski (handballer) (born 1951), Polish handball player *

Janusz Centka Janusz Centka (born 20 April 1950, in Tonowo) is a Polish glider pilot who has won two European and three World Gliding Championships.

, Polish glider pilot * Janusz Dziedzic (born 1980), Polish football striker * Janusz Gol (born 1985), Polish football midfielder * Janusz Gortat (born 1948), Polish boxer * Janusz Jojko (born 1960), Polish footballer * Janusz Karweta (born 1988), Polish pair skater *

Janusz Kołodziej (speedway rider) Janusz Kołodziej (born 27 May 1984 in Tarnów, Poland) is a Polish speedway rider who has ridden for the Polish national team. Career In July 2018, during the Speedway Grand Prix Qualification he won the GP Challenge, which ensured that he c ...

(born 1984), Polish speedway rider *

Janusz Kupcewicz Janusz Bogdan Kupcewicz (9 December 1955 – 4 July 2022) was a Polish professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Widely regarded as one of the best Polish players of his era, he most notably won the bronze with the national team at 1 ...

(born 1955), Polish football player *

Janusz Krawczyk Janusz Krawczyk (17 December 1949 – 3 April 2021)
was a Polish

Janusz Krężelok (born 1974), Polish cross country skier * Janusz Kudyba (born 1961), Polish football striker * Janusz Kulig (1969–2004), Polish rally driver *

Janusz Kusociński Janusz Tadeusz Kusociński (15 January 1907 – 21 June 1940) was a Polish athlete, winner in the 10,000 meters event at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Biography Born in Warsaw into the family of a railroad worker, Janusz Kusociński, or ''Ku ...

(1907–1940), Polish athlete * Janusz Michallik (born 1966), Polish-born retired soccer defender and current coach * Janusz Patrzykont (1912–1982), Polish basketball player * Janusz Pyciak-Peciak (born 1949), Polish modern pentathlete * Janusz Sidło (1933–1993), Polish javelin thrower * Janusz Ślązak (1907–1985), Polish rower *

Janusz Sybis Janusz Sybis (born 10 October 1952) is a Polish football striker Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goal ...

(born 1952), Polish football striker *

Janusz Trzepizur Janusz Roman Trzepizur (born 21 May 1959 in Namysłów) is a retired high jumper from Poland. He won a silver medal at the 1982 European Indoor Championships and the 1982 European Championships, both times finishing behind Dietmar Mögenburg ...

(born 1959), Polish high jumper * Janusz Turowski (born 1961), Polish football coach and former player *

(born 1953), Polish ski jumper *

Janusz Wojnarowicz Janusz Wojnarowicz (born 14 April 1980 in Tychy) is former Polish judoka and an american football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by t ...

(born 1980), Polish judoka *

Janusz Wolański Janusz Wolański (born 13 July 1979 in Pilzno) is a Polish midfielder who most recently played for Wisłok Wiśniowa.

(born 1979), Polish football midfielder