''Juan'' is a

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, the Spanish and

Manx Manx (; formerly sometimes spelled Manks) is an adjective (and derived noun) describing things or people related to the Isle of Man: * Manx people **Manx surnames * Isle of Man It may also refer to: Languages * Manx language, also known as Manx ...

versions of '' John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, the diminutive form (equivalent to ''Johnny'') is , with feminine form (comparable to ''Jane'', ''Joan'', or ''Joanna'') , and feminine diminutive (equivalent to ''Janet'', ''Janey'', ''Joanie'', etc.).

Chinese terms

* ( or 娟, 隽) 'beautiful, graceful' is a common given name for Chinese women. * () The Chinese character 卷, which in Mandarin is almost homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be translated as 'fascicle', 'scroll', 'chapter', or 'volume'.

Notable people

* Juan (footballer, born 1979), Brazilian footballer *

Juan (footballer, born 1982) Juan Maldonado Jaimez Júnior (born 6 February 1982), simply known as Juan, is a Brazilian association football, footballer who played as a left-back. He also holds an EU passport as a Spanish citizen. Club career Arsenal Juan was born in Sã ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Juan (footballer, born March 2002) Juan Santos da Silva (born 6 March 2002), commonly known as Juan, is a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who plays for São Paulo FC as a Forward (association football), forward. Career statistics Club ;Notes Referen ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Juan (footballer, born April 2002) Juan Pablo Vilela Tavares (born 25 April 2002), simply known as Juan, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left back for Goiás. Club career Born in Brasília, Federal District, Juan joined Goiás' youth setup in 2016, from Atl ...

, Brazilian footballer * Juan Acevedo, Mexican baseball pitcher * Juan Alberto Belloch, Spanish politician and mayor of Zaragoza *

Juan Almeida Bosque Juan Almeida Bosque (February 17, 1927 – September 11, 2009) was a Cuban politician and one of the original commanders of the insurgent forces in the Cuban Revolution. After the rebels took power in 1959, he was a prominent figure in the Co ...

, Cuban politician and one of the original commanders of the Cuban Revolution *

Juan Andrés Juan Andrés y Morell (15 February 1740 in Planes, Alicante12 January 1817 in Rome) was a Spanish Jesuit priest, Christian humanism, Christian humanist and literary critic of the Age of Enlightenment. He was the creator of world history and compar ...

y Morell, Spanish writer and historian * Juan de Arraçola, colonial governor of

Spanish Florida Spanish Florida ( es, La Florida) was the first major European land claim and attempted settlement in North America during the European Age of Discovery. ''La Florida'' formed part of the Captaincy General of Cuba, the Viceroyalty of New Spain, ...

1612–1613 *

Juan Nekai Babauta Juan Nekai Babauta (born September 7, 1953) is a Northern Mariana Islander politician who served as the sixth governor of the Northern Mariana Islands from January 14, 2002 to January 9, 2006. Biography Early life and education Juan Babauta wa ...

, former governor of the Northern Mariana Islands * Juan Bosch, first 'cleanly' elected president of Dominican Republic * Juan Carlos I of Spain, King of Spain 1975–2014 *

Juan Carlos Onetti Juan Carlos Onetti Borges (July 1, 1909 – May 30, 1994) was a Uruguayan novelist and author of short stories. Early life Onetti was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He was the son of Carlos Onetti, a customs official, and Honoria Borges, who b ...

, Uruguayan author *

Juan Castro Juan Gabriel Castro (born June 20, 1972), is a Mexican former professional baseball infielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, and Philadelphia Phillies, ...

, Mexican baseball infielder * Juan Chioran, Argentine-Canadian actor * Juan Corona (1934–2019), Mexican serial killer * Juan Cruz (born 1978), Dominican baseball pitcher * Juan Cruz (born 1966), Spanish screenwriter and film director *

Juan Aubín Cruz Manzano Juan Aubín "Bín" Cruz Manzano (born June 11, 1948) is a Puerto Rican politician and former mayor of Manatí. He served as mayor for 40 years, making him one of the longest tenured mayors in Puerto Rico. Biography Juan Aubín Cruz Manzano was ...

(born 1948), Puerto Rican politician and mayor of Manatí since 1977 *

Juan R. Cruz Juan R. Cruz, Ph.D., (born: January 5, 1946) is a Puerto Rican aerospace engineer who played an instrumental role in the design and development of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) and Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) parachute.Denise LineberryLangley ...

(born 1946), Puerto Rican aerospace engineer at NASA *

Juan Lazo Cruz ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish language, Spanish and Manx language, Manx versions of ''John (given name), John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronoun ...

(born 1977), Salvadoran football midfielder *

Juan de la Cierva Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu, 1st Count of la Cierva (; 21 September 1895 in Murcia, Spain – 9 December 1936 in Croydon, United Kingdom) was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and a self taught aeronautical engineer. His most famous accomplish ...

, Spanish civil engineer and pilot, inventor of the autogyro * Juan Debiedma, American computer game player * Juan Diego (name), Multiple people * Juan Domínguez, Colombian footballer * Juan Domínguez, Dominican baseball player *

Juan Domínguez Lamas ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

, Spanish footballer *

Juan Domínguez Otaegui ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

, Spanish footballer * Juan Catalino Domínguez (1910–1948), Argentine serial killer * Juan Domínguez, Spanish road racing cyclist * Juan Domingo Perón, Argentine general and politician * Juan Encarnación, Dominican baseball player *

Juan Manuel Eguiagaray Juan Manuel Eguiagaray (born 1945) is a Spanish economist, academic, businessman and retired politician. He served as the minister of industry and energy from 1993 to 1996. Early life and education Eguiagaray was born into a family of Basque ori ...

, Spanish politician and academic *

Juan Ponce Enrile Juan Valentin Furagganan Ponce Enrile Sr., (born Juanito Furagganan; February 14, 1924), also referred to by his initials JPE, or Manong Johnny, is a Filipino politician and lawyer known for his role in the administration of Philippine dicta ...

, President of the Philippine Senate 2008–2013 *

Juan Fontena Juan Fontena (born February 15, 1987), is a Chilean professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Club Deportivo Valdivia club of the Liga Nacional de Básquetbol de Chile. He represented Chile's national basketball team at the ...

, Chilean basketball player * Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter * Juan González, Puerto Rican baseball player * Juan Gris, Spanish painter *

Juan Fernando Hermosa Juan Fernando Hermosa Suárez (February 28, 1976 - February 28, 1996), known as Niño del Terror, was the youngest serial killer in the history of Ecuador. Early life Hermosa was born on February 28, 1976, in the city of Clemente Baquerizo, Los ...

(1976–1996), Ecuadorian teenage serial killer * Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, Spanish physicist * Juan Karlos Labajo, Filipino singer-songwriter *

Juan Jesus Juan Guilherme Nunes Jesus (; born 10 June 1991), usually known as Juan Jesus or simply Juan or Juje, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Napoli. He has also represented the Brazil national team. Club care ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Juan Joya Borja Juan Joya Borja (5 April 1956 – 28 April 2021) was a Spanish comedian and actor known by the stage name El Risitas ("The Giggles" in Spanish). He gained widespread popularity in 2015 thanks to a series of memes based on a television interview ...

, Spanish Comedian and

Internet meme An Internet meme, commonly known simply as a meme ( ), is an idea, behavior, style, or image that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. What is considered a meme may vary across different communities on the Internet ...

* Juan Leal, First Mayor of San Antonio, Texas * Juan Antonio Llorente, 18th-century historian * Juan Luis Vives, Spanish scholar and humanist * Juan Luis Arsuaga, Spanish paleontologist *

Juan Ramón Jiménez Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (; 23 December 1881 – 29 May 1958) was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high ...

, Spanish poet who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956 * Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena, Spanish medieval writer * Juan Manuel Blanes, Uruguayan painter *

Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio (American Spanish: , ; 24 June 1911 – 17 July 1995), nicknamed ''El Chueco'' ("the bowlegged" or "bandy legged one") or ''El Maestro'' ("The Master" or "The Teacher"), was an Argentine racing car driver. He dominated t ...

, Argentine racing driver * Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian President * Juan Marichal, Dominican baseball player * Juan Martín del Potro, Argentine tennis player * Juan Mata, Spanish footballer who plays for English club Manchester United *

Juan Mateo Juan Manuel Mateo (born December 17, 1982) is a former professional baseball pitcher. A right-handed starting pitcher, he played part of the 2006 season in Major League Baseball with the Chicago Cubs. He last played for the Vaqueros Laguna in th ...

, Dominican baseball player *

Juan López Mella Juan Manuel López Mella (Lugo, 12 April 1965 – Albacete, 10 May 1995) was a Spanish professional Grand Prix and Superbike motorcycle racer. Entering international competitions for the first time in 1987, he came third in the 1991 Spanish Supe ...

(1965–1995), Spanish motorcycle racer * Juan Miro, Catalan painter * Juan Morillo (born 1972), Venezuelan sprinter * Juan Morillo (born 1983), Dominican baseball pitcher *

Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán (; born September 20, 1975) is a Colombian racing driver. He won the International F3000 championship in 1998, the CART FedEx Championship Series in 1999 in his debut year in the series, and the IMSA WeatherTech ...

, Colombian racing driver * Juan Nicasio, Dominican baseball player * Juan Padilla, Puerto Rican baseball pitcher * Juan Padilla, Cuban baseball second baseman * Juan Pérez (born 1978), Dominican baseball pitcher * Juan Pérez (born 1986), Dominican baseball outfielder * Juan Pérez (died before 1513), Spanish Franciscan and companion of Christopher Columbus * Juan Pérez (born 1956), American municipal politician and lawyer * Juan Pérez (born 1985), Mexican football player * Juan Pérez (born 1974), Spanish Olympic handball player * Juan Pérez Alsina, Argentine politician * Juan Pérez de Gijón (fl. 1460–1500), Spanish composer of the Renaissance *

Juan Pérez de Montalbán Juan Pérez de Montalbán (1602 – 25 June 1638) was a Spanish Catholic priest, dramatist, poet and novelist. Biography He was born at Madrid. At the age of eighteen, he became a licentiate in theology. He was ordained priest in 1625, and appointe ...

(1602–1638), Spanish dramatist, poet and novelist *

Juan Pérez de la Serna Juan Pérez de la Serna (1570 – August 8, 1631), was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Zamora (1627–1631) and as the seventh Archbishop of Mexico (1613–1627). ''(in Latin)''Juan Pérez de Zurita (1516–c. 1595), Spanish conquistador * Juan José Pérez Hernández (c. 1725–1775), Spanish explorer * Juan Pérez (born 1932), Chilean Olympic cyclist *

Juan Carlos Pérez Juan Carlos Pérez (born 6 October 1981 in Sucre) is a Bolivian trap shooter. He competed in the trap event at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was ...

(born 1981), Bolivian trap shooter * Juan de Dios Pérez (born 1980), Panamanian footballer *

Juan Manuel Pérez Juan Manuel Pérez García (born 14 October 1993) is an Argentine footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American f ...

(born 1993), Argentine footballer *

Juan David Pérez Juan David Pérez Benítez (born March 23, 1991) is a Colombian professional association football, footballer who currently plays for Once Caldas. Career 2012-16: Colombia Perez began his career with Boyacá Chicó F.C., Boyacá Chicó in 201 ...

(born 1991), Colombian footballer *

Juan Pérez Medina Juan Pérez Medina (born 20 October 1960) is a Mexican politician and educator affiliated with the Party of the Democratic Revolution. As of 2014 he served as Deputy of the LIX Legislature of the Mexican Congress The LIX Legislature of the Con ...

(born 1960), Mexican politician and educator *

Juan Perón Juan Domingo Perón (, , ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine Army general and politician. After serving in several government positions, including Minister of Labour and Vice President of a military dictatorship, he was elected P ...

, President of Argentina * Juan Pierre, American baseball player *

Juan Pizarro Navarrete Juan Pizarro Navarrete (October 1945 – 7 November 2022) was a Spanish physician and politician from the region of Andalusia. A member of the People's Party, Pizarro represented the Province of Jaén in the Congress of Deputies from 1991 unt ...

, Spanish physician and politician *

Juan Ponce de León Juan Ponce de León (, , , ; 1474 – July 1521) was a Spanish explorer and '' conquistador'' known for leading the first official European expedition to Florida and for serving as the first governor of Puerto Rico. He was born in Santervá ...

, Spanish explorer *

Juan Rincón Juan Manuel Rincón (born January 23, 1979) is a Venezuelan professional baseball coach and former relief pitcher. Rincón bats and throws right-handed. He throws a low 90s fastball and a mid to low 80s slider. In his career, Rincón posted a .208 ...

, Venezuelan baseball pitcher * Juan Rivera (fl. 1765), Spanish explorer of North America * Juan Rivera (born 1978), Venezuelan baseball outfielder * Juan Rivera (born 1972), American wrongfully convicted three times of a rape and murder * Juan Rivera, American singer and actor *

Juan Rojas Juan Rojas may refer to: * Juan Rojas (bishop) (died 1578) * Juan Rojas (footballer, born 1935), Chilean footballer * Juan Rojas (Paraguayan footballer) (born 1945) * Juan Rojas (footballer, born 1957), Chilean footballer * Juan Rodrigo Rojas (bo ...

(died 1578), Catholic prelate * Juan Roman Riquelme, Argentine footballer *

Juan Rosai Juan Rosai (August 20, 1940 – July 7, 2020) was an Italian-born American physician who contributed to clinical research and education in the specialty of surgical pathology. He was the principal author and editor of a major textbook in that fi ...

(1940–2020), Italian-American pathologist * Juan Rulfo (1917–1986), Mexican author * Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer * Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine footballer * Juan Pablo Sorín (born 1976), Argentinian footballer * Juan Thornhill (born 1996), American football player * Juan Toscano, Mexican basketball player * Juan Trippe, founder of Pan American World Airways *

Juan Uder Juan Carlos Uder (24 April 1927 – 14 July 2020) was an Argentine basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1 ...

(1927–2020), Argentine basketball player * Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball infielder * Juan Valdez, colonial governor of Texas *

Juan Vasquez (disambiguation) Juan Vásquez, in USA Juan Vasquez, may refer to: *Juan Vásquez (composer) (c. 1500–c.1560), Spanish priest and composer of the renaissance *Juan David Ochoa Vásquez (c. 1949–2013), Colombian drug dealer *Juan Materno Vásquez de León (1927� ...

, several people * Juan de Yepes Álvarez, Spanish poet and Catholic Saint (Saint John of the Cross)

Manx people with the name

Juan Noa Juan Noa was the pen-name of John Henry Cleator, a Manx dialect poet and playwright active from the 1920s to the 1960s in the Isle of Man. Life Cleator ran the family drapery business, located at 24 Parliament Street, Ramsey. He was married, t ...

, poet * Juan Turner, politician, businessman, and media personality *

Juan Watterson Juan Paul Watterson FCA CMgr FCMI FRSA SHK (born 1980) is a Manx politician, who is Speaker of the House of Keys, and a member for Rushen, in the Isle of Man. Early life Born in 1980 to John and Alison Watterson, he was educated at Rushen ...

, politician

Fictional characters

* Don Juan, the main character of the Philippine story '' Ibong Adarna'' * Juan, a character in the ''

Pokémon (an abbreviation for in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise managed by The Pokémon Company, founded by Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures (company), Creatures, the owners of the trademark and copyright of the franchise. In terms of ...

'' universe * Juan Cabrillo, the main character of the book series Oregon Files * Juan Carlos "Juice" Ortiz, a character of the ''

Sons of Anarchy ''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008 to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club ope ...

'' television series * Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra, the main character of Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tángere * Juan Rico, a Filipino character from the novel ''

Starship Troopers ''Starship Troopers'' is a military science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. Written in a few weeks in reaction to the US suspending nuclear tests, the story was first published as a two-part serial in ''The Magazine of F ...

'' * Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez, a character from the

Highlander Highlander may refer to: Regional cultures * Gorals (lit. ''Highlanders''), a culture in southern Poland and northern Slovakia * Hill people, who live in hills and mountains * Merina people, an ethnic group from the central plateau of Madagascar ...

film series *

Juan Tamad ''Juan Tamad'' (Filipino for "Lazy John") is a character in Philippine folklore noteworthy for extreme laziness. He is usually portrayed as a child, although in some interpretations, he is said to be a young man. Stories Arguably, the Juan Tam ...

, a character in Philippine folklore * Juan Valdez a coffee branding character * Juan, a character in '' Barney & Friends'' * Juan, a character in '' The ABCs of Death'' *

Juan Cortez ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the fourth main entry in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2001's ''Grand Theft Auto III'', and the s ...

, a character in ''

Far Cry 6 ''Far Cry 6'' is a 2021 first-person shooter game developed by Ubisoft Toronto and published by Ubisoft. It is the sixth main installment in the ''Far Cry'' series and the successor to 2018's ''Far Cry 5''. The game is set on the fictional Carib ...

'' *

, a character in '' Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''

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Notable people

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