Janka, typically a
given name
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or a
surname, is a form of the originally
Hebrew language
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name ''"Yohanan"'' (meaning "God is merciful").
Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
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Carlo Janka (born 1986),
Swiss alpine ski
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racer
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Les Janka,
American 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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**Ge ...
publisher
Given name:
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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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* M ...
,
Zsa Zsa 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,
Sierra Leonean
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musician
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Distribution of the name ''Janka'' in USA
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