Janko is a name that derives from a diminutive form of the name ''

Jan Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Num ...

'' (Slavic languages), '' Janez'' (Slovenian), '' János'' (Hungarian), and '' Yakov''/''

Jacob Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. J ...

'' (Ashkenazi Jewish). It also derives from the vernacular form of Latin ''

Johannes Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...

''. Notable people with the name include:

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Janko Benša Janko Benša (born 28 June 1977) is a Serbian retired distance runner. He was the men's winner of the 2000 Austin Marathon. He competed internationally for Yugoslavia during the 1990s. Running career Competing for Yugoslavia Benša made his in ...

(born 1977), Serbian distance runner *

Janko Bobetko Janko Bobetko (10 January 1919 – 29 April 2003) was a Croatian general who had participated in World War II and later in the Croatian War of Independence. He was one of the founding members of 1st Sisak Partisan Detachment, the first anti- ...

(1919–2003), Croatian general * Janko Brašić (1906–1994), Serbian naïve painter * Janko Drašković (1770–1856), Croatian politician * Janko Dreyer (born 1994), South African cricketer *

Janko Gagić Janko Gagić ( sr-Cyrl, Јанко Гагић; died 4 February 1804) was a Serbian hajduk leader (''buljubaša'') He was killed during the ''Slaughter of the Knezes'', the incident that sparked the Serbian Revolution, ultimately leading to Serbia ...

(died 1804), Serbian hajduk leader * Janko Gojković (born 1973), Bosnian swimmer * Janko Gredelj (1916–1941), Yugoslav communist * Janko Halkozović (fl. 1757), Serbian painter * Janko Janša (born 1900), Slovenian cross-country skier *

Janko Jesenský Baron Ján Jesenský (30 December 1874 in Tučiansky Svätý Martin ( hu, Túrócszentmárton), Kingdom of Hungary (present day Martin, Slovakia) – 27 December 1945 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) was a Slovak lower nobleman of the House of ...

(1874–1945), Slovak lower nobleman and member of the Slovak national movement * Janko Kamauf (1801–1874), city magistrate of Gradec and mayor of Zagreb, Croatia *

Janko Kersnik Janko Kersnik (4 September 1852 – 28 July 1897) was a Slovene writer and politician. Together with Josip Jurčič, he is considered the most important representative of literary realism in Slovene. Biography Kersnik was born in Brdo Ma ...

(1852–1897), Slovene writer and politician * Janko Kobentar (born 1940), Slovenian cross-country skier * Janko Konstantinov (1926–2010), Macedonian architect and artist *

Janko Kos Janko Kos (born 9 March 1931) is a Slovenian literary historian, theoretician, and critic. He was born in Ljubljana in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as the son of the painter and sculptor Tine Kos. His father was a liberal and freethi ...

(born 1931), Slovenian literary historian *

Janko Lavrin Janko Lavrin (10 February 1887 – 13 August 1986) was a Slovene novelist, poet, critic, translator, and historian. He was Professor Andrej Jelenc DiCaprio of Slavonic Studies at the University of Nottingham. An enthusiast for psycho-analysis, he ...

(1887–1986), Slovene novelist, poet, critic, translator, and historian *

Janko Leskovar Janko Leskovar (12 December 1861 – 4 February 1949) was a Croatian novelist. His literary form was marked with the novella ''Misao na vječnost''. Biography Leskovar was born in Valentinovo to a noble family. His grandfather was a blacksmith. ...

(1861–1949), Croatian novelist *

Janko Lukovski Janko Lukovski (born 7 April 1946) is a former Macedonian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary obje ...

(born 1946), Macedonian basketball player and coach *

Janko Mavrović Janko Mavrović (born 24 October 1977) is a former Croatian team handball player who started out in left wing position and was later switched to centre back position. He played for his local hometown clubs RK Kvarner, RK Pećine, RK Zamet, ...

(born 1977), Croatian team handball player *

Janko Mežik Janko Mežik (born 23 September 1921, date of death unknown) was a Slovenian ski jumper. He competed in the individual event at the 1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Oly ...

(born 1921), Slovenian ski jumper *

Janko Mihailović Moler Janko Mihailović Moler (in Cyrillic Serbian: Јанко Михаиловић Молер; Negrišori, Ottoman Empire, 1792 - Negrišori, Principality of Serbia, 1853) was a Serbian priest and artist. He was an icon and portrait painter. Biography ...

(1792–1853), Serbian priest and artist *

Janko Neuber Janko Neuber (born 25 June 1971) is a German former cross-country skier. He competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympi ...

(born 1971), German cross-country skier *

Janko Nilović Janko Nilović (born 20 May 1941) is a pianist, arranger and composer of Montenegrin and Greek descent who was born in Turkey and has lived in France since 1960. He has published many works, most of them on library labels not available for sal ...

(born 1941), pianist, arranger, and composer *

Janko Orožen Janko Orožen (; 10 December 1891 – 30 September 1989)Šlebinger, Janko. 1935. "Orožen Janko." ''Slovenski biografski leksikon'', vol. 6: Mrkun–Peterlin. Ljubljana: Zadružna gospodarska banka. was a Slovene historian and schoolteacher. Li ...

(1891–1989), Slovene historian and schoolteacher * Janko Pacar (born 1990), Swiss footballer * Janko Pleterski (1923–2018), Slovenian historian, politician, and diplomat *

Janko Premrl Janko Premrl (nom de guerre Vojko; Italianized: ) (29 February 1920 – 22 February 1943)Ferenc, Tone. 1995."'Premrl, Stanko." ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'' vol. 9, pp. 1–5. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 296. was a Slovene Partisan. Life Pr ...

(1920–1943), Slovene Partisan * Janko Prunk (born 1942), Slovenian historian * Janko Sanković (fl. 1963–1978), Yugoslavian football goalkeeper *

Janko Simović Janko Simović (born 7 June 1986) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a center back for Zeta. Club career Early career Born in Mojkovac, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia, Simović learned his trade in OFK Igalo. He made his deb ...

(born 1986), Montenegrin footballer *

Janko Smole Janko Smole (2 June 1921 – 11 June 2010) served as the president of the executive council of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia from 1965 to 1967. He was a member of the League of Communists of Slovenia. He was preceded by Viktor Avbelj and suc ...

(1921–2010), Slovenian politician *

Janko Tipsarević Janko Tipsarević ( sr-cyr, Јанко Типсаревић, ; born 22 June 1984) is a Serbian former tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 8, achieved on 2 April 2012. In his career, he won 4 ATP World Tour titles, one AT ...

(born 1984), Serbian tennis player * Janko Tumbasević (born 1985), Montenegrin footballer * Janko Veber (born 1960), Slovenian politician * Janko Veselinović (lawyer) (born 1965), Serbian academic and politician * Janko Veselinović (writer) (1862–1905), Serbian writer * Janko Vranyczany-Dobrinović (1920–2015), Croatian politician and diplomat *

Janko Vukotić Janko Vukotić ( sr-cyr, Јанко Вукотић; 18 February 1866 – 4 February 1927) was a Montenegrin serdar, general in the armies of the Principality and Kingdom of Montenegro in the Balkan Wars and World War I. Biography Vukotić was b ...

(1866–1927), Montenegrin general *

Janko Vuković Janko Vuković, sometimes spelt Janko Vukovich or von Vukovich, also known as Janko Vuković de Podkapelski or Janko Vuković-Podkapelski (27 September 1871 – 1 November 1918) was a Croatian naval officer who served in the Austro-Hungarian Navy ...

(1871–1918), Croatian admiral * Janko Vučinić (1966–2019), Montenegrin professional boxer and politician * Janko Šimrak (1883–1946), Croatian Greek Catholic hierarch * Janko Štefe (1923–?), Slovenian alpine skier

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* Anna Janko (born 1957), Polish poet, writer, columnist and literary critic * Eva Janko (born 1945), Austrian javelin thrower * Lubomír Janko (born 1955), Czech rower *

Marc Janko Marc Janko (born 25 June 1983) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Janko was a successful goal-scorer, particularly during his time at Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg, where he scored 75 league goa ...

(born 1983), Austrian footballer * Paul von Jankó, Hungarian inventor of the Jankó keyboard *

Richard Janko Richard Charles Murray Janko (born May 30, 1955) is an Anglo-American classical scholar and the Gerald Else, Gerald F. Else Distinguished University Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Michigan.

, British-American classicist * Saidy Janko (born 1995), Swiss footballer *

Sepp Janko Josef "Sepp" Janko (; 9 November 1905 25 September 2001) was a Volksgruppenführer ("Group Leader") of the Danube Swabian German Cultural Association ('' Schwäbisch-Deutschen Kulturbundes'') in Yugoslavia in 1939, and later was appointed SS ...

(1905–2001), Volksgruppenführer and SS Obersturmführer *

Zvonimir Janko Zvonimir Janko (26 July 1932 – 12 April 2022) was a Croatian mathematician who was the eponym of the Janko groups, sporadic simple groups in group theory. The first few sporadic simple groups were discovered by Émile Léonard Mathieu, which ...

(1932–2022), Croatian mathematician

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