Janez is a
Slovene form of the
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
John.
[Keber, Janez. 1988. ''Leksikon imen. Izvor imen na Slovenskem.'' Celje: Mohorjeva družba, pp. 213–216.]
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Janez Burger (born 1965), film director
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Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008), second president of Slovenia
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Janez Drozg (1933–2005), film director
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Janez Istenič, footballer
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Janez Janež (1913–1990), expatriate surgeon
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Janez Janša (born 1958), fifth prime minister of Slovenia
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Janez Lapajne (born 1967), film director
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Janez Lenarčič (born 1967), diplomat
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Janez Matičič (1926–2022), composer and pianist
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Janez Semrajč (born 1989), tennis player
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Janez Vajkard Valvasor (1641–1693) Slovene name of Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, scholar and polymath
References
Slovene masculine given names
Masculine given names
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