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. The first written use of the name Jānis dates back to 1290. It may refer to: * Jānis Ādamsons (born 1956), Latvian politician * Jānis Akuraters (1876–1937), Latvian poet, writer, playwright and politician * Jānis Andersons (born 1986), Latvian ice hockey defenceman * Jānis Balodis (1881–1965), Latvian army general and politician * Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis (1834–1891), Latvian architect * Jānis Bebris (1917–1969), Latvian footballer * Jānis Beinarovičs (1907–1967), Latvian wrestler * Jānis Bērziņš (1889–1938), Latvian and Soviet communist military official and politician * Jānis Bērziņš (born 1993), Latvian basketball player *

Jānis Birks Jānis Birks (born 31 July 1956 in Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's tota ...

(born 1956), Latvian politician * Jānis Blūms (born 1982), Latvian professional basketball player *

Jānis Bojārs Jānis Bojārs (12 May 1956 – 5 June 2018) was a Latvian male shot putter, best known for winning the silver medal for the Soviet Union in the men's shot put event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. He set his personal best ...

(1956–2018), Latvian shot putter * Jānis Brikmanis (1940–2019), Latvian zoologist, environmental conservationist, radio and television presenter, and writer *

Jānis Buivids Jānis Buivids (Janis Buivydas) (8 September 1864 – 2 April 1937) was a general in the Latvian Army. He participated in World War I and the Russian Civil War. Biography Buivids was born in Alkiškiai, in the Kovno Governorate of the Russian ...

(1864–1937), Latvian military general *

Jānis Bulis Jānis Bulis (born 17 August 1950 in Briģi Parish, Ludza Municipality) is a Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Rēzekne-Aglona in Latvia. Biography Jānis Bulis was born on 17 August 1950 in Briģi Parish, Ludza Municipality, Latvia. After his ...

(born 1950), Latvian Roman Catholic bishop *

Jānis Čakste Jānis Kristaps Čakste (; 14 September 1859 – 14 March 1927) was a Latvian politician and lawyer who served as the first head of an independent Latvian state as the Chairman of the Tautas Padome, People's Council (1918–1920), the Speaker o ...

(1859–1927), Latvian politician and lawyer, former President of Latvia *

Jānis Cimze Jānis Cimze (3 July/21 June 1814 — 22 October/10 October 1881) was a Latvian pedagogue, collector and harmoniser of folk songs, organist, founder of Latvian choral music and initiator of professional Latvian music. He is buried at the Lugaž ...

(1814–1881), Latvian pedagogue, collector and harmoniser of folk songs and organist *

Jānis Čoke Jānis Čoke (24 September 1878 in Idus parish (now Valmiera Municipality), Kreis Wolmar, Governorate of Livonia – 9 June 1910 in Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland) was a Latvian revolutionary who is known for his involvement in the 1906 Helsinki ba ...

(1878–1910), Latvian revolutionary and bank robber *

Jānis Daliņš Jānis Daliņš (5 November 1904 – 11 June 1978) was a Latvian race walker. Competing in the 50 km event he won a silver medal at the 1932 Olympics, becoming the first athlete to win an Olympic medal competing for Latvia. He also won the 193 ...

(1904–1978), Latvian race walker and Olympic medalist *

Jānis Dimza Jānis Dimza (1 November 1906, Ipiķi parish – 1942) was a Latvian decathlete. He placed fourth at the European Championships in 1934, and challenged for medals at the Olympic Games in 1932 until he injured himself in the pole vault. Care ...

(1906–c.1942), decathlete and Olympic competitor *

Jānis Doniņš Jānis Doniņš (born 20 April 1946) is a Latvian- American former javelin thrower. Competing for the Soviet Union, he won the silver medal at the 1971 European Athletics Championships behind Jānis Lūsis. Career Doniņš placed sixth i ...

(born 1946), Latvian javelin thrower *

Jānis Dreimanis Jānis Dreimanis (born 13 October 1949, Riga) is a Latvian former football defender. In his career, he played 115 matches for Daugava Rīga, scoring four goals. Playing career Dreimanis' first steps in football were made with Darba Rezerve ...

(born 1949), Latvian football manager football defender *

Jānis Dūklavs Jānis Dūklavs (born 24 November 1952) is a Latvian politician from the Union of Greens and Farmers political alliance. Dūklavs was Minister of Agriculture of Latvia from 2009 to 2011 and again from 2014 to 2019. Dūklavs came into disrepute ...

(born 1952), Latvian politician * Jānis Dukšinskis (born 1963), Latvian politician * Jānis Eglītis (born 1961), Latvian politician * Jānis Endzelīns (1873–1961), Latvian linguist * Jānis Francis (1877–1956), Latvian army general * Jānis Gailītis (born 1985), Latvian basketball player and coach * Jānis Gilis (1943–2000), Latvian football manager * Jānis Ikaunieks (1912–1969), Latvian astronomer * Jānis Ikaunieks (born 1995), Latvian footballer * Jānis Ilsters (1851–1889), Latvian botanist, teacher and folklore collector * Jānis Ivanovs (1906–1983), Latvian classical music composer * Jānis Jaks (born 1995), Latvian ice hockey player * Jānis Jansons (born 1982), Latvian floorball player * Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš (1877—1962), Latvian writer and painter * Jānis Joņevs (born 1980), Latvian writer * Jānis Judiņš (1884–1918), Latvian Riflemen commander and Red hero of the Russian Civil War * Jānis Jurkāns (born 1946), Latvian politician * Jānis Kalējs (born 1965), Latvian film director * Jānis Kalmīte (1907–1996), Latvian expressionist painter * Jānis Kalniņš (1904–2000), Latvian and Canadian composer * Jānis Karlivāns (born 1982), Latvian decathlete and Olympic competitor * Jānis Kaufmanis (born 1989), Latvian basketball player * Jānis Ķipurs (born 1958), Latvian bobsledder and Olympic medalist * Jānis Klovāns (1935–2010), Latvian chess Grandmaster * Jānis Krūmiņš (1930–1994), Latvian basketball player * Jānis Lagzdiņš (born 1952), Latvian politician * Jānis Leitis (born 1989), Latvian long jumper * Jānis Lidmanis (1910–1986), Latvian footballer and basketballer * Jānis Liepiņš (1894–1964), Latvian painter * Jānis Liepiņš (born 1988), Latvian conductor *

Jānis Lipke Jānis Lipke (also Žanis and Jan Lipke; 1 February 1900, Mitau – 14 May 1987, Riga) was a Latvians, Latvian rescuer of Jews in Latvia, Jews in Riga in World War II from the Holocaust in Latvia. Lipke, a dock worker in the port of Riga, was det ...

(1900–1987), Latvian rescuer of Jews during World War II * Jānis Līvens (1884–????), was a Latvian cyclist and Olympic competitor * Jānis Lūsis (1939–2020), Latvian javelin thrower and Olympic medalist * Jānis Matulis (1911–1985), Latvian prelate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia and Archbishop of Riga * Jānis Medenis (1903–1961), Latvian poet and writer * Jānis Mediņš (1890–1966), Latvian composer * Jānis Miglavs (born 1948), Latvian-born American photographer and writer * Jānis Miņins (born 1980), Latvian bobsledder * Jānis Paipals (born 1983), Latvian cross-country skier and Olympic competitor * Jānis Paukštello (born 1951), Latvian stage and film actor * Jānis Pauļuks (1865–1937), Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia * Jānis Pētersons (born 1995), Latvian singer ( Citi Zēni) *

Jānis Pīnups Jānis Pīnups (; 10 May 1925 – 15 June 2007) was the last of the Forest Brothers to come out of hiding, in 1995, at the age of 70.Grīnberga, M. (1997)Pēdējo mežabrāļu atgriešanās ''Diena''. Biography He had been conscripted into th ...

(1925–2007), Latvian partisan * Jānis Pliekšāns (aka Rainis) (1865–1929), Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician * Jānis Podžus (born 1994), Latvian tennis player * Jānis Polis (1938–2011), Latvian pharmacologist * Jānis Porziņģis (born 1982), Latvian basketball player * Jānis Pujats (born 1930), Latvian Roman Catholic archbishop emeritus of Riga * Jānis Reinis (born 1960), Latvian stage and film actor * Jānis Rinkus (born 1977), Latvian footballer * Janis Rozentāls (1866–1916), Latvian painter * Jānis Rozītis (1913–1942), Latvian football forward * Jānis Rudzītis (1903–1967), Latvian wrestler and Olympic competitor *

Jānis Rudzutaks Jānis Rudzutaks (; – 29 July 1938) was a Latvian Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet politician. He was executed during the Great Purge. Early life Rudzutaks was born in the Kuldīga district of the Courland Governorate (present-day Kur ...

(1887–1938), Latvian Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician * Janis Skroderis (born 1983), Latvian professional tennis player *

Jānis Šmēdiņš Jānis Šmēdiņš (born 31 July 1987) is a Latvian beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game i ...

(born 1987), Latvian beach volleyball player and Olympic competitor * Jānis Šmits (born 1968), Latvian politician * Jānis Sprukts (born 1982), Latvian professional ice hockey forward * Jānis Straume (born 1962), Latvian politician * Jānis Straupe (born 1989), Latvian ice hockey player *

Jānis Streičs Jānis Streičs (born 26 September 1936) is a Soviet/Latvian film director. Streičs' 1991 comedy film ''The Child of Man'' was runner-up for the Chicago International Children's Film Festival Rights of the Child Award in 1994. It had previously b ...

(born 1936), Latvian film director * Jānis Strēlnieks (born 1989), Latvian basketball player * Jānis Strenga (born 1986), Latvian bobsledder * Jānis Strupulis (born 1949), Latvian sculptor and graphic designer *

Jānis Sudrabkalns Jānis Sudrabkalns (May 17, 1894 – September 4, 1975), born Arvīds Peine, was a Latvian poet and writer. Biography Born in to the family of an innkeeper and tracher, the family moved to Jaunpiebalga when he was a child. After the death of ...

(1894–1975), Latvian poet and writer * Jānis Tilbergs (1880–1972), Latvian painter and a sculptor *

Jānis Timma Jānis Timma (2 July 1992 – 17 December 2024) was a Latvian professional basketball player. Standing at , he mainly played at the small forward position. He also represented the senior Latvia men's national basketball team, Latvia national team ...

(1992–2024), Latvian basketball player * Jānis Tutins (born 1966), Latvian politician * Jānis Urbanovičs (born 1959), Latvian politician * Jānis Vanags (born 1958), archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia * Jānis Vilsons (1944–2018), Latvian handball player and Olympic competitor * Jānis Vinters (born 1971), Latvian rally racing motorcycle rider * Jānis Vītols (1911–1993), Latvian cyclist and Olympic competitor * Jānis Vucāns (born 1956), Latvian politician and mathematician

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