János

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János is a masculine Hungarian given name. It originates from the Hebrew name Johanan and is thus a variant of the English name John.^[2]

Notable people with the name include:

• János Aczél (mathematician) (1924–2020), Hungarian-Canadian mathematician
• János Adorján (1938–1995), former Hungarian handball player
• János Aknai (1908–1992), Hungarian footballer
• János Arany (1817–1882), Hungarian writer, poet
• János Balogh (biologist) (1913–2002), Hungarian zoologist, ecologist, and professor
• János Balogh (chess player) (1892–1980), Hungarian–Romanian chess master
• János Balogh (footballer) (born 1982), Hungarian football goalkeeper
• Janos Bardi (1923–1990)
• János Bartl (1878–1958), magic supply dealer
• János Batsányi (1763–1845), Hungarian poet
• János Bédl (1929–1987), Hungarian football manager
• János Bencze (basketball) (1934–2014), Hungarian basketball player
• János Bergou (born 1947), Hungarian physicist and academic
• János Beszteri-Balogh (born 1938), former Hungarian ice hockey player
• János Bethlen (1613–1678), Chancellor of Transylvania
• János Bihari (1764–1827), Hungarian Romani violinist
• János Biri (1901–1983), Hungarian footballer and coach
• János Bódi (born 1932), Hungarian modern pentathlete
• János Bogár (born 1964), Hungarian ultramarathon runner
• János Bognár (1914–2004), Hungarian cyclist
• János Bókai (1822–1884), Hungarian professor, pediatrician, and children's hospital director
• János Boldóczki (1912–1988), Hungarian politician
• János Bolyai (1802–1860), Hungarian mathematician
• János Borsó (born 1953), Hungarian international football player
• János Börzsei (1921–2007), former Hungarian footballer
• János Brenner (1931–1957), Hungarian Roman Catholic priest
• János Bud (1880–1950), Hungarian politician
• János Csák (born 1962), Hungarian corporate leader and ambassador
• János Csank (born 1946), former goalkeeper and football manager
• János Cserni (born 1971), Hungarian judge and journalist
• János Cseszneky (1535-1593), Hungarian magnate
• János Csík (born 1946), Hungarian handball player and handball coach
• János Czetz (1822–1904), prominent Hungarian freedom fighter
• János Dalmati (1942–2020), Hungarian racewalker
• Janos Delacruz (born 1985), Filipino painter, illustrator, etcher, and printmaker
• János Derzsi (born 1954), Hungarian actor
• János Dévai (1940–2006), Hungarian cyclist
• János Donát (1744–1830), German-born Hungarian painter
• János Dosztály (1920–1998), Hungarian sports shooter
• János Drágffy (?-1526), Judge Royal of the Kingdom of Hungary
• János Drapál (1948–1985), Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Budapest
• János Dudás (1911–1979), Hungarian football midfielder
• János Dzvonyár (born 1961), Hungarian swimmer
• János Eilingsfeld (born 1991), Hungarian basketball player
• János Erdei (1919–1997), Hungarian boxer
• János Farkas (1741–1788), Hungarian jurist, lawyer and landowner
• János Farkas (1774–1847), Hungarian nobleman, jurist, landowner, vice-ispán
• János Farkas (footballer, born 1984), Hungarian football player
• János Fuzik (1957–2022), Hungarian journalist and politician
• János Garay (fencer) (1889–1945), Hungarian Olympic champion saber fencer
• Janos Mohoss (1936–2020), Swiss fencer
• János Murányi (born 1944), Hungarian discus thrower
• János Neumann (John von Neumann) (1903–1957), Hungarian born American mathematician, computer scientist
• Janos Pasztor (diplomat) (born 1955), Hungarian diplomat
• Janos Prohaska (1919–1974), actor and stuntman
• János Rácz (1941–2023), Hungarian basketball player
• Janos Ruthaly (1875–1963), American light heavyweight boxing champion, better known as "Jack Root"
• János Scholz (1903–1993), Hungarian-born American cellist and art collector
• Janos Spiegel (1876–1956), Hungarian violin maker
• János Starker (1924–2013), Hungarian-American cellist
• Janos Sztipanovits (born 1946), electrical engineer and computer scientist
• János Uzsoki (born 1972), Hungarian long jumper

• Janos Audron, introduced in the 1996 game Blood Omen
• Háry János, protaganist of Kodaly's opera Háry János (the given name, Janos, comes after the surname)
• Janos Prohaska, Blackhawk in the DC Comics universe
• Janos Rukh, a character in the 1936 film The Invisible Ray
• Janos Skorzeny, a vampire in the 1972 television film The Night Stalker
• Janos Skorzeny, a werewolf in the 1987–1988 television series Werewolf
• Janos Slynt, Commander of the City Watch in George Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire

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