Jans (surname)

Jans is a Dutch patronymic surname equivalent to Johnson. It is a less common form than the abundant Jansen, Janssen and Janssens. People with the name Jans include:

• Anneke Jans (1509–1539), Dutch anabaptist executed for heresy
• fr:Carlijn Jans (born 1987), Dutch volleyball player
• de:Jan Jans (born 1954), Dutch theologian
• Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (born 1984), Polish tennis player
• Laurent Jans (born 1992), Luxembourgian footballer
• Lies Jans (born 1974), Belgian politician
• Lucretia Jans (1602 – after 1641), Dutch survivor of the Batavia shipwreck
• Melanie Jans (born 1973), Canadian squash player
• Paul Jans (born 1981), Dutch footballer
• Ron Jans (born 1958), Dutch football player and manager
• Tom Jans (1948–1984), American folk musician
• Wendy Jans (born 1983), Belgian snooker and pool player

Other

• Neeltje Jans, local name for the goddess Nehalennia, after whom an artificial island in Zeeland has been named

See also

• Geertgen tot Sint Jans (c.1460 - <1495), Dutch Renaissance painter