Jānis
Jānis is a Latvian masculine given name . The first name Jānis is of Latvian origin and widespread in Latvia .
Name bearer
- Jānis Andersons (* 1986), Latvian ice hockey player
- Jānis Balodis (1881–1965), military man and politician
- Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis (1834–1891), first professionally trained Latvian architect
- Jānis Bebris (1917–1969), Latvian football player, goalkeeper and ice hockey player
- Jānis Bērziņš (biathlete) (* 1982), Latvian biathlete
- Jānis Birks (* 1956), Latvian politician
- Jānis Blūms (* 1982), Latvian basketball player
- Jānis Bojārs (1956-2018), Latvian shot putter
- Jānis Bulis (* 1950), Bishop of Rēzekne-Aglona
- Jānis Čakste (1859–1927), Latvian politician
- Jānis Cakuls (* 1926), auxiliary bishop emeritus in Riga
- Jānis Cimze (1814–1881), Livonian educator and musician
- Jānis Daliņš (1904–1978), Latvian athlete
- Jānis Domburs (* 1972), Latvian journalist and television presenter
- Jānis Dūklavs (* 1952), Latvian politician
- Jānis Endzelīns (1873–1961), Latvian linguist
- Jānis Fabriciuss (1877–1929), Latvian officer and commissioner of the Red Army
- Jānis Grīnbergs (beach volleyball player) (* 1971), Latvian beach volleyball player
- Jānis Ivanovs (1906–1983), Latvian composer
- Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš (1877–1962), Latvian painter and poet
- Jānis Jurkāns (* 1946), Latvian politician
- Jānis Kalnbērziņš (1893–1986), Latvian communist politician
- Jānis Kalniņš (1904–2000), Canadian composer
- Jānis Kalniņš (ice hockey player) (* 1991), Latvian ice hockey goalkeeper
- Jānis Ķipurs (* 1958), Latvian bobsledder
- Jānis Klovāns (1935-2010), Latvian chess grandmaster
- Jānis Konrāds (* 1942), Australian swimmer, s. John Konrads
- Jānis Krūmiņš (party official) (1894–1938), Latvian party official (LKP) and revolutionary
- Jānis Krūmiņš (basketball player) (1930–1994), Latvian basketball player
- Jānis Līcis (1832–1905), Latvian priest and Orthodox martyr
- Jānis Lipke (1900–1987), Latvian resistance fighter
- Jānis Lūsis (zoologist) (1897–1979), Soviet zoologist and geneticist
- Jānis Lūsis (* 1939), Latvian javelin thrower
- Jānis Mediņš (1890–1966), Latvian composer
- Jānis Miņins (* 1980), Latvian bobsledder
- Jānis Paipals (* 1983), Latvian cross-country skier
- Jānis Pauļuks (1865–1937), Latvian politician and prime minister
- Jānis Pēda (* 1985), Latvian volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Jānis Pleikšnis (* 1982), Latvian biathlete
- Jānis Pliekšāns (1865–1929; known as Rainis ), Latvian poet
- Jānis Pujats (* 1930), Archbishop of Riga
- Jānis Reirs (* 1961), Latvian politician
- Jānis Šilfs (1881–1921), Latvian communist and revolutionary
- Jānis Skuja (1906–1996), Latvian football player
- Jānis Šmēdiņš (* 1987), Latvian volleyball and beach volleyball player
- Jānis Sprukts (* 1982), Latvian ice hockey player
- Jānis Stradiņš (1933–2019), Latvian professor of physical-organic chemistry and science historian
- Jānis Strēlnieks (* 1989), Latvian basketball player
- Jānis Strenga (* 1986), Latvian bobsleigh athlete
- Jānis Strupulis (* 1949), Latvian sculptor and graphic designer
- Jānis Urbanovičs (* 1959), Latvian politician
- Jānis Vagris (* 1930), Latvian-Soviet politician
- Jānis Vanags (* 1958), Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia
- Jānis Vītoliņš (1886–1955), Latvian composer
- Jānis Vitomskis (1936–2009), Latvian chess player