Janus
Janus denotes:
- Janus (mythology) , a Roman god
- Janus (progressive rock band) , English band from the early 1970s
- Janus (band) , a German band
- Janus (moon) , a moon of Saturn
- Janus (protocol) , a file transfer protocol
- Janus, a project by the University of Cambridge # Janus for standardized digitized access to the library holdings of the university and other institutions in the Cambridge region
- Fairytale chess #Janus , a figure in chess variations
- Janus Capital Group , an investment company from the United States
- Janus II , a French diving company
- Janus Quadrifrons , an ancient building in Rome
- Janus Recognition Toolkit
- Janus attack , a form of attack on a computer network, see man-in-the-middle attack
- Janus kinase , a special enzyme
- Janusschach , a variant of chess
- HMS Janus , a British warship in World War II
- Schempp-Hirth Janus , a Schempp-Hirth glider
- Zündapp Janus , a car from Zündapp - with a Janus seat formation
- Janus (genus) , a genus of plant wasps (Symphyta)
- Janus (TV series) , an ORF TV series
- Janus (1818–1819) , an Austrian newspaper
- Crime scene: Janus , German TV crime thriller
- Janus bike, see Janus tandem , Janus recumbent bike - with Janus seat formation
Janus is a family name for the following people:
- Barthold Janus (? –1675), German Lutheran theologian and general superintendent
- Bengt Janus (1921–1988), Danish writer
- Gerhard Otto Christoph Janus (1741–1805), German pastor of the Reformed Church
- Goran Janus (* 1970), Slovenian ski jumper and ski jumping trainer
- Jakob Janus (1530–1583), Sorbian Protestant pastor
- Jaroslav Janus (* 1989), Slovak ice hockey goalkeeper
- Jill Janus (1975–2018), American heavy metal musician
- Johannes Janus (18 ** - 1903), German businessman and hotelier
- Krzysztof Janus (* 1986), Polish football player
- Ludwig Janus (* 1939), German psychotherapist and author
- Martin Janus (≈1620 – ≈1682), German Protestant theologian and hymn composer
- Samantha Janus (born 1972), British actress, see Samantha Womack
Janus is the first name of the following people:
- Janus Boskamp (* 1948), Dutch football player and coach
- Janus Cornarius (1500–1558), German doctor
- Janus Djurhuus (1881–1948), Faroese poet
- Janus Friis (* 1976), Danish computer scientist and entrepreneur
- Janus Genelli (1761–1813), German landscape painter
- Janus Gruter (1560–1627), Belgian writer and polyhistor
- Janus Kamban (1913–2009), Faroese sculptor and graphic artist
- Janus Pannonius (1434–1472), Hungarian poet
- Janus Piccoulas (1889–1968), American makeup artist
- Janus Secundus (1511–1536), Dutch poet, painter and sculptor
- Janus of Cyprus (1375–1432), King of Cyprus
Others:
- Janus Island , island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
- Mount Janus , mountain in Victoria Land, Antarctica
See also:
