- Janson (name)
Family name
name = Janson
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meaning = "son of Jan"
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origin =Scandinavian
related names =Jansson ,Jenson
footnotes =Janson is a Scandinavian
patronymic surname , meaning "son ofJan ", derived fromJohannes . There are alternateBelgian , Dutch, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish spellings. Janson is uncommon as agiven name . People with the name Janson or its variants include:*
Anton Janson (1620-1687), Dutch printer and typographer after whom the font "Janson" is named
*Charles Auguste Marie Joseph, Comte de Forbin-Janson (1785 - 1844), French Bishop of Nancy and Toul, and founder of the Association of the Holy Childhood
*Ciara Janson (born 1987), English actress
*David Janson (born 1950), English actor and father of Ciara Janson
*Ernest A. Janson (1878-1930), highly decorated United States Marine of World War I
*H. W. Janson (1913-1982), American art historian
*Klaus Janson (born 1952), American comic book artist
*Marie Janson (1873-1960), Belgian politician and first woman to serve in the Belgian Senate; sister of Paul-Émile Janson
*Oscar Janson (born 1975), Swedish athlete
*Paul Janson (1840-1913), Belgian liberal politician; father of Paul-Émile Janson and Marie Janson
*Paul-Émile Janson (91872-1944), Belgian liberal politician, brother of Marie Janson;Alternte spelling
*Mariss Jansons (born 1943), Latvian conductoree also
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Jansson
*Jenson
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