Jans (surname)

Jans is a Dutch patronymic surname equivalent to Johnson. Like, Janse, this form of the surname is a less common than the abundant Jansen, Janssen and Janssens. People with the name Jans include:
 * Alaric Jans (born 1949), American film and theater composer
 * Anneke Jans (1509–1539), Dutch anabaptist executed for heresy
 * Carlijn Jans (born 1987), Dutch volleyball player
 * Chris Jans (born 1969), American basketball coach
 * Edouard de Jans (1855–1919), Belgian portrait and genre painter
 * Edward Jans (born 1946), Canadian sports shooter
 * (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
 * Mie Jans (born 1994), Danish footballer
 * Paul Jans (born 1981), Dutch footballer
 * (1909–1994), Dutch Old Catholic bishop
 * Ron Jans (born 1958), Dutch football player and manager
 * Roy Jans (born 1990), Belgian road cyclist
 * Tom Jans (1948–1984), American folk musician
 * Wendy Jans (born 1983), Belgian snooker and pool player

Given name
Jans can also be a male or female given name:
 * Jans Aasman (born 1958), Dutch psychologist and Cognitive Science expert
 * Jans der Enikel (fl. 1271–1302), Viennese poet and historian
 * Jans Koerts (born 1969), Dutch male road bicycle racer
 * Jans Koster (born 1938), Dutch female freestyle swimmer
 * Jans Martense Schenck (1631–1687), Dutch settler in New Netherlands
 * Jans Rautenbach (1936–2016), South African screenwriter, film producer and director

Other

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