Janson (name)

Janson is a Scandinavian patronymic surname, meaning "son of Jan", derived from Johannes. There are alternate Belgian, Dutch, Danish, Latvian, Norwegian and Swedish spellings.

Surname
Notable people with this surname 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
 * Chris Janson (born 1986), American country music singer and songwriter
 * 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
 * Horst Janson (actor), German film and television actor
 * Jonathan Janson (born 1950), American painter and art historian
 * Klaus Janson (born 1952), American comic book artist
 * Lucas Janson (born 1994), Argentine footballer
 * 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 (1872–1944), Belgian liberal politician, brother of Marie Janson
 * Svante Janson, Swedish mathematician

Fictional

 * Paul Janson, the protagonist of The Janson Directive, a novel by Robert Ludlum
 * Wes Janson, an X-Wing pilot in Rogue Squadron in the Star Wars movies and expanded universe novels

Given name
While Janson is uncommon as a given name, notable people with this first name include:


 * Janson Junk (born 1996), American baseball player
 * Janson van Keulen (1593–1661), variant name of Cornelius Johnson, English portrait painter