# Janko

Janko is a name that derives from a diminutive form of the name Jan (Slavic languages), Janez (Slovenian), János (Hungarian), and Yakov/Jacob (Ashkenazi Jewish). It also derives from the vernacular form of Latin Johannes. Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

* Janko Benša (born 1977), Serbian distance runner
* Janko Bobetko (1919–2003), Croatian general
* Janko Brašić (1906–1994), Serbian naïve painter
* Janko Drašković (1770–1856), Croatian politician
* Janko Dreyer (born 1994), South African cricketer
* Janko Gagić (died 1804), Serbian hajduk leader
* Janko Gojković (born 1973), Bosnian swimmer
* Janko Gredelj (1916–1941), Yugoslav communist
* Janko Halkozović (fl. 1757), Serbian painter
* Janko Janša (1900–?), Slovenian cross-country skier
* Janko Jesenský (1874–1945), Slovak lower nobleman and member of the Slovak national movement
* Janko Kamauf (1801–1874), city magistrate of Gradec and mayor of Zagreb, Croatia
* Janko Kersnik (1852–1897), Slovene writer and politician
* Janko Kobentar (born 1940), Slovenian cross-country skier
* Janko Konstantinov (1926–2010), Macedonian architect and artist
* Janko Kos (born 1931), Slovenian literary historian
* Janko Lavrin (1887–1986), Slovene novelist, poet, critic, translator, and historian
* Janko Leskovar (1861–1949), Croatian novelist
* Janko Lukovski (1946–2023), Macedonian basketball player and coach
* Janko Mavrović (born 1977), Croatian team handball player
* Janko Mežik (1921–1998), Slovenian ski jumper
* Janko Mihailović Moler (1792–1853), Serbian priest and artist
* Janko Neuber (born 1971), German cross-country skier
* Janko Nilović (born 1941), pianist, arranger, and composer
* Janko Orožen (1891–1989), Slovene historian and schoolteacher
* Janko Pacar (born 1990), Swiss footballer
* Janko Pleterski (1923–2018), Slovenian historian, politician, and diplomat
* Janko Popović Volarić (born 1980), Croatian actor
* Janko Premrl (1920–1943), Slovene Partisan
* Janko Prunk (born 1942), Slovenian historian
* Janko Sanković (fl. 1963–1978), Yugoslavian football goalkeeper
* Janko Simović (born 1986), Montenegrin footballer
* Janko Smole (1921–2010), Slovenian politician
* Janko Tipsarević (born 1984), Serbian tennis player
* Janko Tumbasević (born 1985), Montenegrin footballer
* Janko Veber (born 1960), Slovenian politician
* Janko Veselinović (lawyer) (born 1965), Serbian academic and politician
* Janko Veselinović (writer) (1862–1905), Serbian writer
* Janko Vranyczany-Dobrinović (1920–2015), Croatian politician and diplomat
* Janko Vukotić (1866–1927), Montenegrin general
* Janko Vuković (1871–1918), Croatian admiral
* Janko Vučinić (1966–2019), Montenegrin professional boxer and politician
* Janko Šimrak (1883–1946), Croatian Greek Catholic hierarch
* Janko Štefe (1923–?), Slovenian alpine skier

## Surname

* Anna Janko (born 1957), Polish poet, writer, columnist and literary critic
* Eva Janko (born 1945), Austrian javelin thrower
* Lubomír Janko (born 1955), Czech rower
* Marc Janko (born 1983), Austrian footballer
* Paul von Jankó, Hungarian inventor of the Jankó keyboard
* Richard Janko, British-American classicist
* Saidy Janko (born 1995), Swiss footballer
* Sepp Janko (1905–2001), Volksgruppenführer and SS Obersturmführer
* Zvonimir Janko (1932–2022), Croatian mathematician