# Janusz

Janusz is a masculine Polish given name. It is also the shortened form of January and Januarius.

## People

* Janusz Akermann (born 1957), Polish painter
* Janusz Bardach, Polish gulag survivor and physician
* Janusz Bielański, Roman Catholic priest
* Janusz Bojarski (born 1956), Polish general
* Janusz Bokszczanin (1894–1973), Polish Army colonel
* Janusz Brzozowski (1935–2019), Polish-Canadian computer scientist
* Janusz Christa (1934–2008), Polish author of comic books
* Janusz Domaniewski (1891–1954), Polish ornithologist
* Janusz Gajos, Polish actor
* Janusz Gaudyn (1935–1984), Polish physician, writer and poet
* Janusz Głowacki (1938–2017), Polish-American author and screenwriter
* Janusz Grabowski (born 1955), Polish mathematician
* Janusz Janowski (born 1965), Polish painter, jazz drummer and art theorist
* Janusz Kamiński (born 1959), Polish cinematographer and film director
* Janusz Korczak (Henryk Goldszmit), Polish-Jewish children's author, pediatrician, and child pedagogist
* Janusz Kurtyka (born 1960), Polish historian specializing in the culture and religion of Poland in the 16th and 17th centuries
* Janusz Liberkowski (born 1953), winner of American Inventor season one
* Janusz Magnuski (1933–1999), Polish author and military historian
* Janusz Meissner (1901–1978), Polish Air Force pilot, journalist and author
* Janusz Olejniczak (1952–2024), Polish classical pianist
* Janusz Paluszkiewicz (1912–1990), Polish actor
* Janusz Pasierb (1929–1993), Polish catholic priest, poet, writer, and historian
* Janusz Pawliszyn (born 1954), Polish chemist
* Janusz Pawłowski (born 1959), Polish judoka
* Janusz Piekałkiewicz (1925–1988), Polish underground soldier, historian, writer, and television/cinema director and producer
* Janusz Sanocki (1954–2020), Polish politician
* Janusz Skumin Tyszkiewicz, Lithuanian writer
* Janusz Spyra (born 1958), Polish historian specializing in Cieszyn Silesia
* Janusz Szpotański (1929–2001), Polish writer and chess player
* Janusz Szrom (born 1968), Polish jazz vocalist and composer
* Janusz Waluś (born 1953), Polish assassin
* Janusz Witwicki (1903–1946), Polish architect and art historian
* Janusz Wójcik (1953–2017), Polish politician, and former football player and coach
* Janusz Zajdel (1938–1985), Polish science-fiction author
* Janusz Zakrzeński (1936–2010), Polish actor
* Janusz Andrzej Zakrzewski (1932–2008), Polish physicist
* Janusz Zalewski (1903–1944), Polish sailor
* Janusz K. Zawodny (1921–2012), Polish-American historian, political scientist, and former World War II resistance fighter and soldier
* Janusz Zaorski (born 1947), Polish film director, scenarist and actor
* Janusz Żurakowski, Polish-born fighter and test pilot

### Politics

* Janusz I of Warsaw (c. 1340 – 1429), Duke of Warsaw
* Janusz III of Masovia (1502–1526), Polish duke of Masovia
* Janusz Aleksander Sanguszko (1712–1775), Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnate
* Janusz Chwierut (born 1965), Polish politician
* Janusz Dobrosz, Polish politician
* Janusz Jędrzejewicz (1885–1951), Polish politician and educator
* Janusz Kaczmarek (born 1961), Polish lawyer, prosecutor and politician
* Janusz Kiszka (1600–1653), Polish-Lithuanian politician and magnate
* Janusz Kochanowski (1940–2010), Polish lawyer and diplomat
* Janusz Kołodziej (politician) (born 1959), Polish politician
* Janusz Korwin-Mikke (born 1942), Polish conservative liberal political commentator and politician
* Janusz Krasoń (born 1956), Polish politician
* Janusz Leon Wiśniewski (born 1954), Polish scientist and writer
* Janusz Lewandowski (born 1951), Polish economist and politician
* Janusz Maksymiuk (born 1947), Polish politician
* Janusz Onyszkiewicz (born 1937), Polish mathematician, alpinist and politician
* Janusz Ostrogski (1554–1620), Polish-Lithuanian noble
* Janusz Palikot (born 1964), Polish politician, activist and businessman
* Janusz Pałubicki (born 1948), Polish politician and activist
* Janusz Radziwiłł (1579–1620), Polish nobleman
* Janusz Radziwiłł (1612–1655), Polish-Lithuanian noble and magnate
* Janusz Radziwiłł (1880–1967), Polish nobleman and politician
* Janusz Reiter (born 1952), Polish diplomat
* Janusz Śniadek (born 1955), Polish politician
* Janusz Suchywilk (c. 1310 – 1382), Polish nobleman
* Janusz Tazbir (1927–2016), Polish historian
* Janusz Tomaszewski (born 1956), Polish politician
* Janusz Tyszkiewicz Łohojski, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnate and politician
* Janusz Wiśniowiecki, starost of Krzemieniec
* Janusz Wojciechowski (born 1954), Polish politician
* Janusz Zabłocki (1926–2014), Polish politician, publicist, Catholic activist, lawyer and soldier of Armia Krajowa
* Janusz Zemke (born 1949), Polish politician
* Janusz Ziółkowski (1924–2000), Polish sociologist and politician

### Sports

* Janusz Brzozowski (handballer) (born 1951), Polish handball player
* Janusz Cegliński (born 1949), Polish basketball player
* Janusz Centka, Polish glider pilot
* Janusz Dziedzic (born 1980), Polish football striker
* Janusz Gol (born 1985), Polish football midfielder
* Janusz Gortat (1948–2023), Polish boxer
* Janusz Jojko (born 1960), Polish footballer
* Janusz Karweta (born 1988), Polish pair skater
* Janusz Kołodziej (speedway rider) (born 1984), Polish speedway rider
* Janusz Kupcewicz (1955–2022), Polish football player
* Janusz Krawczyk, Polish luger
* Janusz Krężelok (born 1974), Polish cross country skier
* Janusz Kudyba (born 1961), Polish football striker
* Janusz Kulig (1969–2004), Polish rally driver
* Janusz Kusociński (1907–1940), Polish athlete
* Janusz Michallik (born 1966), Polish-born retired soccer defender and current coach
* Janusz Patrzykont (1912–1982), Polish basketball player
* Janusz Pyciak-Peciak (born 1949), Polish modern pentathlete
* Janusz Sałach (born 1957), Polish cyclist
* Janusz Sidło (1933–1993), Polish javelin thrower
* Janusz Ślązak (1907–1985), Polish rower
* Janusz Sybis (born 1952), Polish football striker
* Janusz Trzepizur (born 1959), Polish high jumper
* Janusz Turowski (born 1961), Polish football coach and former player
* Janusz Waluś (born 1953), Polish ski jumper
* Janusz Wojnarowicz (born 1980), Polish judoka
* Janusz Wolański (born 1979), Polish football midfielder