# Jaan (given name)

Jaan is an Estonian masculine, a cognate of the English-language given name John.
People named Jaan include:
* Jaan Anvelt (1884–1937), Estonian communist revolutionary
* Jaan Arder (1952–2014), Estonian singer
* Jaan Ehlvest (born 1962), Estonian chess player
* Jaan Eigo (1866–1946), Estonian politician
* Jaan Eilart (1933–2006), Estonian biologist
* Jaan Einasto (born 1929), Estonian astrophysicist
* Jaan Hargel (1912–1966), Estonian conductor, music teacher, oboe player and flautist
* Jaan Eslon (1952–2000), Estonian-Swedish chess player
* Jaan Hünerson (1882–1942), Estonian agronomist and politician
* Jaan Isotamm (1939–2014), Estonian poet
* Jaan Jaago (1887–1949), Estonian wrestler
* Jaan Jung (1835–1900), Estonian educator, archeologist and historian
* Jaan Jüris (born 1977), Estonian ski jumper
* Jaan Kalviste (1898–1936), Estonian chemist, educator, and translator
* Jaan Kaplinski (1941–2021), Estonian poet, philosopher, and culture critic
* Jaan Kärner (1891–1958), Estonian poet and writer
* Jaan Kiivit Sr. (1906–1971), Estonian Archbishop
* Jaan Kiivit, Jr. (1940–2005), Estonian Archbishop
* Jaan Kikkas (1892–1944), Estonian weightlifter
* Jaan Kirsipuu (born 1969), Estonian road bicycle racer
* Jaan Klõšeiko (1939–2016), Estonian printmaker and photographer
* Jaan Kolberg (born 1958), Estonian film director and producer
* Jaan Kokk (1903–1942), Estonian politician
* Jaan Kriisa (1882–1942), Estonian lawyer and politician
* Jaan Kross (1920–2007), Estonian contemporary writer
* Jaan Kruus (1884–1942), Estonian military General
* Jaan Kruusvall (1940–2012), Estonian writer and playwright
* Jaan Kundla (born 1937), Estonian politician
* Jaan Kurn (1893–1981), Estonian teacher, poet and translator
* Jaan Laaman (born 1948), Estonian-born American member of the United Freedom Front
* Jaan Lattik, (1878–1967), Estonian politician and writer
* Jaan Lepp (1895–1941), Estonian track and field athlete and soldier
* Jaan J. Leppik (born 1969), Estonian clergyman and politician
* Jaan Lippmaa (1942–2021), Estonian engineer and politician
* Jaan Lõo (1872–1939), Estonian Supreme Court judge, poet and politician
* Jaan Luik (born 1953), Estonian sculptor
* Jaan Lüllemets (1932–2004), Estonian politician
* Jaan Maide (1896–1945), Estonian Army officer and commander
* Jaan Manitski (born 1942), Estonian politician
* Jaan Mark (born 1951), Estonian politician
* Jaan Masing (1875–1948), Estonian politician
* Jaan Miger (1859–1940), Estonian politician
* Jaan Murro (1903–1969), Estonian editor, journalist and politician
* Jaan Patterson (born 1975), German American writer and composer, founder of the netlabel Surrism-Phonoethics
* Jaan Pehk (born 1975), Estonian writer, singer and guitarist
* Jaan Piiskar (1883–1942), Estonian educator and politician
* Jaan Põdra (1894–1942), Estonian politician
* Jaan Port (1891–1951), Estonian botanist
* Jaan Poska (1866–1920), Estonian barrister and politician
* Jaan Puhvel (born 1932), Estonian-American Indo-Europeanist
* Jaan Puidet (born 1992), Estonian basketball player
* Jaan Rääts (1932–2020), Estonian film score composer
* Jaan Rannap (1931–2023), Estonian children's writer
* Jaan Raudsepp (1873–1945), Estonian politician
* Jaan Rekkor (born 1958), Estonian actor
* Jaan Ruus (1938–2017), Estonian film critic, journalist and film editor
* Jaan Sarv (1877–1954), Estonian mathematician and pedagogue
* Jaan Soots (1880–1942), Estonian military commander
* Jaan Tallinn (born 1972), Estonian programmer
* Jaan Talts (born 1944), Estonian weightlifter
* Jaan Tätte (born 1964), Estonian playwright, poet, actor, and singer
* Jaan Teemant (1872–?), Estonian lawyer and politician
* Jaan Tiidemann (born 1971), Estonian architect
* Jaan Tõnisson (1868–?), Estonian statesman
* Jaan Toomik (born 1961), Estonian video artist and a painter
* Jaan Tooming (born 1946), Estonian actor, stage and film director and writer
* Jaan Treumann (1881–1941), Estonian Lutheran clergyman, educator and politician
* Jaan Usin (1887–1941), Estonian Navy commander
* Jaan Vain (1886–1942), Estonian lawyer and politician
* Jaan Valsiner (born 1951), Estonian-American psychologist
Fictional characters