Jan
noun
a male given name, form of John.
Jan
1 American
[jan, yahn]
/ dʒæn, jɑn /
Jan.
2
American
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Jan
British
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The tiny, exquisite “Madonna at the Fountain,” Jan van Eyck and Workshop, c.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Rep. Jan Schakowsky, an Illinois Democrat, has been trying for several years to get a bill through the House of Representatives but could not move the ball before her upcoming retirement in January.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Marcos Senesi, Jan Paul van Hecke and Sandro Tonali are not in the best physical condition.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
He ran into several people he had known over his long political career, including former Los Angeles City Councilmember Jan Perry, and Brian Kito, the third-generation owner of the Fugetsu-Do Bakery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The great Dutch painter Jan Vermeer has been called the Sphinx of Delft, for all his paintings have a degree of mystery.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Then two years later, the family suffered a major shake-up: On Jan. 15, Allan, a 78-year-old American billionaire, died alone in Russia’s Saint Petersburg’s City Hospital No. 40, Intensive Care Unit No. 3.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
“I am extremely concerned,” Steven typed on Jan. 14, 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The event came as a celebration ahead of the Riverside native’s first solo exhibition, “SagradX,” which will open Saturday at Riverside Art Museum and remain through Jan. 31.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The sixth and final adventure arrived on Jan. 30, 2003.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
McCandless was thrilled to hear from Jan. “I am so glad to find you both alive and sound,” he exclaimed in a letter dated December 9, 1991.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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