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.[1] Notable people with the name include:
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include: Janko Benša (born 1977), Serbian distance runner Janko Bobetko (1919–2003), Croatian general Janko Brašić (1906–1994), Serbian naïve painter Janko Drašković...
known as group theory, the Janko groups are the four sporadic simple groups J1, J2, J3 and J4 introduced by Zvonimir Janko. Unlike the Mathieu groups...
Saidy Janko (born 22 October 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Swiss club BSC Young Boys. Born in Switzerland, he played...
Marc Janko (born 25 June 1983) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Janko was a successful goal-scorer, particularly...
Lenny Janko (born 5 February 2002) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Swiss club Zürich U21. Janko was born in Switzerland...
Zvonimir Janko (26 July 1932 – 12 April 2022) was a Croatian mathematician who was the eponym of the Janko groups, sporadic simple groups in group theory...
Richard Charles Murray Janko (born May 30, 1955) is an Anglo-American classical scholar and the Gerald F. Else Distinguished University Professor of Classical...
Janko Perić (born February 24, 1949), is a former Canadian politician. Perić was the Liberal Party MP for the riding of Cambridge from 1993 to 2004. He...
Eva Janko (née Egger) (born 24 January 1945 in Floing, Styria) is a former javelin thrower from Austria. She is the mother of the Austria national football...
Ahmed Tijan Janko (born 28 April 1995) is a Qatari beach volleyball player originally from Gambia. In 2018, he alongside Cherif Younousse clinched the...
Janko Lukovski (Macedonian: Јанко Луковски; 7 April 1946 – 6 November 2023) was a Macedonian professional basketball player and coach who played for Rabotnički...
Janko Muzykant (translated into English as Janko the Musician, and less commonly as Yanko the Musician or Johnny the Musician) is a short story (also described...
Janko Ravnik (7 March 1891 – 2 September 1981) was a Slovenian pianist, teacher, film director and composer. He was born in Bohinjska Bistrica and died...
Josef "Sepp" Janko (Serbo-Croatian: Jozef „Sep“ Janko / Јозеф „Сеп“ Јанко; 9 November 1905 — 25 September 2001) was a Volksgruppenführer ("Group Leader")...
In the area of modern algebra known as group theory, the Janko group J2 or the Hall-Janko group HJ is a sporadic simple group of order 27 · 33 · 52 ·...
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