What is "janez"

Janež is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Janez Janež (1913–1990), Slovene medical doctor and surgeon, who worked for most of his life in Taiwan
• Andrej Janež, Slovenian diabetologist and diabetes researcher

Janez is a Slovene form of the given name John.

• Janez Burger (born 1965), film director
• Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008), second president of Slovenia
• Janez Drozg (1933–2005), film director
• Janez Janša (born 1958), fifth prime minister of Slovenia
• Janez Lapajne (born 1967), film director
• Janez Vajkard Valvasor (1641–1693), Slovene name of Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, scholar and polymath, member of the Royal Society