Janssens

Janssens is a Dutch surname equivalent to Johnson. It is the second most common surname in Belgium, [1] while in the Netherlands, the forms Jansen and Janssen are more common. Notable people with this surname include:

  • Abraham Janssens (c. 1573 – 1632), Flemish painter
  • A. Cecile J.W. Janssens (1968–2022), Dutch epidemiologist
  • Aster Janssens (born 2001), Belgian footballer
  • Cas Janssens (born 1944), Dutch footballer
  • Charles Janssens (1906–1986), Belgian film actor
  • Chris Janssens (born 1969), Belgian footballer
  • Christophe Janssens (born 1998), Belgian footballer
  • Émile Janssens (1902–1989), Belgian general and commander of the Force Publique
  • Corneille Janssens (1585–1638), Flemish bishop and founder of Jansenism
  • Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen (1593–1661), Dutch portrait painter
  • Francis Janssens (1843–1897), Dutch-born Archbishop of New Orleans.
  • Franciscus Janssens, General Abbot.
  • Frans Janssens (born 1945), Belgian footballer
  • Frans Alfons Janssens, (1865–1924), Belgian biologist who first described chromosomal crossover
  • Hieronymus Janssens, Flemish painter from the Baroque
  • Jan Janssens (August 1590-after 1650), Flemish Baroque painter
  • Jan Willem Janssens (1762–1838), Dutch soldier and statesman
  • Jean Janssens (fl. 1920), Belgian racing cyclist
  • Jean Janssens (born 1944), Belgian footballer
  • Jean-Baptiste Janssens (1889–1964), twenty-seventh Superior General of the Society of Jesus
  • Jill Janssens (born 2003), Belgian footballer
  • Johann Hermann Janssens (1783–1853), Belgian theologian
  • Kevin Janssens (disambiguation), several people
  • Ko Janssens (1889–1970), Dutch boxer
  • Marcel Janssens (1931–1992), Belgian road bicycle racer
  • Mark Janssens (born 1968), Canadian ice hockey forward
  • Mathias Janssens (born 1998), Belgian footballer
  • Patrick Janssens (born 1956), Belgian politician
  • Victor Honoré Janssens (1658–1736), Flemish painter

See also

  • Jansen (surname)
  • Janssen (disambiguation)
Surname list
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