Janszoon
Janszoon, sometimes abbreviated to Jansz, is a Dutch patronymic surname, meaning "son of Jan". People with this name or its variants include:
- Aart Jansz Druyvesteyn (1577–1627), Dutch Golden Age painter
- Anthonie Jansz. van der Croos (1606–1662), Dutch painter
- Anthony Janszoon van Salee (1607–1676), original settler of and prominent, wealthy landholder, merchant, and creditor in New Netherland
- Claes Jansz. Visscher, (1587–1652), Flemish draughtsman, engraver, printmaker and publisher
- Diederik Jansz. Graeff, (1532–1589), first illustrious member of the De Graeff family, a rich merchant, Ship-owner and Politician
- Dirk Jansz Smient, governor of Mauritius in the new settlement at Grand Port from 1666 to 1669, when he returned to Cape of Good Hope
- Ernst Jansz (born 1948), one of the founding members and frontmen of Doe Maar
- Frederica Jansz, Sri Lankan Burgher journalist, Editor of the Sunday Leader
- Geoff Jansz (born 1958), Sri Lankan Australian Burgher chef and television presenter
- Jacob Jansz. Coeman (born after 1676), Dutch painter of the 17th century
- Jan Jansz. Weltevree (born 1595), Dutch sailor and probably the first Dutchman to visit Korea
- Jan Jansz de Jonge Stampioen (1610–1690), Dutch mathematician famous for his published work on spherical trigonometry
- Jan Janszoon, (1570–1641), first President and Grand Admiral of the Corsair Republic of Salè, Governor of Oualidia, and a Dutch pirate
- Jan Janssonius, (1588–1664), also known as Jan Janszoon, Dutch cartographer
- Jan Janszoon de Heem (1650–1695), Dutch Golden Age still-life painter
- Job Janszoon van Meekeren (1611–1666), Dutch surgeon
- Laurens Janszoon Coster (1370–1440), the inventor of the printing press from Haarlem
- Lenaert Jansz de Graeff (1530–1578), son of Jan Pietersz Graeff, a rich cloth merchant from Amsterdam
- Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer (1533–1606), Dutch chief officer and cartographer
- Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, (1567–1641), Dutch Golden Age painter
- Neville Jansz, Sri Lankan Burgher civil servant and diplomat
- Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597–1665), painter of the Dutch Golden Age
- Pieter Jansz van Asch (1603–1678), Dutch Golden Age painter
- Salomon Jansz van den Tempel (1633–1673), 17th-century master shipbuilder
- Willem Janszoon (1570–1630), Dutch navigator and colonial governor, is the first European known to have seen the coast of Australia
See also
- Janszoon voyage of 1605-6 made the first recorded European landing on the Australian continent in 1606, sailing from Bantam, Java in the Duyfken
- Project Laurens Janszoon Coster, collection of Dutch high literature on the web
- The Jansz, Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged two years old, at set weights with penalties, over a distance of 1200 metres
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