Janis
Janis may refer to:
As a first name[]
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- Janis Amatuzio (born 1950), American forensic pathologist
- Janis Antonovics (born 1942), Latvian-British-American biologist
- Janis Babson (1950–1961), Canadian child, organ donation
- Janis Carter (1913–1994), American actress
- Jānis Daliņš (1904–1978), Latvian athlete
- Janis Hughes (born 1958), British politician
- Janis Ian (born 1951), American songwriter and folksinger
- Janis Irwin (born 1984), Canadian politician
- Janis Joplin (1943–1970), American singer and songwriter
- Janis Kelly (born 1971), Canadian volleyball player
- Janis Kelly (soprano), Scottish opera singer
- Janis Paige (born 1922), American actress
- Janis Rozentāls (1866–1916), Latvian painter
- Janis Tanaka (born 1963), American bassist
- Janis Winehouse, British pharmacist, mother of Amy Winehouse
Fictional characters[]
- Janis Gold, a fictional character on 24
- Janis Day, one of the two main characters in the comic strip Arlo and Janis
- Janis Hawk, a main character in the TV series FlashForward
- Janis Ian, a character in the film Mean Girls
- Janis (ジャニス, "Janisu"), main character of Inuyasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel]]
As a surname[]
- Byron Janis (born 1928), American concert pianist (no relation to Conrad Janis)
- Conrad Janis (born 1928), American actor and jazz musician (no relation to Byron Janis)
- Dorothy Janis (1912 –2010), American silent film actress
- Elsie Janis (1889–1956), American musical theatre and vaudeville performer
- Irving Janis, a social psychologist who pioneered the groupthink theory
- Jaroslav Janiš, Czech auto racing driver
- Linzie Janis, an American television journalist
- Sidney Janis, (1896–1989), American art dealer, collector, and writer
- Vivi Janiss (1911–1988), American actress
Other uses[]
- , a program by Nuclear Energy Agency to view nuclear information
- Janis (film), a 1974 film about Janis Joplin
- Janis (1975 album), a compilation and the soundtrack album for the film
- Janis (1993 album), a Joplin career overview collection
- "Janis", a track recorded by Focus on their 1971 album Focus II
- United States v. Janis, a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case
See also[]
- Janus (disambiguation)
- Jani (disambiguation)
- Janice (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Janis
- All pages with titles containing Janis
Categories:
- Disambiguation pages
- Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists
- Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists