Famous People with Name Jaan

Jaan Poska            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Jaan Poska: was an Estonian barrister and politician. n 1890, Poska graduated from the faculty of Law of Tartu University, after that he worked as barrister in Tallinn.

Jaan Puhvel            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Jaan Puhvel: is an Estonian-American Indo-Europeanist. As a student of Georges Dumezil, he also specializes in comparative mythology.

Jaan Rääts            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Jaan Rääts: is a retired Estonian film score composer who worked extensively in Estonian language films of the 1960s and 1970s.

Jaan Soots            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Jaan Soots: was a famous Estonian military commander during the Estonian War of Independence. He joined the army voluntarily in 1900, studied 1901-1904 at Vilnius Military Academy, participated in Russo-Japanese War and 1910-1913 studied at Imperial Nicholas Military

Jaan Talts            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Jaan Talts: is a former Estonian weightlifter and Olympic champion who competed for the Soviet Union. He was born in Massiaru, Laiksaare, Pärnumaa

Gauhar Jaan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Gauhar Jaan: was an Indian singer and dancer meaning a Tawaif from Calcutta. She was one of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India [1].Gauhar Jaan was born as Angelina Yeoward in 1873 in Patna, to William Robert Yeoward, an Armenian Jew working as an engineer in dry ice factory at Azamgarh, near Banaras, who married a Jewish Armenian lady, Allen Victoria Hemming around 1870. Victoria was born and brought up in India, and trained in music and dance.

Jüri Jaanson            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Jüri Jaanson: is the most successful Estonian rower, who has won five madals at Rowing World Championships. He became World Champion in Tasmania 1990 in the single sculls event. 14 years later he managed to win an Olympic silver medal in the single sculls event at the