Janez is a Slovene form of the given name John.Keber, Janez. 1988. Leksikon imen. Izvor imen na Slovenskem. Celje: Mohorjeva družba, pp. 213–216.
Janez Burger (born 1965), film director Janez Drnovšek (1950–2008), second president of Slovenia Janez Drozg (1933–2005), television director Janez Istenič, winemaker and footballer Janez Janež (1913–1990), expatriate surgeon Janez Janša (born 1958), fifth prime minister of Slovenia Janez Lapajne (born 1967), film director
Janez Lenarčič (born 1967), diplomat Janez Matičič (1926–2022), composer and pianist Janez Semrajč (born 1989), tennis player Janez Vajkard Valvasor (1641–1693) Slovene name of Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, scholar and polymath
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