Janis (surname)

Janis or Janiš is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Byron Janis (born 1928), American concert pianist (no relation to Conrad Janis)
• Conrad Janis (1928–2022), 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 (1918–1990), social psychologist who pioneered the groupthink theory
• Jaroslav JaniÅ¡ (born 1983), Czech auto racing driver
• Josef Antonín JaniÅ¡ (1749–1821), Czech priest and apiculturist
• Linzie Janis (born 1979), American television journalist
• Sidney Janis, (1896–1989), American art dealer, collector, and writer

See also

• Vivi Janiss (1911–1988), American actress