Janssens

Janssens is a Dutch surname equivalent to Johnson. It is the second most common surname in Belgium, http://www.naamkunde.net/?page_id=166 while in the Netherlands, the forms Jansen and Janssen are more common. Notable people with this surname include:

• Abraham Janssens (c. 1573 – 1632), Flemish painter
• A. Cecile J.W. Janssens (1968–2022), Dutch epidemiologist
• Aster Janssens (born 2001), Belgian footballer
• Bernard Janssens (1895–?), Belgian racing cyclist
• Cas Janssens (1944–2024), Dutch footballer
• Charles Janssens (1906–1986), Belgian film actor
• Chris Janssens (born 1969), Belgian footballer
• Christophe Janssens (born 1998), Belgian footballer
• Émile Janssens (1902–1989), Belgian general and commander of the Force Publique
• Corneille Janssens (1585–1638), Flemish bishop and founder of Jansenism
• Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen (1593–1661), Dutch portrait painter
• Francis Janssens (1843–1897), Dutch-born Archbishop of New Orleans.
• Franciscus Janssens, General Abbot.
• Frans Janssens (1945–2024), Belgian footballer
• Frans Alfons Janssens, (1865–1924), Belgian biologist who first described chromosomal crossover
• Hieronymus Janssens, Flemish painter from the Baroque
• Jan Janssens (August 1590-after 1650), Flemish Baroque painter
• Jan Willem Janssens (1762–1838), Dutch soldier and statesman
• Jean Janssens (born 1944), Belgian footballer
• Jean-Baptiste Janssens (1889–1964), twenty-seventh Superior General of the Society of Jesus
• Jill Janssens (born 2003), Belgian footballer
• Johann Hermann Janssens (1783–1853), Belgian theologian
• Kevin Janssens (disambiguation), several people
• Ko Janssens (1889–1970), Dutch boxer
• Marcel Janssens (1931–1992), Belgian road bicycle racer
• Mark Janssens (born 1968), Canadian ice hockey forward
• Mathias Janssens (born 1998), Belgian footballer
• Patrick Janssens (born 1956), Belgian politician
• Victor Honoré Janssens (1658–1736), Flemish painter

See also

• Janssen (disambiguation)