Janko
Janko is a name that derives from a diminutive form of the name Jan, Janez, Janko János, and Yakov/''Jacob. It also derives from the vernacular form of Latin Johannes''. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Janko Benša, Serbian distance runner
- Janko Bobetko, Croatian general
- Janko Brašić, Serbian naïve painter
- Janko Drašković, Croatian politician
- Janko Dreyer, South African cricketer
- Janko Gagić, Serbian hajduk leader
- Janko Gojković, Bosnian swimmer
- Janko Gredelj, Yugoslav communist
- Janko Halkozović, Serbian painter
- Janko Janša, Slovenian cross-country skier
- Janko Jesenský, Slovak lower nobleman and member of the Slovak national movement
- Janko Kamauf, city magistrate of Gradec and mayor of Zagreb, Croatia
- Janko Kersnik, Slovene writer and politician
- Janko Kobentar, Slovenian cross-country skier
- Janko Konstantinov, Macedonian architect and artist
- Janko Kos, Slovenian literary historian
- Janko Lavrin, Slovene novelist, poet, critic, translator, and historian
- Janko Leskovar, Croatian novelist
- Janko Lukovski, Macedonian basketball player and coach
- Janko Mavrović, Croatian team handball player
- Janko Mežik, Slovenian ski jumper
- Janko Mihailović Moler, Serbian priest and artist
- Janko Neuber, German cross-country skier
- Janko Nilović, pianist, arranger, and composer
- Janko Orožen, Slovene historian and schoolteacher
- Janko Pacar, Swiss footballer
- Janko Pleterski, Slovenian historian, politician, and diplomat
- Janko Popović Volarić, Croatian actor
- Janko Premrl, Slovene Partisan
- Janko Prunk, Slovenian historian
- Janko Sanković, Yugoslavian football goalkeeper
- Janko Simović, Montenegrin footballer
- Janko Smole, Slovenian politician
- Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player
- Janko Tumbasević, Montenegrin footballer
- Janko Veber, Slovenian politician
- Janko Veselinović (lawyer), Serbian academic and politician
- Janko Veselinović (writer), Serbian writer
- Janko Vranyczany-Dobrinović, Croatian politician and diplomat
- Janko Vukotić, Montenegrin general
- Janko Vuković, Croatian admiral
- Janko Vučinić, Montenegrin professional boxer and politician
- Janko Šimrak, Croatian Greek Catholic hierarch
- Janko Štefe, Slovenian alpine skier
Surname
- Anna Janko, Polish poet, writer, columnist and literary critic
- Eva Janko, Austrian javelin thrower
- Lubomír Janko, Czech rower
- Marc Janko, Austrian footballer
- Paul von Jankó, Hungarian inventor of the Jankó keyboard
- Richard Janko, British-American classicist
- Saidy Janko, Swiss footballer
- Sepp Janko, Volksgruppenführer and SS Obersturmführer
- Zvonimir Janko, Croatian mathematician