Janis

Janis may refer to:

As a first name

• Janis Bojars (born 1956), Soviet shot putter.
• Janis Ian (born 1951), American songwriter and folksinger.
• Janis Joplin (1943–1970), American singer and songwriter.
• Janis Kelly (born 1971), Canadian volleyball player.
• Janis Tanaka, a bassist.
• Janis Babson (1950-1961), Canadian child, organ donation.
• Janis Paige, actress
• Janis Carter, actress

Fictional characters

• Janis Gold, a fictional character on 24.
• Janis Day, one of the two main characters in the comic strip Arlo and Janis.
• Janis Hawk, a main character in the TV series FlashForward.
• Janis Ian, a character in the film Mean Girls. Named after the singer/songwriter.
• Janis (ジャニス, "Janisu"), Main characters of InuYasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel.

As a surname

• Byron Janis (born 1928), American concert pianist. No relation to Conrad Janis.
• Conrad Janis (born 1928), 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, a social psychologist who pioneered the groupthink theory.
• Jaroslav Janiš, Czech auto racing driver.
• Linzie Janis, an American television journalist
• Vivi Janiss (1911-1988), American actress

Other

• Jānis, a Latvian masculine given name
• Janis (software), a program by NEA to view nuclear information
• Janis (film), a 1974 film about Janis Joplin
• The name of two different albums by Janis Joplin:
  • Janis (1975), a 2 LP compilation that acts as soundtrack album for the film
  • Janis (1993), a 1993 career overview collection
• "Janis", a track recorded by Focus on their 1971 album Focus II