Male given name
Janek is an Estonian[1] and Polish male given name.
People named Janek include:
- Janek Gwizdala (born 1978), English jazz bassist and record producer
- Janek Juzek (1892–c. 1965), Czech exporter of orchestral string instruments bearing his Anglican name, John Juzek
- Janek Kiisman (born 1972), Estonian footballer
- Janek Mäggi (born 1973), Estonian politician, television presenter and writer
- Janek Meet (born 1974), Estonian footballer
- Janek Mela (born 1988), Polish explorer, teenage double amputee, youngest person to reach the North Pole
- Janek Õiglane (born 1994), Estonian decathlete
- Janek Pawel Pietrzak (1984–2008), United States Marine Corps Sergeant murdered in 2008
- Janek Schaefer (born 1970), English sound artist, composer, entertainer
- Janek Ratnatunga, Sri Lankan born Australian academic
- Janek Roos (born 1974), Danish badminton player
- Janek Sirrs (born 1965), visual effects artist
- Janek Sternberg (born 1992), German footballer
- Janek Tombak (born 1976), Estonian professional road bicycle racer
- Janek Wiśniewski, fictional name given to Zbigniew Godlewski in the poem Ballad of Janek Wiśniewski