Juan

Juan

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Juan ({pronounced|ˈxwan}) is a Spanish form of the given name John (q.v.). It was the 55th most popular name in the United States as of 2003. Like all of the other cognates in various languages in the John article it is derived from the Hebrew Jehohannon (God is gracious). It is also commonly found in the Isle of Man, where it has a different pronunciation.

The feminine form is Juana or Juanita.

Juan

*Don Juan, a fictional libertine
*Juan, a street protester operating in Seattle, Washington.
*Juan Carlos, the King of Spain.
*Juan Carlos Mariño, a Peruvian footballer
*Juan Carlos Ferrero, a Spanish tennis player
*Juan Cole, a policy analyst
*Juan Cuminetti, an Argentine volleyball player
*Juan de Pareja was a slave of Velasquez in the seventeenth century
*Juan Domingo Perón, politician, colonel, President and husband to Eva Duarte de Perón and President Isabel Martinez de Perón
*Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez, known as Juanes, a singer out of Medellín
*Juan Evangelista Venegas, Puerto Rican athlete
*Juan, Prince of Asturias, son of Isabella and Ferdinand
*Juan Martínez, a Cuban discus thrower
*Juan Silveira dos Santos, football (soccer) player for Brazil and AS Roma
*Juan Smith, South Africa international rugby player
*Juan T. Trippe, Pan Am founder and Chairman
*Juan Pedro Toledo, Mexican sprint athlete
*Juan Vélez, a Puerto Rican pop singer. Better known as being the winner of the fourth season of "Objetivo Fama".
*Juan Valdez, fictional coffee farmer
*Juan Manuel Fangio (1911-1995), Argentine nFormula One driver and five times World Champion
*Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian Formula One driver and current NASCAR racer
*Juan Urán, Colombian diver
*Juan Cholo un cholo

Storms

*Hurricane Juan A significant hurricane that struck the southern part of Atlantic Canada in late September 2003.
*Tropical Storm Juan The name Juan has been used to name several other typhoons and storms


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