Juan
Juan is a given name, the Spanish language and Manx language versions of John. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also in the Isle of Man. The feminine form in Spanish is Juana, or Juanita in its diminutive.
Chinese terms
- Juan "beautiful, graceful" is a common given name for Chinese women.
- Juan The Chinese character ":wiktionary:卷|卷", which in Mandarin is almost homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be translated as "fascicle", "scroll", "chapter" or "volume".
Notable people
- Juan Acevedo, Mexican baseball pitcher
- Juan Alberto Belloch, Spanish politician and mayor of Zaragoza
- Juan Almeida Bosque, Cuban politician and one of the original commanders of the Cuban Revolution
- Juan Andrés y Morell, Spanish writer and historian
- Juan de Arraçola, colonial governor of Spanish Florida 1612–1613
- Juan Nekai Babauta, former governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
- Juan Bosch, first 'cleanly' elected president of Dominican Republic
- Juan Carlos I of Spain, King of Spain 1975–2014
- Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan author
- Juan Castro, Mexican baseball infielder
- Juan Chioran, Argentine-Canadian actor
- Juan Corona, Mexican serial killer
- Juan Cruz, Dominican baseball pitcher
- Juan Cruz, Spanish screenwriter and film director
- Juan Aubín Cruz Manzano, Puerto Rican politician and mayor of Manatí since 1977
- Juan R. Cruz, Puerto Rican aerospace engineer at NASA
- Juan Lazo Cruz, Salvadoran football midfielder
- Juan de la Cierva, Spanish civil engineer and pilot, inventor of the autogyro
- Juan Debiedma, American computer game player
- Juan Diego, first indigenous Roman Catholic saint from the Americas
- Juan Domínguez, Colombian footballer
- Juan Domínguez, Dominican baseball player
- Juan Domínguez Lamas, Spanish footballer
- Juan Domínguez Otaegui, Spanish footballer
- Juan Domínguez, Spanish road racing cyclist
- Juan Domingo Perón, Argentine general and politician
- Juan Encarnación, Dominican baseball player
- Juan Manuel Eguiagaray, Spanish politician and academic
- Juan Ponce Enrile, President of the Philippine Senate 2008–2013
- Juan Fontena, Chilean basketball player
- Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter
- Juan González, Puerto Rican baseball player
- Juan Gris, Spanish painter
- Juan Fernando Hermosa, Ecuadorian teenage serial killer
- Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, Spanish physicist
- Juan Karlos Labajo, Filipino singer-songwriter
- Juan Jesus, Brazilian footballer
- Juan Leal, First Mayor of San Antonio, Texas
- Juan Antonio Llorente, 18th-century historian
- Juan Luis Vives, Spanish scholar and humanist
- Juan Luis Arsuaga, Spanish paleontologist
- Juan Luis Londoño Arias, Colombian singer with the stage name Maluma
- Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956
- Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena, Spanish medieval writer
- Juan Manuel Blanes, Uruguayan painter
- Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine racing driver
- Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian President
- Juan Marichal, Dominican baseball player
- Juan Martín del Potro, Argentine tennis player
- Juan Mata, Spanish footballer who plays for English club Manchester United
- Juan Mateo, Dominican baseball player
- Juan Miro, Catalan painter
- Juan Morillo, Venezuelan sprinter
- Juan Morillo, Dominican baseball pitcher
- Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán, Colombian racing driver
- Juan Nicasio, Dominican baseball player
- Juan Padilla, Puerto Rican baseball pitcher
- Juan Padilla, Cuban baseball second baseman
- Juan Pérez, Dominican baseball pitcher
- Juan Pérez, Dominican baseball outfielder
- Juan Pérez, Spanish Franciscan and companion of Christopher Columbus
- Juan Pérez, American municipal politician and lawyer
- Juan Pérez, Mexican football player
- Juan Pérez, Spanish Olympic handball player
- Juan Pérez Alsina, Argentine politician
- Juan Pérez de Gijón, Spanish composer of the Renaissance
- Juan Pérez de Montalbán, Spanish dramatist, poet and novelist
- Juan Pérez de la Serna, seventh Archbishop of Mexico
- Juan Pérez de Zurita, Spanish conquistador
- Juan José Pérez Hernández, Spanish explorer
- Juan Pérez, Chilean Olympic cyclist
- Juan Carlos Pérez, Bolivian trap shooter
- Juan de Dios Pérez, Panamanian footballer
- Juan Manuel Pérez, Argentine footballer
- Juan David Pérez, Colombian footballer
- Juan Pérez Medina, Mexican politician and educator
- Juan Perón, President of Argentina
- Juan Pierre, American baseball player
- Juan Ponce de León, Spanish explorer
- Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball pitcher
- Juan Rivera, Spanish explorer of North America
- Juan Rivera, Venezuelan baseball outfielder
- Juan Rivera, American wrestler, better known by his stage name Savio Vega
- Juan Rivera, American wrongfully convicted three times of a rape and murder
- Juan Rivera, American singer and actor
- Juan Rojas, Catholic prelate
- Juan Roman Riquelme, Argentine footballer
- Juan Rulfo, Mexican author
- Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer
- Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine footballer
- Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
- Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian footballer
- Juan Thornhill, American football player
- Juan Toscano, Mexican basketball player
- Juan Trippe, founder of Pan American World Airways
- Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball infielder
- Juan Valdez, colonial governor of Texas
- Juan de Yepes Álvarez, Spanish poet and Catholic Saint
Manx people with the name
- Juan Noa, poet
- Juan Turner, politician, businessman, and media personality
- Juan Watterson, politician
Fictional characters
- Don Juan, the main character of the Philippine story Ibong Adarna
- Juan, a character in the Pokémon universe
- Juan Cabrillo, the main character of the book series Oregon Files
- Juan Carlos "Juice" Ortiz, a character of the Sons of Anarchy television series
- Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra, the main character of Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tángere.
- Juan Rico, a Filipino character from the novel Starship Troopers
- Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez, a character from the Highlander film series
- Juan Tamad, a character in Philippine folklore
- Juan Valdez a coffee branding character
- Juan, a character in Barney and Friends.
- Juan, a character in The ABCs of Death.