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Hans is a Germanic male given name in Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Faroese, German, Norwegian, Icelandic and Swedish-speaking populations. It was originally short for Johannes ( John ), [ 2 ] but is now also recognized as a name in its own right for official purposes.
Han is a name used in many cultures. The Western usage of the name is as a variant of Hans. Han (Chinese surname) (韓/韩/Hán), also romanized Hon; Han (Korean surname) (韓/한) Han (given name), a Dutch given name; Notable people with Han in their name include: Han Bennink (born 1942), Dutch jazz musician
Hans Georg Conried Jr. (April 15, 1917 – January 5, 1982) was an American actor and comedian. He was known for providing the voices of George Darling and Captain Hook in Walt Disney's Peter Pan (1953), Snidely Whiplash in Jay Ward's Dudley Do-Right cartoons, Professor Waldo P. Wigglesworth in Ward's Hoppity Hooper cartoons, was host of Ward's live-action "Fractured Flickers" show and ...
Hans (name), a masculine given name; Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans; Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi actor and singer, son of Hans Raj Hans; Hans clan, a tribal clan in Punjab, Pakistan
The name became popular in Northern Europe, especially in Germany because of Christianity. Common German variants for Johannes are Johann , Hannes , Hans (diminutized to Hänschen or Hänsel , as known from " Hansel and Gretel ", a fairy tale by the Grimm brothers ), Jens (from Danish) and Jan (from Dutch, and found in many countries).
Hans Anatol von Spakovsky (born March 11, 1959) is an American attorney and a former member of the Federal Election Commission (FEC). He is the manager of The Heritage Foundation 's Election Law Reform Initiative and a senior legal fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. [ 1 ]
Hans Albert Einstein (May 14, 1904 – July 26, 1973) was a Swiss-American engineer and educator of German and Serbian origin, the second child and first son of physicists Albert Einstein and Mileva Marić. He was a long-time professor of hydraulic engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. [2] [3]
Hans Christian Andersen (/ ˈ æ n d ər s ən / AN-dər-sən; Danish: [ˈhænˀs ˈkʰʁestjæn ˈɑnɐsn̩] ⓘ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author.Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.