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 (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. The feminine form in Spanish is Juana, or Juanita in its diminutive. 2Chinese terms Juan (Mandarin pronunciation: [tɕɥɛ̂n] or [tɕɥɛ́n] 娟, 隽) "beautiful, graceful" is a common given name for Chinese women. Juan ([tɕɥɛ̀n]) The Chinese character "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". 2Notable people 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 Chioran, Argentine-Canadian actor 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 Domingo Perón, Argentine general and politician Juan Fontena, Chilean basketball player Juan Manuel Eguiagaray, Spanish politician and academic Juan Ponce Enrile, President of the Philippine Senate 2008–2013 Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter Juan González (baseball), Puerto Rican baseball player Juan Gris, Spanish painter Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, Spanish physicist 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 Miro, Catalan painter Juan Pablo Montoya Roldán, Colombian racing driver Juan Nicasio, Dominican baseball player Juan Perón, President of Argentina Juan Pierre, American baseball player Juan Ponce de León, Spanish explorer Juan Roman Riquelme, Argentine footballer Juan Rulfo (1917–1986), Mexican author Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer Juan Sebastián Verón Argentine footballer Juan Silveira dos Santos, Brazilian footballer Juan Pablo Sorín (born 1976), Argentinian footballer Juan Toscano, Mexican basketball player Juan Trippe the founder of Pan American World Airways Juan Valdez, colonial governor of Texas Juan de Yepes Álvarez, Spanish poet and Catholic Saint (Saint John of the Cross) 3Manx people with the name Juan Noa, poet Juan Turner, politician, businessman, and media personality Juan Watterson, politician 2Fictional 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 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 chararcter Juan, a character in Barney and Friends. Juan, a character in The ABCs of Deat