Famous People with Name Juran

Juran Hisao            Origin/Culture/Country: Japanese

Juran Hisao: was the pen-name of a Japanese author of popular fiction in Showa period Japan. His real name was Masao Abe (?? ??, Abe Masao?).On returning to Japan, he obtained a post as an assistant stage director with the New Tsukiji Theater. However, his interests were very broadly based, and he also contributed mystery stories to the magazine Shin Seinen ("New Youth"). His fiction included the dark detective story Kinro ("Golden Wolf"). His short story, Suzuki Mondo, won the 11th Naoki Prize in 1951, and his novelette Boshizo, earlier serialized in the Mainichi Shimbun, gained him first place in a New York Herald Tribune short story contest in 1955.

Jurandir De Freitas            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Jurandir De Freitas: nicknamed Jurandir, is a Brazilian former football (soccer) player.He earned 15 caps for the Brazil national football team. He was part of the 1962 FIFA World Cup winning squad, but he did not play any matches during the tournament.

Joseph Moses Juran            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Moses Juran: was a 20th century management consultant who is principally remembered as an evangelist for quality and quality management, writing several influential books on those subjects. He was also the brother of Academy Award winner Nathan H. Juran.Juran was born to a Jewish family in 1904 in Braila, Romania, and later lived in Gura Humorului. In 1912, he immigrated to America with his family, settling in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Juran excelled in school, especially in mathematics. He was a chess champion at an early age, and dominated chess at Western Electric. Juran graduated from Minneapolis South High School in 1920.

Mladen Juran            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Mladen Juran: is a Croatian film director, screenwriter and actor. Juran's 18-minute short film Transatlantic (1982) - described as a "surrealist depiction of tragic fate of the Croatian emigrant" - received high acclaim, and has been listed among the best Croatian short films ever. Both before and after making the short film, Juran was trying to make a feature film with the same subject, but hints to political emigration were not seen as welcome, and Juran's idea was realized only after the fall of communism. The feature film of the same name, made in 1998, was also well-received, and was Croatia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film that year.