Jan Macaré (also Macare, Maccare; 5 July 1686, in Middelburg – 8 January 1742, in Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was an acting Dutch Governor of Ceylon during an interregnum from 7 June 1736 until 23 July 1736.
In 1700, his father sold his business in Middelburg to join the Dutch East India Company and sailed with his wife and four youngest children, including Jan, on the ship Oostersteyn from January to September 1702 to Batavia.
In January 1703 they sailed to Ceylon, where Pieter had been appointed as a fiscal inspector.
Jan joined the VOC early on, assisting his father in his work.
In 1732 he was appointed commander of Galle, so that he returned to Ceylon in October of that year.