Jan Urban (born 27 March 1951) is a Czech journalist, lecturer and former politician.

He worked as a high school teacher until being removed due to refusing to sign a collective statement condemning Charter 77.

He subsequently worked as a horse trainer and bricklayer, as well as a journalist with Radio Free Europe, and founded the underground East European Information Agency.

[2] Urban participated in the 17 November 1989 demonstrations that began the Velvet Revolution, and subsequently helped start the students' and theater workers' strikes.

[2] He was a cofounder of Civic Forum, a movement which sought to overthrow the ruling Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and worked closely with future president Václav Havel.