Jan Gerard Wichers (15 July 1745 – 3 October 1808) was a military officer and lawyer.

In 1760, he started studying law at the University of Groningen, and obtained his doctorate on 15 June 1768.

[4] In 1775, Jan Wicherides, his only child, was born as a result of an extra-maritial affair with the free negress Adjuba.

[9] Wichers wanted to promote a mixed race middle class, because he felt that the Europeans in the colony had little loyalty to Suriname.

[2] In 2012, RTV Noord aired a documentary about Groningen, Suriname, the town founded by Jan Wichers.