Johannes von Baysen

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Johannes von Baysen or Hans von Baysen (Polish: Jan Bażyński; ca. 1380 – 9 November 1459) was a Prussian knight and statesman.

The Baysen family was part of the Flemming family which came in the 13th century from Lübeck or its vicinity. They named themselves after their possession, Basien near Wormditt in Ermland, which survived until 1945, in the possession of another family.

Baysen served the Teutonic Knights and their Grand Masters, among them Konrad von Erlichshausen and Ludwig von Erlichshausen.

Following the growing dissatisfaction among Prussians, Baysen joined the Prussian Confederation and led their uprising against the Knights. After the Thirteen Years' War, he was made governor of Royal Prussia. He died at Marienburg Castle.