Johann, typically a male

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, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the

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form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from

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name '' Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "

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is Gracious" or "Yahweh is Merciful". Its

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equivalent is John. It is uncommon as a

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People

People with the name Johann include:

Mononym

* Johann, Count of Cleves (died 1368), nobleman of the Holy Roman Empire * Johann, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1662–1698), German nobleman *

Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Prince Johann of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (17 August 1578 in Sigmaringen – 22 March 1638 in Munich), was the ruling Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1606 to 1623. He was elevated to the rank of prince in 1623 and so was ''Prince'' ...

(1578–1638), German nobleman

A–K

Johann Adam Hiller Johann Adam Hiller (25 December 1728 – 16 June 1804) was a German composer, conducting, conductor and writer on music, regarded as the creator of the Singspiel, an early form of German opera. In many of these operas he collaborated with the poet ...

(1728–1804), German composer * Johann Adam Reincken (1643–1722), Dutch/German organist * Johann Adam Remele (died 1740), German court painter *

Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (2 November 1649, in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Halle – 24 May 1697, in Weissenfels), was a duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and member of the House of Wettin. He was the first son of Augustus, Duke of Sax ...

(1649–1697) *

Johann Adolph Hasse Johann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 – 16 December 1783) was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a co ...

(1699-1783), German Composer *

Johann Altfuldisch Johann Altfuldisch (born November 11, 1911, Brückenau, Germany — died May 28, 1947, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany) was SS-Obersturmführer and a guard at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp where temporarily he was vice-chief of its c ...

(1911—1947), German Nazi SS concentration camp officer executed for war crimes *

Johann Andreas Eisenmenger Johann Andreas Eisenmenger (1654, Mannheim – 20 December 1704, Heidelberg) was a German oriental studies, orientalist scholar from the Electorate of the Palatinate, now best known as the author of ''Entdecktes Judenthum'' (''Judaism Unmasked''), ...

(1654–1704), German Orientalist *

Johann Baptist Wanhal Johann Baptist Wanhal (12 May 1739 – 20 August 1813) was a Czech composer of the Classical period. He was born in Nechanice, Bohemia, and died in Vienna. His music was well respected by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beetho ...

(1739–1813), Czech composer *

Johann Balthasar Bullinger Johann Balthasar Bullinger (30 November 1713, Langnau am Albis – 31 March 1793, Zürich) was a Switzerland, Swiss landscape art, landscape painter. Life Bullinger was born in Langnau am Albis, the son of Heinrich Bullinger, a clergyman. He w ...

(1713-1793), Swiss painter, 6x great-grandson of Heinrich Bullinger *

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (20 July 1656 – 5 April 1723) was an Austrian architect, sculptor, engraver, and architectural historian whose Baroque architecture profoundly influenced and shaped the tastes of the Habsburg Empire. His inf ...

(1656–1723), Austrian architect *

Johann Bernoulli Johann Bernoulli (also known as Jean in French or John in English; – 1 January 1748) was a Swiss people, Swiss mathematician and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He is known for his contributions to infin ...

(1667–1748), Swiss mathematician *

Johann Carl Fuhlrott Johann Carl Fuhlrott (31 December 1803, Leinefelde, Germany – 17 October 1877, Wuppertal) was an early German paleoanthropologist. He is famous for recognizing the significance of the bones of Neanderthal 1, a Neanderthal specimen discovered ...

(1803–1877), early German paleoanthropologist *

Johann Casimir of Simmern John Casimir, Count Palatine of Simmern ( German: ''Johann Casimir von Pfalz-Simmern'') (7 March 1543 – Brockhaus Geschichte Second Edition) was a German prince and a younger son of Frederick III, Elector Palatine. A firm Calvinist, he was a l ...

(1543–1592), German prince * Johann Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1564–1633) * Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (c. 1656–1746), German Baroque composer * Johann Caspar Kerll (1627–1693), German Baroque composer and organist * Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782), classical composer, son of Johann Sebastian, also known as "the London Bach" * Johann David Heinichen (1683–1729), German Baroque composer and music theorist * Johann David Köhler (1684–1755), German historian * Johann Eck (1486–1543) German theologian * Johann Esch (died 1523), one of the first two Lutheran martyrs * Johann Evangelist Haydn (1743–1805), tenor singer, brother of Joseph and Michael Haydn * Johann Frauenlob, 17th German century writer * Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774), German musical theorist * Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814), German composer * Johann Fust (c. 1400–1466), German printer * Johann Georg (disambiguation page) * Johann Gerhard (1582–1637), Lutheran theologian * Johann Gottfried Walther (1684–1748), German Baroque musician, Johann Sebastian's cousin * Johann Gustav Stickel (1805–1896), German scholar * Johann Hari (born 1979), English writer and journalist * Johann Heermann (1585–1647), German poet * Johann Heinrich Buttstett (1666–1727), German Baroque musician * Johann (Falco) Hölzel (1957–1998), Austrian rock singer * Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667), German Baroque musician * Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969–2018), Icelandic composer * Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722), German Baroque musician, predecessor of Johann Sebastian Bach as Thomaskantor * (1703–1761), nephew of the preceding, a pupil of Bach

L–Z

* Johann Lafer (born 1957), Austrian television chef * Johann Lamont (born 1957), Scottish politician, leader of the Scottish Labour Party * Johann Le Bihan (born 1979), retired French swimmer * Johann Lindner (born 1959), retired Austrian hammer thrower * Johann Lohel (1549–1622), archbishop of Prague * Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780), German Baroque musician and organist, student of Johann Sebastian Bach * Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793–1864), German naturalist and professor of medicine * Johann Martin Schleyer (1831–1912), German Catholic priest * Johann Mattheson (1681–1764), German composer, a close friend of Georg Friedrich Händel * Johann Nepomuk Hiedler (1807–1888), great-grandfather of Hitler * Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837), Austrian composer *

Johann Pachelbel Johann Pachelbel (also Bachelbel; baptised – buried 9 March 1706) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who brought the south German organ schools to their peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secularity, secular music, and ...

(1653–1706), German Baroque composer * Johann Pauls (1908–1946), German SS concentration camp officer executed for war crimes * Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827) German pedagogue and educational reformist * Johann Peter Kellner (1705–1772), German organist and composer * Johann Baptist Albin Rauter (1895–1949), executed Austrian Nazi SS war criminal * Johann-Georg Richert (1890–1946), German Nazi officer executed for war crimes * Johann Gottlob Schmeisser (1751–1806), Canadian Lutheran minister * Johann Rudolf Stadler (1605–1637), Swiss clock-maker * Johann Schicht (1855–1907), German Bohemian entrepreneur * Johann Schreck (1576–1630), German missionary and polymath *

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

(1685–1750), German composer and musician of the Baroque period * Johann Sebastian Paetsch (born 1964), American cellist * Johann Stamitz (1717–1757), Czech composer *

Johann Strauss I Johann Baptist Strauss I (; ; 14 March 1804 – 25 September 1849), also known as Johann Strauss Sr., the Elder or the Father (), was an Austrian composer of the Romantic music, Romantic Period. He was famous for his light music, namely waltzes, ...

(1804–1849), Austrian Romantic composer *

Johann Strauss II Johann Baptist Strauss II (; ; 25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (), was an List of Austrian composers, Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas as well ...

(1825–1899), Austrian composer of light music, son of the above *

Johann Strauss III Johann Maria Eduard Strauss III (; ; 16 February 18669 January 1939) was an Austrian composer whose father was Eduard Strauss, whose uncles were Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss, and whose grandfather was Johann Strauss I. Born in Vienna, he w ...

(1864–1939), also known as Johann Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer, nephew of the above * Johann Samuel Schwerdtfeger (1734-1803), Lutheran minister, the first in Upper Canada. * Johann Sziklai (born 1947), German poet and teacher * Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559-1632), Dutch Catholic field marshal * Johann van Beethoven (c. 1739–1792), German musician, father of Ludwig van Beethoven * Johann Carl Vogel (1932–2012), South African physicist * Johann Weyer (1515–1588), Dutch physician * Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner, German chemist *

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang (von) Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on Western literature, literary, Polit ...

(1749–1832), German writer and statesman * Johann Zacherl (1814–1888), Austrian inventor * Johann Zarco (born 1990), French motorbike racer

Fictional characters

* Johann Kraus, in the Hellboy universe, featured in B.P.R.D. comic books, published by Dark Horse Comics * the title character of '' Johann Mouse'', an American 1953 cartoon short * Johann Trinity, in the anime series ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'' * Johan Liebert (ヨハン・リーベルト, Yohan Rīberuto) is the titular "monster" and main antagonist of the Monster anime series.

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People

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