Johannsen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anton Johannsen (1872–1929), German-American labor militant *

Franz Johannsen Franz Johannsen (4 May 1921 – 2006) was a German sprint canoer who in the 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth twice (1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-E ...

(1921–2006), German sprint canoeist *

Gunnar Johannsen Gunnar Johannsen (born 1940) is a German cyberneticist, and Emeritus Professor of Systems Engineering and Human-Machine Systems at the University of Kassel, known for his contributions in the field of human-machine systems. Biography Born and r ...

(born 1940), German

cyberneticist Cybernetics is the transdisciplinary study of circular causal processes such as feedback and recursion, where the effects of a system's actions (its outputs) return as inputs to that system, influencing subsequent action. It is concerned with ...

, and Professor of Systems Engineering and Human-Machine Systems * Hans Johannsen (1913–1961), German chief engineer on a U-boat in World War II *

Helmuth Johannsen Helmuth Johannsen (27 February 1920 – 3 November 1998) was a German professional football player and manager. Johannsen played for St. Pauli, a club which he also served as vice-president for a year from 1987 to 1988, but a war injury forced ...

(1920–1998), German football coach * Jake Johannsen (born 1960), American comedian * Kristoffer Johannsen (born 1977), Danish former professional football player *

Kurt Johannsen (bush mechanic) Kurt Gerhardt Johannsen (11 January 1915 – 23 January 2002) was an Australian bush mechanic and inventor who developed the world's first commercial road train. He was also an aviator, fencing contractor, labourer, mailman and miner and known ...

(1915–2002), Australian mechanic * Kyle Johannsen, Canadian philosopher *

Nicholas Johannsen Nicholas August Ludwig Jacob Johansen (1844–1928) was a German-American amateur economist, today best known for his influence on and citation by John Maynard Keynes. He wrote under two pen names: A. Merwin and J. J. O. Lahn. Influence He wa ...

, German-American amateur economist * Oskar Augustus Johannsen (1870–1961), American entomologist, specialist of Diptera *

Wilhelm Johannsen Wilhelm Johannsen (3 February 1857 – 11 November 1927) was a Danish pharmacist, botanist, plant physiologist, and geneticist. He is best known for coining the terms gene, phenotype and genotype, and for his 1903 "pure line" experiments in ...

(1857–1927), Danish botanist, plant physiologist and geneticist

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