Yohannes is a masculine given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

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Ras Mengesha Yohannes ''Ras'' Mengesha Yohannes (; 1868 – 1906) was governor of Tigray and a son of Emperor Yohannes IV (r. 1872–89). His mother was Welette Tekle Haymanot wife of ''dejazmach'' Gugsa Mercha. ''Ras'' Araya Selassie Yohannes was his younger half ...

, acknowledged "natural" son and designated heir of

Yohannes IV Yohannes IV ( Tigrinya: ዮሓንስ ፬ይ ''Rabaiy Yōḥānnes''; horse name Abba Bezbiz also known as Kahśsai; born ''Lij'' Kahssai Mercha; 11 July 1837 – 10 March 1889) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1871 to his death in 1889 at the ...

Araya Selassie Yohannes ''Ras'' Araya Selassie Yohannes ( ''araya səllase yohannəs''; "horse name" Abba Deblaq) (1869/70 – 10 June 1888) was a son of Emperor Yohannes IV from his wife Masitire Selassie, a daughter of a Muslim Afar chieftain whom he married after she ...

(1870–1888), son of Yohannes IV and nominated Crown Prince * Aster Yohannes, veteran of Eritrean People's Liberation Front and an independence activist * Daniel Yohannes (born 1952), Ethiopian-American businessman and philanthropist *

Dawit Yohannes Dawit Yohannes (; 10 October 1956 – 28 January 2019) was the first Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives, the lower chamber of the Ethiopian Parliament, from 1995 to 2005. He was also the Permanent Representative to the United Nat ...

(1956–2019), first Speaker of the Ethiopian Parliament's House of Peoples' Representatives * Fesshaye Yohannes (1954–?), Eritrean journalist * Musse Yohannes (born 1958), Ethiopian cyclist *

Nebahne Yohannes Nebahne Yohannes claimed the imperial title '' nəgusä nägäst'' "King of Kings" of Ethiopia (1709 – July 1710) during the reign of Emperor Tewoflos. According to E. A. Wallis Budge, he was supported by Satuni Yohannes (who had been involved ...

, claimed the title of king of Ethiopia in the early 18th century * Tereza Yohannes (born 1982), Ethiopian long-distance runner * Zekarias Yohannes (1925–2016), Eritrean Catholic bishop

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* Yohannes Bahçecioğlu (born 1988), German-Turkish footballer * Yohannes Gebregeorgis, founder of Ethiopia Reads *

Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam Lieutenant General Yohannes Gebremeskel Tesfamariam is an Ethiopian lieutenant general who was the Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) from 2013-2014. He was appointed to this positi ...

(born 1960), Ethiopian lieutenant general, head of Mission and Force Commander of UNISFA from 2013 to 2014 * Yohannes Gugarats, Armenian military leader in early 18th century *

Yohannes Haile-Selassie Yohannes Haile-Selassie Ambaye (born 23 February 1961) is an Ethiopian Paleoanthropology, paleoanthropologist. An authority on pre-''Homo sapiens'' hominids, he particularly focuses his attention on the East African Rift and Middle Awash valleys. ...

(born 1961), Ethiopian paleoanthropologist *

Yohannes Mohamed Yohannes Mohammed (; born 21 January 1948) is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner who competed in the 1972 Munich Olympics and the 1980 Moscow Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () an ...

(born 1948), Ethiopian long-distance runner * Yohannes Sahle (born 1966), Ethiopian football manager * Yohannes Tikabo (born 1974), Eritrean singer-songwriter * Yohannes Tilahun (born 1993), Eritrean footballer * Yohannes Yual, leader of the South Sudan Defense Forces

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