Johann

Template:Short description Template:Infobox given name Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of Iohannes, which is the Latin form of the Greek name Iōánnēs (Template:Lang), itself derived from Hebrew name Yochanan (Template:Script/Hebrew) in turn from its extended form Template:Transliteration (Template:Script/Hebrew), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" or "Yahweh is Merciful". Its English language equivalent is John. It is uncommon as a surname. Template:TOC right

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 (1578–1638), German nobleman

A–K

• Johann Adam Hiller (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 (1649–1697)
• Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783), German Composer
• Johann Altfuldisch (1911—1947), German Nazi SS concentration camp officer executed for war crimes
• Johann Andreas Eisenmenger (1654–1704), German Orientalist
• Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739–1813), Czech composer
• Johann Balthasar Bullinger (1713-1793), Swiss painter, 6x great-grandson of Heinrich Bullinger
• Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656–1723), Austrian architect
• Johann Bernoulli (1667–1748), Swiss mathematician
• Johann Carl Fuhlrott (1803–1877), early German paleoanthropologist
• Johann Casimir of Simmern (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
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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 (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 (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 (1804–1849), Austrian Romantic composer
• Johann Strauss II (1825–1899), Austrian composer of light music, son of the above
• Johann Strauss III (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 (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.

See also

• Eoin
• Giovanni (name)
• Hans (given name)
• Ioannis
• Ivan (name)
• Jaan (given name)
• Ján
• Janez (given name)
• Jantz
• Jean (disambiguation)
• João
• Johan (disambiguation)
• Jóhann
• Johannes
• Johanns
• John
• Jon
• Jón
• Jonathan (name)
• Juan
• Juhani
• Shawn (given name)
• Siôn
• Yannis
• Yohan (name)
• Yo-han
• All Wikipedia pages beginning with Johann