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{{short description|German masculine given name}}
{{Infobox given name
| name = Johann
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| pronunciation={{IPA|af|juəˈɦan|lang}}<br/>{{IPA|de|ˈjoːhan|lang}}
| gender = Male
| meaning = "[[Yahweh]] is gracious",<ref name="eb">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=John}}</ref> "Graced by Yahweh" ([[Johanan (name)|Johanan]])
| region =Germanic
| origin =Hebrew
| related names = [[Jan (name)|Jan]], [[John (given name)|John]], [[Johan (given name)|Johan]], [[Jóhann]], [[Johannes]], [[Juan]]
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'''Johann''', typically a male [[given name]], is the [[German language|German]] form of ''Iohannes'', which is the [[Latin language|Latin]] form of the [[Greek language|Greek]] name ''Iōánnēs'' ({{lang|grc|Ἰωάννης}}), itself derived from [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] name ''[[Johanan (name)|Yochanan]]''<!--WP:HE--> ({{Script/Hebrew|יוֹחָנָן}}) in turn from its extended form {{Transliteration|he|Yehochanan}}<!--WP:HE--> ({{Script/Hebrew|יְהוֹחָנָן}}), meaning "[[Yahweh]] is Gracious" or "Yahweh is Merciful". Its [[English language]] equivalent is [[John (given name)|John]]. It is uncommon as a [[surname]].
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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]] (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
* [[John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg|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 and Heinrich Voes|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
* [[Falco (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
* {{ill|Johann Andreas Kuhnau|scores|Category:Kuhnau, Johann Andreas}} (1703–1761), nephew of the preceding, a pupil of Bach<ref>{{cite web|last1=Oron|first1=Aryeh|last2=Braatz|first2=Thomas|title=Johann Andreas Kuhnau (Musician, Bach's Pupil)|url=https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Kuhnau-Johann-Andreas.htm|website=www.bach-cantatas.com|accessdate=1 March 2017|date=2011}}</ref><ref>{{IMSLP|id=Kuhnau, Johann Andreas|cname=Kuhnau, Johann Andreas}}</ref>

===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
*[[Hanns Albin Rauter|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 
* [[List of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 characters#Johann Trinity|Johann Trinity]], in the anime series ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00''
* [[List of Monster characters#Johan Liebert|Johan Liebert]] (ヨハン・リーベルト, Yohan Rīberuto) is the titular "monster" and main antagonist of the [[Monster (manga)|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 (given name)|John]]
* [[Jon]]
* [[Jón]]
* [[Jonathan (name)]]
* [[Juan]]
* [[Juhani]]
* [[Shawn (given name)]]
* [[Siôn]]
* [[Yannis]]
* [[Yohan (name)]]
* [[Yo-han]]
* [[Special:PrefixIndex/Johann|All Wikipedia pages beginning with Johann]]

==References==
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