Johann is a German male given name. It is derived from Iōhannēs / Jōhannēs, which is the Latin form of the Greek name Iōánnēs (), itself derived from Hebrew name Yochanan<!--WP:HE--> () in turn from its extended form <!--WP:HE--> (), meaning "Yahweh is gracious" or "Yahweh is merciful". Its English language equivalent is John. It is uncommon as a surname.

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 Böhm (chemist) (1895−1952), German Bohemian chemist
  • Johann Böhm (historian) (1929–2024), Romanian-born German scholar
  • Johann Böhm (German politician) (born 1937), German politician, former president of the Bavarian Landtag
  • 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 Jakob Froberger (1616–1667), German Baroque musician
  • Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774), German musical theorist
  • Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814), German composer
  • Johann Fust (c. 1400–1466), German printer
  • Johann Georg (several people)
  • 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
  • Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969–2018), Icelandic composer
  • Johann Peter Kellner (1705–1772), German organist and 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 (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 Baptist Albin Rauter (1895–1949), executed Austrian Nazi SS war criminal
  • Johann-Georg Richert (1890–1946), German Nazi officer executed for war crimes
  • Johann Rupert (born 1950), South African businessman
  • 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 Wadephul (born 1963), German politician and diplomat
  • 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

References