Johann, typically a male

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, is the

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form of ''Iohannes'', which is the

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form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from

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Yochanan Yohanan, Yochanan and Johanan are various transliterations to the Latin alphabet of the Hebrew male given name ('), a shortened form of ('), meaning "YHWH is gracious". The name is ancient, recorded as the name of Johanan, high priest of the Se ...

'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "

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is Gracious" or "Yahweh is Merciful". Its

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equivalent is John. It is uncommon as a

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People

People with the name Johann include:

Mononym

Johann, Count of Cleves Johann was last Count of Cleves, from 1347 through 1368. Upon his death in 1368, the counties of Cleves and Count of Mark were united. Johann was the youngest son of Dietrich VII, Count of Cleves and his second wife Margaret of Habsburg. He succee ...

(died 1368), nobleman of the Holy Roman Empire *

Johann, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg Johann Karl August, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (; 19 March 1662 in Schloss Broich, Mülheim an der Ruhr – 13 November 1698 in Schloss Broich) was a German nobleman. By descent, he was Count of Leiningen and Dagsburg, by heritage, h ...

(1662–1698), German nobleman *

Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Prince Johann of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (17 August 1578 in Sigmaringen – 22 March 1638 in Munich), was the ruling Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1606 to 1623. He was elevated to the rank of prince in 1623 and so was ''Prince'' of ...

(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 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 * (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 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''

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People

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A–K

L–Z

Fictional characters

See also

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