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 Johann Adam Hiller (25 December 1728, in Wendisch-Ossig, Saxony – 16 June 1804, in Leipzig) was a German composer, conductor and writer on music, regarded as the creator of the Singspiel, an early form of German opera. In many of these operas ...

(1728–1804), German composer *

Johann Adam Reincken Johann Adam Reincken (also ''Jan Adams, Jean Adam'', ''Reinken, Reinkinck, Reincke, Reinicke, Reinike''; Baptism, baptized 10 December 1643 – 24 November 1722) was a Dutch/German organist and composer. He was one of the most important composers ...

(1643–1722), Dutch/German organist *

Johann Adam Remele Johann Adam Remele (died 1740) was a German court painter who was active in Würzburg Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ...

(died 1740), German court painter *

Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (2 November 1649, in Halle – 24 May 1697, in Weissenfels), was a duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and member of the House of Wettin. He was the first son of Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and h ...

(1649–1697) *

Johann Adolph Hasse Johann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 – 16 December 1783) was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a co ...

(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 * Johann Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1564–1633) * Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (c. 1656–1746), German Baroque composer *

Johann Caspar Kerll Johann Caspar Kerll (9 April 1627 – 13 February 1693) was a German baroque composer and organist. He is also known as Kerl, Gherl, Giovanni Gasparo Cherll and Gaspard Kerle. Born in Adorf in the Electorate of Saxony as the son of an organist, ...

(1627–1693), German Baroque composer and organist *

Johann Christian Bach Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782) was a German composer of the Classical period (music), Classical era, the eighteenth child of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the youngest of his eleven sons. After living in Italy for ...

(1735–1782), classical composer, son of Johann Sebastian, also known as "the London Bach" *

Johann David Heinichen Johann David Heinichen (17 April 1683 – 16 July 1729) was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus II the Strong in Dresden. After he died, Heinichen's music attracted little a ...

(1683–1729), German Baroque composer and music theorist *

Johann David Köhler Johann David Köhler (18 January 1684 – 10 March 1755) was a German historian. His academic focuses were on Roman coins as historical artifacts, ancient weapons, and genealogy. Köhler also served as university librarian at Altdorf and contr ...

(1684–1755), German historian *

Johann Eck Johann Maier von Eck (13 November 1486 – 13 February 1543), often anglicized as John Eck, was a German Catholic theologian, scholastic, prelate, and a pioneer of the counter-reformation who was among Martin Luther's most important inter ...

(1486–1543) German theologian * Johann Esch (died 1523), one of the first two Lutheran martyrs *

Johann Evangelist Haydn Johann Evangelist Haydn (December 23, 1743 – May 10, 1805) was a tenor singer of the classical era; the younger brother of the composers Joseph Haydn and Michael Haydn. He was often called "Hansl", a diminutive form of "Johann". Johann was the ...

(1743–1805), tenor singer, brother of Joseph and Michael Haydn *

Johann Frauenlob Johann Frauenlob (16th or 17th century – 17th century) is the pseudonym of a writer in Baroque literature, Baroque who published an encyclopedia of "learned women" in 1631 and described himself on the title page as (their?) "General Notarium." ...

, 17th German century writer *

Johann Friedrich Agricola Johann Friedrich Agricola (4 January 1720 – 2 December 1774) was a German composer, organist, singer, pedagogue, and writer on music. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Flavio Anicio Olibrio. Biography Agricola was born in Dobitschen, Thu ...

(1720–1774), German musical theorist * Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814), German composer *

Johann Fust Johann Fust or Faust (c. 1400 – October 30, 1466) was an early German printer. Family background Fust was born to burgher family of Mainz, traceable back to the early thirteenth century. Members of the family held many civil and religiou ...

(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 * (1703–1761), nephew of the preceding, a pupil of Bach

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* 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 Johann Martin Schleyer (; 18 July 1831 – 16 August 1912) was a German Catholic priest who invented the constructed language Volapük. His official name was "Martin Schleyer"; he added the name "Johann" (in honor of his godfather) unoffic ...

(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 Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 177817 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the Transition from Classical to Romantic music, transition from the Classical period (music), Classical to the Romantic ...

(1778–1837), Austrian composer *

Johann Pachelbel Johann Pachelbel (baptised – buried 9 March 1706; also Bachelbel) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who brought the south German organ schools to their peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secularity, secular music, and h ...

(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 __NOTOC__ Johann-Georg Richert (14 April 1890 – 30 January 1946) was a German general during World War II. He commanded the 286th Security Division whose personnel committed numerous war crimes in occupied Belarus, in the Army Group Center R ...

(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 Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899), also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger or the Son (german: links=no, Sohn), was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed ov ...

(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 Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly ( nl, Johan t'Serclaes Graaf van Tilly; german: Johann t'Serclaes Graf von Tilly; french: Jean t'Serclaes de Tilly ; February 1559 – 30 April 1632) was a field marshal who commanded the Catholic League's ...

(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 Johann Weyer or Johannes Wier ( la, Ioannes Wierus or '; 1515 – 24 February 1588) was a Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist, disciple and follower of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. He was among the first to publish against t ...

(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''

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