Joanna
Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from he, יוֹחָנָה, translit=Yôḥānāh, lit=God is gracious. Variants in English include Joan (given name), Joan, Joann, Joanne (given name), Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in ...
that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name
Johannes
Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...
. The original Greek form ''Iōanna'' lacks a medial /h/ because in Greek /h/ could only occur initially. For more information on the name's origin, see the article on
Joanna
Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from he, יוֹחָנָה, translit=Yôḥānāh, lit=God is gracious. Variants in English include Joan (given name), Joan, Joann, Joanne (given name), Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in ...
.
Women named Johanna
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Johanna Allik
Johanna Allik (born 7 April 1994, in Tallinn) is an Estonian figure skater. While competing in singles skating, she has won two senior international medals and is a two-time Estonian national silver medalist (2008, 2010). She switched to ice dan ...
(born 1994), Estonian figure skater
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Johanna van Ammers-Küller
Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form ''Iōanna'' lacks a medial /h/ because in Greek /h/ cou ...
Johanna Sophia of Bavaria
Joanna Sophia of Bavaria (c. 1373 – 15 November 1410) was the youngest daughter of Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and his first wife Margaret of Brieg. She was a member of the House of Wittelsbach.
On 13 June 1395, Joanna Sophia married Albert IV, ...
Johanna Beisteiner
Johanna Beisteiner (born 20 February 1976) is an Austrian classical guitarist, singer and arranger.
Life
Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias Hauer music school in her hometown Wien ...
(born 1976), Austrian classical guitarist
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Johanna Berglind
Johanna "Jeanette" Apollonia Berglind (21 August 1816, in Stockholm – 14 September 1903, in Stockholm), was a Swedish sign language teacher and principal (education), principal. In 1860, she founded one of the first schools for the deaf and Mute ...
Johanna Braddy
Johanna Elizabeth Braddy (born August 30, 1987) is an American actress. She played the leading role in the 2009 horror film ''The Grudge 3'', and has appeared in '' Hurt'' (2009), '' Easy A'' (2010), ''Paranormal Activity 3'' (2011), and ''The Lev ...
(born 1987), American actress
* Johanna Corleva (1698-1752), Dutch translator and linguist
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Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie
Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie (1661 in Hamburg – 1708 in Stockholm), was a Swedish writer, poet, lady-in-waiting and noblewoman.
Biography
Johanna was the daughter of Pontus Fredrik De la Gardie and Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck. She receiv ...
(1661–1708), Swedish writer
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Johanna Martina Duyvené de Wit
Tessa de Loo (born 15 October 1946) is the pen name of the Dutch novelist and short story writer Johanna Martina (Tineke) Duyvené de Wit.
Biography
Born in Bussum in North Holland, de Loo was the oldest of three children. After matriculating fro ...
(born 1946), Dutch writer with the pseudonym ''Tessa de Loo''
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Johanna Edwards
Johanna Edwards (born February 27, 1978) is a bestselling American novelist and award-winning entertainment journalist. Her books have been translated into various languages, and are sold all over the world.
Biography
Born in Memphis, Tenness ...
(born 1978), American novelist
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Johanna Fateman
Johanna Rachel Fateman (born May 16, 1974) is an American writer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. She is a member of the post-punk rock band Le Tigre and founded the band MEN with Le Tigre bandmate JD Samson.
Early life and educati ...
(born 1974), American musician, writer and editor
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Johanna Griggs
Johanna Leigh Griggs (born 17 October 1973) is an Australian television presenter and former competitive swimmer. She won a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
Griggs has been at the Seven Network since 1993 where she joined ...
(born 1973), Australian sportsperson and television personality
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Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
Johanna (Jo) Gezina van Gogh-Bonger (4 October 1862 – 2 September 1925) was a multilingual Dutch editor and translator of the letters of the van Gogh brothers. Sister-in-law of the painter Vincent van Gogh, and wife of his brother Theo van Go ...
(1862–1925), Dutch art dealer, sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh
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Johanna Hedén
''Johanna'' Maria Hedén, née ''Bowall'' (21 July 1837 – December 1912) was a Swedish midwife, Feldsher (or barber surgeon), apothecary, and barber
A barber is a person whose occupation is mainly to cut, dress, groom, style and shave men's ...
(1837–1912), Swedish obstetrician
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Johanna Helena Herolt
Johanna Helena Herolt (1 May 1668 – 1723) was an 18th-century botanical artist from Germany. She was well-known for her paintings similar to her mother, Maria Sibylla Merian, with her draftsmanship.
Biography
Herolt was the eldest daughter of t ...
Johanna Jachmann-Wagner
Johanna Jachmann-Wagner or Johanna Wagner (13 October 1828 – 16 October 1894) was a mezzo-soprano singer, tragédienne in theatrical drama, and teacher of singing and theatrical performance who won great distinction in Europe during the third ...
(1828–1894), German mezzo-soprano
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Johanna Kirchner
Johanna "Hanna" Kirchner (née Johanna Stunz; 24 April 1889 – 9 June 1944) was a German opponent of the Nazi régime.
Johanna Stunz came from a social-democratic family from Frankfurt, Hesse-Nassau. Her grandfather was one of Frankfurt's fi ...
(1889–1944), German opponent of the Nazi régime
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Johanna Koerten
Joanna Koerten, (married name Joanna Block) (17 November 1650 in Amsterdam – 28 December 1715 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch artist who excelled in painting, drawing, embroidery, glass etching, and wax modeling. She achieved fame as a silhouette ...
(1650–1715), Dutch silhouette cutter
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Johanna Konta
Johanna Konta (born 17 May 1991) is a British former professional tennis player, having represented Australia until 2012. She won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 11 singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. The ...
Johanna Lind
Johanna Karin Lind Bagge (born 13 October 1971) became ''Miss Sweden'' in 1993 and represented her country at Miss Universe where she was placed 16th overall during the preliminary. She won over the 1st runner-up and later Playboy model Victoria S ...
Johanna Lindsey
Johanna Helen Lindsey (née Howard, March 10, 1952 – October 27, 2019) was an American writer of historical romance novels. All of her books reached the ''New York Times'' bestseller list, many reaching No. 1.
Personal life
Johanna He ...
(1952–2019), American author of romance novels
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Johanna Löfblad
Johanna Catharina Löfblad née ''Embeck'' or ''Enbäck'' (1733 – 14 September 1811), also known as Madame Gentschein and Madame Löfblad, was a Swedish stage actress. She was a member of the pioneer group of actors in the first Swedish nationa ...
(1733–1811), Swedish actress
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Johanna Loisinger
Johanna Maria Louise Loisinger (18 April 1865 – 20 July 1951) was an Austrian actress, pianist and operatic soprano singer. She was born in Preßburg, Austria (today Bratislava), the daughter of John Loisinger and Maria Meier.
After she h ...
(1865–1951), opera singer
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Johanna Long
Johanna Robbins (; born May 26, 1992) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She is the winner of the 2010 Snowball Derby.
Racing career
Background
Long's father raced late models and she wanted to start racing karts when she was ...
Johanna Mestorf
Johanna Mestorf (17 April 1828, Bad Bramstedt, Duchy of Holstein – 20 July 1909, Kiel) was a German prehistoric archaeologist, the first female museum director in the Kingdom of Prussia and usually said to be the first female professor in Germ ...
(1828–1909), German prehistoric archaeologist and museum curator
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Johanna Nichols
Johanna Nichols (born 1945, Iowa City, Iowa) is an American linguist and professor emerita in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned her Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of C ...
(born 1945), American paleolinguist
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Johanna van Polanen
Johanna van Polanen (also spelled as ''Jehenne''; 10 January 1392 – 15 May 1445) was a Dutch noblewoman. She was the daughter of John III of Polanen, Lord of Breda, and his wife, Odilia of Salm. The House of Polanen was a side branch of the ...
(1392–1445), Dutch noblewoman
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Johanna Ray
Johanna Ray is an American casting director and film producer, sometimes credited as "Joanna Ray". She has been nominated for five Artios Awards, and won once in 1990. She has worked with Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch, Julia Roberts, and Nicola ...
, American casting director and producer
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Johanna Reiss
Johanna Reiss ( ; born 4 April 1932) is a Dutch-American writer whose work focuses on her experiences as a Jewish child during the Second World War. Her books have been compared to the writing of Anne Frank.
Early life
Johanna Reiss was born ...
(born 1932), Dutch-born American writer
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Johanna Rosaly
Raquel Johanna Rosaly Guillermety (born January 13, 1948) is a Puerto Rican actress, singer, and television host.
Early years
Johanna Rosaly was born in Santurce, a district of San Juan. In 1956 at the age of eight, she started taking acting le ...
Johanna Schopenhauer
Johanna Schopenhauer (née Trosiener; 9 July 1766 – 17 April 1838) was mother of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. She was the first German woman to publish books without a pseudonym, an influential literary salon host, and in the 182 ...
Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout
Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout (11 July 1910 – 23 July 1992) was a Surinamese poet and an eminent community leader who fought for acknowledgement of Sranan and of the Afro-Surinamese culture.
Life
Schouten-Elsenhout was born in Paramaribo in 1910. ...
Johanna Spyri
Louise Spyri (; ; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories, and is best known for her book '' Heidi''. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, as a child she spent se ...
(1827–1901), Swiss author of ''Heidi''
* Johanna Sundberg (1828–1910), Swedish ballerina
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Johanna ter Steege
Johanna ter Steege (born 10 May 1961) is a Dutch actress.
She won the European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her movie debut in '' The Vanishing'' (1988). Among her other films are Robert Altman's ''Vincent & Theo'' (1990), István ...
(born 1961), Dutch actress
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Johanna Talihärm
Johanna Talihärm (born 27 June 1993 in Tallinn) is an Estonian biathlete
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail who ...
Johanna Veenstra
Johanna Veenstra (1894–1933) was the first missionary of the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) to go to Nigeria.
Biography
She was born on Thursday, April 19, 1894, on Hopper Street in Paterson, New Jersey. Her parents were William Veenstra, ...
(1894–1933), American missionary
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Johanna Vergouwen
Johanna Vergouwen (also: Jeanne Vergouwen or Joanna Vergouwen) (1630 in Antwerp – 11 March 1714 in Antwerp) was a Flemish Baroque painter and copyist.
Life
She was brought up in a family of painters.Johanna Petronella Vrugt
Anna Blaman, pseudonym of Johanna Petronella Vrugt, (31 January 1905 – 13 July 1960) was a Dutch writer and poet. She was a recipient of the P. C. Hooft Award. The literary award Anna Blaman Prijs is named after her.
Biography
The daughte ...
(1905–1960), Dutch writer and poet with the pseudonym ''Anna Blaman''
* Johanna Waterous (born 1957), Canadian businesswoman
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Johanna Wattier
Johanna Cornelia Wattier (Rotterdam, 13 April 1762 - Voorburg, 23 April 1827) was an 18th-century actress from the Northern Netherlands, known for her performances in Amsterdam. She made her debut at 15 in 1778 in Rotterdam and in 1780 at the Sta ...
(1762–1827), Dutch actress
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Johanna Westerdijk
Johanna Westerdijk (; 4 January 1883 – 15 November 1961) was a Dutch plant pathologist and the first female professor in the Netherlands.
Early life
Johanna Westerdijk, called "Hans" () by friends, was born on 4 January 1883 in Nieuwer-Amste ...
(1883–1961), Dutch plant pathologist, first female professor in the Netherlands
;Jóhanna
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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (; born 4 October 1942) is an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013. She became active in the trade union movement, serving as an officer.
Elected as an MP from 1978 to 2013, ...
(born 1942), Iceland's first female Prime Minister and the world's first openly gay head of government of the modern era
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Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir (born 16 October 1990), known outside Iceland as Yohanna, is an Icelandic-Danish singer. Beginning her music career as a child singer, Yohanna received international recognition after representing Iceland in the ...
, a.k.a. Yohanna, Icelandic singer
Masculine name
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Johanna Omolo
Johanna Ochieng Omolo (born 31 July 1989) is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays for the Belgian club Oostende as a defensive midfielder.
Club career
Born in Nairobi, Omolo has played club football in Kenya, Belgium and Luxembourg for Co ...
(born 1989), Kenyan footballer
Fictional characters
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Johanna
Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form ''Iōanna'' lacks a medial /h/ because in Greek /h/ cou ...
, a character in many adaptations of the story of
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the penny dreadful serial ''The String of Pearls'' (1846–47). The original tale became a feature of 19th-century melodrama and London urban legend, legend. A barber fr ...
The Kermesse in Bruges
''The Kermesse in Bruges, or The Three Gifts'' is a burlesque ballet in three acts created by the Danish ballet master and choreographer August Bournonville to music by Holger Simon Paulli, first performed by the Royal Danish Ballet on 4 Apri ...
Hunger Games
''The Hunger Games'' is a series of young adult dystopian novels written by American author Suzanne Collins. The first three novels are part of a trilogy following teenage protagonist Katniss Everdeen, and the fourth book is a prequel set 6 ...
'' series, being mentioned without a name in the first novel and appearing as a main character in ''
Catching Fire
''Catching Fire'' is a 2009 science fiction young adult novel by the American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in ''The Hunger Games'' series. As the sequel to the 2008 bestseller ''The Hunger Games'', it continues the story of Katni ...
'' and ''
Mockingjay
''Mockingjay'' is a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Suzanne Collins. It is chronologically the last installment of ''The Hunger Games'' series, following 2008's ''The Hunger Games'' and 2009's '' Catching Fire''. The book continu ...
Insurgent
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''. She is the leader of the Amity faction.
*Johanna, a playable character in the video game ''
Heroes of the Storm
''Heroes of the Storm'' is a crossover multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. It was released for Microsoft Windows and macOS on June 2, 2015. The game features various characters from Bli ...
''.
*Johanna, the motorcycle-shaped persona of Makoto Niijima in ''
Persona 5
is a 2016 role-playing video game developed by Atlus. It takes place in modern-day Tokyo and follows a high school student known by the pseudonym Joker who transfers to a new school after being falsely accused of assault and put on probation ...
''.
*Johanna, the titular character's mother in ''
Hilda
Hilda is one of several female given names derived from the name ''Hild'', formed from Old Norse , meaning 'battle'. Hild, a Nordic-German Bellona, was a Valkyrie who conveyed fallen warriors to Valhalla. Warfare was often called Hild's Game. Th ...
''.
Song and movie titles
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Visions of Johanna
"Visions of Johanna" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan on his 1966 album ''Blonde on Blonde''. Several critics have acclaimed "Visions of Johanna" as one of Dylan's highest achievements in writing, praising the allusiveness and subtle ...
", a song by Bob Dylan
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Joanna (Kool & the Gang song)
"Joanna" is a song by Kool & the Gang from their 1983 album '' In the Heart''. It was released as a single in November 1983.
Background
A romantic ballad similar to many of Kool & The Gang's later releases, the song features as its main subject t ...
" is a song by
Kool & the Gang
Kool & the Gang is an American R&B/soul/funk band formed in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1964 by brothers Robert "Kool" Bell and Ronald Bell, with Dennis "Dee Tee" Thomas, Robert "Spike" Mickens, Charles Smith, George Brown, and Ricky West. T ...
.
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Joanne (Michael Nesmith song)
"Joanne" is a song written and performed by Michael Nesmith, his only hit song as a solo artist. The single was issued by RCA Records in mid 1970, from the album ''Magnetic South'', the first album released by Nesmith and The First National Band ...
" is a song by
Michael Nesmith
Robert Michael Nesmith or Mike Nesmith, (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, and actor. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series ''The Monkees'' (1966 ...
.
*"Johanna of the Spirits", a song by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies off the album ''
Rapid City Muscle Car
''Rapid City Muscle Car'' is the second studio album by American band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, released in 1994 on Space Age Bachelor Pad Records.
Overview
''Rapid City Muscle Car'' was structured around the Daddies' desire to create a styli ...
''
*"Johanna" is a song by the Canadian indie rock band
Think About Life
Think About Life is an indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, formed in 2005.
Biography
The group was founded by drummer Matt Shane and keyboardist Graham Van Pelt.Dunlevy, T'Cha. "Feckless abandon", ''The Gazette'', 2006-06-08, p. D3. ...
Bobby Mackey
Robert Randall "Bobby" Mackey (born March 25, 1948) is a traditional country music singer whose career has spanned 40 years. His musical style can be described by his loyalty to Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Buck Owens, Conway T ...
Ghost Adventures
''Ghost Adventures'' is an American paranormal and reality television series that premiered on October 17, 2008, on the Travel Channel before moving to Discovery+ in 2021. An independent film of the same name originally aired on the Sci-Fi Chann ...
.
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Johanna Kustannus
Johanna Kustannus Oy (Ltd) has been the name of two Finnish record labels. has been a founding member for both companies, and Pekka Aarnio has also been involved with both. The first company using the name used the sublabel Johanna, while the sec ...
, record label
* "Jossu" (song), a song by Finnish rapper
Cheek
The cheeks ( la, buccae) constitute the area of the face below the eyes and between the nose and the left or right ear. "Buccal" means relating to the cheek. In humans, the region is innervated by the buccal nerve. The area between the inside ...
. "Jossu" a Finnish nickname for Johanna.
*"Johanna" is a song by
Suki Waterhouse
Alice Suki Waterhouse (born 5 January 1992) is an English model, actress and singer. She began a career in modelling at the age of 16, and she would go on to model for several major fashion labels. Her first feature film as an actress was a min ...
.
*"Johanna" is a song by
The Stooges
The Stooges, originally billed as the Psychedelic Stooges, also known as Iggy and the Stooges, was an American rock band formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1967 by singer Iggy Pop, guitarist Ron Asheton, drummer Scott Asheton, and bassist Dave ...
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March 22, 1930November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. One of the most important figures in twentieth-century musical theater, Sondheim is credited for having "reinvented the American musical" with sho ...
Johanna, Victoria
Johanna is a small locality on the coast of Victoria, Australia located west of Cape Otway in the Colac Otway Shire. It is named after the schooner ''Joanna'' that was wrecked at the mouth of the Johanna River on 22 September 1843.
History
Jo ...
, surf beach and holiday spot
* 127 Johanna, asteroid
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Johanna, Culemborg
Johanna, De Korenbloem ( en, The Cornflower) or De Molen van Schennink is a tower mill in Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands which was built in 1888 and has been restored to working order. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument.
History
The first ...
, a windmill in Gelderland, Netherlands
*Johanna was a common name for the island of
Anjouan
Anjouan (; also known as Ndzuwani or Nzwani, and historically as Johanna or Hinzuan) is an autonomous high island in the Indian Ocean that forms part of the Union of the Comoros. Its chief town is Mutsamudu and, , its population is around 277,500. ...
in the Comoros during the 17th century
* Såningskvinnan, a sculpture in Gothenburg, Sweden, popularly known as "Johanna i Brunnsparken"
Name day
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Latvia
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: 15 December
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Hungary
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: 28 March
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Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
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Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
: 7 January
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
: 21 July
See also
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Jane (given name)
Jane is a feminine given name. It is the English form of Jehanne, the Old French feminine form of Iohannes, a Latin form of the Greek name (Iōannēs), which is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name יוֹחָנָן (Yochanan), a short form of ...
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Joan (given name)
Joan (female name: ; male name: ) is both a feminine form of the personal name ''John'' given to females in the Anglosphere; and the native masculine form of ''John'' (for males) in the Catalan-Valencian and Occitan languages. In both cases, the ...
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Joanna
Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from he, יוֹחָנָה, translit=Yôḥānāh, lit=God is gracious. Variants in English include Joan (given name), Joan, Joann, Joanne (given name), Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in ...
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Johannes
Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...
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Joke (given name) Joke (pronounced ) is a Dutch feminine given name. It is a diminutive of Jo and a short form of Johanna.Joke at the