Johansen is a

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surname meaning ''"son of Johan"''. It is most common in

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and

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. The

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variant is Johansson, while the most common spelling in the US is Johanson. There are still other spellings. Johansen is an uncommon

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. People with the surname Johansen include: * Allan Johansen (born 1971), Danish professional road bicycle racer * Anders Johansen * August E. Johansen (1905-1995), U.S. Representative from Michigan * Bård Tufte Johansen (born 1969), Norwegian comedian * William Odd "Red" Johansen (born 1928), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Bjørn Johansen (footballer) (born 1969), Norwegian footballer * Bjørn Johansen (ice hockey) (born 1944), Norwegian ice hockey player * Bjørn Johansen (musician) (1940–2002), Norwegian jazz musician * Christian Johansen * Dan Anton Johansen (born 1979), Danish professional footballer * Darryl Johansen (born 1959), Australian chess Grandmaster *

David Johansen David Roger Johansen (sometimes spelled ''David Jo Hansen''; born January 9, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under ...

(born 1950), American singer, songwriter, and actor * Egil Johansen (musician) (1934–1998), Norwegian-Swedish jazz drummer * Egil Johansen (footballer) (born 1962), Norwegian footballer * Egil Johansen (orienteer) (born 1954), Norwegian orienteer * Egil Borgen Johansen (1934–1993), Norwegian archer * Elisabeth Johansen (1907–1993), Greenlandic midwife and politician * Even Johansen * Eva Margot born Johansen * Franz M. Johansen (1928-2018), American sculptor, emeritus professor at

BYU Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day S ...

Gotfred Johansen Gotfred Svend Kristian Johansen (4 May 1895 – 2 February 1978) was a Danish lightweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He was born in Copenhagen and died in Egebæksvang, Helsingør Municipality. He was the father of Eigi ...

(1895-1978), Danish lightweight professional boxer * H.W. "Woody" Johansen (1913-1991), American engineer and namesake of the Johansen Expressway * Hans Johansen (1897-1973), Russian-Danish zoologist * Henry Johansen (1904-1988), Norwegian international football goalkeeper * Hermann Johansen (1866–1930), Russian zoologist * Hjalmar Johansen (1867-1913), Norwegian polar explorer * Holger Hott Johansen (born 1974), Norwegian orienteering competitor * Iris Johansen (born 1938), American author * Jacob Lerche Johansen (1818-1900), Norwegian Minister of the Navy * Jan Johansen (canoeist) (born 1944), Norwegian Olympic canoeist *

Jan Johansen (politician) Jan Johansen (born 12 December 1955 in Svendborg) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish general election. Political career Johansen ...

(born 1955), Danish politician and MF * Jan Arvid Johansen (1947–2017), Norwegian musician * Jan Johansen (born 1966), Swedish singer *

Johan Strand Johansen Johan Strand Johansen (3 February 1903 in Åfjord - 12 February 1970 in Moscow) was Norwegian Minister of Labour in 1945. From 1945-1949 and later from 1954-1957 he represented the Communist Party of Norway in the Parliament of Norway. His impor ...

(1903-1970), Norwegian Minister of Labour and politician *

John Johansen (athlete) John Johansen (26 February 1883 – 15 October 1947) was a Norwegian sprinter. Participating at the 1908 Summer Olympics, Johansen placed second in his first round 100 metres heat with a time of 11.7 seconds. His loss to Robert Cloughen, w ...

(1883–1947), Norwegian sprinter * John Christen Johansen (1876-1964), Danish-American portraitist * John M. Johansen (1916–2012), American architect *

Jon Lech Johansen Jon Lech Johansen (born November 18, 1983 in Harstad, Norway), also known as DVD Jon, is a Norwegian programmer who has worked on reverse engineering data formats. He wrote the DeCSS software, which decodes the Content Scramble System used fo ...

(born 1983), Norwegian known for reverse engineering data formats * K. V. Johansen (born 1968), Canadian fantasy and children's author * K. W. Johansen (born ?), Author of the yield theory for connections (1949) * Kevin Johansen (born 1964), Argentine-American rock musician * Kyle Johansen (born 1967), American politician * Lars Emil Johansen (born 1946), second Prime Minister of Greenland * Magne Johansen (born 1965), Norwegian ski jumper * Michael Johansen (born 1972), Danish professional football player * Pete Johansen violin player, session member of bands Sirenia, Tristania and others *

Ravi (Ivar Johansen) Ivar Christian Johansen (born 28 April 1976 in Tønsberg, Norway) is a Norwegian popular artist, musician (vocals, keyboards and trumpet), composer, journalist and program manager (NRK and TV2 Norway), known under the pseudonym Ravi (his first n ...

(born 1976), Norwegian musician * Roar Johansen (1935–2015), Norwegian footballer *

Ryan Johansen Ryan Johansen (born July 31, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Growing up, he played minor hockey in the Greater Vancouver area until joining ...

(born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player * Sharon Johansen (born 1948), Norwegian-American model and actress * Stig Johansen (born 1972), Norwegian professional football striker * Terje Riis Johansen (born 1968), Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Centre Party * Trevor Johansen (born 1957), retired professional national hockey league player *

Tor Egil Johansen Tor Egil "Toro" Johansen (born 8 August 1950) is a retired Norwegian footballer. He was born in Oslo. A midfielder with 52 caps and 7 goals for his country, he was even the national team captain in 14 matches during the 1970s. Johansen played 32 ...

(born 1950), Norwegian footballer

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