Yohannan is a Syriac name, from the Hebrew name

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

, equivalent to English

John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Secon ...

, French

Jehan Jehan is a male given name. It is the old orthography of Jean in Old French, and is rarely given anymore. It is also a variant of the Persian name Jahan in some South Asian languages. People with the given name Jehan * Jehan Adam (15th century) ...

, Spanish

Juan ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

, and German

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 ...

. It may refer to: *

Yohannan the Leper Yohannan Garba ('the Leper'), originally metropolitan of Nisibis, was anti-patriarch of the Church of the East between 691 and 693. He opposed the claims of the legitimately-elected patriarch Hnanisho I (686–98), who had offended the caliph Abd ...

, Yohannan Garba ("the Leper"), originally metropolitan of Nisibis, was anti-patriarch of the Church of the East between 691 and 693 *

Yohannan I Yohannan I bar Marta was patriarch of the Church of the East The Patriarch of the Church of the East (also known as Patriarch of the East, Patriarch of Babylon, the Catholicose of the East or the Grand Metropolitan of the East) is the patriarch, ...

, a.k.a. Yohannan I bar Marta, patriarch of the Church of the East between 680 and 683 *

Yohannan II Yohannan II bar Narsai was Patriarch of the Church of the East The Patriarch of the Church of the East (also known as Patriarch of the East, Patriarch of Babylon, the Catholicose of the East or the Grand Metropolitan of the East) is the patriarc ...

, a.k.a. Yohannan II bar Narsai, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 884 to 891 *

Yohannan III Yohannan III, the nephew of the patriarch Theodosius (853–858), was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 893 to 899. He was remembered as a profound scholar, but also as a glutton, a miser and a simoniac Simony () is the act of selling ...

, the nephew of the patriarch Theodosius (853–858), was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 893 to 899 *

Yohannan IV Yohannan is a Syriac name, from the Hebrew name Yohanan, equivalent to English John, French Jehan, Spanish Juan, and German Johannes. It may refer to: *Yohannan the Leper, Yohannan Garba ("the Leper"), originally metropolitan of Nisibis, was anti- ...

, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 900 to 905 *

Yohannan V Yohannan V Bar Isa was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1000 to 1011. Brief accounts of Yohannan's patriarchate are given in the ''Ecclesiastical Chronicle'' of the Jacobite writer Bar Hebraeus () and in the ecclesiastical histories of ...

, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1000 to 1011 *

Yohannan VI Yohannan VI bar Nazuk was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1012 until his death, which is given by various sources as being in 1016 or 1020. Life Brief accounts of Yohannan's patriarchate are given in the ''Ecclesiastical Chronicle'' of th ...

, a.k.a. Yohannan VI bar Nazuk, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1012 to 1016 *

Yohannan VII Yohannan VII bar Targhal was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1049 to 1057. He lived through the final years of the Buyid dynasty, and was present in Baghdad when Toghrul Beg, the first sultan of the Seljuq dynasty, entered the city in Dec ...

, a.k.a. Yohannan VII bar Targhal, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1049 to 1057 *

Yohannan VIII Hormizd Yohannan VIII Hormizd (often referred to by European missionaries as ''John Hormez'' or ''Hanna Hormizd'') (1760–1838) was the last hereditary patriarch of the Eliya line of the Church of the East and the first patriarch of a united Chalde ...

, a.k.a. John Hormez or Hanna Hormizd, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (d. 1830) * Yohannan, Metropolitan of India ( 1490–1504) * K. P. Yohannan (born 1950), founder and president of Gospel for Asia; the Metropolitan of Believers Church * T. C. Yohannan (born 1947), Indian long jumper *

Tim Yohannan Tim Yohannan (August 15, 1945 – April 3, 1998), also known as Tim Yo, was the founder of ''Maximum Rocknroll'', a radio show and fanzine documenting punk subculture. He also helped in establishing a number of DIY collectives, such as 924 Gilman St ...

(1945–1998), founder of ''Maximum Rocknroll'', a radio show and fanzine documenting punk subculture

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