Johann
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Johann, "YO-hahn") typically a male given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

, is the Germanized
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 form of the originally Hebrew language
Hebrew language
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 name "Yohanan" (meaning "God is merciful"). It is a form of the Germanic given name "Johannes", which comes from Johan
Johan (given name)
Johan is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin. It is a variation of the Hebrew word Yochanan, meaning "God is gracious", and uncommon as a surname...

. The English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 form is John
John (name)
John is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Latin Ioannes, Iohannes, which is in turn a form of the Greek , Iōánnēs. This Greek name is a form of the Hebrew name , , which means "God is generous"...

. It is uncommon as a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

. People with the name include:

People

  • Johann Adam Hiller
  • Johann Adam Reincken
    Johann Adam Reincken
    Johann Adam Reincken was a Dutch/German organist and composer...

  • Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
    Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
    Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels , was a duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and member of the House of Wettin....

  • Johann Andreas Eisenmenger
    Johann Andreas Eisenmenger
    Johann Andreas Eisenmenger was a German Orientalist, now best known as the author of the anti-Semitic polemic, Entdecktes Judenthum .-Studies rabbinical literature:...

  • Johann Baptist Vanhal
    Johann Baptist Vanhal
    Johann Baptist Vanhal also spelled Wanhal, Waṅhall or Wanhall was an important classical music composer born in Nechanice, Bohemia to a Czech family.- Biography :...

  • Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
    Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
    ----Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, born Johann Bernhard Fischer was probably the most influential Austrian architect of the Baroque period....

  • Johann Bernoulli
    Johann Bernoulli
    Johann Bernoulli was a Swiss mathematician and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family...

  • Johann Casimir of Simmern
    Johann Casimir of Simmern
    John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern was a German prince and a younger son of Elector Frederick III, Count Palatine of the Rhine. A firm Calvinist, he was a leader of mercenary troops in the religious wars of the time, including the Dutch Revolt...

  • Johann Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg
  • Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
    Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer
    Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer was a German Baroque composer...

  • Johann Christian Bach
    Johann Christian Bach
    Johann Christian Bach was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is sometimes referred to as 'the London Bach' or 'the English Bach', due to his time spent living in the British capital...

  • Johann David Heinichen
    Johann David Heinichen
    Johann David Heinichen was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus the Strong in Dresden...

  • Johann David Köhler
    Johann David Köhler
    Johann David Köhler was a German historian . His academic focuses were on Roman coins as historical artifacts, ancient weapons, and genealogy...

  • Johann Evangelist Haydn
    Johann Evangelist Haydn
    Johann Evangelist Haydn 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 Friedrich Agricola
    Johann Friedrich Agricola
    Johann Friedrich Agricola was a German composer, organist, singer, pedagogue, and writer on music. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Flavio Anicio Olibrio.-Biography:...

  • Johann Friedrich Reichardt
    Johann Friedrich Reichardt
    Johann Friedrich Reichardt was a German composer, writer and music critic.-Early life:Reichardt was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, to lutenist and Stadtmusiker Johann Reichardt . Johann Friedrich began his musical training, in violin, keyboard, and lute, as a child...

  • Johann Fust
    Johann Fust
    Johann Fust was an early German printer.- Family background :Fust belonged to a rich and respectable burgher family of Mainz, traceable back to the early thirteenth-century; members of the family held many civil and religious offices.The name was always written Fust, but in 1506 Peter Schöffer, in...

  • Johann Georg (disambiguation)
  • Johann Georg
    Johann Georg
    The German given name Johann Georg, or its variant spellings, may refer to:-John George:*John George, Elector of Brandenburg *John George I, Elector of Saxony *John George II, Elector of Saxony...

    e, see Johann Georg
    Johann Georg
    The German given name Johann Georg, or its variant spellings, may refer to:-John George:*John George, Elector of Brandenburg *John George I, Elector of Saxony *John George II, Elector of Saxony...

  • Johann Gerhard
    Johann Gerhard
    Johann Gerhard was a Lutheran church leader and Lutheran Scholastic theologian during the period of Orthodoxy.-Biography:He was born in the German city of Quedlinburg...

  • Johann Gottfried Walther
    Johann Gottfried Walther
    Johann Gottfried Walther was a German music theorist, organist, composer, and lexicographer of the Baroque era.Walther was born at Erfurt...

  • Johann Gustav Stickel
    Johann Gustav Stickel
    Johann Gustav Stickel was a German theologian, orientalist and numismatist.- Biography :Stickel was born in Eisenach in 1805. He went to school in Buttelstedt and in Weimar. In his youth he demonstrated a gift for the Hebrew language...

  • Johann Hari
    Johann Hari
    Johann Hari is an award winning British journalist who has been a columnist at The Independent, the The Huffington Post, and contributed to several other publications. In 2011, Hari was accused of plagiarism; he subsequently was suspended from The Independent and surrendered his 2008 Orwell Prize...

  • Johann Heermann
    Johann Heermann
    Johann Heermann was a German poet and hymn-writer. He is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on 26 October with Philipp Nicolai and Paul Gerhardt.- Life :...

  • Johann Heinrich Buttstett
    Johann Heinrich Buttstett
    Johann Heinrich Buttstett was a German Baroque organist and composer...

  • Johann Jakob Froberger
    Johann Jakob Froberger
    Johann Jakob Froberger was a German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso, and organist. He was among the most famous composers of the era and influenced practically every major composer in Europe by developing the genre of keyboard suite and contributing greatly to the exchange of musical...

  • Johann Johannsson
    Jóhann Jóhannsson
    Jóhann Jóhannsson is an Icelandic musician, composer and producer. He is a co-founder of Kitchen Motors in Reykjavík, the art organization/think tank/record label which specializes in initiating collaborations, promoting concerts and exhibitions, performances, chamber operas, producing films,...

  • Jóhann Finnbogason
  • Jóhann Jóhannsson
    Jóhann Jóhannsson
    Jóhann Jóhannsson is an Icelandic musician, composer and producer. He is a co-founder of Kitchen Motors in Reykjavík, the art organization/think tank/record label which specializes in initiating collaborations, promoting concerts and exhibitions, performances, chamber operas, producing films,...

  • Johann Kaspar Kerll
    Johann Kaspar Kerll
    Johann Kaspar Kerll was a German baroque composer and organist.Son of an organist, he showed outstanding musical abilities at an early age, and was taught by Giovanni Valentini, court Kapellmeister at Vienna. Kerll became one of the most acclaimed composers of his time, known both as a gifted...

  • Johann Kraus
    Johann Kraus
    Johann Kraus is a fictional character in the Hellboy universe, created by Mike Mignola. He is featured in the comic book B.P.R.D., published by Dark Horse Comics....

  • Johann Le Bihan
    Johann Le Bihan
    Johann Le Bihan is a retired medley swimmer from France, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal at the 2000 European Long Course Championships in the men's 400 m individual medley event.-References:*...

  • Johann Lindner
    Johann Lindner
    Johann "Hans" Lindner is a retired hammer thrower from Austria, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. He also competed at the Winter Olympics, in 1984 as a bobsledder.-Achievements:-References:*...

  • Johann Lohel
    Johann Lohel
    Johann Lohelius , better known as Johann Lohel, was the archbishop of Prague from September 18, 1612 until his death.-Early life:Born in 1549 in a poor family, Johann was piously brought up...

  • Johann Ludwig Krebs
    Johann Ludwig Krebs
    Johann Ludwig Krebs was a Rococo musician and composer primarily for the pipe organ.-Life:Krebs was born in 1713 in Buttelstedt, Germany to Johann Tobias Krebs, a well-known organist. J. Tobias had at least three sons who were considered musically talented, and J...

  • Johann Lukas Schönlein
    Johann Lukas Schönlein
    Johann Lukas Schönlein was a German naturalist, and professor of medicine, born in Bamberg. He studied medicine at Landshut, Jena, Göttingen, and Würzburg...

  • Johann Nepomuk Hiedler
    Johann Nepomuk Hiedler
    Johann Nepomuk Hiedler, also known as Johann Nepomuk Hüttler , was a maternal great-grandfather and possibly also the paternal grandfather of Adolf Hitler....

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel
    Johann Nepomuk Hummel
    Johann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel was an Austrian composer and virtuoso pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.- Life :...

  • Johann Pachelbel
    Johann Pachelbel
    Johann Pachelbel was a German Baroque composer, organist and teacher, who brought the south German organ tradition to its peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his contributions to the development of the chorale prelude and fugue have earned him a place among the most...

  • Johann Peter Kellner
    Johann Peter Kellner
    Johann Peter Kellner was a German organist and composer. He was the father of Johann Christoph Kellner.-Biography:...

  • Johann Schicht
    Johann Schicht
    Johann Schicht was a German Czech entrepreneur, owner of a large soap-making plant.-Biography:...

  • Johann Schreck
    Johann Schreck
    Johann Schreck, also Terrenz or Terrentius Constantiensis, Deng Yuhan Hanpo, Deng Zhen Lohan, was a German Jesuit, missionary to China and polymath...

  • Johann Sebastian Bach
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...

  • Johann Sebastian Paetsch
    Johann Sebastian Paetsch
    Johann Sebastian Paetsch is an American cellist and musician.-Early musical education:Paetsch began his cello studies with his father, Günther Paetsch , at the age of 5, and gave his first recital when he was 6 years old...

  • Johann Shameer Fernando
  • Johann Stamitz
    Johann Stamitz
    Jan Václav Antonín Stamic was a Czech composer and violinist. Johann was the father of Carl Stamitz and Anton Stamitz, also composers...

  • Johann Strauss I
    Johann Strauss I
    Johann Strauss I , born in Vienna, was an Austrian Romantic composer famous for his waltzes, and for popularizing them alongside Joseph Lanner, thereby setting the foundations for his sons to carry on his musical dynasty...

  • Johann Strauss II
    Johann Strauss II
    Johann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas...

  • Johann Sziklai
    Johann Sziklai
    Johann Sziklai is a poet and a teacher. He studied English, history, and political science in Tübingen and in Bangor, North Wales. Since 1975, he has been teaching at the Gymnasium in Plochingen am Neckar. Sziklai writes mainly poetry and short prose...

  • Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly
  • Johann van Beethoven
    Johann van Beethoven
    Johann van Beethoven was a German musician, teacher, and singer who sang in the chapel of the Archbishop of Cologne, whose court was at Bonn. He is best known as the father of the celebrated composer Ludwig van Beethoven...

  • Johann Weyer
    Johann Weyer
    Johann Weyer , was a Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist, disciple and follower of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. He was among the first to publish against the persecution of witches...

  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...

  • Johann Zacherl
    Johann Zacherl
    Johann Zacherl was an Austrian inventor, industrialist and manufacturer. Johann Zacherl made a fortune in the late 19th century by selling dried flower heads of Chrysanthenum cinerariifolum as an insecticide.- Biography :...


Other uses

  • Johann Kraus
    Johann Kraus
    Johann Kraus is a fictional character in the Hellboy universe, created by Mike Mignola. He is featured in the comic book B.P.R.D., published by Dark Horse Comics....

    , fictional character in the Hellboy universe, featured in B.P.R.D. comic books, published by Dark Horse Comics
  • Johann Mouse
    Johann Mouse
    Johann Mouse is the 75th one-reel animated Tom and Jerry short, created in 1953 directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and produced by Fred Quimby with music by Scott Bradley and Jakob Gimpel and narration by Hans Conried...

    , American 1953 cartoon short subject
  • St. Johann in Tirol
    St. Johann in Tirol
    -History:St. Johann is situated in the Leukental, which extends from Jochberg to the Streichen close to the Bavarian border. This region was already settled in the 4th century BC by a Celtic tribe, the Ambisontiers, who pursued copper mining in the surrounding mountains.In 15 B.C...

    , town in Tyrol, Austria
  • Johann Trinity, a fictional character in Mobile Suit Gundam 00
    Mobile Suit Gundam 00
    is an anime TV series, the eleventh incarnation of Sunrise's long-running Gundam franchise consisting of two seasons. It is directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and features character designs by Yun Kōga. The twenty-five episode season was officially announced by Sunrise...


See also

  • Eoin
    Eoin
    Eoin is an Irish name, cognate with John. In the Irish language, it is the name used for all Biblical figures known as John in English, including John the Baptist and John the Apostle.It is related to the Scottish Gaelic name Iain...

  • Giovanni (name)
    Giovanni (name)
    Giovanni is a male Italian given name , the Italian equivalent of John. Giovanni is occasionally spelled Geovanni, Giovonnie or Giovannie; however, this deviates from the original Italian, and, in this manner, is made a unisex name...

  • Hans (name)
    Hans (name)
    Hans is a masculine given name. In German, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Icelandic and Swedish, originally it is short for Johannes but is also recognized in Sweden, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands as a name in its own right for official purposes....

  • Ioannis
  • Ivan (name)
    Ivan (name)
    Ivan is a Christian male given name that is primarily associated with Slavic languages.-Etymology:Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian it is Иван, while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is Iван.It is the Slavic...

  • Jaan (given name)
  • Ján
    Ján
    - Famous people named Ján :*Ján Mucha, Slovak footballer*Ján Šťastný, Slovak hockey player*Ján Bahýľ, inventor*Ján Čapkovič, football player*Ján Čarnogurský, former Prime Minister of Slovakia*Ján Cikker, composer*Ján Ďurica, football player...

  • Janez (given name)
    Janez (given name)
    Janez is a Slovene form of the given name John.* Janez Burger , film director* Janez Drnovšek , 2nd president of the Republic of Slovenia* Janez Drozg , film director...

  • Jean
    Jean
    Jean may refer to:* Jeans, pants, trousers or high waist overalls made from denimPeople* Jean , pronounced , is the French form of John* Jean , pronounced and sometimes , is the Scottish form of Jane...

  • João
    João
    João is the Portuguese form of the name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is quite widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries and therefore also the name of several notable people and places:-People:Kings:...

  • Johan
    Johan
    -Other uses:* Jo-Han, a manufacturer of plastic scale model kits* Johan and Peewit, Belgian comics series* Johan Frandsen, frontman for cult Swedish band, The Knockouts* Johan , a Dutch pop-group* Johan Cruijff-schaal, football trophy in the Netherlands...

  • John
    John (given name)
    John is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Latin Ioannes, Iohannes, which is in turn a form of the Greek , Iōánnēs. This Greek name is a form of the Hebrew name , , which means "God is generous"...

  • Jon
    Jon
    Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, meaning "God has given", or an alternate spelling of John, meaning "God is gracious". In the year of 2008, Jon was the 527th most popular name in the United States; its popularity has declined steadily since its peak in 1968 as #65...

  • Jón
    Jón
    Jón is an Old Norse common name still widely used in Iceland and the Faroes.According to Icelandic custom, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is required....

  • Jonathan (name)
  • Juan
    Juan
    Juan is a given name, the Spanish language version of John. It is very common in Spain and in Spanish-speaking communities around the world. The feminine form is Juana, or Juanita on its diminutive....

  • Juhani
    Juhani
    Juhani is a common Finnish male given name and Arabic surname.-Given name:* Juhani Aho* Juhani Lahtinen* Juhani Aaltonen* Juhani Pallasmaa* Juhani Komulainen* Juhani Suutarinen* Juhani Kaskeala* Juhani Peltonen* Juhani Tamminen* Juhani Wahlsten...

  • Shawn (given name)
  • Siôn
    Siôn
    -Real-life men named Siôn:*Twm Siôn Cati, Welsh analogue of Robin Hood*Siôn ap Hywel , Welsh-language poet*Siôn Cent , Welsh-language poet*Siôn Phylip , Welsh-language poet...

  • Yannis
    Yannis
    Yannis or Yiannis or Giannis is a common Greek name, a variant of John meaning "God is generous." Variants include Ioannis , Yanni, Iannis, Yannakis; and the very rare "Yannos", usually found in the Peloponnese and Cyprus.The feminine forms are Ιωάννα , Γιάννα People with...

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