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16 famous people named Joanes found on Wikipedia.
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 name (Ιωάννης) and Classical Latin (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name Yehochanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious". The name became popular in Northern Europe, especially in Germany. Common German variants for Johannes are Johann, Hans (diminutized to Hänschen or Hänsel, known from "Hansel and Gretel", a fairy tale by the Grimm brothers), Hannes, Jens (from Danish) and Jan (from Dutch). In the Netherlands, Johannes was without interruption the most common masculine birth name until 1989. Jan is a variant of John known in Catalan, Czech, Slovenian, Dutch, Scandinavian, Cornish, German, Afrikaans and Northern Germanic. Polish has its own variant Janusz as has Slovenian "Janez". Common English variants for Johannes are John or Johnny. There are also variants of the name in other languages:
Xoán, in Galician
Jean, in French
Juan, in Spanish
João, in Portuguese
Chuan, in Aragonese
Joan, in Catalan
Иван (Ivan), in Russian
Jonas, in Lithuanian
Jānis, in Latvian
Hovhannes, in Armenian
Ioan, in Romanian
Giovanni, in Italian
Yohanes, In Indonesian
Yohannes, in North Ethiopian semetic languages
Eoghan or Eóin, in Irish or Scottish Gaelic
Ieuan or Ifan in Welsh, anglicized as "Evan".
Juhan, Jaan, Jaanus, Joonas and Hannes in Estonian; Juss and Juku are familiar variants.
Yoe or Yohe is an (uncommon) Americanized form.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joanes Leizarraga | 1506 | 16th-century Basque priest |
| 2 | Jamil Joanes | ||
| 3 | Joanes Etxeberri de Sara | 1668 | |
| 4 | Joanes Bakaikoa | 1997 | |
| 5 | Domingos Joanes | ||
| 6 | Joanes Rail | 1958 | Canadian handball player |
| 7 | Joanes Otsalde | 1814 | |
| 8 | Joanes Hedel | 1980 | French swimmer |
| 9 | Joanes Haraneder | 1669 | |
| 10 | António de Sousa de Macedo, 2.º barão da Ilha Grande de Joanes | 1677 | |
| 11 | Joannes Haranburu | ||
| 12 | Joanes Etxeto | 1801 | |
| 13 | Joanes Arrosagarai | 1949 | |
| 14 | Joanes Jatsu Azpilikuetakoa | 1497 | |
| 15 | Joanes Iriarte | ||
| 16 | Joanes Urkixo | 1955 | Spanish writer and screenwriter |