Johann



Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
9160 famous people named Johann found on Wikipedia.
4260 male, 650 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 1389-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 911-th in year 2010
Used in: German

Meanings

A male given name, Germanic form of John.


Johann, typically a male given name, is the Germanized form of the originally Hebrew language name יוחנן (Yohanan) (meaning "God is merciful"). It is a form of the Germanic and Latin given name "Johannes." The English language form is John. It is uncommon as a surname.


Form of John: God is gracious.

Famous People: 9160 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 German writer, artist, and politician
2 Johann Strauss II 1825 Austrian composer
3 Johann Pachelbel 1653 German composer, organist and teacher
4 Johann von Bülow 1972 German actor
5 Johann Friedrich Struensee 1737 De facto regent of Denmark
6 Johann Christian Bach 1735 German composer
7 Johann Duhaupas 1981 French sportsperson and boxer
8 Johann Rupert 1950 South African businessman
9 Johann Georg Elser 1903 German opponent of Nazism, planned and carried out an assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on 8 November 1939
10 Johann Gottlieb Fichte 1762 German philosopher
11 Johann Urb 1977 Estonian-born American actor
12 Johann Gottfried Herder 1744 German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic
13 Johann Hari 1979 British journalist
14 Johann Strauss I 1804 Austrian Romantic composer
15 Johann Zarco 1990 French motorcycle racer
16 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi 1746 Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer
17 Johann König 1972 German actor
18 Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner 1780 German chemist
19 Johann Friedrich Blumenbach 1752 German physiologist and anthropologist
20 Johann Bernoulli 1667 Swiss mathematician
21 Johann Georg Faust 1480 German alchemist
22 Johann Gudenus 1976 Austrian politician
23 Johann Tetzel 1460 German seller of Indulgences
24 Johann Joachim Winckelmann 1717 German art historian and archaeologist
25 Johann Nepomuk Hummel 1778 Austrian composer and pianist
26 Johann Joseph Fux 1660 Austrian composer
27 Johann Schneider-Ammann 1952 Swiss businessman, politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council
28 Johann Kraus
29 Johann Heinrich von Thünen 1783 German economist
30 Johann Philipp Reis 1834 German scientist and inventor
31 Zita Johann 1904 Actress
32 Johann Reichhart 1893 German executioner
33 Johann Georg Hiedler 1792 Adolt Hitler's Grandfather
34 Johann van Beethoven 1740 German musician, teacher, and singer, father of Ludwig van Beethoven
35 Johann Heinrich Lambert 1728 German mathematician, physicist and astronomer
36 Johann Friedrich Herbart 1776 German philosopher, psychologist, and founder of pedagogy as an academic discipline
37 Johann Nepomuk Hiedler 1807 Brother of Adolf Hitler's grandfather
38 Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1906 German prince
39 Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly 1559 Austrian general
40 Johann Weyer 1515 Dutch physician
41 Johann Conrad Dippel 1673 German pietist theologian, alchemist and physician.
42 Johann de Kalb 1721 American general
43 Johann Ludwig Burckhardt 1784 Swiss traveller and writer
44 Johann Olav Koss 1968 Speed skater
45 Johann Rall 1726 German colonel in North America
46 Johann Rattenhuber 1897 German SS general
47 Johann Georg Hamann 1730 German philosopher
48 Johann Eck 1486 German theologian
49 Johann Stamitz 1717 Czech composer and violinist
50 Johann Jacob Schweppe 1740 German watchmaker
51 Johann Gottfried Galle 1812 German astronomer
52 Friedrich Burgmüller 1806 German composer
53 Johann Most 1846 German-American anarchist politician, newspaper editor, and orator
54 Johann Kremer 1883 Professor of anatomy
55 Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein 1840 Prince of Liechtenstein
56 Johann David Wyss 1743 Writer of the Swiss Family Robinson
57 Johann Joachim Quantz 1697 A German flutist, flute maker and composer
58 Johann Kaspar Lavater 1741 Swiss poet
59 Johann Adolph Hasse 1699 German composer, singer and teacher
60 Johann Wilhelm Ritter 1776 German physicist
61 Johann Trnka
62 Johann Jakob Froberger 1616 German composer and keyboardist
63 Johann Vogel 1977 Swiss footballer
64 Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach 1732 German musician and composer
65 Johann Schwenn 1947 German lawyer
66 Johann Reuchlin 1455 German humanist and a scholar of Greek and Hebrew
67 Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein 1760 Austrian marshal
68 Johann Lamont 1957 Member of the Scottish Parliament
69 Johann Baptist Vanhal 1739 Czech composer
70 Johann Blumhardt 1805 German theologian
71 Johann Elert Bode 1747 German astronomer
72 Johann Trollmann 1907 German boxer
73 Johann Ambrosius Bach 1645 German musician, father to Johann Sebastian Bach
74 Johann Bayer 1572 German astronomer
75 John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar 1530 German Duke
76 Johann von Leers 1902 German politician
77 Johann Wagner 1990
78 Johann Carolus 1575 Publisher
79 Johann Neumann 1949 Swedish actor
80 Johann Zahn 1641 German writer
81 Johann Schwerdfeger 1914 German soldier and Knight's Cross recipient
82 Johann Ludwig Krapf 1810 German missionary and explorer
83 Johann Fust 1400 German printer
84 Johann Gustav Droysen 1808 German historian
85 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger 1736 Austrian music educator, composer and organist
86 Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine 1658 German nobleman
87 Johann Burchard 1450 German priest
88 Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach 1656 Sculptor and architect from Austria (1656-1723)
89 Johann Friedrich Fasch 1688 German violinist and composer
90 Johann Maria Farina 1685 Italian perfumer and inventor
91 Johann Carlo 1957 American actress
92 John II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar 1570 Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Jena
93 Johann Adam Schall von Bell 1592 German Jesuit astronomer active in China
94 Johann Friedrich Gmelin 1748 German naturalist
95 Johann Gottlieb Goldberg 1727 German musician
96 Johann Sebastian Bach 1748 German painter
97 Johann Mattheson 1681 German composer and theorist
98 Johann Jakob Bachofen 1815 Swiss legal and classical scholar
99 Johann Baptist Metz 1928 German Catholic political theologian
100 Johann Christoph Bach I 1642 German composer and organist
101 Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths 1759 German gymnast
102 Johann Peter Hebel 1760 German short story writer and dialectal poet
103 Johann Friedrich Böttger 1682 Saxon alchemist
104 Johann Kaspar Mertz 1806 Hungarian guitarist and composer
105 Johann Heinrich Schulze 1687 German academic
106 Johann Moritz Rugendas 1802 German artist
107 Johann Christian Woyzeck 1780 German wig maker
108 Johann Jacobs 1869 German merchant
109 Johann von Staupitz 1465 Augustinian prior
110 Johann Friedrich Pfaff 1765 German mathematician
111 Johann Strauss III 1866 Austrian composer
112 Johann Kuhnau 1660 German composer, organist and harpsichordist
113 Johann Radon 1887 Austrian mathematician
114 Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein 1751 German artist
115 Johann Euler 1734 Swiss-Russian astronomer and mathematician
116 Johann Deisenhofer 1943 German scientist
117 Johann Lang
118 Johann Niemann 1913 German SS officer
119 Johann Baptist Cramer 1771 British musician
120 Johann Mühlegg 1970 Spanish cross country skier
121 Johann Arndt 1555 German Lutheran theologian
122 Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff 1862 German diplomat and politician
123 Johann Caspar Goethe 1710 German writer
124 Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber 1739 German entomologist
125 Johann Jakob Balmer 1825 Swiss mathematician and physicist
126 Johann Georg Schnitzer 1930 German writer
127 Johann von Klenau 1758 Austrian General of Cavalry in Napoleonic Wars
128 Johann Ludwig Bach 1677 German composer and violinist
129 Johannes Herold 1514
130 Johann Friedrich Overbeck 1789 German painter, a member of the Nazarene movement
131 Johann David Heinichen 1683 German composer and music theorist
132 Johann Reinhold Forster 1729 German botanist
133 Johann Nestroy 1801 Austrian dramatic, actor and singer
134 Johann Nepomuk Maelzel 1772 German inventor
135 Johann Schwarzer 1880 Photographer; Film director
136 Johann Vera 1995
137 Johann Bessler 1680 German inventor
138 Johann Siebmacher 1561 German painter
139 Johann Albrecht Bengel 1687 German theologian
140 Johann Graf 1946 Austrian businessman
141 Johann Gerhard 1582 Lutheran theologian
142 Johann Rudolf Glauber 1604 German-Dutch alchemist
143 Johann Nepomuk della Croce 1736 Austrian artist
144 Johann Legner 1954 German journalist
145 Johann Heinrich Schmelzer 1620 Austrian composer and musician
146 Johann Pauls 1908 Nazi concentration camp personnel
147 Johann Weikhard von Valvasor 1641 Carnolian scientist
148 Johann Josef Loschmidt 1821 Austrian chemist and physicist
149 Johann Gottfried Walther 1684 German musician and composer
150 Johann August Ephraim Goeze 1731 German entomologist
151 Johann Otto Hoch 1855 German murderer
152 Johann Schuler 1958 German actor
153 Johann Christoph Denner 1655 German Musical instrument maker
154 Johann Benedict Listing 1808 German mathematician
155 Johann Ludwig Krebs 1713 German composer and musician
156 Johann Walter 1496 Lutheran composer and poet during the Reformation period
157 Johann Lefèbvre 1978 French television presenter
158 Johann von Kielmansegg 1906 German general
159 Johann Peter Salomon 1745 German musician
160 Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer 1656 Czech composer
161 Johann Joachim Becher 1635 German chemist
162 Johann Schwarzhuber 1904
163 Johann Jakob Fugger 1516
164 Johann Bernhard Basedow 1723 German philosopher
165 Johann Malawana
166 Johann Christoph Pepusch 1667 German-born composer
167 Johann Mickl 1893 German general and Knight's Cross recipient
168 Johann Carrasso 1988 Footballer
169 Johann Hermann Schein 1586 German composer
170 Johann Kastenberger 1958 Bank robber
171 Johann Christoph Bach III 1671 Organist in Ohrdruf
172 Johann Schobert 1720 German composer
173 Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link 1767 German botanist
174 Johann Franz Encke 1791 German astronomer
175 Johann Crüger 1598 German hymnwriter
176 Johann Christoph Gottsched 1700 German author and critic
177 Johann Christian Reil 1759 German physician
178 Johann Baptist Georg Neruda 1707 Czech conductor and violinist
179 Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger 1775 German entomologist and zoologist
180 Johann Patkul 1660 Livonian nobleman, politician
181 Johann Georg Mozart 1679 German bookbinder
182 Johann Peter Eckermann 1792 German poet and author
183 Johann Michael Bach I 1648 German composer
184 Johann Adam Reincken 1643 German composer and organist
185 Johann Westhauser 1960 German speleologist and technician
186 Johann Spurzheim 1776 German physician
187 Johann Gottfried Schadow 1764 German sculptor
188 Johann Friedrich Reichardt 1752 German composer and writer
189 Johann Langenegger 1958
190 Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz 1793 Estonian explorer and scientist
191 Johann von Ravenstein 1889 German soldier WW I and WW II
192 Johann Obiang 1993 Gabonese footballer
193 Johann Wilhelm Hittorf 1824 German physicist
194 Johann Palisa 1848 Austrian astronomist
195 Johann Schober 1874 Austrian chancellor and politician
196 Johann Michael Sailer 1751 Catholic bishop
197 Johann Christoph Adelung 1732 German philologist, linguist
198 Johann Friedrich Agricola 1720 German composer
199 Johann Froben 1460 Swiss book publisher
200 Johann Nikuradse 1894 German physicist