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
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.
| 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 |