# Johann

Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of Iohannes, which is the Latin form of the Greek name Iōánnēs (Ἰωάννης), itself derived from Hebrew name Yochanan (יוֹחָנָן‎) in turn from its extended form Yehochanan (יְהוֹחָנָן‎), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" or "Yahweh is Merciful". Its English language equivalent is John. It is uncommon as a surname.

## People

People with the name Johann include:

### Mononym

* Johann, Count of Cleves (died 1368), nobleman of the Holy Roman Empire
* Johann, Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg (1662–1698), German nobleman
* Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1578–1638), German nobleman

### A–K

* Johann Adam Hiller (1728–1804), German composer
* Johann Adam Reincken (1643–1722), Dutch/German organist
* Johann Adam Remele (died 1740), German court painter
* Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1649–1697)
* Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783), German Composer
* Johann Altfuldisch (1911—1947), German Nazi SS concentration camp officer executed for war crimes
* Johann Andreas Eisenmenger (1654–1704), German Orientalist
* Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739–1813), Czech composer
* Johann Balthasar Bullinger (1713-1793), Swiss painter, 6x great-grandson of Heinrich Bullinger
* Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656–1723), Austrian architect
* Johann Bernoulli (1667–1748), Swiss mathematician
* Johann Carl Fuhlrott (1803–1877), early German paleoanthropologist
* Johann Casimir of Simmern (1543–1592), German prince
* Johann Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1564–1633)
* Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (c. 1656–1746), German Baroque composer
* Johann Caspar Kerll (1627–1693), German Baroque composer and organist
* Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782), classical composer, son of Johann Sebastian, also known as "the London Bach"
* Johann David Heinichen (1683–1729), German Baroque composer and music theorist
* Johann David Köhler (1684–1755), German historian
* Johann Eck (1486–1543) German theologian
* Johann Esch (died 1523), one of the first two Lutheran martyrs
* Johann Evangelist Haydn (1743–1805), tenor singer, brother of Joseph and Michael Haydn
* Johann Frauenlob, 17th German century writer
* Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774), German musical theorist
* Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814), German composer
* Johann Fust (c. 1400–1466), German printer
* Johann Georg (disambiguation page)
* Johann Gerhard (1582–1637), Lutheran theologian
* Johann Gottfried Walther (1684–1748), German Baroque musician, Johann Sebastian's cousin
* Johann Gustav Stickel (1805–1896), German scholar
* Johann Hari (born 1979), English writer and journalist
* Johann Heermann (1585–1647), German poet
* Johann Heinrich Buttstett (1666–1727), German Baroque musician
* Johann (Falco) Hölzel (1957–1998), Austrian rock singer
* Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667), German Baroque musician
* Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969–2018), Icelandic composer
* Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722), German Baroque musician, predecessor of Johann Sebastian Bach as Thomaskantor
* Johann Andreas Kuhnau [scores] (1703–1761), nephew of the preceding, a pupil of Bach

### L–Z

* Johann Lafer (born 1957), Austrian television chef
* Johann Lamont (born 1957), Scottish politician, leader of the Scottish Labour Party
* Johann Le Bihan (born 1979), retired French swimmer
* Johann Lindner (born 1959), retired Austrian hammer thrower
* Johann Lohel (1549–1622), archbishop of Prague
* Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780), German Baroque musician and organist, student of Johann Sebastian Bach
* Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793–1864), German naturalist and professor of medicine
* Johann Martin Schleyer (1831–1912), German Catholic priest
* Johann Mattheson (1681–1764), German composer, a close friend of Georg Friedrich Händel
* Johann Nepomuk Hiedler (1807–1888), great-grandfather of Hitler
* Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837), Austrian composer
* Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706), German Baroque composer
* Johann Pauls (1908–1946), German SS concentration camp officer executed for war crimes
* Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827) German pedagogue and educational reformist
* Johann Peter Kellner (1705–1772), German organist and composer
* Johann Baptist Albin Rauter (1895–1949), executed Austrian Nazi SS war criminal
* Johann-Georg Richert (1890–1946), German Nazi officer executed for war crimes
* Johann Gottlob Schmeisser (1751–1806), Canadian Lutheran minister
* Johann Rudolf Stadler (1605–1637), Swiss clock-maker
* Johann Schicht (1855–1907), German Bohemian entrepreneur
* Johann Schreck (1576–1630), German missionary and polymath
* Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), German composer and musician of the Baroque period
* Johann Sebastian Paetsch (born 1964), American cellist
* Johann Stamitz (1717–1757), Czech composer
* Johann Strauss I (1804–1849), Austrian Romantic composer
* Johann Strauss II (1825–1899), Austrian composer of light music, son of the above
* Johann Strauss III (1864–1939), also known as Johann Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer, nephew of the above
* Johann Samuel Schwerdtfeger (1734-1803), Lutheran minister, the first in Upper Canada.
* Johann Sziklai (born 1947), German poet and teacher
* Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559-1632), Dutch Catholic field marshal
* Johann van Beethoven (c. 1739–1792), German musician, father of Ludwig van Beethoven
* Johann Carl Vogel (1932–2012), South African physicist
* Johann Weyer (1515–1588), Dutch physician
* Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner, German chemist
* Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), German writer and statesman
* Johann Zacherl (1814–1888), Austrian inventor
* Johann Zarco (born 1990), French motorbike racer

## Fictional characters

* Johann Kraus, in the Hellboy universe, featured in B.P.R.D. comic books, published by Dark Horse Comics
* the title character of Johann Mouse, an American 1953 cartoon short
* Johann Trinity, in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 00
* Johan Liebert (ヨハン・リーベルト, Yohan Rīberuto) is the titular "monster" and main antagonist of the Monster anime series.