# Johan (given name)

Johan is a Scandinavian and Dutch form of Iohannes, the Latin form of the Greek name Iōánnēs (Ἰωάννης), from the Hebrew name Yochanan (יוֹחָנָן‎), itself derived from the extended form Yehochanan (יְהוֹחָנָן‎), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious". It is uncommon as a surname. Its English equivalent is John.
Johan is also a masculine given name of Malay language origin, meaning "champion".
Yo-han is a Korean masculine given name, derived from John.
People with the name Johan include:

## First name

* Johan, fictional character in a comics series by Peyo
* Johan (Archbishop of Uppsala), late 13th-century Polish-born cleric
* Johan Alho (1907–1982), Finnish footballer and a football referee
* Johan Andersson (born 1974), Swedish video game designer
* Johan Beck-Friis (1890–1969), Swedish diplomat
* Johan Berisha (born 1979), Swiss footballer
* Johan Bleeker (born 1942), Dutch space scientist
* Johan Bouma (born 1940), Dutch soil scientist
* Johan Brunell (born 1991), Finnish footballer
* Johan Bruyneel (born 1964), Belgian cyclist and team manager
* Johan Büser (born 1983), Swedish politician
* Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808), Danish zoologist
* Johan Camargo (born 1993), Panamanian major league baseball infielder
* Johan Cruyff (1947–2016) Dutch football manager and retired player
* Ole-Johan Dahl (1931–2002), Norwegian computer scientist
* Johan Derksen (born 1949), Dutch sports journalist and former football player
* Johan Edlund (born 1971), Swedish musician, leader and vocalist of the band Tiamat
* Johan Falkmar (born 1991), Swedish footballer
* Johan Frandsen (born 1982), frontman for Swedish band, The Knockouts
* Johan Galtung (1930-2024), Norwegian sociologist
* Johan Geibert (born 1977), Swedish bandy player
* Johan Harmenberg (born 1954), Swedish Olympic champion épée fencer
* Johan Hansing (1888–1941), Estonian lawyer, stage actor, playwright, and politician
* Johan Håstad (born 1960), Swedish mathematician
* Johan Hegg, Vocalist for the melodic death metal band, Amon Amarth
* Johan Gustaf Hellsten (1870–1956), Finnish president
* Johan Hjort (1869–1948), Norwegian fisheries biologist, marine zoologist, and oceanographer
* Johan Hultin (1924 – 2022) American pathologist
* Johan Kenkhuis (born 1980), Dutch swimmer
* Johan Kõpp (1874–1970), Estonian Lutheran bishop
* Johan Kristoffersson (born 1988), Swedish race-car driver
* Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877), Finland-Swedish poet
* Johan Augustin Mannerheim (1706–1778), Swedish artillery colonel and commandant
* Johan Micoud (born 1973), French footballer
* Johan van Minnen (1932–2016), Dutch journalist and politician
* Johan Munters (born 1978), Swedish ski jumper
* Johan Museeuw (born 1965), Belgian cyclist
* Johan Neeskens (1951-2024), Dutch soccer player
* Johan Norberg (born 1973), Swedish writer
* Johan Norlén (born 1971), Swedish officer
* Johan Pitka (1872–1944), Estonian military commander
* Johan of Plön (1297-1359), lord of Denmark east of the Great Belt
* Johan Oscar Smith (1871–1943 Horten). Norwegian Christian leader, founder of Brunstad Christian Church
* Johan Raid (1885–1964), Estonian politician and civil servant
* Johan Reinholdz (born 1980), Swedish guitar player in Andromeda, NonExist and Skyfire
* Johan Renck (born 1966), Swedish director
* Johan Rojas (born 2000), Dominican baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies
* Johann Rupert (born 1950), South African businessman
* Johan Santana (born 1979), American baseball player
* Johan Staël von Holstein (born 1963), Swedish entrepreneur
* Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg (1832–1873), Finnish priest, the father of President K. J. Ståhlberg
* Johan Svensson (born 1962), Swedish Air Force officer
* Johan Teterissa (1961–2019), Indonesian activist
* Johan Thyrén (1861–1933), Swedish academic and politician
* Johan van der Velde (born 1956), Dutch cyclist
* Johan Vonlanthen (born 1986), Swiss football player
* Johan Wallberg (born 1977), Swedish freestyle swimmer
* Johan Josef "John" Willis (born 1952), American-Israeli basketball player
* Johan Zinin (born 1974), Bruneian footballer
* Johan Zulch de Villiers (1845–1910), South African politician
* Johan III (1537-1592) King of Sweden
* Byun Yohan (born 1986), South Korean Actor
* Johan Kim (born 1973), Korean-American singer and record producer

## Middle name

* Carl Johan Trygg, (1887–1954), Swedish master woodcarver
* Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (1916–2012), youngest child of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

## Patronymic

* Syahredzan Johan (born 1983), Malaysian politician

## Other uses

* Johan Liebert, a character from Monster (manga)
* Johan Seong, a character from Lookism (manhwa)