# Johanna

Johanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form Iōanna lacks a medial /h/ because in Greek /h/ could only occur initially. For more information on the name's origin, see the article on Joanna.

## Women named Johanna

* Johanna Allik (born 1994), Estonian figure skater
* Johanna van Ammers-Küller (1884–1966), Dutch writer
* Johanna "Hannah" Arendt (1906–1975), German-born American political theorist
* Johanna "Jo" Bauer-Stumpff (1873–1964), Dutch painter
* Johanna Sophia of Bavaria (c.1373–1410), Duchess consort of Austria
* Johanna Beisteiner (born 1976), Austrian classical guitarist
* Johanna Berglind (1816–1903), Swedish sign language educator
* Jóhanna Bergmann Þorvaldsdóttir, Icelandic farmer
* Johanna Bond, American law professor and academic administrator
* Johanna "Annie" Bos (1886–1975), Dutch theater and silent film actress
* Johanna van Brabant (1322–1406), Duchess of Brabant
* Johanna Braddy (born 1987), American actress
* Johanna Contreras, American public official
* Johanna Corleva (1698–1752), Dutch translator and linguist
* Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie (1661–1708), Swedish writer
* Johanna Martina Duyvené de Wit (born 1946), Dutch writer with the pseudonym Tessa de Loo
* Johanna Edwards (born 1978), American novelist
* Johanna Fateman (born 1974), American musician, writer and editor
* Johanna Greie (1864–1911), German-American writer, socialist, and reformer
* Johanna Griggs (born 1973), Australian sportsperson and television personality
* Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862–1925), Dutch art dealer, sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh
* Johanna Hedén (1837–1912), Swedish obstetrician
* Johanna Helena Herolt (1668–1723), German-born Dutch still-life painter
* Johanna Jachmann-Wagner (1828–1894), German mezzo-soprano
* Johanna Joseph (born 1992), French basketball player
* Johanna July (c. 1860 – 1942), American horse breaker
* Johanna Kirchner (1889–1944), German opponent of the Nazi régime
* Johanna Koerten (1650–1715), Dutch silhouette cutter
* Johanna Konta (born 1991), British tennis player
* Johanna "Joke" van Leeuwen (born 1952), Dutch author, illustrator, and cabaret performer
* Johanna "Anneke" Levelt Sengers (born 1929), Dutch physicist
* Johanna Lind (born 1971), 1993 Miss Sweden
* Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer (1664–1737), Dutch writer
* Johanna Lindsey (1952–2019), American author of romance novels
* Johanna Löfblad (1733–1811), Swedish actress
* Johanna Loisinger (1865–1951), opera singer
* Johanna Long (born 1992), racing driver
* Johanna "Hanja" Maij-Weggen (born 1943), Dutch government minister
* Johanna Mestorf (1828–1909), German prehistoric archaeologist and museum curator
* Johanna Nichols (born 1945), American paleolinguist
* Johanna van Polanen (1392–1445), Dutch noblewoman
* Johanna Ray, American casting director and producer
* Johanna Reiss (born 1932), Dutch-born American writer
* Johanna Rosaly (born 1948), Puerto Rican actress
* Johanna C.M. "Jolande" Sap (born 1963), Dutch politician
* Johanna Schaller-Klier (born 1952), retired German Olympic hurdler and Olympic gold medallist
* Johanna Schipper (born 1967), Taiwanese-born French comics cartoonist and writer known as "Johanna"
* Johanna Schopenhauer (1766–1838), German author
* Johanna "Janneke" Schopman (born 1977), Dutch field hockey player
* Johanna von Schoultz (1813–1863), Finnish opera singer
* Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout (1910–1992), Surinamese poet and community leader
* Johanna "Ans" Schut (born 1944), Dutch speed skater
* Johanna Sebauer (born 1988), Austrian writer
* Johanna "Jopie" Selbach (1918–1998), Dutch swimmer
* Johanna Spyri (1827–1901), Swiss author of Heidi
* Johanna Sundberg (1828–1910), Swedish ballerina
* Johanna ter Steege (born 1961), Dutch actress
* Johanna Talihärm (born 1993), Estonian biathlete
* Johanna "Hannie" Termeulen (1929–2001), Dutch swimmer
* Johanna Veenstra (1894–1933), American missionary
* Johanna Vergouwen (1630–1714), Flemish Baroque painter and copyist
* Johanna Petronella Vrugt (1905–1960), Dutch writer and poet with the pseudonym Anna Blaman
* Johanna Waterous (born 1957), Canadian businesswoman
* Johanna Wattier (1762–1827), Dutch actress
* Johanna Westerdijk (1883–1961), Dutch plant pathologist, first female professor in the Netherlands

### Jóhanna

* Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (born 1942), Iceland's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government of the modern era
* Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, a.k.a. Yohanna, Icelandic singer

## Masculine name

* Johanna Omolo (born 1989), Kenyan footballer

## Fictional characters

* Johanna, a character in many adaptations of the story of Sweeney Todd, named "Johanna Oakley" in the original version of the tale and "Johanna Barker" in Sondheim's musical adaptation
* A role in August Bournonville's comic ballet The Kermesse in Bruges
* Johanna Mason, a character in the popular Hunger Games series, being mentioned without a name in the first novel and appearing as a main character in Catching Fire and Mockingjay.
* Johanna Reyes, a character in the Divergent series beginning with Insurgent. She is the leader of the Amity faction.
* Johanna, a playable character in the video game Heroes of the Storm.
* Johanna, the motorcycle-shaped persona of Makoto Niijima in Persona 5.
* Johanna, the titular character's mother in Hilda.

## Name day

* Latvia: 15 December
* Hungary: 28 March
* Finland: 21 July
* Greece: 7 January
* Poland: 31 May
* Sweden: 21 July
* Estonia: 15 August