Johann

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.

People with the name Johann include:

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 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 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 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 Jakob Froberger (1616–1667), German Baroque musician
• Jóhann Jóhannsson (born 1969), Icelandic composer
• Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722), German Baroque musician, predecessor of Johann Sebastian Bach as Thomaskantor
• Johann Andreas Kuhnau (1703–1761), nephew of the preceding, a pupil of Bach

L–Z

• 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 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 Schicht (1855–1907), German Bohemian entrepreneur
• Johann Gottlob Schmeisser (1751–1806), Canadian Lutheran minister
• 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 von Goethe (1749–1832), German writer and statesman
• Johann Zacherl (1814–1888), Austrian inventor
• Johann Zarco (born 1990), French motorbike racer

• Johann Kraus, fictional character in the Hellboy universe, featured in B.P.R.D. comic books, published by Dark Horse Comics
• Johann Mouse, American 1953 cartoon short subject
• St. Johann in Tirol, town in Tyrol, Austria
• Johann Trinity, a fictional character in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 00