Johann
Johann is a male name .
Origin and meaning
The short form Johann comes from Johannes and means, coming from Hebrew, "God is gracious".
name day
There are several name days for Johann / Johannes:
- May 16 : Johann von Nepomuk
- June 24th : John the Baptist , ( St. John's Day )
- December 27th : Apostle John
Well-known namesake
First name
- Johann (1335–1386), provost of the Uetersen monastery
- Johann von Akkon (Johann von Brienne; 1227–1296), grand cupbearer of France from the House of Brienne
- Johann Jakob Astor (1763–1848), German-American entrepreneur and America's first multimillionaire
- Johann Attenberger (1936–1968), German motorcycle racer
- Johann Georg Bäßler (1753–1807), German Protestant church musician and composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), German composer
- Johann Bednar (1947) Austrian actor
- Johann van Beethoven (1740–1792), father of Ludwig van Beethoven
- Johann Brokoff (1652–1718), Bohemian Baroque sculptor
- Johann von Bucca († 1430), bishop of Leitomischl and Olomouc
- Johann von Capua , 13th century Jewish writer who converted to Christianity
- Johann Chua , Filipino pool player
- Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782) (also the London Bach ), German composer, Johann Sebastian's son.
- Johann Christoph Denner , inventor of the clarinet
- Johann Christoph Fesel (1737–1805), court painter
- Johann Alexander Döderlein (1675–1745), Weißenburg scholar
- Johann Figl (* 1945), Austrian religious scholar
- Johann von Glogau (* around 1445; † 1507), philosopher and mathematician
- Johann Hölzel , better known as Falco , (1957–1998), Austrian pop rock singer and musician
- Johann Michael Leonhard (1782–1863) Austrian clergyman, bishop of St. Pölten and military bishop
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), German poet
- Johann Klör (1751–1818), German fruit farmer, beekeeper, linen weaver and smallholder
- Johann von Meda (1100–1159), Italian monk and founder of the Order of Humiliates; Canonized by the Catholic Church
- Johann Nesenus (around 1550–1604), Norwegian composer
- Johann von Neumann (1903–1957), German form of the name of the Hungarian-American mathematician John von Neumann
- Johann Mattheson (1681–1764), German composer and opera singer
- Johann Lafer (* 1957), Austrian cook
- Johan Leysen , Flemish actor
- Johann Nobis (1899–1940), Austrian conscientious objector and Nazi victim
- Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706), German composer
- Johann Raithel (1897–1961), German general
- Johann Strauss (mathematician) (1590–1630), German mathematician
- Johann Strauss (father) (also Johann Strauss I ; 1804–1849), Austrian conductor and composer
- Johann Strauss (son) (also Johann Strauss II ; 1825–1899), Austrian conductor and composer
- Johann Strauss (grandson) (also Johann Strauss III ; 1866–1939), Austrian conductor and composer
- Johann Christoph von Strauss († 1686), German major general
- Johann Gottfried Strauss (1718–1779), German preacher
- Johann Michael Strauss (1628–1692), German Lutheran theologian
- Johann von Soest (painter) , a painter who worked in the second half of the 15th century
- Johann Gottfried Walther (1684–1748), German composer
- Johann von Wesel (also Hanns vom Hain ; 1425–1481), late medieval theologian
- Johann von Wiesbaden (French: Jean Gispaden, second half of the 15th century), German surgeon from Wiesbaden
- Johann von der Wisch (* around 1455, † around 1527), Canon of Schleswig and Provost of Uetersen
- Johann von Würzburg , Middle High German poet of the 13th and 14th centuries
- Johann Zarco (* 1990), French motorcycle racer
family name
- Alexius Johann (1753–1826), German Augustinian father, high school professor, composer and designer of astronomical clocks
- Alfred E. Johann (actually Alfred Ernst Johann Wollschläger , 1901–1996), German travel writer
- Andreas Johann , German volleyball player and Paralympian
- Baptist Johann (1765–1826), German Augustinian father
- Cameron Johann (* 1972), American film producer and actor
- Ernst Johann (1909–1980), German writer and journalist
- Hubert-Peter Johann († 2001), German engineer and environmental expert
- Michael Johann (* 1963), Austrian politician (GREEN) and forester
- Philip Grot Johann (also Philipp Grotjohann , Philip Grot-Johann ; 1841–1892), German painter, graphic artist, etcher, draftsman and illustrator
- Sandra Johann (* 1985), German politician (CDU), MdL Saar
- Zita Johann (1904–1993), American actress
places
- Johannstadt in Dresden
For places Sankt Johann, St. Johann: see Sankt Johann
See also
Web links
Wiktionary: Johann - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
