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Johann

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Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
"God is merciful"

Related names
  
John, Johan, Johannes

Word/name
  
Hebrew

Region of origin
  
Germanic

Pronunciation
  
Afrikaans: [joəˈɦɐn]German: [ˈjoːhan]

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.

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People

People with the name Johann include:

  • 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 Andreas Eisenmenger (1654 – 1704), German Orientalist
  • Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739 – 1813), Czech composer
  • Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656 – 1723), Austrian architect
  • 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 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), son of the preceding, a pupil of Bach
  • 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 Austria 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 Peter Kellner (1705 – 1772), German organist and composer.
  • 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 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

    • Other uses

  • 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 Mobile Suit Gundam 00

    • References

    Johann Wikipedia
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