Johann

Johann
Pronunciation	Afrikaans: [juəˈɦan]; German: [ˈjoːhan]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	"God is merciful"
Region of origin	Germanic
Other names
Related names	Jan, John, Johan, Jóhann, Johannes

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

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^[1]^[2]

L–Z

Johann Lafer (born 1957), Austrian television chef
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 Gottlob Schmeisser (1751–1806), Canadian Lutheran minister
Johann Rudolf Stadler (1605–1637), Swiss clock-maker
Johann Schicht (1855–1907), German Bohemian entrepreneur
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 Dobereiner, German chemist
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), German writer and statesman
Johann Zacherl (1814–1888), Austrian inventor
Johann Zarco (born 1990), French motorbike racer

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 the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 00

References

^ Oron, Aryeh; Braatz, Thomas (2011). "Johann Andreas Kuhnau (Musician, Bach's Pupil)". www.bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
^ Free scores by Kuhnau, Johann Andreas at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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[1] Oron, Aryeh; Braatz, Thomas (2011). "Johann Andreas Kuhnau (Musician, Bach's Pupil)". www.bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

[2] Free scores by Kuhnau, Johann Andreas at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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People

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References