John (name)

Johann is a male first name.

Origin and Meaning

Johann as a short form of John means " the LORD (YHWH ) is gracious " / " Jehovah has shown mercy ."

Name-day

For Johann / John there are several name days:

  • 20 March: John Nepomuk
  • 24 June: John the Baptist ( St. John's )
  • December 27: Apostle John

Well-known bearers of the name

First name

  • Johann (1335-1386), provost of the monastery monastery Uetersen
  • John of Acre ( John of Brienne; 1227-1296 ), United cupbearer of France from the House of Brienne
  • Johann Georg Bäßler (1753-1806), German Protestant church musician and composer
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), German composer
  • Johann Brokoff (1652-1718), Bohemian Baroque sculptor
  • Johann Bucca († 1430), Bishop of Leitomischl and Olmitz
  • John of Capua, converted to Christianity Jewish writer of the 13th century
  • Johann Christoph Denner, inventor of the clarinet
  • Johann Figl (* 1945 ), Austrian scholars of religion
  • John of Glogau (* 1445, † 1507), philosopher and mathematician
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German poet
  • 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 Lafer ( * 1957 ), Austrian cooking
  • Johan Leysen, Flemish actor
  • Johann Nobis (1899-1940), an Austrian conscientious objector and Nazi victims
  • Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), German composer
  • Johann Strauss ( mathematician ) ( 1590-1630 ), German mathematician
  • Johann Strauss ( father) ( Johann Strauss I, 1804-1849 ), Austrian conductor and composer
  • Johann Strauss ( son ) ( Johann Strauss II, 1825-1899 ), Austrian conductor and composer
  • Johann Strauss ( grandson) ( Johann Strauss III, 1866-1939 ), Austrian conductor and composer
  • Johann von Soest (painter), a player in the second half of the 15th century painter
  • Johann von Wesel ( Hanns from the grove; 1425-1481 ), late medieval theologian
  • Johann von Wiesbaden (Fr. Jean Gispaden, second half of 15th century ), German surgeon from Wiesbaden
  • John of the wiper (* 1455, † 1527 ), a canon of Schleswig and monastery provost to Uetersen
  • John of Würzburg, Middle High German poets of the 13th and 14th century

Family name

  • Alexius Johann (1753-1826), German Augustinian priest, high school teacher, composer and designer of astronomical clocks
  • Alfred E. Johann (actually Alfred Ernst Johann Wollschläger, 1901-1996 ), German travel writer
  • Johann Baptist (1765-1826), German Augustinian Father
  • Johann Ernst (1909-1980), German writer and journalist
  • Johann Michael (* 1963), Austrian politician (Greens ) and forestry
  • Grot Johann Philip ( Philip also Grotjohann, Philip Grot Johann; 1841-1892 ), German painter, graphic artist, engraver, draftsman and illustrator
  • Zita Johann (1904-1993), American actress

Places

  • Johannstadt in Dresden

For places Sankt Johann, St. Johann: see Sankt Johann

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