List of Famous people named Johann

Name Johann is among the most common names in Germany, Austria. Shortened forms: John. Similar names: John, Johan, Johanna, Johanne, Johanny, Johana. Here are some famous Johanns:

Johann Nepomuk Czermak

First Name Johann
Last Name Czermak
Died on September 16, 1873
Born in Czech Republic

Johann Nepomuk Czermak was an Austrian-German physiologist who was a native of Prague.

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Johann Karl Wezel

First Name Johann
Last Name Wezel
Born on October 31, 1747
Died on January 28, 1819 (aged 71)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Johann Karl Wezel, also Johann Carl Wezel, was a German poet, novelist and philosopher of the Enlightenment.

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Johann Friedrich Cotta

First Name Johann
Last Name Cotta
Born on April 27, 1764
Died on December 29, 1832 (aged 68)

Johann Friedrich, Freiherr Cotta von Cottendorf was a German publisher, industrial pioneer and politician.

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Johann Moritz Rugendas

First Name Johann
Last Name Rugendas
Born on March 28, 1802
Died on May 29, 1858 (aged 56)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Johann Moritz Rugendas was a German painter, famous in the first half of the 19th century for his works depicting landscapes and ethnographic subjects in several countries in the Americas. Rugendas is considered "by far the most varied and important of the European artists to visit Latin America." He was influenced by Alexander von Humboldt.

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Johann Heinrich Roos

First Name Johann
Last Name Roos
Died on October 3, 1685

Johann Heinrich Roos was a German Baroque era landscape painter and etcher.

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Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein

First Name Johann
Last Name Liechtenstein
Born on June 26, 1760
Died on April 20, 1836 (aged 75)
Born in Austria

Johann I Joseph was Prince of Liechtenstein between 1805 and 1806 and again from 1814 until 1836. He was the last Liechtenstein prince to rule under the Holy Roman Empire between 1805 and 1806 and as regent of Liechtenstein from 1806 until 1814. He was the fourth son of Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein.

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Johann Gerhard Oncken

First Name Johann
Last Name Oncken
Died on January 2, 1884

Johann Gerhard Oncken was a pioneer German Baptist preacher, variously referred to as the "Father of Continental Baptists", the "Father of German Baptists" and the "Apostle of European Baptists". Oncken, Gottfried Wilhelm Lehmann (1799–1882), and Julius Wilhelm Köbner (1806–1884) were known as the Baptist cloverleaf. J. G. Oncken helped direct and guide the growth of Baptists throughout Germany and across much of Europe for half a century.

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Johann Franz Encke

First Name Johann
Last Name Encke
Died on August 26, 1865
Born in Germany

Johann Franz Encke was a German astronomer. Among his activities, he worked on the calculation of the periods of comets and asteroids, measured the distance from the earth to the sun, and made observations of the planet Saturn.

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Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

First Name Johann
Last Name Saxe-Weissenfels
Born on September 4, 1685
Died on May 16, 1746 (aged 60)

Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, was the last duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and a member of the House of Wettin. He was also a commander in the Saxon army.

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Johann Andreas Schubert

First Name Johann
Last Name Schubert
Died on October 6, 1870

Johann-Andreas Schubert was a German general engineer (Universalingenieur), designer and university lecturer.

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