List of Famous people named Johann

Johann Wilhelm Archenholz was born in Langfuhr (Wrzeszcz) near Danzig (Gdańsk) on 3 September 1741. He was a Prussian officer, Professor of History and a publicist. His book about the history of the Seven Years' War (1756–63) was the basis for many reprints, as well as for school books. Archenholz commissioned a Berlin artist, Johann Friedrich Bolt, to produce a copper etching for Archenholz's History of Gustav Vasa of the famous Swedish Nobility. He died in Öjendorf on 28 February 1812, where the street Archenholzstraße and a school called "Grundschule Archenholzstraße" is named after him today.

Johann Georg, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, was a duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and a member of the House of Wettin.

Johann V of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz was count of Nassau, Vianden and Diez, and Lord of Breda. He was the paternal grandfather of William the Silent.

John Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg was Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg from 1627 to his death in 1653.

Johann Georg Faust, also known in English as John Faustus, was a German itinerant alchemist, astrologer and magician of the German Renaissance.

Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the eldest son of Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

Johann II, also known as Johann II the Good, was the Prince of Liechtenstein between 1858 and 1929. His reign of 70 years and 91 days is the second-longest of any monarch in European history, after that of Louis XIV of France, and third-longest overall after Louis XIV and Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.

Johann Natterer was an Austrian naturalist and explorer.