List of Famous people named Johann

Johann Alexander Döderlein was a German historian, philologist and numismatist. He studied at University of Altdorf near Nuremberg. He was polymath and his field of work included archaeology, classical studies, meteorology, and regional history. Döderlein was a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences and of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He was rector of the Alte Lateinschule, the former school of Weißenburg am Sand.

Johann Gottlieb Graun was a German Baroque/Classical era composer and violinist, born in Wahrenbrück.

Johann Georg Roederer was a German physician and obstetrician who was a native of Strasbourg. He was father-in-law to historian August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735–1809).

Johann Georg Ahle was a German composer, organist, theorist, and Protestant church musician.

Johann von Staupitz, O.S.A. was a Catholic theologian, university preacher, and Vicar General of the Augustinian friars in Germany, who supervised Martin Luther during a critical period in his spiritual life. Martin Luther himself remarked, "If it had not been for Dr. Staupitz, I should have sunk in hell." Although he remained Catholic, died as a Benedictine monk and had repudiated the Reformation, he is commemorated on 8 November as a priest in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.

Johann MacDougall Lamont is a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2011 to 2014. She was previously a junior Scottish Executive minister from 2004 to 2007 and Deputy Leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2008 until her election to the leadership in 2011. In addition to her ministerial and leadership roles, she has been a campaigner on equality issues and violence against women throughout her political career.

Johann Leonhard Frisch was a German linguist, entomologist and ornithologist.

Johann Joseph Abert was a German composer. An ethnic German from the Sudetenland, he is also known in Czech as Jan Josef Abert.

Johann Theodor Jablonski was a German educator and lexicographer of Czech origin, who also wrote under the pen name Pierre Rondeau.