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 Jakob Fugger

First Name Johann
Last Name Fugger
Born on December 23, 1516
Died on July 14, 1575 (aged 58)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Johann Jakob Fugger or Hans Jakob Fugger was a German banker and patron of the arts and sciences from the von der Lilie line of the noted Fugger banking family.

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Johann Kastenberger

First Name Johann
Last Name Kastenberger
Born on October 1, 1958
Died on November 15, 1988 (aged 30)

Johann Kastenberger was an Austrian marathon runner, bank robber and murderer. He infamously committed his crimes while wearing a Ronald Reagan mask, earning him the nickname Pumpgun Ronnie. Kastenberger's criminal life was the basis for the 2010 film The Robber.

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Johann Weyer

First Name Johann
Last Name Weyer
Born on February 24, 1515
Died on February 24, 1588 (aged 73)

Johann Weyer or Johannes Wier was a Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist, disciple and follower of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa.

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Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt

First Name Johann
Last Name Hildebrandt
Born on November 14, 1668
Died on November 16, 1745 (aged 77)
Born in Italy, Liguria

Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt was an Austrian baroque architect and military engineer who designed stately buildings and churches and whose work had a profound influence on the architecture of the Habsburg Empire in the eighteenth century. After studying in Rome under Carlo Fontana, he constructed fortresses for Prince Eugene of Savoy during his Italian campaigns, becoming his favorite architect. In 1700 he became court engineer in Vienna, and in 1711 was named head of the court department of building. He became court architect in 1723. His designs for palaces, estates, gardens, churches, chapels, and villas were widely imitated, and his architectural principles spread throughout central and southeast Europe. Among his more important works are Palais Schwarzenberg, St. Peter's Church, and Belvedere in Vienna, Savoy Castle in Ráckeve, Schönborn Palace in Göllersdorf, and Schloss Hof.

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Johann Münzberg

First Name Johann
Last Name Münzberg
Died on January 1, 1878

Johann Münzberg was an industrialist in Austrian-era Bohemia. His textile factories, Textilwerke Johann Münzberg & Co., were at the time leading companies in Bohemia. He was also influential in the building of the Empress Elisabeth Bridge across the Elbe at Tetschen, a railway, a brewery on his estate in Libotschan, schools and a savings bank.

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Johann Carl Fuhlrott

First Name Johann
Last Name Fuhlrott
Died on October 17, 1877
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Prof. Dr. Johann Carl Fuhlrott was an early German paleoanthropologist. He is famous for recognizing the significance of the bones of Neanderthal 1, a Neanderthal specimen discovered by German laborers who were digging for limestone in Neander valley in August 1856. Originally disregarded, Fuhlrott, to his eternal credit, had the insight to recognize them for what they were: the remains of a previously unknown type of human.

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Johann Heinrich Hottinger

First Name Johann
Last Name Hottinger
Born on March 10, 1620
Died on June 5, 1667 (aged 47)

Johann Heinrich Hottinger was a Swiss philologist and theologian.

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Johann von Kielmansegg

First Name Johann
Last Name Kielmansegg
Born on December 30, 1906
Died on May 26, 2006 (aged 99)
Born in Germany, Hesse

Count Johann Adolf Graf von Kielmansegg was a German general staff officer during the Second World War and later general of the Bundeswehr.

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Johann Josef Loschmidt

First Name Johann
Last Name Loschmidt
Born on March 15, 1821
Died on July 8, 1895 (aged 74)

Johann Josef Loschmidt, who referred to himself mostly as Josef Loschmidt, was a notable Austrian scientist who performed ground-breaking work in chemistry, physics, and crystal forms.

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John Amos Comenius

Comenius
First Name John
Last Name Comenius
Died on November 15, 1670

John Amos Comenius was a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian from the Margraviate of Moravia who is considered the father of modern education. He served as the last bishop of the Unity of the Brethren before becoming a religious refugee and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book Didactica Magna. As an educator and theologian, he led schools and advised governments across Protestant Europe through the middle of the seventeenth century.

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