List of Famous people named Johann

Johann Bernhard Bach was a German composer, and second cousin of J. S. Bach.

Johann Cesar VI. Godeffroy was a German trader, blackbirder and Hanseat.

Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben was a German naturalist from Quedlinburg.

Johann Schroth was an Austrian naturopath.

Johann Peter Rupert is a South African-born entrepreneur, who is the eldest son of business tycoon Anton Rupert and his wife Huberte. He is the chairman of the Swiss-based luxury-goods company Richemont and the South Africa-based company Remgro. As of 1 April 2010, he assumed the CEO position of Compagnie Financiere Richemont. Together with his family, he was estimated to be worth $5.9 billion as of April 2019, and was ranked as the second wealthiest person in South Africa on the Forbes list of The World's Billionaires of 2019, with his fortune reported as having declined from US$7.3 billion. Rupert and family were ranked as the second-richest in South Africa on the 2020 Forbes list, with a fortune reported as US$5.4 billion.

Johann Maier von Eck, often anglicized as John Eck, was a German Scholastic theologian, Catholic prelate, and early counterreformer who was among Martin Luther's most important interlocutors and theological opponents.

Johann Georg Wille, or Jean Georges Wille was a notable German engraver active in Germany and France.

Johann Baptist Zimmermann was a German painter and a prime stucco plasterer during the Baroque.

Johann Daniel Schöpflin was a professor of history, rhetoric and law at the University of Strasbourg. He was one of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s teachers.

Johann Peter Hebel was a German short story writer, dialectal poet, lutheran theologian and pedagogue, most famous for a collection of Alemannic lyric poems and one of German tales.