Johan (given name)
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Johan is a masculine given name
of Hebrew origin. It is a variation of the Hebrew word Yochanan, meaning "God is gracious", and uncommon as a surname
. Johan is also a masculine given name of Malay language
origin, meaning "Champion".
Yochanan - Ioannes - Johannes - Johan
People with the name Johan include:
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
of Hebrew origin. It is a variation of the Hebrew word Yochanan, meaning "God is gracious", and uncommon as a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. Johan is also a masculine given name of Malay language
Malay language
Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei and Singapore...
origin, meaning "Champion".
Yochanan - Ioannes - Johannes - Johan
People with the name Johan include:
- Johan I of Sweden, (1201-1222), King of Sweden
- Johan II of Sweden, (1455-1513), King of Denmark and king of Sweden during the Kalmar UnionKalmar UnionThe Kalmar Union is a historiographical term meaning a series of personal unions that united the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway , and Sweden under a single monarch, though intermittently and with a population...
- Johan III of Sweden, (1537-1592), King of Sweden
- Carl XIV Johan of Sweden, (1763-1844), King of Sweden and king of Norway, first king in the BernadotteBernadotteThe House of Bernadotte, the current royal house of Sweden, has reigned since 1818. Between 1818 and 1905, it was also the royal house of the Norway...
dynasty - Carl Johan TryggCarl Johan TryggCarl Johan Trygg, formally Carl Johan Thrygg, also knowns as C. J. Trygg, woodcarver, was one of the recognized masters of twentieth century woodcarving, most famous for Scandinavian flat-plane style of woodcarving. Between C. J. Trygg and his sons they carved over 10,000 figures...
, (1887–1954), Swedish master woodcarver - Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (born 1916), youngest child of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
- Johan BerishaJohan BerishaJohan Berisha is a Swiss footballer of Albanian descent. He is currently without a club.-Football career:...
, Swiss footballer - Johan BruyneelJohan BruyneelJohan Bruyneel is a former road bicycle racer in professional cycling and a directeur sportif for UCI ProTour team . Retiring from racing in 1998, he became director of , a US-based UCI ProTour cycling team...
, Flemish cyclist and team manager - Johan Christian FabriciusJohan Christian FabriciusJohan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...
(1745–1808), Danish zoologist - Johan CruyffJohan CruyffHendrik Johannes Cruijff OON , known as Johan Cruyff, is a retired Dutch footballer and is currently the manager of the Catalan national team as well as a member of the AFC Ajax board of directors. He won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973 and 1974, which is a record jointly held with...
, Dutch football manager and retired player - Ole-Johan DahlOle-Johan DahlOle-Johan Dahl was a Norwegian computer scientist and is considered to be one of the fathers of Simula and object-oriented programming along with Kristen Nygaard.- Career :...
(1931–2002), Norwegian computer scientist - Johan DerksenJohan Derksen- Go Ahead Eagles :His first professional football club was Go Ahead Eagles, where he stayed for two years. Go Ahead Eagles was famous back then for having the country's most successful youth academy. Derksen was one of the six players in the club's boarding school together with Oekie Hoekema,...
(born 1949), Dutch sports journalist and former football player - Johan GaltungJohan GaltungJohan Galtung is a Norwegian sociologist and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies. He founded the Peace Research Institute Oslo in 1959, serving as its Director until 1970, and established the Journal of Peace Research in 1964...
(born 1930). Norwegian sociologist - Johan HarmenbergJohan HarmenbergJohan Harmenberg is a Swedish epee fencer. Harmenberg completed two years of study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979, leaving his course early before returning to Sweden to pursue his fencing career.-Fencing career:He has won eight individual and/or team epee gold medals at...
(born 1954), Swedish Olympic champion épée fencer - Johan HåstadJohan HåstadJohan Torkel Håstad is a Swedish theoretical computer scientist most known for his work on computational complexity theory. He was the recipient of the Gödel Prize in 1994 and 2011 and the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award in 1986, among other prizes...
, Swedish mathematician - Johan Hegg, Vocalist for the melodic death metal band, Amon Amarth
- Johan HjortJohan HjortJohan Hjort FRS was a Norwegian fisheries scientist, marine zoologist, and oceanographer. He was among the most prominent and influential marine zoologists of his time.- The early years :...
(1869–1948), Norwegian fisheries biologist, marine zoologist, and oceanographer - Johan KenkhuisJohan KenkhuisJohan Kenkhuis is an Olympic medal winning Dutch swimmer.From a young age, Kenkhuis had a strong interest in swimming. In 1998, he won gold medals in both the 100 meter and 200 meter freestyle events in the European Junior Championships...
, Dutch swimmer - Johan LammertsJohan LammertsJohan Lammerts is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1982 to 1992. His biggest success came in 1984, when he won the Ronde van Vlaanderen and the Ronde van Nederland...
, Dutch cyclist - Johan Liebert, the antagonist in Naoki Urasawa's manga and anime series Monster
- Johan Ludvig RunebergJohan Ludvig RunebergJohan Ludvig Runeberg was a Finnish poet, and is the national poet of Finland. He wrote in the Swedish language....
(1804–1877), Finland-Swedish poet, and is held to be the national poet of Finland - Johan MicoudJohan MicoudJohan Micoud is a retired French footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder.Left-footed, he was considered a skilled midfielder and a dead-ball expert; during a 16-year professional career, he played professionally, other than in his country, in Italy and Germany.Micoud gained nearly...
, French international footballer, notably for Parma, SV Werder Bremen and Girondins de Bordeaux. - Johan MuseeuwJohan MuseeuwJohan Museeuw is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1988 to 2004 and was particularly successful in the classic cycle races in the nineties....
Flemish cyclist and former world champion - Johan NorbergJohan NorbergJohan Norberg is a Swedish author and historian, devoted to promoting economic globalization and liberal positions. He is arguably most known as the author of In Defense of Global Capitalism...
(born 1973), Swedish writer - Johan of PlönJohan of PlönJohn III of Holstein-Plön , called John the Mild, was a Count of Schauenburg and Holstein-Plön and Holstein-Kiel, ruling Holstein-Plön and Holstein-Kiel . Together with Count Gerhard III of Holstein-Rendsburg John III was the lord ruling in guardianship the Danish Duchy of Schleswig 1332–1340...
(d. 1359), lord of Denmark east of the Great Belt - Johan Oscar SmithJohan Oscar SmithJohan Oscar Smith was a Norwegian Christian leader who founded the evangelical non-denominational fellowship now known as Brunstad Christian Church.-Early life and career:...
(1871–1943 Horten). Norwegian Christian leader who founded the non-denominational fellowship known by some as "Smith's Friends" - Johan SantanaJohan SantanaJohan Alexander Santana Araque is a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher who is currently playing for the New York Mets. He is a native of Venezuela....
, New York Mets pitcher - Johan Staël von HolsteinJohan Staël von HolsteinLars Johan Magnus Staël von Holstein is an author and co-founder of dot-com companies such as Icon Medialab and LetsBuyIt during the dot-com boom in Sweden....
(born 1963), Swedish entrepreneur - Johan TeterisaJohan TeterisaJohan Teterisa is an Indonesian elementary school teacher, activist and member of the Republic of the South Moluccas, or RMS, a small separatist group which advocates independence for the southern Maluku islands from Indonesia. Teterisa was sentenced to life in prison for treason in April 2008...
, Indonesian activist - Johan van der VeldeJohan van der VeldeJohan van der Velde is a former Dutch cyclist. In the 1980 Tour de France he won the Maillot blanc, or white jersey, for being the best young rider under 25, also placing 12th overall that year. He had been a racing cyclist for only a year...
, Dutch cyclist - Johan Vonlanthen, Swiss football player
- Johan CruyffJohan CruyffHendrik Johannes Cruijff OON , known as Johan Cruyff, is a retired Dutch footballer and is currently the manager of the Catalan national team as well as a member of the AFC Ajax board of directors. He won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973 and 1974, which is a record jointly held with...
, Dutch soccer player - Johan NeeskensJohan NeeskensJohannes Jacobus "Johan" Neeskens is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. As a player, he was an important member of the Dutch national team that finished as runners-up in the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups. Former England manager Alf Ramsey said Neeskens was "as good as any player" in...
,Dutch soccer player - Johan WallbergJohan WallbergJohan Mikael Wallberg is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He competed twice at the Summer Olympics for his native country, in 1996 and 2000, both in the Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay. After his active career he became coach for Swedish swimmer Therese Alshammar.-References:*...
(born 1977), Swedish freestyle swimmer