Johan (given name)
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:
- 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 Union
- 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 Bernadotte dynasty
- Carl Johan Trygg, (1887–1954), Swedish master woodcarver
- Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (born 1916), youngest child of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
- Johan Berisha, Swiss footballer
- Johan Bruyneel, Flemish cyclist and team manager
- Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808), Danish zoologist
- Johan Cruyff, Dutch football manager and retired player
- Ole-Johan Dahl (1931–2002), Norwegian computer scientist
- Johan Derksen (born 1949), Dutch sports journalist and former football player
- Johan Galtung (born 1930). Norwegian sociologist
- Johan Harmenberg (born 1954), Swedish Olympic champion épée fencer
- Johan Håstad, Swedish mathematician
- Johan Hegg, Vocalist for the melodic death metal band, Amon Amarth
- Johan Hjort (1869–1948), Norwegian fisheries biologist, marine zoologist, and oceanographer
- Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
- Johan Lammerts, Dutch cyclist
- Johan Liebert, the antagonist in Naoki Urasawa's manga and anime series Monster
- Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877), Finland-Swedish poet, and is held to be the national poet of Finland
- Johan Micoud, French international footballer, notably for Parma, SV Werder Bremen and Girondins de Bordeaux.
- Johan Museeuw Flemish cyclist and former world champion
- Johan Norberg (born 1973), Swedish writer
- Johan of Plön (d. 1359), lord of Denmark east of the Great Belt
- Johan Oscar Smith (1871–1943 Horten). Norwegian Christian leader who founded the non-denominational fellowship known by some as "Smith's Friends"
- Johan Santana, New York Mets pitcher
- Johan Staël von Holstein (born 1963), Swedish entrepreneur
- Johan Teterisa, Indonesian activist
- Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
- Johan Vonlanthen, Swiss football player
- Johan Cruyff, Dutch soccer player
- Johan Neeskens,Dutch soccer player
- Johan Wallberg (born 1977), Swedish freestyle swimmer
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