Johan (given name)
Johan is a Scandinavian and Dutch form of Iohannes, the Latin form of the Greek name Iōánnēs, from the Hebrew name Yochanan, itself derived from the extended form, meaning "Yahweh is Gracious". It is uncommon as a surname. Its English equivalent is John.
Johan is also a masculine given name of Malay language origin, meaning "champion".
Yo-han is a Korean masculine given name, derived from Johan.
People
- Johan III, King of Sweden
- Johan (Archbishop of Uppsala), late 13th-century Polish-born cleric
- Johan Alho, Finnish footballer and a football referee
- Johan Andersson, Swedish video game designer
- Johan Beck-Friis, Swedish diplomat
- Johan Berisha, Swiss footballer
- Johan Bleeker, Dutch space scientist
- Johan Bouma, Dutch soil scientist
- Johan Brunell, Finnish footballer
- Johan Bruyneel, Belgian cyclist and team manager
- Johan Büser, Swedish politician
- Johan Christian Fabricius, Danish zoologist
- Johan Camargo, Panamanian major league baseball infielder
- Johan Cruyff Dutch football manager and retired player
- Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist
- Johan Derksen, Dutch sports journalist and former football player
- Johan Edlund, Swedish musician, leader and vocalist of the band Tiamat
- Johan Falkmar, Swedish footballer
- Johan Frandsen, frontman for Swedish band, The Knockouts
- Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist
- Johan Geibert, Swedish bandy player
- Johan Harmenberg, Swedish Olympic champion épée fencer
- Johan Hansing, Estonian lawyer, stage actor, playwright, and politician
- Johan Håstad, Swedish mathematician
- Johan Hegg, Vocalist for the melodic death metal band, Amon Amarth
- Johan Gustaf Hellsten, Finnish president
- Johan Hjort, Norwegian fisheries biologist, marine zoologist, and oceanographer
- Johan Hultin American pathologist
- Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
- Johan Kim, Korean-American singer and record producer
- Johan Kõpp, Estonian Lutheran bishop
- Johan Kristoffersson, Swedish race-car driver
- Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finland-Swedish poet
- Johan Augustin Mannerheim, Swedish artillery colonel and commandant
- Johan Micoud, French footballer
- Johan van Minnen, Dutch journalist and politician
- Johan Munters, Swedish ski jumper
- Johan Museeuw, Belgian cyclist
- Johan Neeskens, Dutch soccer player
- Johan Norberg, Swedish writer
- Johan Norlén, Swedish officer
- Johan Pitka, Estonian military commander
- Johan of Plön, lord of Denmark east of the Great Belt
- Johan Raid, Estonian politician and civil servant
- Johan Reinholdz, Swedish guitar player in Andromeda, NonExist and Skyfire
- Johan Renck, Swedish director
- Johan Rockström, Swedish scientist
- Johan Rojas, Dominican baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Johan Santana, American baseball player
- Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian Christian leader, founder of Brunstad Christian Church
- Johan Staël von Holstein, Swedish entrepreneur
- Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest, the father of President K. J. Ståhlberg
- Johan Svensson, Swedish Air Force officer
- Johan Teterissa, Indonesian activist
- Johan Theron, South African information officer
- Johan Theron (tennis), Namibian tennis player
- Johan Thyrén, Swedish academic and politician
- Johan Tarčulovski, Macedonian convicted war criminal and politician
- Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
- Johan Vonlanthen, Swiss football player
- Johan Wallberg, Swedish freestyle swimmer
- Johan Josef "John" Willis, American-Israeli basketball player
- Johan Zinin, Bruneian footballer
- Johan Zulch de Villiers, South African politician
Fictional characters
- Johan, fictional character in a comics series by Peyo
- Johan Liebert, a character from Monster
- Johan Seong, a character from Lookism (manhwa)