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Johan Kõpp
Johan Kõpp (Juhan Kõpp, 1874-1970), Estonian theologian, church historian, first Estonian professor of practical theology, rector of the University of Tartu 1928-1937, and bishop and archbishop of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church 1939-1964, leading it in Swedish exile from 1944.
Johan Laidoner
Johan Laidoner was an Estonian general who led the army to victory in the 1918–1920 War of Independence and was deported by the Soviet Union in 1940.
Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804–1877) was a Finland-Swedish poet regarded as Finland's national poet, whose war cycle Fänrik Ståls sägner supplied the national epic and whose poem "Vårt land" became the Finnish national anthem.
Johan Maertens
Johan Maertens is a Belgian infectious-diseases physician-scientist at KU Leuven and UZ Leuven who studies invasive fungal disease and febrile neutropenia in hematologic cancer patients.
Johan Manzambi
Johan Manzambi (born 2005, Geneva) is a Swiss central midfielder from Servette's academy who starred for Freiburg, reached the 2026 Europa League final, shone at the 2026 World Cup, and joined Aston Villa for a club-record fee.
Johan Neeskens
Johan Neeskens (1951-2024), Dutch midfielder of Ajax's Total Football era and the Netherlands' 1974 and 1978 World Cup finalists; also Barcelona's 'Johan Segundo'; 49 caps, 17 goals, three European Cups.
Johan Nystrom
Johan Nyström names several Swedish sports figures: an 1874–1968 marathon runner who DNF'd at Paris 1900, a swimmer born 1975 who set the 2000 short-course 4x100 m freestyle relay world record, a 1992 sailing reserve, a referee, and a coffee brand.
Johan Olof Wallin
Johan Olof Wallin (1779–1839) was a Swedish clergyman, poet, and hymn writer, archbishop of Uppsala from 1837 and principal author of the 1819 Swedish hymnal.
Johan Olsen
Johan P. Olsen is a Norwegian political scientist, born in Tromsø in 1939, known for the 1972 garbage-can model of organizational choice, the new institutionalism, and founding ARENA in Oslo.
Johan Olsson
Johan Olsson (born 1980, Skultuna) is a retired Swedish cross-country skier with six Olympic medals including 4x10 km relay golds at Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014, and eight World Championship medals including 50 km gold 2013 and 15 km gold 2015.
Johan P. Mackenbach
Johan P. Mackenbach is a Dutch physician-epidemiologist and Professor Emeritus of Public Health at Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, known for measuring and explaining socioeconomic inequalities in health across Europe.
Johan Paulsson
Johan Paulsson is a Swedish mathematician and systems biologist at Harvard Medical School, a professor there since 2005 who studies how random molecular fluctuations dictate life in single cells.
Johan Peter Koch
Johan Peter Koch (1870–1928) was a Danish army officer and arctic explorer who completed the mapping of Greenland's coast and crossed its ice sheet with Alfred Wegener in 1912–13.
Johan Pieter Wibaut
Johan Pieter Wibaut (1886–1967) was a Dutch organic chemist, professor of organic chemistry at the University of Amsterdam from 1925 to 1956 and wartime rector magnificus.
Johan Pitka
Johan Pitka was an Estonian rear admiral who organized the Defence League and armored trains and commanded the Estonian Navy during the War of Independence of 1918 to 1920.
Johan Renck
Johan Renck (Stakka Bo) is a Swedish director born 1966 in Uppsala, known for Bowie's Blackstar and Lazarus videos, all five episodes of HBO's Chernobyl (two Emmys), Spaceman, and Netflix's Assassin's Creed series.
Johan Richthoff
Johan Richthoff (Johan Cornelius Richthoff, "Snövit"), Swedish heavyweight freestyle wrestler (1898–1983) from Limhamn; Olympic gold 1928 and 1932, first heavyweight to defend an Olympic wrestling title, European champion 1929–1930, later undefeated professional.
Johan Rockström
Johan Rockström is a Swedish scientist best known as lead author of the planetary boundaries framework and director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
Johan Santana
Johan Santana (Johan Alexander Santana, born 1979, Tovar, Venezuela), Venezuelan left-handed pitcher; two unanimous AL Cy Youngs (2004, 2006 Triple Crown) with the Twins; threw the Mets' only no-hitter, June 1, 2012; career ended by shoulder injuries.
Johan Sebastian Welhaven
Johan Sebastian Welhaven was a Norwegian poet, critic, and professor of philosophy in Oslo, a central figure of Norwegian Romanticism and chief opponent of Henrik Wergeland in the feuds of the 1830s.
Johan Sundkvist
Johan Adolf Sundkvist (1889-1977), Swedish long-distance runner for Gefle IF. 10th in the 1912 Stockholm Olympic cross-country race (47:40); Sweden won the team gold but he, as fifth-best Swede, received no medal.
Johan Sverdrup (oil field)
Johan Sverdrup is a giant oil field on the Utsira High in the Norwegian North Sea, discovered in 2010 and operated by Equinor, producing since 2019.
Johan Sverdrup Oil and Gas Field
Johan Sverdrup is a giant oil field in the central North Sea, 160 kilometers west of Stavanger, operated by Equinor and producing about one third of Norway's oil.
Johan Sverdrup Oil Pipeline
The Johan Sverdrup Oil Pipeline is a 283-kilometer crude oil pipeline in the North Sea connecting the Johan Sverdrup field to the Mongstad terminal near Bergen, Norway, in service since 2019.
Johan Swinnen
Johan Swinnen (born 1962) is a Belgian economist who has led the International Food Policy Research Institute since 2020 and CGIAR's Systems Transformation arm since 2022.
Johan Tjarnberg
Johan Tjärnberg is a Swedish payments entrepreneur, founder and chief executive of Bambora, sold to Ingenico in 2017 for about €1.5 billion, and later chief executive of Trustly.
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547–1619), Land's Advocate of Holland and Dutch council pensionary, chief statesman who built the Dutch Republic, involved in founding the VOC, sided with the Arminians, and was beheaded 13 May 1619 after Maurice of Nassau's 1618 coup.
Johan Van Overtveldt
Johan Van Overtveldt is a Belgian politician of the New Flemish Alliance who chairs the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets and formerly served as Belgium's finance minister.
Johan, Greve Oxenstierna
Johan, Greve Oxenstierna (Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna af Korsholm och Wasa), Swedish count and naval officer, won 1932 Los Angeles Olympic gold in modern pentathlon with 32.0 points, ending Sweden's five-title streak.
Johanan (Babylonian exilarch)
Johanan was, according to the Seder 'Olam Zuta, the second Babylonian exilarch, succeeding his brother Nahum and followed by his son Shaphat; he is attested nowhere outside this chronicle.