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Jognakhera
Jognakhera is a Copper Age archaeological site on the north-west bank of the ancient Saraswati in Kurukshetra district, Haryana, excavated in 2003-04, where copper-smelting furnaces and slag were found with Harappan potsherds.
Jogye Chongnim at Songgwangsa
Jogye Chongnim at Songgwangsa (조계총림) is the head training complex of Korea's Jogye Order, at Songgwangsa temple in Suncheon, founded by the monk Chinul in 1200.
Jogye Order
The Jogye Order (조계종) is the largest Buddhist order in South Korea, representing Korean Seon Buddhism and operating more than 3,000 temples with about 12,000 monastics.
Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Sir Johannes (Joh) Bjelke-Petersen (1911–2005), New Zealand-born Kingaroy peanut farmer, was Queensland's longest-serving premier (1968–1987), led the renamed National Party, abolished death duties, banned street marches, and fell after the Fitzgerald Inquiry and a hung-jury perjury trial.
Joh Makini
Joh Makini, born John Simon Mseke in 1980, is a Tanzanian hip hop rapper from Arusha who broke through with "Chochote Popote" (2006) and founded the label Makini Music.
Johan A. Martens
Johan A. Martens is a Belgian chemist at KU Leuven known for work on zeolites and nanoporous materials in catalysis, adsorption, and molecular separation, and founder of five spin-off companies.
Johan Åkerman
Johan Åkerman is a Swedish experimental physicist and University of Gothenburg professor known for spintronics work on spin Hall nano-oscillators and magnetic droplet solitons, and founder of NanOsc Instruments.
Johan Anker
Johan August Anker (1871–1940), Norwegian engineer and yacht designer, two Olympic sailing golds (1912 Magda IX, 1928 Norna), founder of Anker & Jensen, creator of the Dragon class and the Scandinavian S-rule.
Johan Åqvist
Johan Åqvist is a Swedish professor of theoretical chemistry at Uppsala University, known for empirical valence bond simulations of enzyme reactions and studies of ion channels.
Johan Arvid Hedvall
Johan Arvid Hedvall (1888–1974) was a Swedish chemist at Chalmers who showed that solids react below their melting points, giving his name to the Hedvall effect.
Johan Askling
Johan Askling is a Swedish physician and epidemiologist who is professor of rheumatology at Karolinska Institutet, studying cancer risks in inflammatory disease and drug safety.
Johan Auwerx
Johan Auwerx, born 1958, is a Belgian biologist and professor at EPFL in Switzerland, holding the Nestlé Chair in Energy Metabolism and studying mitochondria, NAD+, sirtuins, and longevity.
Johan Bojer
Johan Bojer (1872–1959) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright whose epic portrayals of ordinary people made him internationally popular in the 1920s, on par with Norway's Nobel laureates.
Johan Brenner
Johan Brenner is a Swedish venture capitalist and General Partner at Creandum in Stockholm, best known for early backing of European fintechs including iZettle, Klarna, and Trade Republic.
Johan Britz
Johan Britz is a Swedish Liberalerna politician who has served as Minister for Employment since 2025, after working as a state secretary, chief of staff, and press director.
Johan Castberg Oil and Gas Field
Johan Castberg is an oil field in the Norwegian Barents Sea operated by Equinor, producing since March 2025 and the northernmost field on the Norwegian shelf.
Johan Christensen
Johan Christensen is a Danish-trained wave physicist working on acoustic and mechanical metamaterials, leading a research group at the IMDEA Materials Institute in Madrid since 2022.
Johan Cruijff Arena
Johan Cruijff ArenA (Johan Cruyff Arena), Amsterdam stadium opened 1996 as Amsterdam ArenA, home of AFC Ajax and the Dutch national team, renamed 2018 for Johan Cruyff; 55,000 seats, retractable roof, net positive by 2030.
Johan Cruyff
Johan Cruyff (Hendrik Johannes Cruyff, 1947-2016), Dutch footballer and coach, three-time Ballon d'Or winner, exponent of Total Football with Ajax and the 1974 Netherlands, and Barcelona's Dream Team coach.
Johan de Witt
Johan de Witt (1625–1672), Dutch Grand Pensionary of Holland 1653–1672, led the stadtholderless Dutch Republic, built its navy, made the Triple Alliance, and was lynched with his brother Cornelis in 1672.
Johan Djourou
Johan Djourou (Johannes Danon Djourou-Gbadjere), born 1987 in Abidjan, Swiss defender; Arsenal 2003–14, Hamburg captain, 76 Switzerland caps, three World Cups; retired 2021, now SFV women's technical director.
Johan Edman
Johan Viktor Edman (1875–1927), Swedish police officer and tug-of-war puller with Stockholmspolisens IF; won Olympic gold for Sweden at Stockholm 1912 and the 1913 world title.
Johan Elf
Johan Elf, born 1975, is a Swedish physical biologist and professor at Uppsala University who tracks single molecules in living cells and founded Astrego Diagnostics, whose PA-100 system tests antibiotic susceptibility in 45 minutes.
Johan Ericson
Johan Ericson is a Swedish developmental neuroscientist, Professor of Developmental Biology at Karolinska Institutet since 2006, known for neural patterning research and stem cell therapies for Parkinson's disease.
Johan Falkberget
Johan Falkberget (1879–1967) was a Norwegian novelist and former miner whose Røros mining novels, including Den fjerde nattevakt and Nattens brød, made him a major 20th-century author.
Johan Frederik Steffensen
Johan Frederik Steffensen (1873–1961) was a Danish mathematician and actuary who began as a jurist and became professor of actuarial mathematics at Copenhagen, known for Steffensen's method and inequality.
Johan Friele
Johan Mohr Friele (1866-1927), Norwegian surgeon, gynecologist, and sailor from Bergen; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the 12 metres class as helmsman of Heira II.
Johan G. Eriksson
Johan G. Eriksson, also known as Johan Eriksson, is a Finnish physician and epidemiologist, born in 1958, who studies how early growth shapes later heart disease and diabetes risk.
Johan Galtung
Johan Galtung (1930–2024), Norwegian sociologist and founder of peace studies, established PRIO, Journal of Peace Research, and Transcend, and coined negative/positive peace, structural violence, cultural violence, and the conflict triangle.
Johan Ghazali
Johan "Jojo" Ghazali (Muhammad Johan Ghazali Zulfikar, born 2006), Malaysian-American ONE Championship flyweight Muay Thai fighter from Rentap Muay Thai Gym; youngest male ONE athlete at debut, US$100,000 contract, 8-5 ONE record with 75% finish rate.