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Johannes Kotkas
Johannes Kotkas (Johannes Kotkas), Estonian-born Soviet Greco-Roman heavyweight wrestler (1915–1998); Olympic gold Helsinki 1952, European champion 1938, 1939, 1947, 1953 world silver.
Johannes Krause
Johannes Krause, born 1980, is a German archaeogeneticist who directs the Department of Archaeogenetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, and won the 2026 Leibniz Prize.
Johannes L. Bos
Johannes L. Bos, known as Hans Bos, is a Dutch molecular cancer researcher, professor at UMC Utrecht from 1991, known for showing Ras mutations are frequent in human tumors and for discovering Epac.
Johannes Lehmann
Johannes Lehmann is a German-born soil biogeochemist at Cornell University known for research on soil organic matter and biochar, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2023.
Johannes Leusden
Johannes Leusden (1624–1699) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian and Hebraist, professor of Hebrew and Oriental languages at Utrecht from 1650 until his death, who edited the first Hebrew Bible with numbered verses.
Johannes Liebmann
Johannes Wilhel Liebmann (b. 21 March 2007, Eckernförde) is a German swimmer, SC Magdeburg, holding the 1500 m freestyle world record (14:26.79, Paris 2026) and 2026 European titles over 800 m and 1500 m freestyle.
Johannes Liechtenauer
Johannes Liechtenauer (Hans Lichtenauer, Lichtnawer), 14th-century German fencing master, author of the cryptic Zettel verses founding the Kunst des Fechtens; no writings of his survive, only 1389-1612 glosses.
Johannes Linnankoski
Johannes Linnankoski, pen name of Vihtori Peltonen (1869–1913), was a Finnish author whose 1905 novel Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta became the first Finnish bestseller; he also founded the newspaper Uusimaa.
Johannes Lochner
Johannes Lochner is a retired German bobsleigh pilot, born in 1990, who won gold in the two-man and four-man at the 2026 Olympics and retired a five-time world champion.
Johannes Ludwig
Johannes Ludwig (born 1986, Suhl, Germany) is a retired German luger, 2022 Olympic men's singles champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist, 2021/22 overall World Cup winner; retired May 2022.
Johannes Martin Bijvoet
Johannes Martin Bijvoet (1892–1980) was a Dutch crystallographer who in 1951 determined the first absolute configuration of an organic molecule by X-ray diffraction, using anomalous scattering.
Johannes Mathesius
Johannes Mathesius (1504–1565) was a German Lutheran theologian and pastor in the Bohemian mining town of St. Joachimsthal who recorded Luther's Table Talks and wrote the first Protestant biography of Luther.
Johannes Moe
Johannes Moe (1926–2023) was a Norwegian structural and shipbuilding engineer, professor of shipbuilding and rector at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, and managing director of SINTEF from 1977 to 1989.
Johannes Mollerup
Johannes Mollerup (1872–1937) was a Danish mathematician, professor at the Technical University of Denmark from 1916, known for the Bohr–Mollerup theorem and the Danish analysis textbook he wrote with Harald Bohr.
Johannes Moser (footballer)
Johannes Mathias Moser, Austrian footballer born 2008 in Klagenfurt, left winger for FC Red Bull Salzburg; top scorer with 8 goals at the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup, signed to 2030.
Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted
Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted was a Danish physical chemist and professor at Copenhagen who defined acids as proton donors and bases as proton acceptors in 1923.
Johannes Pauli
Johannes Pauli (c. 1450/1455 – after 1519) was a German Franciscan preacher remembered for Schimpf und Ernst, the first German-language Schwank book, printed in 1522.
Johannes Poliander
Johannes Poliander, born Johann Gramann (1487–1541), was a German Lutheran Reformer and hymn writer who as pastor of the Altstadt church in Königsberg helped establish the Protestant church in Prussia.
Johannes Radebe
Johannes Radebe, South African dancer and choreographer from Zamdela, Sasolburg; Strictly Come Dancing professional from 2018, runners-up with John Whaite in 2021; author of Jojo: Finally Home and Lola in Kinky Boots.
Johannes Rau
Johannes Rau (1931–2006), German SPD politician; North Rhine-Westphalia science minister 1970–1978, its Minister-President 1978–1998, eighth Federal President 1999–2004; first German head of state to address the Knesset in German.
Johannes Rivius
Johannes Rivius, born Johann von der Becke (1500–1553), was a German humanist, pedagogue, and Protestant theologian from Attendorn in Westphalia who shaped the 16th-century school system of Albertine Saxony.
Johannes Rydberg
Johannes Robert Rydberg (1854–1919) was a Swedish physicist at Lund University whose 1890 formula for spectral series, with the Rydberg constant, underlies Bohr's 1913 atomic model.
Johannes Rydzek
Johannes Rydzek, German nordic combined skier born 1991 in Oberstdorf, double Olympic champion (Pyeongchang 2018), seven-time world champion, 26 World Cup wins; retired March 2026 at Holmenkollen.
Johannes Schildt
Johannes Schildt, born in 1988, is a Swedish entrepreneur who co-founded the digital healthcare company Kry and served as its chief executive from 2015 until December 2024.
Johannes Schmidt (Danish biologist)
Johannes Schmidt, in full Ernst Johannes Schmidt (1877–1933), was a Danish marine biologist who traced eel larvae across the Atlantic to the Sargasso Sea breeding ground.
Johannes Schulthess
Johannes Schulthess (1763–1836) was a Swiss Reformed theologian, canon of the Grossmünster in Zürich, professor at the University of Zürich, and co-editor of the complete edition of Zwingli's works.
Johannes Sleidanus
Johannes Sleidanus, born Johann Philippi or Philippson (1506 to 1556), was a German diplomat and historian whose 1555 Commentaries became the first comprehensive contemporary history of the Reformation.
Johannes Söding
Johannes Söding is a computational biologist who leads a Max Planck group in Göttingen and created the widely used protein bioinformatics tools HHpred, MMseqs2, and Foldseek.
Johannes Stark
Johannes Stark (1874–1957) was a German experimental physicist who won the 1919 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields, the Stark effect.
Johannes Steiniger
Johannes Steiniger (born 1987) is a German CDU politician who has served as Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy since 2026.