What is "johan"

Johan may refer to:

Johan was a Dutch band fronted by singer/guitarist Jacco de Greeuw. Their music has been primarily influenced by bands such as The Beatles, Crowded House, and The Byrds.

Johan is the debut album by the Dutch band Johan. It was released on November 4, 1996 by the record label Excelsior Recordings. The album was produced by Frans Hagenaars.

The album was released in the US in June 1997 by the record label SpinArt.

Johan was the Bishop of Turku from 1286 to 1290 and Archbishop of Uppsala from 1290 to 1291. He was Polish by birth. Before his assignment to Turku, he worked as the prior at the Sigtuna monastery. He died in Avignon while travelling to Rome to receive the pallium.

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Johan is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin (יוֹחָנָן, Yôḥānān). It is a shortened form of the Hebrew name יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhôḥānān), meaning "God is gracious", and uncommon as a surname. Johan is also a masculine given name of Malay language origin, meaning "Champion".

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 Bleeker (born 1942), Dutch space scientist
• 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 Edlund (born 1971), Swedish musician, leader and vocalist of the band Tiamat
• Johan Frandsen, frontman for cult Swedish band, The Knockouts
• 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 van Minnen (1932–2016), Dutch journalist and politician
• Johan Munters, Swedish ski jumper
• Johan Museeuw Flemish cyclist and former world champion
• Johan Neeskens, Dutch soccer player
• Johan Norberg (born 1973), Swedish writer
• Johan Pitka (1872–1944), Estonian military commander
• Johan of Plön (died 1359), lord of Denmark east of the Great Belt
• Johan Oscar Smith (1871–1943 Horten). Norwegian Christian leader, founder of Brunstad Christian Church
• Johan Reinholdz (born 1980), Swedish guitar player in Andromeda, NonExist and Skyfire
• 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 Wallberg (born 1977), Swedish freestyle swimmer

Johan, also known as Troubled Waters or Rapids of Life, is a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller, based on the 1911 novel Johan (Juha) by Juhani Aho. It tells the story of a young girl, married to an older farmer, who elopes with a handsome stranger, crossing dangerous rapids on a small boat in the process.