Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

62247 persons found

Johann Stamitz

b. 1717

Czech composer and violinist

Johann Stobäus

b. 1580

German composer (1580–1646)

Johann Strauss I

Austrian composer (1804–1849)

Johann Strauss II

Austrian composer (1825–1899)

Johann Stumpf (writer)

b. 1500

Swiss historian

Johann Tetzel

German Dominican friar and seller of indulgences (c. 1465–1519)

Johann Theile

b. 1646

German composer

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly

Catholic marshal of the Thirty Years' War (1559–1632)

Johann Ulrich von Cramer

German judge, legal scholar and Enlightenment philosopher

Johann Uz

German poet (1720–1796)

Johann Voldemar Jannsen

b. 1819

Estonian journalist (1819–1890)

Johann von Aldringen

Austrian nobleman and soldier (1588–1634)

Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine

b. 1658

Elector Palatine from 1690 to 1716

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

b. 1749

German writer and polymath (1749–1832)

Johann Zarco

b. 1990

French motorcycle racer (born 1990)

Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

b. 1578

Count (later Prince) of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1606-1638)

Johanna Braddy

b. 1987

American actress

Johanna Döbereiner

Brazilian agronomist (1924–2000)

Johanna Elberskirchen

German writer (1864–1943)

Johanna Kedzierski

b. 1984

German sprinter

Johanna Konta

b. 1991

British tennis player (born 1991)

Johanna Müller-Hermann

Austrian composer and pedagogue (1868 - 1941)

Johanna Quandt

German businesswoman (1926–2015)

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir

b. 1942

Prime Minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013