Leading Figures in History

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

62247 persons found

Johann Mattheson

German composer, critic and lexicographer (1681–1764)

Johann Matthias Gesner

German classical scholar and schoolmaster (1691–1761)

Johann Matthias Hase

German mathematician, astronomer and cartographer

Johann Michael Bach

b. 1648

German composer

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Austrian composer and pianist (1778–1837)

Johann Nepomuk Schödlberger

b. 1779

Austrian painter (1779–1853)

Johann Nicolaus Bach

b. 1669

German composer

Johann Nikolaus Götz

b. 1721

German poet (1721-1781)

Johann Nikolaus Hanff

b. 1663

German composer and organist

Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim

German historian and theologian (1701–1790)

Johann Olav Koss

b. 1968

Norwegian speed skater (born 1968)

Johann Pachelbel

b. 1653

German composer and organist (1653–1706)

Johann Palisa

Austrian astronomer (1848–1925)

Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson

b. 1992

Icelandic politician (born 1992)

Johann Peter Hebel

b. 1760

German writer (1760–1826)

Johann Peter Kellner

b. 1705

German composer and organist (1705–1772)

Johann Philipp Förtsch

b. 1652

German baroque composer, statesman and doctor

Johann Reinhold Forster

b. 1729

German naturalist (1729–1798)

Johann Reuchlin

German humanist and scholar (1455–1522)

Johann Rudolf Stadler

Swiss clockmaker (1605–1637)

Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg

Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1604 to 1626

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer (1685–1750)

Johann Sebastiani

b. 1622

German composer

Johann Speth

b. 1664

German organist and composer