Leading Figures in History

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

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Johanna Spyri

b. 1827

Swiss novelist (1827–1901)

Johanna Talihärm

b. 1993

Estonian biathlete (born 1993)

Johanna van Gogh-Bonger

b. 1862

Dutch teacher, editor, translator and art organizer

Johanna Vuoksenmaa

b. 1965

Finnish television and film director, screenwriter, photographer and artist

Johanna Welin

b. 1984

German wheelchair basketball player

Johanna Westerdijk

Dutch plant pathologist (1883–1961)

Johannes Acronius Frisius

Dutch doctor and mathematician (1520–1564)

Johannes Agricola

b. 1494

German Protestant Reformer (1494–1566)

Johannes Althusius

German-Dutch jurist and political philosopher

Johannes Ambundii

German ecclesiastic

Johannes Aventinus

b. 1477

Bavarian Renaissance humanist historian and philologist (1477-1534)

Johannes Banfi Hunyades

Hungarian alchemist and metallurgist

Johannes Blaskowitz

b. 1883

German general (1883–1948)

Johannes Bluyssen

20th and 21st-century Dutch Catholic bishop

Johannes Bobrowski

German lyric poet, narrative writer, adaptor and essayist

Johannes Bosboom

Dutch painter

Johannes Brahms

b. 1833

German composer and pianist (1833–1897)

Johannes Brenner

Estonian footballer

Johannes Brenz

b. 1499

German Lutheran theologian and Protestant Reformer

Johannes Bugenhagen

German Lutheran theologian and pastor (1485–1558)

Johannes Camphuys

b. 1634

Dutch colonial governor (1634–1695)

Johannes Cocceius

b. 1603

Dutch theologian (1603–1669)

Johannes de Jong

b. 1885

Dutch Catholic cardinal (1885–1955)

Johannes Drost

b. 1880

Dutch swimmer (1880–1954)