Encyclopedia > J > 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175
Joff Ellen Joff Ellen (20/5/15 30/12/99) was an Australian entertainer, actor and comedian. He was most famous for his appearances on the television show 'In Melbourne Tonight' from 1958 to 1974 employing a variety mix of song-and-dance, comedy sketches and other vaudevillean skills.
Joffre class aircraft carrier The Joffre class aircraft carrier was a class of two aircraft carriers planned by France prior to World War II. Only one of the two vessels was begun, and neither launched before the project was cancelled in 1940.
Joffrey Ballet In 1956, a time when most touring companies performed only reduced versions of ballet classics, ballet teacher Robert Joffrey and choreographer Gerald Arpino formed a six-dancer ensemble that toured the country performing original ballets. The ensemble's first performance in a major city as the Joffrey Ballet occurred in Chicago in 1957.
Joffrey Tower The Joffrey Tower will be the name of the high rise commercial real estate development on the northeast corner of North State Street and East Randolph Street in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago that will be the new permanent home of the Joffrey Ballet. It is located directly across the street from Macy's on State Street, the former flagship of Marshall Field's.
Jofur Jofur (from Old Norse JÇ«furr: "wild boar") is a name used in Nordic literature for the thunder god, mainly as a synonym for Jupiter. Jofur probably originated in the writings of the 17th century Swedish scientist and writer Olaus Rudbeckius, and has since been used in Nordic poetry, mainly during the Baroque and Rococo eras.
Jog dial A jog dial, jog wheel, shuttle dial, or shuttle wheel is a type of knob, ring, wheel, or dial which allows the user to shuttle or jog through audio or video media. It is commonly found on models of CD players which are made for disc jockeys, and on professional video equipment such as video tape recorders.
Jog Falls Jog Falls (Kannada-ಜೋಗ ಜಲಪಾತ ) are one of the highest waterfalls in India, located in Shimoga District of Karnataka state. Created by Sharavathi River falling from a height of 253 meters (829 feet), Jog Falls is one of the major attractions in Karnataka tourism.
Joga Joga is an Italian Europop act produced by Nick Ferrando with Nathalie Aarts featured on vocals, who had released four singles: Dam Dariram, Bye Bye Baby Balloon, Nobody's Love, and White Christmas, all released commercially in Europe. Joga's popularity is claimed to be quite high among listeners of Toshiba-EMI's Dancemania non-stop megamix series, and among players of Bemani games.
Joga Bonito Joga Bonito (which means 'play beautiful' in Portuguese) is a football-oriented social network service created by Nike and Google, based upon Google's orkut. Joga TV commercial advertisements are shown on the nikefootball.
Jogah Jogah are small spirit-folk (similar to faeries) in Iroquois mythology. They represent aspects of nature, and are split into various groups based on their relation to the world: the Gahonga are the jogah of rocks and rivers, the Gandayah make the Earth fertile and the Odhows control the spirits of the underworld, preventing them from rising to the surface of the Earth.
Jogaila Jogaila, or Władysław II JagiełłoHe is known under a number of names: ; ; . For the sake of simplicity this article uses the Lithuanian form Jogaila for the early period of his life and the Polish form Władysław for the period following his accession to the Polish throne.
Jogaila (Władysław II Jagiello): names and titles Jogaila, or Władysław II JagiełłoFor the sake of simplicity, this article uses the Lithuanian form Jogaila for the early period of his life and the Polish form Władysław for the period following his accession to the Polish throne. (ca.
Jogendra Nath Mandal Jogendra Nath Mandal (Bangla: যোগেন্দ্রনাথ মণ্ডল) (1906–1956) was a Pakistani and Indian politician of Hindu Scheduled Caste and Bengali background, and a close follower of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, a senior Dalit politician.
Jogger's nipple "Jogger's nipple" (more correctly known as a fissure of the nipple) is the name applied to a condition of soreness, dryness or irritation to, or bleeding of, one or both nipples during and/or following running or other physical exercise. This condition is also experienced by surfers who do not wear rash guards.
Jogger's Park Joggers' Park is a little seaside jogging track where joggers of Bandra, Mumbai congregate. The pretty little park is right next to the Otter's Club, another recreation place for Bandra denizens, was where Bombay's first laughing club was launched.
Joggie Viljoen Joggie Viljoen (Born July 22 1976) is a South african rugby union footballer who played at scrum-half for the South Africa national rugby union team during the late 1990s. Viljoen, a native of South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, currently resides in New Zealand and is the first choice scrum-half for Manawatu in the NPC.
Joggling Joggling (a portmanteau word) describes juggling while jogging. Jogglers say the rhythm of juggling with three objects corresponds perfectly with the action and pace of running, and call joggling a fun and effective full-body workout.
Joginder Rao Joginder Singh Rao (16 October 1938 - 3 October 1994) was an Indian cricketer: a right-arm medium pace bowler who played only five first-class games, all for Services in the 1963-64 Ranji Trophy, but who is notable for having not only taken a hat-trick on debut, but for following that up with two more in the same innings of his second, one of only two men to have achieved this latter feat (the other being Albert Trott) and the only man to have taken three in his first two games.
Joginder Singh (field hockey) Joginder Singh (Aug 3 1940, Delhi - Nov 6 2002) was an Indian hockey player. Playing in the right-wing position, he won the silver medal with his team at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta, and then the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Joginder Singh (rally driver) Sardar Joginder Singh Bhachu (born February 9, 1932 in Kericho, Kenya) was a successful endurance rally driver in the 1960s and 1970s. He won the Safari Rally three times, in 1965 driving a Volvo PV544 with his brother Jaswant as co-driver, and in 1974 & 1976 driving a Mitsubishi Colt Lancer 1600 GSR.
Joginder Singh Dhillon Lieutenant General Joginder Singh Dhillon (1914-2003) was a decorated and celebrated Indian and Sikh military war hero. He was commissioned into Bengal Engineer Group in 1936, was the first Army Officer to be awarded â€Padma Bhushan’ on 24 November 1965.
Jogye Order The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (JOKB) is a monastic order of syncretic Seon Buddhism and serves as the largest denomination of Buddhism in Korea. It was established in 1354 in the late Goryeo Dynasty, as a means of uniting all of the various factions of Buddhism which were abroad in Korea at that time.
Joh Bjelke-Petersen Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen KCMG, (13 January 1911 – 23 April 2005), New Zealand-born Australian politician, was the longest-serving and longest-lived Premier of the state of Queensland. He held office from 1968 to 1987, a period that saw considerable economic development in the state.
Johad Johad (Hindi: जोहड) is a traditional pucca rainwater storage tank, mainly used for drinking purposes. In the arid and semi arid areas of Rajasthan, the annual rainfall is very low, of the scale of 450 to 600 mm.
Johan and Peewit Johan and Peewit (in French Johan et Pirlouit) is a Belgian comic created by Peyo. It appeared from 1948 in Belgian newspaper Le Soir and from 1952 on in Spirou, and 13 albums appeared before the death of Peyo in 1992.
Johan Aantjes Johan Aantjes (born May 6, 1958 in Utrecht) is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who finished in sixth position with the Dutch National Men's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Later on, from 1999 until 2003, Aantjes was the head coach of the Dutch Men's Squad.
Johan Absalonsen Johan Absalonsen (born 16 September 1985) is a Danish football player, playing as a forward for Danish Superliga club Odense BK. He has played 42 matches for various Danish national youth teams, and in May 2006 he was selected for the Denmark under-21 national team squad for UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 tournament.
Johan Anders Jägerhorn Johan (Jan) Anders Jägerhorn af Spurila was a Swedish nobleman born in Finland 8 April 1757 in Helsinki county, with Finnish roots. He was the eldest son of lieutenant colonel Fredrik Anders Jägerhorn and Ulrika Sofia Brunow.
Johan Andersson (game programmer) Johan Andersson (born August 28, 1974) is the lead game programmer for Paradox Interactive, the Swedish-based game company which created the award-winning Europa Universalis series, Victoria, Crusaders Kings, and the Hearts of Iron series. He has gained something of a cult status among the fans of Paradox Interactive's games, due partly to his skill in creating games and partly to the company's patching policy, which is very responsive to customer concerns.
Johan Asplund Johan Asplund (born 1937) is a Swedish sociologist interested in social interaction and ethnomethodology, who appears cited in the works of Mats Alvesson (on reflexive methodology and critical management theory). His works are not currently widely translated from the original Swedish.
Johan August Sandels Count Johan August Sandels (August 31, 1764 – January 22, 1831) was a Swedish soldier and politician, being appointed Governor of Norway (Riksståthållare in Swedish, Rigsstatholder in Dano-Norwegian) 1818 and Field Marshal in 1824. He also served as acting Over-Governor of Stockholm in 1815.
Johan Baazius the younger Johan Baazius the younger was born in Jönköping July 171626 as the a son of a knowledgeable theologian and bishop of Växjö. He was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1677 to his death on May 12, 1681.
Johan Benders Johan Benders (Jan 7 1907, Bloemendaal - Apr 6 1943, Amsterdam) was a Dutch teacher at the Amsterdam Lyceum, who encouraged his students to manufacture false papers for Jews in order to help them escape persecution by the occupying Nazi Germany. His wife, Gerritdina Letteboer, and he sheltered Jews in their home.
Johan Bernhard Hjort Johan Bernhard Hjort (1895–1969) was a Norwegian supreme court lawyer, and was the son of marine biologist, oceanographer and director of fisheries Johan Hjort. With Vidkun Quisling he founded the Norwegian political party Nasjonal Samling on 17 May 1933.
Johan Botha Johan Botha (born 2 May, 1982 in Johannesburg) is an all-rounder South African cricketer. He made his Test debut against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2006 during the 2005-06 tour, and claimed batsman Mike Hussey for his first Test wicket.
Johan Botha (athlete) Johan Botha (born January 10, 1974) is a South African middle distance runner who won the gold medal over 800 metres at the World Indoor Championships in Athletics in Maebashi in 1999. In the course of the race he defeated world record holder Wilson Kipketer and Nico Motchebon in a winning time of 1:45.
Johan Bruyneel Johan Bruyneel (born August 23 1964, Izegem, Belgium) is a directeur sportif and former road bicycle racer in professional cycling. Retiring from racing in 1998, he is now best known as the director of Team Discovery (formerly U.
Johan Carl Christian Petersen Johan Carl Christian Petersen (June 28, 1813 in Copenhagen - June 24, 1880 in Copenhagen) was a Danish seaman and interpreter who participated in several expeditions in Northern Canada and Greenland in search of the missing British explorer John Franklin.
Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg (1779 - 1840) was a Norwegian count and politician. He played an active role in the constitutional assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814 and was the first native Norwegian to hold the post of governor (representing the absent king as head of the Norwegian cabinet) during the union with Sweden.
Johan Collett Falsen Johan Collett Falsen (1817-1879) was a Norwegian councillor of state from 1869, and head of the Ministry of Justice in 1870. He was a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1870-1871, 1873-1874 and 1877-1878, Minister of the Navy in 1871, Minister of Justice 1871-1872, 1874-1877 and 1878-1879, and Minister of the Interior 1872-1873.
Johan Cruijff-schaal The Johan Cruijff Schaal is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after legendary Dutch football player Johan Cruijff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national football league (the Eredivisie) and the winner of the national KNVB Cup.
Johan de Kock Johannes ("Johan") de Kock (born October 25, 1964 in Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland) is a former football central defender from The Netherlands, who earned thirteen caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he scored one goal. He was a member of the Dutch team at Euro 1996 in England under manager Guus Hiddink.
Johan Daisne Johan Daisne was the pseudonym of Flemish language author Herman Thiery (2 September 1912–9 August 1978). Born in Ghent, Belgium, he attended the Koninklijk Atheneum before studying Economics and Slavic languages at Ghent University, receiving his doctorate in 1936.
Johan Edlund Johan Edlund (born March 9 1971) is a Swedish singer, guitarist and keyboardist who is the leader of the band Tiamat. He has also done remixes for some of Rammstein's songs, and was a guest singer in the Dutch progressive metal project, Ayreon.
Johan Eliasch Johan Eliasch is a Swedish businessman, based in London, who is the chairman and CEO of sporting goods manufacturer Head. Eliasch is also a banker and film producer, as well as the Party deputy treasurer of the Conservative Party.
Johan Falkberget The author Johan Falkberget was born Johan Petter Lillebakken in Rugldal valley of Røros municipality on September 30, 1879, and died April 5, 1967. He was born on the Falkberget farm in the Norwegian copper mining municipality of Røros.
Johan Ferrier Johan Ferrier (born May 12, 1910) was the president of Suriname from 1975 to 1980. He was that country's last governor before independence, from 1968 to 1975, and first president after it gained independence from the Netherlands.
Johan Frederik Clemens Johan Frederik Clemens, (November 29, 1749- November 5, 1831), Danish printmaker in etching, was born in Golnau near Stettin (Szczecin in current day Poland), in the Pomeranian area of the times, to a poor Saxon weaver, Johan David Clemens, and his wife Anna Francken. The father, along with his son Johan, moved to Copenhagen when the boy was still quite young.
Johan Galtung Johan Galtung (born October 24, 1930, in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian professor, working at the Transcend Institute. He is seen as the pioneer of peace and conflict research and founded the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo.
Johan Grøttumsbråten Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899–1983) was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and cross-country. Dominating both events in the 1920s and early-1930s, he won several medals in the early Winter Olympics.
Johan Håstad Johan Håstad (born 1960) is a Swedish theoretical computer scientist most famous for his work on computational complexity theory. He was the recipient of the Gödel Prize in 1994 and the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award in 1986, among other prizes.
Johan Henrik Deuntzer Johan Henrik Deuntzer (20 May 1845 – 16 November 1918) was a Danish politician, member of the Liberal Venstre party until 1905 where he joined the Danish Social Liberal Party. He was Council President and Foreign Minister of Denmark from 1901 to 1905 as the leader of the Cabinet of Deuntzer.
Johan Heyns Johan Adam Heyns (1928 – November 5, 1994), was an influential Afrikaner theologian and moderator of the general synod of the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK). He was assassinated at his home in Waterkloof Ridge, Pretoria.
Johan Hjort Johan Hjort (born 18 February 1869 in Christiania, now Oslo; died 7 October 1948 in Oslo) was a Norwegian fisheries biologist, marine zoologist, and oceanographer. He was among the most prominent and influential marine zoologists of his time.
Johan Huizinga Johan Huizinga (IPA: ) (December 7, 1872 - February 1, 1945), a Dutch historian, was one of the founders of modern cultural history. Born in Groningen, he started out as a student of Sanskrit and did a doctoral thesis on the role of the jester in Indian drama in 1897.
Johan Christopher Toll Count Johan Christopher Toll (1743-1817), Swedish statesman and soldier, was born at Mölleröd in Scania. Toll came of an ancient family, of Dutch origin, which can be traced back to the 13th century, but migrated to the Baltic provinces in the 16th century.
Johan Kjeldahl Johan Gustav Christoffer Thorsager Kjeldahl (1849 – 1900), was a Danish chemist who developed a method for determining the amount of nitrogen in certain organic compounds using a laboratory technique which was named the Kjeldahl method after him.
Johan Kock Captain Johan Kock (born June 4 1861 in Helsinki – died April 13 1915, Fitchburg, Michigan) was a Finnish soldier who had been decommissioned from the Finnish army in Viipuri in 1897. Kock was a revolutionary who was the leader of the Finnish Red Guards from 1905 to 1906.
Johan Liiva Johan 'Liiva' Axelsson is a Swedish extreme metal vocalist, founding member of popular melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, as well as a former member of Carnage, Furbowl, and NonExist. He is currently working as vocalist with the band Hearse.
Johan Lindquist Johan Lindquist of Stockholm was an important 18th century Swedish clock- and watch maker. He was a pupil of Julien Le Roy in Paris in, perhaps, the 1740s, and in the late 1750s was appointed clock-maker to King Adolf Frederick of Sweden.
Johan Ludvig Heiberg (poet) Johan Ludvig Heiberg (December 14, 1791 - August 25, 1860), Danish poet and critic, son of the political writer Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758-1841), and of the novelist, afterwards the Baroness Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd, was born at Copenhagen.
Johan Ludvig Runeberg Johan Ludvig Runeberg (5 February, 1804, Jakobstad – 6 May, 1877, Porvoo) was a Finland-Swedish poet, and is held to be the national poet of Finland. Runeberg studied first in the cities of Vaasa and Oulu, later on at Academy of Åbo, where he befriended Johan Vilhelm Snellman and Zacharias Topelius.
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1870 - 1943) was a Norwegian political figure representing Venstre, the social liberal party. He served as Prime Minister of Norway between 1924 and 1926, again from 1928 until 1931, and finally between 1933 and 1935.
Johan Lundbye Johan Thomas Lundbye (September 1, 1818-April 25, 1848) was a promising young Danish painter and graphic artist, known for his animal and landscape paintings who died at the age of 29. He was artistically inspired by Niels Lauritz Høyen's call to develop a Danish nationalistic art by exploring as motif the characteristic landscapes, the historical buildings and monuments, and the simple, rural people of Denmark.
Johan Manusama Doctor Johan Manusama (Banjarmasin, August 17, 1910 – Rotterdam, December 29 1995), a former schoolteacher, was the first president of the Republic of South Moluccas. After briefly administering the aspirant state in the territory of the Moluccas, Manusama lived the rest of his life advocating independence and heading a government in exile in the Netherlands.
Johan Nordahl Brun Johan Nordahl Brun (March 21, 1745 in Trondheim—July 26, 1816) was the poet, dramatist, bishop in Bergen (1804-1816), and politician who contributed significantly to the growth of National Romanticism in Norway, contributing to the growing national consciousness.
Johan Olsson (cross country skier) Johan Olsson (born March 19, 1980) is a Swedish cross country skier who raced since 1998. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 10km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and also finished 6th in the 15km event at those same Olympics.
Johan Oxenstierna Count Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna (1611-1657), Swedish statesman, son of Axel Oxenstierna, completed his studies at Uppsala in 1631, and was sent by his father on a grand tour through France, the Netherlands and Great Britain. He served under Count Gustavus Horn in the Thirty Years' War from 1632, and was subsequently employed by his father in various diplomatic missions, though his instructions were always so precise and minute that he was little more than the executor of the Chancellor's wishes.
Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas is a one-man play written by Nobel Prize winning playwright, Dario Fo. It is narrated by Johan Padan, a fugitive from the Inquisition who accompanies Christopher Columbus on his fourth voyage to the New World.
Johan Palmstruch Johan Palmstruch (born 1611 in Riga, died 1671; named Johan Wittmacher before he was ennobled) was a Dutch merchant credited with the introduction of paper money to Europe. He became a commissioner in the National Board of Trade after his arrival in Sweden in 1647 and began submitting proposals for banking institutions to King Charles X Gustav in the 1650s.
Johan Pehrson Carl Johan Georg Pehrson (born 8 May 1968) is a Swedish politician with the Liberal People's Party. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1998, representing Ă–rebro County, and is the current Chairman of the parliament's Committee on Justice (since 2002).
Johan Röjler Johan Röjler (born November 11, 1981 in Örebro) is a ice speed skater from Sweden, who represented his native country in two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 2002 in Salt Lake City. His main achievements were held as a junior, when he won the Men's Allround Junior World Title in 2000 and took several medals, including 6 golds at Junior Nordic Games.
Johan Remkes Johannes Wijnandus (Johan) Remkes (born in Oosterbroek (Groningen) on 15 June 1951) became a member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch parlement in 1993, for the right-wing liberal party VVD. From 1998 to 2002 he was a State Secretary in the Second cabinet of Wim Kok.
Johan Renck Johan Renck is a Swedish musician (under the stage name Stakka Bo) and music video director. He has directed music videos for a number of artists including Kylie Minogue's "Love at First Sight", Madonna's "Hung Up" and "Nothing Really Matters", Robbie Williams's "Tripping", New Order's "Crystal" and Beyoncé's "Me, Myself and I".
Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (in Swedish Skytteanska priset) was established in 1995 by the Johan Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University. The foundation itself goes back to the donation in 1622 from Johan Skytte (1577-1645), politician and chancellor of the university, which established the Skyttean professorship of Eloquence and Government.
Johan Theron Johan Theron was a former information officer in South Africa's apartheid government's Special Forces. Theron testified before South Africa's High Court during the trial of Wouter Basson for human rights crimes.
Johan Turi Johan Turi also spelt Johan Tuuri or Johan Thuri (1854–1936) was a Sami author. His first book was called Muitalus sámiid birra and tells about the life of people herding reindeer in the beginning of the 20th century.
Johan van Beethoven Johann van Beethoven (1740-1792) was Ludwig van Beethoven's father. Born 14th November 1740, Johann was a descendant of a Flemish/Dutch family of musicians and instrument makers from former Brabant (presumably the Mechelen-Leuven area), he was the son of Louis van Beethoven (born in Mechelen, 1714, deceased in Bonn, 1773), Kapellmeister at the Electoral court at Bonn, and Maria Josepha Pall (married 1733).
Johan van der Keuken Johan van der Keuken (4 April 1938, Amsterdam - 7 January 2001, Amsterdam) was a Dutch documentary filmmaker, author, and photographer. In a career that spans 42 years, Keuken produced 55 documentary films, six of which bagged eight awards.
Johan van der Velde Johan van der Velde (born December 12, 1956 in Rijsbergen, southern Netherlands) is a Dutch cyclist. In the 1980 Tour de France he won the Maillot blanc, or white jersey, for being the best young rider under 25, also placing 12th overall that year.
Johan van der Walt Johan van der Walt is a forensic auditor for international accounting firm KPMG. He gave one of the most important testimonies in the Schabir Shaik Trial after he was asked by the State to review Schabir Shaik's financial records for any signs of corruption and wrong doing.
Johan Vaaler Johan Vaaler (March 15, 1866–March 14, 1910) was a Norwegian patent clerk and inventor who has often erroneously been identified with the invention of the common paper clip, known to all office employees for more than a hundred years. He was born in Aurskog as the son of a farmer, and died in Kristiania.
Johan Van Hecke Johan Van Hecke (born on 2 December 1954 in Gent) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade.
Johan Volny Johan Volny is the screen name of a Czech pornographic actor (porn star) who after being discovered by Czech director Robert Boggs in 2004 and working exclusively for his AYOR Studios for one year, became an exclusive model for Eurocreme studio in the summer of 2005. Although Eurocreme mostly produces bareback porn out of the Czech Republic, Johan signed at the express condition that he would only do condom scenes.
Johan Walem Johan Walem (born February 1, 1972 in Soignies, Belgium) is a former football midfielder and is now a TV consultant for Belgacom TV. He was one of the best Belgian midfielders of his generation, but he gained surprisingly few caps (36) for the national team, scoring two goals.
Johan Wanloo Johan Wanloo(born july 16, 1972 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a comic book creator known for his many comic strips published in newspapers, tabloids, and magazines including the Swedish version of MAD Magazine. His career started in 1987 when he sold a cartoon to the computer magazine Svenska Hemdatornytt.
Johan Wikmanson Johan Wikmanson (1753 - 10 January 1800) was a Swedish organist and composer. Wikmanson was born in Stockholm and, except for 18 months spent in Copenhagen studying mathematics and instrument making, lived his entire life in the Swedish capital.
Johan Wilhelm Dalman Johan Wilhelm Dalman (November 4, 1787 Hinseberg, Västmanland - July 11, 1828 in Stockholm) was a Swedish physician and a naturalist. He first studied at Christianfeld in Schleswig-Holstein then at the University of Lund and the University of Uppsala.
Johan Ydstrand In 1998, if you had told 14 year old Johan Daniel Ydstrand that one day he would be considered as one of the most promising underground up and coming actors/musicians in Sydney Australia, he would probably have smiled and told you his ambition was far greater than that. Born in 1984 in BorĂĄs Sweden, Johan showed artistic skills early on in his childhood, and at the age of 11 he made his screen debut when he was selected to appear on the famous TV show Jeopardy!
Johanan ben Nappaha Johanan ben Nappaha was a follower of Judah ha-Nasi, and believed it to be his duty to carry on the writing of the Jerusalem Talmud. He started a school in Tiberias, and let anybody in if they wanted to learn, a controversial move at the time.
Johann Adam Reincken Johann Adam Reincken (Jan Adams Reinken) (April 27, 1623 - November 24, 1722) was a distinguished North German organist who was remarkable for his longevity, encompassing style, and his influence on young organists such as Johann Sebastian Bach.
Johann Albrecht Widmannstetter Johann Albrecht Widmannstetter (* 1506 in Nellingen/Blaubeuren near Ulm, †March 28, 1557 in Regensburg), also called Widmestadius or Albert Widmannstadt, was a German humanist, orientalist, philologist, and theologian.
Johann Andreas Herbst Johann Andreas Herbst (baptized June 9, 1588–January 24, 1666) was a German composer and music theorist of the early Baroque era. He was a contemporary of Michael Praetorius and Heinrich Schütz, and like them, assisted in importing the grand Venetian style and the other features of the early Baroque into Protestant Germany.
Johann Baptist Cramer Johann Baptist Cramer (February 24, 1771, Mannheim - April 16, 1858, London), was an English musician of German extraction. He was the son of Wilhelm Cramer (1743-1799), a famous London violinist and musical conductor, one of a numerous family who were identified with the progress of music during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Johann Baptist Gänsbacher Johann Baptist Gänsbacher (1778 - 1844), Austrian musical composer, was born in 1778 at Sterzing in Tirol. His father, a schoolmaster and teacher of music, undertook his son's early education, which the boy continued under various masters until 1802, when he became the pupil of the celebrated Abbé G.
Johann Baptist Georg Neruda Relative to other composers of the Classical music era Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (Czech: ) is little known, and his dates of birth and death (given as c1707 and c1780 by the Grove Dictionary) are only approximations. He was born in Bohemia, now part of Czech Republic, to a well-respected musical family.
Johann Baptist Vanhal Johann Baptist Vanhal (Jan KĹ™titel VaĹhal) also spelled Wanhal or Wanhall (May 12,1739 - August 20, 1813) was a composer. Born in Nechanice, Bohemia to a Czech peasant family, Vanhal received his early training from a local musician.
Johann Bartsch Johann Bartsch was a Dutch physician, born at the commencement of the eighteenth century, much attached to the science of botany, which led him to seek the society of Linnaeus, who was on a visit to Boerhaave at Leiden. By the solicitation of Linnaeus, Bartsch was sent by Boerhaave to Surinam, where, in six months after his arrival, he fell victim to the insalubrity of the climate.
Johann Bernhard von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen Johann Bernhard Graf von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen (1806-1899), Austrian statesman, was the second son of the Bavarian statesman Count Aloys von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen (1766-1849). Johann Bernhard was destined for the Bavarian public service, his elder brother being a hereditary member of the Upper House in the parliament of Württemberg.
Johann Campanus Johann Campanus (Johannes Campanus) was an Belgian Anabaptist religious reformer of the sixteenth century. In his Autobiographical Letter to Johann Campanus (1531), a public Latin epistle, Sebastian Franck exhorted Campanus to maintain freedom of thought in face of the charge of heresy.
Joffre class aircraft carrier The Joffre class aircraft carrier was a class of two aircraft carriers planned by France prior to World War II. Only one of the two vessels was begun, and neither launched before the project was cancelled in 1940.
Joffrey Ballet In 1956, a time when most touring companies performed only reduced versions of ballet classics, ballet teacher Robert Joffrey and choreographer Gerald Arpino formed a six-dancer ensemble that toured the country performing original ballets. The ensemble's first performance in a major city as the Joffrey Ballet occurred in Chicago in 1957.
Joffrey Tower The Joffrey Tower will be the name of the high rise commercial real estate development on the northeast corner of North State Street and East Randolph Street in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago that will be the new permanent home of the Joffrey Ballet. It is located directly across the street from Macy's on State Street, the former flagship of Marshall Field's.
Jofur Jofur (from Old Norse JÇ«furr: "wild boar") is a name used in Nordic literature for the thunder god, mainly as a synonym for Jupiter. Jofur probably originated in the writings of the 17th century Swedish scientist and writer Olaus Rudbeckius, and has since been used in Nordic poetry, mainly during the Baroque and Rococo eras.
Jog dial A jog dial, jog wheel, shuttle dial, or shuttle wheel is a type of knob, ring, wheel, or dial which allows the user to shuttle or jog through audio or video media. It is commonly found on models of CD players which are made for disc jockeys, and on professional video equipment such as video tape recorders.
Jog Falls Jog Falls (Kannada-ಜೋಗ ಜಲಪಾತ ) are one of the highest waterfalls in India, located in Shimoga District of Karnataka state. Created by Sharavathi River falling from a height of 253 meters (829 feet), Jog Falls is one of the major attractions in Karnataka tourism.
Joga Joga is an Italian Europop act produced by Nick Ferrando with Nathalie Aarts featured on vocals, who had released four singles: Dam Dariram, Bye Bye Baby Balloon, Nobody's Love, and White Christmas, all released commercially in Europe. Joga's popularity is claimed to be quite high among listeners of Toshiba-EMI's Dancemania non-stop megamix series, and among players of Bemani games.
Joga Bonito Joga Bonito (which means 'play beautiful' in Portuguese) is a football-oriented social network service created by Nike and Google, based upon Google's orkut. Joga TV commercial advertisements are shown on the nikefootball.
Jogah Jogah are small spirit-folk (similar to faeries) in Iroquois mythology. They represent aspects of nature, and are split into various groups based on their relation to the world: the Gahonga are the jogah of rocks and rivers, the Gandayah make the Earth fertile and the Odhows control the spirits of the underworld, preventing them from rising to the surface of the Earth.
Jogaila Jogaila, or Władysław II JagiełłoHe is known under a number of names: ; ; . For the sake of simplicity this article uses the Lithuanian form Jogaila for the early period of his life and the Polish form Władysław for the period following his accession to the Polish throne.
Jogaila (Władysław II Jagiello): names and titles Jogaila, or Władysław II JagiełłoFor the sake of simplicity, this article uses the Lithuanian form Jogaila for the early period of his life and the Polish form Władysław for the period following his accession to the Polish throne. (ca.
Jogendra Nath Mandal Jogendra Nath Mandal (Bangla: যোগেন্দ্রনাথ মণ্ডল) (1906–1956) was a Pakistani and Indian politician of Hindu Scheduled Caste and Bengali background, and a close follower of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, a senior Dalit politician.
Jogger's nipple "Jogger's nipple" (more correctly known as a fissure of the nipple) is the name applied to a condition of soreness, dryness or irritation to, or bleeding of, one or both nipples during and/or following running or other physical exercise. This condition is also experienced by surfers who do not wear rash guards.
Jogger's Park Joggers' Park is a little seaside jogging track where joggers of Bandra, Mumbai congregate. The pretty little park is right next to the Otter's Club, another recreation place for Bandra denizens, was where Bombay's first laughing club was launched.
Joggie Viljoen Joggie Viljoen (Born July 22 1976) is a South african rugby union footballer who played at scrum-half for the South Africa national rugby union team during the late 1990s. Viljoen, a native of South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, currently resides in New Zealand and is the first choice scrum-half for Manawatu in the NPC.
Joggling Joggling (a portmanteau word) describes juggling while jogging. Jogglers say the rhythm of juggling with three objects corresponds perfectly with the action and pace of running, and call joggling a fun and effective full-body workout.
Joginder Rao Joginder Singh Rao (16 October 1938 - 3 October 1994) was an Indian cricketer: a right-arm medium pace bowler who played only five first-class games, all for Services in the 1963-64 Ranji Trophy, but who is notable for having not only taken a hat-trick on debut, but for following that up with two more in the same innings of his second, one of only two men to have achieved this latter feat (the other being Albert Trott) and the only man to have taken three in his first two games.
Joginder Singh (field hockey) Joginder Singh (Aug 3 1940, Delhi - Nov 6 2002) was an Indian hockey player. Playing in the right-wing position, he won the silver medal with his team at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta, and then the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Joginder Singh (rally driver) Sardar Joginder Singh Bhachu (born February 9, 1932 in Kericho, Kenya) was a successful endurance rally driver in the 1960s and 1970s. He won the Safari Rally three times, in 1965 driving a Volvo PV544 with his brother Jaswant as co-driver, and in 1974 & 1976 driving a Mitsubishi Colt Lancer 1600 GSR.
Joginder Singh Dhillon Lieutenant General Joginder Singh Dhillon (1914-2003) was a decorated and celebrated Indian and Sikh military war hero. He was commissioned into Bengal Engineer Group in 1936, was the first Army Officer to be awarded â€Padma Bhushan’ on 24 November 1965.
Jogye Order The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (JOKB) is a monastic order of syncretic Seon Buddhism and serves as the largest denomination of Buddhism in Korea. It was established in 1354 in the late Goryeo Dynasty, as a means of uniting all of the various factions of Buddhism which were abroad in Korea at that time.
Joh Bjelke-Petersen Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen KCMG, (13 January 1911 – 23 April 2005), New Zealand-born Australian politician, was the longest-serving and longest-lived Premier of the state of Queensland. He held office from 1968 to 1987, a period that saw considerable economic development in the state.
Johad Johad (Hindi: जोहड) is a traditional pucca rainwater storage tank, mainly used for drinking purposes. In the arid and semi arid areas of Rajasthan, the annual rainfall is very low, of the scale of 450 to 600 mm.
Johan and Peewit Johan and Peewit (in French Johan et Pirlouit) is a Belgian comic created by Peyo. It appeared from 1948 in Belgian newspaper Le Soir and from 1952 on in Spirou, and 13 albums appeared before the death of Peyo in 1992.
Johan Aantjes Johan Aantjes (born May 6, 1958 in Utrecht) is a former water polo player from the Netherlands, who finished in sixth position with the Dutch National Men's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Later on, from 1999 until 2003, Aantjes was the head coach of the Dutch Men's Squad.
Johan Absalonsen Johan Absalonsen (born 16 September 1985) is a Danish football player, playing as a forward for Danish Superliga club Odense BK. He has played 42 matches for various Danish national youth teams, and in May 2006 he was selected for the Denmark under-21 national team squad for UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 tournament.
Johan Anders Jägerhorn Johan (Jan) Anders Jägerhorn af Spurila was a Swedish nobleman born in Finland 8 April 1757 in Helsinki county, with Finnish roots. He was the eldest son of lieutenant colonel Fredrik Anders Jägerhorn and Ulrika Sofia Brunow.
Johan Andersson (game programmer) Johan Andersson (born August 28, 1974) is the lead game programmer for Paradox Interactive, the Swedish-based game company which created the award-winning Europa Universalis series, Victoria, Crusaders Kings, and the Hearts of Iron series. He has gained something of a cult status among the fans of Paradox Interactive's games, due partly to his skill in creating games and partly to the company's patching policy, which is very responsive to customer concerns.
Johan Asplund Johan Asplund (born 1937) is a Swedish sociologist interested in social interaction and ethnomethodology, who appears cited in the works of Mats Alvesson (on reflexive methodology and critical management theory). His works are not currently widely translated from the original Swedish.
Johan August Sandels Count Johan August Sandels (August 31, 1764 – January 22, 1831) was a Swedish soldier and politician, being appointed Governor of Norway (Riksståthållare in Swedish, Rigsstatholder in Dano-Norwegian) 1818 and Field Marshal in 1824. He also served as acting Over-Governor of Stockholm in 1815.
Johan Baazius the younger Johan Baazius the younger was born in Jönköping July 171626 as the a son of a knowledgeable theologian and bishop of Växjö. He was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1677 to his death on May 12, 1681.
Johan Benders Johan Benders (Jan 7 1907, Bloemendaal - Apr 6 1943, Amsterdam) was a Dutch teacher at the Amsterdam Lyceum, who encouraged his students to manufacture false papers for Jews in order to help them escape persecution by the occupying Nazi Germany. His wife, Gerritdina Letteboer, and he sheltered Jews in their home.
Johan Bernhard Hjort Johan Bernhard Hjort (1895–1969) was a Norwegian supreme court lawyer, and was the son of marine biologist, oceanographer and director of fisheries Johan Hjort. With Vidkun Quisling he founded the Norwegian political party Nasjonal Samling on 17 May 1933.
Johan Botha Johan Botha (born 2 May, 1982 in Johannesburg) is an all-rounder South African cricketer. He made his Test debut against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2006 during the 2005-06 tour, and claimed batsman Mike Hussey for his first Test wicket.
Johan Botha (athlete) Johan Botha (born January 10, 1974) is a South African middle distance runner who won the gold medal over 800 metres at the World Indoor Championships in Athletics in Maebashi in 1999. In the course of the race he defeated world record holder Wilson Kipketer and Nico Motchebon in a winning time of 1:45.
Johan Bruyneel Johan Bruyneel (born August 23 1964, Izegem, Belgium) is a directeur sportif and former road bicycle racer in professional cycling. Retiring from racing in 1998, he is now best known as the director of Team Discovery (formerly U.
Johan Carl Christian Petersen Johan Carl Christian Petersen (June 28, 1813 in Copenhagen - June 24, 1880 in Copenhagen) was a Danish seaman and interpreter who participated in several expeditions in Northern Canada and Greenland in search of the missing British explorer John Franklin.
Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg Johan Caspar Herman Wedel-Jarlsberg (1779 - 1840) was a Norwegian count and politician. He played an active role in the constitutional assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814 and was the first native Norwegian to hold the post of governor (representing the absent king as head of the Norwegian cabinet) during the union with Sweden.
Johan Collett Falsen Johan Collett Falsen (1817-1879) was a Norwegian councillor of state from 1869, and head of the Ministry of Justice in 1870. He was a member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1870-1871, 1873-1874 and 1877-1878, Minister of the Navy in 1871, Minister of Justice 1871-1872, 1874-1877 and 1878-1879, and Minister of the Interior 1872-1873.
Johan Cruijff-schaal The Johan Cruijff Schaal is a football trophy in the Netherlands named after legendary Dutch football player Johan Cruijff, also often referred to as the Dutch Super Cup. The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national football league (the Eredivisie) and the winner of the national KNVB Cup.
Johan de Kock Johannes ("Johan") de Kock (born October 25, 1964 in Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland) is a former football central defender from The Netherlands, who earned thirteen caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he scored one goal. He was a member of the Dutch team at Euro 1996 in England under manager Guus Hiddink.
Johan Daisne Johan Daisne was the pseudonym of Flemish language author Herman Thiery (2 September 1912–9 August 1978). Born in Ghent, Belgium, he attended the Koninklijk Atheneum before studying Economics and Slavic languages at Ghent University, receiving his doctorate in 1936.
Johan Edlund Johan Edlund (born March 9 1971) is a Swedish singer, guitarist and keyboardist who is the leader of the band Tiamat. He has also done remixes for some of Rammstein's songs, and was a guest singer in the Dutch progressive metal project, Ayreon.
Johan Eliasch Johan Eliasch is a Swedish businessman, based in London, who is the chairman and CEO of sporting goods manufacturer Head. Eliasch is also a banker and film producer, as well as the Party deputy treasurer of the Conservative Party.
Johan Falkberget The author Johan Falkberget was born Johan Petter Lillebakken in Rugldal valley of Røros municipality on September 30, 1879, and died April 5, 1967. He was born on the Falkberget farm in the Norwegian copper mining municipality of Røros.
Johan Ferrier Johan Ferrier (born May 12, 1910) was the president of Suriname from 1975 to 1980. He was that country's last governor before independence, from 1968 to 1975, and first president after it gained independence from the Netherlands.
Johan Frederik Clemens Johan Frederik Clemens, (November 29, 1749- November 5, 1831), Danish printmaker in etching, was born in Golnau near Stettin (Szczecin in current day Poland), in the Pomeranian area of the times, to a poor Saxon weaver, Johan David Clemens, and his wife Anna Francken. The father, along with his son Johan, moved to Copenhagen when the boy was still quite young.
Johan Galtung Johan Galtung (born October 24, 1930, in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian professor, working at the Transcend Institute. He is seen as the pioneer of peace and conflict research and founded the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo.
Johan Grøttumsbråten Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899–1983) was a Norwegian skier who competed in Nordic combined and cross-country. Dominating both events in the 1920s and early-1930s, he won several medals in the early Winter Olympics.
Johan Håstad Johan Håstad (born 1960) is a Swedish theoretical computer scientist most famous for his work on computational complexity theory. He was the recipient of the Gödel Prize in 1994 and the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award in 1986, among other prizes.
Johan Henrik Deuntzer Johan Henrik Deuntzer (20 May 1845 – 16 November 1918) was a Danish politician, member of the Liberal Venstre party until 1905 where he joined the Danish Social Liberal Party. He was Council President and Foreign Minister of Denmark from 1901 to 1905 as the leader of the Cabinet of Deuntzer.
Johan Heyns Johan Adam Heyns (1928 – November 5, 1994), was an influential Afrikaner theologian and moderator of the general synod of the Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK). He was assassinated at his home in Waterkloof Ridge, Pretoria.
Johan Hjort Johan Hjort (born 18 February 1869 in Christiania, now Oslo; died 7 October 1948 in Oslo) was a Norwegian fisheries biologist, marine zoologist, and oceanographer. He was among the most prominent and influential marine zoologists of his time.
Johan Huizinga Johan Huizinga (IPA: ) (December 7, 1872 - February 1, 1945), a Dutch historian, was one of the founders of modern cultural history. Born in Groningen, he started out as a student of Sanskrit and did a doctoral thesis on the role of the jester in Indian drama in 1897.
Johan Christopher Toll Count Johan Christopher Toll (1743-1817), Swedish statesman and soldier, was born at Mölleröd in Scania. Toll came of an ancient family, of Dutch origin, which can be traced back to the 13th century, but migrated to the Baltic provinces in the 16th century.
Johan Kjeldahl Johan Gustav Christoffer Thorsager Kjeldahl (1849 – 1900), was a Danish chemist who developed a method for determining the amount of nitrogen in certain organic compounds using a laboratory technique which was named the Kjeldahl method after him.
Johan Kock Captain Johan Kock (born June 4 1861 in Helsinki – died April 13 1915, Fitchburg, Michigan) was a Finnish soldier who had been decommissioned from the Finnish army in Viipuri in 1897. Kock was a revolutionary who was the leader of the Finnish Red Guards from 1905 to 1906.
Johan Liiva Johan 'Liiva' Axelsson is a Swedish extreme metal vocalist, founding member of popular melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, as well as a former member of Carnage, Furbowl, and NonExist. He is currently working as vocalist with the band Hearse.
Johan Lindquist Johan Lindquist of Stockholm was an important 18th century Swedish clock- and watch maker. He was a pupil of Julien Le Roy in Paris in, perhaps, the 1740s, and in the late 1750s was appointed clock-maker to King Adolf Frederick of Sweden.
Johan Ludvig Heiberg (poet) Johan Ludvig Heiberg (December 14, 1791 - August 25, 1860), Danish poet and critic, son of the political writer Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758-1841), and of the novelist, afterwards the Baroness Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd, was born at Copenhagen.
Johan Ludvig Runeberg Johan Ludvig Runeberg (5 February, 1804, Jakobstad – 6 May, 1877, Porvoo) was a Finland-Swedish poet, and is held to be the national poet of Finland. Runeberg studied first in the cities of Vaasa and Oulu, later on at Academy of Åbo, where he befriended Johan Vilhelm Snellman and Zacharias Topelius.
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1870 - 1943) was a Norwegian political figure representing Venstre, the social liberal party. He served as Prime Minister of Norway between 1924 and 1926, again from 1928 until 1931, and finally between 1933 and 1935.
Johan Lundbye Johan Thomas Lundbye (September 1, 1818-April 25, 1848) was a promising young Danish painter and graphic artist, known for his animal and landscape paintings who died at the age of 29. He was artistically inspired by Niels Lauritz Høyen's call to develop a Danish nationalistic art by exploring as motif the characteristic landscapes, the historical buildings and monuments, and the simple, rural people of Denmark.
Johan Manusama Doctor Johan Manusama (Banjarmasin, August 17, 1910 – Rotterdam, December 29 1995), a former schoolteacher, was the first president of the Republic of South Moluccas. After briefly administering the aspirant state in the territory of the Moluccas, Manusama lived the rest of his life advocating independence and heading a government in exile in the Netherlands.
Johan Nordahl Brun Johan Nordahl Brun (March 21, 1745 in Trondheim—July 26, 1816) was the poet, dramatist, bishop in Bergen (1804-1816), and politician who contributed significantly to the growth of National Romanticism in Norway, contributing to the growing national consciousness.
Johan Olsson (cross country skier) Johan Olsson (born March 19, 1980) is a Swedish cross country skier who raced since 1998. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 10km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and also finished 6th in the 15km event at those same Olympics.
Johan Oxenstierna Count Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna (1611-1657), Swedish statesman, son of Axel Oxenstierna, completed his studies at Uppsala in 1631, and was sent by his father on a grand tour through France, the Netherlands and Great Britain. He served under Count Gustavus Horn in the Thirty Years' War from 1632, and was subsequently employed by his father in various diplomatic missions, though his instructions were always so precise and minute that he was little more than the executor of the Chancellor's wishes.
Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas is a one-man play written by Nobel Prize winning playwright, Dario Fo. It is narrated by Johan Padan, a fugitive from the Inquisition who accompanies Christopher Columbus on his fourth voyage to the New World.
Johan Palmstruch Johan Palmstruch (born 1611 in Riga, died 1671; named Johan Wittmacher before he was ennobled) was a Dutch merchant credited with the introduction of paper money to Europe. He became a commissioner in the National Board of Trade after his arrival in Sweden in 1647 and began submitting proposals for banking institutions to King Charles X Gustav in the 1650s.
Johan Pehrson Carl Johan Georg Pehrson (born 8 May 1968) is a Swedish politician with the Liberal People's Party. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1998, representing Ă–rebro County, and is the current Chairman of the parliament's Committee on Justice (since 2002).
Johan Röjler Johan Röjler (born November 11, 1981 in Örebro) is a ice speed skater from Sweden, who represented his native country in two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 2002 in Salt Lake City. His main achievements were held as a junior, when he won the Men's Allround Junior World Title in 2000 and took several medals, including 6 golds at Junior Nordic Games.
Johan Remkes Johannes Wijnandus (Johan) Remkes (born in Oosterbroek (Groningen) on 15 June 1951) became a member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch parlement in 1993, for the right-wing liberal party VVD. From 1998 to 2002 he was a State Secretary in the Second cabinet of Wim Kok.
Johan Renck Johan Renck is a Swedish musician (under the stage name Stakka Bo) and music video director. He has directed music videos for a number of artists including Kylie Minogue's "Love at First Sight", Madonna's "Hung Up" and "Nothing Really Matters", Robbie Williams's "Tripping", New Order's "Crystal" and Beyoncé's "Me, Myself and I".
Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science The Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (in Swedish Skytteanska priset) was established in 1995 by the Johan Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University. The foundation itself goes back to the donation in 1622 from Johan Skytte (1577-1645), politician and chancellor of the university, which established the Skyttean professorship of Eloquence and Government.
Johan Theron Johan Theron was a former information officer in South Africa's apartheid government's Special Forces. Theron testified before South Africa's High Court during the trial of Wouter Basson for human rights crimes.
Johan Turi Johan Turi also spelt Johan Tuuri or Johan Thuri (1854–1936) was a Sami author. His first book was called Muitalus sámiid birra and tells about the life of people herding reindeer in the beginning of the 20th century.
Johan van Beethoven Johann van Beethoven (1740-1792) was Ludwig van Beethoven's father. Born 14th November 1740, Johann was a descendant of a Flemish/Dutch family of musicians and instrument makers from former Brabant (presumably the Mechelen-Leuven area), he was the son of Louis van Beethoven (born in Mechelen, 1714, deceased in Bonn, 1773), Kapellmeister at the Electoral court at Bonn, and Maria Josepha Pall (married 1733).
Johan van der Keuken Johan van der Keuken (4 April 1938, Amsterdam - 7 January 2001, Amsterdam) was a Dutch documentary filmmaker, author, and photographer. In a career that spans 42 years, Keuken produced 55 documentary films, six of which bagged eight awards.
Johan van der Velde Johan van der Velde (born December 12, 1956 in Rijsbergen, southern Netherlands) is a Dutch cyclist. In the 1980 Tour de France he won the Maillot blanc, or white jersey, for being the best young rider under 25, also placing 12th overall that year.
Johan van der Walt Johan van der Walt is a forensic auditor for international accounting firm KPMG. He gave one of the most important testimonies in the Schabir Shaik Trial after he was asked by the State to review Schabir Shaik's financial records for any signs of corruption and wrong doing.
Johan Vaaler Johan Vaaler (March 15, 1866–March 14, 1910) was a Norwegian patent clerk and inventor who has often erroneously been identified with the invention of the common paper clip, known to all office employees for more than a hundred years. He was born in Aurskog as the son of a farmer, and died in Kristiania.
Johan Van Hecke Johan Van Hecke (born on 2 December 1954 in Gent) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade.
Johan Volny Johan Volny is the screen name of a Czech pornographic actor (porn star) who after being discovered by Czech director Robert Boggs in 2004 and working exclusively for his AYOR Studios for one year, became an exclusive model for Eurocreme studio in the summer of 2005. Although Eurocreme mostly produces bareback porn out of the Czech Republic, Johan signed at the express condition that he would only do condom scenes.
Johan Walem Johan Walem (born February 1, 1972 in Soignies, Belgium) is a former football midfielder and is now a TV consultant for Belgacom TV. He was one of the best Belgian midfielders of his generation, but he gained surprisingly few caps (36) for the national team, scoring two goals.
Johan Wanloo Johan Wanloo(born july 16, 1972 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a comic book creator known for his many comic strips published in newspapers, tabloids, and magazines including the Swedish version of MAD Magazine. His career started in 1987 when he sold a cartoon to the computer magazine Svenska Hemdatornytt.
Johan Wikmanson Johan Wikmanson (1753 - 10 January 1800) was a Swedish organist and composer. Wikmanson was born in Stockholm and, except for 18 months spent in Copenhagen studying mathematics and instrument making, lived his entire life in the Swedish capital.
Johan Wilhelm Dalman Johan Wilhelm Dalman (November 4, 1787 Hinseberg, Västmanland - July 11, 1828 in Stockholm) was a Swedish physician and a naturalist. He first studied at Christianfeld in Schleswig-Holstein then at the University of Lund and the University of Uppsala.
Johan Ydstrand In 1998, if you had told 14 year old Johan Daniel Ydstrand that one day he would be considered as one of the most promising underground up and coming actors/musicians in Sydney Australia, he would probably have smiled and told you his ambition was far greater than that. Born in 1984 in BorĂĄs Sweden, Johan showed artistic skills early on in his childhood, and at the age of 11 he made his screen debut when he was selected to appear on the famous TV show Jeopardy!
Johanan ben Nappaha Johanan ben Nappaha was a follower of Judah ha-Nasi, and believed it to be his duty to carry on the writing of the Jerusalem Talmud. He started a school in Tiberias, and let anybody in if they wanted to learn, a controversial move at the time.
Johann Adam Reincken Johann Adam Reincken (Jan Adams Reinken) (April 27, 1623 - November 24, 1722) was a distinguished North German organist who was remarkable for his longevity, encompassing style, and his influence on young organists such as Johann Sebastian Bach.
Johann Albrecht Widmannstetter Johann Albrecht Widmannstetter (* 1506 in Nellingen/Blaubeuren near Ulm, †March 28, 1557 in Regensburg), also called Widmestadius or Albert Widmannstadt, was a German humanist, orientalist, philologist, and theologian.
Johann Andreas Herbst Johann Andreas Herbst (baptized June 9, 1588–January 24, 1666) was a German composer and music theorist of the early Baroque era. He was a contemporary of Michael Praetorius and Heinrich Schütz, and like them, assisted in importing the grand Venetian style and the other features of the early Baroque into Protestant Germany.
Johann Baptist Cramer Johann Baptist Cramer (February 24, 1771, Mannheim - April 16, 1858, London), was an English musician of German extraction. He was the son of Wilhelm Cramer (1743-1799), a famous London violinist and musical conductor, one of a numerous family who were identified with the progress of music during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Johann Baptist Gänsbacher Johann Baptist Gänsbacher (1778 - 1844), Austrian musical composer, was born in 1778 at Sterzing in Tirol. His father, a schoolmaster and teacher of music, undertook his son's early education, which the boy continued under various masters until 1802, when he became the pupil of the celebrated Abbé G.
Johann Baptist Georg Neruda Relative to other composers of the Classical music era Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (Czech: ) is little known, and his dates of birth and death (given as c1707 and c1780 by the Grove Dictionary) are only approximations. He was born in Bohemia, now part of Czech Republic, to a well-respected musical family.
Johann Baptist Vanhal Johann Baptist Vanhal (Jan KĹ™titel VaĹhal) also spelled Wanhal or Wanhall (May 12,1739 - August 20, 1813) was a composer. Born in Nechanice, Bohemia to a Czech peasant family, Vanhal received his early training from a local musician.
Johann Bartsch Johann Bartsch was a Dutch physician, born at the commencement of the eighteenth century, much attached to the science of botany, which led him to seek the society of Linnaeus, who was on a visit to Boerhaave at Leiden. By the solicitation of Linnaeus, Bartsch was sent by Boerhaave to Surinam, where, in six months after his arrival, he fell victim to the insalubrity of the climate.
Johann Bernhard von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen Johann Bernhard Graf von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen (1806-1899), Austrian statesman, was the second son of the Bavarian statesman Count Aloys von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen (1766-1849). Johann Bernhard was destined for the Bavarian public service, his elder brother being a hereditary member of the Upper House in the parliament of Württemberg.
Johann Campanus Johann Campanus (Johannes Campanus) was an Belgian Anabaptist religious reformer of the sixteenth century. In his Autobiographical Letter to Johann Campanus (1531), a public Latin epistle, Sebastian Franck exhorted Campanus to maintain freedom of thought in face of the charge of heresy.
Information are taken from Wikipedia, the open encyclopedia, to which contribute many volunteers from around the whole world. Texts are available under the following conditions GNU Free Documentation License.
Encyklopedie (cz) Encyklopédia (sk) Enzyklopädie (de)