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Johann Carl Gottfried Löwe Johann Carl Gottfried Löwe (November 30, 1796 - April 20, 1869), usually written Loewe in English, was a German composer, baritone singer and conductor. In his lifetime, his songs were well enough known for some to call him the "Schubert of North Germany", and Hugo Wolf came to admire his work.
Johann Carolus Johann Carolus was the publisher of the first printed weekly news-periodical, called "Relation aller FĂĽrnemmen und gedenckwĂĽrdigen Historien" (Collection of all distiguished and commemorateable news).
Johann Casimir of Simmern Johann Casimir, (March 7, 1543 – January 16, 1592), born in Simmern, currently in Rhineland-Palatinate, was the third son of Frederic III (Friedrich), Count Palatine of the Rhine, and was a member of the Simmern middle electoral line of The House of Wittelsbach.
Johann Caspar Aiblinger Johann Caspar Aiblinger was a composer, born 23 February, 1779, at Wasserburg, Bavaria; died at Munich, 6 May 1867. In his eleventh year he commenced his studies at Tegernsee Abbey, where he was instructed in piano and organ-playing.
Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (some authorities use the spelling Johann Kasper Ferdinand Fischer) (died 1746) was a German Baroque composer. Johann Nikolaus Forkel ranked Fischer as one of the best composers for keyboard of his day, however, partly due to the rarity of surviving copies of his music, he has been practically forgotten today.
Johann Cornies Johann(es) Cornies (June 20, 1789, Baerwalde/Bärwalde near Danzig (now Niedźwiedzica (pl]), near [[Stegna village, Powiat Nowodworski (Tiegenhof), Pomorze Voivodship) – March 13, 1848, Ohrloff/Orloff, Molotschna Gebiet) was a Prussia-born Mennonite German settler to Russia.
Johann Crotus Johann Crotus, or in his native German Johannes Jäger, hence often called VENATOR, "hunter", but more commonly, in grecized form, crotus, "archer', was a German Humanist. From the name of his birthplace he also received the latinized appellation Rubianus and is generally known as Crotus Rubianus.
Johann de Kalb Johann Henry Jules Alexandre von Robaii, Baron de Kalb (born Johann Kalb) (June 19, 1721 – October 19, 1780) was a German soldier and volunteer who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Johann David Heinichen Johann David Heinichen (April 17, 1683 - July 16, 1729) was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus the Strong in Dresden. Although Heinichen's music is original, rhythmically exuberant and imaginative, it was inexplicably little known for a long time.
Johann David Köhler Johann David Köhler (1684–1755) might be considered a great grandfather of information science and a grandfather of library science. Köhler was born in Colditz in 1684 and died in Göttingen, Germany in 1755.
Johann David Michaelis Johann David Michaelis (1717-1791), a famous and eloquent German biblical scholar and teacher, was a member of a family which had the chief part in maintaining that solid discipline in Hebrew and the cognate languages which distinguished the University of Halle in the period of Pietism.
Johann David Wyss Johann David Wyss (Bern, March 4, 1743 - January 11, 1818) was a Swiss author, best remembered for his book The Swiss Family Robinson (1812), based on the Robinson Crusoe adventure by Daniel Defoe. The book was edited by his son, Johann Rudolf Wyss, a scholar who wrote the Swiss national anthem.
Johann Deisenhofer Johann Deisenhofer (born September 30, 1943) is a German biochemist who, along with Hartmut Michel and Robert Huber, received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1988 for their determination of the structure of a membrane-bound complex of proteins and co-factors that is essential to photosynthesis.
Johann Eck Johann Eck (November 13, 1486 – February 13, 1543) was a 16th century theologian and defender of Catholicism during the Protestant Reformation. It was Eck who argued that the beliefs of Martin Luther and John Huss were similar.
Johann Ernst von Thun Johann Ernst von Thun was prince archbishop of Salzburg, Austria, from 1687 to 1709. He was originally from the south Tyrol and he displayed a marked antipathy to the Italian designers and tastemakers that were emulated by many Austrians at the time.
Johann Friedrich Johann Friedrich (May 5, 1836–1917), German theologian, was born at Poxdorf in Upper Franconia, and was educated at Bamberg and at the University of Munich, where in 1865 be was appointed professor extraordinary of theology.
Johann Friedrich Cotta Johann Friedrich Freiherr von Cotta (* April 27, 1764 in Stuttgart - † December 29, 1832 in Stuttgart) was a German publisher, industrial pioneer and politician. In 1798 he founded the Allgemeine Zeitung, a popular daily political journal in the first part of the 19th century.
Johann Friedrich Krummnow Johann Friedrich Krummnow (or Krumnow) arrived in Port Adelaide, Australia on January 22, 1839 from Hamburg, Germany on the ship Catharina, having departed from Europe with a group of Lutheran dissidents known as 'Kavel's People.' Krummnow was to establish Australia's first intentional community based on the principles of shared property and fervent prayer.
Johann Friedrich Pfaff Johann Friedrich Pfaff (sometimes spelled Friederich) was born in Stuttgart on December 22, 1765, and died in Halle on April 21, 1825. Pfaff was described as one of Germany's most eminent mathematicians during the 19th century.
Johann Friedrich Struensee Count Johann Friedrich von Struensee, (August 5, 1737-April 28, 1772) was a German doctor, born in Halle. He became royal physician to the schizophrenic King Christian VII of Denmark and a minister in the Danish government.
Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (October 18, 1654 - March 22, 1686), succeeded his father Albrecht V as margrave in 1667. He married his second wife Eleanor Erdmuthe Louise of Saxe-Eisenach on November 4, 1681.
Johann Fux Johann Joseph Fux (German fyːks) (1660 – February 13, 1741) was an Austrian composer, music theorist and pedagogue of the late Baroque era. He is most famous as the author of Gradus ad Parnassum, a treatise on counterpoint, which has become the single most influential book on the Palestrina style of Renaissance polyphony.
Johann Gambolputty Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitt-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himble-eisenbahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-einen-nürnburger-bratwürstel-gespurten-mit-zweimache-luber-hundsfut-gumeraber-schönendanker-kalbsfleisch-mittleraucher von Hautkopft of Ulm is the main character, discussed in a recurring Monty Python's Flying Circus sketch entitled "It's the Arts", by host Arthur Figgis (Graham Chapman), said to be the greatest name in German Baroque music. And it is, literally.
Johann Georg August Galletti Johann Georg August Galletti (* August 19 1750 in Altenburg; † March 16 1828 in Gotha) was an German historian and geographer. Galletti's fame is not based on his merits as an academic, but on his reputation as the creator of a few hundreds of stylistic howlers, becoming a legend as Kathederblüten (teacher's howlers) originated during his time as a grammar school professor in Gotha.
Johann Georg Grasel Johann Georg Grasel (April 4 1790 in Nové Sýrovice near Moravské Budějovice - January 31, 1818, hanged in Vienna) was a leader of robber's gang. His name is used in Czech language as common term for rascal or villain (grázl) until now.
Johann Georg Hamann Johann Georg Hamann (August 27, 1730 - June 21, 1788) was an important philosopher of the German (Counter-)Enlightenment and "Sturm und Drang" movement. He was Pietist Protestant, and a friend (while being an intellectual enemy) of the philosopher Immanuel Kant.
Johann Georg Hiedler In German history, Johann Georg Hiedler (28 September, 1792, – 1857) was born to Martin Hiedler (17 November, 1762 - 10 January, 1829) and Anna Maria Goschl (August 23, 1760 - 7 December, 1854). He was considered the officially accepted grandfather of Adolf Hitler by the Third Reich.
Johann Georg Jacobi Johann Georg Jacobi (September 2, 1740 - 1814), German poet, elder brother of the philosopher, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, was born at Düsseldorf. He studied theology at Göttingen and jurisprudence at Helmstedt, and was appointed, in 1766, professor of philosophy in Halle.
Johann Georg Pisendel Johann Georg Pisendel (December 26, 1687 - November 25, 1755) was a German Baroque musician, violinist and composer who for many years led the Court Orchestra in Dresden, then the finest instrumental ensemble in Europe.
Johann Georg Sulzer Johann Georg Sulzer (1720 - 1779) was a German professor of Mathematics, later on moved on to the field of electricity. He was a Wolffian philosopher and director of the philosophical section of the Berlin Academy of Sciences.
Johann Goldammer Johann Goldammer is senior scientist at the Max Planck Society for Chemistry, Biogeochemistry Department, specializing in forest research, director of the Global Fire Monitoring Center, and the leader of the UN-FAO/ECE/ILO Team of Specialists on Forest Fire.
Johann Gottfried Galle Johann Gottfried Galle (June 9, 1812 in Radis, Saxony-Anhalt – July 10, 1910 in Potsdam, Brandenburg) was a German astronomer at the Berlin Observatory who, with the assistance of student Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, was the first person to view the planet Neptune, and know what he was looking at (September 23, 1846). He used the calculations of Urbain Le Verrier to know where to look.
Johann Gottfried Herder Johann Gottfried von Herder (August 25, 1744 – December 18, 1803), German poet, critic, theologian, and philosopher, is best known for his influence on authors such as Goethe and the role he played in the development of the larger cultural movement known as romanticism.
Johann Gottfried Piefke Johann Gottfried Piefke (pronounced "peefke") (* September 9, 1817 in Schwerin an der Warthe; † January 25, 1884 in Frankfurt (Oder)) was a German conductor, Kapellmeister and composer of military music. His famous marches include "Preußens Gloria" ("Prussia's Glory") and the "Königgrätzer Marsch" (composed after the Battle of Königgratz, 1866, the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War).
Johann Gottfried Walther Johann Gottfried Walther (September 18, 1684 – March 23, 1748) was a German music theorist, organist, composer, and lexicographer of the Baroque era. Not only was his life almost exactly contemporaneous to that of Johann Sebastian Bach, he was the famous composer's cousin.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte Johann Gottlieb Fichte (May 19, 1762 – January 27, 1814) was a German philosopher. His significance in the history of Western philosophy has been much overlooked, yet he was one of the founding figures of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, a movement that developed from the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant.
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (baptised 14 March 1727 – 13 April 1756) was a German virtuoso harpsichordist, organist, and composer of the late Baroque and early Classical period. He is most famous for lending his name, as the probable original performer, to the renowned Goldberg Variations of J.
Johann Graf von Aldringen Johann Reichsgraf von Aldringen (sometimes spelled von Altringer), (1588 – June 22, 1634), Austrian soldier, was born at Diedenhofen (Thionville) in Lorraine. After travelling as page to a nobleman in France, Italy and the Netherlands, he went to the University of Paris.
Johann Grasshoff Johann Grasshoff (or Grasshof, Grasse)Known also as Johannes Grassaeus or Crassaeus, Chortolassaeus, Crotolassaeus, and other forms.It is sometimes said that he wrote also as Johannes Walch (see note on Der kleine Bauer).
Johann Heinrich Buttstett Johann Heinrich Buttstett (Buttstedt, Buttstädt) (April 25, 1666 – December 1, 1727) was a German Baroque organist and composer. Although he was Johann Pachelbel's most important pupil and one of the last major exponents of the south German organ tradition, Buttstett is best remembered for a dispute with Johann Mattheson.
Johann Heinrich Kurtz Johann Heinrich Kurtz (December 13 1809, Montjoie near Aix la Chapelle - April 26 1890, Marburg) was a German Lutheran theologian, educated at Halle and Bonn. Abandoning the idea of a commercial career, he gave himself to the study of theology and became religious instructor at the gymnasium of Mitau in 1835, and ordinary professor of theology (church history, 1850; exegesis, 1859) at Dorpat.
Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey Johann Heinrich Samuel Formey (1711-1797), Franco-German author, was born of French parentage at Berlin on the 31st of May 1711. He was educated for the ministry, and at the age of twenty became pastor of the French church at Brandenburg.
Johann Heinrich Schultz Johann Heinrich Schultz is credited with the discovery that certain silver salts, most notably silver chloride and silver nitrate, darken in the presence of light. In an experiment conducted in 1724 he determined that a mixture of silver and chalk reflects less light than untarnished silver.
Johann Heinrich Tischbein Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder, called the Kasseler, (October 3, 1722 in Haina – August 22 1789 in Kassel), was one of the most respected European painters in the 18th century and the important member of the Tischbein dynasty of German painters that covered four generations.
Johann Heinrich van Ess Johann Heinrich van Ess (1772-1847), German Catholic theologian, was born at Warburg, Westphalia, on February 15, 1772. He was educated at the Dominican order gymnasium of his native town, and in 1790 entered, as a novice, the Benedictine abbey of Marienmunster, in the Bishopric of Paderborn.
Johann Heinrich von ThĂĽnen Johann Heinrich von ThĂĽnen (24 June 1783 - 22 September 1850) "ranks alongside Marx as the greatest economist of the nineteeth century" (Fernand Braudel). Von ThĂĽnen was a Mecklenburg (north German) landowner, who in the first volume of his treatise, The Isolated State (1826), developed the first serious treatment of spatial economics, connecting it with the theory of rent.
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, also known as Goethe-Tischbein (born 15 February 1751 in Haina; died 26 February 1829 in Eutin) was a German painter. He was a descendant of the Tischbein family of painters, and a pupil of his uncle Johann Jacob Tischbein.
Johann Heynlin Johann Heynlin (variously spelled Heynlein, Henelyn, Henlin, HĂ©lin, Hemlin, Hegelin, Steinlin; and translated as Jean Ă  Lapide, Jean La Pierre (Lapierre, De la Pierre), Johannes Lapideus, Johannes de Lapide) (ca. 1425-March 12, 1496) was a German-born scholar, humanist, and theologian who introduced the first printing press to Paris (and France in general) in the late fifteenth century.
Johann Hiller Johann Adam Hiller (December 25, 1728, Wendisch-Ossig near Görlitz – June 16, 1804, Leipzig) was a German composer regarded as the creator of the Singspiel comic opera form. He collaborated with German poet Christian Felix Weisse on many of his operas.
Johann Homann Johann Baptist Homann (1664 – 1724) of Nuremberg, Germany was a geographer and cartographer, who was instrumental in making maps of the Americas to show to Europeans, and in turn bringing Europeans to see America.
Johann Christian Bach Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782) was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is sometimes referred to 'the London Bach' or 'the English Bach', due to his time spent living there.
Johann Christian Felix Baehr Johann Christian Felix Baehr (1798-1872), German philologist, was born at Darmstadt on the 13th of June 1798. He studied at the university of Heidelberg where he was appointed professor of classical philology in 1823, chief librarian in 1832, and on the retirement of G.
Johann Christian GĂĽnther Johann Christian GĂĽnther (April 8, 1695 - March 15, 1723), German poet, was born at Striegau in Lower Silesia in 1695. After attending the gymnasium at Schweidnitz, he was sent in 1715 by his father, a country doctor, to study medicine at Wittenberg; but he was idle and dissipated, had no taste for the profession chosen for him, and came to a complete rupture with his family.
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (June 21, 1732 – January 26, 1795), the ninth son of Johann Sebastian Bach, sometimes referred to as the "Bückeburg Bach". He is not to be confused with Bach's first cousin once removed, Johann Christoph Bach.
Johann I Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein Johann I Josef, Prince of Liechtenstein (June 26, 1760 - April 20, 1836) was the tenth prince of Liechtenstein between 1805 and 1806 and again from 1814 until 1836. He was the last Liechtenstein prince to rule under the Holy Roman Empire between 1805 and 1806 and as regent of Liechtenstein from 1806 until 1814.
Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot was a Baltic German naturalist and traveller. He studied medicine and natural science at the University of Dorpat and, in 1811, undertook an expedition to the Crimea and the Caucasus with Maurice Engelhardt.
Johann Jahn Johann Jahn, (June 18 1750, Tasswitz, Moravia - August 16 1816) was a German Orientalist. He studied philosophy at Olmutz, and in 1772 began his theological studies at the Premonstratensian convent of Bruck, near Znaim.
Johann Jakob Baegert Johann Jakob Baegert (Jacob Baegert, Jacobo Baegert) (1717-1772) was a Jesuit missionary at San Luis Gonzaga in Baja California Sur, Mexico. He is noted for his detailed and acerbic account of the peninsula, the culture of its native inhabitants, and the history of its Spanish exploration and missionization.
Johann Jakob Bachofen The Swiss anthropologist and sociologist Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815 – 1887), is most often connected with his theory of matriarchy, or Mutterrecht, the title of his seminal 1861 book Mother Right: An Investigation of the Religious and Juridical Character of Matriarchy in the Ancient World. This presented a radically new view of the role of women in a broad range of ancient societies.
Johann Jakob Froberger Johann Jakob Froberger (May 18, 1616 – May 7, 1667) was a German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso, and organist. He was very well known during his lifetime and modern scholars consider him to be one of the most important keyboard composers before Johann Sebastian Bach.
Johann Jakob Griesbach Johann Jakob Griesbach (January 4, 1745 - March 24, 1812), German biblical critic, was born at Butzbach, a small town in the state of Hesse, where his father, Konrad Kaspar (1705-1777), was pastor. Griesbach's fame rests upon his work in New Testament criticism, in which he inaugurated a new epoch.
Johann Jakob Nöggerath Johann Jacob Noeggerath (October 10, 1788 – September 13, 1877), German mineralogist and geologist, was born at Bonn. In 1814-1815 he became commissioner of mines for some of the Rhine Provinces, and in 1818 professor of mineralogy and afterwards professor of geology, director of the Museum of Natural History and chief of the mining department in the university at Bonn.
Johann Jakob Pistor Johann Jakob Pistor was an 18th century German general who served in the Imperial Russian army. One of the most notable commanders of Russian forces in the Warsaw Uprising (1794), he authored a memoir on both the fights in Warsaw and the entire Kościuszko's Uprising.
Johann Joachim Winckelmann Johann Joachim Winckelmann (December 9, 1717 - June 8, 1768) was German art historian and archaeologist. He was a pioneering Hellenist who first articulated the difference between Greek, Greco-Roman and Roman art, which would be a decisive influence on the rise of the neoclassical movement during the late 18th century.
Johann Josef Loschmidt Jan or Johann Josef Loschmidt (March 15 1821 - July 8 1895) who referred to himself mostly as 'Josef' (omitting his first name), was a notable Austrian scientist who performed groundbreaking work in chemistry, physics (thermodynamics, optics, electrodynamics) and crystal forms.
Johann Joseph Gassner Johann Joseph Gassner (1727-1779) was a noted "exorcist," born at Bludenz, in Vorarlberg. While a Catholic priest at Klösterle he gained a wide celebrity by professing to "cast out devils" and to work cures on the sick by means simply of prayer; he was deposed as an impostor, but the bishop of Ratisbon, who believed in his honesty, bestowed upon him the cure of Bendorf.
Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger (February 28, 1799 - January 14, 1890) was a German theologian, Catholic priest and church historian who rejected the dogma of papal infallibility. He is considered an important contributor to the doctrine, growth and development of the Old Catholic Church.
Johann Julius Walbaum Johann Julius Walbaum (1724 – 1799), a native of Lübeck, Germany was a physician, naturalist and taxonomist. He was the first to describe many previously unknown species from remote parts of the globe, such as the Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda), the Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) from the Kamchatka River in Siberia, and the curimatá-pacú (Prochilodus marggravii) from the São Francisco River in Brazil.
Johann K. Petursson Johann K. Petursson, was born in Dalvík, Iceland in 1913 and was known as "The Viking Giant", and as "Jóhann Risi" (Johann the Giant) and "Jóhann Svarfdælingur" (Johann from Svarfaðardalur) in his native country of Iceland.
Johann Karl August Musaus Johann Karl August Musäus (1735-1787), German author, was born on the 29th of March 1735 at Jena, studied theology at the university, and would have become the pastor of a parish but for the resistance of some peasants, who objected that he had been known to dance.
Johann Karl Rodbertus Johann Karl Rodbertus (1805-1875), also known as Karl Rodbertus-Jagetzow, was a German economist and socialist. He defended the labor theory of value (LTV) as well as the view, as an inference from that, that interest or profit is theft.
Johann Karl Wilhelm Vatke Johann Karl Wilhelm Vatke (March 14, 1806 - April 18, 1882), German Protestant theologian, was born at Behndorf, near Magdeburg. After acting as Privatdozent in Berlin, he was appointed in 1837 professor extraordinarius.
Johann Kaspar Bluntschli Johann Kaspar Bluntschli (Zurich, March 7, 1808 – October 21, 1881 in Karlsruhe) was a Swiss jurist and politician, the son of a soap and candle manufacturer. From school he passed into the Politische Institut (a seminary of law and political science) in his native town, and proceeding thence to the universities of Berlin and Bonn, took the degree of doctor juris in the latter in 1829.
Johann Kaspar Kerll Johann Kaspar Kerll (April 9, 1627 – February 13, 1693) was a German baroque composer and organist. Although he was one of the most acclaimed composers of his time, known both as a gifted composer and an outstanding teacher, Kerll is virtually forgotten today and his music is rarely played or recorded.
Johann Kies Johann Kies (September 14, 1713—July 29, 1781) was a German astronomer and mathematician. Born in Tübingen, Kies worked in Berlin in 1751 alongside Jérôme Lalande in order to make observations on the lunar parallax in concert with those of Nicolas Louis de Lacaille at the Cape of Good Hope.
Johann Kirnberger Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721– July 27 1783) was a musician, composer (primarily of fugues), and music theorist. A pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach, he became a violinist at the court of Frederick II of Prussia in 1751.
Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe (often rendered 'Loehe') was a pastor of the Lutheran Church and is often regarded as being a founder of the deaconess movement in Lutheransim and a founding sponsor of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. He is commemorated by the ELCA and the LCMS on January 2.
Johann Krieger Johann Philipp Krieger (1649 – 1725). German Baroque composer, who although not prominent, contributed quality music (such as keyboard music, trio sonatas, and operas) to the 17th and 18th century musical world.
Johann Langquist Johann Langquist (born in Sweden) was the session vocalist for Swedish doom metal band Candlemass during their first studio recording. He recorded their first album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus and departed soon after, (despite Candlemass' countless efforts to make him stay) reputably to work on a pop project he had started earlier.
Johann Leusden Johann Leusden (sometimes also called Jan, John, or Johannes Leusden) (April 26, 1624 - September 30, 1699) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian and orientalist. He studied in Utrecht and Amsterdam and was a Professor of Hebrew in Utrecht.
Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst, sometimes Jean Louis Charles (or Carl) (1777-1857) was a German zoologist and entomologist, born on November 14, 1777 in Brunswick. He died on January 14, 1857 in Breslau (today Wroclaw in Poland).
Johann Maria Philipp Frimont Johann Maria Philipp Frimont, Count of Palota, Prince of Antrodocco (1759-1831), Austrian general, entered the Austrian cavalry as a trooper in 1776, won his commission in the War of the Bavarian Succession, and took part in the Turkish wars and in the early campaigns against the French Revolutionary armies, in which he frequently earned distinction.
Johann Martin Schleyer Johann Martin Schleyer (July 18, 1831 - August 16, 1912), German Catholic priest who invented the constructed language VolapĂĽk. His official name was "Martin Schleyer"; he added the name "Johann" (in honor of his godfather) unofficially.
Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg Reichsgraf Marshal Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg (born 8 August 1661 in Emden close to Magdeburg, Germany; died 14 March 1747 in Verona, Italy) was a distinguished aristocrat (imperial count) and general of Austrian descent who served in the Saxon and Venetian armies in the early 1700's.
Johann MĂĽhlegg Johann MĂĽhlegg (born August 8, 1970) is a German-born top level cross-country skier who has competed in international competitions first representing Germany and then Spain, after becoming a Spanish citizen in 1999. He was excluded and disqualified from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City due to doping.
Johann Melchior Dinglinger Johann Melchior Dinglinger (26 December 1664, Biberach an der Riß–6 March 1731, Dresden) was one of Europe's greatest goldsmiths, whose major works for the elector of Saxony, Augustus the Strong, survived in the Grünes Gewölbe (the "Green Vaults"), DresdenReopened in September 2004 in the Dresden Residenz, as the Neues Grünes Gewölbe.. Dinglinger was the last goldsmith to work on the grand scale of Benvenuto Cellini and Wenzel Jamnitzer, fewer of whose large-scale works in precious materials have survived, however.
Johann Melchior Kambly Johann Melchior Kambly (born 1718 in ZĂĽrich, died 1783 in Potsdam) was a Swiss sculptor who took part in the development of the architectural style of Frederician Rococo.He worked predominantly as a royal architect in Potsdam and contributed to, among others, Sanssouci Palace, the New Palace, the Chinese House and the New Chambers.
Johann Menge Johannes Menge (4 January 1788 – 1852), was South Australia’s first geologist, an early explorer of the new colony, and influential in the settlement of the Barossa Valley. He has sometimes been given the title, father of South Australian mineralogy.
Johann Michael Bach Johann Michael Bach (August 9, 1648 - May, 1694) was a German composer of the Baroque period. He was the brother of Johann Christoph Bach, as well as uncle and father in law of Johann Sebastian Bach (he was the father of J.
Johann Michael Moscherosch Johann Michael Moscherosch (1601-1669), German satirist and moralist, was born at Willstädt, on the Upper Rhine near Strasbourg, on the 5th of March 1601. His bitterly brilliant but partisan writings graphically describe life in a Germany ravaged by the Thirty Years' War (1618–48).
Johann Michael Vogl Johann Michael Vogl (August 10, 1768–November 19, 1840) was an Austrian baritone singer and composer. Though famous in his day, he is remembered mainly for his close professional relationship and friendship with Franz Schubert.
Johann Mouse Johann Mouse is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Tom and Jerry series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on March 21 1953 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley and narration by Hans Conried.
Johann Nepomuk David Johann Nepomuk David (November 30 1895 – December 22 1977) was an Austrian symphonist who wrote a number of orchestral works including eight symphonies (of which the fifth has been recorded, as have some other works including a disc of organ music,) several concerti including an organ concerto and two violin concertos, instrumental works including many for or with organ, and many choral works. His general style changed from the modal tendencies seen in his first two symphonies to the more acerbic though still tonal sound of the later ones.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel Johann Nepomuk Hummel or Jan Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 1778 – 17 October 1837) was a composer and virtuoso pianist of Austrian origin who was born in Pressburg (present-day Bratislava, Slovakia). His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.
Johann Nepomuk Mälzel Johann Nepomuk Mälzel (August 15, 1772 - July 21, 1838) was an inventor, engineer, and showman, best known for manufacturing a metronome and several music automatons, and displaying a fraudulent chess machine.
Johann Nikolaus Hanff Johann Nikolaus Hanff (September 25, 1663, Thuringia—December 25, 1711, Schleswig) was a North German organist and composer . Hanff was born in Wechmar in Thuringia and worked in Eutin, Hamburg and Schleswig.
Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse (November 20, 1787 - December 9, 1867), was a German firearms inventor and manufacturer born in Sömmerda, Germany, the son of a locksmith. He is most famous for producing the "Needle gun" in 1836, which was eventually adopted by the Prussian army for service in 1841 as the Dreyse Zundnadelgewehr, or Prussian Model 1849.
Johann Pachelbel Johann Pachelbel (IPA: []) (baptized September 1, 1653 – March 3, 1706) was an acclaimed German Baroque composer, organist and teacher who brought the south German organ tradition to its peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his contributions to the development of the chorale prelude and fugue have earned him a place among the most important composers of the middle Baroque.
Johann Paul Schor The Austrian Johann Paul Schor (Innsbruck 1615–Rome 1674), known in Rome as "Giovanni Paolo Tedesco," was the preeminent designer of decorative arts in Baroque Rome, providing drawings for state beds, fireworks, coaches, silver, textiles and even banquet setpieces executed in sugar.
Johann Peter Alexander Wagner Johann Peter Alexander Wagner (26 February 17301–7 January 1809) was a German rococo sculptor. He was born in Obertheres, Unterfranken, Bavaria, Germany and was initially trained by his father, Johann Thomas Wagner.

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