Namesakes
Bulgarian Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
(prime minister) John Casimir Ehrnrooth (a.k.a. Johan) 1881 
Danish Prime Ministers:
2 prime ministers
Johan Henrik Deuntzer 1901-1905
Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg (a.k.a. Johan) 1909
Dutch Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke 1849-1853; 1862-1866; 1871-1872
Finnish Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
(prime minister) Jukka Rangell (a.k.a. Johan) 1941-1943
Norwegian Prime Ministers:
2 prime ministers
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel 1924-1926; 1928-1931; 1933-1935
Johan Nygaardsvold 1935-1945
Notable Actors and Actresses:
1 actor
Alexander Skarsgård (a.k.a. Johan) 1976-
Notable Artists:
1 painter
Otto Hesselbom (a.k.a. Johan) 1848-1913
Notable Athletes:
6 soccer, 2 handball
(soccer) Johan Cruijff 1947-
(soccer) Johan Boskamp 1948-
(soccer) Johan Neeskens 1951-
(soccer) Johan de Kock 1964-
(soccer) Johan Djourou 1987-
(handball) Johan Jakobsson 1987-
(handball) Johan Sjöstrand 1987-
(soccer) Leroy Fer (a.k.a. Johan) 1990-
Notable Musicians:
1 composer
Jean Sibelius (a.k.a. Johan) 1865-1957
Olympic Medalists:
4 bronze, 2 bronze/silver, 2 silver, 1 bronze/gold/silver
(bronze) Johan Frithiof Svanberg 1908 5 miles
(bronze/silver) Carl Johan Lind 1920 56 lb weight throw; hammer throw
(bronze) Bengt Lundholm (a.k.a. Johan) 1980 ice hockey
(bronze/silver) Johan Kenkhuis 2000; 2004 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(bronze/gold/silver) Johan Olsson 2006; 2010; 2014 cross-country skiing
(bronze) Johan Eurén 2012 Greco-Roman wrestling
(silver) Johan Jakobsson 2012 handball
(silver) Johan Sjöstrand 2012 handball
(bronze) Danell Leyva (a.k.a. Johan) 2012 artistic gymnastics
Other Royalty:
1 prince
Friso of Orange-Nassau (a.k.a. Johan) 1968-2013 Netherlands
Swedish Kings and Queens:
3 kings
King Johan I 1216-1222
King Johan II 1497-1501
King Johan III 1568-1592
Swedish Prime Ministers:
3 prime ministers
Carl Johan Thyselius 1883-1884
Johan Ramstedt 1905
Carl Swartz (a.k.a. Johan) 1917