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Yohannan (Classical Syriac: ܝܘܚܢܢ) is a Syriac name, from the Hebrew name Yohanan, equivalent to English John.

It may refer to:

• Yohannan the Leper, a.k.a. Yohannan Garba ("the Leper"), originally metropolitan of Nisibis, was anti-patriarch of the Church of the East between 691 and 693
• Yohannan I, a.k.a. Yohannan I bar Marta, patriarch of the Church of the East between 680 and 683
• Yohannan II, a.k.a. Yohannan II bar Narsai, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 884 to 891
• Yohannan III, the nephew of the patriarch Theodosius (853–858), was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 893 to 899
• Yohannan IV, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 900 to 905
• Yohannan V, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1000 to 1011
• Yohannan VI, a.k.a. Yohannan VI bar Nazuk, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1012 to 1016
• Yohannan VII, a.k.a. Yohannan VII bar Targhal, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1049 to 1057
• Yohannan VIII Hormizd, a.k.a. John Hormez or Hanna Hormizd, Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (d. 1830)
• Yohannan, Metropolitan of India (c. 1490–1504)
• K. P. Yohannan (born 1950), founder and president of Gospel for Asia; the Metropolitan of Believers Church
• T. C. Yohannan (born 1947), Indian long jumper
• Tim Yohannan (1945–1998), founder of Maximum Rocknroll, a radio show and fanzine documenting punk subculture

See also

• John (given name)
• Yohanna (name)
• Yohanan (name)

• Given names