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Ioan

Ioan is a variation on the name John found in Aromanian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Russian, Welsh (), and Sardinian. It is usually masculine. The female equivalent in Romanian and Bulgarian is Ioana. In Russia, the name Ioann is usually reserved for the clergy (when a person called Ivan becomes a priest or a monk, he becomes known as Ioann). In all Bulgarian and Welsh versions of the Bible, Ioan is the name used for individuals known as John in English translations, such as John the Evangelist and John the Baptist.

People with the name include:

Rulers

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G

H

  • Ioan Halmoș (1901–?), Romanian footballer
  • Ioan Holender (born 1935), Romanian-born Austrian operatic baritone and administrator
  • Ioan Hora (born 1988), Romanian footballer
  • Ioan Horga, Romanian professor of international relations and European studies and dean
  • Ioan Hristea, Romanian World War II officer

I

  • Ioan Igna (born 1940), Romanian football referee and former player

J

  • Ioan James (1928–2025), British mathematician
  • Ioan Jones (born 2004), English rugby union player

K

  • Ioan Kiss (1901–2006), Romanian football goalkeeper
  • Ioan Kramer (born 1962), Romanian former footballer

L

  • Ioan Lahovary (1844–1915), Romanian a politician, diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Ioan Lemeni (1780–1861), Hungarian ethnic Romanian prelate, bishop of Făgăraş and primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church
  • Ioan Lewis (1930–2014), Scottish professor of anthropology
  • Ioan Lloyd (born 2001), Welsh rugby union player
  • Ioan Lupaș (1880–1967), Romanian historian, academic, politician, Orthodox theologian and priest
  • Ioan Lupescu (born 1968), Romanian former footballer

M

  • Ioan Manu (1803–1874), Romanian politician
  • Ioan Mărginean (born 1960), Romanian former footballer
  • I. C. Massim (1825–1877), Romanian linguist and a founding member of the Romanian Academy
  • Ioan Inocențiu Micu-Klein (1692–1768), Romanian Greek Catholic Church bishop and primate
  • Ioan Mirea (1912–1987), Romanian artist and member of the fascist Iron Guard
  • Ioan Miszti (born 1969), Romanian footballer
  • Ioan T. Morar (born 1956), Romanian journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist and literary and art critic
  • Ioan Moța (1868–1940), Romanian Orthodox priest, politician and journalist

N

O

  • Ioan Oteteleșanu (1795–1876), Wallachian, later Romanian businessman and politician, Audit Minister and briefly Finance Minister

P

R

  • Ioan Mihail Racoviță (1889–1954), Romanian World War II general and Minister of Defense
  • Ioan Rășcanu (1878–1952), Romanian World War I general, politician and Minister of War
  • Ioan Bowen Rees (1929–1999), Welsh poet, mountaineer and civil servant
  • Ioan Robu (born 1944), Romanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and former Archbishop of Bucharest
  • Ioan Rus (born 1955), Romanian politician, twice Interior Minister and once Transport Minister

S

T

  • Ioan Talpeș (born 1944), Romanian army general, military historian and politician
  • Ioan Tegid, bardic name of Welsh clergyman and writer John Jones (1792–1852)
  • Ioan Țepelea (1949–2012), Romanian writer
  • Ioan Tesler (1903–1942), Romanian footballer

V

  • Ioan Vancea (1820—1892), Austro-Hungarian ethnic Romanian bishop of the Greek Catholic Church
  • Ioan Varga (born 1959), Romanian former footballer
  • Ioan Vințe or Ion Vincze (1910–1996), Romanian communist politician and diplomat

Y

Z

  • Ioan Zalomit (1823–1885), Romanian philosopher, professor and rector of the University of Bucharest

See also

Other Welsh variations:

References