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Austrian composer (1825-1899)

Johann Strauss II

Johann Baptist Strauss II, also known as Johann Strauss Jr., the Younger, the Son, or simply Johann Strauss, was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas, as well as a violinist.

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German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language.

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Icelandic-Danish singer

Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir

Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, known outside Iceland as Yohanna, is an Icelandic singer.

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German composer (1833–1897)

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period.

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Dutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011)

Johannes Heesters

Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters, known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch-German actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the concert stage with a career dating back to the 1920s.

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German politician, novelist and poet (1891–1958)

Johannes R. Becher

Johannes Robert Becher was a German politician, novelist, and poet.

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British composer and conductor (1933–2011)

John Barry

John Barry Prendergast OBE was an English composer and conductor of film music.

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British musician, bassist and songwriter (born 1951)

John Deacon

John Richard Deacon is an English retired musician who was the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen.

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English poet and cleric (1572–1631)

John Donne

John Donne was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England.

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