# Johann Buddenbrook (the Elder) — Buddenbrooks character guide

> Johann Buddenbrook (the Elder) in Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Johann Buddenbrook, Herr Johann Buddenbrook

**First appearance:** 0001-buddenbrooks

## Who they are

The robust, jovial patriarch who founded the family's fortune, appearing in the early family chronicle.

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