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Amann
Amann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Anton Amann (1956–2015), Austrian chemist *Betty Amann (1905–1990), German-American actress *Chris Amann, a doctor for the WWE *Diane Marie Amann, American legal scholar *Gregor Amann (born 1962), German politician (SPD) *Herbert Amann (1919–1944), German Wehrmacht officer and Iron Cross recipient *James Amann (born 1956), American politician *Jules Amann (1859-1939), Swiss botanist and pharmacist *Jürg Amann (1947–2013), Swiss writer and dramatist * Max Amann (1891–1957), German Nazi politician, journalist and SS general *Max Amann (water polo) (1905–1945), German water polo player *Melanie Amann (born 1978), German journalist *Urs Amann, Swiss painter (1951–2019), Swiss painter See also *Aman (other) Aman may refer to:Poli People First names * Aman Hambleton (born 1992), Canadian chess grandmaster * Aman Hayer (born 1979), Bhangra musician * Aman Verma (actor) (born 1971), Indian act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Amann
Max Amann (24 November 1891 – 30 March 1957) was a high-ranking member of the Nazi Party, a German politician, businessman and art collector, including of looted art. He was the first business manager of the Nazi Party and later became the head of (Eher Publishing), the official Nazi Party publishing house. He was also the ''Reichsleiter'' for the press. After the war ended, Amann was arrested by Allied troops. Amann was deemed a (Prominent Guilty Party) and sentenced to ten years in a labour camp. He was released in 1953. Amann died in poverty in Munich. Early life Amann was born in Munich on 24 November 1891. After attending volksschule and a business school, he worked for a few years as a commercial office apprentice and a salesman. He then enlisted in the 1st Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment in October 1912. When the First World War broke out he was transferred to the 16th Royal Bavarian Infantry Regiment and obtained the rank of ''Feldwebel'' (equivalent to the US Army s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Amann
James A. Amann (born 1956 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is a former Connecticut State Representative. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives and represented the 118th Assembly District, which includes part of Milford, Connecticut. Career Amann was first elected to office in 1990 and has served as the Speaker of the House since being elected to that position prior to the 2005 Legislative Session. Previously Amann had served as the House Majority Leader during the 2003-04 Legislative Sessions and the House Chair of the Insurance and Real Estate Committee from 1993-2000. Speaker Amann authored Connecticut's "Megan's Law," passed in 1995. The legislation - which informs parents and children about convicted sex offenders living in their neighborhoods - has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2005, his first year leading the House of Representatives as Speaker, Amann was instrumental in the passage of landmark transportation, campaign finance reform, organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty Amann
Philippine Amann (10 March 1905 – 2 or 3 August 1990), known professionally as Betty Amann, was a German-American film actress. Born to American parents in Germany, she began her acting career in the United States with the film ''The Kick-Off'' (1926). She is perhaps best known for her role in ''Asphalt'' (1929). Early years Philippine Amann was born in 1905 (some sources say 1906 or 1907) in Pirmasens to a Swiss-German Lutheran family. She has also been referred to as Jewish. Raised in America, Amann studied painting at the National Academy School of Fine Arts in New York; she had been an intent lover of art and painting since childhood. Career Amann acted in small parts at the May Palace Theater before making her screen debut in ''The Kick-Off'' (1926), credited as Bee Amann. She next appeared in seven Mack Sennett short comedies, including ''The Campus Vamp'' (1928), which also featured a pre-Hollywood fame Carole Lombard. Her first major film role was in the western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Marie Amann
Diane Marie Amann is Regents' Professor of International Law and holds the Emily & Ernest Woodruff Chair in International Law at the University of Georgia School of Law. She has served since mid-2017 as a faculty co-director of the law school's Dean Rusk International Law Center, a position she took up after completing a two-and-a-half-year term as Associate Dean for International Programs & Strategic Initiatives. Additionally, she serves as Professor (by courtesy) of International Affairs at the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs and as an Affiliated Faculty Member at the University of Georgia African Studies Institute. Amann is a noted expert in constitutional law, international law, human rights, children's rights, national security, laws of war, comparative law, and criminal law. Her scholarship includes analyses of the interaction of national, regional, and international legal regimes in efforts to combat atrocity and cross-border crime, in ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Amann
Melanie Amann (born 1978) is a journalist and lawyer. She is co-editor-in-chief of leading Germany weekly ''Der Spiegel'' and heads the publication's Berlin office. Melanie Amann was born in Bonn and raised in Siegburg. She studied law at the University of Trier, Aix-Marseille III and at Humboldt University of Berlin. After graduating in law (Erstes juristisches Staatsexamen), Amann studied journalism at Deutsche Journalistenschule in Munich. She worked for ''Bonner General-Anzeiger'' and ''Süddeutsche Zeitung''. Amann wrote as editor for ''Financial Times Deutschland'' mainly about issues in the middle east. In 2006, she joined '' Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung'' and wrote mainly on issues concerning employment law. In 2011, she received a Ph.D. in law from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München for a dissertation on the law of union elections. She joined ''Der Spiegel'' in 2013, covering center-right party CDU/CSU and the then-rising right-wing populist Alternative for G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urs Amann
Urs Amann (25 May 1951 – 7 May 2019) was a Swiss surrealist painter. He is mostly known as the painter of the cover art for several Klaus Schulze records, all in a style reminiscent of Salvador Dalí. He also illustrated the covers of many books, including some by his brother, Jürg Amann. Urs Amann liked to qualify his work as "meta-realistic painting". Biography Urs Amman was born 1951 in Winterthur. During 1971, in Berlin, he produced his first oil paintings. In 1972, he followed the course of the Form+Farbe art school in Zurich. In 1974, he began his career as a freelance artist, and since 1980, he has been a member of the Winterthur artists group. Cover art Note: some records (''Irrlicht'', ''Cyborg'', and ''Picture Music'') have been published several times under various covers from other artists. ;Klaus Schulze * '' Irrlicht'' (1972) * ''Cyborg'' (1973) * '' Blackdance'' (1974) * '' Picture Music'' (1975) * '' Timewind'' (1975) ;Adelbert Von Deyen Adelbert is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Amann
Anton Amann (20 June 1956 – 6 January 2015) was an Austrian chemist and Professor of chemistry at the Innsbruck Medical University. He worked in the area of physical chemistry, ECG analysis, and exhaled breath analysis. Amann was the head of the Breath Research Institute of the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck (formerly an Institute of the Austrian Academy of Science) and editor in chief of the Journal of Breath Research. He authored more than 150 scientific articles. He died in Innsbruck in 2015. Career After studying chemistry at the ETH Zürich, he continued with a PhD in Science. The title of his dissertation 1984 with Hans Primas and Norbert Straumann was ''Observable in der W*-algebraischen Quantenmechanik'' (observables in W*-algebraic quantum mechanics). In 1991 he earned Habilitation in Physical Chemistry at the ETH Zürich. From 1987 to 1995 he was a senior research associate at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the ETH Zürich. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Amann
Phillip Jack Brooks (born October 26, 1978), better known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler, sports commentator, actor, and retired mixed martial artist currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Best known for his time in WWE, Brooks' 434-day reign as WWE Champion stands as the sixth longest in the championship's history. Brooks began his professional wrestling career in 1999 on the independent circuit, mainly with Ring of Honor (ROH), winning the ROH World Championship once. He signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2005 and won the WWE Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship three times, and the Intercontinental Championship and the ECW World Heavyweight Championship once each. Brooks also won the World Tag Team Championship, becoming WWE's 19th Triple Crown Champion; the fastest wrestler to do so, in 203 days. He is also the only back-to-back Money in the Bank winner, has headlined several WWE pay-per-view ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Amann
Jean Jules Amann (8 March 1859, Lausanne – 1 February 1939, Lausanne) was a Swiss pharmacist and botanist. He was a leading expert on mosses native to Switzerland.Ammann [Amann], Jules at Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz Biography He studied chemistry at the and in 1883 earned his pharmacy diploma in . He then worked as a pharmacist in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürg Amann
Jürg Amann (born in Winterthur on July 2, 1947; died on May 5, 2013 in Zurich) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He has written radio plays, a biography of Robert Walser (writer), Robert Walser, and other works. Awards *1982 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize *1983 Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis Bibliography German * ''Das Symbol Kafka''. Bern 1974 * ''Die Korrektur''. Wien 1977 * ''Hardenberg. Romantische Erzählung nach dem Nachlass des Novalis''. Aarau 1978 * ''Verirren oder Das plötzliche Schweigen des Robert Walser''. Aarau 1978 * ''Die Kunst des wirkungsvollen Abgangs''. Aarau 1979 * ''Die Baumschule. Berichte aus dem Réduit''. München 1982 * ''Büchners Lenz''. Wien 1983 * ''Nachgerufen''. München 1983 * ''Ach, diese Wege sind sehr dunkel''. München 1985. Enthält drei Stücke: ''Ach, diese Wege sind sehr dunkel'', ''Büchners Lenz'', ''Die deutsche Nacht''. * ''Patagonien''. München 1985 * ''Robert Walser. Auf der Suche nach einem verlorenen Sohn''. München 1985; Zürich 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregor Amann
Gregor Amann (born 15 August 1962 in Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg) is a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD. Amann was from 2005 to 2009 a List of members of the 16th Bundestag, member of the 16th Bundestag, where he represented Frankfurt am Main I (electoral district), Frankfurt am Main I. External links * 1962 births Living people People from Ravensburg Goethe University Frankfurt alumni Members of the Bundestag for Hesse Members of the Bundestag 2005–2009 Members of the Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party of Germany {{Germany-SPD-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Amann
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low-ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry. A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945. This number is based on the acceptance of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD—Reich Labour Service) and the Volkssturm (German national militia). There were also 43 recipients in the military forces of allies o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
