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Jahn (name)
Jahn (Jähn) is a German surname. Notable people with this surname include the following: * Constanze Jahn (born 1963), German chess player * David Jahn (born 1975), Czech burlesque impresario * Erich Jahn (born 1907), Hitler Youth leader * Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778–1852), German educator, founding figure of German Turner athletic movement * Gunnar Jahn (1883–1971), Norwegian politician and resistance member * Gunter Jahn (1910–1992), German U-boat commander * Hans Max Jahn (1853–1906), German physical chemist * Helmut Jahn (1940–2021), German-American architect * Hermann Arthur Jahn (1907–1979), British scientist * Jan Jahn (1739–1802), Czech painter and art historian * Jeff Jahn (born 1970), American artist and critic * Johann Jahn (1750–1816), German Orientalist * Kurt Jahn (1892–1966), German general * Marie-Luise Jahn (1918–2010), German physician * Martin Jahn (c. 1620 – c. 1682), German church musician, minister, hymnwriter * Martin Jahn (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constanze Jahn
Constanze Jahn (born 12 January 1963) is a German chess FIDE titles, Woman International Master (WIM) (1991). Biography At the 1990s Constanze Jahn was one of the leading female chess players in East Germany. In 1991, in Graz she shared first place with Tatjana Lematschko in Women's World Chess Championship Zonal Tournament and won the right to take part in an Interzonal Tournament. In 1991, Jahn participated in Women's World Chess Championship 1993, Women's World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament in Subotica where ranked 28th place. Jahn twice won German Women's Fast Chess Championships: in 1998 and in 2005. In 2001, she won the bronze medal in this tournament. In 1991, she was second in the German Women's Blitz Chess Championship. Jahn played for Germany in the Women's Chess Olympiad: * In 1992, at first reserve board in the 30th Chess Olympiad, 30th Chess Olympiad (women) in Manila (+3, =4, -3). She played for Germany in the European Team Chess Championship: * In 1992, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Janus
Martin Janus (also Martin Jahn, ''Jähn'' and ''Jan''; c. 1620 – c. 1682) was a German Protestant minister, church musician, hymnwriter, teacher and editor. He wrote the lyrics of the hymn "Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne", which became popular in the arrangement of a Bach chorale as ''Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring''. Career Born in Merseburg, Janus inscribed to the University of Königsberg on 14 March 1644. He probably received musical education even before. After studying theology for several semesters, he became church musician (''Kantor'') in Steinau, part of the Duchy of Oppeln. During the Thirty Years' War, he had to flee because the area became Catholic again during the Counter-Reformation. Janus worked as the music director for two churches in Sorau in Lower Lusatia, probably supported by Freiherr Sigismund Seifried von Promnitz. After the death of Promnitz in 1654, Janus moved to Sagan where he became rector and musician at the municipal school (''Stadtschule''). C. 1664 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Jahn
Wilhelm Hans "Willie" Jahn (27 February 1889 – 24 January 1973) was a German Empire, German Track and field, track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Biography Jahn was born in Magdeburg, Germany, to a family of publishers. He was schooled in Berlin and joined the Wandervogel (German reform youth movement), while in Highschool (Gymnasium) in Berlin-Charlottenburg. In 1912 he participated in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics in the 800m event. He was eliminated in the first round of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 800 metres, 800 metres competition, while his friend Hanns Braun moved up to take the bronze medal. Jahn became a leader in the German Youth Reform Movement (Wandervogel). As such he co-led the IWV (Jungwandervogel) for many years with Willie Jansen, participating at the famous 1913 Hohen Meissner meeting. As the Wandervogel movement was concerned with health and life reform for German youth, track and field became a centra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Jahn
Wilhelm Jahn (24 November 1835 in Dvorce (Bruntál District), Dvorce – 21 April 1900 in Vienna) was an Austrians, Austrian conducting, conductor. Life Jahn served as director of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Court Opera from 1880 to 1897 and principal conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra from 1882 to 1883. He gave the partial premiere of Anton Bruckner, Bruckner's ''Symphony No. 6 (Bruckner), Symphony No. 6'', performing the middle two movements in 1883. References 1835 births 1900 deaths People from Bruntál District Moravian-German people Austrian conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Opera managers Austrian people of Moravian-German descent 19th-century conductors (music) 19th-century male musicians {{Austria-conductor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Jahn
Thomas Jahn (born 9 July 1965) is a German film and television director. Filmography Feature films * ''Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997 film), Knockin' on Heaven's Door'' (1997) * ''Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller'' (1998) * ''Auf Herz und Nieren'' (2001) * ''The Lost Samaritan'' (2008) * ''80 Minutes'' (2008) * ''The Boxer'' (2009) TV film * ''Herzbeben - Die Nacht, die alles veränderte'' (1998) Television series episodes * ''Tatort'' * ''Der Dicke'' * ''Balko'' * ''Sperling'' * ''Der Kriminalist'' * ''Da kommt Kalle'' * ''SOKO Rhein-Main'' * ''Einsatz in Hamburg'' Awards ''Knockin' on Heaven's Door'' won the Gran Angular Award for Best Film at the 1997 Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival, and the Audience Award and Grand Prize at the 1998 Valenciennes International Festival of Action and Adventure Films. The film was also entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival. References External links * 1965 births Living people Mass media people fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigmund Jähn
Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (; 13 February 1937 – 21 September 2019) was a German cosmonaut and pilot who in 1978 became the first German to fly into space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos programme. Early life Jähn was born on 13 February 1937 in Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz, in the Vogtland region of Saxony, Germany. From 1943 to 1951 he attended school in his hometown. He trained as a printer until 1954 and then managed the pioneer program in a local school. On 26 April 1955 he joined the East German Air Force, where he became a pilot. From 1961 to 1963 he was deputy commander for political work as an adamant socialist and in 1965 became responsible for air tactics and air shooting. From 1966 to 1970 he studied at the Gagarin Air Force Academy in Monino, in the Soviet Union. From 1970 to 1976, he worked in the administration of the East German Air Force, responsible for pilot education and flight safety. Jähn (via his father's stories and memorabilia) and his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan David Jahn
Ryan David Jahn (born 1979) is an American novelist and screenwriter. Biography Born in Arizona, Jahn spent much of his youth moving between his father's apartment in Austin, Texas, and his mother's various rentals in and around Los Angeles, California. At one point, while living near Los Angeles, he was one of six people sharing a one-bedroom apartment, and has said it was to avoid these cramped living quarters that he spent much of his time in public libraries. He finished high school at sixteen, and, after dropping out of college, joined the army, an experience he has described as "ludicrous." He now lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife, Jessica, and two daughters, Francine and Matilda. Work Though his work has been described as crime fiction, including by Jahn himself ("It revolved around a crime, so that seemed to be what it was"), he has cited writers as diverse as Raymond Carver, Ernest Hemingway, and Stephen King as influences. His first novel, ''Acts of Violen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert G
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Jahn
Patrick Jahn (born 22 February 1983 in East Berlin, East Germany) is a retired German football player. He spent one season in the Bundesliga with FC Energie Cottbus FC Energie Cottbus (Lower Sorbian: ''Energija Chóśebuz'') is a German football club based in Cottbus, Brandenburg. It was founded in 1963 as SC Cottbus in what was East Germany. After the reunification of Germany, Energie played six seasons in .... He retired in January 2009 for family reasons. References External links * * 1983 births Living people German footballers FC Energie Cottbus players FC Energie Cottbus II players FC Hansa Rostock players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Association football defenders People from East Berlin Footballers from Berlin People from Treptow-Köpenick Greifswalder SV 04 players 21st-century German people {{germany-footy-defender-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otto Jahn
Otto Jahn (; 16 June 1813, in Kiel – 9 September 1869, in Göttingen), was a German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music. Biography After the completion of his university studies at Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel, the University of Leipzig and Humboldt University, Berlin, he traveled for three years in France and Italy. In Rome, he was greatly influenced by the work of August Emil Braun (1809-1856).Dictionary of Art Historians - Otto Jahn @ A Biographical Dictionary of Historic Scholars, Museum Professionals and Academic Historians of Art In 1839 he became '''' at Kiel, and in 1842 professor-extraordinary of archaeology and |
Molly Jahn
Molly Jahn is an American plant geneticist and breeder and Professor of Agronomy at University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. She was Under Secretary of Research, Education and Economics in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (2009 - 2010). Career Jahn (originally Kyle) graduated with BA in Biology (with Distinction) from Swarthmore College in 1980. She subsequently completed a Master's degree at MIT in 1983 and obtained her doctorate in plant breeding and plant pathology from Cornell University in 1988. She was appointed assistant, associate and finally full professor of Plant Breeding and Plant Biology at Cornell University from 1991-2006. She moved to University of Wisconsin-Madison where she was Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, and Director of the Wisconsin Experiment Station from 2006 - 2011 and continues as Professor of Agronomy. She also holds appointments outside University of Wisconsin-Madison. During 2009-10, she was Deputy and Acting Under Secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Jahn
Joseph Michael Jahn (born August 4, 1943) is an American journalist, author and memoirist. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and raised in Sayville, New York. He moved to New York City in 1966 and was educated at Dowling College, Adelphi University, and Columbia University. He spent the first decade of his career covering cultural issues, mainly by becoming, in 1968, the first full-time rock journalist of ''The New York Times'' and the first full-time rock writer for any major daily newspaper.Gelb, Arthur. "City Room." New York: Putnam, 2003; p. 519 According to the Times metropolitan editor Arthur Gelb, he hired Jahn specifically to inaugurate the newspaper's coverage of rock music. One of his first assignments was to cover the Woodstock Festival. Jahn wrote more than 200 reviews of performances by rock bands and individual folk and blues artists for the ''New York Times'' between 1968 and 1971. He also wrote a column syndicated by North American Newspaper Alliance, 1967-1970, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
