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Kunz
Kunz, Künz, or Kunze is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Kunz (singer) (Marco Kunz, born 1985), Swiss singer *Adrian Kunz (born 1967), Swiss international footballer * Alfred Kunz (Catholic priest) (1931–1998), American murdered Catholic priest *Alfred Kunz (composer) (1929–2019), Canadian composer and conductor * Andreas Kunz (1946-2022), German skier * Andreas Kunze (1952-2010), German actor * Anita Kunz (born 1956), Canadian artist and illustrator *Charlie Kunz (1896–1958), American pianist *Dana Kunze, American high diver * Drew Kunz (born 1969), American poet and artist *Earl Kunz (1898–1963), American professional baseball pitcher * Eddie Kunz (born 1986), American professional baseball pitcher * Eric Kunze (born 1971), American Broadway actor and singer *Erich Kunz (1909–1995), Austrian operatic baritone * Ernst Künz (1912–1944), Austrian football (soccer) player *Florian Kunz (born 1972), German field hockey player *George Kunz (born 1947), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Frederick Kunz
George Frederick Kunz (September 29, 1856 – June 29, 1932) was an American mineralogist and mineral collector. Biography Kunz was born in Manhattan, New York City, USA, and began an interest in minerals at a very young age. By his teens, he had amassed a collection of over four thousand items, which he sold for four hundred dollars to the University of Minnesota. Kunz attended Cooper Union but did not finish and did not attend college. Nonetheless, he taught himself mineralogy from books and field research. This expertise landed him a job with Tiffany & Co., and his knowledge and enthusiasm propelled him into a vice presidency by the time he was 23. He gained much notoriety for identifying a new gem variety of the mineral spodumene which was named "Kunzite" in his honor. He also supervised the cutting of the very large stone that became the Tiffany Yellow Diamond. He headed up the US mining and mineralogical exhibits at the international expositions in Paris (1889), C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita Kunz
Anita E. Kunz, OC, DFA, RCA is a Canadian-born artist and illustrator. She was the first woman and first Canadian to have a solo exhibit at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.Dabu, Christl“Anita Kunz: Illustrator Illuminator” ‘’Digital Journal’’, 28 January 2004. Retrieved 2 July 2019. Life and early career Kunz was born in Toronto, Ontario, and grew up in Kitchener. In her early life, she was influenced by the illustration work of her uncle, Robert Kunz, who created art for educational publishing. His work imparted to her the potential for illustration to hold social messages, leading her to study at the Ontario College of Art, from which she graduated in 1978.Kunz, Anita“The Curious Mirror” ''Nuvo Magazine'', 5:2, Summer 2002, pp. 48–54. Retrieved 2 July 2019. She started sending her work to various magazines after beginning her career with assignments in advertising.Ross, Val. "The canny art of Anita Kunz", ‘’The Globe and Mail’’, Toronto, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Kunze
Michael Rolf Kunze (born 9 November 1943, in Prague) is a foremost German musical theater lyricist and librettist. He is best known for the hit musicals '' Elisabeth'' (1992), '' Dance of the Vampires'' (1996), ''Mozart!'' (1999), ''Marie Antoinette'' (2006), and ''Rebecca'' (2006). He has also written the lyrics for a number of hit songs (under the pseudonym Stephan Prager), including the number one Billboard hit " Fly, Robin, Fly" (1976), and was one of the top 1970s record producers, producing songs for musical acts Silver Convention, Penny McLean, and Sister Sledge. Kunze has won a Grammy Award, ECHO Lifetime Award and holds 79 Gold and Platinum records. Early life Born in Prague, Kunze is the son of actress Dita Roesler and Walter Kunze, a writer, cartoonist and journalist, who worked for the German language newspaper ''Prager Tagblatt''. He grew up in Southern Germany and attended Klenze Oberrealschule in Munich. He studied law, philosophy and history at the Ludwig-Maximi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Christopher Kunze
John Christopher Kunze (August 4, 1744 – July 24, 1807) was an American Lutheran minister, educator, author and theologian. Life Kunze was born in Artern, a town in the Kyffhäuserkreis district of the Electorate of Saxony, to Jahn Godfried Kunze, a farmer and innkeeper. In 1758, when his parents died, Kunze began studying at the orphanage in Halle, Germany. He received his classical training in the gymnasia at Rossleben and Merseburg, and then attended the University of Leipzig where he studied history, philosophy and theology. He worked as a teacher and an orphanage inspector before becoming ordained as a Lutheran minister. In 1770, Kunze emigrated to Colonial America to serve as second pastor at St. Michael's and Zion Lutheran churches in Philadelphia. In 1771, he married Margaretta Henrietta (1751–1831), daughter of Rev. Henry Muhlenberg . Kunze was an active and passionate educator and was a strong advocate for teaching the English language to his fellow German immig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Kunz
Charles Leonard Kunz (August 18, 1896 – March 16, 1958) was an American-born British musician popular during the British dance band era, and who became a pianist. Life and career Kunz was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States, the only son of Margaret T. (Wehr) and Leonard Kunz, a master baker who played the French horn. He made his debut aged six and made his first appearance as a prodigy aged seven. During World War I he led his own resident band, while working in a munitions factory. He came to the United Kingdom in 1922 as a pianist in a small dance band. He was to remain there until his death from a heart attack in 1958. He is buried in Streatham Vale Cemetery. He was such a distinctive and popular pianist that he abandoned his orchestra to concentrate on his piano playing, both at music hall venues and on the BBC. Two of Britain's most famous female vocalists were with his orchestra in the 1930s: Vera Lynn and Welsh songstress Dorothy Squires. His best known cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Kunze
Richard Kunze (5 February 1872 in Żagań, Sagan – May 1945) was a German right-wing politics, right-wing politician known for his anti-Semitism. Early years Kunze's political career began around 1914 when he was employed by the German Conservative Party along with fellow rightist Wilhelm Kube. Serving the party as general secretary he earned 12,000 marks per month for a role that largely involved travelling Germany drumming up support. Near the end of the war he became involved with the Fatherland Party (Germany), Fatherland Party where he gained the nickname ''Knüpple Kunze'' (Cudgel Kunze) because of strong attacks on the Jews.Paul Bookbinder, ''Weimar Germany: The Republic of the Reasonable'', Manchester University Press, 1996, p. 45 Post-war activity After the war Kunze was associated with the Deutschvölkischer Schutz und Trutzbund and in 1920 he joined with Reinhold Wulle and Arnold Ruge to form the ''Deutschvölkischen Arbeitsring Berlin'', a short-lived successor gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Kunz
Edward Cory Kunz (born April 8, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets. Early life and amateur career Kunz was born in Portland, Oregon. He attended Parkrose High School, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. In 2006, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. He was a preseason All-American second-team in for the Oregon State Beavers. Professional career New York Mets On August 24, , the New York Mets signed Kunz after they selected him 42nd overall in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft. Less than a year later, on August 3, , he was called up to the Major Leagues from the Double-A affiliate, Binghamton Mets, after having a 2.79 ERA with 27 saves in 44 games. That day, in his Major League debut, he pitched a scoreless seventh inning. However, two weeks later, after struggling and the Met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Kunz
Adrian Kunz (born 7 July 1967) is a Swiss former footballer and an ex-manager of several Swiss clubs, most recently Swiss Challenge League side FC Wohlen in 2011–12. Kunz played as a forward in a playing career that included spells at domestic clubs such as BSC Young Boys, FC Sion and FC Aarau, as well as two seasons at German side Werder Bremen. Club career Kunz started his career with Neuchâtel Xamax in the 1987–88 season. He made nine appearances in his first season as Xamax finished as league champions of the Nationalliga A, the country's top division. The following season, Kunz played five league games for Xamax and also made his debut in Europe, coming on as a late substitute for Philippe Perret in Xamax's 5–0 second-leg defeat to Turkish giants Galatasaray on 9 November 1988 in the second round of the competition, a defeat that meant Xamax were eliminated on aggregate. Kunz left for FC Bulle of the Nationalliga B midway through the season, and scored five ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmut Kunz
Helmut Kunz (26 September 1910 – 23 September 1976) was an SS dentist who, after the suicide of Adolf Hitler, was ordered to administer anesthetic to the six children of Joseph Goebbels before they were killed. Early years Kunz was born in Ettlingen, Germany. He first studied law, then dentistry. He wrote his doctoral thesis on "studies of dental caries among school children as related to their feeding in infancy". In 1936, he opened a dental practice in Lucka, south of Leipzig. He also joined the SS, unit ''Sturm 10'' of the 84. SS-Standarte in Weißenfels, Sachsen. SS career In 1939, Kunz was a member of the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf. In 1941 he was seriously injured and assigned to the Waffen-SS medical office in Berlin as a junior assistant of the Dentist-General. In late April 1945 he was assigned to the Reich Chancellery in Berlin. Killing of the Goebbels children Unlike many other leading Nazis by April 1945, Joseph Goebbels showed his strong support for Hitler by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunz (singer)
Marco Kunz (born 14 August 1985 in Mauensee), better known as simply Kunz, is a Swiss singer from Lucerne. Biography Marco Kunz was born in Mauensee, Switzerland into a musical family. His father was a yodeller, and the family commonly sang together. He discovered his personal passion for music after secretly practicing on his sister's guitar. His first musical award was winning the junior yodel prize at 10 years old. He then became a member of the Surseer youth choir, and also performed in a rock band. In 2006, he became a member of the Swiss a cappella group ''a-live,'' who performed internationally. From 2007, he was the conductor of ''b-live'' choir in Küsnacht, then became the musical director of ''a-live.'' In 2010, he made solo appearances with his own music and left ''a-live'' in 2012 after signing a contract with Universal. Also in 2012, he recorded a mini album ''Chopf, Härz, Hand'' with six songs. In December 2012, he won the young talent award for best singer at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Kunze
Wilhelm Reinhold Johannes Kunze (March 5, 1904 – November 4, 1943) was a German World War II prisoner of war (POW) held at Camp Tonkawa, Oklahoma.History of Fort Reno He was a '''' in the . Following a trial before a on November 4, 1943, he was beaten to death by fellow POWs based on allegations of treason and for the Americans. The u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Kunze
Eric Kunze (pronounced "Koon-zee"; born May 22, 1971) is an American stage actor and singer. He showed an early aptitude for singing and was involved in choir and theater at Rancho Buena Vista High School. He is best known for his roles on Broadway. Life and career Kunze was born in San Diego, California. He attended theater studies at University of California, Irvine. In his junior year, the students traveled to New York to expand their education through workshops. While there, Eric auditioned for and landed the role of Marius on Broadway in ''Les Misérables'' at the age of 20. When not on the road, Kunze and his long-time friend Gina Feliccia have a production company called Big City Broadway. Kunze studied acting with Uta Hagen and Robert Cohen, among others and dance training from Susan Stroman, among others. After his Broadway debut as Marius in ''Les Misérables'' (opposite Lea Salonga) Kunze went on to star in two more Broadway roles, as Chris in ''Miss Saigon'' and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
