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Lenz (surname)
Lenz is a German surname. Notable people with the name include: Arts and entertainment * Alev Lenz (born 1982), German-Turkish singer/songwriter * Bethany Joy Lenz-Galeotti (born 1981), American television actress * David Lenz (born 1962), American portrait painter * Desiderius Lenz (1832–1928), German artist, Benedictine monk, co-founder of the Beuron Art School * Fabian Lenz, German DJ, techno musician and events producer * Frank Lenz (born 1967), drummer from Southern California who has done work for many bands and artists * Frederick Lenz (1950–1998), American author and Buddhist spiritual guru * Hermann Lenz, German writer of poetry, fiction stories, and novels * Gita Lenz (1910–2011), New York photographer * Günter Lenz (born 1938), German jazz bassist and composer * Jack Lenz, Canadian Bahá'í composer * Jakob Lenz (opera), a one act chamber opera by Wolfgang Rihm * Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751–1792), German writer of the Sturm und Drang movement * Kay ...
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German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ...
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Klára Lenz
Klára Mária Hermina Lenz (30 June 1924, in Budapest – 16 February 2013, in Madrid) was a Hungarian Gobelin tapestry artist who emigrated to Venezuela during World War II, and in 1950 moved to Colombia. She was the wife of the Hungarian nobleman Endre Farkas de Boldogfa (1908-1994), Major of the General Staff of the Hungarian Armies during World War II. Biography She was born in a wealthy Roman Catholic family in Budapest, in the former Kingdom of Hungary. Her ancestors can be traced back to the ancient Lenz family, which was ancient member of the Swiss Bourgeoisie of Lenzburg. A branch of that family moved to Hungary and lived for several centuries in Pressburg. Klara (Clara) Lenz was born on 30 June 1924 in Budapest. Her father was József Lenz (1897-1965), a wealthy Hungarian landowner, tradesman of exotic fruits, Hussar captain of the Royal Hungarian Army. Klára Lenz's mother was Klara Topits (1901-1993), daughter of the member of the high Bourgeoisie of Buda ...
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August Lenz
August Lenz (29 November 1910 – 5 December 1988) was a German international footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby .... In his first five appearances for the Germany national team he scored six goals in total, later his goalscoring tally dried up but he amassed creditable nine goals in 14 matches. He was also part of Germany's squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics. References External links * * * * 1910 births 1988 deaths Men's association football forwards German men's footballers Olympic footballers for Germany Germany men's international footballers Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Borussia Dortmund players {{Germany-footy-forward-1910s-stub ...
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André Lenz
André Lenz (born 19 November 1973) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career as player Lenz was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr. In 1990 he moved to Wuppertaler SV, where he was a professional from 1992. From 1992 to 1994 he played with Wuppertal in the 2. Bundesliga and then in the Regionalliga West/Südwest. He began his football career as a professional in 1999. Back then, he played for Alemannia Aachen in the 2. Bundesliga. In 2001, he signed a contract with Energie Cottbus, who were playing in the first division. In his second year for Energie, he played almost every match. After Energie was relegated in 2003, TSV 1860 Munich were interested in signing him, eventually he chose to sign. In 2004, it was confirmed that Lenz would be leaving 1860 Munich to join Bundesliga's VfL Wolfsburg. His Munich competitor Simon Jentzsch also went to the Wolves and Lenz had to be content with the place on the bench. After coach Felix Magath retired Jentz ...
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Wilhelm Von Lenz
Wilhelm von Lenz (born 20 May 1809 in Riga - died 7 January 1883 in Saint Petersburg) was a Baltic German Russian official and writer. Wilhelm von Lenz was a friend and student of many mid-century Romantic composers, including Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin and Hector Berlioz, Lenz's most important and influential work was an early biography of the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, entitled ''Beethoven et ses trois styles'' (1855), written in response to the disparagement of Beethoven by Alexander Ulybyshev in his ''Nouvelle biographie de Mozart'' (1843). Lenz promoted the idea (already suggested by earlier figures such as François-Joseph Fétis François-Joseph Fétis (; 25 March 1784 – 26 March 1871) was a Belgian musicologist, composer, teacher, and one of the most influential music critics of the 19th century. His enormous compilation of biographical data in the ''Biographie univer ...) that Beethoven's musical style be divided into three characteristic periods. Len ...
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Uli Lenz
Uli Lenz (born March 10, 1955) is a German jazz composer, pianist, and music producer. Background Born in Frankfurt am Main, he began taking piano lessons at the age of four. In the seventies he studied music composition for classical Piano and Cello at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium in Frankfurt/Main and played jazz at bars at night while completing his university degree during the day. In the '80s Lenz toured through France, Spain, Italy and Israel as accompanist of well known saxophonists. In Berlin he took in the club scene and performed solo at the JazzFest Berlin in 1986. Also in 1986, he toured Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean as solo pianist. In 1987, he took in the New Yorker club scene. In 1988, Lenz recorded Live at Sweet Basil with bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Joe Chambers. In 1989, he performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival with bassist Guenter Lenz and drummer Allen Blairman. In the '90s, Lenz worked with Steve Grossman and Abbey Lincoln. He spent the '90s ...
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Siegfried Lenz
Siegfried Lenz (; 17 March 19267 October 2014) was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth. He won the 2010 International Nonino Prize in Italy. Life Siegfried Lenz was born in Lyck, East Prussia (now Ełk, Poland), the son of a customs officer. After graduating in 1943 he was drafted into the '' Kriegsmarine''. According to documents released in June 2007, he joined the Nazi Party at the age of 18 on 20 April 1944 along with several other German authors and personalities such as Dieter Hildebrandt and Martin Walser. However Lenz subsequently said he had been included in a collective ‘joining’ of the Party without his knowledge. In World War II he was a soldier in the German Kriegsmarine and served as a Fähnrich zur See (officer cadet) on the Admiral Scheer, the German auxiliary cruiser Hansa, and for a short per ...
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Sidney Lenz
Sidney Samuel Lenz (1873 – 1960) was an American contract bridge player and writer. He is a member of the American Contract Bridge League Hall of Fame, being inducted in the second (1965) class. Career Lenz was born July 12, 1873 in a suburb of Chicago. His parents were John J. and Joanna L. Lenz. The family moved to New York in 1888 (Lenz would have been 14 or 15) but Lenz returned to Chicago before he was 21, and he was soon successful in business, becoming owner of a lumber mill and a paper box factory. Rich by age 30, he retired from business to devote himself to his many avocations, a principal (but by no means only) one being bridge. In 1910 Lenz won the American Whist League's principal national team championship. (In his lifetime he won more than 600 whist and bridge competitions; whist is a precursor and close relative of bridge.) He learned auction bridge in 1911 from British Army officers while traveling in India, studying magic and Hindu culture. He achieved his gr ...
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Rudolf Lenz
Rudolf Lenz (25 May 1920 – 12 July 1987) was an Austrian actor. Selected filmography * '' The Forester of the Silver Wood'' (1954) * '' Victoria in Dover'' (1954) * '' The Dairymaid of St. Kathrein'' (1955) * '' Forest Liesel'' (1956) * '' The Hunter of Fall'' (1956) * ''The Poacher of the Silver Wood'' (1957) * '' The Priest and the Girl'' (1958) * ''World on a Wire'' (1973) * ''Fox and His Friends'' (1975) * ''The Roaring Fifties ''The Roaring Fifties'' (german: Die wilden Fünfziger ) is a 1983 West German comedy film directed by Peter Zadek and starring Juraj Kukura, Boy Gobert and Peter Kern. It is based on the novel ''Hurra, wir leben noch'' by Johannes Mario Simmel. ...'' (1983) References External links * 1920 births 1987 deaths Austrian male film actors Austrian male television actors Actors from Graz 20th-century Austrian male actors {{Austria-actor-stub ...
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Rick Lenz
Rick Lenz (born November 21, 1939, Springfield, Illinois) is an American actor, author and playwright. Lenz is known for his performances in the films '' Cactus Flower'' (1969), ''The Shootist'' (1976), and ''Melvin and Howard'' (1980). Early career Lenz directed the Jackson, Michigan Civic Theater for two years before relocating to New York to seek work as an actor. In 1965 he made his Broadway debut in ''Mating Dance'', starring Van Johnson. Though the show closed opening night, stage impresario David Merrick was in the audience, and soon afterward cast Lenz in the Broadway hit '' Cactus Flower'' as understudy for the juvenile lead role, Igor Sullivan. Lenz later took over the role and played it for a year. Film producer Mike Frankovich and Walter Matthau saw him in the part and cast him as Igor in the film version, with Goldie Hawn. In the 1970s, Rick Lenz appeared in several Hollywood movies, including '' How Do I Love Thee?'' (1970), '' Scandalous John'' (1971), ''Where Does ...
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Pedro Lenz
Pedro Lenz (born 8 March 1965 in Langenthal) is a Swiss writer. Life Lenz studied Spanish literature at the University of Bern. He has worked full-time as a writer since 2001. He writes columns for several newspapers in Switzerland, including the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and WOZ Die Wochenzeitung. He is also active in Bern's spoken word scene, performing as part of the Hohe Stirnen ('high foreheads') group. He lives in Olten. His 2010 novel ''Der Goalie bin ig'' – written in Swiss German – won several prizes and was translated into Scots by Donal McLaughlin under the title ''Naw Much of a Talker''. The novel was made into a film (English title: '' I Am the Keeper'') that was a major winner at the 2014 Swiss Film Awards with seven nominations from which it won four trophies including Best Feature Film. The film, directed by Sabine Boss, is notable for its dialogue in Bernese German. The film played at the Locarno Film Festival in August 2014. Works * ''Die Welt ist ein T ...
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Nicole Marie Lenz
Nicole Marie Lenz (born January 24, 1980) is an American model, film and television actress, and health advocate. Family and personal life Nicole was born in 1980, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Laura Lenz, a secretary and Theodore Lenz, a contractor. She was raised in North Royalton and has a younger sister named Emilie. She's of mixed Swiss, German, English, and Italian ancestry. Lenz was raised in a small town in North Eastern Ohio. Lenz's great grandfather was responsible for the architecture of the Terminal Tower, a landmark skyscraper located on Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Lenz has one daughter named Leia Elizabeth who was born in 2009. Lenz previously shared a Los Angeles home with hotel heiress Paris Hilton. Career Lenz grew up in northeast Ohio and started modeling for Ford Models in her teens.(2 February 2000)Porter's People ''Beacon Journal'' She gained major public recognition in 2000, appearing in the Millennium issue of ''Playboy'' as Miss March 2000, ...
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