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Seidel (surname)
Seidel is a surname of German origin. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 75.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Seidel'' were residents of Germany (frequency 1:1,150), 13.2% of the United States (1:29,401), 3.8% of Brazil (1:58,599) and 1.2% of Poland (1:34,522). In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,150) in the following states: # Saxony (1:258) # Thuringia (1:559) # Bremen (1:668) # Saxony-Anhalt (1:671) # Brandenburg (1:705) # Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1:1,058) List of people surnamed Seidel *Alex Seidel (1909–1989), German firearm manufacturer and businessman * Andreas Seidel-Morgenstern (born 1956), German process engineer *Anna Seidel (1938–1991), German sinologist *Anna Seidel (speed skater) (born 1998), German short track skater *Bastian Seidel (born 1975), Australian politician and medical doctor * Brian Seidel (1928–2019), Australian painter and teacher * Christian Seidel (born 1959), German author and film producer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christiane Seidel
Christiane Seidel (born April 3, 1988) is a German-Danish-American actress, having had roles in ''Boardwalk Empire'' (2011-2014), ''Schmidts Katze'' (2014), '' The Hollow'' (2016), '' Godless'' (2017), ''Fosse/Verdon'' and ''Human Capital'' (2019), and ''Paradise Highway'' in 2022. Early life Seidel was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, to a Danish mother and a German father, who was serving in the navy. She also grew up in Denmark and Germany. Her first experience of acting came in a school nativity play. She followed her interest in acting by attending theatre camps, performing ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' in German, and attended for a semester at film school in Cape Town, South Africa. Seidel studied Media Management in Europe, before returning to the US to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York, to pursue her acting career. Career Seidel's US television debut was as a Guest Star on NBC Universal's police drama '' Law & Order: Special Victims ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Seidel
Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Seidel (25 June 1842, Perlin, Germany, Perlin, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin – 7 November 1906, Berlin) was a German engineer, poet and writer. Life Seidel was the son of a pastor and studied in the Polytechnikum in Hannover from 1860 to 1862 and in the Gewerbeakademie in Berlin, becoming an engineer. Beginning in 1866 he participated in the construction of the Anhalter Bahnhof railway station in Berlin, where he was the first to achieve the construction of its main hall roof with a free span of 62,5 m. However, in 1880 he gave up the profession to dedicate himself to writing the children's stories and fairy tales for which he is chiefly remembered today. In Berlin, Heinrich Seidel became a member of the :de:Akademischer Verein Hütte, Hütte Academic Association "A.V. Hütte" and the literary society Tunnel über der Spree. Under the pseudonym Johannes Köhnke he collaborated with Julius Stinde (pseudonym Theophil Ballhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanns Seidel
Franz Wendelin "Hanns" Seidel (; ; 12 October 1901 – 5 August 1961) was a German politician who served as Prime Minister of Bavaria from 1957 to 1960. He was a member, and from 1955 to 1961 chairman, of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria. Biography Seidel was born in Schweinheim, now part of Aschaffenburg, one of seven children; his parents were Johann and Christine Seidel. He was originally baptized under the name Franz Wendelin but was soon called simply Hanns. His father died when he was seven and the family had to live in relative poverty from then on. Despite those circumstances, he managed to obtain a good education. Hanns Seidel studied law in Jena, Freiburg and Würzburg, where he graduated in 1929. He worked as a lawyer in Aschaffenburg after this and married Ilse Tenter, who he had two sons with. As a strict Catholic, he joined the Bavarian People's Party in 1932. His outspokenness about the Nazis soon got him into trouble and he had to withdraw his candidacy for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guenter Seidel
Guenter Seidel (born 23 September 1960) is an American equestrian. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, but represents the United States after moving to the country in 1985. He won a bronze medal in team dressage at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, together with Robert Dover, Michelle Gibson and Steffen Peters. He also won bronze medals in team dressage at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is openly gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ....Andy Zeffer (9 July 2004)Trotting Down a Different Path:Gays play an important role in Wellington’s equestrian community expressgaynews.com. Notable Horses * Graf George – 1982 Gray Gelding ** 1996 Atlanta Olympics – Team Bronze Medal, Individual Eighth Place ** 1997 FEI W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fynn Seidel
Fynn Seidel (born 31 January 2004) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club SpVgg Unterhaching. Career Seidel played for VfL 05 Hohenstein-Ernstthal and Oberlungwitzer SV in his youth, before joining the academy of Chemnitzer FC in 2015. In 2020, he joined the youth team of SpVgg Unterhaching, signing a three-year contract lasting until 30 June 2023. Seidel made his professional debut for Unterhaching's senior team in the 3. Liga on 27 January 2021, coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute for Lucas Hufnagel against VfB Lübeck. In doing so, he became the youngest player in the history of the 3. Liga at the age of 16 years and 362 days. This broke the previous record of 17 years and 18 days set by Viktor Zentrich on 1 July 2020. The away match finished as a 1–0 loss for Unterhaching. On 20 June 2023, Seidel moved to SV Meppen SV Meppen is a German association football club playing in Meppen, Lower Saxony. The club was founded on 29 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Seidel
Frederick Seidel (born February 19, 1936) is an American poet. Biography Seidel was born to a family of Russian Jewish descent in St. Louis, Missouri in 1936. His family owned Seidel Coal and Coke, which supplied coal to the brewing industry in St. Louis, as well as a West Virginia mine. Seidel graduated from St. Louis Country Day School and earned his A.B. at Harvard University in 1957. Archibald MacLeish arranged for Seidel to take a leave of absence from Harvard so he could travel around Europe. In Europe Seidel spent time in Paris (where he took a virtual vow of silence for three months) and visited Oxford and Cambridge in England, where he met T. S. Eliot in London. Seidel corresponded with Ezra Pound in his youth and visited Pound at St. Elizabeths Hospital. Despite not understanding the Chinese language, Seidel suggested corrections to Pound's translations of Confucius, ''The Unwobbling Pivot'', which Pound accepted. After university Seidel moved with his wife to West Glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Schweigger-Seidel
Franz Schweigger-Seidel (September 24, 1834 – August 23, 1871) was a German physiologist born in Halle an der Saale. He was the son of chemist Franz Wilhelm Schweigger-Seidel Franz Wilhelm Schweigger-Seidel (16 October 1795 – 5 June 1838); born as Franz Wilhelm Seidel was a German physician and chemist born in Weißenfels. He was the father of physiologist Franz Schweigger-Seidel (1834–1871). Trained as a pha ... (1795-1838). In 1858 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Halle with a dissertation titled ''Disquisitiones de callo''. Afterwards he served as an assistant to Rudolf Heidenhain (1834-1897) at the physiological institute in Breslau, and from 1865 was an assistant to Carl Ludwig (1816-1895) at the University of Leipzig. In 1866 he received his habilitation, and during the following year became an associate professor at Leipzig. His name is associated with " Schweigger-Seidel sheaths", which are spindle-shaped sleeves that cover penicill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Seidel
Erik Seidel (born November 6, 1959) is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada, who has won nine World Series of Poker bracelets and a World Poker Tour title. In 2010, he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame. Early life Seidel was born in New York City. He played professional backgammon in his youth. He eventually became a trader on the American stock exchange stock market, and then moved on to poker. Seidel was one of the group of now famous players from the former Mayfair Club in New York City, including Stu Ungar, Jay Heimowitz, Mickey Appleman, Howard Lederer, Jason Lester, Steve Zolotow, Paul Magriel, and Dan Harrington. Poker career World Series of Poker In his first major poker tournament, Seidel was runner-up in the 1988 World Series of Poker Main Event to Johnny Chan. This final hand was featured in the 1998 movie ''Rounders''. Seidel made the WSOP Main Event final table again in 1999, finishing in fourth place in the event won by Noel Furlo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Seidel
Erich Seidel is a retired West German slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1950s. He won a silver medal in the folding K-1 team event at the 1951 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Steyr Steyr (; Central Bavarian: ''Steia'') is a statutory city, located in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria. It is the administrative capital, though not part of Steyr-Land District. Steyr is Austria's 12th most populated town and the 3rd l .... References German male canoeists Possibly living people Year of birth missing Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Germany-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Seidel
Emil Seidel (December 13, 1864 – June 24, 1947) was a prominent German-American politician. Seidel was the mayor of Milwaukee from 1910 to 1912. The first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States, Seidel became the Vice Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America in the 1912 presidential election. Biography Early years Seidel was born December 13, 1864 in the town of Ashland in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of ethnic German emigrants from Pomerania.Edward S. Kerstein, ''Milwaukee's All-American Mayor: Portrait of Daniel Webster Hoan.'' Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1966; p. 68."Our Candidates Emil Seidel", ''Cleveland Socialist'', whole no. 48 (September 21, 1912), pg. 2. His family moved to Wisconsin in 1867, living first in Prairie du Chien before moving to the state capital of Madison. Seidel's father, Otto Seidel, was a carpenter, and his mother, Henrietta Knoll Seidel, was a homemaker. Seidel attended public school up to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Seidel
Ella Seidel (born 14 February 2005) is a German professional tennis player. Seidel has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 160 by the WTA, achieved on 29 January 2024, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 291, achieved on 7 August 2023. Junior career Seidel was born in Hamburg, Germany and attended the Sportgymnasium Alter Teichweg school there, where she was able to graduate high school two years early at the age of 17, allowing her to focus on her tennis career. She also spent time training in Kühlungsborn, a Baltic Sea resort town that her parents owned a holiday home in. Professional career 2022: WTA doubles debut Seidel made her WTA main draw debut at the 2022 Hamburg European Open in the doubles draw partnering Nastasja Schunk, winning her first round match against Elixane Lechemia and Sabrina Santamaria. 2023: WTA singles and top 200 debut In singles, she made her main-draw debut as a wildcard at the 2023 Hamburg European Open, losing to compatriot Jule Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
