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Zeitz (surname)
Zeitz is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Christian Zeitz (born 1980), German handball player *Jochen Zeitz (born 1963), German businessman * Joshua M. Zeitz (born 1974), American historian, writer and politician *Luise Zietz, German socialist and feminist * Manuel Zeitz (born 1990), German footballer * Paul Zeitz (born 1958), American mathematician See also * Seitz (surname) Seitz is a surname. Those bearing it include: A * Adalbert Seitz (1860–1938), German doctor and natural scientist * Adolf Seitz (1898–1970), German–Argentine chess master * Albert Seitz (1872–1937), French composer * ( – ), Swiss-G ... {{surname, Zeitz German-language surnames German toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Zeitz
Christian Zeitz (born 18 November 1980 in Heidelberg) is a former German handball player. Zeitz received a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ... with the German national team. He is World Champion from 2007, and European champion from 2004. References External links * * * 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Heidelberg German male handball players German expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Olympic handball players for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in handball Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{Germany-handball-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jochen Zeitz
Jochen Zeitz (born 6 April 1963) is the president, CEO and chairman of the board of Harley-Davidson. He served as the chairman and CEO of Puma for 18 years. He also served as board member of luxury goods company Kering, and chaired their Sustainability Committee, for whom he developed its global sustainability strategy. Zeitz co-founded (along with Sir Richard Branson) the global non-profit initiative The B Team. He also founded Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) and The Zeitz Foundation, to support sustainable solutions that balance conservation, community, culture and commerce, including sustainable tourism initiative The Long Run. As of June 2022, Zeitz is a board member of Harley Davidson, The B Team, financial services company Cranemere, and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). Zeitz also previously served on the board of ecotourism company Wilderness Safaris. Early life Zeitz was born in Mannheim, Germany. He studied in Germany, Italy, France, and the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua M
Joshua () or Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' lit. 'Yahweh is salvation') ''Yēšūaʿ''; syr, ܝܫܘܥ ܒܪ ܢܘܢ ''Yəšūʿ bar Nōn''; el, Ἰησοῦς, ar , يُوشَعُ ٱبْنُ نُونٍ '' Yūšaʿ ibn Nūn''; la, Iosue functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Exodus and Numbers, and later succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelite tribes in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Joshua. His name was Hoshea ( ''Hōšēaʿ'', lit. 'Save') the son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, but Moses called him "Yehoshua" (translated as "Joshua" in English),''Bible'' the name by which he is commonly known in English. According to the Bible, he was born in Egypt prior to the Exodus. The Hebrew Bible identifies Joshua as one of the twelve spies of Israel sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan. In Numbers 13:1, and after the death of Moses, he led the Israelite tribes in the conquest of Canaan, and allocated lands to the tribes. According to bibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luise Zietz
Luise Catharina Amalie Zietz (née: Körner) (1865–1922) was a German socialist and feminist. She was the first woman to occupy a leading party post in Germany. She also helped bring the socialist women's movement into the Social Democratic Party of Germany. In 1908, the same year the government legalized women's participation in politics, she became the first woman appointed to the executive committee of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. She later nominated Marie Juchacz for a paid position by the party as the Cologne women's secretary in what was then the Upper Rhine province. Zietz and Friedrich Ebert, Hugo Haase, Hermann Molkenbuhr and Hermann Müller attended the Vienna Socialist Conference of 1915 representing the Social Democratic Party of Germany.Olga Hess Gankin and H.H. Fisher eds, ''The Bolsheviks and the First World War: the origins of the Third International'' Stanford University Press, 1940 p.284 In 1917 she was one of the main agitators in favor of a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Zeitz
Manuel Zeitz (born 1 August 1990) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 1. FC Saarbrücken. Club career Zeitz was born in Völklingen. He joined 1. FC Saarbrücken in 2004, having previously played for SC Großrosseln, and made his debut for the club in the Oberliga Südwest during the 2008–09 season. Saarbrücken won the league this year, and promotion to the Regionalliga West, and Zeitz established himself as a key player, scoring 11 goals in 32 matches as the club won the title, and a second consecutive promotion. He has been an ever-present in Saarbrücken's first half-season in the 3. Liga, and was named as the best defensive midfielder in the league for this period by the magazine Kicker. He signed for 1. FC Nürnberg at the start of the 2011–12 season. After one season playing solely for the reserves, he first signed for SC Paderborn 07 on loan for one year, before signing a regular two-year contract until June 2015. In January 2014 he retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Zeitz
Paul Zeitz (born July 5, 1958) is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of '' The Art and Craft of Problem Solving'', and a co-author of '' Statistical Explorations with Excel''. Biography In 1974 Paul Zeitz won the USA Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) and was a member of the first American team to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The following year he graduated from Stuyvesant High School. He earned a Westinghouse scholarship and graduated from Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ... in 1981. Since 1985, he has composed and edited problems for several national math contests, including the USAMO. He has helped train several American IMO teams, most notably the 1994 "Dream Team" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seitz (surname)
Seitz is a surname. Those bearing it include: A * Adalbert Seitz (1860–1938), German doctor and natural scientist * Adolf Seitz (1898–1970), German–Argentine chess master * Albert Seitz (1872–1937), French composer * ( – ), Swiss-German physician and lieutenant of Luther and Zwingli * Alexander Maximilian Seitz (1811–1888), German painter * Andy Seitz (born 1985), American pair skater B * Beat Seitz (born 1973), Swiss bobsledder * Bernarda Seitz (1927–2014), Argentine nun, writer, and presenter * Berthold Seitz (born 1962) German ophthalmologist * Bill Seitz (born 1954), member of the Ohio Senate C * Chris Seitz (born 1987), American soccer player. * Collins J. Seitz (1914–1998), American judge * Collins J. Seitz, Jr., American judge and son of the above. * Don Carlos Seitz (1862–1935), American newspaper manager E * Ernest Seitz (1892–1978), Canadian composer F * Florian Seitz (born 1982), German athlete * Franz Seitz, Sr. (1887–195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-language Surnames
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and 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, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic group, such as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. German is the second most widely spoken Germanic language after English, which is also a West Germanic language. German is one of the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
