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Mayr
Mayr is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrea Mayr (born 1979), Austrian female long-distance runner * Ernst Mayr (1904–2005), German American evolutionary biologist * Georg Mayr (1564–1623), Bavarian Jesuit priest and Hebrew grammarian * Gustav Mayr (1830–1908), Austrian entomologist * Hans Mayr (canoeist) (born 1944), Austrian sprint canoer * Hans Mayr (trade unionist) (1921–2009), German trades unionist and politician * Hans Mayr, founder of the shoemaking company Ed Meier, Munich * Heinz Mayr (born 1935), German racewalker * Karl Mayr (1883–1945), German politician and officer * Michael Mayr (1864–1922), Austrian historian, politician and Bundeskanzler (1920/21) * Rupert Ignaz Mayr (1646–1712), German composer * Simon Mayr (1763–1845), German composer * Simon Marius (1573–1624), Simon Mayr in German, German astronomer * Stephanie Mayr (born 1965), German curler See also *Mayr-Melnhof AG, a Vienna-based company * Mayr-Harting * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Mayr
Andrea Mayr (born October 15, 1979) is a female long-distance runner from Austria. She also competes in mountain running and cycling. She set her personal best (2:30:43) in the women's marathon on April 19, 2009, winning the Vienna City Marathon. She holds the Austrian records over the half marathon and marathon distances. Biography She represented Austria in the 3000 metres steeplechase at both the 2005 and 2007 World Championships in Athletics, although she did not make it past the heats. She won the event in the Second League section of the 2008 European Cup and managed a silver for Austria in the Second League of the 2010 European Team Championships. Mayr set a course record at the 2008 Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race in Nigeria. She won the World Mountain Running Championships in 2010, beating runner-up Valentina Belotti by over half a minute in the 8.5 km race. She also won the WMRA Grand Prix series that year: she had already secured the title before the fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Mayr
Stephanie Mayr (born 21 January 1965) is a former German curler. She is a 1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ... champion (demonstration) and . Teams References External links * Living people 1965 births German female curlers Curlers at the 1992 Winter Olympics Olympic curlers of Germany European curling champions Place of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Potsdam {{Germany-curling-bio-stub ... [...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 on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meir (other)
Meir is a Jewish given name and surname. Meir may also refer to: Places * Meir (Antwerp), Belgium, the city's pre-eminent shopping street * Meir Park, Tel Aviv, a public park * Meir, Egypt , a village in Upper Egypt * Meir, Staffordshire, England, suburb of Stoke-on-Trent * Meire Grove, Minnesota, USA * Shalom Meir tower, a building in Tel Aviv, Israel Arts and entertainment * '' Meir (album)'', a 2013 album by Norwegian rock band Kvelertak {{DEFAULTSORT:Meir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meier (other)
Meier may refer to: People * Meier, Annemarie Sylvia, German chess master * Meier, Armin, Swiss cyclist * Meier, Armin (actor), German actor * Meier, Barbara, German model, most known for winning the third cycle of ''Germany's Next Topmodel'' * Meier, Bernd, German football goalkeeper * Meier, Bertram (born 1960), German Roman-Catholic bishop * Meier, Billy, UFO contactee * Meier, Carl A., Swiss psychiatrist and Jungian Psychologist * Meier, Karl, Swiss chef * Meier, Carson (born 1995), American football player * Meier, Christian, several people of this name * Meier, Dieter, a Swiss-Indian musician * Meier, Deborah, founder of the modern small schools movement * Meier, Dutch, American baseball player * Meière, Hildreth (1892–1961), American artist * Meier, John, German philologist and ethnographer * Meier, John, Australian politician * Meier, John H. former business associate of Howard Hughes, involved in Watergate * Meier, John P., Catholic priest and Bible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meyer (other)
Meyer may refer to: People *Meyer (surname), listing people so named * Meyer (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name Companies * Meyer Burger, a Swiss mechanical engineering company * Meyer Corporation * Meyer Sound Laboratories * Meyer Turku, a Finnish shipbuilding company * Behn Meyer, a German chemical company * Fred Meyer, a American hypermarket chain and subsidiary of Kroger * Fred Meyer Jewelers Places United States * Meyer, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois * Meyer, Franklin County, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Illinois * Meyer, Iowa, in Mitchell County, Iowa * Myers, Montana (also spelled Meyer), an unincorporated community in Treasure County * Meyer Township, Michigan Other * Meyer House (other), multiple buildings in the U.S. * Meyer locomotive * Meyer Theatre, an historic theater in Wisconsin, U.S. * USS ''Meyer'' (DD-279), a ''Clemson''-class destroyer in the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meyr (other)
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Meyr may refer to: * Meyr (surname) *Meyr, Iran Ab Barik ( fa, آب باريک, also Romanized as Āb Bārīk; also known as Meyr and Mīr) is a village in Zirtang Rural District, Kunani District Kunani District ( fa, بخش کونانی) is a district (bakhsh) in Kuhdasht County, Lorestan P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayer (other)
Mayer may refer to: * Mayer (name) Places * C. Mayer (crater), named after Christian Mayer * Mayer, Syria * Mayer, Arizona, United States * Mayer, Minnesota, United States * Mayersville, Mississippi, United States * Mayerthorpe, Alberta, Canada * T. Mayer (crater), named after Tobias Mayer Companies * Mayer Brown, an international law firm * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a motion picture production company * Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C., a U.S. CPA firm * Mayers Murray & Phillip, an architectural firm * Oscar Mayer, a meat company * Victor Mayer, a German jewelry manufacturer Other * Mayer Authority, European consortium (1955–1958) led by René Mayer * Mayer expansion * Mayer's Relation * Mayer f-function * Mayer-Norton theorem * Mayer-Vietoris sequence See also * Maya (other) * Mayor (other) A mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Mayor may also refer to: Geography * Lord Mayor Bay, an Arctic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maior (other)
''Maior'' (also spelled ''major'') (Latin, 'greater') gives its name to several occupations such as maior domus, major, and mayor, and thus many surnames, especially German surnames like Maier, Meier, Meyer, Meir, Mayer, Meyr, and the Dutch surname Meijer. Notable people with the name Maior include: People * Maior of Arabia, (3rd-century) Roman sophist and rhetorician * Álvaro Luiz Maior de Aquino, (born 1977), Brazilian footballer * Augustin Maior (1882-1963), Romanian physicist * George Maior (born 1967), Romanian politician and espionage chief * Grigore Maior (1715-1785), Romanian bishop * Petru Maior (1756-1821), Romanian writer and priest See also * * * Major (other) Major is a military rank. Major, majors or The Major may also refer to: * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * Major and minor in music, an interval, chord, scale, or key Arts and entertain ... {{surname Romanian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayr-Harting
Mayr-Harting is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Henry Mayr-Harting (born 1936), Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford * Robert Mayr-Harting (1874–1948), Austrian-born Czechoslovak politician * Thomas Mayr-Harting (born 1954), English-born Austrian diplomat See also * Mayr * Harting (other) * {{surname Compound surnames German-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayr-Melnhof
Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG is a manufacturer in the paper and packaging industry, based in Vienna, Austria. The company is 65% family owned, with the rest free-float, and is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange (Wiener Börse). Mayr-Melnhof packaging is a multi-national company with plants in Austria, Chile, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Iran, Jordan, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Tunisia, Ukraine, and Vietnam. Mayr-Melnhof in the UK Mayr-Melnhof had two plants in Great Britain, one based in Bootle, Merseyside and one in Deeside Wales. The Bootle plant worked closely with companies including Kellogg Company, while the operations at Deeside focus mainly upon food and tissue manufacturing for companies including Georgia-Pacific and Unilever. Both plants ran a weekday 3-shift system as well as a dedicated weekend crew. At both UK plants, the company ran mainly Bobst group machinery in the cut-and-crease and finishing department, the Bootle p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Marius
Simon Marius ( latinized form of Simon Mayr; 10 January 1573 – 5 January 1625) was a German astronomer. He was born in Gunzenhausen, near Nuremberg, but spent most of his life in the city of Ansbach. He is most known for being among the first observers of the four largest moons of Jupiter, and his publication of his discovery led to charges of plagiarism. Early life Marius was the son of Reichart Mayr, a mayor of Gunzenhausen. On the recommendation of George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, he was admitted to the Margrave's Academy in Heilsbronn in 1586, where he studied until 1601. During this time, he published observations about a comet as well as astronomical tables, which gave him a reputation as a good astronomer and mathematician, and the Margrave appointed him as his official mathematician. Marius wanted to attend the University of Königsberg, but was unable to get a scholarship. However, the Margrave wrote a letter of recommendation on 22 May 1601, so t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
