German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
origin meaning ''
eagle
Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...
.'' and has a frequency in the United Kingdom of less than 0.004%, and of 0.008% in the United States.
In Christian
iconography
Iconography, as a branch of art history, studies the identification, description and interpretation of the content of images: the subjects depicted, the particular compositions and details used to do so, and other elements that are distinct fro ...
, the
eagle
Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...
is the symbol of
John the Evangelist
John the Evangelist ( grc-gre, Ἰωάννης, Iōánnēs; Aramaic: ܝܘܚܢܢ; Ge'ez: ዮሐንስ; ar, يوحنا الإنجيلي, la, Ioannes, he, יוחנן cop, ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ or ⲓⲱ̅ⲁ) is the name traditionally given t ...
, and as such a stylized eagle was commonly used as a house sign/totem in German speaking areas. From the tenement the term easily moved to its inhabitants, particularly to those having only one name. This phenomenon can be easily seen in German and Austrian censuses from the 16th and 17th centuries. Retrieved 25 January 2014
Notable Adlers
Actors, writers and producers
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Alfred Adler
Alfred Adler ( , ; 7 February 1870 – 28 May 1937) was an Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology. His emphasis on the importance of feelings of belonging, family constellation and birth order ...
(1870–1937), Austrian doctor and psychotherapist
* Allen Adler (1916–1964), American writer
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Bill Adler
Bill Adler is an American music journalist and critic who specializes in hip-hop. Since the early 1980s he has promoted hip-hop in a variety of capacities, including as a publicist, biographer, record label executive, documentary filmmaker, mu ...
(born 1951), American music journalist
* Bruce Adler (1944–2008), American actor
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Celia Adler
Celia Feinman Adler (December 6, 1889 – January 31, 1979) was an American actress, known as the "First Lady of the Yiddish Theatre".
Early life
She was born in New York City, as Tzirele Adler (soon after known as Celia), the daughter of ...
(1891–1979), American Jewish actress
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Charles Adler (broadcaster)
Charles Adler (born August 25, 1954) is a Hungarian-Canadian writer/broadcaster and political commentator, most noted as a former host of the newsmagazine series ''Global Sunday''Dan Brown, "Winnipeg broadcaster to host new national current affa ...
(born 1954), Canadian broadcaster
* Charlie Adler (born 1956), American voice actor
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Cyrus Adler
Cyrus Adler (September 13, 1863 – April 7, 1940) was an American educator, Jewish religious leader and scholar.
Early years
Adler was born to merchant and planter Samuel Adler and Sarah Sulzberger in Van Buren, Arkansas on September 13, 186 ...
H. G. Adler
Hans Günther Adler (2 July 1910, in Prague – 21 August 1988, in London) was a German language poet, novelist, scholar, and Holocaust survivor."The Long View", Ruth Franklin, ''The New Yorker'', January 31, 2011, Books, pp 74-78.
Life
Born in P ...
(1910–1988), German Jewish poet and novelist.
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Jacob Pavlovich Adler
Jacob Pavlovich Adler (Yiddish: יעקבֿ פּאַװלאָװיטש אַדלער; born Yankev P. Adler; February 12, 1855 – April 1, 1926)IMDB biography was a Jewish actor and star of Yiddish theater, first in Odessa, and later in London and ...
(1855–1926), born Yankev P. Adler, Ukrainian-born Jewish actor and a star in Yiddish theater
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Jay Adler
Jay Adler (August 4, 1896 – September 24, 1978) was an American actor in theater, television, and film.
Early life
Born in New York City, he was the eldest son of actors Jacob and Sara Adler, and the brother of five actor siblings, including st ...
(1896–1978), American actor in theater, television, and film
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Jerry Adler
Jerry Adler (born February 4, 1929) is an American theatre director, producer, and film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his films ''Manhattan Murder Mystery'', '' The Public Eye'', '' In Her Shoes'', and ''Prime'', and for his ...
(born 1929), American theatre director, production supervisor and television and film actor
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Julius Ochs Adler
Julius Ochs Adler (December 3, 1892 – October 3, 1955) was an American publisher, journalist, and highly decorated United States Army officer with the rank of major general. He distinguished himself during World War I as Major and battalion com ...
(1892–1955), American publisher, journalist, and United States Army General
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Jussi Adler-Olsen
Carl Valdemar Jussi Henry Adler-Olsen (born 2 August 1950) is a Danish crime fiction writer, a publisher, editor, and entrepreneur, best known for his '' Department Q'' series. He made his debut as a nonfiction writer in 1984, and as a fiction ...
Lou Adler
Lester Louis Adler (born December 13, 1933) is an American record and film producer and the co-owner of the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. Adler has produced and developed a number of iconic musical artists, including The Grass R ...
(1933–), American record producer, manager, and director
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Luther Adler
Luther Adler (born Lutha Adler; May 4, 1903 – December 8, 1984) was an American actor best known for his work in theatre, but who also worked in film and television. He also directed plays on Broadway.
Early life and career
Adler was born on ...
(1903–1984), American actor and director on Broadway
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Margot Adler
Margot Susanna Adler (April 16, 1946 – July 28, 2014) was an American author, journalist, lecturer, Wiccan priestess, and New York correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR).
Early life
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Adler grew up mostly ...
, (1946–2014), author, journalist, Wiccan Priestess and Elder, NPR correspondent in New York City
* Maurice Adler (1909–1960), American film producer and 20th Century Fox production head
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Max Adler (actor)
Max Adler (born January 17, 1986) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dave Karofsky on the television series '' Glee'' (2009–2015).
Early life
Adler was born to a Jewish family in Queens, New York, the eldest son of Lisa (n ...
(born 1986), American actor
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Mortimer J. Adler
Mortimer Jerome Adler (December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was an American philosopher, educator, encyclopedist, and popular author. As a philosopher he worked within the Aristotelian and Thomistic traditions. He lived for long stretches in N ...
(1902–2001), American Aristotelian philosopher, author, and educator
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Renata Adler
Renata Adler (born October 19, 1938) is an American author, journalist, and film critic. Adler was a staff writer-reporter for ''The New Yorker'', and in 1968–69, she served as chief film critic for ''The New York Times''. She is also a write ...
(born 1938), American journalist and writer
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Sara Adler
Sara Adler ( née Levitskaya, some sources give Levitsky or Levitzky; 26 May 1858 – 28 April 1953) was a Russian-born Jewish actress in Yiddish theater who made her career mainly in the United States.
She was the third wife of Jacob Adler and ...
(1858–1953), Ukrainian Jewish actress in Yiddish theater
* Sonya Adler or Sonya Oberlander (died 1886), one of the first women to perform in Yiddish theater in Imperial Russia
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Stella Adler
Stella Adler (February 10, 1901 – December 21, 1992) was an American actress and acting teacher. ''
Warren Adler
Warren Adler (December 16, 1927 – April 15, 2019) was an American author, playwright and poet. His novel ''The War of the Roses'' was turned into a dark comedy starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito.
Adler was an ess ...
(1927–2019), American writer
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Sarah Adler
Sarah Adler ( he, שרה אדלר; born 1978) is a French and Israeli actress with dual citizenship.
Career
Adler is now best known for her performances in the 2017 Israeli films '' Foxtrot'' and '' The Cakemaker''; earlier in her career her not ...
(born 1978), French actress
Engineers and scientists
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Ada Adler
Ada Sara Adler (1878–1946) was a Danish classical scholar and librarian.
She is best known for her critical edition of the Byzantine encyclopedia ''Suda'' (5 vols., 1928–38), which still provides the standard text.
Biography
Adler was born ...
(1878–1946), Danish classical scholar
* August Adler (1863–1923), Austrian mathematician
* Charles Adler Jr. (1899–1980), American inventor
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Darin Adler
Darin Adler was the technical lead for Apple Computer's System 7 operating system release. During 1985–1987 he worked for ICOM Simulations as primary developer of the MacVenture game engine which ran Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True, Uninvi ...
, software architect
* David Adler (1935–1987), American physicist
* Edda Adler (born 1937), Argentine chemist and biologist
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George J. Adler
George J. Adler (1821, Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony – August 24, 1868, New York, New York) was a noted philologist and linguist.
Early years
Adler was born to John J. Adler and an unnamed mother in Germany in 1821. He arrived in the United S ...
, a noted philologist, linguist and author of ''A Practical Grammar of the Latin Language''
* Howard I. Adler, biologist, founder of Oxyrase Inc.
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Irving Adler
Irving Adler (April 27, 1913 – September 22, 2012) was an American author, mathematician, scientist, political activist, and educator. He was the author of 57 books (some under the pen name Robert Irving) about mathematics, science, and ...
(1913–2012) author, mathematician, scientist, political activist and educator
* Johan Gunder Adler (1784–1852), Danish civil servant and a co-author of the
Constitution of Norway
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Mark Adler
Mark Adler (born 1959) is an American software engineer. He is best known for his work in the field of data compression as the author of the Adler-32 checksum function, and a co-author together with Jean-loup Gailly of the zlib compression libr ...
, Mars Exploration Rover mission manager, co-author of zlib, inventor of Adler-32 checksum
* Nancy Adler, American health psychologist
* Niclas Adler, (born 1971), Swedish organizational theorist
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Robert Adler
Robert Adler (December 4, 1913 – February 15, 2007) was an Austrian-American inventor who held numerous patents.
He worked for Zenith Electronics, retiring as the company's Vice President and Director of Research. His work included developing ...
(1913–2007), inventor of the remote control
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Saul Adler
Saul Adler FRS ( he, שאול אדלר; May 17, 1895 – January 25, 1966) was an Israeli expert on parasitology.
Early life
Adler was born in 1895 in Kerelits (Karelichy), then in the Russian Empire, now in Belarus. In 1900, he and his family ...
(1895–1966), British-Israeli expert on parasitology
* Stephen L. Adler (born 1939), American physicist
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Jonathan Adler
Jonathan Adler (born August 11, 1966 in Bridgeton New Jersey) is an American potter, interior decorator, and author. Adler launched his first ceramic collection in 1993 at Barneys New York. Five years later he expanded into home furnishings, ...
(born 1988), Israeli Engineer
Musicians
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Chris Adler
Christopher James Adler (born November 23, 1972) is an American musician, best known as the founder and longtime drummer of heavy metal band Lamb of God from 1994 to 2019, and of Megadeth from 2015 to 2016.
Adler played drums on Megadeth's f ...
(born 1972), drummer of the metal band "Lamb of God"
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Cisco Adler
Cisco Sam Adler (born September 6, 1978) is an American musician and record producer.
Personal life
Cisco is married to fashion model Barbara Stoyanoff; they have one child. He is the son of legendary record and film producer Lou Adler.
Care ...
, the artist featured in all songs of the artist Shwayze
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Guido Adler
Guido Adler (1 November 1855, Ivančice (Eibenschütz), Moravia – 15 February 1941, Vienna) was a Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and writer.
Biography
Early life and education
Adler was born at Eibenschütz in Moravia in 1855. He moved ...
(1855–1941), Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and writer on music
* Hans G. Adler (1904–1979), South African pianist, musicologist, and antique keyboard instrument collector
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Henry Adler
Henry Adler (June 28, 1915 – September 30, 2008) was an American jazz drummer, teacher, author, and publisher. He taught drummer Buddy Rich how to read music and co-wrote ''Buddy Rich's Modern Interpretation of Snare Drum Rudiments'', publ ...
, American drum kit educator, player and actor
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Hugo Chaim Adler Hugo Chaim Adler (17 January 1894 – 24 December 1955), was a Belgian cantor, composer, and choir conductor. He is primarily recognized for creating and popularizing contemporary versions of 19th-century Jewish cantorial music. He is the father o ...
(1896–1955), Belgian composer, cantor, and choir conductor
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James Adler
James Adler (born November 19, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American composer and pianist. Adler began his piano studies at age 10 with Elsie K. Brett. His teachers include Rose Willits, Mollie Margolies and Seymour Lipkin. He has coached with ...
(born 1950), Composer and pianist from Chicago, Illinois
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Julia Rebekka Adler
Julia Rebekka Adler (née Mai; born 1978) is a German viola and viola d'amore player.
Early life, family and education
Julia Rebekka Mai was born in Heidelberg.
She started playing viola at the age of six. Having won first prize at Jugend musi ...
(born 1978), German violist.
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Larry Adler
Lawrence Cecil Adler (February 10, 1914 – August 6, 2001) was an American harmonica player. Known for playing major works, he played compositions by George Gershwin, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Darius Milhaud and Arthur Benjamin. ...
(1914–2001), American musician, widely acknowledged as one of the world's most skilled harmonica players
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Richard Adler
Richard Adler (August 3, 1921 – June 21, 2012) was an American lyricist, writer, composer and producer of several Broadway shows.
Life and career
Adler was born in New York City, the son of Elsa Adrienne (née Richard) and Clarence Adler. His ...
(1921–2012), Jewish-American lyricist, composer and producer of several Broadway shows
* Samuel Adler (born 1928), Jewish-American composer and conductor
* Steven Adler (born 1965), a drummer for the hard rock band Guns N' Roses
* Vincent Adler, Hungarian pianist, composer
* Willie Adler (born 1976), guitarist of the metal band Lamb of God
Conductors
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Frederick Charles Adler
Frederick Charles Adler (usually known as F. Charles Adler) (born on 2 July 1889 in London and died 16 February 1959 in Vienna) was an English-German conductor.
Adler studied with Gustav Mahler and served as chorus master at the premiere of Ma ...
(1889–1959), London-born conductor known as "F. Charles Adler"
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Kurt Adler
Kurt Adler (March 1, 1907September 21, 1977) was an Austrian classical chorus master, music conductor, author and pianist. He was best known as the chorus master and lead conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1943 to 1973. H ...
(1907–1977), Austrian-American conductor, Metropolitan Opera Chorus Master(1943–1973)
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Kurt Herbert Adler
Kurt Herbert Adler (2 April 1905 – 9 February 1988) was an Austrian-born American conductor and opera house director.
Biography
Adler was born in Vienna, Austria, to a Jewish family; his mother, Ida Bauer, was one of the first patients of ...
(1905–1988), Vienna-born American conductor, San Francisco Opera general director (1953–1981)
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Peter Herman Adler
Peter Herman Adler (2 December 1899, Gablonz an der Neiße, Bohemia – 2 October 1990, Ridgefield, Connecticut) was an American conductor born in Austria-Hungary in Gablonz an der Neiße, which is now in the Czech Republic.
Career
While at th ...
(1899–1990), Czech-born American conductor, director of NBC Opera Theatre (1950–1964)
Politicians
* Charles S. Adler (1862–1911), American politician from New York
* Ernie Adler (born 1950), American politician from Nevada
* Friedrich Adler (1879–1960), Austrian revolutionary politician, son of Viktor Adler
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John Adler
John Herbert Adler (August 23, 1959April 4, 2011) was an American lawyer, politician and a member of the Democratic Party who served for one term as the U.S. representative for from 2009 until 2011. He lost his 2010 congressional election to ...
(1959–2011), American politician from New Jersey
* Julius Adler (1894-1945), German politician
* Steve Adler (born 1956), American politician, mayor of Austin, Texas
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Victor Adler
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Victor Adler (24 June 1852 – 11 November 1918) was an Austrian politician, a leader of the labour movement and founder of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP).
Life
Adler was born in Prague, the son of a Jewish merchant, who ...
(1852–1918), Austrian Social Democratic leader
Rabbis and theologians
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Felix Adler (professor)
Felix Adler (August 13, 1851 – April 24, 1933) was a German American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, influential lecturer on euthanasia, religious leader and social reformer who founded the Ethical Culture movement.
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(1851–1933), leader of ethical humanism
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Hermann Adler
Hermann Adler HaKohen CVO (30 May 1839 – 18 July 1911;
Hebrew נפתלי צבי הירש הכהן אדלר
) was the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire from 1891 to 1911. The son (and successor as Chief Rabbi) of Nathan Marcus Adler, the 1911 ' ...
(1839–1911), Orthodox Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, 1891–1911
* Johann Kaspar Adler (1488–1560), also Kaspar Aquila or Caspari Aquilae, German reformer
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Michael Adler
Michael Adler DSO, SCF (27 July 1868 – 30 September 1944) was an English Orthodox rabbi, an Anglo-Jewish historian and author who was the first Jewish military chaplain to the British Army to serve in time of war, serving with the Briti ...
(1868–1944), first Jewish chaplain to the British Army
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Nathan Adler
Nathan Adler (1741–1800) was a German kabbalist and Rosh yeshiva. He was responsible for training several prominent rabbis of the era.
Biography
He was born in Frankfurt, December 16, 1741. As a precocious child he won the admiration of Chai ...
(1741–1800), German kabalist
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Nathan Marcus Adler
Nathan Marcus HaKohen Adler (13 January 1803 – 21 January 1890) (Hebrew name: Natan ben Mordechai ha-Kohen) was the Orthodox Chief Rabbi of the British Empire from 1845 until his death.
Life
A kohen by birth, Adler was born in Hanover, in pr ...
(–1891), Orthodox Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, 1845–1891
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Samuel Adler (rabbi)
Samuel Adler (December 3, 1809 – June 9, 1891) was a leading German-American Reform rabbi, Talmudist, and author.
Early life
Samuel Adler was born on December 3, 1809 in Worms, Confederation of the Rhine (present-day Germany). He received ...
Jens Adler
Jens Adler (born 25 April 1965) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
His sole international appearance came for East Germany in the national team's last match on 12 September 1990. He came on to replace Jens Schmidt as a ...
(born 1965), German football player
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Kim Adler
Kim Adler is an American Ten-pin bowling professional who was a member of the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA). The right-hander is considered one of the top female bowling players of all time, competing professionally from 1991–20 ...
, American bowler
* Nicky Adler (born 1985), German football player
* Nikki Adler (born 1987), German boxer
* Oliver Adler (born 1967), German football player
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René Adler
René Adler (born 15 January 1985) is a retired German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Early life
Adler is the son of former East German international Jens Adler. His cousin is Israeli-American professional lacrosse player Max Adler.
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(born 1985), German football player
* Thomas Adler (born 1965), German football player
Others
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Alfred Adler
Alfred Adler ( , ; 7 February 1870 – 28 May 1937) was an Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology. His emphasis on the importance of feelings of belonging, family constellation and birth order ...
(1870–1937), Austrian psychologist, founder of the school of individual psychology
* Coleman Adler (1868–1938), Jeweler and founder of Adler's Jewelry in New Orleans in 1898
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Dankmar Adler
Dankmar Adler (July 3, 1844 – April 16, 1900) was a German-born American architect and civil engineer. He is best known for his fifteen-year partnership with Louis Sullivan, during which they designed influential skyscrapers that boldly addr ...
(1844–1900), German-born American architect
* David B. Adler (1826–1878), Jewish-Danish banker
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Freda Adler Freda Adler (born 1934) is a criminologist and educator, currently serving as Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University and a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She was President of the American Society of Criminology in 1994-1995 ...
(born 1934), criminologist
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Friedrich Adler (architect)
Friedrich Adler (15 October 1827 – 15 September 1908) was a German architect and archaeologist.
After having studied at the Bauakademie (Academy of Architecture) in his native Berlin, he began teaching there in 1855, and was soon famous for bu ...
(1827–1908), German architect and archaeologist
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Friedrich Adler (artist)
Friedrich Adler (29 April 1878 – c. 11 July 1942) was a Jewish-German artist, designer and academic. He was renowned for his accomplishments in designing metalwork in the Art Nouveau and Art deco styles; he was also the first designer to use ...
(1878–1942), German artist and designer, murdered in the Holocaust
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Hans Hermann Adler
Hans Hermann Adler (7 April 1891 – 29 March 1956) was a German professor of journalism at the University of Heidelberg.
Life
Adler was a graduate of the Humanist High School Eger in West Bohemia. After completing his studies of classical philo ...
(1891–1956), German professor of journalism at the University of Heidelberg
* Jacob O. Adler (1913–1999), Professor of Economics and Business at the University of Hawaii
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Jankel Adler
Jankel Adler (born Jankiel Jakub Adler; 26 July 1895 – 25 April 1949) was a Polish Jewish painter and printmaker.
Biography
Jankiel Jakub Adler was born as the seventh of ten children in Tuszyn, a suburb of Łódź. In 1912 he began training ...
(1895–1949), Polish painter and printmaker
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Jonathan Adler
Jonathan Adler (born August 11, 1966 in Bridgeton New Jersey) is an American potter, interior decorator, and author. Adler launched his first ceramic collection in 1993 at Barneys New York. Five years later he expanded into home furnishings, ...
(born 1966), American potter, designer, and author
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Jonathan H. Adler
Jonathan H. Adler is an American legal commentator and law professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He has been recognized as one of the most cited professors in the field of environmental law. His research is also credite ...
(born 1969), Professor of Law at Case Western University School of Law
* Karl-Heinz Adler (1927–2018), German artist
* Matthew Adler (born 1962), American law professor
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Max Adler (Sears)
Max Adler (May 12, 1866 – November 4, 1952) was born in Elgin, Illinois, to a German Jewish family that emigrated to America in about 1850. He was raised in Elgin and graduated from Elgin High School. As an adult, he was a concert violinist in ...
(1866–1952), American businessman and philanthropist
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Max Adler (Marxist)
Max Adler (; ; 15 January 1873 – 28 June 1937) was an Austrian jurist, politician and social philosopher; his theories were of central importance to Austromarxism. He was a brother of Oskar Adler.
Life
Max Adler obtained his doctorate i ...
(1873–1937), Austrian social theorist
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Rodney Adler
Rodney Stephen Adler (born 19 August 1959) is an Australian whose family founded the FAI Insurances group, of which he became chief executive in 1989, and which was at one stage Australia's third largest general insurer. Adler became a director of ...
, (born 1959), Australian businessman and white collar criminal
* Ruth Adler (1944–1994), feminist, human rights campaigner and child welfare advocate
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Salomon Adler
Salomon Adler (before 3 March 1630 – 1709 in Milan) was a German painter of the Baroque period, active in Milan and Bergamo as a portrait painter. He was the mentor of Fra' Galgario. Born in Danzig ( Gdańsk), died in Milan.
Biograph ...
(1630–1709), German painter of the Baroque period
* Solomon Adler (1909–1994), Soviet spy who supplied information to the Silvermaster espionage ring
* Valerie Adler, South African artist
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Katya Adler
Michal Katya Adler (born 3 May 1972) is a British journalist. She has been the BBC's Europe editor since 2014.
Early life
Adler was born on 3 May 1972 in Hampstead, north London, to German parents. She attended the independent, fee-paying S ...
, British German journalist
Fictional characters
* Adler von Berg, a Luftwaffe pilot-turned-adventurer, of the Belgian comics series '' Adler'' by René Sterne
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Grace Adler
Grace Elizabeth Adler (formerly Adler-Markus) is a fictional character and one of the two titular protagonists in the American sitcom ''Will & Grace'', portrayed by Debra Messing. A Jewish interior designer living in New York City, she lives wit ...
, female lead in the TV series ''Will and Grace''
* Henry Adler, main character in David Wellington's film '' I Love a Man in Uniform''
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Irene Adler
Irene Adler is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A former opera singer and actress, she was featured in the short story " A Scandal in Bohemia", published in July 1891. Adler is one of the ...
, fictional character featured in the Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Arthur Conan Doyle.
*Judith Adler, fictional character in '' The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump'' by Harry Turtledove.
*Klaus Adler, would-be Führer of the Moon Nazis in the movie ''
Iron Sky
''Iron Sky'' is a 2012 comic-science-fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko.
Treyarch
Treyarch Corporation ( ; formerly Treyarch Invention LLC) is an American video game developer based in Santa Monica, California. Founded in 1996 by Peter Akemann and Doğan Köslü, it was acquired by Activision in 2001. The studio is known for ...
.
*Sadie Adler, Side character in ''
Red Dead Redemption 2
''Red Dead Redemption 2'' is a 2018 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games. The game is the third entry in the ''Red Dead'' series and a prequel to the 2010 game ''Red Dead Redemption''. The story is set in 1899 and f ...
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* Samantha Adler, arms dealer in the novel series ''Son Altesse Sérénissime''
* Scott Adler, a fictional character featured in the Tom Clancy Jack Ryan universe novels. Adler is a career U.S. Department of State employee who rises throughout the series, eventually becoming Secretary of State.
* Vincent Adler, antagonist behind the first two seasons of '' White Collar''
* Wilhelm Adler, main character in Saul Bellow's novella '' Seize the Day''