Albrecht ("noble", "bright") is a given
name
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surname
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German origin and may refer to:
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Albrecht Agthe, (1790–1873), German music teacher
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Albrecht Altdorfer, (c. 1480–1538) German Renaissance painter
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Albrecht Becker, (1906–2002), German production designer, photographer, and actor
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Albrecht Berblinger, (1770–1829), German constructor (the tailor of ulm)
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Albrecht Brandi
Albrecht Brandi (20 June 1914 – 6 January 1966) was a German U-boat commander in Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. Together with Wolfgang Lüth, he was the only ''Kriegsmarine'' sailor who was awarded with the Knight's Cro ...
, (1914–1966), German U-boat commander in World War II
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Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, (1865–1939), German field marshal in World War I
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Albrecht von Wallenstein, (1583–1634), Bohemian soldier and politician during the Thirty Years' War
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Albrecht Dieterich
Albrecht Dieterich (2 May 1866 – 6 May 1908) was a German classical philologist and scholar of religion born in Hersfeld.
Academic background
He studied at the Universities of Leipzig and Bonn, where at the latter he was a student of Herm ...
, (1866–1908) German classical philologist and religious scholar
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Albrecht Dietz
Albrecht Dietz (11 March 1926 – 21 March 2012) was a German entrepreneur and scientist who founded the first leasing company in Germany. He was considered to be one of the pioneers and founding fathers of the German leasing industry. His publica ...
, (1926–2012), German entrepreneur and scientist
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Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer (; ; hu, Ajtósi Adalbert; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) or Due ...
, (1471–1528), German artist and mathematician
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Albrecht Dürer the Elder
Albrecht ("noble", "bright") is a given name or surname of German origin and may refer to:
First name
*Albrecht Agthe, (1790–1873), German music teacher
*Albrecht Altdorfer, (c. 1480–1538) German Renaissance painter
*Albrecht Becker, (1906 ...
, German goldsmith and father of Albrecht Dürer
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Albrecht Elof Ihre
Baron Albrecht Elof Ihre (6 October 1797 – 9 August 1877) was a Swedish diplomat and politician who served as Swedish-Norwegian prime minister of foreign affairs 1840-1848 (acting 1840-1842).
Ihre was employed in the Swedish Ministry for Fore ...
, (1797–1877), Swedish diplomat and politician
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Albrecht Fölsing, (1940–2018), German physicist and scientific journalist
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Albrecht Fleckenstein, (1917–92), German pharmacologist and physiologist
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Albrecht Haushofer
Albrecht Georg Haushofer (7 January 1903 – 23 April 1945) was a German geographer, diplomat, author and member of the German Resistance to Nazism.
Life
Haushofer was born in Munich, the son of the retired World War I general and geographer K ...
, (1903–1945), German geographer, diplomat and author.
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Albrecht Holder, (born 1958), classical bassoonist
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Albrecht Gessler, German bailiff
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Albrecht Glockendon the Younger, German miniaturist and woodcutter
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Albrecht Gustav von Manstein
Albert Ehrenreich Gustav von Manstein (24 August 1805 in Willkischken – 11 May 1877 in Flensburg) was a Prussian general who served during the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War. He was the adoptive grandfather of Erich von Mans ...
, (1805–1877), Prussian general
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Albrecht II, Count of Hohenberg-Rotenburg (C.1235–1298), Count of Hohenberg and Haigerloch
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Albrecht Kossel, (1853–1927), German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics
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Albrecht Krügel
Albrecht ("noble", "bright") is a given name or surname of German origin and may refer to:
First name
*Albrecht Agthe, (1790–1873), German music teacher
*Albrecht Altdorfer, (c. 1480–1538) German Renaissance painter
*Albrecht Becker, (1906–2 ...
, (1913–1945), German Lieutenant Colonel of SS
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Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, (1905–1944), German officer and a resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (20 July plot)
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Albrecht Müller, (1939–2018), German sprint canoer and rower
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Albrecht Penck, (1858–1945), German geographer and geologist
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Albrecht Pfister, (c.1420-c.1466) German printer
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Albrecht Ritschl (economist)
Albrecht Ritschl is Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics. He studied at the University of Munich, and previously taught at the Pompeu Fabra University, the University of Zurich and the Humboldt University of Berlin.
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, German Professor of Economic History
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Albrecht Roser Albrecht Roser (21 May 1922 in Friedrichshafen, GermanyBillington, M, ''Performing Arts: A Guide To Practice And Appreciation'', p.163 – 17 April 2011) was a German master puppeteerBaird, B, ''The Art of the Puppet'', p.193 based in Stuttgart ...
, (1922–2011), German master puppeteer
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Albrecht von Roon, (1803–79), Prussian soldier and statesman
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Albrecht III Achilles, (1414–86), Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg
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Albrecht of Sweden, (c.1338–1412), medieval Swedish monarch
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Albrecht Schmidt (actor), (1870–1945), Danish film actor
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Albrecht Schöne (born 1925), German Germanist
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Albrecht Schröter
Albrecht Schröter (born 7 April 1955) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who served as mayor (''Oberbürgermeister'') of Jena from 2006 to 2018.
Early life and career
Schröter attended the Polytechnic Sec ...
, (born 1955), German politician (SPD), mayor of Jena
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Albrecht Unsöld, (1905–95), German astrophysicist
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Albrecht Weber
Friedrich Albrecht Weber (; 17 February 1825 – 30 November 1901) was a Prussian - German Indologist and historian who studied the history of Jainism in India. Some older sources have the first and middle names interchanged.
Weber was born in B ...
, (1825–1901), German Indologist and historian
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Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels
Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels (14 April 1659 in Halle – 9 May 1692 in Leipzig), was a German prince of the House of Wettin. He was the fifth and youngest son of August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and his first wife, Anna Maria of Mecklenb ...
, (1659–1692), German prince of the House of Wettin
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Achim Albrecht, German bodybuilder and professional wrestler
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Alex Albrecht, American television personality
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Andreas Albrecht (cosmologist) Andreas J. Albrecht is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist who is a professor and chair of the Physics Department at the University of California, Davis. , American physicist
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Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817–1895) general who controlled the Austrian Army
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Art Albrecht (1921–2004), former professional American football player
* Bernard Albrecht, an alias of
Bernard Sumner, English singer and guitarist
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Berthold Albrecht (1954–2012), German businessman, (ALDI)
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Carter Albrecht (1973–2007), American musician
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Daniel Albrecht, Swiss alpine ski racer
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Ernst Albrecht (politician, born 1930), (1930–2014), German politician (CDU)
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Ernst Albrecht (footballer), (1907–1976), German footballer
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George Alexander Albrecht, German conductor, (1935–2021), long-time music director in Hanover
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Gerd Albrecht, German conductor, born 1935, known for work in contemporary music
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Grant Albrecht
Grant Albrecht (born January 29, 1981) is a Canadian luger who has competed since 1998. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of tenth in the men's doubles event at Turin in 2006.
Albrecht's best finish at the FIL World Lu ...
, Canadian luger
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Gretchen Albrecht, New Zealand artist (born 1943)
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Harold Albrecht
Harold Glenn Albrecht (born October 15, 1949 in Kitchener, Ontario) was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party of Canada in the riding of Kitchener—Conestoga from 2006 until 2019. He defeated the incumbent Liberal MP, Lynn ...
, Canadian politician
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Herman Albrecht, South African soldier
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J. I. Albrecht
J. I. Albrecht (February 15, 1931 – March 11, 2008) was an American-Canadian executive who worked in college and professional sports for 53 years, notably as a general manager and several key director spots in the CFL. He also worked in NFL, NCA ...
, American-Canadian sports personality
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Jan Philipp Albrecht, German politician and Member of the European Parliament
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Katherine Albrecht
Katherine Albrecht is a consumer privacy advocate , Vice President (VP) of Startpage.com and spokesperson against radio-frequency identification (RFID). Albrecht devised the term "spy chips" to describe RFID tags such as those embedded in passpo ...
, American privacy activist
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Karl Albrecht, (1920–2014), German entrepreneur, brother of Theo Albrecht (ALDI)
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Karl Albrecht Jr. (born 1948), German businessman
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Marc Albrecht, German conductor, born 1964, chief conductor of De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam from 2011
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Milan Albrecht
Milan Albrecht (born 16 July 1950) is a retired Slovak footballer.
During his career he played for Jednota Trenčín, before finishing with Baník Ostrava and Vítkovice. He earned 5 caps for the Czechoslovakia national football team, and part ...
, Slovak footballer
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Rafael Albrecht, Argentine footballer
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Raymond John Albrecht
Raymond John Albrecht (April 2, 1916 – July 24, 2006) was an American farmer and politician.
Albrecht was born in Penn Township, McLeod County, Minnesota. Albrecht lived with his wife and family in Brownton, Minnesota and was a dairy and ...
(1916–2006), American farmer and politician
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Susanne Albrecht
Susanne Albrecht (born 1 March 1951) is a former member of the Red Army Faction.
Early life
Albrecht was the daughter of a successful maritime lawyer, and spent her childhood living in a wealthy suburb of Hamburg. She did not fit in well in pub ...
, (born 1951), German activist (Red Army Faction)
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Sylvia Albrecht
Sylvia Albrecht (later Heckendorf, born 28 October 1962) is a German speed skater who competed for East Germany in the 1980 Winter Olympics.
She was born in East Berlin. In 1980 she won the bronze medal in the 1000 metres event. In the 1500 met ...
, German speed-skater
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Theo Albrecht, (1922–2010), German entrepreneur, founder of
Aldi Nord
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Theo Albrecht Jr.
Theodor "Theo" Albrecht Jr. (born 1950) is a German billionaire businessman, the owner of Trader Joe's and Aldi Nord, and the son of Aldi's co-founder. As of July 2021, Albrecht's net worth is estimated at US$20.6 billion.
Early life
Albrecht w ...
(born 1950), German businessman
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Wilhelm Eduard Albrecht, (1800–1876), German jurist and politician
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William Albrecht, American agronomist
Other
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Albrecht v. Herald Co.'', a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court decision
See also
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Alberich
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