Braun is a surname, originating from the
German
German(s) may refer to:
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**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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word for the color brown.
In German, ''Braun'' is pronounced – except for the "r", equal to the English word "brown". In English, it is often pronounced like "brawn".
Notable people with the name include:
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Braun Strowman (formerly Braun Stowman), ring name of American professional wrestler Adam Scherr (born 1983)
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Adi Braun (born 1962), Canadian singer
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Adolphe Braun
Jean Adolphe Braun (13 June 1812 – 31 December 1877)John Hannavy, Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography', Vol. 1 (Routledge, 2007), pp. 204–205. was a French photographer, best known for his floral still lifes, Parisian street scenes ...
(1812–1877), French photographer
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Ákos Braun (born 1978), Hungarian judoka
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Albert Braun
Father Albert William Braun Ordo Fratrum Minorum, OFM (September 5, 1889 – March 6, 1983) was a Priesthood (Catholic Church), Roman Catholic priest and teacher in the Southwestern United States, Southwest and the Pacific States, Pacific United St ...
(1889–1983), American Roman Catholic priest
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Alexander Braun (1805–1877), German botanist
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Alexandra Braun
Alexandra Braun Waldeck (, born May 19, 1983) is a Venezuelan actress, model and beauty queen who won the 2005 edition of Miss Earth, an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness.
Braun won four international best ...
(born 1983), Venezuelan actress
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Alexandra Braun (legal scholar)
Alexandra Braun is an Italian legal scholar based at the University of Edinburgh, where she is Lord President Reid Professor of Law at Edinburgh Law School. She was previously Professor of Comparative Private Law at the University of Oxford.
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, Italian legal scholar
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Alfred Braun (1888–1978), German screenwriter
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Amanda Braun
Amanda Braun is the current director of athletics for the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. She previously served as associate athletic director for the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay from 1999 to 2006, and as associate athletic director fo ...
, American athletic director
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André Braun (born 1944), Luxembourgian archer
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Anna Maria Braun (born 1979), German business executive and lawyer
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Annette Frances Braun
Annette Frances Braun (1884–1978) was an American entomologist and leading authority on microlepidoptera, a grouping of mostly small and nocturnal moths. Her special interest was leaf miners: moths whose larvae live and feed from within a leaf ...
(1884–1978), American entomologist
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Anton Braun
Anton Braun (born 28 April 1990) is a German rower. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the Men's Pair event together with his teammate Felix Drahotta. They finished first in the B finals, earning them seventh place overall. A ...
(born 1990), German rower
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Arik Braun
Arik Braun (born 8 February 1988) is a German chess grandmaster and the world's first chessboxer of Grandmaster strength.
Chess career
He won the World Under-18 Chess Championship in 2006 and the German Chess Championship in 2009. Braun was t ...
(born 1988), German chess grandmaster
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Arthur Michael Braun Arthur Michael Braun (July 18, 1910 – January 7, 1989) was an American politician and businessman.
Braun was born in Belgrade, Minnesota and went to schools in Badger, Minnesota. He lived in Greenbush, Minnesota with his wife and family and o ...
(1910–1989), American politician and businessman
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August Emil Braun
August or Auguste Emil Braun (April 19, 1809, in Gotha, Germany – September 12, 1856, in Rome) was a German archaeologist.
Biography
Braun initially studied archaeology and philosophy in Göttingen, then continued his education at the Universi ...
(1809–1856), German archaeologist
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Augustus Braun Kinzel (1900–1987), American metallurgist
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Aurel Braun
Aurel Braun (born October 18, 1947) is a professor of international relations and political science at the University of Toronto. He is also a senior member of the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies and of the Centre for Inte ...
(born 1974), Canadian political scientist
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Axel Braun (born 1966), Italian-American film producer
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Ben Braun (born 1953), American college basketball coach
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Bill Braun, American NASCAR driver
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Bob Braun (1929–2001), Cincinnati television personality
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Boris Braun
Boris Braun (20 August 1920 – 7 October 2018) was a Croatian University professor, Holocaust survivor and member of the Jewish community in Zagreb.
Early life
Braun was born to Šandor and Elizabeta ( née Mautner) Braun, members of a notable ...
(1920–2018), Croatian agronomist
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Carl Braun (disambiguation) Carl Braun may refer to:
* Carl Braun (basketball) (1927–2010), American basketball player and coach
* Carl Braun (bass) (1886–1960), German opera singer
* Carl Braun (obstetrician) (1822–1891), Austrian obstetrician; knighted t ...
, several people
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Carlos Rodríguez Braun
Carlos Rodríguez Braun (born 3 December 1948, in Buenos Aires) is professor of History of Economic Thought at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, and is the author of more than twenty books.
A correspondent member of the Argentine Academy of ...
(born 1948), Argentine economist
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Carol Braun Pasternack
Carol Braun Pasternack (1950 – September 2, 2020) was a professor of medieval English literature and language at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) from 1988 to 2013. She chaired the Medieval Studies department, and was also De ...
(1950–2020), American historian
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Carol Moseley Braun (born 1947), African-American politician and lawyer
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Christian Braun
Christian Nicholas Braun (pronounced ; born April 17, 2001) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball at the University of Kansas and was a s ...
(born 2001), American basketball player
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Christopher Braun
Christopher Braun (born 15 July 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a right back for Liga I club Rapid București.
Honours
SG Wattenscheid 09
* Westphalia Cup: 2015–16
CFR Cluj
*Supercupa României runner-up: 2022
File:2 ...
(born 1991), German-Ghanaian footballer
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Clemens Braun (1862–1933), German composer
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Colin Braun
Colin Braun (; born September 22, 1988) is an American racing driver. He is the 2014 and 2015 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Prototype Challenge Champion and currently drives the No. 54 CORE autosport Ligier LMP3 for CORE autosport in the IMSA ...
(born 1988), American race car driver
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Coloman Braun-Bogdan (1905–1983), Romanian football manager
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Constantin Braun
Constantin Braun (born March 11, 1988) is a German professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for and captain of the Bietigheim Steelers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Playing career
Braun was drafted by the Los Angeles ...
(born 1988), German ice hockey defenceman
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Craig Braun
Craig Braun (born 1939) is an American actor and former graphic designer. Famous for his album covers with Andy Warhol and Tom Wilkes, he and Wilkes won a Grammy Awards, Grammy in 1974 for ''Tommy (London Symphony Orchestra album), Tommy'', an awar ...
(born 1939), American actor
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Creighton Braun (born 2001), American soccer player
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Curt Johannes Braun (1903–1961), German screenwriter
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Dagmar Braun Celeste
Dagmar Ingrid Braun Celeste (''née'' Braun; born November 23, 1941) is an American counselor, and author. The former first lady of Ohio, she was married to former Ohio governor (1983–1991) and U.S. ambassador Richard F. Celeste, whom she me ...
(born 1942), American non-fiction writer
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Dan Braun
Dan Braun (born circa 1962) is an American musician, composer, writer, editor, art director, and film producer.
Early music career
Dan Braun and his twin brother Josh have performed, separately and together, in bands including Circus Mort with si ...
(born 1962), American musician
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Daniel Braun
Daniel Braun is a German author and computer scientist. He is an assistant professor at the University of Twente.
Life
Braun was born in Saarbrücken and studied computer science at Saarland University and the University of Aberdeen. He obtain ...
, German author
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David Braun
David Braun (died January 28, 2013) was an American entertainment lawyer who was considered "one of the most powerful lawyers in the music industry during its heyday" by ''Variety''. He represented famous artists such as Bob Dylan, Neil Diamon ...
(born 1979), Ukrainian politician
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Dieter Braun (born 1943), German motorcycle racer
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Edgar Braun
Edgar Braun (born 9 June 1939) is a former Major general in the East German Ministry for State Security (MfS / ''"Stasi"''). He was in charge of the service's Central Department for transport, mail and tele-communications (''" / Section XIX"' ...
(born 1939), German real estate broker
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Editta Braun (born 1958), Austrian choreographer
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Eduardo Braun-Menéndez
Eduardo Braun-Menéndez (January 16, 1903 – January 16, 1959) was a noted Argentine physiologist.
Life and work
Born in Punta Arenas, Chile, he was a naturalized Argentine citizen from a very early age, and was raised in Buenos Aires. (1903–1959), Argentine physiologist
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Egidius Braun
Egidius Braun (27 February 1925 – 16 March 2022) was a German sports administrator who served as the eighth president of the German Football Association (german: Deutscher Fußball-Bund, DFB) from 1992 to 2001. Subsequently, he was appointed H ...
(1925–2022), president of the German Soccer Association (1992–201)
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Ekkehard Braun, German rower
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Émile Braun (1849–1927), Belgian liberal politician, Mayor of Ghent
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Emily Braun
Emily Braun (born 1957) is a Canadian-born art historian, curator and Distinguished Professor of Art History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Braun is a specialist in the history of modern European art ...
(born 1957), Canadian art historian
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Emma Lucy Braun (1889–1971), American botanist and ecologist
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Emmy Braun (1826–1904), German cookbook author
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Erna Braun
Erna Braun is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (french: Assemblée législative du Manitoba) is the deliberative assembly of the Manitoba Legislatu ...
, Canadian politician
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Ernest Braun (1925–2015), British-Austrian technology assessor
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Eva Braun (1912–1945), longtime companion of Adolf Hitler
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Ewa Braun (born 1944), Polish graphic designer
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Felipe Braun
Felipe Braun Valenzuela (Mexico City, December 3, 1970) is a Chilean actor.
In theater, he starred with Antonia Zegers In My Way (2003), a play directed by Achondo that tells the story of a kidnapping; he also participated in the 2005 revival o ...
(born 1970), Chilean actor
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Felix Braun (1885–1973), Austrian writer
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François Braun
François Braun, born in 1962, is a French emergency doctor and politician who served as Minister of Health and Prevention in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from 4 July 2022 to 20 July 2023.
Early life and career
Braun cho ...
(born 1962), French politician
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Frank Braun, Brazilian-American journalist
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Franziska Braun (1885–1976), mother of Eva Braun
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Freddie Braun
Freddie Braun (born May 13, 1988, in Royal Oak, Michigan) is an American soccer player who currently plays for FC Mulhouse Portland in the National Premier Soccer League.
Career
College and amateur
Braun grew up in Rochester Hills, Michigan, a ...
(born 1988), American soccer player
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Friedrich Braun (1862–1942), Russian-German philologist
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Friedrich Wilhelm Braun (born 1941), Brazilian basketball player
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Gaston Braun (1903-1990), Belgian bobsledder
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Georg Braun
Georg Braun (also ''Brunus, Bruin''; 1541 – 10 March 1622) was a German topo-geographer. From 1572 to 1617, he edited the ''Civitates orbis terrarum,'' which contains 546 prospects, bird's-eye views and maps of cities from all around the ...
(1541-1622), German geographer
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Georg Braun (footballer) (1907-1963), Austrian footballer
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Georg Braun (motorcyclist)
Georg Braun (2 September 1918 in Hechingen, Province of Hohenzollern – 4 April 1995 in Hechingen) was a German Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.
Motorcycle racing career
His first foray into racing in 1939 was ended by the war. In 1950, as a ...
(1918-1995), German motorcyclist
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Gerhard Braun (1923-2015), German politician
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Gordon Braun
Gordon Braun (born 25 July 1977) is a Luxembourgish retired footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward.
He spent his club career entirely within his own country, with Union Luxembourg, AS Jeunesse Esch, Jeunesse Esch and ...
(born 1977), Luxembourgian footballer
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Greg Braun, Australian tennis player
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Gregor Braun (born 1955), German bicycle racer
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Gretl Braun
Margarete Berta "Gretl" Braun (; 31 August 1915 – 10 October 1987) was one of the two sisters of Eva Braun. She was a member of the inner social circle of Adolf Hitler at the Berghof. Gretl became the sister-in-law of Hitler following his mar ...
(1915-1987), Eva Braun's sister
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Grzegorz Braun (born 1967), Polish journalist, media director and politician
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György Bálint (originally surname Braun; 1919–2020), Hungarian horticulturist, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, journalist, author, and politician
* Győző Braun (1911–1972), Hungarian and British table tennis champion, better known as
Viktor Barna
Viktor Győző Barna (Braun) (24 August 1911 – 27 February 1972) was a Hungarian and British champion table tennis player as well as a record five times singles World Champion.
He won 41 World Championship medals and also won 20 English Ope ...
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Hans Braun (disambiguation), several people
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Harald Braun (1901-1960), German film director
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Harald Braun (diplomat) (born 1952), German diplomat
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Harald E. Braun, German historian
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Harland Braun
Harland W. Braun (born September 21, 1942) is an American criminal defense attorney, practicing in Los Angeles, California. His cases have included successfully defending John Landis and his co-defendant George Folsey Jr. in the ''Twilight Zone: ...
(born 1942), American criminal defense lawyer
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Harry Braun (born 1948), American politician
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Heinrich Braun (1862–1934), German surgeon
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Heinrich Braun (writer) Heinrich Braun (23 November 1854 Budapest – 9 February 1927 Berlin) was a German Social Democrat and writer on social questions.
Biography
Heinrich Braun was a childhood classmate of Sigmund Freud during their ''Gymnasium'' (high school) years, ...
(1854-1927), German writer
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Heinz Braun
Heinz Braun (12 January 1938, Munich – 21 February 1986, Munich) was a German autodidact painter and occasional actor.
Personal life
Braun was born into a modest background. His mother was a tailor and his father a taxi driver. After completin ...
(1938-1986), German painter
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Hel Braun
Helene (Hel) Braun (June 3, 1914 – May 15, 1986) was a German mathematician who specialized in number theory and modular forms. Her autobiography, ''The Beginning of A Scientific Career,'' described her experience as a female scientist working ...
(1914–1986), German mathematician
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Helena Braun
Helena Braun (20 March 1903 – 2 September 1990) was a German dramatic soprano. She made her stage debut in Mozart's ''Le nozze di Figaro'' in 1928 and joined the Vienna State Opera and the Bavarian State Opera in 1939 and 1940, respectively. S ...
(1903–1990), German soprano
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Helge Braun
Helge Reinhold Braun (born 18 October 1972) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Between 2018 and 2021, he served as Head of the Chancellery and Federal Minister for Special Affairs in the fourth coalition governmen ...
(born 1972), German politician
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Henry Braun
Henry Braun (July 25, 1930 – Oct. 11, 2014) was an American poet, teacher, and peace activist.
Biography
Henry Braun was born in Olean, New York in 1930. His mother died when he was two years old, and he grew up in an orphanage and foster hom ...
(born 1930-2014), American poet
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Henry Braun (politician)
Henry Braun (born c. 1950) is a Canadian politician and businessman. He served as the mayor of Abbotsford, British Columbia from 2014 to 2022.
Braun was born in Paraguay where he lived with his family until he was three and a half, when they fi ...
(born 1950), Canadian politician
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Herman Braun-Vega (1933-2019), Peruvian painter
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Hermann Braun (1917-1945), German film actor
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Howie Braun
Howard J. Braun (November 13, 1912 – January 9, 1996) was an American college basketball assistant coach for the University of Illinois from 1937 to 1967. Braun graduated from the University of Illinois in 1936. He won six varsity letters in t ...
(1912-1995), American basketball coach
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Hubert Braun
Hubert Braun (5 November 1939 – 19 February 2012) was a German bobsledder. He competed in the two-man and the four-man events at the 1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (germa ...
(1939-2012), German bobsledder
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Ilse Braun (1909–1979), German assistant
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Isabella Braun
Isabella Braun (born 12 December 1815 in Jettingen, died 2 May 1886 in Munich) was a German writer.
Biography
Braun was the daughter of Bernhard Maria Braun, and his wife Euphemia. After her father's death in 1827, the family moved to Augsburg ...
(1815–1886), German writer
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Jaime Caetano Braun (1924–1999), Brazilian folk musician, composer and poet
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Jake Braun (born 1975), American politician
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Jan Guenther Braun
Jan Guenther Braun is a Canadian writer from Osler, Saskatchewan. Braun is best known for her 2008 novel ''Somewhere Else'', which is considered an important early work of Queer Mennonite literature. She has also published poetry and literary criti ...
, Canadian writer
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Janet Braun-Reinitz
Janet Braun-Reinitz is a muralist, painter and activist committed to social justice. Her ongoing involvement in civil rights activism began in 1961 when she was a Freedom Rider. During one incident in Little Rock, Arkansas, she was arrested and w ...
, American muralist and painter
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Jeff Braun
Jeff Braun is an American business executive and co-founder of the video game developer Maxis.
Career
Braun had successfully published font packs for the Amiga personal computer when he met Will Wright at a pizza party hosted by Chris Doner ...
, American video game developer
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Jeff Braun (mix engineer)
Jeff Braun (born August 9, 1989) is a Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum mix engineer. He has mixed records for Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Nelly, Mitchell Tenpenny, Jelly Roll, Cole Swindell, Elle King, Chris Young, The Band CAMINO, Ingrid Andre ...
(born 1989), American mix engineer
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Jennifer Braun (born 1991), German singer
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Jerzy Braun (disambiguation), several people
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Jim Braun
Jim Braun is a retired American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Concordia University in Saint Paul, Minnesota from 1979 to 1982 and at Concordia University Chicago
Concordia University Chicago is a private university ...
, American football coach
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Johanna Braun
Johanna Braun (7 May 1929 – 24 October 2008) was a German writer.
Biography
Johanna Braun was born in Magdeburg on 7 May 1929. Her father was an optician. She spent most of her life living in East Germany and held a number of jobs including se ...
(1929–2008), German writer
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Johannes Braun (1919-2004), German Roman Catholic bishop
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John Braun
John Eric Braun (born January 16, 1967) is an American politician from Washington. A Republican, Braun serves in the Washington State Senate, representing the 20th district. Braun serves as the President of Braun Northwest and as an officer in t ...
(born 1967), American politician
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John Braun (baseball) (1939-2011), American baseball pitcher
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Jonathan Braun, American oncologist
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Josh Braun (born 1961), American musician and composer
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Joshua Braun (born 1994), American professional basketball player
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Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884-1980), Swiss botanist
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Josy Braun (1938-2012), Luxembourgian writer
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József Braun
József Braun (also known as József Barna; 26 February 1901 – 20 February 1943) was a Hungarian Olympic footballer who played as a half back. Braun began his career in Hungary before finishing it in the American Soccer League. He earned 27 ...
(1901-1943), Hungarian footballer
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Julie Braun-Vogelstein
Julie Braun-Vogelstein (1883–1971) was a German-born American art historian, author, editor, and journalist.
Biography
She was born in Stettin in Germany (now Szczecin, Poland). Julie Vogelstein was the daughter of rabbi Heinemann Vogelstein a ...
(1883-1971), German-American art historian
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Julius Braun
Julius Braun (16 July 1825 in Karlsruhe – 1869 in Munich) was a German historian, with an interest in art, culture and religion.
Biography
Braun was born in Karlsruhe and received his early education at the city's lyceum. He then studied at the ...
(1825-1869), German historian
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Jürgen Braun
Jürgen Braun (born 25 August 1961) is a German politician. Born in Bergneustadt, North Rhine-Westphalia, he represents Alternative for Germany (AfD). Jürgen Braunhas served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Baden-Württemberg since ...
(born 1961), German politician
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Justin Braun (disambiguation), several people
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Karl Braun (disambiguation), several people
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Kaspar Braun (1807-1877), German wood engraver
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Käthe Braun
Käthe Braun (11 November 1913 – 9 September 1994) was a German stage and film actress. She was married to director Falk Harnack and acted in several of his films.
Career
Katharina Braun was born in Wasserburg am Inn. After studying actin ...
(1913-1994), German film actress
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Kazimierz Braun (born 1936), Polish director
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Kevin Braun, American politician
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Lasse Braun
Lasse Braun (born Alberto Ferro; 11 January 1936 – 16 February 2015) was an Italian pornographer, film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist and researcher.
He initially produced so-called loops, ten-minute hardcore movies that he sold to ...
(born Alberto Ferrero, 1936–2015), Franco-Italian director
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Lauren Braun Costello Lauren Braun Costello (born in New York, NY on October 19, 1976) is a chef, author, and culinary personality.
Lauren's culinary career began in 2002 when she enrolled aThe French Culinary InstituteLaurin Braun
Laurin Braun (born 18 February 1991) is a German professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for Grizzlys Wolfsburg of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). His older brother Constantin Braun
Constantin Braun (born March 11, 1988) i ...
(born 1991), German ice hockey player
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Lena Braun
Lena Braun (born 4 April 1961 in Wuppertal, Germany) is a Berlin-based artist, curator and author. She works as a cross-genre artist in the fields of performance and visual arts, often addressing non-normative femininity and gender expression. Th ...
(born 1961), German artist
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Lilian Jackson Braun
Lilian Jackson Braun (June 20, 1913June 4, 2011) was an American writer well known for her light-hearted series of ''The Cat Who...'' mystery novels. ''The Cat Who'' books center on the life of (former) newspaper reporter, James Qwilleran, and h ...
(1913–2011), American writer
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Lily Braun
Lily Braun (2 July 1865 – 8 August 1916), born Amalie von Kretschmann, was a German feminist writer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Life
She was born in Halberstadt, in the Prussian province of Saxony, the daughter ...
(1865–1916), German feminist writer
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Lioba Braun (born 1957), German opera singer
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Lloyd Braun (born 1958), American executive
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Lois Braun
Lois Braun (born 1949) is a Canadian writer. She was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1986 Governor General's Awards for her debut short story collection ''A Stone Watermelon'' published by Turnstone ...
(born 1949), Canadian writer
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Louis Braun
Louis Braun (23 September 1836 – 18 February 1916) was a German painter, mostly of battle scenes.
Biography
He was born at Schwäbisch Hall, Württemberg, and was educated in Munich and in Paris. He followed as an illustrator the Austrian ...
(1836-1916), German painter
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Lucien Braun
Lucien Braun (24 February 1923 – 13 March 2020) was a French philosophy historian who specialized in Paracelsus.
Biography
Braun wrote his version of ''Histoire de l'histoire de la philosophie''. At the end of his introduction, he wrote:
:"We b ...
(1923-2020), French philosophy historian
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Luitpold Braun (born 1950), German politician
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Lundy Braun
Lundy Braun is professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, and Africana studies at Brown University, United States, who researches history of racial health disparities. She wrote ''Breathing Race Into the Machine: The Surprising Career of the ...
, American historian
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Ma Braun
Maria Johanna "Ma" Braun (Delfshaven, 28 December 1881 – Rotterdam, 9 October 1956) was a Dutch swimming coach. She led the Dutch women's swimming team at the 1928–1952 Olympics and at the European championships in between, with her trainees ...
(1881–1956), Dutch swimming coach
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Madeleine Braun (1907-1980), French politician
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Maggie Hope Braun, Canadian activist
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Margaret Braun (born 1962), American baker
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Marie Braun
Maria "Marie" Johanna Philipsen-Braun (22 June 1911 – 23 June 1982), also known as Zus Braun, was a Dutch swimmer. She competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and in 1932 in Los Angeles, winning a gold medal in the 100 m backstroke an ...
(1911–1982), Dutch swimmer, daughter of Ma Braun
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Mr. B. (Mark Braun) (born 1957), American pianist
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Markus Braun
Markus Braun (born 1969) is an Austrian tech investor and digital entrepreneur. From January 2002 until his resignation and arrest in June 2020, he was the CEO and CTO at the now insolvent payment processor, Wirecard AG. Braun stepped down ...
(born 1969), Austrian chief executive
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Markus Braun (handballer) (born 1959), Swiss handball player
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Martin Braun
Martin Braun (born 18 November 1968) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Regionalliga Südwest club TSG Balingen.
The midfielder had a long career in football, and retired in 2003. After his retir ...
(born 1968), German football manager
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Márton Braun (born 1963), Hungarian politician
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Marvin Braun (born 1982), German footballer
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Matt Braun
Matt Braun is an author specializing in novels of the American West. He has written fifty-six books, most of which are in the Western genre and has over 40 million copies in print. (born 1932), American writer of Western novels
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Matthias Braun
Matthias Bernard Braun (Czech: ''Matyáš Bernard Braun'', 24 February 1684 in Sautens near Innsbruck – 15 February 1738 in Prague) was a sculptor and carver active in the Czech lands, one of the most prominent late baroque style sculptors i ...
(Czech: Matyáš Bernard Braun; 1684–1738), sculptor and carver
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Maurice Braun
Maurice Braun (1877–1941) was an American artist who became known for his Impressionist landscapes of southern California. He was born in Hungary on October 1, 1877; however, by the age of four, young Maurice and the Braun family had migrat ...
(1877–1941), American painter
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Max Braun (1883-1967), American competitor
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Maxim Braun
Maxim Braun (born 16 April 1993) is a Kazakhstani biathlete. He competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (f ...
(born 1993), Kazakhstani biathlete
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Maximilian Braun (1850-1930), German zoologist
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Meredith Braun
Meredith Braun (born 1973) began her career as a child actor in her native New Zealand before relocating to the UK and starring in a number of West End musicals and touring productions.
Early life
As a child in Remuera, Auckland, Braun appeare ...
(born 1973), New Zealand film actress
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Michael Braun (disambiguation), several people
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Michel Braun (1930-2021), Luxembourgian sports shooter
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Mirko Braun
Mirko Braun (20 August 1942 – 22 March 2004) was a Croatian association football player.
Club career
Born in Hrvatska Dubica, Braun began playing as a youngster for the local club NK Una. While playing for Una in Bjelovar he was spotted by NK ...
(1942-2004), Croatian association football player
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Netalie Braun
Netalie Braun (Hebrew: נטעלי בראון; born June 12, 1978) is an Israeli poet, writer and filmmaker. She won the 2017 Ophir Award for the best short documentary film.
Career
Braun completed her BA in literature and philosophy, and an MA ...
(born 1978), Israeli poet
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Nicholas Braun (born 1988), American actor
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Nico Braun (born 1950), Luxembourgian former footballer
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Otto Braun (1872–1955), German Social Democratic politician and prime minister of Prussia
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Otto Braun (communist) (1900–1974), German communist and representative
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Otto Philipp Braun
Otto Philipp Braun (13 December 1798 – 24 July 1869, also known as Felipe Braun during his time in South America) was one of the most successful foreign volunteers participating in the independence war of South America. He was an important sup ...
(1798-1869), German biographer
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Otto Philipp Braun (journalist)
Otto Philipp Braun (1 August 1824 – 10 June 1900) was a German newspaper editor and translator. He was the nephew of the Bolivian general of the same name.
He was born in Kassel where he attended the Lyceum Fridericianum, and later studied law, ...
(1824-1900), German editor
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Peter Braun (disambiguation), several people
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Peter-Victor Braun The Servant of God, Abbé Pierre-Victor Braun, (5 June 1825 – 18 May 1882) was a French people, French Catholic priest who ministered to the poor of Paris. His work laid the foundations for the establishment of several different Religious cong ...
(1825-1882), French Roman Catholic priest
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Pieter Braun (born 1993), Dutch Olympic athlete
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Pinkas Braun (1923-2008), Swiss film actor
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Placidus Braun (1756-1829), German historian and archivist
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Ralf Braun
Ralf Braun (born 24 January 1973 in Berlin) is a retired backstroke swimmer from Germany, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia).
A member of Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 he is be ...
(born 1973), German backstroke swimmer
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Ralph Braun
Ralph William Braun (December 18, 1940 – February 8, 2013) was the founder and CEO of the Braun Corporation. He is also known as the "Father of the Mobility Movement" at BraunAbility.
Early life
Braun was born and raised in Winamac, Indiana. ...
(1940–2013), American businessman
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Ray Braun (born 1936), American football coach
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Raymond Braun, American journalist
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Renaida Braun (born 1997), Swedish-Tanzanian singer
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Reiner Braun (born 1952), German journalist
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Rick Braun (born 1955), American jazz trumpet player
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Robert D. Braun
Robert David Braun is an American aerospace engineer and academic. He has served as the dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, the David and Andrew Lewis Professor of Space Technology at t ...
, American aerospace engineer
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Robin Braun
Robin Rumble Braun (born 1958) is a retired vice admiral of the United States Navy. Her last assignment was as Chief of Navy Reserve and Commander, Navy Reserve Force. She assumed that assignment on 13 August 2012. She was the first female comm ...
(born 1958), American vice admiral
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Roland Braun (born 1972), German Nordic combined skier
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Rudolf Braun
Rudolf Braun (21 October 186930 December 1925) was an Austrian pianist and composer who was born congenitally blind. He was born and died in Vienna.
Very little is recorded of Braun's early life. He was educated at the School for the Blind. He ...
(1869-1925), Austrian pianist and composer
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Rudolf Braun (historian) (1930-2012), Swiss historian
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Rudolf Braun (politician)
Rudolf Braun is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag.
Life
Braun was a member of the German Bundestag from 10 November 1994 to 26 October 1998 (one term). He was elected via a d ...
(born 1955), German politician
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Russell Braun
Russell Braun (born 19 July 1965) is a Canadian operatic lyric baritone and Juno Award winner.
Much sought-after as a soloist and for opera roles, Russell Braun performs regularly at the Metropolitan Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the Lyric ...
(born 1965), Canadian operatic lyric baritone, son of Victor Braun
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Ryan Braun
Ryan Joseph Braun (born November 17, 1983) is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played his entire career for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2007 to 2020. Braun also played right field and firs ...
(born 1983), American MVP baseball player
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Ryan Braun (pitcher) (born 1980), Canadian baseball pitcher
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Sabine Braun (born 1965), German athlete
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Sandrino Braun-Schumacher (born 1988), German footballer
* Sanford Braun, better known as
Sandy Koufax (born 1935), American Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher
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Sara Braun
Sara Braun (17 December 1862 – 22 April 1955) was a Latvian-born Chilean businesswoman who became one of the principal employers in Patagonia. After emigrating with her family from the Russian Empire to escape persecution because of their Je ...
(1862-1955), Latvian-Chilean businesswoman
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Scooter Braun (born 1981), American executive
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Scott Braun
Scott Braun is a studio host and reporter for MLB Network and NHL Network.
Early life and education
Braun was raised in Warren Township, New Jersey and graduated from Watchung Hills Regional High School in 2007.
Braun graduated from the Univer ...
, American television sports announcer
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Sergej Braun
Sergej Braun (born July 17, 1989) is a German kickboxer and karateka, currently competing in the middleweight division of Glory.
As of December 2022, Braun is ranked as the ninth best middleweight in the world by Beyond Kick and sixth best by Co ...
(born 1989), German kickboxer
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Shony Alex Braun (1932-2002), Hungarian violinist
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Solomon Braun Solomon Braun (1868–1899) was a French lieutenant of artillery, born at Paris in 1868 and died in Togbao, Chad, in 1899. His father, a poor peddler, observing Solomon's capacity for learning, made the greatest sacrifices to give him a good e ...
(1868-1899), French military personnel
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Sophia Braun (born 2000), Argentine-American footballer
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Stephen Braun
Stephen Braun is a reporter for the Associated Press.[ About the authors](_blank)
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(born 1957), American reporter
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Steve Braun (disambiguation) Steve Braun may refer to:
*Steve Braun (actor) (born 1976), Canadian television and movie actor
*Steve Braun (baseball) (born 1948), American baseball player
*Steve Braun (politician) (born 1959), American businessman and politician
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Suanne Braun
Suanne Braun (born 29 February 1968) is a South African born actress. She lives in London, England.
Early life
Braun made her professional debut in 1988 working as a TV presenter in her native South Africa for the channel M-net. She hosted he ...
(born 1968), South African actress
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Suzanne Braun Levine
Suzanne Braun Levine is an American author and editor.
Career
From 1972 until 1988 she was the first editor of ''Ms.'', and she was later the first female editor of the ''Columbia Journalism Review''. While at Ms. she developed and produced th ...
, American writer
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Sylwester Braun
Sylwester Braun (code-name "Kris", 1 January 1909, Warsaw – 2 February 1996, Warsaw) was a Polish photographer, Home Army officer. He is known as the author of photography evidencing the Nazi Occupation of Poland and the Warsaw Uprising.
Br ...
(1909-1996), Polish photographer
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Tamara Braun
Tamara Braun (born April 18, 1971) is an American actress known for her work on daytime television. She portrayed the role of Carly Corinthos on ''General Hospital'' from 2001–2005 and Reese Williams on ''All My Children'' from 2008 to 2009. I ...
(born 1971), American actress
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Taylor Braun
Taylor Braun (born July 6, 1991) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for North Dakota State Bison men's basketball, North Dakota State University before playing professionally in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Isr ...
(born 1991), American professional basketball player
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Ted Braun
Theodore Braun is an American film director and screenwriter best known for his Image Award-winning documentary film ''Darfur Now''. He is also an associate professor in the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts' Writing D ...
, American film director
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Thomas Braun
Thomas Braun (1876–1961) was a Belgian lawyer and French-language poet. He also published under the pen names Bonissart, Brunissart, and Ranhissart.
Life
Braun was born in Brussels on 8 September 1876, the son of Senator Alexandre Braun and Fa ...
(1876–1961), Belgian lawyer and poet
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Tim Braun (disambiguation), several people
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Toyoko Braun Takami (born 1945), Japanese composer and music educator
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Ulrich Braun (born 1941), German footballer
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Ursula Braun-Moser (1937-2022), German politician
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V. G. Braun-Dusemond (1919–1998), German painter
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Victor Braun
Victor Conrad Braun (August 4, 1935 – January 6, 2001) was a Canadian baritone who had a major international performance career in concerts and operas that lasted more than 40 years. While he was an accomplished performer of the standard op ...
(1935–2001), Canadian-born operatic baritone, father of Russell Braun
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Virginia Braun, New Zealand psychologist
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Volker Braun
Volker Braun (born 7 May 1939 in Dresden) is a German writer. His works include ''Provokation für mich'' (''Provocation for me'') – a collection of poems written between 1959 and 1964 and published in 1965, a play, ''Die Kipper'' (''The Dumpers ...
(born 1939), German writer
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Von Braun (disambiguation), several people
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Warren Braun (born 1934), American politician
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Werner Braun (musicologist) (1926-2012), German musicologist
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Werner Braun (photojournalist) (1918-2018), Israeli photographer
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Whitny Braun
Whitny Braun de Lobatón is an American bioethicist, professor, investigative researcher, documentary filmmaker and podcaster who has been featured on the Discovery Channel as the host and executive producer of "Undiscovered: The Lost Lincoln" a ...
(born 1984), American bioethicist
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Wilhelm Braun
Wilhelm Braun (13 July 1897 – 15 November 1969) was a German cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 18 kilometre event at the 1928 Winter Olympics
The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french ...
(1897-1969), German cross-country skier
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Willi Braun
Willi Braun is a retired male badminton player from Germany.
Career
A doubles specialist noted for his ability to "cut off" the shuttle in the forecourt, Braun won the gold medal at the 1972 and 1974 European Badminton Championships in men's dou ...
(born 1944), German badminton player
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Wolfgang Braun (born 1944), German handball player
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Yaël Braun-Pivet
Yaël Braun-Pivet (; born 7 December 1970) is a French lawyer and politician who has served as President of the French National Assembly since 28 June 2022. She is the first woman to hold this position. A member of La République En Marche (LREM ...
(born 1970), French politician
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Yael Cohen Braun (born 1986), South African-Canadian philanthropist
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Yehezkel Braun
Yehezkel Braun ( he, יחזקאל בראון; January 18, 1922 – August 27, 2014) was an Israeli composer. Darryl Lyman: ''Great Jews in Music''. J. D. Publishers, Middle Village, N.Y, 1986.
Biography
Yehezkel Braun was born in Breslau, Germany ...
(1922-2014), Israeli composer
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Yosef Yeshaya Braun, American rabbi
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Zev Braun
Zev Braun (October 19, 1928 – October 17, 2019) was an American motion picture producer. Though much of his work is in television (most notably as the executive producer of the ''Tour of Duty'' series) he was a successful filmmaker from th ...
(1928-2019), American film producer
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Braun (disambiguation) Braun (German for "brown") may refer to:
*Braun, surname of German origin
*Braun (company), a German electronics and appliance company
*B. Braun Melsungen, a German medical supplies and drugs company
*Braun's Fashions, the former name of clothing re ...
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Brauneis Brauneis is a surname of German origin closely related to Braun and Bruhn, all indicating a dark complexion.Elsdon Coles Smith, ''American Surnames'' (1986), p. 148.
Notable people with this surname include:
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Brawn (disambiguation)
Brawn is a meat dish.
Brawn may also refer to:
* Amadeus Cho, a fictional superhero from Marvel Comics
* Brawn (Transformers), a fictional character from the various Transformers universes
* Brawn (surname), a family name
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Brown (surname)
Brown is an English-language surname in origin chiefly descriptive of a person with brown hair, complexion or clothing. It is one of the most common surnames in English-speaking countries. It is the second most common surname in Canada and Scotl ...
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Browne
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Brauner Brauner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
People
*Artur Brauner (1918–2019), also called Atze Brauner, German film producer and entrepreneur
*Asher Brauner (born 1946), American actor
*Alfred Brauner (1910-2002), French-Austr ...
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Surnames of Jewish origin
Surnames from nicknames
Russian Mennonite surnames