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, especially in Bavaria. Occasionally, the name has been incorporated into pseudonyms. Those bearing it include: *

Benjamin C. Christ Benjamin Caspar Christ (September 12, 1824 – March 27, 1869) was an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War. He commanded a brigade in the IX Corps of the Army of the Potomac at several important battles, including the Battle ...

(1824–1869), American Civil War colonel *

Carol P. Christ Carol Patrice Christ (December 20, 1945 – July 14, 2021) was a feminist historian, Thealogy, thealogian, author, and foremother of the Goddess movement. She obtained her PhD from Yale University and served as a professor at universities such as ...

(born 1945), American academic, feminist and eco-feminist theologian *

Carol T. Christ Carol Tecla Christ (born 1944) is an American academic administrator. In March 2017, she was named the 11th Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, the first woman to hold that position. She succeeded outgoing Chancellor Nicholas ...

(born 1944), American academic and administrator * Charles "Chilla" Christ (1911–1998), Australian cricketer *

Dorothy Christ Dorothy Christ (September 9, 1925 – November 2, 2020) was an American baseball player who was a backup outfielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Christ batted and threw right handed.Elizabeth Christ Trump Elizabeth Christ Trump (born Elisabeth Christ; ; October 10, 1880 – June 6, 1966) was a German-American businesswoman and the paternal grandmother of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States. She married Frederick Trump in 1902. T ...

(1880–1966), German-born American businesswoman, grandmother of U.S. President Donald Trump *

Grégory Christ Grégory Christ (born 4 October 1982) is a French former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Career In August 2016 it was reported Christ would be joining R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne, ROCCM of the Belgia ...

(born 1982), French football player *

Hermann Christ Konrad Hermann Heinrich Christ (12 December 1833, in Basel – 23 November 1933, in Riehen), often known in citations as just "Christ" or "H. Christ", was a Swiss botanist who specialized in pteridology (ferns). He studied law at the universitie ...

(1833–1933), Swiss botanist *

Johann Ludwig Christ Johann Ludwig Christ (18 October 1739, in Öhringen – 19 November 1813, in Kronberg im Taunus)

(1739–1813), German naturalist, gardener and pastor *

John Christ John Christ (born John Wolfgang Knoll on February 19, 1965) is an American musician best known as the original guitarist for the metal band Danzig. He has been known for his bluesy hard rock sound and frequent use of the pinch harmonic. Chris ...

(born 1965), American musician *

Karl Christ Colonel Karl Christ (15 June 1897 – ) was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He returned to his nation's defense during early World War II. Biography Karl Christ was born on 15 June 1897 in Darmstadt, the Grand Duchy ...

(1897 – after 1944), German First World War flying ace *

Lena Christ Lena Christ (née Magdalena Pichler; 30 October 188130 June 1920) was a German writer. Life and works Lena Christ was born as the nonmarital child of Magdalena Pichler (1860–1928), then a cook on Zinneberg near Glonn.Marita Panzer: ''Lena ...

(1881 - 1920), German writer *

F. Michael Christ Francis Michael Christ (born 7 June 1955) is an American mathematician and professor at University of California, Berkeley, specializing in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, and several complex variables. He is known for the Chri ...

(born 1955), American mathematician *

Norman Christ Norman Howard Christ (; born 22 December 1943 in Pittsburgh) is a physicist and a professor at Columbia University, where he holds the Ephraim Gildor Professorship of Computational Theoretical Physics. He is notable for his research in Lattice QC ...

(born c. 1945), American academic *

Sonja Christ Sonja Christ-Brendemühl ( Christ; born 1984), from the German wine region of Mosel ("Moselle"), was chosen as the German Wine Queen on 9 October 2009 in the city of Heilbronn, as the successor to Marlies Dumbsky from the Franconian wine regio ...

(born 1984), 61st German Wine Queen *

Sven Christ Sven Christ (born 9 December 1973 in Biel/Bienne) is a Swiss football manager and former footballer. Christ represented Swiss Super League side FC Aarau on three separate occasions. Christ left FC Aarau at the end of the 2007–08 season after ...

(born 1973), Swiss footballer *

Victor Christ-Janer Victor F. Christ-Janer (March 27, 1915 – March 24, 2008) was an American architect who along with the world-renowned Harvard Five helped define the Modernist architectural movement in New Canaan, Connecticut. He was also an educator, artist, an ...

(1915–2008), American architect *

Wilhelm von Christ Wilhelm von Christ (2 August 1831 – 8 February 1906) was a German classical scholar. Biography He was born in Geisenheim in Hesse-Nassau. From 1854 till 1860 he taught in the Maximiliansgymnasium at Munich, and in 1861 was appointed professor o ...

(1831–1906), German classical scholar

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