Christoph is a male
given name
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and surname. It is a
German
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variant of
Christopher
Christopher is the English language, English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek language, Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or ''Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Jesus ...
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Notable people with the given name Christoph
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Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician
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Christoph Büchel
Christoph Büchel (born 1966) is a Swiss artist known for provocative contemporary installations. He received international attention for constructing a mosque in a Venice church and suggesting that prototypes for Donald Trump's wall should be con ...
(born 1966), Swiss artist
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Christoph Dientzenhofer
Christoph Dientzenhofer ( cs, Kryštof Dientzenhofer) (born 7 July 1655 in St. Margarethen near Brannenburg, Landkreis Rosenheim - 20 June 1722 in Prague)[Christoph Harting
Christoph Harting (born 10 April 1990) is a German athlete specialising in the discus throw. He won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He competed at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships, reaching the final on the ...](_bla ...<br></span></div> (1655–1722), German architect
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(born 1990), German athlete specialising in the discus throw
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Christoph M. Herbst (born 1966), German actor
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Christoph Kramer
Christoph Kramer (born 19 February 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach. He represented the Germany national team.
After a season in their reserve team, Kr ...
(born 1991), German football player and winner of the
2014 FIFA World Cup
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting ri ...
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Christoph M. Kimmich
Christoph M. Kimmich (born January 16, 1939) is a German-American historian. He was the eighth President of Brooklyn College from 2000 to 2009. He was educated at Haverford College (BA 1961) and Oxford University (PhD. 1964) and elected to Phi Bet ...
(born 1939), German-American historian and eighth President of
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls about 15,000 undergraduate and 2,800 graduate students on a 35-acre campus.
Being New York City's first publ ...
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Christoph Metzelder
Christoph Tobias Metzelder (born 5 November 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Most of his professional career, which was spent mostly at Borussia Dortmund, was blighted by injuries. He did manage, how ...
(born 1980), German football player
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Christoph Riegler
Christoph Riegler (born 30 March 1992) is an Austrian professional footballer.
Club career
Riegler joined the youth set-up of SKN St. Pölten from SK Rapid Wien in March 2007, and he advanced quickly through the club's youth system, making his ...
(born 1992), Austrian football player
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Christoph Waltz (born 1956), German-Austrian actor and two times winner of the
OSCARS Academy Award
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Christoph M. Wieland (1733–1813), German poet and writer
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Prince Christoph of Württemberg (1515–1568), German regent and duke of the
Duchy of Württemberg
The Duchy of Württemberg (german: Herzogtum Württemberg) was a duchy located in the south-western part of the Holy Roman Empire. It was a member of the Holy Roman Empire from 1495 to 1806. The dukedom's long survival for over three centuries ...
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Prince Christoph of Schleswig-Holstein (born 1949), German hereditary prince and head of the
House of Glücksburg
The House of Glücksburg (also spelled ''Glücksborg'' or ''Lyksborg''), shortened from House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, is a collateral branch of the German House of Oldenburg, members of which have reigned at various times ...
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Prince Christoph of Hesse
Prince Christoph Ernst August of Hesse (14 May 1901 – 7 October 1943) was a nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm II. He was an SS-Oberführer in the Allgemeine SS and an officer in the Luftwaffe Reserve, killed on active duty in a plane crash during World ...
(1901–1943), German officer and
Oberführer
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''Oberführer'' (short: ''Oberf'', , ) was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) dating back to 1921. An ''Oberführer'' was typically a NSDAP member in charge of a group of paramilitary units in a particular geographic ...
of the
Schutzstaffel
The ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS; also stylized as ''ᛋᛋ'' with Armanen runes; ; "Protection Squadron") was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe d ...
(SS)
Notable people with the surname Christoph
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Manfred Christoph
Manfred Christoph (born 28 May 1931) is a German chess player who won West Germany Chess Championship (1969).
Biography
In 1969 in Königsfeld im Schwarzwald Manfred Christoph won West Germany Chess Championship. It is curious that initially ...
(born 1931), German chess player
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Wensley Christoph
Wensley Christoph (born 9 December 1984 in Paramaribo) is a Surinamese football player. He is capped for Suriname's national team. Christoph has played for Suriname in qualifying matches for the 2006 and 2010 World Cups. In the 2010 qualifying ...
(born 1984), Surinamese football player
See also
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Chris
Chris is a short form of various names including Christopher, Christian, Christina, Christine, and Christos. Chris is also used as a name in its own right, however it is not as common.
People with the given name
* Chris Abani (born 1966), N ...
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Christof Christof is a masculine given name. It is a German variant of Christopher. Notable people with the name include:
*Christof Babatz (born 1974), German former professional footballer
*Christof Duffner (born 1971), German former ski jumper
*Christof E ...
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Christoff Christoff is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
;Given name
* Christoff Bryan (born 1996), Jamaican high jumper
* Christoff De Bolle (born 1976), known by the mononym Christoff, Belgian Flemish schlager singer an ...
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Christophe (disambiguation) Christophe may refer to:
People
* Christophe (given name), list of people with this name
* Christophe (singer) (1945–2020), French singer
* Cristophe (hairstylist) (born 1958), Belgian hairstylist
* Georges Colomb (1856–1945), French comic str ...
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Christopher (disambiguation)
Christopher is a masculine given name.
Christopher may also refer to:
People
* Christopher (singer) (born 1992), Danish singer
* Christopher of Bavaria (1416–1448), union king of Denmark (1440–1448), Sweden (1441–1448), and Norway (1442 ...
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German masculine given names
Surnames from given names
br:Kristof
cs:Kryštof
eo:Kristoforo
it:Cristoforo
hu:Kristóf
pl:Krzysztof
sk:Krištof
sl:Krištof