Christoph is a male

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and surname. It is a

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variant of Christopher.

Notable people with the given name Christoph

* Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician * Christoph Büchel (born 1966), Swiss artist *

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 ...

(born 1990), German athlete specialising in the discus throw * Christoph M. Herbst (born 1966), German actor *

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 *

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 *

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 * Christoph Riegler (born 1992), Austrian football player * Christoph Waltz (born 1956), German-Austrian actor and two times winner of the OSCARS Academy Award * Christoph M. Wieland (1733–1813), German poet and writer * Prince Christoph of Württemberg (1515–1568), German regent and duke of the Duchy of Württemberg * 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 ...

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

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of the

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(SS)

Notable people with the surname Christoph

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 initiall ...

(born 1931), German chess player *

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

Notable people with the given name Christoph

Notable people with the surname Christoph

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