Degener is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Edward Degener Edward Degener (October 20, 1809 – September 11, 1890) was a German-born American politician. He was a Republican U.S. Representative from Texas during the Reconstruction era. Originally from Germany, Degener moved to the United States ...

(1809–1890), German-American politician *

Gülşen Degener Gülşen Degener (born 25 October 1968, in Şanlıurfa) is a female Turkish-born, Germany-resident professional carom billiards player. Career Gülşen Degener was born in Şanlıurfa, southeastern Turkey on October 25, 1968. She began playing bi ...

(born 1968), Turkish-born German carom billiards player *

Jeannette Schmidt Degener Jeannette Schmidt Degener (1926 – 19 February 2017) was a Nigerien businesswoman, feminist and politician. A member of the women's rights organization Union des Femmes du Niger, she became active in politics in the 1960s. From 1996 to 1999, she ...

(1926–2017), Nigerien politician *

Isa Degener Isa Irmgard Degener née Hansen (April 27, 1924, Berlin – April 13, 2018, Waialua, Hawaii) was a German-American plant collector and botanist, specializing in agrostology. She is known as the coauthor of ''Flora Hawaiiensis''. Isa Hansen studied ...

(1924–2018), German-American botanist and conservationist *

Joachim Degener Joachim Degener (28 November 1893 – 7 September 1953), was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. A lifelong professional soldier, he served his country as a junior officer in World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 ...

(1883–1953), German general *

Otto Degener Otto Degener (May 13, 1899 – January 16, 1988) was a botanist and conservationist who specialized in identifying plants of the Hawaiian Islands. Biography Degener was born May 13, 1899 in East Orange, New Jersey. Degener graduated from the Massac ...

(1899–1988), American botanist and conservationist *

Richard Degener Richard Kempster Degener (March 14, 1912 – August 24, 1995) was an American diver. He won a bronze and a gold medal in the 3 m springboard at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics, respectively. In April, 1936, Degener, along with many other sports ...

(1912–1995), American diver *

Theresia Degener Theresia Degener (born 10 April 1961 in Altenberge, West Germany) is a jurist and professor of law at the Protestant University for Applied Sciences of the Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe. Degener is well known for being an outspoken victim of the '' ...

(born 1961), German jurist and professor of law

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