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Dessau Dessau is a town and former municipality in Germany at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the '' Bundesland'' (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it has been part of the newly created municipality of Dessau-Roßlau ...

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Alois Dessauer Alois Joseph Dessauer (born Aron Baruch Dessauer; February 21, 1763, Gochsheim - April 11, 1850, Aschaffenburg) was a famous German court banker (Court Jew). He was the son of Baruch Dessauer. He married Anna Elisabeth David, with whom he had ...

, (born Aron Baruch Dessauer; 1763–1850), German banker, manufacturer *

Ferdinand Dessauer Ferdinand August Dessoir, born Anton August Ferdinand Dessauer (January 29, 1836, Breslau – April 15, 1892, Dresden) was a German actor. He was the son of Leopold Dessauer (1810-1874) and Leopold's first wife Therese Dessoir (née Reimann) (1 ...

(also ''Dessoir'', 1836–1892), German actor (son of Leopold) *

Friedrich Dessauer Friedrich Dessauer (19 July 1881 – 16 February 1963) was a physicist, a philosopher, a socially engaged entrepreneur and a journalist. Friedrich Dessauer was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany. As a young man he was fascinated by new discover ...

(1881–1963), biophysician, philosopher (brother of Hans)) *

Gabriel Dessauer Gabriel Dessauer (born 4 December 1955) is a German cantor, concert organist, and academic. He was responsible for the church music at St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden from 1981 to 2021, conducting the Chor von St. Bonifatius until 2018. He is an inte ...

(born 1955), German cantor, concert organist and academic (son of Guido) * Guido Dessauer (1915–2012), German coloured paper manufacturer, art collector and academic (son of Hans) *

Hans Dessauer Hans Dessauer senior (24 June 1869 – 23 October 1926) was a German industrialist and politician. Dessauer was born in Aschaffenburg in a family of industrialists who owned the Aschaffenburger Buntpapierfabrik, a leading coloured paper factory ...

(1869–1926), German coloured paper manufacturer and politician (son of Philipp) * Herbert C. Dessauer (1921–2013), American biochemist *

John H. Dessauer John H. Dessauer, also known as Hans Dessauer, (13 May 1905 – 12 August 1993) was a German-American chemical engineer and an innovator in developing xerography. He was instrumental in turning a $7 million company of the 1930s into Xerox, a bil ...

(1905–1993), German born American chemical engineer (son of Hans) *

Josef Dessauer Josef Dessauer (28 May 1798 in Prague – 8 July 1876 in Mödling, near Vienna), was an Austrian-born composer who wrote many popular songs, and also some less successful operas. Life Dessauer was born into a wealthy Jewish family, and stu ...

(1798–1876), Bohemian-German composer *

Julius Dessauer Julius Dessauer (1832–1883) was a Hungarian rabbi and writer. Dessauer was born in Neutra to Gabriel L. Dessauer. He was for some years rabbi at Újpest. Bibliography *''Die Fünf Bücher Moses. Nebst dem Raschi-Commentar, Punktirt, Leich ...

(1832–1883), Hungarian rabbi and writer *

Leopold Dessauer Ludwig Dessoir, original name Leopold Dessauer (15 December 1810 – 30 December 1874) was a German actor born in Posen, the son of a Jewish tradesman. He made his first appearance on the stage there in 1824 in a small part. After some experien ...

, (1810–1874), Polish-German actor, known during his stage career as "Ludwig Dessoir" *

Philipp Dessauer Philipp Dessauer (20 June 1837 – 19 August 1900) was a "Kgl. Bayer. Kommerzienrat" (Royal Bavarian Commerce Advisor) and founder of the paper factory ''Weißpapier- und Cellulosefabrik Aschaffenburg'' in Aschaffenburg. Career Philipp Dessaue ...

, (1837–1900), German industrialist (father of Hans) * Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau was known by the nickname "the old Dessauer"

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