Eggert (or Egert) is a Germanic given name and surname, deriving from the root '' *agi'' meaning "edge". As a given name, Eggert/Egert is masculine and is primarily used in

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

. This surname is common among

Ashkenazi Jewish Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...

families. Notable people with the name include:

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Eggert Achen Eggert Achen (30 November 1853 – 20 December 1913) was a Danish architect. Biography Eggert Christoffer Achen was born in the parish of Kvislemark in Næstved Municipality. Denmark. He was the son of Hillerød Eggert Christoffer Achen and Jo ...

(1853–1913), Danish architect * Eggert Guðmundsson (born 1964), Icelandic football goalkeeper * Eggert Jóhannesson, Icelandic football manager *

Eggert Jónsson Eggert Gunnþór Jónsson (born 18 August 1988) is an Icelandic international footballer who plays predominantly as a midfielder but is also capable of playing as a centre back or in both full back roles. He current plays for the Icelandic cl ...

(born 1988), Icelandic football midfielder *

Eggert Magnússon Eggert Magnússon (born 20 February 1947) is an Icelandic businessman and former president of the Football Association of Iceland and ex-chairman of West Ham United. Eggert is a former owner and CEO of an import/export and bread and biscuit manufa ...

(born 1947), Icelandic businessman, former President of the Football Association of Iceland *

Eggert Ólafsson Eggert Ólafsson (1 December 1726 – 30 May 1768) was an Icelandic explorer, writer and conservator of the Icelandic language. He also worked to revive the Icelandic culture and economy. Background He was the son of a farmer from Svefneyjar in ...

(1726–1768), Icelandic explorer, writer and conservator of the Icelandic language *

Eggert Reeder SS-'' Gruppenführer'' Eggert Reeder (22 July 1894, Poppenbüll – 22 November 1959, Wuppertal) was a German jurist, civil servant, and district president of several regions. Reeder served as civilian administrator of Wehrmacht occupied B ...

(1894–1959), German jurist and civil servant * Eggert Gíslason Þorsteinsson (1925–1995), Icelandic politician, Minister of Social Affairs

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Anders Eggert Anders Eggert Magnussen (born 14 May 1982) is a Danish handball coach and former player. He has previously played in Denmark for GOG and Skjern Håndbold, and german side SG Flensburg-Handewitt. He was part of SG Flensburg-Handewitt team that ...

(born 1982), Danish handball player *

Christian Eggert Christian Eggert (born 16 January 1986) is a German Association football, footballer who plays for SC Westfalia Herne, Westfalia Herne in the Oberliga Westfalen. Career Eggert was born in Herne, Germany, Herne, West Germany. He began his career ...

(born 1986), German footballer *

Elmer Eggert Elmer Albert Eggert ose(January 29, 1902 – April 9, 1971) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1927 season. Listed at , 160 lb., he batted and threw right-handed. Eg ...

(1902–1971), American baseball player * Franz Xaver Eggert (1802–1876), German glass painter * Hermann Eggert (1844–1920), German architect *

Joachim Nicolas Eggert Joachim Nicolas Eggert (22 February 1779 – 14 April 1813) was a Swedish composer and musical director. Eggert was born in Gingst on Rügen, at that time part of Swedish Pommern. At a very young age he started studying to play the violin. ...

(1779–1813), Swedish composer and musical director *

Konstantin Eggert Konstantin Vladimorovich Eggert (russian: Константин Владимирович Эггерт; 9 October 1883 – 24 October 1955) was a Russian actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The acto ...

(1883–1955), Russian actor and film director *

Maren Eggert Maren Eggert (born 30 January 1974) is a German actress. She is best known for playing the role of Frieda Jung in the German TV series ''Tatort''. Another notable appearance of her is the role of Dora in the 2001 film ''Das Experiment'', opposit ...

(born 1974), German actress *

Michael Eggert (disambiguation) Michael Eggert may refer to: * Michael Eggert (businessman) (born 1975), businessman from Copenhagen, Denmark * Michael Eggert (footballer) Michael Eggert (born 29 September 1952) is a retired German footballer A football player or football ...

, multiple people, including: **

Michael Eggert (businessman) Michael Eggert, (born 12 July 1975) is an entrepreneur from Copenhagen, Denmark. Eggert is the founder and managing partner of several companies, amongst others Studerende Online (bought by the Danish media corporation Det Berlingske Officin Be ...

(born 1975), Danish businessmen **

Michael Eggert (footballer) Michael Eggert (born 29 September 1952) is a retired German footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American footbal ...

(born 1952), German footballer * Moritz Eggert (born 1965), German composer and pianist * Nicole Eggert (born 1972), American actress * Otto Eggert (1874–1944), German geodesist *

Peter Eggert Peter Eggert (born 8 June 1943 in Berlin) is a former German football player and manager. Eggert played his entire career for Tennis Borussia Berlin Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in the locality of Westend in Berli ...

(born 1943), German football player and manager *

Toni Eggert Toni Eggert (born 12 May 1988) is a German luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shou ...

, German luger {{DEFAULTSORT:Eggert Icelandic masculine given names German-language surnames