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 families. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
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Eggert Achen (1853–1913), Danish architect
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Eggert Guðmundsson (born 1964), Icelandic football goalkeeper
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Eggert Jóhannesson, Icelandic football manager
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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 clu ...
(born 1988), Icelandic football midfielder
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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
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Eggert Ólafsson (1726–1768), Icelandic explorer, writer and conservator of the Icelandic language
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Eggert Reeder (1894–1959), German jurist and civil servant
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Eggert Gíslason Þorsteinsson (1925–1995), Icelandic politician, Minister of Social Affairs
Surname
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Anders Eggert (born 1982), Danish handball player
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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
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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.
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(1902–1971), American baseball player
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Franz Xaver Eggert
Franz Xaver Eggert (11 November 1802 – 14 October 1876) was a German stained glass, glass painter.
Life
Eggert was born at Höchstädt an der Donau, Höchstädt on the Danube, and studied decorative painting at Augsburg and Munich; but he aft ...
(1802–1876), German glass painter
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Hermann Eggert
Georg Peter Hermann Eggert (3 January 1844 – 12 March 1920) was a German architect. He designed important public buildings such as the Frankfurt Main Station and the New Town Hall in Hannover, often in the style of Neo-Renaissance.
Career
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(1844–1920), German architect
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Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779–1813), Swedish composer and musical director
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Konstantin Eggert (1883–1955), Russian actor and film director
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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'', oppos ...
(born 1974), German actress
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Michael Eggert (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
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Michael Eggert (businessman) (born 1975), Danish businessmen
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Michael Eggert (footballer) (born 1952), German footballer
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Moritz Eggert
Moritz Eggert (born 25 November 1965 in Heidelberg) is a German composer and pianist.
Life
Moritz Eggert began his studies in piano and composition in 1975 at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium in Frankfurt (with Wolfgang Wagenhaeuser and Claus Kü ...
(born 1965), German composer and pianist
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Nicole Eggert
Nicole Elizabeth Eggert (born January 13, 1972) is an American actress. Her notable roles include Jamie Powell on the situation comedy ''Charles in Charge'' and Summer Quinn on the television series ''Baywatch''. She guest-starred in '' The Supe ...
(born 1972), American actress
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Otto Eggert
Paul Hermann Otto Eggert (born 4 February 1874 in Tilsit, d. January 20, 1944 in Gdańsk) was a German surveyor and professor of Gdańsk University of Technology (). He was also dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering from 1909 to 1910 and from ...
(1874–1944), German geodesist
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Peter Eggert (born 1943), German football player and manager
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Toni Eggert, German luger
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Icelandic masculine given names
German-language surnames