Gunter or Günter may refer to: *

Gunter rig Gunter rig is a configuration of sail and spars used in sailing. It is a fore and aft sail set abaft (behind) the mast. The lower half of the luff (front) of the sail is attached to the mast, and the upper half is fastened to a spar which is ap ...

, a type of rig used in sailing, especially in small boats *

Gunter Annex Gunter Annex is a United States Air Force installation located in the North-northeast suburbs of Montgomery, Alabama. The base is named after former Montgomery mayor William Adams Gunter. Until 1992 it was known as Gunter Air Force Base or Gu ...

, Alabama, a United States Air Force installation *

Gunter, Texas Gunter is a city in the southwestern corner of Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,060 at the 2020 census, up from 1,498 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Sherman–Denison metropolitan area. History Gunter was found ...

, city in the United States

People

Surname

Chris Gunter Christopher Ross Gunter (born 21 July 1989) is a Wales, Welsh Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for AFC Wimbledon and the Wales national football team, Wales national team. An attacking D ...

(born 1989), Welsh footballer with Cardiff City, Tottenham Hotspur, Nottingham Forest and Reading *

Cornell Gunter Cornell Gunter (November 14, 1936 – February 26, 1990) was an American rhythm and blues singer, most active in the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Coffeyville, Kansas, and died in Las Vegas, Nevada, after being shot in his automobile. He was in ...

(1936–1990), American R&B singer, brother of Shirley Gunter *

David Gunter David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

(1933–2005), English footballer with Southampton, brother of

Phil Gunter Philip Edward Gunter (6 January 1932 – 13 July 2007) was an English footballer who played for Portsmouth and Aldershot. Career Gunter spent most of his career with Portsmouth, making over 300 league appearances for the club between 1951 and 1 ...

Edmund Gunter Edmund Gunter (158110 December 1626), was an English clergyman, mathematician, geometer and astronomer of Welsh descent. He is best remembered for his mathematical contributions which include the invention of the Gunter's chain, the Gunter's q ...

(1581–1626), British mathematician and inventor, known for: **

Gunter's chain Gunter's chain (also known as Gunter’s measurement) is a distance measuring device used for surveying. It was designed and introduced in 1620 by English clergyman and mathematician Edmund Gunter (1581–1626). It enabled plots of land to be a ...

Gunter's rule Edmund Gunter (158110 December 1626), was an English clergyman, mathematician, geometer and astronomer of Welsh descent. He is best remembered for his mathematical contributions which include the invention of the Gunter's chain, the Gunter's q ...

James Gunter James Gunter (25 July 1731 – 19 September 1819) was an English confectioner, market gardener and property developer who laid the foundations for what became one of the great residential estates in West London, developed by his descendants, the "R ...

(1745–1819), English confectioner, fruit grower and scientific gardener *

Jen Gunter Dr. Jennifer Gunter is a Canadian-American gynecologist, a ''New York Times'' columnist covering women's health, an author, and a specialist in chronic pain medicine and vulvovaginal disorders. Early life and education Gunter was born in Winnip ...

(born 1966), Canadian-American gynecologist & author * Gordon Gunter (1909–1998), American marine biologist and fisheries scientist * Matthew Alan Gunter (born 1957), United States Episcopal bishop *

(1932–2007), English footballer with Portsmouth and Aldershot, brother of David (1933–2005) *

Ray Gunter Raymond Jones Gunter (30 August 1909 – 12 April 1977) was a British Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician. He was born in Wales and had a background in the railway industry and the Trade unions in the United Kingdom, British trade union mo ...

(1909–1977), British Labour Party politician * Sir

Robert Gunter Sir Robert Gunter, 1st Baronet (2 November 1831 – 17 September 1905) was a British Army officer, property developer and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1905. Gunter was the son of Robert Gunter of Ear ...

(1831–1905), British army officer, property developer and politician *

Shirley Gunter Shirley M. Gunter (September 29, 1934 – December 1, 2015)Sibylle Günter Sibylle Günter (born 20 April 1964) is a German theoretical physicist researching tokamak plasmas. Since February 2011, she has headed the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. In October 2015, she was elected a member of the Academia Europa ...

(born 1964), German theoretical physicist

First name

Günter Abel Günter Abel (born 7 November 1947 in Homberg (Efze), Hesse) is a German philosopher and former professor for theoretical philosophy at the Technical University of Berlin. Abel studied philosophy, history, romance studies and political scienc ...

(born 1947), German philosopher and former professor *

Günter Altner Günter Altner (1936–2011) was a German interdisciplanarily active scientist, biologist, Protestant theologian, ecologist, environmentalist, writer and lecturer. Altner had briefly been a professor of human biology at the University of Educatio ...

(1936–2011), German interdisciplanarily active scientist, biologist, Protestant theologian, ecologist, environmentalist, writer, and lecturer *

Günter Ambraß Günter Ambraß (born 16 September 1955) is a retired East German weightlifter who competed in the lightweight category. He won one silver and two bronze medals at three world and European championships in 1978, 1979 and 1980. He finished in fourt ...

(born 1955), East German weightlifter *

Günter Anderl Günter Anderl (11 January 1947 – 10 October 2015) was an Austrian figure skater who competed in men's singles. He was the 1968 Winter Universiade bronze medalist, 1969 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, and a three-time Austrian national champion ...

(1947–2015), Austrian figure skater *

Günter Asser Günter Asser (26 February 1926, Berlin – 23 March 2015) was a professor emeritus of logic and mathematics at the University of Greifswald. He published numerous volumes on philosophers and mathematicians. His own research was in computabi ...

(1926–2015), German professor emeritus of logic and mathematics *

Günter Bartusch Günter Bartusch (April 13, 1943 – July 8, 1971) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the former East Germany. His best year was in 1970 when he rode for the MZ factory racing team to finish the season in eighth place in the 350cc worl ...

(1943–1971), East German motorcycle road racer *

Günter Baum Günter Baum (born 1960) is an openly gay man, who founded two Christian ministries in Germany. The first organization which Baum founded was Wüstenstrom, which is part of the ex-gay movement. The organization's program was originally based on ...

(born 1960), German politician and LGBT rights activist *

Günter Baumann Günter Helmut Baumann (born 1 August 1947 in Annaberg-Buchholz, Saxony) is a German politician and member of the CDU. An engineer by profession, Baumann has been a member of the Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) since 1972 until that pa ...

(born 1947), German politician *

Günter Behnisch Günter Behnisch (12 June 1922 – 12 July 2010) was a German architect, born in Lockwitz, near Dresden. During the Second World War he became one of Germany's youngest submarine commanders. Subsequently, Behnisch became one of the most prominen ...

(1922–2010), German architect *

Günter Beier Günter Beier (born 2 March 1942) is a German former gymnast. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la X ...

(born 1942), German gymnast *

Günter Benkö Günter Benkö (born 12 July 1955 in Oberwart, Burgenland) is a retired football (soccer) referee from Austria, best known for supervising two matches during the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. He also led two matches at the 2000 UEFA European F ...

(born 1955), Austrian football (soccer) referee *

Günter Benser Günter Benser (born 12 January 1931) is a German Marxist historian. Before 1989 he was a senior staff member of the Berlin-based Marxism–Leninism Institute attached to the ruling Socialist Unity Party of (East) Germany, and serving as ...

(born 1931), German Marxist historian *

Günter Bentele Günter Bentele (born 24 March 1948 in Heimenkirch) is professor of Public Relations at the University of Leipzig. Between 1989 and 1994 he taught at the University of Bamberg The University of Bamberg (german: Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bam ...

(born 1948), German semiotician *

Günter Bergau Günter Bergau (born 11 April 1939) is a retired German rower. He competed for the United Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the coxed pairs and for East Germany at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos ...

(born 1939), German rower *

Günter Bernard Günter Bernard (born 4 November 1939) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the son of Robert Bernard who was a German international football player himself. Club career Bernard was born in Schweinfu ...

(born 1939), German professional footballer *

Günter Bialas Günter Bialas (19 July 1907 – 8 July 1995) was a German composer. Life Bialas was born in Bielschowitz (today Bielszowice, a subdivision of Ruda Śląska) in Prussian Silesia. His father was the business manager of a German theatre, and his ...

(1907–1995), German composer *

Günter Bischof Günter Bischof (born 6 October 1953 in Mellau, Vorarlberg) is an Austrian-American historian and university professor. A specialist in 20th century diplomatic history, and a graduate of University of New Orleans, Innsbruck University and Harvard U ...

(born 1953), Austrian-American historian and professor *

Günter Bittengel Günter Bittengel (born 14 July 1966) is a Czech football coach and former player. He played as a striker in the Czechoslovak First League and went on to play in the Czech First League after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. As a result, he a ...

(born 1966), Czech football (soccer) coach and former player *

Günter Böckle Günter Böckle (born 1949) is a German software engineer and project manager at Siemens, Siemens Corporate Technology, known for his work on Product family engineering, Software product line engineering. Böckle received his Ph.D. in mathematics ...

(born 1949), German software engineer and project manager *

Günter Böhme (politician, born 1925) Günter Böhme (M 16, 1913 – M 24, 1988) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only fede ...

(1925–2006), German politician *

Günter Böttcher Günter Böttcher (24 July 1954 – 4 October 2012) was a West German handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1976 he was a part of the West German team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played in all six ...

(1954–2012), West German handball player *

Günter Breithardt Günter Breithardt (born 19 January 1944 in Haan, Haan/Rhineland) is a German physician, cardiologist and Emeritus#In academia, emeritus university professor. He is known for his research in the field of rhythmology, especially the diagnosis and p ...

(born 1944), German physician, cardiologist, and emeritus professor *

Günter Breitzke Günter Breitzke (born 29 June 1967) is a retired German football midfielder. Honours Borussia Dortmund * DFL-Supercup: 1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a resul ...

(born 1967), German footballer *

Günter Bresnik Günter Bresnik (born 21 April 1961) is an Austrian tennis coach. Early years Born in Vienna to two physicians, he did not take up tennis until age 16; he studied medicine for four years at the University of Vienna. As Bresnik recalls, his caree ...

(born 1961), Austrian tennis coach *

Gunter Brewer Gunter Brewer (born August 9, 1964) is an American football coach who is currently the wide receivers coach at the University of Maryland. A longtime wide receivers coach, Brewer gained the reputation of an elite receivers coach, coaching the lik ...

(born 1964), American football coach *

Günter Brocker Günter Brocker (24 May 1925 – 29 May 2015) was a German footballer and later manager. In 1958, he won the German championship with Schalke 04, for which he made 152 appearances in the Oberliga West Oberliga ( en, Premier league) may refer ...

(1925–2015), German footballer and later manager *

Günter Brümmer Günter Brümmer (15 February 1933 – 1 January 2020) was a West German slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. He won a silver medal in the C-2 team event at the 1963 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 1963 ICF ...

(1933–2020), West German slalom canoeist *

Günter Brus Günter Brus (born 27 September 1938, Ardning, Styria, Austria) is an Austrian painter, performance artist, graphic artist, experimental filmmaker and writer. Brus grew up in Mureck, attended the Kunstgewerbeschule Graz and went to Vienna in 195 ...

(born 1938), Austrian painter, performance artist, graphic artist, experimental filmmaker, and writer *

Günter Busarello Günter Busarello (27 April 1960 – 8 November 1985) was an Austrian wrestler. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as ...

(1960–1985), Austrian wrestler *

Günter Busch Günter Busch (15 February 1930 – 9 August 2006) was a 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, Americ ...

(1930–2006), German footballer * Günter Burg (born 1941), German dermatologist *

Günter Burghard Günter Burghard (born 18 November 1942) is an Austrian ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiq ...

(born 1942), Austrian ice hockey player *

Günter Burghardt Günter Burghardt, a senior European civil servant and former European Union ambassador to the United States, is a European lawyer and academic. Career Born on 27 April 1941 in Kroßwitz, Provinz Posen, now Krosnievice/Poznan, Burghardt studied ...

, European civil servant to the United States * Günter Bust (1930–2005), German music educator and composer *

Gunter Christmann Gunter Christmann (23 April 1936 – 19 November 2013) was a German-born Australian painter. Born in Berlin, Christmann emigrated to Australia in 1959. Regarded as a painter's painter, Christmann has been making abstract and figurative paint ...

(1936–2013), German-born Australian painter *

Gunter d'Alquen Gunter d'Alquen (24 October 1910 – 15 May 1998) was chief editor of the weekly ''Das Schwarze Korps'' ("The Black Corps"), the official newspaper of the Schutzstaffel (SS), and commander of the SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers. Early life Gunter d� ...

(1910–1998), German journalist, propagandist, and author *

Günter de Bruyn Günter de Bruyn (; 1 November 1926 – 4 October 2020) was a German author. Life Günter de Bruyn was born in Berlin in November 1926; his father Carl was a Catholic from Bavaria. Günter served as a Luftwaffenhelfer and soldier in World War II ...

(1926–2020), German author *

Günter Deckert Günter Deckert (9 January 1940 – 31 March 2022) was a German far-right political activist. He was the leader of the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD). He served five years in prison in Germany for various offences, includ ...

(1940–2022), German far-right political activist *

Günter Deckert (nordic combined) Günter Deckert (14 September 1950, in Ehrenfriedersdorf – 24 November 2005) was an East German nordic combined skier who competed in the early 1970s. He won a silver medal in the individual event at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Champio ...

(1950–2005), East German nordic combined skier *

Gunter Demnig Gunter Demnig (born 27 October 1947 in Berlin) is a German artist. He is best known for his ''Stolperstein'' ("stumbling block") memorials to the victims of Nazi persecution, including Jews, homosexuals, Romani and the disabled. The project plac ...

(born 1947), German artist *

Günter Deuble Günter Deuble is a retired slalom canoeist who competed for West Germany in the mid-1950s. He won a bronze medal in the folding K-1 team event at the 1953 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Meran Merano (, , ) or Meran () is a city and ...

, West German slalom canoeist *

Günter Dohrow Günter Dohrow (15 August 1927 – 27 June 2008) was a German middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an ...

(1927–2008), German middle-distance runner *

Günter Dreibrodt Günter Dreibrodt (born 26 July 1951 in Roßlau) is a former East German handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye ...

(born 1951), East German handball player *

Günter Drews Günter Drews (born 9 July 1967) is a retired German football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football ...

(born 1967), German footballer *

Günter Dreyer Günter Dreyer (5 October 1943 – 12 March 2019) was an Egyptologist at the German Archaeological Institute. In southern Egypt, Dreyer discovered records of linen and oil deliveries which have been carbon-dated to between 3300 BCE and 3200 BCE, ...

(1943–2019), German Egyptologist *

Günter Dyhrenfurth Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth (12 November 1886 – 14 April 1975) was a German-born, German and Swiss mountaineer, geologist and Himalayan explorer. He won a gold medal in alpinism at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Biography He led the International Hi ...

(1886–1975), German-born, German and Swiss mountaineer, geologist, and Himalayan explorer *

Günter Eich Günter Eich (; 1 February 1907 – 20 December 1972) was a German lyricist, dramatist, and author. He was born in Lebus, on the Oder River, and educated in Leipzig, Berlin, and Paris. Life Eich made his first appearance in print with some poems ...

(1907–1972), German lyricist, dramatist, and author *

Günter Faltin Günter Faltin (born 25 November 1944) is a German economist and entrepreneur. Early life and education Gunter Faltin was born on 25 November 1944 in Bamberg, Germany. He graduated with a Dr. rer.soc. from the University of Konstanz in 1972. Ca ...

(born 1944), German economist and entrepreneur *

Gunter Faure Gunter Faure is a geochemist who currently holds the position of Professor Emeritus in the School of Earth Science of Ohio State University. He obtained his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of ...

, American geochemist *

Günter Felke Günter Felke (Laufersweiler, 4 November 1929 - Sohren, 22 March 2005) was a German furniture manufacturer, numismatist and patron of culture. Life Günter Felke was born as the youngest son of the industrialist Michael Felke and his wife Maria i ...

(1929–2005), German furniture manufacturer, numismatist, and patron of culture *

Günter Flauger Günter Flauger (born 9 August 1936) is a German former skier. He competed in the Nordic combined event at the 1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) wer ...

(born 1936), German skier *

Günter Friesenbichler Günter Friesenbichler (born 4 March 1979) is a retired Austrian footballer.Profile
at Soccerway.com ...

(born 1979), Austrian footballer *

Günter Fronius Günter Fronius (11 November 1907 – 21 July 2015) was an Austrian entrepreneur and the founder of Fronius International GmbH.Günter Fronzeck (born 1937), German footballer *

Günter Fruhtrunk Günter Fruhtrunk (1 May 1923 – 12 December 1982) was a German geometric abstract painter and printmaker whose work relates to op art. Born in Munich, Fruhtrunk studied architecture at the Technische Hochschule in Munich, which he gave u ...

(1923–1982), German geometric abstract painter and printmaker *

Gunter Gabriel Gunter Gabriel (born Günter Caspelherr; 11 June 1942 – 22 June 2017) was a German singer, musician and composer. Gabriel became famous in Germany as singer of Schlager songs. Gabriel lived in Harburg, Hamburg. He was a friend of Johnn ...

(1942–2017), German singer, musician, and composer *

Günter Gaus Günter Gaus (23 November 1929 – 14 May 2004) was a prominent German journalist-commentator who became a diplomat and (very briefly) a regional politician in Berlin. Once he had moved on – as he probably assumed, permanently – from the wor ...

(1929–2004), German political journalist, commentator, television interviewer, diplomat, and “government fixer” *

Günter Gerhard Lange Günter Gerhard Lange (12 April 1921, in Frankfurt (Oder) – 2 December 2008, in Grosshesselohe Isartal station, Großhesselohe near Munich) was a German typographer, teacher and type designer. He was longtime art director of Berthold Type Foundr ...

(1921–2008), German typographer, teacher, and type designer * Günter Glende (1918–2004), East German party official * Günter Grasmück, member of Opus (Austrian band) *

Günter Grass Günter Wilhelm Grass (born Graß; ; 16 October 1927 – 13 April 2015) was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born in the Free City of Da ...

(1927–2015), German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and literature prize recipient *

Günter Graulich Günter Graulich (born 2 July 1926)Klaus Hofmann: Carus-Verlag. In Ludwig Finscher (edit.): ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart''. Second edition, Sachteil, volume 2 (Bolero – Encyclopedie). Bärenreiter/Metzler, Kassel u. a. 1995, Online-Aus ...

(born 1926), German church musician and music publisher *

Günter Grönbold Günter Grönbold (Munich, 18 September 1943) is a German Indologist and Tibetologist. He was head of the Oriental Section at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Munich. He is an authority on the Pāli Canon and the Buddhist art of the Silk Road and ha ...

(born 1943), German Indologist and Tibetologist *

Günter Grosswig Günter Grosswig is a retired East German slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-to-late 1950s. He won two medals in the C-2 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a silver in 1955 and a bronze in 1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was ...

, East German slalom canoeist *

Günter Guillaume Günter Guillaume (1 February 1927 – 10 April 1995) was a German spy who gathered intelligence as an agent for East Germany's secret service, the Stasi, in West Germany. Guillaume became West German chancellor Willy Brandt's secretary, ...

(1927–1995), German spy *

Günter Güttler Günter Güttler (born 31 May 1961 in Erlangen) is a German former professional football player and manager. Honours Bayern Munich * Bundesliga: 1980–81 * DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annua ...

(born 1961), German footballer and manager * Günter Habig (born 1964), German footballer *

Gunter Hadwiger Gunter Hadwiger (28 March 1949 – 9 December 2021) was an Austrian politician. A member of the Freedom Party of Austria The Freedom Party of Austria (german: Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) is a right-wing populist and national-co ...

(1949–2021), Austrian politician *

Günter Halm Günter Halm (27 August 1922 – 26 September 2017) was a German infantryman and the youngest member of the Afrika Korps to be awarded the Knight's Cross for his bravery in action. Early life Halm was born on 27 August 1922 in the town of E ...

(1922–2017), German infantryman *

Gunter Hampel Gunter Hampel (born 31 August 1937) is a German jazz vibraphonist, clarinettist, saxophonist, flautist, pianist, and composer. He became dedicated to free jazz in the 1960s, developing a record label (Birth Records) and working with Jeanne Lee, ...

(born 1937), German jazz vibraphonist, clarinetist, saxophonist, flautist, pianist, and composer *

Günter Harder Günter Harder (born 14 March 1938 in Ratzeburg) is a German mathematician, specializing in arithmetic geometry and number theory. Education and career Harder studied mathematics and physics in Hamburg und Göttingen. Simultaneously with the St ...

(born 1938), German mathematician *

Günter Haritz Günter Haritz (born 16 October 1948) is a retired road and track cyclist from West Germany, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000 Team Pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, alongside Günther Schumacher, Jürgen Colombo, and Udo H ...

(born 1948), West German road and track cyclist *

Günter Haumer Günter Haumer (born 1973) is an Austrian operatic baritone. Since 2012, he has been a member of Musical ensemble, Ensembles of the Vienna Volksoper. Life Born in Vienna, Haumer completed his education at the University of Music and Performing ...

(born 1973), Austrian operatic baritone *

Günter Havenstein Günter Havenstein (14 December 1928 – 9 February 2008) was a German long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as th ...

(1928–2008), German long-distance runner *

Günter Heimbeck Günter Heimbeck (born June 23, 1946 in Gunzenhausen, Germany) is a German–Namibian retired professor of mathematics. His particular research interest is geometry; the Heimbeck Planes are named for him. Heimbeck probably is the first and only ...

(born 1946), German-Namibian professor of mathematics * Günter Heine (born 1919), German water polo player *

Günter-Helge Strickstrack Günter-Helge Strickstrack (28 May 1921 – 20 July 2020) was a German politician who was a founding member of the CDU which was created in 1950. During the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated ...

(1921–2020), German politician *

Günter Henle Günter Henle, also known as Günther Henle (February 3, 1899 – April 13, 1979) was a German politician, pianist, and music publisher. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and of the German Bundestag. He founded the musi ...

(1899–1979), German politician, pianist, music publisher *

Günter Herburger Günter Herburger (April 6, 1932 – May 3, 2018) was a German writer. He was initially counted among the "New Realists" funded by , became the author of socialist, imaginative utopian worlds since the 1970s and took an outsider position in German ...

(1932–2018), German writer *

Günter Herlitz Günter Herlitz (February 9, 1913 – September 11, 2010) was born in Berlin as the son of Carl Herlitz, founder of the Herlitz stationery company. Biography Following the founding of the company by his father in 1904, Günter Herlitz took over ...

(1913–2010), German businessman *

Günter Hermann Günter Hermann (born 5 December 1960) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, mainly with Werder Bremen. He was also part of the West Germany national team that was crowned World champion in 1990. Clu ...

(born 1960), German footballer *

Günter Hermann Ewen Günter Hermann Ewen (1962 – 18 May 1999) was a German mass murderer who killed four people and wounded at least nine others in Dillingen, Germany on 16 May 1999, before escaping to Sierck-les-Bains, France, where he killed another person, ...

(1962–1999), German mass murderer *

Günter Herz Günter Herz (born 1940) is a German businessman, former CEO of the German coffee shop and retail chain Tchibo. Early life Günter Herz is the son of Max Herz and Ingeburg Herz. Max Herz co-founded Tchibo in 1949 with Carl Tchilinghiryan. Car ...

(born 1940), German businessman *

Günter Heßelmann Günter Heßelmann (3 August 1925 – 12 September 2010) was a German middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Oly ...

(1925–2010), German middle-distance runner *

Günter Hessler Günter Hessler (14 June 1909 – 4 April 1968) was a German naval officer during World War II. He commanded the Type IXB U-boat , sinking twenty-one ships on three patrols, totalling of Allied shipping. Hessler was a recipient of the Knight's ...

(1909–1968), German naval officer *

Günter Heyden Günter Heyden (16 February 1921 – 21 January 2002) was a German professor of philosophy and a sociologist. Between 1969 and 1989 he was the director of the East Berlin based Institute for Marxism–Leninism. Günter Heyden was born in Starga ...

(1921–2002), German professor of philosophy and a sociologist *

Günter Hirsch Günter Hirsch (born 30 January 1943) is a German legal scholar who served as the seventh President of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany from 2000 to 2008. Biography Günter Erhard Hirsch was born in Neuburg an der Donau, the second child ...

(born 1943), German legal scholar *

Günter Hirschmann Günter Hirschmann (8 December 1935 – 28 December 2023) was a German footballer who played as a midfielder, spending almost his entire senior career at 1. FC Magdeburg and its predecessors. Career Hirschmann began his footballing career at ...

(born 1935), German footballer *

Günter Hoffmann (disambiguation) Günter Hoffmann may refer to: * Günter Hoffmann (cyclist) (born 1939), German Olympic cyclist *Günter Hoffmann (1951–1984), German singer, part of the duet Hoffmann & Hoffmann Hoffmann & Hoffmann were a German singing duo consisting of brother ...

, several people *

Günter Hoge Günter Hoge (7 October 1940 – 6 November 2017) was a German footballer. Club career He played as a striker for ZASK Vorwärts Berlin, Motor Köpenick, Union Berlin and Motor Hennigsdorf An engine or motor is a machine designed to conv ...

(1940–2017), German footballer *

Günter Holzvoigt Günther Holzvoigt is an East German sprint canoeist who competed in the mid to late 1960s. He won two medals in the K-4 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver in 1963 and a bronze in 1966 Events Janu ...

, East German sprint canoeist *

Günter Hotz Günter Hotz (born 16 November 1931) is a German pioneer of computer science. His work includes formal languages, digital circuits and computational complexity theory. In 1987, he received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschu ...

(born 1931), German pioneer of computer science *

Günter Jäger Günter Jäger (born 21 December 1935) is a German former footballer who played as a defender for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Wuppertaler SV Wuppertaler SV is a German association football club located in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. The ...

(born 1935), German footballer *

Gunter Jahn Gunter Jahn (27 September 1910 – 12 April 1992) was German U-boat commander during World War II. He was born in Hamburg, Germany and began his naval career in April 1931 as a ''Seekadett''. He first served on the light cruiser '' Nürnberg'' fo ...

(1910–1992), German U-boat commander *

Günter Jena Günter Jena (born 1933) is a German choral conductor and musicologist. He was the director of church music at St. Michaelis in Hamburg from 1973 to 1997. He founded the festival Bach-Tage Hamburg, and provided music for ballet performances of cho ...

(born 1933), German choral conductor and musicologist *

Günter Jochems Günter Jochems (5 November 1928 – 30 March 1991) was a professional ice hockey player. He represented Germany in the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olim ...

(1928–1991), German professional ice hockey player *

Günter Kaltenbrunner Günter Kaltenbrunner (born 28 July 1943) is a former Austrian football player and manager. He made four appearances for the Austria national football team between 1962 and 1968. He was coach from SC Eisenstadt in the 1980–81 season. Later he ...

(born 1943), Austrian former footballer and manager * Günter Kaslowski (1934–2001), German cyclist *

Günter Katzenberger Günter Katzenberger (25 May 1937 - 28 December 2020) was a German musician, musicologist, conductor, and university faculty, professor for Historical musicology at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien HannoverGünter Kehr Günter Kehr (16 March 1920 – 22 September 1989) was a German violinist, conductor and academic teacher of violin and chamber music. He founded the Kehr Trio, a string trio, and the Mainzer Kammerorchester, a chamber orchestra, and toured in ...

(1920–1989), German violinist, conductor, and academic teacher of violin and chamber music *

Günter Keute Günter Keute (born 21 December 1955) is a retired German footballer. He spent three seasons with Eintracht Braunschweig in the Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a prof ...

(born 1955), German footballer *

Günter Kießling Günter Kießling (20 October 1925 – 28 August 2009) was a German general in the Bundeswehr, who became famous as the subject of what became known as the Kießling (or Kiessling) Affair. Kießling was born in Frankfurt (Oder) in the Province o ...

(1925–2009), German general * Günter Kilian (born 1950), German water polo player *

Günter Kirchner Günter Kirchner is a retired West German slalom canoeist who competed in the late 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the folding K-1 team event at the 1957 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , link ...

, West German slalom canoeist *

Günter Klass Günter "Bobby" Klass (13 June 1936 in Stuttgart – 22 July 1967 near Florence) was a versatile German racing driver, competing in hillclimbing, rallying, and the World Sportscar Championship as factory driver for Porsche and the Scude ...

(1936–1967), German racing driver *

Günter Kleinen Günter Kleinen (born 10 January 1941) is a German musicologist and professor of musicology with a focus on music education and systematic musicology as well as music psychology. Life Born in Cologne, Kleinene passed his Abitur in 1960 in Colog ...

(born 1941), German musicologist and professor of musicology *

Günter Kochan Günter Kochan (2 October 1930 – 22 February 2009) was a German composer. He studied with Boris Blacher and was a master student for composition with Hanns Eisler. From 1967 until his retirement in 1991, he worked as professor for musical comp ...

(1930–2009), German composer *

Günter Konzack Günter Konzack (born 24 September 1930 in Bergheide, Germany, died 16 February 2008) was a former East German football player. He played in the top-flight DDR-Oberliga for BSG Turbine Erfurt and SC Lokomotive Leipzig. After his playing caree ...

(1930–2008), East German footballer * Günter Koren (born 1962), Austrian ice hockey player *

Günter Kowalewski Günter Kowalewski (born 31 October 1943) is a German former wrestler who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia ...

(born 1943), German wrestler *

Günter Krämer Günter Krämer (born December 2, 1940) is a German stage director, especially for opera, and a theatre manager who has staged internationally. Career Born in Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Krämer studied German language and literature and gaine ...

(born 1940), German stage director and theatre manager *

Günter Krammer Günter Krammer is a West German sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1950s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1954 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Mâcon Mâcon (), historically anglicised as Mascon, is a ...

, West German sprint canoeist *

Günter Krings Günter Krings (born 7 August 1969) is a German lawyer and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2002. In addition to his parliament ...

(born 1969), German lawyer and politician *

Günter Krispel Günter Krispel (born 22 September 1951) is an Austrian bobsledder. He competed in the four man event at the 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XI ...

(born 1951), Austrian bobsledder * Günter Krivec (born 1942), German athlete *

Günter Kronsteiner Günter Kronsteiner (born 14 September 1953) is an Austrian former footballer who was most recently head coach of the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in the American North American Soccer League, currently manager of Slovak 1. FC Tatran Prešov Playi ...

(born 1953), Austrian footballer *

Günter Krüger (disambiguation) Günter Krüger may refer to: * Günter Krüger (canoeist), West German sprint canoer * Günter Krüger (judoka) (born 1953), German judoka {{hndis, Kruger, Gunter ...

, several people *

Günter Kubisch Günter ''Pumpel'' Kubisch (3 April 1939 in Magdeburg - 21 June 2005) was an East German football player. Kubisch began to play football as a ten-year-old at ''SG Eintracht Sudenburg'', one of the predecessors of 1. FC Magdeburg. He played in a ...

(1939–2005), East German footballer *

Günter Kuhnke Günter Kuhnke (7 September 1912 – 11 October 1990) was a German submarine commander during World War II and later a Konteradmiral with the Bundesmarine, West Germany's navy. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Ger ...

(1912–1990), German submarine commander *

Günter Kunert Günter Kunert (; 6 March 1929 – 21 September 2019) was a German writer. Based in East Berlin, he published poetry from 1947, supported by Bertold Brecht. After he had signed a petition against the deprivation of the citizenship of Wolf Biermann ...

(1929–2019), German writer *

Günter Kutowski Günter Kutowski (born 2 August 1965) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a defender. Career Born in Paderborn, Kutowski joined Borussia Dortmund in 1984 at the age of 19, arriving from local amateurs 1. FC Paderborn. He m ...

(born 1965), German professional footballer *

Günter Lach Günter Lach (13 July 1954 – 15 December 2021) was a German politician who served as a member of the Bundestag, and was mayor of Vorsfelde and Wolfsburg. Biography Lach was born on 13 July 1954 in , Wolfsburg. In 1970, he started working for ...

(1954–2021), German politician *

Günter Lamprecht Günter Hans Lamprecht (21 January 1930 – 4 October 2022) was a German film and stage actor, best-known internationally for his leading role in the Fassbinder miniseries '' Berlin Alexanderplatz'' (1980) and as a ship captain in the epic war f ...

(1930–2022), German actor *

Günter Lenz Günter Lenz (born 25 July 1938) is a German jazz bassist and composer. Activities Lenz was born in Frankfurt am Main. He first taught himself guitar and studied with Carlo Bohländer, playing jazz in the clubs of the U.S. Army from 1954 onw ...

(born 1938), German jazz bassist and composer *

Günter Litfin Günter Litfin (19 January 1937 – 24 August 1961) was a German tailor who became the second known person to die at the Berlin Wall. Litfin was the first victim to be killed by East German border troops, the first to succumb to gunshot wounds ...

(1937–1961), German tailor *

Günter Lobing Günter Lobing is a German lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is locate ...

, German lightweight rower *

Günter Lorenz Günter Lorenz (born 1964 or 1965 in Wels) is an Austrian murderer. Double murder On February 15, 1983, the bodies of 43-year-old Sieglinde Eckert and her eldest daughter, 18-year-old Ursula, were found in Ungargasse 12 in Landstraße. A poli ...

(born 1964/1965), Austrian murderer *

Günter Lörke Günter Lörke (born 23 June 1935) is a former German cyclist. He won the silver medal in team time trial at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Ol ...

(born 1935), German cyclist *

Günter Ludwig Günter Ludwig (born 1931) is a German pianist. Life and career Born in Großkrotzenburg, Ludwig attended the Musisches Gymnasium Frankfurt. He then studied piano with August Leopolder and Marguerite Long and conducting with Kurt Thomas. He ...

(born 1931), German pianist *

Günter Lüling Günter Lüling (25 October 1928 – 10 September 2014) was a German Protestant theologian, philological scholar (Dr. in Arabistics and Islamics) and pioneer in the study of early Islamic origins. From 1962 to 1965 he was the Director of the Germa ...

(1928–2014), German Protestant theologian, philological scholar, and pioneer in the study of early Islam *

Günter Lumer Günter Lumer (1929–2005) was a mathematician known for his work in functional analysis. He is the namesake of the Lumer–Phillips theorem on semigroups of operators on Banach spaces, and was the first to study L-semi-inner products. Born in ...

(1929–2005), German mathematician *

Günter Luther Günter Luther (17 March 1922 – 31 May 1997) was a German admiral who became Inspector of the Navy and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe for NATO. During World War II, he served as a military pilot in the Kriegsmarine and a paratrooper in ...

(1922–1997), German admiral *

Günter Lyhs Günter Lyhs (born 20 April 1934) is a German former gymnast. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to ...

(born 1934), German gymnast *

Günter M. Ziegler Günter Matthias Ziegler (born 19 May 1963) is a German mathematician who has been serving as president of the Free University of Berlin since 2018. Ziegler is known for his research in discrete mathematics and geometry, and particularly on the ...

(born 1963), German mathematician *

Günter Mack Günter Mack (12 December 1930 – 27 March 2007) was a German actor. He appeared in more than ninety films from 1963 to 2007. Günter Mack died of cancer at the age of 76. Already in 1996 his wife Wiltrud, mother of his daughter Susanne, had died. ...

(1930–2007), German actor *

Günter Malcher Günter Malcher (born 16 March 1934) is a German Sport of athletics, athlete. He competed in the Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault, men's pole vault at the 1960 Summer Olympics. References

1934 births Living pe ...

(born 1934), German athlete * Gunter Malle (born 1960), German mathematician *

Günter Maschke Günter Maschke (15 January 1943 – 7 February 2022) was a German political scientist. He was known as a supporter of the ''Nouvelle Droite''. Biography An activist within the far-left in his youth, Maschke left Germany to escape military servi ...

(1943–2022), German political scientist *

Günter Mast Günter Mast (July 4, 1927 in Braunschweig – February 28, 2011 in Lutterloh in the municipality of Unterlüß) was a German businessman. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the family business Mast-Jägermeister, known as producer of the liquo ...

(1927–2011), German businessman *

Günter Mayer Günter Mayer (6 November 1930 – 2 September 2010) was a German cultural academic and musicologist. Activities Born in Berlin, Mayer dealt with aesthetics, music aesthetics and music sociology, general theory of culture and art, media theory ...

(1930–2010), German cultural academic and musicologist *

Günter Meißner Günter Meißner (3 July 1936 – 19 November 2015) was a German art historian, who became known as editor-in-chief and publisher of the ''Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon''. Life Born in Hanover, Meißner studierte am Kunsthistorischen Institut de ...

(1936–2015), German art historian *

Günter Meisner Günter Meisner (18 April 1926 – 5 December 1994) was a German film and television character actor. He is remembered for his several cinematic portrayals of Adolf Hitler and for his role as Arthur Slugworth in ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Fa ...

(1926–1994), German film and television character actor *

Günter Meyer Günter Meyer (born 25 August 1946) is a German Geographer and Orientalist. He is chairman of the World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) and director of the Center for Research on the Arab World (CERAW) at the University of Mainz. Meye ...

(born 1946), German Geographer and Orientalist *

Günter Mielke Günter Mielke (30 November 1942 – 18 January 2010) was a West German long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres and marathon. He was born in Berlin. He won the West German championships in marathon in 1975 and 1977 and won silve ...

(1942–2010), West German long-distance runner *

Günter Mittag Günter Mittag (8 October 1926 – 18 March 1994) was a German member of parliament, secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), and a central figure in East Germany's command economy. Biography Born to a working-class family in St ...

(1926–1994), German politician *

Günter Morge Günter Morge (13 August 1925 in Leipzig – 21 January 1984) was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera. For most of his career Morge worked at the Institut fur Pflanzenschutzforschung in Berlin mostly on Acalyptrate Diptera. He w ...

(1925–1984), German entomologist *

Günter Müller Günter Müller (born October 20, 1954) is a German sound artist who originally performed as a percussionist and drummer, active primarily in free improvisation. He was born in Munich, West Germany, but has lived in Switzerland since 1966. Bac ...

(born 1954), German-born Swiss sound artist *

Günter Nachtigall Günter Nachtigall (born 5 March 1930) is a retired German gymnast. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della ...

(born 1930), German gymnast *

Günter Netzer Günter Theodor Netzer (born 14 September 1944) is a German former professional football player, executive and pundit. He achieved great success in Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach in the early 1970s and, after moving to Spain in 1973, wit ...

(born 1944), German footballer *

Günter Neuburger Günter Neuburger (born 20 May 1954) is a West German bobsledder who competed in the early 1980s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1983 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York. Neuberger also finished ninth in th ...

(born 1954), West German bobsledder *

Günter Neubert Günter Neubert (born 11 March 1936) is a German composer and tonmeister. Life Born in Crimmitschau, Saxony, after his Abitur at a secondary school in Crimmitschau in 1954, Neubert studied school music at the University of Music and Theatre ...

(born 1936), German composer and tonmeister *

Günter Neuhold Günter Neuhold (born 2 November 1947) is an Austrian conductor. Born in Graz, he attended the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz and graduated in 1968 with a master's degree. He later studied conducting with Franco Ferrara i ...

(born 1947), Austrian conductor *

Günter Neumann (disambiguation) Günter Neumann may refer to: * Guenter Neumann (agricultural scientist) (born 1958) * Günter Neumann (singer) (1913–1972), German singer, composer, lyricist and cabaretist * Günter Neumann (philologist) Günter Neumann may refer to: * Guente ...

, several people *

Günter Nimtz Günter Nimtz (born 22 September 1936) is a German physicist, working at the 2nd Physics Institute at the University of Cologne in Germany. He has investigated narrow-gap semiconductors and liquid crystals. His claims show that particles may tra ...

(born 1936), German physicist *

Günter Nooke Günter Nooke (born January 21, 1959) is a German CDU politician and a former civil rights activist. Background Nooke was born in Forst (Lausitz), Germany, a small town in Brandenburg. He grew up there only 150 km (90 mi) southeast ...

(born 1959), German CDU politician and former civil rights activist * Günter Nowatzki, German sprint canoeist * Günter Oberhuber (born 1954), Austrian ice hockey player *

Günter Ollenschläger Günter Ollenschläger (born 3 March 1951 in Bonn) is a German physician, medical editor, and á former professor of internal medicine and clinical decision making at the University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine. Biography Ollenschläger is a ...

(born 1951), German physician, medical editor, and professor of internal medicine and clinical decision making * Günter Orschel (born 1956), Bulgarian equestrian *

Günter P. Wagner Günter P. Wagner (born May 28, 1954 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-born evolutionary biologist who is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary biology at Yale University, and head of the Wagner Lab. Education and training After undergraduate e ...

(born 1954), Austrian-born evolutionary biologist *

Gunter Pauli Gunter Pauli is an entrepreneur, economist, and author born in 1956 in Antwerp (Belgium). He is best known for his main work, ''The Blue Economy''. He has lived on 4 continents, is fluent in 7 languages, is a resident of Japan since 1994 and spe ...

(born 1956), Belgian entrepreneur, economist, and author *

Günter Petersmann Günter Petersmann (born 21 April 1941) is a German rower. He competed in the men's eight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 ( ...

(born 1941), German rower *

Günter Pfitzmann Günter Pfitzmann (8 April 1924 – 30 May 2003) was a German film actor who appeared in more than 60 films between 1950 and 2001. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Only One Night'' (1950) * ''All Clues Lead ...

(1924–2003), German film actor *

Günter Pichler Günter Pichler (born 9 September 1940) is an Austrian violinist, teacher and conductor. He was the 1st violin in the Alban Berg Quartett. Biography Günter Pichler was born and raised in Kufstein, Tyrol, Austria.Nach Altmann, W.: ''Kurzgefasste ...

(born 1940), Austrian violinist, teacher, and conductor *

Günter Pilz Günter Pilz (born 1945 in Bad Hall, Upper Austria) is Professor of Mathematics at the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) Linz. Until his retirement in 2013 he was the head of the Institute of Algebra. Vita After studying mathematics and physics at ...

(born 1945), Austrian mathematician and professor *

Günter Platzek Günter Platzek (18 July 1930 in Hanover, Germany – 29 November 1990 in Hamburg, Germany) was a German keyboard player. He became known for his longtime work with the James Last Orchestra, of which he was a member from 1965 up until his death ...

(1930–1990), German keyboard player *

Gunter Pleuger Gunter Pleuger (born 25 March 1941 in Wismar, Germany) is a German diplomat and politician. He studied in politics and law in Bonn, and subsequently Cologne. From 11 November 2002 to 2006, Pleuger was the Permanent Representative of Germany to ...

(born 1941), German diplomat and politician *

Günter Preuß Günter Preuß (born 10 November 1936 in Duisburg) is a former German football player and manager who was active for MSV Duisburg for many years. He played more than 450 times for his club, of which 77 were happening in the newly founded premie ...

(born 1936), German footballer *

Günter Pröpper Günter Pröpper (born 8 December 1941) is a German retired professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in Dorsten, Pröpper started his career in amateur football before joining VfL Osnabrück in 1964. He spent three seasons with the c ...

(born 1941), German professional footballer * Gunter Prus (died 1232), Polish Roman Catholic bishop *

Günter Raphael Günter Raphael (30 April 1903 – 19 October 1960) was a German composer. Born in Berlin, Raphael was the grandson of composer Albert Becker. His first symphony was premiered by Wilhelm Furtwängler in 1926 in Leipzig. From 1926 to 1934 he tau ...

(1903–1960), German composer *

Günter Reich Günter Reich (22 November 1921 – 15 January 1989), also spelled Günther Reich and Gunther Reich, was an Israeli baritone of German birth. He was a member of the Staatsoper Stuttgart for more than 20 years and is known for interpreting the wo ...

(1921–1989), German-born Israeli baritone *

Günter Reimann Hans Steinicke (November 13, 1904 – February 5, 2005), better known by his pen-name Günter Reimann, was a German-born economist and writer. He was noted as founder and editor of ''International Reports'', a New York-based weekly publicatio ...

(1904–2005), German-born economist and writer *

Günter Reisch Günter Reisch (24 November 1927 – 24 February 2014) was a German film director and screenwriter. He served in the German Army during the last stage of World War II. On 20 April 1944 he became a member of the Nazi Party. After his release from a ...

(1927–2014), German film director and screenwriter *

Günter Rexrodt Günter Rexrodt (12 September 1941 – 19 August 2004) was a German politician. He lived in Berlin. Education and work After the Abitur in 1960 in Arnstadt, Thuringia and an extra year in West Berlin, he graduated with a Diplom in business s ...

(1941–2004), German politician *

Günter Riesen Günter Riesen (''Carl-Günther Riesen'') (23 September 1892 – 5 October 1951) was a German Nazi politician who served as Mayor of Cologne. Origin, education, occupation Riesen was born in Breslau, German Empire (now Wroclaw, Poland). His ...

(1892–1951), German Nazi politician *

Günter Rimkus Günter Rimkus (22 December 1928 – 29 September 2015) was a German dramaturge and, from 1984 to 1991, manager of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Life Born in Stallupönen, East Prussia, Rimkus studied vocal music at the Hochschule für Mus ...

(1928–2015), German dramaturge *

Günter Rittner Günter Rittner (11 March 192723 November 2020) was a German painter and illustrator. He ranks among the best known German portrayers of the 20th Century. Rittner's portraits of Ludwig Erhard as well as of Kurt Georg Kiesinger are the foundatio ...

(1927–2020), German painter and illustrator *

Gunter Rodríguez Gunther Rodríguez Osorio (born in 1981) is a Cuban former swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the M ...

(born 1981), Cuban swimmer * Günter Ropohl (1939–2017), German technology philosopher *

Günter Rössler Günter Rössler (6 January 1926 – 31 December 2012) was a German photographer who made a name for himself especially in the field of nude art photography. A pioneer of nude photography in East Germany and notable fashion photographer, Rössle ...

(1926–2012), German photographer *

Günter Ruch Günter Ruch (born 19 August 1956 in Sinzig, Rhineland-Palatinate, died 18 December 2010 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler) was a German writer, journalist, politician of the FDP and author of contemporary, fantasy and historical novels. He lived in Bad ...

(1956–2010), German writer, journalist, politician, and author *

Gunter Sachs Fritz Gunter Sachs (14 November 1932 – 7 May 2011, also Gunter Sachs von Opel) was a German photographer, author, Rosenberg student, industrialist, and latterly head of an institute that researched claims of astrology. As a young man he bec ...

(1932–2011), German photographer, author, student, industrialist, and astrologist *

Günter Sauerbrey Günter Hans Sauerbrey (January 1, 1933 – May 15, 2003) was a German physicist who invented the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). Biography Günter Sauerbrey obtained his Ph.D from the Technical University of Berlin. He was responsible of ...

(1933–2003), German physicist, inventor of the quartz crystal microbalance *

Günter Sawitzki Günter Sawitzki (22 November 1932 – 14 December 2020) was a German football player. Career Sawitzki's performances for underdog side SV Sodingen in the then best German division caught the attention of West German coach Sepp Herberger and mad ...

(1932–2020), German footballer *

Günter Schabowski Günter Schabowski (; 4 January 1929 – 1 November 2015) was an East German politician who served as an official of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (''Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands'' abbreviated ''SED''), the ruling party du ...

(1929–2015), East German politician * Günter Schaumburg (born 1943), German athlete * Günter Schießwald (born 1973), Austrian footballer * Günter Schilder (born 1942), Dutch historian *

Günter Schlierkamp Günter Schlierkamp (born 2 February 1970) is a German IFBB professional bodybuilder. Schlierkamp was born in Olfen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, where he grew up on a farm. In 1996 he married Carmen Jourst and moved to the United States, but t ...

(born 1970), German IFBB professional bodybuilder *

Günter Schlipper Günter Schlipper (born 13 August 1962) is a retired German footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 37 appearances in the Bundesliga for Schalke 04 and 1. FC Köln as well as 168 matches in the 2. Bundesliga for MSV Duisburg, Rot-Weiß Ob ...

(born 1962), German footballer * Günter Schliwka (born 1956), German weightlifter *

Günter Schmahl Günter Schmahl (26 March 1936 – 14 August 2018) was a German physicist, professor at the University of Göttingen and a pioneer of X-ray microscopy. The main focus of Schmahl's work, and his most important achievement, was the development of ...

(1936–2018), German physicist, professor, and pioneer *

Günter Schmid Günter Schmid (13 August 1932 – 29 May 2005) was the founder and principal of the Formula One teams ATS and Rial Racing Rial is a German producer of light alloy wheels and rims, and was a Formula One constructor competing in the and seasons. ...

(1932–2005), German motorsport founder and principal *

Gunter Schmidt Gunter Schmidt (born 22 November 1938) is a German sexologist, psychotherapist and social psychologist. He was born in Berlin. Schmidt was the director of the centre for sexual research in the clinic of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppe ...

(born 1938), German sexologist, psychotherapist, and social psychologist *

Günter Schmidt (arachnologist) ''For the sexologist, psychotherapist, and social psychologist, see Gunter Schmidt.'' Günter E. W. Schmidt (born 10 May 1926 in Lübeck; died 23 December 2016 in Deutsch Evern) was a German arachnologist and author of a standard German work on ...

(1926–2016), German arachnologist and author *

Günter Schmölders Günter Schmölders (29 September 1903 in Berlin – 7 November 1991 in Munich) was a German economist at Breslau and Cologne universities. Work He was among the early pioneers of behavioral studies in economics. His first works dealt with th ...

(1903–1991), German economist *

Günter Schneider Günter Schneider (born 23 September 1963) is a Swiss rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as S ...

(born 1963), Swiss rower *

Gunter Schöbel Gunter Schöbel (born 15 July 1959 in Stuttgart) is a German archaeologist and director of the Pfahlbau Museum Unteruhldingen. Career Schöbel studied archaeology, anthropology and geology at the University of Tübingen from 1979 to 1982. F ...

(born 1959), German archaeologist and museum director *

Gunter Schoß Gunter Schoß (born 2 December 1940 in Berlin, Germany) is a German voice and television actor. Among numerous other projects, he was the German voice of Donald Sutherland's character in ''Pride and Prejudice'' and of Frank Langella as Merneptah ...

(born 1940), German voice and television actor *

Günter Schroers Günter Schroers (born 11 January 1939) is a retired German rower who specialized in the coxless four A coxless four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oa ...

(born 1939), German rower *

Günter Schröter Günter Schröter (May 3, 1927 – February 10, 2016), often nicknamed Moppel, was a German association football, football player and coach who appeared in 39 matches for East Germany national football team, East Germany. Career Early years ...

(1927–2016), German footballer and coach *

Günter Schubert Günter Schubert (18 April 1938 – 2 January 2008) was a German actor and voice actor. His son Alexander Schubert is also an actor. He was born in Weißwasser and died in Berlin. Filmography * 1966: '' Die Söhne der großen Bärin'' * 1972: ...

(1938–2008), German actor and voice actor *

Günter Schulz Günter Schulz (or Guenter Schulz) is a German musician, songwriter and former member of the industrial band KMFDM. Biography Schulz's first credited appearance (as Svetlana Ambrosius, or Svet Am) was on the band's '' Naïve'' album (1990). He ...

(born 1963), German musician, songwriter, and former member of the industrial band KMFDM *

Günter Schwartzkopff Günter Schwartzkopff (5 August 1898 – 14 May 1940) was an officer in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was the namesake of the Bundeswehr General Schwartzkopff barracks in Hamburg which was renamed the in ''Generalleutnant-Graf-von-Baudiss ...

(1898–1940), German military officer * Günter Sebert (born 1948), German former footballer and manager *

Gunter Segers Gunter Segers is a Belgian children's book author, Belgian non-fiction book author, graphic designer and illustrator. Published picture books * "Flappie waar komen de kindjes vandaan?" (1993) * "Een sneeuwman met een plan" ("Snowman with a plan", ...

, Belgian children’s book author, non-fiction book author, graphic designer, and illustrator *

Günter Seibold Günter Seibold (December 11, 1936 – June 20, 2013) was a German football player. He spent 6 seasons in the Bundesliga with VfB Stuttgart. Honours * DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by th ...

(1936–2013), German footballer *

Gunter Sieberth Gunter Sieberth (born in 1965) is a German oboist. Life Sieberth comes from Meiningen in Thuringia. From 1978 to 1983 he attended the in Weimar. Afterwards he studied at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar with Axel Schmidt, solo En ...

(born 1965), German oboist * Günter Siegmund (1936–2020), East German heavyweight boxer *

Gunter Silva Passuni Gunter Silva (born 1977) is a Peruvian writer. Biography Gunter Silva Passuni was born in 1977 in La Merced, Junín, La Merced, Peru. He studied Law at the Catholic University of Santa María in Arequipa. He also holds an MA in Literature and Cr ...

(born 1977), Peruvian writer *

Günter Simon Günter Simon (born Großbaudis, Liegnitz 6 May 1933) is a German journalist. Between 1981 and 1989 he was chief editor of ', the weekly newspaper of the Free German Trade Union Federation. Life Early years Born the son of an agricultural wo ...

(born 1933), German journalist *

Günter Sommer Günter "Baby" Sommer (born 25 August 1943) is a German jazz drummer. Career Sommer was born in Dresden on 25 August 1943. His first instrument was the trumpet, which he studied at school. He started playing the drums aged 15 or 16. He studie ...

(born 1943), German jazz drummer *

Günter Spies Günter Spies (born 22 January 1948) is a German gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: M� ...

(born 1948), German gymnast * Günter Spindler (born 1949), German wrestler *

Günter Steinhausen Günther Steinhausen (15 September 1917 – 6 September 1942) was a World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace with 40 combat victories to his name. He was also a posthumous recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Biography Günther Steinhau ...

(1917–1942), German aviator *

Günter Steinke Günter Steinke (born 24 April 1956) is a German composer and teacher. He is currently professor of instrumental composition at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany. Biography Steinke was born 24 April 1956 in Lübeck. He studie ...

(born 1956), German composer and teacher *

Günter Stempel Günter Stempel (17 November 1908 – 22 October 1981) was a German politician ( LDPD). He was involved in the formation of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), despite which he was a victim of political repression in both the GDR and the USS ...

(1908–1981), German politician and lawyer * Günter Stephan (disambiguation), several people *

Günter Strack Günter Strack (4 June 1929 – 18 January 1999) was a German film and television actor. Career In English language films, he played Professor Karl Manfred in the Hitchcock thriller ''Torn Curtain'' (1966) and appeared as Kunik in ''The Odes ...

(1929–1999), German film and television actor *

Günter Stratmann Günter Stratmann (8 January 1931 – 9 September 2010) was a German fencer. He competed in the individual events at the 1956 Summer Olympics for the United Team of Germany The United Team of Germany (german: Gesamtdeutsche Mannschaft) was ...

(born 1931), German fencer *

Günter Tembrock Günter Tembrock (7 June 1918 – 26 January 2011) was an East German zoologist who pioneered the field of bioacoustics and biorhythms. He studied vocal communication in red foxes and birds. He was also a science popularizer and presented a televisi ...

(1918–2011), East German zoologist *

Günter Theißen Günter Theißen (born 16 January 1962 in Mönchengladbach) is a German geneticist. He holds the chair of genetics at the University of Jena. Life Günter Theißen studied biology at the University of Düsseldorf and did his PhD in 1991 wit ...

(born 1962), German geneticist *

Gunter Thiebaut Gunter Thiebaut (born 12 January 1977) is a Belgian retired footballer who played as a striker. Club career Early career Thiebaut's professional career started at Lebbeke. Thiebaut was then signed by Eendracht Aalst in Summer 1998, a team ...

(born 1977), Belgian footballer *

Gunter Thielen Gunter Thielen (born 4 August 1942 in Quierschied) was chairman and chief executive officer of the Bertelsmann Stiftung. He graduated from RWTH Aachen University with a PhD in mechanical engineering and economics. He was a manager at BASF from ...

(born 1942), German chief executive *

Günter Thorhauer Günter Thorhauer (8 November 1931 – 27 April 2007) was a football player who played in the first international match of East Germany. Thorhauer's playing career was short. He began playing in the youth teams of BSG Stahl Magdeburg, a club tha ...

(1931–2007), East German footballer *

Günter Tilch Günter Tilch (also Günther Tilch, born 4 May 1937) is a retired German speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skati ...

(born 1937), German speed skater *

Günter Tittes Günter Tittes (born 23 October 1936) is a retired East German breaststroke swimmer. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( i ...

(born 1936), East German breaststroke swimmer * Günter Traub (born 1939), German speed skater *

Gunter Trojovsky Gunter Trojovsky is a retired West German slalom canoeist who competed in the late 1960s. He won a silver medal in the K1 team event at the 1967 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 1967 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Lip ...

, West German slalom canoeist *

Günter Twiesselmann Günter Twiesselmann (born 15 August 1925) is a German rower. He competed in the men's coxed four event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known ...

(born 1925), German rower *

Gunter Vanderveeren Gunter Vanderveeren (born 5 April 1970) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Vanderveeren, who reached a best singles world ranking of 358, featured in the main draw of the 1988 Brussels Indoor and in qualifying for the 1995 Wimbledon ...

(born 1970), Belgian tennis player *

Gunter Van Handenhoven Gunter Van Handenhoven (born 16 December 1978) is a Belgian former professional footballer and former team manager of R.S.C. Anderlecht. Since 18 October 2021 he is the assistant-coach of K.V. Kortrijk. Club career Van Handenhoven was born in ...

(born 1978), Belgian footballer and team manager *

Günter Verheugen Günter Verheugen (born 28 April 1944) is a German politician who served as European Commissioner for Enlargement from 1999 to 2004, and then as European Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry from 2004 to 2010. He was also one of five vice ...

(born 1944), German politician *

Gunter Verjans Gunter Verjans (born 6 October 1973 in Tongres) is a former Belgian football player. He won Belgian League titles with Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club ba ...

(born 1973), Belgian footballer *

Günter Vetter Günter Vetter (4 July 1936 – 6 October 2022) was an Austrian stonemason and politician who served as the Vorarlberg for Trade, Road Construction, Building Construction, and Tourism from 1984 until 1989. A member of the Austrian People's Part ...

(1936–2022), Austrian stonemason and politician *

Günter Voglmayr Günter Voglmayr (21 February 1968 – 11 January 2012) was an Austrian classical flutist. Life Born in Ried im Innkreis, Voglmayr got his first flute lessons at the age of 8, from 1978 with Helmut Trawöger at the Landesmusikschule Grieskirch ...

(1968–2012), Austrian classical flutist *

Günter Voigt Günter Voigt (born 2 January 1933), is a military scientist and retired Major General, major general, whose last assignment was as Deputy Commander in Chief and Chief of Staff of the Air Forces of the National People's Army in the former East G ...

(born 1933), German military scientist and major general * Günter Vollmer (1917–2004), Nazi Germany officer *

Günter von Drenkmann Günter von Drenkmann (November 9, 1910 - November 10, 1974) was a German lawyer. In 1967, he was appointed president of the Berlin district court (''"Kammergericht"''). The post was one that his grandfather had held between 1890 and 1904. He wa ...

(1910–1974), German lawyer *

Günter Wächtershäuser Günter Wächtershäuser (born 1938 in Gießen) is a German chemist turned patent lawyer who is widely known for his work on the origin of life, and in particular his ''iron-sulfur world theory'', a theory that life on Earth has hydrothermal origin ...

(born 1938), German chemist turned patent lawyer *

Gunter Waldek Gunter Waldek (born 26 July 1953) is an Austrian composer, conductor and music educator. Life and career Waldek was born in Linz. Already in his youth he received piano, organ and music theory lessons at the Anton Bruckner Private University. ...

(born 1953), Austrian composer, conductor, and music educator *

Günter Wallraff Günter Wallraff (born 1 October 1942) is a German writer and undercover journalist. Research methods Wallraff came to prominence thanks to his striking journalistic research methods and several major books on lower class working conditions an ...

(born 1942), German writer and undercover journalist *

Günter Wand Günter Wand (7 January 1912, in Elberfeld, Germany – 14 February 2002, in Ulmiz near Bern, Switzerland) was a German orchestra conductor and composer. Wand studied in Wuppertal, Allenstein and Detmold. At the Cologne Conservatory, he was a co ...

(1912–2002), German orchestra conductor and composer *

Günter Weigand Günter Weigand (born 1924) is a self-proclaimed “social lawyer” (''Sozialanwalt''), economist and amateur prosecutor who became victim of a judicial and psychiatric scandal. He was born in Olsztyn. Heinrich BöllGerhard Mauz''Ist das der mit d ...

(born 1924), German economist, self-proclaimed social lawyer, and amateur prosecutor *

Günter Weiler Günter Friedrich Weiler (born 27 April 1951 in Duisburg, West Germany) is a retired lieutenant general of the German Army, the Bundeswehr. From 16 September 2010 until 9 April 2013, he was the Deputy Inspector General of the Bundeswehr. Initial ...

(born 1951), German army officer and lieutenant general * Günter Weitling (born 1935), Danish Lutheran theologian, historian, and author *

Günter Wewel Günter Wewel (; 29 November 19349 May 2023) was a German operatic bass and television presenter. Based at the Opernhaus Dortmund for decades, he performed 80 roles in Germany and Europe. He is known for presenting the television series , with ...

(born 1934), German operatic bass and television presenter *

Günter Wienhold Günter Wienhold (21 January 1948 – 21 September 2021) was a German association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He competed in the Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics, men's tournament at th ...

(1948–2021), German footballer *

Günter Wirths Günter Wirths (1 June 1911 – 26 January 2005) was a German chemist who was an authority on uranium production, especially reactor-grade. He worked at ''Auergesellschaft'' in the production of uranium for the ''Heereswaffenamt'' and its ''Ur ...

(1911–2005), German chemist *

Günter Wolf Günter Wolf (born 27 September 1949) is a German water polo player. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Righ ...

(born 1949), German water polo player *

Günter Wyszecki Günter Wyszecki (1925 – June 22, 1985) was a German-Canadian physicist who made important contributions to the fields of colorimetry, color discrimination, color order, and color vision. Education Wyszecki was born in Tilsit, East Prussia, Ge ...

(1925–1985), German-Canadian physicist *

Günter Zeitler Günter Zeitler is a German handballer, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the silver medal at the world championships, 1966. References German male handball players Possibly living people Yea ...

, German handballer *

Günter Zöller Günter Zöller (born 21 May 1948) is a German figure skating coach and former competitor for East Germany. He is the 1970 World bronze medalist, the 1970 European bronze medalist, a five-time Blue Swords champion, and a five-time East German ...

(born 1948), German figure skating coach and former East German competitor

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