Helmuth is both a masculine German given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Helmuth Theodor Bossert
Helmuth Theodor Bossert (September 11, 1889 – February 5, 1961) was a German history of art, art historian, philology, philologist and archaeology, archaeologist. He is best-known for his excavations of the Hittite fortress city at Karatepe, Tur ...
(1889–1961), German art historian, philologist and archaeologist
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Helmuth Duckadam
Helmut Robert Duckadam (; born 1 April 1959) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He was dubbed "the Hero of Seville" due to his performance in the 1986 European Cup Final, won by his club Steaua București, where he sa ...
(born 1959), Romanian former footballer
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Helmuth Ehrhardt
Helmuth Ehrhardt was a German psychiatrist.
Life
Ehrhardt was a student of Werner Villinger. In a biography on Villinger, which Ehrhardt authored, he commended Villinger and Max de Crinis. Ehrhardt downplayed the seriousness of the crimes th ...
, German psychiatrist
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Helmuth Hübener
Helmuth Günther Guddat Hübener (8 January 1925 – 27 October 1942) was a German youth who was executed at age 17 by beheading for his opposition to the Nazi regime. He was the youngest person of the German resistance to Nazism to be sent ...
(1925–1942), German opponent of the Third Reich
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Helmuth Koinigg
Helmuth Koinigg (3 November 1948 – 6 October 1974) was an Austrian racing driver who died in a crash in the 1974 United States Grand Prix, in his second Grand Prix start.
Racing career
Koinigg was born in Vienna. Like several other Formula One ...
(1948–1974), Austrian racing driver
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Helmuth Lehner
Helmuth Lehner (born 7 December 1968) is the singer and guitarist of the black/death metal band Belphegor. Prior to Belphegor he was in the Austrian heavy metal band Speed Limit, where he was known as Hel Lennart.
Equipment
Lehner is an avid ...
(born 1968), Austrian musician
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Helmuth Lohner
Helmuth Lohner (24 April 1933 – 23 June 2015) was an Austrian actor, theatre director, and from 1997 to 2006 director of the Theater in der Josefstadt.
Early life
Born in Vienna, Lohner initially trained as a commercial artist, while also taki ...
(1933–2015), Austrian actor and theatre director
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Helmuth Markov (born 1952), German politician
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Helmuth von Moltke (disambiguation), several people
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Helmuth Nyborg
Helmuth Sørensen Nyborg (born 5 January 1937) is a Danish psychologist and athlete. He is a former professor of developmental psychology at Aarhus University, Denmark and Olympic canoeist. His main research topic is the connection between horm ...
(born 1937), Danish professor at Aarhus University
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Helmuth von Pannwitz (1898–1947), German SS Cossack Cavalry Corps officer executed for war crimes
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Helmuth Plessner
Helmuth Plessner (4 September 1892, Wiesbaden – 12 June 1985, Göttingen) was a German philosopher and sociologist, and a primary advocate of "philosophical anthropology".
Life & career
Plessner had an itinerant education in Germany betwee ...
(1892–1985), German philosopher and sociologist
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Helmuth Rilling
Helmuth Rilling (born 29 May 1933) is a German choral conductor and an academic teacher. He is the founder of the Gächinger Kantorei (1954), the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart (1965), the Oregon Bach Festival (1970),
the Internationale Bachakademie S ...
(born 1933), German conductor
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Helmuth von Ruckteschell
Hellmuth von Ruckteschell (22 March 1890 − 24 September 1948) was a German naval officer during World War II; he was one of the most successful merchant raider commanders of Nazi Germany, serving as the captain of the commerce raiders '' Wid ...
(1890–1948), German navy officer
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Helmuth Schneider
Helmuth Schneider (18 December 1920 – 17 March 1972) was a German actor.
Schneider portrayed the role of Uncle Dimitri in ''The White Horses''.
He died in a traffic accident in Rio de Janeiro in 1972.
Selected filmography
*1944: '' Dr ...
(1920–1972), German actor
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Helmuth Schwenn
Helmuth Schwenn (27 January 1913 – 16 July 1983) was a German water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Career
Schwenningen won an Olympic silver medal in water polo in the Olympics in 1936 in Berlin. He was part of the Ge ...
(1913–1983), German water polo player
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Helmuth Søbirk (1916–1992), Danish amateur footballer
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Helmuth Stieff
Hellmuth Stieff (6 June 1901 – 8 August 1944) was a German general and a member of the OKH (German Army Headquarters) during World War II. He took part in attempts by the German resistance to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 7 and 20 July 1944.
C ...
(1901–1944), German general and member of the OKH
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Helmuth Ternberg
Ernst Axel ''Hellmuth'' "Teddy" Ternberg (13 September 1893 – 24 May 1971) was a Swedish Army major and intelligence officer who led, together with Carl Petersén, the intelligence service C-byrån during World War II. One of the most spectacul ...
(1893–1971), Swedish intelligence officer
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Helmuth Weidling
Helmuth Otto Ludwig Weidling (2 November 1891 – 17 November 1955) was a German general during World War II. He was the last commander of the Berlin Defence Area during the Battle of Berlin, and led the defence of the city against Soviet forc ...
(1891–1955), German Army office
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Frits Helmuth
Frits Helmuth (3 July 1931 – 12 December 2004) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1938 and 2004. He was born and died in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was the son of Osvald Helmuth and is the father of Mikael Helmuth and Pu ...
(1931–2004), Danish actor
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Justus Christian Henry Helmuth
Justus Christian Henry Helmuth (16 May 1745 in Helmstedt, Brunswick, Germany – 5 February 1825 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) was a German-American Lutheran clergyman.
Biography
His father died when the son was a mere boy, but ...
(1745–1824), German-American Lutheran clergyman
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Osvald Helmuth
Osvald Helmuth (14 July 1894 – 18 March 1966) was a Danish stage and film actor and revue singer.
Life and career
HIs career began in Randers in 1913, and he later appeared in the Nørrebro Teater in Copenhagen. (1894–1966), Danish stage and film actor and revue singer; father of Frits Helmuth
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HMS ''Helmuth'', a Royal Navy armed tug
*Helmuth, a villain in E. E. Smith's
''Galactic Patrol'' (novel)
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Hellmuth Hellmuth is both a masculine German given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
* Hellmuth Heye (1895–1970), German admiral and politician
* Hellmuth Hirth (1886–1938), German engineer who founded engine manufac ...
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Helmut Helmut is a German name. Variants include Hellmut, Helmuth, and Hellmuth.
From old German, the first element deriving from either ''heil'' ("healthy") or ''hiltja'' ("battle"), and the second from ''muot'' ("spirit, mind, mood").
Helmut may ref ...
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Danish masculine given names
German masculine given names