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People with the given name Heinz

* Heinz Allersmeier (1917–2001), German Army officer in World War II *

Heinz von Allmen Heinz von Allmen (10 August 1913 – 11 November 2003 in Lauterbrunnen) was a Swiss Alpine skier and cross-country skier. World Championships medals One of Wengen's most successful ski racers, Heinz von Allmen won the following races:

(1913–2003), Swiss Olympic skier * Heinz Alt (1922–1945), German composer and victim of the Nazi regime * Heinz Anger (born 1941), Austrian painter *

Heinz Ansbacher Heinz Ludwig Ansbacher (October 21, 1904 – June 22, 2006) was a German-American psychologist specializing in the theories of Alfred Adler. Biography Ansbacher was born in Frankfurt am Main, German Empire. After completing high school he wor ...

(1904–2006), German-American psychologist *

Heinz Arndt Heinz Wolfgang Arndt (26 February 1915 – 6 May 2002) was a German-born Australian economist. Biography Heinz Wolfgang Arndt was born in Breslau, Germany, in 1915, the eldest son of Fritz Georg Arndt (1885–1969) and Julia (née Heimann). A ...

(1915–2002), Australian economist *

Heinz Arnold Heinz Arnold (12 February 1919 – 17 April 1945) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace. He is credited with 49 aerial victories including seven victories claimed flying the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter.For a list of Luftwaffe Jet aces see ''Li ...

(1919–1945), German Luftwaffe fighter ace * Heinz Arzberger (born 1972), Austrian football player *

Heinz Auerswald Heinz Auerswald (26 July 1908 – 5 December 1970) was a German lawyer and member of the SS in Nazi Germany, which he joined in 1933. In 1937 he became member of the NSDAP. Early years Heinz Auerswald was born on 26 July 1908 in Berlin He spent ...

(1908–1970), German lawyer and member of the SS *

Heinz Barwich Heinz Barwich (22 July 1911 – 10 April 1966) was a German nuclear physicist. He was deputy director of the Siemens Research Laboratory II in Berlin. At the close of World War II, he followed the decision of Gustav Hertz, to go to the S ...

(1911–1966), German nuclear physicist *

Heinz Burt Heinz Burt (24 July 1942 – 7 April 2000) was a German-born British rock and roll bassist and singer who performed under the stage name Heinz. He was also known as a member of instrumental group the Tornados. Life Heinz was born in Detmold ...

(1942–2000), German-born British pop singer *

Heinz Edelmann Heinz Edelmann (20 June 1934 – 21 July 2009) was a Czech-German illustrator and designer. His art direction and character designs for the Beatles' 1968 animated film '' Yellow Submarine'' brought him additional recognition around the world. ...

(1934–2009), German illustrator and designer *

Heinz Erhardt Heinz Erhardt (; 20 February 1909 – 5 June 1979) was a German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, and poet. Life Heinz Erhardt was born in Riga, the son of Baltic German Kapellmeister Gustav Erhardt. He lived most of his childhood at his ...

(1909–1979), German comedian, entertainer and actor *

Heinz Fischer Heinz Fischer GColIH OMRI RSerafO GCollSE (; born 9 October 1938) is a former Austrian politician. He took office as President of Austria on 8 July 2004 and was re-elected for a second and last term on 25 April 2010, leaving office on 8 July 2 ...

(born 1938), President of Austria *

Heinz von Foerster Heinz von Foerster (German spelling: Heinz von Förster; November 13, 1911 – October 2, 2002) was an Austrian American scientist combining physics and philosophy, and widely attributed as the originator of Second-order cybernetics. He was twice ...

(1911–2002), Austrian-American physicist and philosopher *

Heinz Galinski Heinz Galinski (28 November 1912 – 19 July 1992) was president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland) from 1954–1963 and 1988 until his death in 1992. Early life Galinski was born in Marienburg (Malb ...

(1912–1992), president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany *

Heinz Guderian Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (; 17 June 1888 – 14 May 1954) was a German general during World War II who, after the war, became a successful memoirist. An early pioneer and advocate of the " blitzkrieg" approach, he played a central role in t ...

(1888–1954), German general during World War II, one of the principal commanders of

Eastern Front (World War II) The Eastern Front of World War II was a Theater (warfare), theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Polish Armed Forces in the East, Poland and other Allies of World War II, Allies, which encom ...

and

Battle of Moscow The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a sector of the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front during World War II. It took place between September 1941 and January ...

* Heinz-Günther Guderian (1914–2004), German officer in the Wehrmacht and later NATO, son of Heinz Guderian *

Heinz Günthardt Heinz Peter Günthardt (born 8 February 1959) is a retired tennis player from Switzerland. Tennis player career Günthardt won five singles titles during his professional career, including the Rotterdam WCT in 1980. The right-hander reached hi ...

(born 1959), Swiss tennis player *

Heinz van Haaren Heinz van Haaren (born 3 June 1940 in Marl, Province of Westphalia) is a Dutch former football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up a ...

(born 1940), Dutch football player *

Heinz-Harald Frentzen Heinz-Harald Frentzen (born 18 May 1967) is a German former racing driver. He competed in multiple disciplines including Sportscars, Formula One and DTM. He had his most success in Formula One, entering over 150 Grands Prix and winning three. ...

(born 1967), German racing driver *

Heinz Heck Heinz Heck (22 January 1894 – 5 March 1982) was a German biologist and director of Hellabrunn Zoo (''Tierpark Hellabrunn'') in Munich. He was born in Berlin and died in Munich. With his brother, Lutz Heck, who was director of the Berlin ...

(1894–1982), German biologist and zoo director *

Heinz Werner Höber Heinz Werner Höber (1931 in Bärenstein – 15 May 1996) was a very prolific pulp fiction author who produced many novels about the fictitious FBI-agent Jerry Cotton and eventually sued his publisher because he felt he had been entitled to receive ...

(1931–1996), prolific pulp fiction author *

Heinz Hoenig Heinz Hoenig (born 24 September 1951) is a German actor who participated in over 100 feature films and TV productions. Filmography Accolades * 1982: category ''Nachwuchspreis'' * 1992: Telestar for ''Die Angst wird bleiben'' * 1993: Deuts ...

(born 1951), German actor *

Heinz Höher Heinz Höher (11 August 1938 – 7 November 2019) was a German football player and manager. Playing career Höher played for Bayer Leverkusen, Meidericher SV, FC Twente and VfL Bochum. Coaching career Höher coached Schwarz-Weiß Essen, VfL Boc ...

(born 1938), German footballer *

Heinz Höhne Heinz Höhne (1926 Berlin, Germany - 27 March 2010 in Großhansdorf) was a German journalist who specialized in Nazi and intelligence history. Biography Born in Berlin in 1926, Höhne was educated there until he was called to fight during the l ...

(1926–2010), German journalist and historian *

Heinz Hopf Heinz Hopf (19 November 1894 – 3 June 1971) was a German mathematician who worked on the fields of topology and geometry. Early life and education Hopf was born in Gräbschen, Germany (now , part of Wrocław, Poland), the son of Elizabeth ( ...

(1894–1971), German mathematician *

Heinz-Otto Kreiss Heinz-Otto Kreiss (14 September 1930 – 16 December 2015) was a German mathematician in the fields of numerical analysis, applied mathematics, and what was the new area of computing in the early 1960s. Born in Hamburg, Germany, he earned his Ph.D ...

(1930–2015), German mathematician * Heinz Kühn (1912–1992), German politician *

Heinz Rudolf Kunze Heinz Rudolf Erich Arthur Kunze (born 30 November 1956, in Espelkamp-Mittwald, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German writer and rock singer. His greatest hit was ''Dein ist mein ganzes Herz'' (not to be confused with the homonymous song from the op ...

(born 1956), German singer *

Heinz-Georg Lemm Heinz-Georg Lemm (1 June 1919 – 17 November 1994) was a German Oberst (colonel) of the Wehrmacht and general in the Bundeswehr who served as Chief of the Army Office. Career During World War II, Lemm served in the Wehrmacht and was a recipi ...

(1919–1994), German military officer *

Heinz Linge Heinz Linge (23 March 1913 – 9 March 1980) was a German SS officer who served as a valet for the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, and became known for his close personal proximity to historical events. Linge was present in the ''Füh ...

(1913–1980), SS officer who served as Adolf Hitler's valet * Heinz A. Lowenstam (1912–1993), German-born, Jewish-American paleoecologist * Heinz von Lichberg (1890–1951), German author known for his 1916 short story ''Lolita'' * Heinz Magenheimer (born 1943), Austrian historical revisionist * Heinz Mayr (born 1935), German racewalker *

Heinz Plank Heinz Plank, born 13 October 1945 in Bad Elster, Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, is a German painter, draughtsman and graphic artist. He studied under Wolfgang Mattheuer and Werner Tübke at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig The Hochschule ...

(born 1945), German painter, draughtsman and graphic artist *

Heinz von Randow Heinz Friedrich von Randow (15 November 1890 – 21 December 1942) was a German army general. Life Randow was born in Grammow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin. He became an ensign in 1910, then attended the military academy and became lieutenant on 20 ...

(1890–1942), German army general in World War II * Heinz Raack (1917-2002), German hockey player *

Heinz Rühmann Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a Ge ...

(1902–1994), German actor *

Heinz Spoerli Heinz Spoerli (born 8 July 1940) is a Swiss dance maker, internationally known. After a long career as a ballet dancer and company director, he is now widely considered to be one of the foremost European choreographers of his time. Early life and ...

(born 1940), Swiss choreographer *

Heinz Staab Heinz A. Staab (26 March 1926 – 29 July 2012) was a German chemist. From 1990 to 1996 he was Präsident der Max Planck Society. Biography Staab was born in 1926 in Darmstadt. He studied chemistry at the Marburg, the Tübingen and medicine in He ...

(born 1926–2012), German chemist and director of the Max Planck Society * Heinz Steinberger (born 1958), Austrian ice speed skater *

Heinz-Christian Strache Heinz-Christian Strache (; born 12 June 1969) is an Austrian politician and dental technician who served as Vice-Chancellor of Austria from 2017 to 2019 before resigning owing to his involvement in the Ibiza affair. He was also Minister of Civi ...

(born 1969), Austrian politician and former Vice-Chancellor *

Heinz Winckler Heinz Carl Heinrich Winckler (born 22 March 1978) is a South African singer and the winner of the first series of South African '' Idols'' and is also an actor. Born the eldest of three children in Stellenbosch, South Africa, he went on to study ...

(born 1978), singer, winner of the first ''South Africa Idols'' competition *

Heinz Wolff Heinz Siegfried Wolff, (29 April 1928 – 15 December 2017) was a German-born British scientist as well as a television and radio presenter. He was best known for the BBC television series ''The Great Egg Race''. Early life Wolff was born i ...

(1928–2017), German-British scientist and TV presenter *

Heinz Zander Heinz Zander (born 2 October 1939) is a German painter, graphic artist, illustrator and writer. Zander belongs to the Leipzig School (painting), Leipzig School. His fields of work are painting (oil), drawing, graphics and illustration. He is al ...

(born 1939), German artist and writer

People better known by other names

* Heinz Alfred Kissinger (Henry Kissinger), German-born American academic, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman * Heinz Horst Bodo Dettke (

Bodo Dettke Heinz Horst Bodo Dettke, better known as Bodo Dettke, born 27 February 1967, is a Solomon Islands politician. His political career began when he was elected to Parliament as MP for North West Guadalcanal in the August 2010 general election. He ...

), a Solomon Islands politician * Heinz Kurt Bolender (Kurt Bolender), SS officer in World War II * Heinz Strobl (Gandalf), Austrian New Age composer * Heinz-Frederic Jolles (Henry Jolles), a German pianist and composer * Heinz-Georg Kramm (Heino), German singer and entertainer

Fictional characters

* Heinz, a character from the Japanese animated film

Memories Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action. If past events could not be remembered, ...

* Heinz, a Dutch comic strip about a grumpy, sarcastic cat by

René Windig René Windig (born 1951 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch cartoonist, best known as a frequent collaborator with Eddie de Jong. Together they created the comic strip ''Heinz'', about a grumpy sarcastic cat. They won the 1991 Stripschapprijs The Stripsch ...

and

Eddie de Jong Eddie de Jong (born 1950, Amsterdam) is a Dutch cartoonist, best known as a frequent collaborator with René Windig. Together they created the comic strip ''Heinz'', about a grumpy sarcastic cat. They won the 1991 Stripschapprijs The Stripschappr ...

. *

Heinz Doofenshmirtz Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, also known as Professor Time, is a fictional character from the American animated television series ''Phineas and Ferb''. He was created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, and is voiced by Povenmire. He was origina ...

, a fictional character from ''

Phineas and Ferb ''Phineas and Ferb'' is an American animated musical-comedy television series created by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh for Disney Channel and Disney XD. Produced by Disney Television Animation, the series was originally broadcast as a ...

'' *

Heinz Kruger This is a list of Captain America's enemies: A * Adolf Hitler: the leader of Nazi Germany "Mein Führer" Who wanted to rule the world and destroying Jews during World War II. * Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.): A terrorist organization of scien ...

, a German spy during World War II in the Marvel Comics universe * Heinz Thorvald, character in the 1999 novel ''

War of the Rats ''War of the Rats'' is a World War II fiction novel written by David L. Robbins in 1999. The book has sold worldwide in over 20 languages. Synopsis The plot focuses on a 1942 battle between the Nazi Germans and the Soviets set in Stalingra ...

'' * Heinz Thorvald, character in the 2001 film ''

Enemy at the Gates ''Enemy at the Gates'' (''Stalingrad'' in France and ''L'Ennemi aux portes'' in Canada) is a 2001 war film directed, co-written, and produced by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on William Craig's 1973 nonfiction book '' Enemy at the Gates: The Batt ...

'' *Heinz, main character in Luka Karnstein's "The Meeting Place"

People with the given name Heinz

People better known by other names

Fictional characters

See also