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August Kanitz August Kanitz (25 April 1843, in Lugos – 12 July 1896, in Kolozsvár) was a Hungarian botanist. While a student at the University of Vienna he wrote ''Geschichte der Botanik in Ungarn'' (Hanover and Budapest, 1863), and soon after, ''Versuch e ...

, (1843–1896), Hungarian botanist *

August Wilhelm Graf von Kanitz Graf August Karl Wilhelm von Kanitz (29 October 1783 – 22 May 1852) was a Prussian Lieutenant General and was also the Minister of War from 26 April to 16 June 1848 (without party affiliation) in the Camphausen- Hansemann government. Kanitz ...

(1783–1852), Prussian Lieutenant General and Minister of War *

Ernest Kanitz Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People *Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor *Ernest, M ...

(1894–1978), composer; see

Houston Bright Robert Houston Bright (January 21, 1916 – December 8, 1970) was a composer of Music of the United States, American music, known primarily for his choral works. The best-known of these is an original spiritual "I Hear a Voice A-Prayin'," but he wr ...

* Felix Philipp Kanitz (1829–1904), ethnographer *

Gerhard von Kanitz Gerhard Theodor Alexander Graf von Kanitz (9 April 1885 – 15 June 1949) was a German politician of the German National People's Party (DNVP) and the German People's Party (DVP). He was a member of several Prussian and German Parliaments and ...

(1885–1949), German politician *

Hans von Kanitz Hans Wilhelm Alexander Graf von Kanitz-Podangen (17 April 1841 – 30 June 1913) was a German politician and Junker. Kanitz was born in Mednicken, East Prussia (Drushnoye, Kaliningrad Oblast). In 1894 he proposed the Kanitz Plan: an import monopo ...

(1841–1913), German politician *

Katrin Kanitz Katrin Kanitz is a former German pair skater. With partner Tobias Schröter Tobias Schröter (born 12 May 1964) is a former German pair skater. With partner Babette Preußler, he won the bronze medal at the 1984 East German Figure Skating ...

, athlete *

Miklos Kanitz Miklos Samual Kanitz (1939–2006) was a Hungarian-Canadian Holocaust survivor living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He narrowly escaped being transported to the German death camp at Auschwitz in June 1944 at the age of six, because a neighbor, whos ...

(born 1938), Holocaust survivor *

Otto Felix Kanitz Otto Felix Kanitz ( 5 February 1894, in Vienna; 29 March 1940, in Buchenwald) was an Austrian socialist, journalist and educator. He was also part of the 'Schönbrunner Circle' ( Schönbrunner Kreis). Childhood Kanitz was born as the third of ...

(1894–1940), educator

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Dolní Kounice Dolní Kounice (; german: Kanitz) is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,500 inhabitants. Geography Dolní Kounice is situated about south of Brno in the valley of the Jihlava (river) ...

, Czech Republic * German name of

Olszewo Węgorzewskie Olszewo Węgorzewskie (german: Olschöwen, from 1938 to 1945 ''Kanitz'') is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Budry, within Węgorzewo County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kalining ...

, Poland {{disambiguation, surname, geo