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People

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ; ; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd ...
(1886–1969), German-American architect * Maria Mies (1931–2023), German feminist *
Richard W. Mies Richard Willard Mies (born May 30, 1944) is a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the fourth Commander in Chief of United States Strategic Command from 1998 to 2001. Naval career Mies graduated first in his class from the United S ...
(born 1944), U.S. Navy admiral and fourth commander in chief of the United States Strategic Command * Mies Boissevain-van Lennep (1896–1965), member of the World War II Dutch resistance *
Andreas Mies Andreas Mies (; born 21 August 1990) is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the French Open doubles title in both 2019 and 2020 alongside compatriot Kevin Krawietz. Th ...
(born 1990), German tennis player


Places

* Mies, Switzerland, a municipality *the German name for Mežica in Slovenia *the German name for
Stříbro Stříbro (; german: Mies) is a town in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. The town centre with the Renaissance Stříbro bridge is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monumen ...
in Czechia *the German name for the Mže river in Czechia and Germany


Ships

* HNLMS ''Mies'', a Dutch Navy tugboat in service 1946–47 * ST ''Mies'', Dutch East Indian tugboat in service 1947–53 and an Indonesian tugboat in service 1958–83 * KRI ''Mies'', an Indonesian Navy tugboat in service 1953–58


Other

* Battle of Tachov or Battle of Mies, fought in Bohemia in 1427 as part of the Hussite Wars


See also

* Jacob of Mies (1372–1429), Bohemian reformer * Mie (disambiguation) {{disambig, geo, surname, ship