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George Frederic Muntz George Frederick Muntz (26 November 1794 – 30 July 1857) was an Business magnate, industrialist from Birmingham, England and a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for the Birmin ...
(1794–1857), industrialist and MP from Birmingham, England **
Muntz metal Muntz metal (also known as yellow metal) is an alpha-beta brass alloy composed of approximately 60% copper, 40% zinc and a trace of iron. It is named after George Fredrick Muntz, a metal-roller of Birmingham, England, who commercialised the all ...
, an alloy which he invented **
Philip Henry Muntz Philip Henry Muntz (21 January 1811 – 25 December 1888) was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He was a leading figure in the politics of the rapidly growing industrial town of Birmingham in the mid-nineteenth century. Early life a ...
, his brother, also an MP **
Sir Philip Muntz, 1st Baronet Sir Philip Albert Muntz, 1st Baronet (5 January 1839 – 21 December 1908) was an English businessman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1884 to 1906. Muntz was the son of George Frederic Muntz of Umberslade Hall, Warwickshir ...
, his son *** See also Muntz Baronets * H. M. Muntz (1800s), musician and collector from Birmingham, England **
Muntz Stradivarius The ''Muntz Stradivarius'' is an antique violin crafted by Antonio Stradivari of Cremona (1644–1737) in 1736. The label affixed to this instrument bears the inscription, “''d'anni 92''” (92 years old), possibly handwritten by Stradivari himse ...
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Alan Muntz Frederick Alan Irving Muntz BA FRAeS (7 June 1899 – 7 March 1985) was a British consulting aeronautical engineer.Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920-2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/ ...
(1899–1985), British consulting aeronautical engineer *
Earl "Madman" Muntz Earl William "Madman" Muntz (January 3, 1914 – June 21, 1987) was an American businessman and engineer who sold and promoted cars and consumer electronics in the United States from the 1930s until his death in 1987. He was a pioneer in telev ...
(1914–1987), merchandiser of cars and consumer electronics, electrical engineer **
Muntz Car Company The Muntz Car Company was an automobile manufacturer based in the United States. History The company was established in 1950 in Glendale, California by Earl "Madman" Muntz, a well known local used car dealer and electronics retailer. Muntz was a ...
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Muntz Stereo-Pak The Muntz Stereo-Pak, commonly known as the 4- track cartridge, is a magnetic tape sound recording cartridge technology. The Stereo-Pak cartridge was inspired by the Fidelipac 3-track tape cartridge system invented by George Eash in 1954 and ...
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Muntzing Muntzing is the practice and technique of reducing the components inside an electronic appliance to the minimum required for it to function. The term is named after the man who invented it, Earl "Madman" Muntz, a car and electronics salesman who was ...
, removing excess components of an electronic appliance *
Laura Muntz Lyall Laura Muntz Lyall (June 18, 1860 – December 9, 1930) was a Canadian Impressionist painter, known for her sympathetic portrayal of women and children. Life and work Laura Adeline Muntz was born at Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Engla ...
(1860–1930), Canadian impressionist painter * (born 1963), Dutch comedian *
Rolf Muntz Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' ( Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is ''Hrólfr''. A ...
(born 1969), Dutch golfer *
Nelson Muntz Nelson Mandela Muntz is a fictional character and the lead school bully from the animated television series ''The Simpsons'', where he is best known for his signature mocking laugh "Ha-ha!". He is voiced by Nancy Cartwright. Nelson was first intro ...
, fictional character on ''The Simpsons'' *
Charles Muntz ''Up'' is a 2009 American computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Bob Peterson (in his feature directorial debut), and produced by ...
, main antagonist of ''Up''


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Eugène Müntz Eugène Müntz (11 June 1845 in Soultz-sous-Forêts, Bas-Rhin – 30 October 1902 in Paris) was an Alsatian- French art historian. From 1873 to 1876 he was a member of the École française de Rome.Herman Müntz 250px (Chaim) Herman Müntz (28 August 1884, in Łódź – 17 April 1956, in Sweden) was a German mathematician, now remembered for the Müntz approximation theorem. Biography He was born in Łódź (then in the Piotrków Governorate of the ...
, Polish-Jewish mathematician **
Müntz–Szász theorem The Müntz–Szász theorem is a basic result of approximation theory, proved by Herman Müntz in 1914 and Otto Szász (1884–1952) in 1916. Roughly speaking, the theorem shows to what extent the Weierstrass theorem on polynomial approximation c ...
(1884-1952)


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Munz (disambiguation) Munz may refer to: People * Bernhard Münz (1856–1919), Austrian philosopher and librarian * Peter Munz (1921–2006), German-New Zealander philosopher and historian * Philip A. Munz (1892-1974), U.S. botanist, taxonomist and educator * Mieczys ...
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Mintz Mintz is a surname. Its etymology may be connected to the German city of Mainz. Notable people with the surname include: * Beatrice Mintz (1921–2022), American embryologist * Binyamin Mintz (1903–1961), Israeli politician * Charles Mintz (1896-1 ...
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Minz Minz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Abraham ben Judah Minz, Italian rabbi * Judah ben Eliezer ha-Levi Minz, Italian rabbi * Moses ben Isaac ha-Levi Minz, German rabbi of the 16th century * Moses Minz (–1831), Hungarian ...
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