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citing ''Dictionary of American Family Names'', 2013, Oxford University Press Notable people with the surname include:

XVI−XIX centuries

David Pohl David Pohle (1624 – 20 December 1695) was a German composer of the Baroque era. His surname is also spelled Pohl, Pohlen, Pole, Pol or Bohle. Biography Pohle was born in Marienberg into a family of civic musicians. He was a pupil of Heinrich Sc ...

(or Pohle; 1624–1695), German composer of the Baroque era *

Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl (23 February 1782, Česká Kamenice (german: Böhmisch Kamnitz) – 22 May 1834, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist, entomologist, geologist, mineralogist, and physician. Biography Johann Emanuel Pohl grew up in ''Politz ...

(1782–1834), Austrian botanist *

Johann Ehrenfried Pohl Johann Ehrenfried Pohl (12 September 1746, Leipzig – 25 October 1800, Dresden) was a German physician and botanist. He was the son of physician Johann Christoph Pohl (1706–1780). From 1763 to 1769, he studied medicine at the University of Leip ...

(1746–1800), German botanist and physician

XIX century

Arts and entertainment

* Anton Carl Ferdinand Pohl (1819–1887), German-Austrian music historian, archivist, and composer *

Richard Pohl Richard Pohl (September 12, 1826 – December 17, 1896) was a German music critic, writer, poet, and amateur composer. He figured prominently in the mid-century War of the Romantics, taking the side opposite Eduard Hanslick, and championing t ...

(1826–1896), German composer and music author *

Franz Pohl Franz Pohl (1868–1940)Krannert Art Museum, p. 32. was the pseudonym of Franz Karl Bühler, a schizophrenic outsider artist and one of the "schizophrenic masters" profiled by Hans Prinzhorn in his field-defining work ''Artistry of the Mentally Il ...

(1864–1920), outsider artist *

Joseph Pohl Joseph Pohl (1864–1939) was a German botanical artist born in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland). Apprenticed as an engraver, Pohl collaborated with botanist Adolf Engler (1844–1930) for over forty years on several of Engler's important wo ...

(1864–1939), German botanical artist * Adolph Joseph Pohl (1872–1930), Austrian artist and academic sculptor * Klaus Pohl (1883–1958), Austrian film actor *

Max Pohl Max Pohl (10 December 1855 – 7 April 1935) was an Austrian stage and film actor.Gadberry p.155 Selected filmography * '' The Black Tulip Festival'' (1920) * '' The Marquise of Armiani'' (1920) * ''The Fear of Women'' (1921) * '' The Oath of Ste ...

(1885–1935), Austrian stage and film actor * Hermine "Hertha" Pohl (1889–1954), German writer * Frederick J. Pohl (1889–1991), American playwright, literary critic, editor, and author

Science

* Julius Pohl (1861–1942), Austrian-German pharmacologist *

Esther Pohl Lovejoy Esther Pohl Lovejoy ( Clayson; November 16, 1869 – August 31, 1967) was an American physician and public health pioneer, suffrage activist, congressional candidate, and a central figure in early efforts to organize international medical r ...

(1869–1967), American physician and public health pioneer *

Robert Wichard Pohl Robert Wichard Pohl (10 August 1884 – 5 June 1976) was a German physicist at the University of Göttingen. Nevill Francis Mott described him as the "father of solid state physics". See also: "Components of the solid state", Nevill Mott, New Sci ...

(1884–1976), German physicist

Sports, military, and other

* Caroline Pohl (1851–1908), brothel proprietor and local identity of the Little Lon district in Melbourne, Australia *

Hugo von Pohl Hugo von Pohl (25 August 1855 – 23 February 1916) was a German admiral who served during the First World War. He joined the Navy in 1872 and served in various capacities, including with the new torpedo boats in the 1880s, and in the ''Reic ...

(1855–1916), German admiral *

Oswald Pohl Oswald Ludwig Pohl (; 30 June 1892 – 7 June 1951) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. As the head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office and the head administrator of the Nazi concentration camps, he was a key figure in ...

(1892–1951), German SS officer executed for war crimes *

Maximilian Ritter von Pohl __NOTOC__ Maximilian Ritter von Pohl (15 April 1893 – 26 July 1951) was a general in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Awards and decorations * Knight's Cross of the ...

(1893–1951), German army and air force (''Luftwaffe'') officer * Erich Pohl (1894–1948), German international footballer

XX century

Arts and entertainment

Anna Neethling-Pohl Anna Neethling-Pohl (born 24 December 1906, Graaff-Reinet – died 14 August 1992, Bloemfontein) was a South African actress, performer and film producer. She was also an author who wrote under the pen name ''Niehausvor'' and sometimes ''Wynand d ...

(1906–1992), South African actress, performer and film producer *

Louis Pohl Louis Pohl (1915 – December 22, 1999) was an American painter, illustrator, art teacher, printmaker and cartoonist. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1915. A childhood illness made it impossible to walk without pain and prevented Pohl from en ...

(1915–1999), American artist *

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satelli ...

(1919–2013), American science fiction writer *

Witta Pohl Witta Pohl ( Breipohl; 1 November 1937 – 4 April 2011) was a German actress. Life Born in the East Prussian city of Königsberg, she was one of six children to Wilhelm Breipohl, a gynaecologist, and his wife Marie-Luise, née Klönne. D ...

(1937–2011), German actress

Science

* Herbert A. Pohl (Herbert Ackland, 1916–1986), discoverer of dielectrophoretic cell separation technology *

Erika Pohl-Ströher Erika Pohl-Ströher (18 January 1919 - 18 December 2016) was a German business executive, heiress, and collector of minerals and German folk art. She was resident in Switzerland for much of her life. Life Pohl-Stroher was born on 18 January 191 ...

(1919–2016), German business executive, heiress, and collector of minerals *

William Francis Pohl William Francis Pohl (16 September 1937 – 9 December 1988) was an American mathematician, specializing in differential geometry and known for the Clifton–Pohl torus. Pohl received from the University of Chicago his B.A in 1957 and his M.A.1958 ...

(1937–1988), American mathematician

Sportspeople

* Herbert Pohl (1916–2010), German international footballer *

Leonhard Pohl Leonhard "Leo" Pohl (18 July 1929 – 23 April 2014) was a German athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres. He was born in Allenstein (today Olsztyn, Poland) and died in Pfungstadt, Germany. He competed for the United Team of Germany in ...

(1929–2014), German athlete *

Ernest Pohl Ernest Pohl (3 November 1932 – 12 September 1995), a.k.a. Ernst Pol, was a Polish football player. He was born in Ruda (now Ruda Śląska), Poland and died in Hausach, Germany. Career Pohl scored 39 goals in 46 international matches for Pola ...

(1932–1995), Polish football (soccer) player

Other

Hermann Pohl Hermann or Herrmann may refer to: * Hermann (name), list of people with this name * Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language * Éditions Hermann, French publisher * Hermann, Miss ...

('' fl.'' 1910–1930), member of the

Thule Society The Thule Society (; german: Thule-Gesellschaft), originally the ''Studiengruppe für germanisches Altertum'' ("Study Group for Germanic Antiquity"), was a German occultist and '' Völkisch'' group founded in Munich shortly after World War I, ...

and the founder of the

Germanenorden The Germanenorden (Germanic or Teutonic Order) was an occultist and '' völkisch'' secret society in early 20th-century Germany. Its aim was to monitor Jews and spread antisemitic material. History The Germanenorden was founded in Berlin in 1912 ...

, ariosophic lodge in c. 1910–1930 *

Reynaldo Galindo Pohl Reynaldo Galindo Pohl (Sonsonate, October 21, 1918 – San Salvador, January 4, 2012) was a Salvadoran lawyer and diplomat. He actively participated in the military movement which led to overthrew of Salvador Castaneda Castro in 1948. Galindo P ...

(1918–2012), Salvadoran lawyer and diplomat * Karl Otto Pohl (1929–2015), German economist and Bundesbank head *

Gerhard Pohl Gerhard Pohl (16 August 1937 – 30 May 2012) was a German politician and a member of the East German CDU. He served as Minister of Economics from April to August 1990, in the cabinet of Lothar de Maizière. Career Education Pohl held a dipl ...

(1937–2012), German politician

Living people

* Jürgen Pohl (born 1964), German politician * Ines Pohl (b. 1967), German journalist *

James L. Pohl Colonel James L. Pohl is an American lawyer and officer in the United States Army. He is notable for having been appointed as a judge on a Guantanamo military commission. He is presiding over the Commission of Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, Walid ...

('' fl.'' 1978–), American lawyer and officer in the United States Army

Arts and entertainment

Kalle Pohl Kalle Pohl (born 20 August 1951 in Düren) is a German comedian and actor. Life Pohl works as comedian and actor in Germany. He plays guitarre. Works Theatre * 2007: ''Norman, bist du es?'' * 2010: ''Denn sie wissen nicht, was sie erben' ...

(1951), German comedian and actor * Emily Pohl-Weary (1973), Canadian novelist, poet and university professor *

Lucie Pohl Lucie Pohl (born April 15, 1983) is a German actress and stand-up comedian. Pohl is the daughter of theater director and singer Sanda Weigl and the actor and dramatist Klaus Pohl. She is sister of writer Marie Pohl and cousin of actress Anna Tha ...

(1983), German-American actress and stand-up comedian *Markus Pohl ('' fl.'' 2005–), German musician and member of the German power metal band

Mystic Prophecy Mystic Prophecy is a power metal band from Bad Grönenbach, Germany. Their sound is described as hard and melodic, similar to American power metal bands such as Iced Earth, due to their melodic riffing and powerful drumming. History The band wa ...

Historians

Manfred Pohl Professor Manfred Pohl (born 26 May 1944) is a German business historian. He is the author of over thirty corporate history books, as well as numerous articles and chapters. He has also published a number of poems and short stories. Manfred Pohl i ...

(1944), German business historian *

Sabine Bergmann-Pohl Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (née Schulz; ; born 20 April 1946) is a German doctor and politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), she was president of the People's Chamber of East Germany from April to October 1990. Durin ...

(1946), German politician *

Walter Pohl Walter Pohl (born 27 December 1953, in Vienna) is an Austrian historian who is Professor of Auxiliary Sciences of History and Medieval History at the University of Vienna. He is a leading member of the Vienna School of History. Biography Walter ...

(1953), Austrian historian and author * (1964), German historian

Scientists and engineers

* Robert Otto Pohl (1929), German-American physicist * Dieter Pohl (physicist) (1938), German/Swiss physicist *

Peter Pohl Peter Pohl (born 5 December 1940) is a Swedish author and former director and screenwriter of short films. He has received prizes for several of his books and films, as well as for his entire work. From 1966 until his retirement in 2005, he was ...

(1940), Swedish writer and mathematician *

Heinz-Dieter Pohl Heinz-Dieter Pohl (born 6 September 1942 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian linguist and onomatologist. Life Pohl is the son of gymnasium professor Heinz Pohl and Hermine Pohl. He studied classical philology and history at the University of Vi ...

(1942), Austrian linguist * Klaus Pohl (computer scientist) (1960), German professor of software systems engineering * Jason Pohl (1981), chopper designer

Sportspeople

Ball sports

* Danny Joe Pohl (1955), American professional golfer *

Carsten Pohl Carsten Pohl (born 23 March 1965) is a German professional basketball coach. He served as head coach and assistant coach for the Telekom Baskets Bonn Telekom Baskets Bonn, also known as Baskets Bonn, is a German professional basketball club th ...

(1965), German professional basketball coach * Stephanie Pohl (1978), German beach volleyball player * Shannon Pohl (1980), American badminton player * Martin Pohl (1981), German former footballer *

Jannik Pohl Jannik Pohl (born 6 April 1996) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Icelandic club Fram Reykjavík. Club career AaB Pohl started his youth career in Hundelev and Vendsyssel FF (formerly FC Hjørring), and joined th ...

(1996), Danish football forward

Ice hockey

John Pohl John August "Johnny" Pohl (born June 29, 1979) is an American former professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Pohl played for the University of Minnesota where he helped lead the team to the ...

(1979), American professional ice hockey player * Kristin Elizabeth "Krissy" Wendell-Pohl (1981), American women's ice hockey player * Petr Pohl (1986), Czech professional ice hockey player *

Patrick Pohl Patrick Pohl (born January 8, 1990) is a German professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Eispiraten Crimmitschau of the DEL2. He has previously played with Eisbären Berlin, Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg and Hamburg Freezers The Hambur ...

(1990), German professional ice hockey forward

Swimmers

* Marlies Pohl (1955), German former swimmer *

Stefan Pohl Stefan Pohl (born 10 April 1978, in Merseburg) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000'') ...

(1978), German former swimmer

Other types of sport

* Günther Pohl (1939), German long-distance and ultramarathon runner * Klaus-Jürgen Pohl (1941), German former wrestler *

Hans-Peter Pohl Hans-Peter Pohl (born 30 January 1965 in Triberg im Schwarzwald) is a former German nordic combined skier who competed during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He won the 3 x 10 km team event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and also won ...

(1965), German former winter sports athlete and Olympic skier in the Nordic combined discipline *

Stephanie Gaumnitz Stephanie Gaumnitz (née Pohl; born 21 October 1987) is a German retired racing cyclist. She rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. At the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships she won the gold medal in the points race. In Septembe ...

(née Pohl; 1987), German retired racing cyclist *

Michael Pohl Michael Pohl (born 18 November 1989) is a German athlete. He competed in the men's 60 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the team event at the 2019 European Games , translation: Time for ...

(1989), German athlete

Other uses

Ernest Pohl Stadium The Arena Zabrze, also known as the Stadion im. Ernesta Pohla (''Ernest Pohl Stadium''), is a football stadium in Zabrze, Poland. It is the home ground of Górnik Zabrze. Originally constructed in 1934, it is currently in the process of complete re ...

, also called Górnik Zabrze Stadium, a multi-purpose stadium in

Zabrze Zabrze (; German: 1915–1945: ''Hindenburg O.S.'', full form: ''Hindenburg in Oberschlesien'', Silesian: ''Zŏbrze'', yi, זאַבזשע, Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Sil ...

, Poland, named for Ernest Pohl

References

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