Rathenau is a German
locational surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name. , named after the obsolete spelling for the town of
Rathenow in
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...
. The name may refer to:
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Emil Rathenau
Emil Moritz Rathenau (11 December 1838 – 20 June 1915) was a German entrepreneur, industrialist, mechanical engineer. He was a leading figure in the early European electrical industry.
Early life
Rathenau was born in Berlin, into a w ...
(1838–1915), German industrialist
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Gerhart Rathenau (1911–1989), Dutch scientist
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Walther Rathenau (1867–1922), German industrialist and politician
Other uses
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Walther Rathenau Institut
The Walther Rathenau Institut, Stiftung für internationale Politik is a non-party and non-profit foundation based in Berlin. It is named after Walther Rathenau, the German-Jewish foreign minister of the Weimar Republic.
Aims and purposes
The f ...
, a thinktank in Berlin
See also
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Ratner (disambiguation)
Ratner may refer to:
* Ratner's, a Jewish restaurant in New York City
* the Ratner Group, a specialty retail jeweler, now Signet Jewelers
Persons with the surname Ratner:
* A. Mark Ratner (born 1948), American game designer
* Ann Rachel Ratner ( ...
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German-language surnames
Jewish-German families