German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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and Jewish surname meaning "rose valley". Notable people with the name include:
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* Abe M. Rosenthal (1922–2006), ''New York Times'' editor and columnist
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Albert Rosenthal
Albert Rosenthal (January 30, 1863 – December 20, 1939) was an American portrait artist, printmaker, writer, and collector from Philadelphia.
Early life
Albert Rosenthal was born in Philadelphia on January 30, 1863, to Max Rosenthal. He stu ...
(1863–1939), American portrait artist
* Albert J. Rosenthal (1919–2010), American legal scholar
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Amy Krouse Rosenthal (April 29, 1965 – March 13, 2017) was an American author of both adult and children's books, a short film maker, and radio show host. She is best known for her memoir ''Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life'', her children's pic ...
Arthur Rosenthal
Arthur Rosenthal (24 February 1887, Fürth, Germany – 15 September 1959, Lafayette, Indiana) was a German mathematician.
Career
Rosenthal's mathematical studies started in 1905 in Munich, under Ferdinand Lindemann and Arnold Sommerfeld at the ...
(1887–1959), German mathematician
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Barbara Rosenthal
Barbara Ann Rosenthal (born 1948) is an American avant-garde artist, writer and performer.Kray, Pamela. "Provocative Barbara Rosenthal Existentially Grows Up" ''Book Arts Newsletter'' No. 84 Sept.-Oct 2013, pgs 40-42. ISSN 1754-9086, retrieved N ...
(born 1948), artist and writer
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Ben Rosenthal (baseball)
Ben Rosenthal (born July 25, 1979) is an American professional baseball coach and former player. He is currently an assistant hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in Minor League Baseball as a ...
(born 1979), American baseball coach
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Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (June 8, 1923 – January 4, 1983) was an American Democratic Party politician from New York who represented the northern portion of Queens during twelve Congressional terms, from 1962 until his death. Upon his death a ...
Charles Rosenthal
Major General Sir Charles Rosenthal, (12 February 1875 – 11 May 1954) was an Australian architect, soldier, musician and politician. He commanded units of infantry in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, and in the 1920 ...
(1875–1954), Australian general of World War I
* Chuck Rosenthal (district attorney), Republican District Attorney of Harris County, Texas
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Constantin Daniel Rosenthal
Constantin Daniel Rosenthal (''b''. Pest, Austrian Empire: ''Rosenthal Konstantin'', 1820 – July 23, 1851) was a Romanian painter and sculptor of Austrian-Jewish birth and a 1848 revolutionary, best known for his portraits and his choice of ...
Denise Rosenthal
Denise Sofía Rosenthal Schalchli (born 8 November 1990), known professionally as Denise Rosenthal is a Chilean singer, songwriter, and actress.
Early life
Rosenthal was born in Santiago, Chile. She has two brothers, one sister, and is the youn ...
, Chilean actress, singer, and songwriter
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Dietmar Rosenthal
Dietmar Elyashevich Rosenthal ( rus, Ди́тмар Элья́шевич Розента́ль, p=) was a Russian Linguistics, linguist.
Rosenthal created several Russian-Italian Dictionary, dictionaries and also translated the works of Italian w ...
, Russian linguist
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Doreen Rosenthal
Doreen Anne Rosenthal (born 1938) is an Australian academic and adolescent sexual health and women's health researcher. As of 2020 she is Professor Emerita in the School of Population Health at La Trobe University and Honorary Professor in th ...
(born 1938), Australian psychologist, adolescent health and HIV/AIDS researcher
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Ed Rosenthal
Edward "Ed" Rosenthal (born December 2, 1944) is an American horticulturist, author, publisher, and ''Cannabis'' grower known for his advocacy for the legalization of marijuana use. He served as a columnist for ''High Times Magazine'' during the ...
, author and publisher arrested for use of medical marijuana
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Edward Rosenthal
Edward Rosenthal (1903–1991) was a former vice chairman of Warner Communications and president/owner of the Jewish funeral home chain, Riverside Memorial Chapel.Elisabeth Rosenthal
Elisabeth Rosenthal (born April 29, 1956) is an American physician and former ''New York Times'' reporter who focused on health and environment matters. She is the author of a 2017 book, “An American Sickness”, which argues that severely dist ...
, American physician and journalist
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Erwin Rosenthal
Erwin Isak Jacob Rosenthal (18 September 1904 – 1991), was a German-born British Hebrew scholar and orientalist.
Early life
Erwin Isak Jacob Rosenthal was born in Heilbronn, Germany, on 18 September 1904 into a Jewish family. He was educated a ...
(1904–1991), German-born British Hebrew scholar and orientalist
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François Rozenthal
François Rozenthal (born 20 June 1975) is a French former professional ice hockey player.
Personal
Rozenthal is Jewish, and is the identical twin brother of Maurice Rozenthal, who is also a French ice hockey player.
Ice hockey career
He has be ...
, French ice hockey player
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Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal
Frank Lawrence Rosenthal (June 12, 1929 – October 13, 2008), also known as "Lefty" Rosenthal, was an American professional sports bettor, former Las Vegas casino executive, and organized crime associate. Rosenthal, who was once called "the gre ...
, Las Vegas entrepreneur
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Franz Rosenthal
Franz Rosenthal (August 31, 1914 – April 8, 2003) was the Louis M. Rabinowitz professor of Semitic languages at Yale from 1956 to 1967 and Sterling Professor Emeritus of Arabic, scholar of Arabic literature and Islam at Yale from 1967 to 1985 ...
(1914–2003), scholar of Arabic literature and Islam
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Gavin Rossdale
Gavin McGregor Rossdale (born 30 October 1965) is an English guitarist and actor, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Bush. He helped form Bush in 1992; on the band's separation in 2002, he became the lead singer ...
, British singer. (His family's original name was Rosenthal, but changed to Rossdale)
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Gerry Rosenthal
Gerald Raymond Rosenthal is an American musician, singer-songwriter and actor. He has starred in films and short films and has guest starred in television series such as ''Law & Order'' and ''Celebrity Deathmatch''. He is best known for providing ...
, American actor and musician
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Gert Rosenthal
Gert Rosenthal Königsberger (born 11 September 1935) is a Guatemalan diplomat.
He was born in Amsterdam to a German father and Guatemalan mother and came to Guatemala at the age of three. After secondary education in Guatemala, he studied in ...
, Guatemalan statesman
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Hannah Rosenthal
Hannah Rosenthal (born 1951) in an American Democratic Party political official and Jewish non-profit executive who served as the U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism from 2009 until 2012 during the Obama Administration.
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, politician active in Jewish causes
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Hans Rosenthal
Hans Rosenthal (2 April 1925 – 10 February 1987) was a radio editor, director, and one of the most popular German radio and television hosts of the 1970s and 1980s.
Life
Rosenthal grew up in a Jewish family on Winsstraße No. 63, in the Pr ...
(1925-1987), German television presenter
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Harald Rosenthal
Harald Rosenthal (born 9 June 1937) is a German hydrobiologist and fisheries scientist known for his work in fish farming, ecology, and international cooperation.
Life
Rosenthal was born and raised in Berlin. From 1957 to 1962, he studied zoolog ...
, German marine biologist
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Harold Rosenthal
Harold David Rosenthal OBE (30 September 1917 – 19 March 1987) was an English music critic, writer, lecturer, and broadcaster about opera. Originally a schoolmaster, he became drawn to music, particularly opera, and began working on musical ...
, British music critic
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Harold Wallace Rosenthal
Harold Wallace Rosenthal (November 2, 1947 – August 11, 1976), was a senior aide to Senator Jacob K. Javits (R-NY). Rosenthal was murdered in a terrorist attack in Istanbul, Turkey. The Harold Rosenthal Fellowship in International Relations was ...
, administrative assistant of senator Jacob K. Javits
* Heinrich Rosenthal (1846–1916), Estonian nationalist leader, doctor and author
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Helen Rosenthal
Helen K. Rosenthal (born October 24, 1960) was formerly an American politician who served as a member of the New York City Council for the 6th district. The district includes the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Early life and education
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, American politician
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Ida Rosenthal
Ida Rosenthal (née Kaganovich; January 9, 1886 – March 29, 1973) was a Belarusian-born American dressmaker and businesswoman who co-founded Maidenform.
Biography
She was born to a Jewish family in Rakaŭ, near Minsk, then part of the Russ ...
, bra designer and co-founder of Maidenform
* Ilena Rosenthal, breast implant activist
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Jack Rosenthal
Jack Morris Rosenthal (8 September 1931 – 29 May 2004) was an English playwright. He wrote 129 early episodes of the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' and over 150 screenplays, including original TV plays, feature films, and adaptations.
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, British playwright and television writer
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Jaime Rosenthal
Jaime Rolando Rosenthal Oliva (May 5, 1936 – January 12, 2019) was a Honduran politician, and leader of one of Liberal Party of Honduras's (PLH) wings, and was a perennial candidate for President. On March 20, 1974 he founded the Banco Conti ...
, Honduran banker and politician
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Jane Rosenthal
Jane Rosenthal (born September 21, 1956) is an American film producer.
, film producer
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Jean Rosenthal
Jean Rosenthal (born Eugenia Rosenthal; March 16, 1912May 1, 1969) is considered a pioneer in the field of theatrical lighting design. She was born in New York City to Romanian-Jewish immigrants. northern.edu, retrieved May 20, 2009Fippin, CaroBio ...
(1912–1969), pioneer of theatrical lighting design
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Jeff Rosenthal
Jeffrey Seth Rosenthal (born October 13, 1967 in Scarborough, Toronto, Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian statistician and nonfiction author. He is a professor in the University of Toronto's Department of Statistics, cross-appointed with Univer ...
, Canadian statistician and author
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Jenna Rosenthal
Jenna Rosenthal (born May 14, 1996) is an American professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for the Columbus Fury of the Pro Volleyball Federation. She has played for the U.S. national team. Professionally, she has played i ...
, American volleyball player
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Jim Rosenthal
Jim Rosenthal (born 6 November 1947) is an English sports presenter and commentator. In a long broadcasting career, Rosenthal has presented coverage of many sports including football, rugby, automotive racing, boxing and athletics. He has covere ...
, UK sports presenter
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Joe Rosenthal
Joseph John Rosenthal (October 9, 1911 – August 20, 2006) was an American photographer who received the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic World War II photograph '' Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima'', taken during the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima.
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, American photographer
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Ken Rosenthal
Ken Rosenthal (born September 19, 1962) is an American sportswriter and reporter. He serves as a field reporter for ''Fox Major League Baseball'' since 2005, and was an in-studio reporter for MLB Network from 2009 to 2022. Since August 2017, h ...
, American sportswriter and reporter
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Laurence Rosenthal
Laurence Rosenthal (born November 4, 1926) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor for theater, television, film, and the concert hall.
Biography
Born in Detroit, Michigan, Rosenthal attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New ...
, film and television composer
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Leah Rosenthal
Leah Rosenthal, (23 April 1879 – 4 October 1930) was a decorated Australian nurse who served in the First World War.
Early life
Rosenthal was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 23 April 1879, the daughter of Joseph Rosenthal and Martha Avinsky. ...
(1879 - 1930), Australian nurse who served in World War I
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Linda Rosenthal
Linda B. Rosenthal (born November 12, 1957) represents District 67 as a Democrat in the New York State Assembly, which includes parts of Manhattan's Upper West Side and Clinton/Hell's Kitchen neighborhoods.
Early life
Linda Rosenthal was b ...
, American politician
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Lukas Rosenthal
Lukas Rosenthal (born 7 July 1988) accessed: 23 March 2010 is a German
, German rugby union player
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Manuel Rosenthal
Manuel Rosenthal (18 June 1904 – 5 June 2003) was a French composer and conductor who held leading positions with musical organizations in France and America. He was friends with many contemporary composers, and despite a considerable list of c ...
(1904–2003), French composer and conductor
* Marc Rosenthal, American singer-songwriter
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Márk Rózsavölgyi
Márk Rózsavölgyi (; born Mordecai Rosenthal, 14 August 1787 – 23 January 1848) was a Hungarian composer and violinist. He has been called "the father of csárdás".
Life and music
Rózsavölgyi was born to a poor tradesman's family in B ...
, Hungarian violinist and composer, the father of csárdás, born ''Mordecai Rosenthal''
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Maurice Rozenthal
Maurice Rozenthal (born 20 June 1975) is a French former professional ice hockey player.
Personal
Rozenthal is Jewish, and is the identical twin brother of François Rozenthal, who is also a French ice hockey player.
Ice hockey career
He has be ...
(born 1975), French ice hockey player
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Mike Rosenthal
Mike Rosenthal (born June 10, 1977) is a former American football offensive tackle. He played college football at Notre Dame, where he was an All-American. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft, and playe ...
(born 1977), American football player
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Moriz Rosenthal
Moriz Rosenthal (17 December 18623 September 1946) was a Polish pianist and composer. He was an outstanding pupil of Franz Liszt and a friend and colleague of some of the greatest musicians of his age, including Johannes Brahms, Johann Strauss, A ...
, Polish-American pianist
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Norman E. Rosenthal
Norman E. Rosenthal is a South African author, psychiatrist and scientist who in the 1980s first described seasonal affective disorder (SAD), and pioneered the use of light therapy for its treatment.
Rosenthal was born and educated in South A ...
, South African author
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Paul Rosenthal (Colorado politician)
Paul Rosenthal is an American community activist, teacher and politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. He represented House District 9.
Rosenthal ran for re-election in 2018 but was eliminated in the Democ ...
, American politician
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Paul Rosenthal (Minnesota politician)
Paul D. Rosenthal (born February 29, 1959) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 49B, which included west ...
, American politician
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Paul Rosenthal (violinist)
Paul Rosenthal (born 1942) is an American violinist.
Rosenthal has played the violin since the age of three, going on to attend the Juilliard School in New York City and the University of Southern California under acclaimed master Jascha Heifetz.
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, American violinist
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Peter Rosenthal
Peter Michael Rosenthal (born June 1, 1941) is Canadian-American Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Toronto, an adjunct professor of Law at the University of Toronto, and a lawyer in private practice.
Early life
Rosenthal g ...
, Toronto mathematician and lawyer
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Phil Rosenthal
Philip Rosenthal (born January 27, 1960) is an American television writer and producer who is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the CBS sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' (1996–2005). In recent years, he has presented food and t ...
, ''Chicago Tribune'' columnist
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Philip Rosenthal
Philip Rosenthal (born January 27, 1960) is an American television writer and producer who is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the CBS sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' (1996–2005). In recent years, he has presented food and tr ...
, television producer
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Richard Rosenthal (disambiguation) Richard Rosenthal may refer to:
* Richard P. Rosenthal, writer, law enforcement officer, Chief of police
* Rick Rosenthal (born 1949), American film director
* Dick Rosenthal, American basketball player
* Richard H. Rosenthal, former owner of F&W ...
, multiple people
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Rick Rosenthal
Richard L. Rosenthal, Jr. (born June 15, 1949) is an American film instructor and director, known for directing '' Halloween II'' and '' Halloween: Resurrection''.
Early life, family and education
Rosenthal was born in New York City, the son o ...
Ronny Rosenthal
Ronny Rosenthal ( he, רוני רוזנטל; born 11 October 1963), nicknamed "Rocket Ronny", is an Israeli former footballer who played as a forward.
After starting his career in his birth city with Maccabi Haifa, Rosenthal went on to play in ...
(born 1963), Israeli footballer
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Samuel Rosenthal
Samuel Rosenthal (7 September 1837 – 12 September 1902) was a Polish-born French chess player. Chess historian Edward Winter wrote, "He dedicated his life to chess-playing, touring, writing, teaching and analysing. Despite only occasional pa ...
, Polish-French chess master
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Sam Rosenthal
Sam Rosenthal is an American musician, composer, artist, and novelist. He is the founder and leader of the band Black Tape for a Blue Girl and the Projekt Records record label. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his son and cat. Rosenthal was inter ...
Sean Rosenthal
Sean Michael Rosenthal (born June 19, 1980) is an American beach volleyball player, playing as a defender. He is best known for his high leaping ability, which has earned him the nickname of "Superman". Rosenthal has an entourage called "Rosie's ...
(born 1980), American beach volleyball player
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Sebastián Rozental
Sebastián Rozental Igualt ( he, סבסטיאן רוזנטל; born 1 September 1976) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or striker. At club level, Rozental played for Universidad Católica (1992 ...
(born 1976), Chilean professional soccer player
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Ted Rosenthal
Ted Rosenthal (born 1959) is an American jazz pianist. He was featured on David Sanborn's series '' Night Music'', and has performed worldwide, both as a leader and as a sideman with many jazz greats, including Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Phil W ...
(born 1959), American jazz pianist, composer and educator
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Trevor Rosenthal
Trevor Jordan Rosenthal (born May 29, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Nationals, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and S ...
, American baseball pitcher
* Tom Rosenthal, British musician
* Tom Rosenthal, British actor and comedian
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Uri Rosenthal
Uriël "Uri" Rosenthal (born 19 July 1945) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and political scientist.
Rosenthal a political scientist by occupation, was elected as a Member of the Senate on 8 Ju ...
(born 1945), Dutch politician and political scientist, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2010–2012)