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Röntgen or Roentgen may refer to: * Roentgen (unit), unit of measurement for ionizing radiation, named after Wilhelm Röntgen *
Wilhelm Röntgen Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (; ; 27 March 184510 February 1923) was a German mechanical engineer and physicist, who, on 8 November 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Röntgen rays, an achiev ...
(1845–1923), German physicist, discoverer of X-rays * Abraham Roentgen (1711–1793), German cabinetmaker *
David Roentgen David Roentgen (1743 in HerrnhaagFebruary 12, 1807), was a famous German cabinetmaker of the eighteenth century, famed throughout Europe for his marquetry and his secret drawers and poes and mechanical fittings. His work embraces the late Rococo ...
(1743–1807), German cabinetmaker, son of Abraham Roentgen * Gerhard Moritz Roentgen (1795-1852), Dutch and German entrepreneur and engineer * Engelbert Röntgen (1829–1897), German-Dutch violinist *
Heinrich Röntgen Heinrich Röntgen (1787–1813), was one of four students recommended as explorers to Joseph Banks' African Association by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, the others being Friedrich Hornemann, Ulrich Seetzen, and Johann Ludwig Burckhardt. All di ...
(1787–1813), German explorer *
Julius Röntgen Julius Engelbert Röntgen (9 May 1855 – 13 September 1932) was a German-Dutch composer of classical music. He was a friend of Liszt, Brahms and Grieg. Life Julius Röntgen was born in Leipzig, Germany, to a family of musicians. His father, ...
(1855–1932), German-Dutch composer of classical music, son of Engelbert Röntgen * Kevin Roentgen, musician, singer with American rock band Orson * ''Roentgen'' (album), by Japanese singer Hyde


See also

* Röntgen rays, alternative name for X-rays *
Roentgenium Roentgenium is a chemical element with the symbol Rg and atomic number 111. It is an extremely radioactive synthetic element that can be created in a laboratory but is not found in nature. The most stable known isotope, roentgenium-282, has a h ...
, chemical element, Atomic Number 111 (previously unununium) * Astronomical Roentgen Telescope {{disambig