Sandow is a German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic) family name. It is a variant of Sandau, which is a habitational name from a place near Stendal called Sandau. The Swedish barers of the name are probably of German origin. It may refer to:
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Alan Sandow
Alan Sandow (born 28 February 1952) is an Australian drummer and was a member of the rock band Sherbet.
Early life
Sandow was born in Adelaide and was later educated at Newington College in Sydney (1964-1968).Newington College Register of Past S ...
(born 28 February 1952), Australian drummer member of rock band Sherbet
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Billy Sandow
Wilhelm Baumann (September 4, 1884 – September 15, 1972), better known as Billy Sandow, was an American professional wrestler and promoter.
Biography
Sandow is best remembered as the manager of professional wrestler Ed "Strangler" Lewis and a ...
(1884–1972), American professional wrestler and promoter
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Chris Sandow
Chris Sandow (born 9 January 1989) is an Indigenous Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a goal-kicking or , he could also play as a .
Background
Sandow was born in Kingaroy, Queensland.
Sandow grew up in Quee ...
(born 1989) Australian professional rugby league player
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Christian Sandow (born 1959), German modern pentathlete
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Damien Sandow
Aron Steven Haddad (born August 3, 1982) is an American professional wrestler best known for wrestling with WWE under the ring name Damien Sandow. He is also known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and the independent circuit unde ...
(born 1981), American professional wrestler
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Eugen Sandow
Eugen Sandow (born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, ; 2 April 1867 – 14 October 1925) was a German bodybuilder and showman from Prussia. Born in Königsberg, Sandow became interested in bodybuilding at the age of ten during a visit to Italy. After a ...
(1867–1925), born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, German bodybuilder
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Greg Sandow
Greg Sandow (born June 3, 1943) is an American music critic and composer.
Education
Sandow is a graduate of Harvard University, with a bachelor's degree in government. He is also a graduate of Yale University, with a master's degree in composi ...
(born 1943), American music critic and composer
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P. K. Raja Sandow (1894–1943), born as P. K. Nagalingam, Tamil film actor
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Sandow Birk
Sandow Birk (born 1962 in Detroit) is an American visual artist from Los Angeles whose work deals mainly with contemporary American culture. Seven books have been published on his works and he has made two films. With an emphasis on social issue ...
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Sandow Nasution (born 1981), Indonesian weightlifter
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Dan "Sandow" O'Donovan
Daniel "Sandow" O'Donovan (1890, in Cork (city) – 31 July 1975, in Mallow, County Cork, Ireland), was a leading member of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence.
Early life
Dan O'Donovan was an early recruit to the Iris ...
(1890–1975), member of the Irish Republican Army
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Sandy Ruby (1941–2008), born Sandow Sacks Ruby, American mathematician and entrepreneur
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Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
"''Eugen Sandow, Sandow''" Marudur Marudachalamurthy Ayyavoo Chinnappa Thevar (28 June 1915 – 8 September 1978) was a producer of Tamil cinema, Tamil films in the mid-1950s through the 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for his films featuring a ...
, Tamil film producer
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''Sandow'' (film), an 1894 silent film featuring Eugen Sandow
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Sandow (apple), an apple cultivar
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Sandow's Magazine of Physical Culture'', a bodybuilding magazine established by Eugen Sandow in 1898
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Mount Sandow, a nunatak near Mount Amundsen in Antarctica
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Sandow Lakes Ranch, a ranch in Texas, USA.
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Sandow Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant near
Rockdale, Texas
Rockdale is a city in Milam County, Texas, United States. Its population was 5,323 at the 2020 census. It is about 41 miles west of College Station.
History
In 1873, the town developed as the International-Great Northern Railroad ...
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Sandow, Chiktan, a village in Jammu and Kashmir state of India
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Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad
The Rockdale, Sandow and Southern Railroad was a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Texas. It consisted of of track between Rockdale and Marjorie, Texas.
In 2005, the holding company RailAmerica
RailAmerica, Inc., ba ...
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Sandoz (disambiguation)
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Jewish surnames