Schlegel is a German occupational surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Anthony Schlegel
Anthony Schlegel (born March 1, 1981) is an American football coach and former linebacker. He previously served as the assistant strength and conditioning coach at Ohio State University from 2011 to 2015 and was the head strength and conditionin ...
(born 1981), former American football linebacker
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August Wilhelm Schlegel
August Wilhelm (after 1812: von) Schlegel (; 8 September 176712 May 1845), usually cited as August Schlegel, was a German poet, translator and critic, and with his brother Friedrich Schlegel the leading influence within Jena Romanticism. His trans ...
(1767–1845), German poet, older brother of Friedrich
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Brad Schlegel
Bradley Wilfred Schlegel (born July 22, 1968) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman.
Schlegel was born in Kitchener, Ontario. Drafted in 1988 by the Washington Capitals, he also played briefly for the Calgary Flames. Schlegel also ...
(born 1968), Canadian ice hockey player
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Bernhard Schlegel
Hans Bernhard "Berny" Schlegel (born September 24, 1951) is German-born computational and theoretical chemist, and distinguished professor at Wayne State University. He is a highly cited chemist, with a Thomson Reuters H-Index of 116 and citati ...
(born 1951), German-Canadian chemist and professor at Wayne State University
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Carmela Schlegel
Carmela Schlegel (born March 9, 1983) is a Swiss former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She is a single-time Olympian (2004), a double Swiss champion, and a former national record holder in the 100 m breaststroke. Schlegel also p ...
(born 1983), retired Swiss swimmer
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Catharina von Schlegel
Catharina Amalia Dorothea von Schlegel (22 October 1697 - after 1768 ) was a German hymn writer.
Although little is known about her life, it is known that she lived in a Lutheran ''Damenstift'' (a residential endowment for unmarried Protestant wom ...
(1697 – after 1768), German hymn writer
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Dorothea von Schlegel
Dorothea Friederike von Schlegel (; 24 October 1764 – 3 August 1839) was a German novelist and translator.
Life
She was born as Brendel Mendelssohn in 1764 in Berlin.In older literature and on her gravestone one finds the date 1763, but this is ...
(1764–1839), German novelist and translator, wife of Friedrich Schlegel
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Elfi Schlegel
Elfi Schlegel (born 17 May 1964) is a sportscaster for NBC Sports and a former college and national champion gymnast from Canada. She is generally regarded as a top 50 Canadian gymnast of all time, and maybe even the 3rd best of the late 1970s ...
(born 1964), former Canadian gymnast and sportscaster for NBC Sports
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Frits Schlegel
Frits Schlegel (4 May 1896 - 5 March 1965) was a Functionalist Danish architect active during the transition from traditional craftsmanship to industrialized construction methods in the building industry. He was among the first architects in Denm ...
(1896–1965), Danish architect
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Gustaaf Schlegel
Gustaaf Schlegel (30 September 184015 October 1903) was a Dutch sinologist and field naturalist. E. Bruce Brooks (9 June 2004)Gustaaf Schlegel, Sinology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, retrieved 17 September 2011
Life and career
Gustaaf S ...
(1840–1903), Dutch sinologist and field naturalist
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Hans Schlegel
Hans Wilhelm Schlegel (Überlingen, 3 August 1951) is a German physicist, a former ESA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions.
Early life and education
Schlegel, born and raised in Germany, graduated as an international exc ...
(born 1951), German astronaut
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Helmut Schlegel
Helmut Alfons Schlegel (born 15 May 1943) is a German Franciscan, Catholic priest, meditation instructor, author, librettist and songwriter. He is known for writing new spiritual songs (Neues Geistliches Lied), set to music by various composers.
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(born 1943), German Franciscan, priest, author, meditation instructor, songwriter
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Hermann Schlegel
Hermann Schlegel (10 June 1804 – 17 January 1884) was a German ornithologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist.
Early life and education
Schlegel was born at Altenburg, the son of a brassfounder. His father collected butterflies, which stimula ...
(1804–1884), German ornithologist and herpetologist
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Johan Frederik Schlegel (1817–1896), Danish civil servant and Governor-General of the Danish West Indies
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Johann Adolf Schlegel
Johann Adolf Schlegel (17 September 1721 – 16 September 1793) was a German poet and clergyman.
Biography
Schlegel was born in Meißen, Saxony, and was the brother of Johann Elias Schlegel. After finishing his studies in Leipzig, he be ...
(1721–1793), German poet and clergyman, father of August Wilhelm and Friedrich
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Johann Elias Schlegel
Johann Elias Schlegel (January 17, 1719 – August 13, 1749) was a German critic and dramatic poet.
Life
Schlegel was born in Meissen. He was educated at Schulpforta and at the University of Leipzig, where he studied law. In 1743 he became p ...
(1719–1749), German critic and dramatic poet, brother of Johann Adolf
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John P. Schlegel
John P. Schlegel, S.J. (July 30, 1943 – November 15, 2015) was the 23rd President of Creighton University from 2000 to 2011. He formerly served as 26th President of the University of San Francisco from 1991 until 2000.
Biography
Schlegel receiv ...
(born 1943), President of Creighton University and Jesuit
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Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (after 1814: von) Schlegel (; ; 10 March 1772 – 12 January 1829) was a German poet, literary critic, philosopher, philologist, and Indologist. With his older brother, August Wilhelm Schlegel, he was one of the main figures ...
(1772–1829), German poet and philosopher, younger brother of August Wilhelm
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Karl Schlegel (aviator)
Karl Paul Schlegel (7 May 1893 – 27 October 1918) was a German World War I flying ace credited with 22 victories. Schlegel was shot down by French ace Petar Marinovich. He was the last German ace to be killed in World War I.
Prewar life ...
(1893–1918), German World War I flying ace
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Lynda Schlegel-Culver
Lynda Joy Schlegel Culver (born May 28, 1969) is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A member of the Republican Party, she is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 108th district.
Early life a ...
, Republican politician from Pennsylvania
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Margarete Schlegel
Margarethe Sylva Elisabeth Wisniewski (né Schlegel, 31 December 1899 – 15 July 1987), known professionally as Margarete Schlegel, was a German theatre and film actress and soprano operetta singer.
Early life
The sixth of seven children and the ...
(1899–1987), German actress
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Marvin Schlegel
Marvin Schlegel (born 2 January 1998) is a German track and field athlete. He competed in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2019 World Athletics Championships
The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth ed ...
, German athlete
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Norbert Schlegel
Norbert Schlegel (born March 9, 1961 in Sassanfahrt) is a German former footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, ...
(born 1961), German former footballer and coach
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Paul Marquard Schlegel
Paul Marquard Schlegel Latinized as Paulus Marquartus Slegelius (23 August 1605 – 20 February 1653) was a German physician and anatomist known for his public demonstrations in anatomy and for being an early proponent of blood circulation. The pla ...
1605–1653), German anatomist
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Richard Schlegel
C. Richard Schlegel is an American scientist and professor. He was the Chair of the Department of Pathology at Georgetown University from 2000-2019 and is now the director of the Center for Cell Reprogramming at Georgetown. He is best known as th ...
, American scientist and professor, chair of the department of pathology at Georgetown University
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Victor Schlegel
Victor Schlegel (4 March 1843 – 22 November 1905) was a German mathematician. He is remembered for promoting the geometric algebra of Hermann Grassmann and for a method of visualizing polytopes called Schlegel diagrams.
In the nineteenth centur ...
(1843–1905), German mathematician
See also
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German-language surnames
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