Speiser is a German and Yiddish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Ambros Speiser
Ambrosius Paul Speiser (13 November 1922, in Basel – 10 May 2003, in Aarau) was a Swiss engineer and scientist. He led the development of the first Swiss computer.
Speiser studied electrotechnology at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Züri ...
(1922–2003), Swiss engineer and scientist
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Andreas Speiser
Andreas Speiser (June 10, 1885 – October 12, 1970) was a Swiss mathematician and philosopher of science.
Life and work
Speiser studied in Göttingen, starting in 1904, notably with David Hilbert, Felix Klein, Hermann Minkowski. In 1917 he becam ...
(1885–1970), Swiss mathematician
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Elisabeth Speiser
Elisabeth Speiser (born 1 October 1940) is a Swiss classical soprano, known principally for singing ''Lieder'' but also active in opera. She has appeared internationally.
Biography
Born in Zürich, Speiser appeared in concert from 1960. She was ...
(born 1940), Swiss operatic soprano
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Eliyahu Speiser
Eliyahu Speiser ( he, אליהו שפייזר ;23 March 1930 – 12 November 2009) was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment between 1977 and 1988.
Biography
Born in Haifa during the Mandate era, Spe ...
(1930–2009), Israeli politician
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Ephraim Avigdor Speiser
Ephraim Avigdor Speiser (January 24, 1902 – June 15, 1965) was a Polish-born American Assyriologist. He discovered the ancient site of Tepe Gawra in 1927 and supervised its excavation between 1931 and 1938.
Speiser was married to Sue Gimbel ...
(1902–1965), American Assyriologist
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Felix Speiser
Felix may refer to:
* Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name
Places
* Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen
* Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, S ...
(1880–1949), Swiss ethnologist
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Jerry Speiser
Jerry Harold Speiser (born 12 August 1953) is an Australian musician. He is best known as the drummer and a founding member of 1980s pop/ new wave group Men at Work, Note: n-lineversion established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd ...
(born 1953), Australian drummer
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Markus Speiser
Markus Speiser (born 5 March 1985) is an Austrian footballer who played in the First League for clubs including SKN St. Pölten and First Vienna
First Vienna FC is an Austrian association football club based in the Döbling district of Vie ...
(born 1985), Austrian footballer
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Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser
Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser (1877–1945) was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera.
Speiser was first a physician, then a ''Medizinalrat'', a medical adviser to a district. He worked on world Diptera, especially
Nycteribiidae
Nycte ...
(1877–1945), German entomologist
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Paul Speiser
Paul Speiser (16 October 1846, in Basel – 9 October 1935) was a Swiss politician and President of the Swiss National Council
The National Council (german: Nationalrat; french: Conseil national; it, Consiglio nazionale; rm, Cussegl naziu ...
(1846–1935), Swiss politician
See also
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Speiser Shale
The Speiser Shale or Speiser Formation is a geologic formation in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska dating to the early Permian period.
See also
* List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Kansas
* Paleontology in Kansas
Paleontology in Kansas ...
, a geologic formation in Kansas, United States
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Speiser v. Randall'', a United States Supreme Court case
References
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German-language surnames
Yiddish-language surnames