Storch is a German surname meaning "
Stork". Notable people with the surname include:
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Ambrosius Pelargus (c. 1493 – 1561), German Dominican theologian (real last name Storch)
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Anne Storch
Anne Storch (born 16 September 1968 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany) is a German linguist and professor of African studies at the University of Cologne.
Career
Storch studied African linguistics, ethnology, and history at Frankfurt am Main.
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(born 1968), German linguist
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Anton Storch (1892–1975), German politician
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Arthur Storch (1925–2013), American actor and Broadway director
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Beatrix von Storch
Beatrix Amelie Ehrengard Eilika von Storch (née Herzogin von Oldenburg; 27 May 1971) is a German politician and lawyer, who has been the Deputy Leader of the Alternative for Germany since July 2015 and a Member of the Bundestag since Septembe ...
(born 1971 as Duchess of Oldenburg), German politician (
Alternative for Germany)
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Despina Storch (1894 or 1895 – 1918), Turkish woman alleged to have been a spy for Germany and the Ottoman Empire during World War I
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Eduard Štorch (1878–1956), Czech writer and archaeologist
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Erikka Lynn Storch (born 1971), American politician and Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
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Frederik Storch (1805–1883), Danish genre painter
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Gerald L. Storch
Gerald L. Storch is a business executive who has led several large retailers. He is the Founder and CEO of Storch Advisors, a global business and management advisory firm. He is frequently on television as discussing retail and consumer news, inc ...
, American retail executive, former chairman and CEO of Toys "R" Us
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Hans von Storch
Hans von Storch (born 13 August 1949) is a German climate scientist. He is a professor at the Meteorological Institute of the University of Hamburg, and (since 2001) Director of the Institute for Coastal Research at the Helmholtz Research Centre ( ...
(born 1949), German climatologist
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Karl Storch (1913–1992), German hammer thrower and 1952 Olympic silver medalist
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Klaus von Storch
Klaus Bernhard von Storch Krüger (born February 20, 1962) is a Chilean aerospace engineer and astronaut trainee.
Von Storch was born in Osorno, in southern Chile. In 1992, he was selected by the Chilean Space Agency for the preparation for the ...
(born 1962), Chilean aerospace engineer and astronaut trainee
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Larry Storch
Lawrence Samuel Storch (January 8, 1923 – July 8, 2022) was an American actor and comedian best known for his comic television roles, including voice-over work for cartoon shows such as Mr. Whoopee on ''Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales'' and hi ...
(1923–2022), American actor and comedian
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Marcia Storch
Marcia L. Storch (1933 – 1998) was the first self-declared feminist physician. She is survived by her partner of 20 years, Jean Hewitt, and sister, Suzannie Storch.
Early life
She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1933. In 1971 Sto ...
(1933–1998), American physician and feminist
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Marcus Storch
Marcus Storch (born 28 July 1942 in Stockholm) is a Swedish industrialist. He received an engineering degree from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Storch spent many years working for AGA AB, and was president and CEO of the company ...
(born 1942), Swedish industrialist and engineer
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Nikolaus Storch Nikolaus Storch (born pre-1500, died after 1536) was a weaver and radical lay-preacher in the Saxon town of Zwickau. He and his followers, known as the Zwickau Prophets, played a brief role during the early German Reformation years in south-east Sa ...
(died after 1536), reformation preacher
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Scott Storch
Scott Spencer Storch (born December 16, 1973) is an American record producer and songwriter. He started off as a keyboardist for the group the Roots.
Early life
Storch was born on Long Island, New York. He was raised in South Florida and Ph ...
(born 1973), American record producer
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Uwe Storch
Uwe Storch (born 12 July 1940, Leopoldshall– Lanzarote, 17 September 2017) was a German mathematician. His field of research was
commutative algebra and analytic and algebraic geometry, in particular derivations, divisor class group, result ...
(born 1940), German mathematician
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Wenzel Storch
Wenzel Storch (born 1961, Braunschweig, West Germany) is a German film director and producer.
His low-budget fantasy films tend to be critical towards the church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian r ...
(born 1961), German film director and producer
Surnames from nicknames
{{surname, Storch
German-language surnames