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Vogt During the Middle Ages, an (sometimes given as modern English: advocate; German: ; French: ) was an office-holder who was legally delegated to perform some of the secular responsibilities of a major feudal lord, or for an institution such as ...

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Voight Voight is a variant of the German surname ''Vogt''. People Notable people with the surname include: * Barry Voight (born 1937), American geologist * Charles Voight (1887–1947), American cartoonist * Dutch Voight (1888–1986), American gang ...

) is a German surname, and may refer to: *

Alexander Voigt Alexander Voigt (born 13 April 1978) is a German association football, football manager and former player. Playing career Born in Cologne, Voigt started his career with 1. FC Köln (1998–2005), where he also started to play when he was only ...

, German football player *

Angela Voigt Angela Voigt, née Schmalfeld (18 May 1951 – 11 April 2013) was an East German long jumper. Biography Voigt was born in Weferlingen, in what was then East Germany, on 18 May 1951. She was originally a pentathlete, and finished third and second ...

, East German long jumper *

Christian August Voigt Christian August Voigt (21 August 1808 – 10 February 1890) was an Austrian anatomist born in Brody, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Galicia. He studied medicine in Vienna, receiving his doctorate in 1841 with a dissertation titled, ''De sy ...

(1808–1890), Austrian anatomist *

Cynthia Voigt Cynthia Voigt (born February 25, 1942) is an American writer of books for young adults dealing with various topics such as adventure, mystery, racism and child abuse. Her first book in the Tillerman family series, ''Homecoming'', was nominated ...

, author of books for young adults * Deborah Voigt, American opera singer * Edward Voigt, born in Bremen, Germany, former U.S. Representative from Wisconsin *

Edwin Edgar Voigt Edwin Edgar Voigt (February 13, 1892 in Illinois – August 1977) was an American bishop of German descent in The Methodist Church, elected in 1952. He served as the bishop of the Dakotas Episcopal Area. Prior to his election to the episcopacy, V ...

, bishop * Ellen Bryant Voigt, German American poet *

Erika Voigt Erika Voigt (28 November 1898 – 29 May 1952) was a Danish stage and film actress and singer. Her son, Jens Brenaa was also an actor in the mid-1970s. Filmography *'' De bør forelske Dem'' - 1935 *''Bag Københavns kulisser'' - 1935 *''Pans ...

, actress *Frank Voigt, musician; flute player in the 1970s

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

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Think In their most common sense, the terms thought and thinking refer to conscious cognitive processes that can happen independently of sensory stimulation. Their most paradigmatic forms are judging, reasoning, concept formation, problem solving, an ...

* Frederick Augustus Voigt (1892–1957), British journalist and author of German descent * Friedrich Siegmund (Sigismund) Voigt (Voight) ( 1781 - 1850), German botanist and zoologist *

Georg Voigt Georg Voigt was a German historian who was born in 1827 in Königsberg in East Prussia. He died in Leipzig in 1891. Voigt was the son of the historian Johannes Voigt. Voigt belonged to the founders of modern research into the Italian Renaissance ...

, German historian * Harry Voigt, German Olympic athlete *

Irma Voigt Irma Elizabeth Voigt (September 1, 1882 – May 9, 1953) was an American educator. She was the first Dean of Women at Ohio University; she held that office from 1913 until her retirement in 1949. Early life Voigt was born in Quincy, Illinois, ...

(1882–1953), Dean of Women at Ohio University *

Jaap Voigt Jacob "Jaap" Voigt (born 7 June 1941) is a retired field hockey player from the Netherlands. He competed at 1964 Summer Olympics, where his team finished in seventh place. With three goals in five games, Voigt was the second best Dutch scorer a ...

(born 1941), Dutch field hockey player *

Jack Voigt John David Voigt (born May 17, 1966) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and the current hitting coach for the Las Vegas 51s. He played all or part of seven seasons in the majors, from 1992 until 1998, for the Baltimore Oriole ...

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Jan Voigt Jan Voigt (24 June 1928 – 5 December 1997) was a Norwegian actor, dancer and museum director. Biography He was born in Bærum as a son of Charles Antonius Voigt (1891–1962) and Nathalie Reuter Sande (1896–1986). He became a student at t ...

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Jens Voigt Jens Voigt (; born 17 September 1971) is a German former professional road bicycle racer and, upon retirement, became a cycling sports broadcast commentator. During his cycling career, Voigt raced for several teams, the last one being UCI ProTe ...

, professional road cyclist * Joachim Otto Voigt, a Danish and German botanist *

Johannes Voigt Johannes Voigt (27 August 1786 – 23 September 1863) was a German historian born in Bettenhausen, Thuringia, Bettenhausen, which today is situated in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen. He studied history, theology and philology at the Unive ...

, German historian and father of Georg(e) *

Margit Voigt Margit Voigt is a German mathematician specializing in graph theory and graph coloring. She is a professor of operations research at the University of Applied Sciences Dresden. Voigt completed her Ph.D. in 1992 at the Technische Universität Ilm ...

, German mathematician *

Philip Nolan Voigt ''D.P. 7'' was a comic book series published by Marvel Comics as part of its New Universe imprint. It ran for 32 issues and an ''Annual'' (January 1987), which were published from 1986 to 1989. The title stands for Displaced Paranormals and ref ...

, fictional character from Marvel Comics *

Stu Voigt Stuart Alan "Stu" Voigt (born August 12, 1948) is a former American football player. He played tight end for 11 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). High School and College Career Born in the Westmorland dis ...

, former NFL tight end * (1838–1896), German painter and Royal Court photographer during the Wilhelmine Period * Udo Voigt, German ultra-conservative politician *

Werner Voigt Werner Voigt (born 26 June 1947) is a German football coach and former player. Voigt joined the youth department of BFC Dynamo in 1964. One if his coaches was former East German national Herbert Schoen. Voigt eventually made his first appear ...

, German football coach and former player * Wilhelm Voigt (1849–1922), the "Hauptmann von Köpenick", German impostor * Woldemar Voigt (1850–1919), German physicist *

Woldemar Voigt (engineer) Woldemar Voigt (10 February 1907 – June 1980) was a German aerospace engineer, who was responsible for some of the advanced swept wing German jet-powered aircraft at the end of World War II. Early life His grandfather was the German physic ...

(1907-1980), German engineer * Wolfgang Voigt, electronic music artist

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