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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 ...

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

Alexander Voigt Alexander Voigt (born 13 April 1978) is a German 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 nine years old. He als ...

, German football player * Angela Voigt, East German long jumper *

Christian August Voigt Christian August Voigt (21 August 1808 – 10 February 1890) was an Austrian anatomist born in Brody, Galicia. He studied medicine in Vienna, receiving his doctorate in 1841 with a dissertation titled, ''De systemate Intermedio vasorum eiusqu ...

(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 Deborah Voigt (born August 4, 1960) is an American dramatic soprano who has sung roles in operas by Wagner and Richard Strauss. Biography and career Early life and education Debbie Joy Voigt was born into a religious Southern Baptist family ...

, 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 Ellen Bryant Voigt (born May 9, 1943) is an American poet. She served as the Poet Laureate of Vermont. Biography Voigt was born May 9, 1943, in Danville, Virginia. She grew up in Chatham, Virginia, graduated from Converse College, and received an ...

, 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 *''Pan ...

, 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 ...

band

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 Frederick Augustus Voigt (9 May 1892 – 8 January 1957) was a British journalist and author of German descent, most famous for his work with the ''Manchester Guardian'' and his opposition to dictatorship and totalitarianism on the European Conti ...

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

Harry Voigt Harry Voigt (15 June 1913 – 29 October 1986) was a German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. Voigt was born in Berlin. He competed for Germany in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 400 metre relay ...

, 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 Coach (baseball), hitting coach for the Las Vegas 51s. He played all or part of seven seasons in the majors, from 1992 until 1998, for the ...

, baseball player *

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 ...

, actor *

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 Joachim Otto Voigt, (22 March 1798, in Nordborg, on the Als (island), island of Als – 22 June 1843, in London) was a Denmark, Danish and Germany, German botany, botanist and surgeon specializing in Spermatophyte, seed plants and pteridophytes. I ...

, 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 Il ...

, 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 Udo Voigt (; born 14 April 1952) is a German politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the far-right and Neo-Nazi party National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) between 2014 and 2019. He was a member of the European Parl ...

, 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 appea ...

, German football coach and former player *

Wilhelm Voigt Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt (13 February 1849 – 3 January 1922) was a German impostor who, in 1906, masqueraded as a Prussian military officer, rounded up a number of soldiers under his "command", and "confiscated" more than 4,000 marks from a mu ...

(1849–1922), the "Hauptmann von Köpenick", German impostor *

Woldemar Voigt Woldemar Voigt (; 2 September 1850 – 13 December 1919) was a German physicist, who taught at the Georg August University of Göttingen. Voigt eventually went on to head the Mathematical Physics Department at Göttingen and was succeeded in 1 ...

(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 Wolfgang Voigt (born 1961) is an electronic music DJ and producer from Cologne, Germany, known for his output under various aliases, such as Gas. He signed on numerous record labels, including Warp, Harvest, Raster-Noton, Force Inc, Astral Indu ...

, electronic music artist

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