Volkmar is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Volkmar Andreae
Volkmar Andreae (5 July 1879 – 18 June 1962) was a Swiss conductor and composer.
Life and career
Andreae was born in Bern. He received piano instruction as a child and his first lessons in composition with Karl Munzinger. From 1897 to 1900, ...
(1879–1962), Swiss conductor and composer
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Volkmar Leimert
Volkmar Leimert (born 31 January 1940) is a German composer and dramaturg.
Life
Born in Berlin, Leimert besuchte bis zu seinem Abitur 1957 die EOS „Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe“ in Karl-Marx-Stadt. Privaten Musikunterricht erhielt er bei Gus ...
(born 1940), German composer and dramaturg
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Volkmar Sigusch
Volkmar Sigusch (born 11 June 1940) is a German sexologist, physician and sociologist. From 1973 to 2006, he was the director of the ''Institut für Sexualwissenschaft'' (Institute for Sexual Science) at the clinic of Goethe University in Frankf ...
(born 1940), German physician and sociologist
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Volkmar Weiss
Volkmar Weiss (born 23 May 1944 in Zwickau, Saxony) is a German researcher and writer, primarily interested in the field of IQ research.[Volkmar Wentzel
Volkmar Kurt Wentzel (February 8, 1915 – May 10, 2006) was a German American photographer and cinematographer. He worked for nearly 50 years for the National Geographic Society as a darkroom technician and photographer, and his professional a ...](_blank)
(1915–2006), German-born American photographer
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Volkmar Würtz
Volkmar Würtz (born 3 October 1938) is a German fencer. He represented the United Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the team épée
The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three wea ...
(born 1938), German fencer
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Fred R. Volkmar
Fred Robert Volkmar (born 1950 in Illinois) is a psychiatrist, psychologist, and the Irving B. Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and Psychology at the Yale School of Medicine. From 2006 to 2014, he was the director of the Yale Chil ...
, American psychiatrist
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Theodor Valentin Volkmar
Theodor Valentin Volkmar (23 November 1781 in Frankenberg (Eder) – 8 February 1847 in Marburg) was a German jurist and politician and two-time mayor of Marburg
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(1781–1847), German jurist and politician
Fictional characters
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Volkmar the Grim
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, a character in the tabletop game of ''Warhammer''
*Count Volkmar of Gretz, a line of heritage in James A. Michener's ''
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Volkmer Volkmer is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Dominic Volkmer (born 1996), German footballer
* Harold Volkmer (1931–2011), American politician
* Heinz Volkmer, Austrian bobsledder
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* Volkmar Volkmar is both a ...
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Volckmar
Hans Volckmar (October 6, 1900 – ??) was an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid-1930s. He finished 19th in the two-man event at the 1936 Winter Olympics
The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (ger ...
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German masculine given names