Heckscher is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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August Heckscher
August Heckscher (August 26, 1848 – April 26, 1941) was a German-born American capitalist and philanthropist.
Early life
Heckscher was born in Hamburg, Germany. He was the son of Johann Gustav Heckscher (1797–1865) and Marie Antoinette Br ...
(1848–1941), German American philanthropist
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Charles Heckscher
Charles Heckscher (born October 2, 1949) is a professor in the Department of Labor Studies and Employment at Rutgers University, and director of the Center for Workplace Transformation at Rutgers.Eli Heckscher (1879–1952), Swedish economist
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Ferdinand Heckscher
Ferdinand Heckscher (1806 – 28 February 1891) was a German-Jewish actor.
Biography
Heckscher, who had a fine bass voice, began his theatrical career as a singer, but, finding his opportunities in this field too limited, he abandoned music enti ...
(1806–1891), German actor
* Gunnar Heckscher (1909–1987), Swedish politician and son of Eli Heckscher
* Gustave Maurice Heckscher (1884–1967), American pioneer aviator
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Morrison Heckscher
Morrison Harris Heckscher (born December 12, 1940) is an American retired curator and art historian who served as the Lawrence A. Fleischman Chair of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from 2001 to 2014. He had worked in various ...
(born 1940), American art historian and curator
* Sten Heckscher, Swedish politician and grandson of Eli Heckscher
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William S. Heckscher
William S. Heckscher (1904–1999) was a German art historian and professor of fine art and art history at universities in the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands.
Early life and education
Wilhelm Sebastian Martin Hugo Heckscher was born i ...
