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Franke
Franke is both a German-language surname and a given name. Surname * Alfred Franke (1918–1942), German fighter pilot * Andre Franke (born 1978), American German geneticist * Andreas Franke (born 1954), German sports shooter * Angela Franke (born 1957), German swimmer * Anselm Franke (born 1978), German curator and writer * Arthur Franke (1909–1992), East German policeman and Military Intelligence Chief * Bernd Franke (born 1948), German footballer * Bernd Franke (composer) (born 1959), German composer * Bette Franke (born 1989), Dutch fashion model * Bill Franke (born 1937), American businessman * Bob Franke (born 1947), American folk singer and song writer * Chris Franke, American poet * Christoph Franke (born 1944), German footballer and coach * Christopher Franke (born 1953), German musician/composer in Tangerine Dream * Detlef Franke (1952–2007), German Egyptologist * Dominik Franke (born 1998), German footballer * Donald T. Franke (1921–2013), American jurist and legi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernd Franke (composer)
Bernd Franke (born 14 January 1959) is a German composer. Career Franke was born in Weißenfels/Saale. From 1975 to 1981, he studied musical composition in Leipzig at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig with Siegfried Thiele and conducting with Wolf-Dieter Hauschild. As a founder, he presided over the "Junge Musik" group in Leipzig from 1980 to 1983. From 1981 to 1985 he was a master student at the Akademie der Künste der DDR in Berlin and in 1988 a participant in the "''Composer Workshop of the Gaudeamus Foundation Amsterdam''", where he worked with Ton de Leeuw and Chu Wen Chung, among others. Later, in 1989, Franke was able to deepen his studies at the "Leonard Bernstein Fellowship of the Tanglewood Music Center". There he worked not only with Leonard Bernstein, but also with composer Lukas Foss, violinist Louis Krasner and composer and conductor Oliver Knussen. As an acclaimed composer, various lecture and concert tours in 1993, 1994 and 1996 took him to Atlanta, Bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Franke
Alfred Franke (20 September 1918 – 9 September 1942) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. On 9 September 1942, Alfred Franke was killed north of Stalingrad after dog-fighting with a Soviet Il-2 Shturmovik flown by ''Kapitan'' Pavel S. Vinogradov. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross on 29 October 1942 and was also promoted to Lieutenant. During his career he was credited with 60 aerial victories. 4 on the Western Front and 56 on the Eastern Front. Summary of career According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Franke was credited with 60 aerial victories. Awards * Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe * Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class & 1st Class * Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe on 13 September 1942 as ''Oberfeldwebel'' and pilot * German Cross in Gold on 25 September 1942 as ''Oberfeldweb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald T
Donald is a Scottish masculine given name. It is derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the Gaelic pronunciation by English speakers. A short form of Donald is Don, and pet forms of Donald include Donnie and Donny. The feminine given name Donella is derived from Donald. ''Donald'' has cognates in other Celtic languages: Modern Irish ''Dónal'' (anglicised as ''Donal'' and ''Donall'');. Scottish Gaelic ''Dòmhnall'', ''Domhnull'' and ''Dòmhnull''; Welsh '' Dyfnwal'' and Cumbric ''Dumnagual''. Although the feminine given name '' Donna'' is sometimes used as a feminine form of ''Donald'', the names are not etymologically related. Variations Kings and noblemen Domnall or Domhnall is the name of many ancient and medieval Gaelic kings and noblemen: * Dyfnwal Moelmud (Dunvallo Molmutius), legendary ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Franke
Gustav Franke (born 4 December 1937 in Grottkau, Germany), is a former German International motorcycle trials rider. Franke was FIM Trial Challenge Henry Groutars Champion in 1965 and 1966. Biography Franke was the top trials rider in Germany throughout most of the 1960s. He won his first national title in 1962 and defended it in 1963. Franke competed in the inaugural Challenge Henry Groutars Championship in 1964 finishing runner up to British Greeves rider Don Smith. Franke had won the opening round in Belgium but the French and German rounds went Smith, and with them the title. On the national scene Franke was once again German Trials Champion. In 1965 Franke won the championship ahead of fellow Zündapp rider Andreas Brandl. He retained the title in 1966, this time holding off Don Smith. He won the German national title both years. The pair resumed their rivalry in 1967, this time with Smith taking the win ahead of Franke by 10 points. The Challenge Henry Groutars was rena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Günther Franke
Günther Franke (29 October 1900, Berlin – 5 October 1976, Munich) was a German gallery owner, art dealer, and art collector. He founded the Günther Galerie (later known as Galerie Günther Franke) in Munich. Life Günther Franke, son of the director of Agricultural and commercial bank, began his career after the end of the war in 1918 as a volunteer with the gallery owner Israel Ber Neumann on Kurfürstendamm. In the Graphisches Kabinett Franke first worked on an exhibition by Lyonel Feininger, where he met Max Beckmann in 1921. When Neumann emigrated to New York in 1923, Franke was transferred to the Neumann branch founded in Munich two years before. With I.B. Neumann in Berlin and Munich In the Graphisches Kabinett Franke first worked on an exhibition by Lyonel Feininger, where he met Max Beckmann in 1921. When Neumann emigrated to New York in 1923, Franke was transferred to the Neumann branch founded in Munich two years before. In the same year the painter Otto Dix po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Franke
Guillaume Franke (born 27 October 1987) is a German international rugby union player, playing for RC Orléans in the Fédérale 1 The championnat de France de rugby à XV de 1re division fédérale (), a.k.a. Fédérale 1 (), is a French rugby union club competition, it is the elite of amateur rugby in France. The competition has been organised by the Fédération Français ... and the German national rugby union team. He is the brother of Matthieu Franke, who has also played for Germany.Big opportunities in ENC rugbyrugby.com. published: 4 February 2010, accessed: 1 March 2010 Franke made his debut for Germany against Georgia on 7 February 2010, replacing his brother after he had to withdraw with a knee injury. Franke's club, RC Orléans, provided, in the past, a number of players to the Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerhard Franke
Gerhard Franke (24 April 1926 – 22 October 2002) was a German painter. Biography Franke was born in Lugau in Sachsen and grew up in Chemnitz. After completing his Abitur, he studied art in Leipzig at the Staatlichen Akademie für graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe, where he was a student of Elisabeth Voigt and then cello at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig."Gerhard Franke, Landschaften. Burgkapelle Arnshaugk Ausstellung vom 12. Mai bis 17. Juni 2007 (2007)" After a wrist injury that ended his music career, he dedicated himself to painting but soon came into conflict with the repressive East German regime, wanting to do abstract painting, instead of the state sanctioned Socialist Realism. After years of teaching art at small country schools in Thuringia, Franke and his wife, Ute, established a successful ceramics business in 1966. Freed from relying on any official Communist support, his abstract work from the 1960s and 70s was often critical of the Stasi and depict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garance Franke-Ruta
Garance Franke-Ruta was most recently the executive editor of GEN by Medium. She has worked as Washington editor of Yahoo News and editor in chief of Yahoo Politics, Voices columnist and politics editor of ''The Atlantic'' Online, national web politics editor for the ''Washington Post'', senior editor at the '' American Prospect'' and senior writer at the ''Washington City Paper'', D.C.'s alternative weekly newspaper. Her work has also appeared in ''Medium'' magazine, ''New York'', ''The'' ''Wall Street Journal'', ''The Atlantic'', ''The New Republic'', ''Slate'', ''Salon'', '' The Washington Monthly'', '' Legal Affairs'', '' Utne Reader'' and '' National Journal''. After first attending Hunter College, she transferred to Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude in 1997. Early life Franke-Ruta was born on July 29, 1972, in Cavaillon while her parents were staying in Lacoste, Vaucluse, and grew up in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas, Mexico, Santa Fe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Wilhelm Franke
Friedrich Wilhelm Franke (21 June 1862 – 3 April 1932) was a German organist. Born in Barmen (today a district of Wuppertal), Franke worked as a teacher for pipe organ, harmony and counterpoint at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. Among other things, he was organist for the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne and numerous Rhenish music festivals. His life's work was dedicated to the efforts of renewal within the evangelical church music. He has rendered outstanding services to the revival of old Protestant forms of church music. Among his students were the church musicians Father OSB and Alfred Sittard. Franke died in Cologne at the age of 69. Further reading * Lorna Kay Lutz: ''Friedrich Wilhelm Franke – Seine Bedeutung in d. Kirchenmusik''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabian Franke
Fabian Franke (born March 7, 1989) is a German footballer who plays as a central defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ... for SSV Markranstädt. External links * * 1989 births Living people German men's footballers Hamburger SV II players RB Leipzig players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players Hallescher FC players SSV Markranstädt players 3. Liga players Men's association football central defenders Footballers from Leipzig 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-defender-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Ludwig Franke
Ernst Ludwig Franke (23 August 1886 – 28 December 1948) was an Austrian painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to .... References 1886 births 1948 deaths 20th-century Austrian painters Austrian male painters Art competitors at the 1936 Summer Olympics Painters from Vienna 20th-century Austrian male artists {{Austria-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Franke
Eric Franke (born 16 August 1989) is a German bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics (), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (; ) and also known as PyeongChang 2018 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held between 9 and 25 February 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Ko ... winning a silver medal. References External links * 1989 births Living people German male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Germany Bobsledders at the 2018 Winter Olympics Bobsledders from Berlin Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Olympic silver medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |