Friede (name)
Friede is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: * Friede Springer (born 1942), German publisher *Eleanor Friede (died 2008), American book editor *Mike Friede (born 1957), American football player *Oscar Friede Mixed team Oscar Charles Friede (July 14, 1882 – February 14, 1943) was an American tug of war athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He died in St. Louis, Missouri. In the 1904 Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (offici ...

Friede Springer
Friede Springer (born Friede Riewerts on 15 August 1942 in Oldsum on the island of Föhr) is a German publisher and widow of Axel Springer. She is the main owner of the Axel Springer SE media conglomerate, and thus of Europe's largest newspaper ''Bild'', and one of the richest people of Germany. Biography A Frisian gardener's daughter, she worked as a nanny at the Springer family's home from 1965 onwards and later became Springer's lover and eventual partner. In 1978 she became Springer's fifth (and last) wife. She is a member of the Independent Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Germany. After Axel Springer's death she, together with children and grandchildren from his prior marriages, inherited Springer's shares in his publishing trust. At the time, Springer was still holding 26.1 per cent of the corporation, the rest was held by the Bavarian film trader Leo Kirch, the Burda family and several minor investors. Subsequently she became manager of Axel Springer AG and sole executive ...
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Eleanor Friede
Eleanor Friede (d. 2008) was an American book editor and literary agent, best known for bringing the 1970 novella ''Jonathan Livingston Seagull'' to publication. Friede was born Eleanor Kask in Rochester, New York, and grew up in Valley Stream. She graduated with honors from Hofstra University and shortly thereafter went to work for World Publishing in publicity and marketing. She married Donald Friede, a World Publishing editor, in 1951. He died in 1965. Friede was working as a marketing director at Macmillan in 1968 when company president Jeremiah Kaplan convinced her to become an editor. A year later she persuaded Macmillan to buy ''Jonathan Livingston Seagull'', a fable about a seagull who breaks from his flock in search of freedom. The novella by Richard Bach sold more than three million copies in hardcover. In 1974, Friede received her own imprint at Delacorte Press. Following Delacorte's purchase by Doubleday in the early 1980s she launched Eleanor Friede Books, a liter ...
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Mike Friede
Michael Gordon Friede (born September 22, 1957) is a former American football wide receiver who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Detroit Lions and New York Giants. He was drafted by the Lions in the third round of the 1980 NFL Draft. He first enrolled at Garden City Community College before transferring to Indiana University Bloomington. Friede attended Goodland High School in Goodland, Kansas. He was also a member of the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League The United States Football League (USFL) was a professional American football league that played for three seasons, 1983 through 1985. The league played a spring/summer schedule in each of its active seasons. The 1986 season was scheduled to be .... References External linksJust Sports Stats {{DEFAULTSORT:Friede, Mike Living people 1957 births Players of American football from Montana American football wide receivers Garden City Broncbusters football players ...
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