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Asmussen
Asmussen is a Danish patronymic surname. People with the name include: * Cash Asmussen (born 1962), American jockey * Don Asmussen (born 1962), American cartoonist * Erik Asmussen (1913–1998), Danish architect * Fips Asmussen (1938–2020), stage name of German comedian and entertainer Rainer Pries * Gunnar Asmussen (born 1944), Danish retired cyclist * Hans Asmussen (1898—1968), German theologian * Jes Peter Asmussen (1928–2002), Danish Iranologist * Jörg Asmussen (born 1966), German economist and politician * Kristian Asmussen (born 1971), Danish handballer * Nicholas Asmussen (1871–1941), Canadian entrepreneur and politician * Roger Asmussen (1936–2015), German politician * Steve Asmussen (born 1965), American horse trainer *Stig Asmussen Stig Asmussen is an American video game developer, known for his work on the ''God of War'' series for Santa Monica Studio. He is currently working for Respawn Entertainment. Biography Asmussen graduated from The Art I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jörg Asmussen
Jörg Asmussen (born 31 October 1966) is a German economist and banker has been serving as Chief Executive Officer of the German Insurance Association (GDV) since 2020. Asmussen served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 2012 to 2014. He also served in the German federal government, most prominently as State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs from 2014 to 2016 and the Federal Ministry of Finance from 2008 to 2011. Asmussen has been a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SDP) since 1987. After leaving the government, Asmussen joined the investment bank Lazard in 2016 as managing director in financial advisory and rose to head of M & A for Europe and head of the Financial Institutions Group for Continental Europe. Early life and education Asmussen earned a master's degree in business administration, Bocconi University in 1992 and a Diplom degree in economics, University of Bonn in 1994. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Asmussen
Steven Mark Asmussen (born November 18, 1965) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. The leading trainer in North America by wins, he is a two-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2016. His horses have won the Breeders' Cup Classic, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes, Travers Stakes, Breeders' Cup Distaff, Kentucky Oaks and Dubai World Cup. Background Asmussen was born in Gettysburg, South Dakota, then moved to Laredo, Texas at age two. His father, Keith, is a retired jockey and his mother Marilyn is a trainer who became the first woman to win a major quarter horse race with Vespero in the 1978 Kansas Futurity. They now operate El Primero Training Center and the Asmussen Horse Center, a breeding and sales operation, both in Laredo. The family was close-knit; Asmussen's grandmother, Helen M. Asmussen, died at the age of eighty-three, on Mother's Day, 2007. Asmussen attended her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Asmussen
Donald Asmussen (October 31, 1962 – December 9, 2021) was an American cartoonist working for the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' and Universal Press Syndicate. Career Asmussen was born in Rhode Island. Early in his career, he published collages and celebrity caricatures in ''The New Yorker'' and drew a comic strip for ''Time'' called ''The Drawing Board''; he worked on animations for Mondo Media and on the 2001 film ''Monkeybone''. In newspapers, he worked at the ''Portland Press Herald'', ''The Detroit News'', and ''The San Diego Union-Tribune'' before becoming a staff artist at the ''San Francisco Examiner'' in 1995; following its merger with the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' in 2000, he worked for the ''Chronicle'' for the remainder of his career. At the ''Examiner'', Asmussen started his first weekly comic strip, ''San Francisco Comic Strip''. He later drew ''Super Average Joe'' and short comic strip serials for events he covered on location, including ''Republican Convention Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svend Asmussen
Svend Asmussen (28 February 1916 – 7 February 2017) was a Danish jazz violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking". A Swing style virtuoso, he played and recorded with many of the other jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Stephane Grappelli. He played publicly until 2010 when he had a blood clot, his career having spanned eight decades. Life and career Asmussen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, was raised in a musical family, and started taking violin lessons at the age of seven. Aged 16 he first heard recordings by jazz violinist Joe Venuti and began to emulate his style. He started working professionally as a violinist, vibraphonist, and singer at age 17, leaving his formal training behind for good. Early in his career he worked in Denmark and on cruise ships, with artists such as Josephine Baker and Fats Waller. Asmussen later was greatly influenced by Stuff Smith, whom he met in Denmark. Asmussen played with Valdemar Eiberg and Kjeld Bonfils during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fips Asmussen
Rainer Pries (30 April 1938 – 9 August 2020), better known by his stage name Fips Asmussen, was a German comedian and entertainer, known for his rapid delivery of puns and deliberately unfunny jokes. Life and career Born Rainer Pries in Hamburg, he attended an advertising academy, and graduated with a diploma as a skilled typesetter. Since the early 1970s, he worked as a comedian, mostly on stage, sometimes on radio and TV. Many of his performances were released as frequently best-selling sound recordings. He also published several books. Fips Asmussen's early comedy was more sophisticated and political. His later comedy performances became known for unfunny, mostly politically incorrect jokes and puns delivered in his trademark rapid stream, often considered to be "so unfunny they're funny again." He was frequently the butt of jokes by other comedians, but gained a cult following in Germany. Oliver Kalkofe and Fips Asmussen maintained a humorous rivalry. Asmussen accused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jes Peter Asmussen
Jes Peter Asmussen (2 November 1928 – 5 August 2002), was a Danish Iranologist. Asmussen was born and raised in Aabenraa. He studied theology and the Greenlandic language at the University of Copenhagen and earned his candidatus theologiæ degree in 1954. He then studied Iranistics in Cambridge, London, Hamburg, and Tehran, and earned his doctorate in 1965 at the University of Copenhagen. He was associated with the university throughout his academic career, becoming associate professor in 1966 and full professor in 1967, succeeding professor Kaj Barr. He retired in 1998. Asmussen's research focused on the religions of Iran. He was mostly interested in Manicheism, but also wrote about Zoroastrianism, Islam and Christianity in ancient Iran, as well as the Judeo-Persian language and literature. He is counted among the central figures of the Danish Orientalist scholarship. He was elected member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters in 1973 and corresponding member o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stig Asmussen
Stig Asmussen is an American video game developer, known for his work on the ''God of War'' series for Santa Monica Studio. He is currently working for Respawn Entertainment. Biography Asmussen graduated from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1998 with an Associate of Specialized Technology in Computer Animation Media. He is the son of Jes Asmussen, University Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Center for Coatings and Laser Applications at Michigan State University. Throughout the ''God of War'' series, he worked as a lead environment artist, art director, and was game director of ''God of War III'' after Cory Barlog's departure. In an interview in April 2012, according to David Jaffe (creator of ''God of War''), Asmussen was "doing cool stuff" at Santa Monica, and did not work on '' God of War: Ascension''. In 2014, Asmussen left Santa Monica Studio. He has since joined Respawn Entertainment Respawn Entertainment, LLC is an American vid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Asmussen
Gunnar Henry Asmussen (born 10 May 1944) is a retired Danish amateur cyclist. He won a gold medal in the track team pursuit at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ... and placed 13th in 1972. Asmussen held national titles both in the road race (1964–65, 1971) and track team pursuit (1969–71, 1974 and 1976). References 1944 births Living people Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Denmark Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Danish male cyclists Olympic medalists in cycling Sportspeople from Aarhus Cyclists from the Central Denmark Region Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Danish track cyclists 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Asmussen
Erik "Abbi" Asmussen (2 November 1913 – 29 August 1998) was a Danish architect active in Järna, Sweden. Asmussen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and died, aged 84, in Järna, Sweden. Buildings by Asmussen * Kulturhuset i Ytterjärna * Vidar hospital Ytterjärna * Kristofferskolan i Bromma, Stockholm * Örjanskolan i Järna * Rudolf Steiner Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (27 or 25 February 1861 – 30 March 1925) was an Austrian occultist, social reformer, architect, esotericist, and claimed clairvoyant. Steiner gained initial recognition at the end of the nineteenth century as a ... Seminariet i Järna External links Asmussens Arkitektgrupp AB References 1913 births 1998 deaths Architects from Copenhagen Organic architecture 20th-century Danish architects Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal {{Denmark-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Asmussen
Hans Christian Asmussen (born 21 August 1898 in Flensburg — died 30 December 1968 in Speyer) was a German Evangelical and Lutheran theologian. Asmussen was a pastor in Altona, Hamburg. He was removed from office by the Nazis because of his activity in the Reich Fraternal Council of the Confessing Church. He was jailed several times before 1945. He was co-author of the protest "Word and Affirmation of Altona Pastors amid the Misery and Confusion of Public Life" (11 January 1933), which rejected a pact with National Socialism and thus became a preliminary step toward the theological declaration of the Barmen Confessional Synod. From 1945 to 1948, Asmussen presided over the Evangelical Church Chancellery, and from 1949 to 1955, he was dean (german: Propst) in Kiel; he was a promoter of ecumenical dialogue. His writings include ''Seelsorge'' (Pastoral Care; 1934) and ''Der Römerbrief'' (Letter to the Romans; 1952). Life Early life Asmussen, the son of a headmaster, Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Asmussen
Nicholas Asmussen (April 14, 1871 – December 7, 1941) was a German-born Ontario building contractor and political figure. He represented Waterloo North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1923 as an Independent Liberal and from 1934 to 1937 as a Liberal member. He was born in Flensburg, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ..., the son of John and Catherina Asmussen, and came to Canada in 1878 with his family. He was educated in Berlin (later Kitchener). In 1908, he married Willisa Kesselring. Asmussen was mayor of Kitchener from 1925 to 1926. References * ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1922'', EJ Chambers External links * ''A History of Kitchener, Ontario'', WV Uttley (1937) 1871 births 1941 deaths People from Flensburg Ont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Asmussen
Thomas William Asmussen (September 26, 1878 – August 21, 1963) was a Major League Baseball catcher. Asmussen played for the Boston Doves in . In 2 career games, he had no hits in 5 at-bats. He threw right-handed and it is not known which hand he batted with. Asmussen was born in Chicago and died in Arlington Heights, Illinois Arlington Heights is a municipality in Cook County with a small portion in Lake County in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about northwest of the city's downtown. Per the 2020 Census, the population was 77,676. Per the .... External links * 1878 births 1963 deaths American people of Danish descent Boston Doves players Eau Claire-Chippewa Falls Orphans players Joliet Standards players Major League Baseball catchers Minor league baseball managers Peoria Distillers players Springfield Foot Trackers players Baseball players from Chicago {{US-baseball-catcher-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
