Albrecht ("noble", "bright") is a given
name
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surname
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German origin and may refer to:
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Albrecht Agthe, (1790–1873), German music teacher
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Albrecht Altdorfer, (c. 1480–1538) German Renaissance painter
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Albrecht Becker, (1906–2002), German production designer, photographer, and actor
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Albrecht Berblinger, (1770–1829), German constructor (the tailor of ulm)
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Albrecht Brandi, (1914–1966), German U-boat commander in World War II
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Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817–1895) general who controlled the Austrian Army
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Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, (1865–1939), German field marshal in World War I
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Albrecht von Wallenstein, (1583–1634), Bohemian soldier and politician during the Thirty Years' War
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Albrecht Dieterich, (1866–1908) German classical philologist and religious scholar
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Albrecht Dietz, (1926–2012), German entrepreneur and scientist
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Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer ( , ;; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, Old master prin ...
, (1471–1528), German artist and mathematician
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Albrecht Dürer the Elder, German goldsmith and father of Albrecht Dürer
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Albrecht Elof Ihre
Baron Albrecht Elof Ihre (6 October 1797 – 9 August 1877) was a Swedish diplomat and politician who served as Union between Sweden and Norway, Swedish-Norwegian Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden), prime minister of foreign affairs 1840-1848 ( ...
, (1797–1877), Swedish diplomat and politician
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Albrecht Fölsing, (1940–2018), German physicist and scientific journalist
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Albrecht Fleckenstein, (1917–92), German pharmacologist and physiologist
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Albrecht Haushofer, (1903–1945), German geographer, diplomat and author.
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Albrecht Holder, (born 1958), classical bassoonist
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Albrecht Gessler, German bailiff
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Albrecht Glockendon the Younger, German miniaturist and woodcutter
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Albrecht Gustav von Manstein, (1805–1877), Prussian general
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Albrecht II, Count of Hohenberg-Rotenburg (c. 1235–1298), Count of Hohenberg and Haigerloch
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Albrecht Kossel, (1853–1927), German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics
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Albrecht Krügel, (1913–1945), German Lieutenant Colonel of SS
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Albrecht Mayer, (born 1965), German oboeist
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Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, (1905–1944), German officer and a resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (20 July plot)
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Albrecht Müller, (1939–2018), German sprint canoer and rower
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Albrecht Penck, (1858–1945), German geographer and geologist
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Albrecht Pfister, (c. 1420–c. 1466), German printer
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Albrecht Ritschl, (1822–1889), German Protestant theologian
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Albrecht Ritschl (economist), German Professor of Economic History
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Albrecht Roser, (1922–2011), German master puppeteer
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Albrecht von Roon, (1803–79), Prussian soldier and statesman
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Albrecht III Achilles, (1414–86), Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg
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Albrecht of Sweden, (c.1338–1412), medieval Swedish monarch
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Albrecht Schmidt (actor), (1870–1945), Danish film actor
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Albrecht Schöne (1925–2025), German Germanist
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Albrecht Schröter, (born 1955), German politician (SPD), mayor of Jena
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Albrecht Unsöld, (1905–95), German astrophysicist
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Albrecht Weber, (1825–1901), German Indologist and historian
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Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels, (1659–1692), German prince of the House of Wettin
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Achim Albrecht, German bodybuilder and professional wrestler
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Alex Albrecht, American television personality
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Andreas Albrecht (cosmologist), American physicist
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Art Albrecht (1921–2004), former professional American football player
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Bernard Sumner, English singer and guitarist
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Berthold Albrecht (1954–2012), German businessman (ALDI), brother of Theo Jr
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Carter Albrecht (1973–2007), American musician
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Conrad Albrecht (1880–1969), German admiral
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Daniel Albrecht, Swiss alpine ski racer
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Ernst Albrecht (politician, born 1914) (1914–1991), German politician (CDU)
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Ernst Albrecht (politician, born 1930), (1930–2014), German politician (CDU)
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Ernst Albrecht (footballer), (1907–1976), German footballer
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Friedrich Wilhelm Albrecht, (1894–1984) Lutheran missionary in Central Australia
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George Alexander Albrecht, German conductor, (1935–2021), long-time music director in Hanover
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Gerd Albrecht, German conductor, 1935–2014, known for work in contemporary music
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Grant Albrecht, Canadian luger
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Gretchen Albrecht, New Zealand artist (born 1943)
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Harold Albrecht, Canadian politician
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Herman Albrecht, South African soldier
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Herbert Albrecht (1900–1945), German politciian
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J. I. Albrecht, American-Canadian sports personality
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Jan Philipp Albrecht, German politician and Member of the European Parliament
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Katherine Albrecht, American privacy activist
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Karl Albrecht, (1920–2014), German entrepreneur, brother of Theo Albrecht (ALDI)
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Karl Albrecht Jr. (born 1948), German businessman
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Lisa Albrecht (1896–1958), German politician
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Marc Albrecht
Marc Albrecht (born 1964) is a German conductor resident in The Netherlands. He was chief conductor of the Dutch National Opera, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra from 2009 to 2020.
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, German conductor, born 1964, chief conductor of De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam from 2011
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Michael Albrecht (born 1947), German politician
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Milan Albrecht, Slovak footballer
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Rafael Albrecht, Argentine footballer
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Raymond John Albrecht (1916–2006), American farmer and politician
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Rita Albrecht, American public servant
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Susanne Albrecht, (born 1951), German activist (Red Army Faction)
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Sylvia Albrecht, German speed-skater
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Theo Albrecht
Theodor Paul Albrecht (; 28 March 1922 – 24 July 2010) was a German entrepreneur. He established the discount supermarket chain Aldi with his brother Karl Albrecht. In 2010, Theo was ranked by ''Forbes'' as the 31st richest person in the wo ...
, (1922–2010), German entrepreneur, founder of Aldi Nord, brother of Karl
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Theo Albrecht Jr. (born 1950), German businessman, son of Theo
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Theodore Albrecht (born 1945), American music historian, Beethoven scholar
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Wilhelm Eduard Albrecht, (1800–1876), German jurist and politician
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William Albrecht, American agronomist
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William P. Albrecht, (1935-2024), American economist
Other
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Albrecht v. Herald Co.'', a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court decision
See also
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Alberich
References
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German masculine given names
Masculine given names
Surnames of German origin
German patronymic surnames
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