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and

Low German Low German is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language variety, language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwide. "Low" ...

masculine given name, a short version of Hendrik/ Heinrich, a derivative surname most common in Germany.

Given name

* Hein van Aken (c. 1250 – c. 1325), Flemish poet * Hein de Baar (born 1949), Dutch oceanographer * Hein van Breenen (1929–1990), Dutch racing cyclist * Hein Boele (born 1939), Dutch voice actor * Hein Donner (1927–1988), Dutch chess grandmaster *

Hein du Toit Lieutenant General Hein du Toit (born 1926) was a South African Army officer who served as Chief of Staff Intelligence. Army career Du Toit joined the UDF in 1953. By 1964 he was a staff officer in Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI). ...

(born 1926), South African Army officer * Hein van Garderen (born 1969), South African fencer * Hein van de Geyn (born 1956), Dutch jazz bassist, composer and band leader *

Hein Frode Hansen Hein Frode Hansen (born 25 March 1972 in Haugesund) is a Norwegian heavy metal drummer. He was the original vocalist of the power metal band Serpent, formed in 1989. In 1990 he started playing drums in the death metal band Phobia. Both bands br ...

(born 1972), Norwegian heavy metal drummer *

Hein Heckroth Hein Heckroth (14 April 1901 in Gießen - 7 July 1970 in Amsterdam) was a German painter and art director of stage and film productions. Heckroth was born in 1901 in Giessen, Germany. As a young man, he moved to Frankfurt, where he studied as a p ...

(1901–1970), German art director of stage and film productions * Hein van der Heijden (born 1958), Dutch actor *

Hein Heinsen Hein Olaf Heinsen (born July 23, 1935, in Grindsted, Denmark) is a Danish artist who has contributed to the Lutheran art of Scandinavia. He made his debut on the Danish art scene in the 1960s as part of the minimalistic movement. Heinsen served as ...

(born 1935), Danish artist *

Hein ten Hoff Hein ten Hoff (19 November 1919 – 13 June 2003) was a German boxer and ''Präsident des Bundes Deutscher Berufsboxer'' (BDB). He was the son of a Dutch peasant, who left The Netherlands for Germany (Oldenburg Land) in the end of the 1930s, ...

(1919–2003), German boxer *

Hein Hoyer Hein Hoyer (lat. ''Hinricus Hoyeri'') (c. 1380 in Hamburg – 12 May 1447 in Hamburg) was a German statesman and mayor of Hamburg. His family belonged to the local upper class and Hoyer was elected as a member of the ''Rat'' (board/council), wher ...

(c. 1380–1447), German statesman and mayor of Hamburg *

Hein Kever Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever, known as Hein (19 June 1854 in Amsterdam – 29 April 1922 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch Genre art, genre and still-life painter; associated with the Laren School. Biography He was born into a wealthy family. He showed li ...

(1854–1922), Dutch genre and still-life painter *

Hein de Kort Hein de Kort (born 4 October 1956, Laren) is a Dutch comics artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics write ...

(born 1956), Dutch cartoonist *

Hein Kötz Hein Kötz (born 14 November 1935) is a German jurist, former Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for foreign and international private law (MPI-PRIV), the Bucerius Law School and Vice President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). Biog ...

(born 1935), German jurist *

Hein-Arne Mathiesen Hein-Arne Mathiesen (born 4 April 1971) is a retired Norwegian ski jumper. In the World Cup he finished once among the top 10, with a ninth place from Willingen Willingen (official name: ''Willingen (Upland)'') is a municipality in Waldeck-F ...

(born 1971), Norwegian ski jumper *

Hein-Direck Neu Hein-Direck Neu (13 February 1944, Bad Kreuznach – 14 April 2017, Wiesbaden) was a German discus thrower. In his early international career, Neu prominently won the silver medals at both the 1967 Summer Universiade and the 1970 Summer Universiad ...

(1944–2017), German discus thrower *

Hein van der Niet Philip Dorn (born Hein van der Niet; 30 September 1901 – 9 May 1975), sometimes billed as Frits van Dongen (his screen name for German films prior to World War II), was a Dutch American actor who had a career in Hollywood. He was best kno ...

(1901–1975), Dutch actor known in Hollywood as "Philip Dorn" *

Hein Odendaal Hein Odendaal (born 17 July 1942) is a South African medical doctor and internationally recognised specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Biography A graduate of the University of Pretoria and the University of Stellenbosch, Odendaal returned ...

(born 1942), South African medical doctor *

Hein Otterspeer Hendrik "Hein" Otterspeer (born 11 November 1988) is a Dutch speed skater who specialises in the sprint distances. Career Otterspeer finished second in the 2014 Dutch sprint championships, held at the Olympisch Stadium in Amsterdam. In Janua ...

(born 1988), Dutch speed skater *

Hein Pieper Henderikus Theodorus Maria "Hein" Pieper (born 10 May 1962) is a Dutch theologian, writer, and politician. He is for the Water board (Netherlands), water board of and was the chairman of New Social Contract (NSC) from 24 August to 2 October 2023 ...

(born 1962), Dutch Catholic theologian and politician *

Hein ter Poorten Hein ter Poorten (21 November 1887 – 15 January 1968) was a Dutch military officer. He was the commander of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army in World War II. Ter Poorten was also Allied land forces commander in the American-British-Dutch ...

(1887–1968), Dutch military officer in the Dutch Indies *

Hein Riess Hein Riess (11 September 1913 – September 1993) was a German actor and folk singer. Riess was born in Hamburg-Eilbek. He was previously a sailor who began work as a cabin boy on ships and then became a professional singer, mainly of sea shant ...

(1913–1993), German actor and folk singer *

Hein Roethof Hendrik Jan (Hein) Rutten meergenaamd Roethof (23 November 1921, in Utrecht – 15 January 1996, in Utrecht) was a Dutch journalist and politician. He completed his secondary education at the Utrecht HBS. Roethof read Law of the Dutch East Indi ...

(1921–1996), Dutch journalist and politician *

Hein Schreuder Hein Schreuder (24 December 1951 – 28 May 2023) was a Dutch economist and business executive, executive vice-president corporate strategy & acquisitions at DSM and professor at the University of Maastricht, especially known for his work on "Ec ...

(1951–2023), Dutch economist and business executive * Hein Seyerling, South African paralympic high jumper * Hein Simons (born 1955), Dutch singer and actor * Hein van Suylekom (1904–1982), Dutch rower *

Hein Vanhaezebrouck Hein Vanhaezebrouck (; born 16 February 1964) is a Belgian football manager. Most recently he was head coach of Belgian Pro League club K.A.A. Gent. He has a reputation of preferring a defensive style of play. Early life Vanhaezebrouck was born ...

(born 1964), Belgian football coach *

Hein Verbruggen Hein Verbruggen (21 June 1941 – 14 June 2017) was a Dutch sports administrator who was president of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) from 1991 till 2005 and president of SportAccord from 2004 to 2013. He was an honorary member of the Int ...

(1941–2017), Dutch sports executive * Hein Vergeer (born 1961), Dutch speed skater *

Hein Vos Hendrik "Hein" Vos (5 July 1903 – 23 April 1972) was a Dutch politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands), Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (PvdA) and economist ...

(1903–1972), Dutch politician *

Hein Wellens Henrick Joan Joost (Hein J. J. ) Wellens, M.D., (1935–2020) was a Dutch cardiologist who is considered one of the founding fathers of clinical cardiac electrophysiology - a discipline which enables patients with cardiac arrhythmias to have cathe ...

(1935–2020), Dutch cardiologist *

Hein-Peter Weyher Hein-Peter Weyher (born 22 March 1935) is a retired German Vizeadmiral and former Inspector of the Navy The Inspector of the Navy () is the commander of the Navy of the modern-day German Armed Forces, the Bundeswehr. Since the various bodies re ...

(born 1935), German Navy officer * Hein Willemse (born 1957), South African academic, literary critic, activist and author * Hein van der Zee (1929–1991), Dutch boxer

Burmese name

* Thakin Ba Hein (1917–1946), Burmese politician *

Kyaw Hein Kyaw Hein (; ; born Kyaw Htay (; , 14 July 1947 – 11 July 2020) was a Burmese actor, film director and singer. He is the five-time winner of the Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards. He starred in and directed hundreds of films, and was consi ...

(1947–2020), Burmese film actor, film director, and singer *

Moe Hein Moe Hein (; 10 December 1942 – 23 September 2010) was a Burma, Burmese poet and philanthropist. Biography Moe Hein was born on 10 December 1942, as the youngest son of the journalist and writer Chit Maung, Journal Kyaw U Chit Maung and the w ...

(1942–2010), Burmese poet and philanthropist * Myat Hein (born 1955), Burmese general *

Hein Thiha Zaw Hein Thiha Zaw ( born 1 August 1995) is a Burmese association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left back where he captains the Myanmar National League club Ayeyawady United F.C., Ayeyawady United. ...

(born 1995), Burmese footballer *

Hein Zar Aung Hein Zar Aung ( born 28 June 1990) is a footballer from Myanmar. He made his first appearance for the Myanmar national football team The Myanmar national football team () represents Myanmar in men's international association football and is ...

(born 1990), Burmese footballer

Surname

* Bianca Hein (born 1975), German actress * Birgit Hein (1942–2023), German film director, producer and screenwriter * Brandon Hein (born 1977), American convicted murderer *

Carl Christian Hein Carl Christian Hein (August 31, 1868 – April 30, 1937) was an American Lutheran clergyman. Born in Wiesbaden, Germany, Hein moved to the United States in 1884. He became pastor of a Lutheran church in Marion, Wisconsin, in 1889, and then moved t ...

(1868–1937), American Lutheran clergyman *

Christian Hein Christian Hein (born 6 September 1982) is a German former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events and open water marathon. He won two silver medals in both 5 and 10 km open water swimming at the 2003 FINA World Championshi ...

(born 1982), German swimmer *

Christoph Hein Christoph Hein (; born 8 April 1944) is a German author and translator. He grew up in the town Bad Düben near Leipzig. Being a clergyman's son and thus not allowed to attend the Erweiterte Oberschule (EOS) in the GDR, he received secondary educ ...

(born 1944), German author and translator *

David W. Hein David W. Hein is an American professor and scientist. He currently is a Distinguished University Scholar at the University of Louisville where he serves as the Peter K. Knoefel Endowed Chair of Pharmacology and Professor & Chair of the Department o ...

, American chemist * Einar Hein (1875–1931), Danish painter *

Franz Hein Franz Hein (30 June 1892 – 26 February 1976) was a German chemist and professor. He specialized in the chemistry of organic chromium and other metal compounds. He was the son of the artist Franz Johann Erich Hein (1863–1927). History Franz Hei ...

(1892–1976), German scientist and artist * Gauthier Hein (born 1996), French footballer * Gustavo Hein (born 1972), Argentine politician *

Harald Hein Harald Hein (19 April 1950 – 20 May 2008) was a German foil fencer. He won a gold medal in the team event at the 1976 and a silver in the same event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XX ...

(1950–2008), German fencer * Harry Hein (born 1945), Estonian military Major General * Herbert Hein (born 1954), German footballer * Hillar Hein (born 1954), Estonian ski jumper, Nordic combined skier and coach * Holly Hein (born 1991), American soccer player *

Jay Hein Jay F. Hein is a former director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI), and Deputy Assistant to U.S President George W. Bush.Official biography"OFBCI Director Jay Hein" "George W. Bush White House Archives", ac ...

(born c. 1966), American lobbyist and cabinet member **

Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation ''Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation'', 551 U.S. 587 (2007), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court which ruled that taxpayers do not have the right to challenge the constitutionality of expend ...

the Supreme Court case bearing his name *

Jeppe Hein Jeppe Hein (born 1 August 1974, Copenhagen, Denmark) is an artist based in Berlin and Copenhagen.

(born 1974), Danish sculptor and installation artist * John Hein (1886–1963), American wrestler *

Jon Hein Jon Hein is an American radio personality and former webmaster. He created the website jumptheshark.com and works for ''The Howard Stern Show''. Hein has written three books, ''Jump the Shark: When Good Things Go Bad'' as well as ''Fast Food Ma ...

(born 1967), American radio personality *

Jotun Hein Jotun John Piet Hein (born 19 July 1956) is Professor of Bioinformatics at the Department of Statistics of the University of Oxford and a professorial fellow of University College, Oxford. Hein was previously Director of the Bioinformatics Resear ...

(born 1956), Danish bioinformatician, son of Piet Hein *

Karen Hein Dr. Karen Hein is a pediatrician and health policy expert who founded the first comprehensive HIV/AIDS program (research, clinical care and advocacy) for adolescents in the world. Early life Karen Hein was born in 1944 in New York City. Her fath ...

(born 1944), American pediatrician *

Karl Hein (athlete) Karl Hein (11 June 1908 – 10 July 1982) was a German hammer thrower who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Biography By the early 1930s Hein had married and retired from athletics. He resumed competing after watching a film abou ...

(1908–1982), German track and field athlete * Leonard W. Hein (1916–2000), American economist and accountant *

Lucie Hein Lucie Hein (25 September 1910 – 15 September 1965) was an East German politician ( SED). Between 1960 and 1965 she served as the senior mayor of Frankfurt. Life Lucie Hein was born in Rüdersdorf then a short distance outside Berlin on its e ...

(1910–1965), East German politician *

Marjorie Hein Marjorie Heins (born 1946) is a First Amendment lawyer, writer and founder of the Free Expression Policy Project.Beth Saulnier"The Talking Cure" ''Cornell Alumni Magazine'', Sept./Oct. 2013. Education Heins received a B.A., with distinction, from ...

(born 1946), American lawyer, writer and activist *

Mel Hein Melvin Jack Hein (August 22, 1909 – January 31, 1992), nicknamed "Old Indestructible", was an American professional American football, football player. In the era of One-platoon system, one-platoon football, he played as a Center (gridiron foo ...

(1909–1992), American football player * Michael P. Hein (born 1965), Northern Irish politician * Michal Hein (born 1968), Israeli windsurfer * Neil Hein (born 1963), Australian rules footballer *

Nick Hein Nick Hein (born April 24, 1984) is a German retired mixed martial artist and actor, who is best known for appearing in the German television show '' Diese Kaminskis''. Before Hein became an actor, he was also a national judo champion and police o ...

(born 1984), German mixed martial artist * Oliver Hein (born 1990), German footballer *

Peter Hein Peter Hein () is an Indian action choreographer and stunt coordinator known for his work in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, and Kannada films. He is known for choreographing action sequences in films such as ''Anniyan'' (2005), '' Athadu'' ( ...

, Indian action choreographer and stunt coordinator * Piet Hein (1577–1629), Dutch naval commander and folk hero * Piet Hein (1905–1996), Danish poet and scientist, descendant of the above *

Riina Hein Riina Hein (born 3 March 1955) is an Estonian film actress, film and television director and producer, and screenwriter. Hein made her screen debut as a teenager and is possibly best recalled for her role as Raja Teele in three film adaptations of ...

(born 1955), Estonian actress, director, producer and screenwriter * Rolland Hein (1932–2023), American literature academic and writer * Ron Hein (1949–2022), American lobbyist and politician * Rosemarie Hein (1953–2025), German politician

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