Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine

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in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. Notable people named Jürgen include:

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* Jürgen Ahrend (1930–2024), German organ builder *

Jürgen Alzen Jürgen Alzen (born 26 November 1962 in Kirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a race car driving, driver from Germany. He drove one race in both the FIA GT Championship and the American Le Mans Series of 2001 for his own Alzen Porsche team. He has a ...

(born 1962), German race car driver * Jürgen Arndt, East German rower * Jürgen Aschoff (1913–1998), German physician and biologist

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* Jürgen Barth (born 1947), German engineer and racecar driver * Jürgen Bartsch (1946–1976), German serial killer * Jurgen Van den Broeck (born 1983), Belgian cyclist *

Jürgen von Beckerath Jürgen von Beckerath (19 February 1920 – 26 June 2016) was a German Egyptology, Egyptologist. He was a prolific writer who published countless articles in journals such as '':fr:Orientalia, Orientalia'', ''Göttinger Miszellen'' (GM), ''Journa ...

(1920–2016), German Egyptologist * Jürgen Berghahn (born 1960), German politician * Jürgen Bertow (born 1950), East German rower * Jürgen Blin (1943–2022), West German boxer * Jürgen Bogs (born 1947), German football manager * Jürgen Brähmer (born 1978), German boxer * Jürgen Bräuninger, South African composer and professor * Jürgen Budday (born 1948), German conductor

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* Jürgen Cain Külbel (born 1956), German journalist and investigator * Jürgen Chrobog (born 1940), German diplomat * Jürgen Colin (born 1981), Dutch footballer * Jürgen Colombo (born 1949), West German cyclist * Jürgen Croy (born 1946), East German footballer

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* Jürgen Dehmel (born 1958), German bass guitarist and songwriter * Jürgen Drews (born 1945), German singer * Jürgen Damm, Mexican footballer of German descent * Jürgen Dirkx, Dutch footballer

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Jürgen Ehlers Jürgen Ehlers (; 29 December 1929 – 20 May 2008) was a German physicist who contributed to the understanding of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. From graduate and postgraduate work in Pascual Jordan's relativity research group ...

(1929–2008), German physicist * Jürgen Eschert (born 1941), West German canoeist * Jürgen Evers (born 1964), West German sprinter

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* Jürgen Fanghänel (born 1951), East German boxer * Jürgen von Farensbach (1551–1602), Baltic German nobleman and Livonian general * Jürgen Fassbender (born 1948), West German tennis player * Jürgen Flimm (1941–2023), German theater and opera director

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* Jürgen Gauß (born 1960), German chemist * Jürgen Gauß (officer) (1918–1996), German military commander * Jürgen Geschke (born 1943), East German cyclist * Jürgen Gjasula (born 1985), Albanian footballer * Jürgen Gmehling (born 1946), German chemist * Jürgen Goslar (1927–2021), German actor and director * Jürgen Grabowski (1944–2022), West German footballer * Jürgen Graf (1951–2025), Swiss author and pseudohistorian * Jürgen-Peter Graf (born 1952), German lawyer * Jürgen Gröbler (born 1946), German rowing coach * Jürgen Groh (born 1956), West German footballer

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* Jürgen Haase (born 1945), East German runner *

Jürgen Habermas Jürgen Habermas ( , ; ; born 18 June 1929) is a German philosopher and social theorist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. His work addresses communicative rationality and the public sphere. Associated with the Frankfurt S ...

(born 1929), German sociologist and philosopher * Jürgen Hartmann (born 1962), German footballer and coach * Jürgen Henkys (1929–2015), German theologian * Jürgen Henn (born 1987), Estonian football manager and coach * Jürgen Heuser (born 1953), East German weightlifter * Jürgen Hildebrand (born 1948), East German handball player * Jürgen Hingsen (born 1958), West German decathlete

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* Jürgen Klinsmann (born 1964), German footballer, manager and pundit *

Jürgen Klopp Jürgen Norbert Klopp (; born 16 June 1967) is a German football executive and former Manager (association football), manager and Football player, player. He is widely regarded as one of the best football managers in the world. Klopp has been ...

(born 1967), German footballer and manager * Jürgen Koch, Austrian badminton player * Jürgen Kocka, German historian * Jürgen Kohler, German footballer * Jürgen Kretz (born 1982), German politician * Jürgen Kurbjuhn, German footballer * Jürgen Kuresoo, Estonian footballer

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* Jürgen Ligi, Estonian politician * Jürgen von der Lippe, stage name of German television presenter, entertainer, actor and comedian Hans-Jürgen Dohrenkamp (born 1948) * Jürgen Loacker, Austrian bobsledder * Jürgen Locadia, Dutch association footballer

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* Jürgen Macho, Austrian association footballer * Jürgen Mandl, Austrian sportsman-politician * Jürgen Marcus, German singer * Jürgen May, East German middle distance runner *

Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a youn ...

, Austrian tennis player * Jürgen Milewski, German footballer * Jürgen Mittelstraß, German philosopher * Jürgen Möllemann (1945–2003), German politician * Jürgen Moltmann, German reformed theologian * Jürgen Mossack, German-born Panamanian lawyer * Jürgen Moser, German mathematician

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* Jürgen Neukirch, German mathematician * Jürgen Nöldner, East German footballer

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* Jürgen Oesten, German World War II U-boat commander * Jürgen Ovens, Dutch painter

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* Jürgen Paeke, East German gymnast * Jürgen Pahl, German footballer * Jürgen Panis, Austrian footballer * Jürgen Partenheimer, German artist * Jürgen Patocka, Austrian footballer * Jürgen Pezzi, Italian luger * Jürgen Piepenburg, German football player and manager * Jürgen Pommerenke, East German footballer and manager * Jürgen Ponto, German banker and chairman of the Dresdner Bank board of directors * Jürgen Prochnow, German-American actor

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* Jürgen Raab, German footballer * Jürgen Reil, German musician * Jürgen Rieger, German politician *Jürgen Rijkers (born 1967), Dutch DJ, remixer, producer and artist known as DJ Jurgen * Jürgen Röber, German football manager and former player * Jürgen Rohwer, German military historian *

Jürgen Roland Jürgen Roland, born Jürgen Schellack (25 December 1925 – 21 September 2007) was a German film director. Roland was described as the "father of German TV crime shows". He directed about 80 TV productions and 30 movies. Life and career Rol ...

, German film director, screenwriter and producer * Jürgen Rooste (born 1979), Estonian poet * Jürgen Rosenthal, German rock drummer * Jürgen Rüttgers, German politician

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* Jürgen Säumel, Australian footballer * Jürgen Schadeberg, South African photographer * Jürgen Schmidhuber, German computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher * Jürgen Schmude (1936–2025), German politician of the SPD * Jürgen Schreiber (journalist) (1947–2022), German investigative journalist * Jürgen Schreiber (businessman) (born 1962), German business executive * Jürgen E. Schrempp, German businessman; CEO of Daimler Chrysler * Jürgen Schröder (disambiguation) * Jürgen Schult East German discus thrower * Jürgen Schütze, East German racing cyclist * Jürgen Seeberger, German footballer and manager * Jürgen Seyfarth, German rower * Jürgen Sparwasser, East German footballer and manager * Jürgen Stark, German economist * Jürgen Steinmetz, German heavy metal bass guitarist * Jürgen Stock, German law enforcement officer * Jürgen Straub, East German middle distance runner * Jürgen Stroop (1895–1952), German Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes * Jürgen F. Strube, German businessman * Jürgen Sundermann, German footballer and manager

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* Jürgen Thorwald, German writer * Jürgen Todenhöfer, German politician and author * Jürgen Tonkel (born 1962), German actor * Jürgen Trittin, German green politician * Jürgen Trumpf, German diplomat

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* Jürgen Untermann (1928–2013), German linguist, Indo-Europeanist and epigraphist

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* Jurgen Verstrepen (born 1966), Belgian politician and former radio and television presenter * Jürgen Vollmer (born 1939), German photographer * Jürgen Vsych, American filmmaker

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* Jurgen Van de Walle (born 1977), Belgian bicycle road racer * Jürgen Warnatz, German physicist * Jürgen Warnke, German lawyer and politician * Jürgen Werner (disambiguation), several people * Jürgen Wullenwever, mayor of Lübeck from 1533-1535

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* Jürgen Zimmerling, German MEP * Jürgen Zopp, Estonian tennis player

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