Ulrike is a Germanic female

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. Notable people named Ulrike include: *

Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel ( (31 October 1722, Kassel; 28 February 1787, Eutin) was a member of the House of Hesse-Kassel by birth, and of the House of Holstein-Gottorp through her marriage to Frederick Augustus I, Duke ...

(1722–1787), German noble *

Ulrike von Levetzow Theodore Ulrike Sophie von Levetzow, known as Baroness Ulrike von Levetzow (4 February 1804 in Leipzig – 13 November 1899 in Třebívlice) was a friend and the last love of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Life She was born in Leipzig in Saxo ...

(1804–1899), German noble and friend of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe * Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels (1731–1792), German noble * Ulrike Adeberg (born 1970), German speed skater *

Ulrike Arnold Ulrike Arnold (born 1950 in Düsseldorf) is a German artist. Biography Ulrike Arnold studied music and art between 1968 and 1971, afterwards she worked as a teacher. From 1979 until 1986 she studied fine arts at the Düsseldorf academy in Pro ...

(born 1950), German artist * Ulrike Bahr (born 1964), German politician * Ulrike Baumgartner (born 1974), Austrian former cyclist *

Ulrike Beisiegel Ulrike Beisiegel (born 23 December 1952) is a German biochemist and university professor who in 2011 became the first woman to serve as president of the University of Göttingen, founded in 1737. Her research on liver fats and disease was honored ...

(born 1952), German biochemist *

Ulrike Bruns Ulrike Bruns ( Klapezynski, born 17 November 1953) is a retired East German athlete who competed mainly in the 1500 metres and 3000 metres. Private life Klapezynski was born in 1953 in Cottbus. She married her trainer, Jürgen Bruns (1 ...

(born 1953), German track and field athlete *

Ulrike Denk Ulrike Denk (born 10 May 1964 in Cologne) is a German former athlete who competed in the sprint hurdles. In 1983, she broke the world junior record in the 60 metres hurdles with 8.06, which was only broken in 2015 by Dior Hall. Denk represente ...

(born 1964), German sprint hurdler * Ulrike Deppe (born 1953), German slalom canoeist *

Ulrike Diebold Ulrike Diebold (born 12 December 1961, in Kapfenberg, Austria) is an Austrian physicist and materials scientist who is a professor of surface science at TU Vienna. She is known for her groundbreaking research on the atomic scale geometry an ...

(born 1961), Austrian physicist and educator *

Ulrike Draesner Ulrike Draesner (born 1962 in Munich) is a German author. She was awarded the 2016 Nicolas Born Prize. Life and work The daughter of an architect, Draesner grew up in Munich, Germany. She received a Bavarian State scholarship for the best perfor ...

(born 1962), German author *

Ulrike Felt Ulrike Felt (born 1957) is an Austrian social scientist, active in the field of Science and Technology Studies. Currently, she holds the chair for Social Studies of Science and is Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of V ...

(born 1957), Austrian social scientist * Ulrike Fitzer, née Flender (born 1982), German Air Force pilot *

Ulrike Folkerts Ulrike Folkerts (; born 14 May 1961 in Kassel, Hesse, Germany) is a German actress. She is most famous for playing police officer Lena Odenthal in the German crime television series ''Tatort''. The episodes are located in the town of Ludwigshafen. ...

(born 1961), German actress *

Ulrike Frank Ulrike Frank (born 1 February 1969) is a German actress known for her portrayal of Katrin Flemming on the daily drama ''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten''. Career Mallorca In late 1998, ProSieben planned on launching its first soap opera. Grundy ...

(born 1969), German actress *

Ulrike Goldmann Blutengel (stylized BlutEngel; German for "Blood Angel") is a German electronic music group formed by singer Chris Pohl (also of the groups Terminal Choice, Tumor and Miss Construction and the owner of the Fear Section label) after leaving Se ...

(born 1980), German singer for the group Blutengel *

Ulrike Gräßler Ulrike Gräßler (also spelled Graessler, born 17 May 1987) is a German ski jumper who has competed since 2003. She won a silver medal in the inaugural women's ski jumping event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec Liber ...

(born 1987), German ski jumper *

Ulrike Grossarth Ulrike Grossarth (born 1952) is a German artist, dancer, and academic. Since 1998 she has been professor of mixed media art at Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. She was awarded the 2009 Käthe Kollwitz Prize by the Academy of Arts, Berlin for her colle ...

(born 1952), German artist, dancer and academic *

Ulrike Guérot Ulrike Beate Guérot (born 1964 in Grevenbroich, West Germany) is a Berlin-based German political thinker and Founder and Director of the European Democracy Lab (EDL). In April 2016, the University for Continuing Education Krems appointed Ulr ...

(born 1964), German political scientist *

Ulrike Haage Ulrike Haage (born in Kassel, lives and works in Berlin) is a German pianist and composer, producer for radio plays and a sound artist. Biography The jazz years Ulrike Haage spent her childhood in Ruhr. She grew up listening to the jazz recor ...

(born 1957), German pianist and composer *

Ulrike Henschke Ulrike Henschke (24 November 1830 – 1 November 1897, Baden-Baden) was a German women's rights activist, advocate of secondary and vocational education for women and founder of the Victoria Continuation School, a technical college for women. S ...

(1830–1897), German pioneer of women's education *

Ulrike Hiller Ulrike Hiller (born 11 June 1965) is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). She was a member of the Bremen Parliament from 2007 to 2012. From December 2012 to August 2019, she was the representative of the Free ...

(born 1965), German politician *

Ulrike Hoffmann-Richter Ulrike Hoffmann-Richter (17 March 1958 – 18 August 2024) was a German psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author. She built up the insurance psychiatric service of the Swiss Accident Insurance (SUVA). Life Ulrike Hoffmann-Richter studied hu ...

(1958–2024), German psychiatrist *

Ulrike Holmer Ulrike Holmer (born 6 October 1967) is a German shooting sports, sport shooter. She won the silver medal in the Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 50 metre rifle three positions in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. References

(born 1967), German sports shooter *

Ulrike Holzner Ulrike Holzner (born in 18 September 1968 in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate) was a German former athlete and bobsledder who switched to the latter event in the early 2000s. She won a silver medal in the two-woman event with teammate Sandra Proko ...

(born 1968), German bobsledder * Ulrike Jurk (born 1979), German volleyball player *

Ulrike Klees Ulrike Klees (born 3 May 1955) is a retired German swimmer. She competed in the 200 m breaststroke event at the 1972 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the final. She has a degree in psychology, and after retiring from swimming worked as a spor ...

(born 1955), German swimmer *

Ulrike Kleindl Ulrike Kleindl (born 27 May 1963) is an Austrian athlete. She competed in the women's long jump at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), ...

(born 1963), Austrian long-jumper * Ulrike Klotz (born 1970), German gymnast * Ulrike Koch (born 1950), German sinologist and filmmaker *

Ulrike Krumbiegel Ulrike Krumbiegel (born 16 December 1961) is a German actress. She has performed in more than 100 film and TV productions. In her early career, she performed in East German cinema and theatre. After the re-unification of Germany, her career cont ...

(born 1961), German actress *

Ulrike Liedtke Ulrike Liedtke (''née'' Nehrdich,''Musikakademie Rheinsberg Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, Rheinsberg''. In ''Handelsregister-Bekanntmachungen'' dated 4 February 1995. 17 November 1958) is a German musicologist and politician (Social De ...

(born 1958), German musicologist and politician * Ulrike Lienbacher (born 1963), Austrian artist * Ulrike Lunacek (born 1957), Austrian politician * Ulrike Mai (born 1960), German actress * Ulrike Maisch (born 1977), German long-distance runner *

Ulrike Malmendier Ulrike M. Malmendier (born 1973) is a German economist who is currently a professor of economics and finance at the University of California, Berkeley. Her work focuses on behavioral economics, corporate finance, and law and economics. In 2013, ...

(born 1973), German economist and professor * Ulrike Mathesius (born 19??), German plant microbiologist *

Ulrike Meinhof Ulrike Marie Meinhof (7 October 1934 – 9 May 1976) was a German left-wing militant, journalist and founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) in West Germany, commonly referred to in the press as the "Baader-Meinhof gang". She is the repute ...

(1934–1976), German left-wing militant and co-founder of the Red Army Faction *

Ulrike Meyfarth Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth (; born 4 May 1956) is a German former high jumper. She won the Olympic Games, Olympic title twice, in 1972 and 1984. She is the youngest Olympic champion ever in women's high jump, and at the time of her 1984 triumph, she ...

(born 1956), German high jumper *

Ulrike Müller (politician) Ulrike Müller (born 7 December 1962) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Germany. She is a member of Free Voters, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (2014–2019) and Renew Europe (since ...

(born 1962), German politician *

Ulrike Müller (artist) Ulrike Müller (born 1971 in Brixlegg, Austria) is a contemporary visual artist."Ulrike ...

(born 1971), Austrian visual artist *

Ulrike Müßig Ulrike Müßig (née Seif, born 1968 in Würzburg) is a German jurist and legal historian as well as Head of the Chair for Civil Law, German and European Legal History at the University of Passau. Academic education and career Ulrike Müßig ...

(born 1968), German jurist and legal historian *

Ulrike Ottinger Ulrike Ottinger (born 6 June 1942) is a German filmmaker and photographer. Early life In 1959 Ulrike Ottinger began studying at the Academy of Arts in Munich and worked as a painter. Her mother, Maria Weinberg, was a journalist and her father, ...

(born 1942), German filmmaker, documentarian photographer and professor *

Ulrike Poppe Ulrike Poppe ( Wick; born 26 January 1953) is a German politician and activist, born in Rostock. She was a member of the East German opposition.Ulrike Reinhard Ulrike Reinhard (born 1960) is a German publisher, author, digital nomad and futurist. She is best known for her skatepark in Madhya Pradesh, Janwaar Castle. Reinhard has also been editor of ''WE Magazine'' and has written for ''Think Quarterly' ...

(born 1960), German publisher and author *

Ulrike Richter Ulrike Richter (later Schmidt, born 17 June 1959) is a German former swimming (sport), swimmer who competed for East Germany in the 1970s. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal she won three gold medals. She received two g ...

(born 1959), German swimmer * Ulrike Rodust (born 1949), German politician * Ulrike Rosenbach (born 1943), German video artist *

Ulrike Sarvari Ulrike Sarvari (born 22 June 1964 in Heidelberg) is a retired German sprinter. Sarvari finished fifth in the 4 × 100 metres relay for West Germany at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and fourth in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She ...

(born 1964), German sprinter * Ulrike Schmetz (born 1979), German footballer * Ulrike Schwerdtner (born 1973), German volleyball player * Ulrike Sennewald (born 1989), German rower *

Ulrike Stange Ulrike Mertesacker ( Stange; born 25 April 1984) is a German former professional team handball, handball player. She played for several top-flight handball clubs and the Germany women's national handball team, Germany national team in her seven ...

(born 1984), German handballer * Ulrike Stanggassinger (born 1968), German alpine skier *

Ulrike Tauber Ulrike Tauber (born 16 June 1958) is a retired medley and butterfly swimmer from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There she also captured th ...

(born 1958), German swimmer * Ulrike Theusner (born 1982), German artist *

Ulrike Tillmann Ulrike Luise Tillmann FRS is a mathematician specializing in algebraic topology, who has made important contributions to the study of the moduli space of algebraic curves. She was the president of the London Mathematical Society in the period 2 ...

(born 1962), German mathematician *

Ulrike Urbansky Ulrike Leyckes ( Urbansky; 6 April 1977 in Jena) is a German former athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. She competed in the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004, each time reaching the semi-final. Her personal best t ...

(born 1977), German track and field athlete * Ulrike Weichelt (born 1977), German cyclist * Ulrike Werner (born 19??), Austrian slalom canoeist * Ulrike Winter (born 1940), Australian fencer

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