Famous People with Name Rainer

Rainer Bonhof            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Rainer Bonhof: a former German footballer. He was a wing-back or defensive midfielder.Bonhof, a midfielder, was widely recognized — during his time — for having one of the game's hardest free-kicks as well as longest and most precise throw-ins. Former Liverpool goalkeeper, Ray Clemence, in 1977 following a European Cup tie between the Reds and Borussia Mönchengladbach, was credited for expressing fear of Bonhof's shots. Clemence's fear was such that in a March 1978 match between Liverpool and Borussia Mönchengladbach he ducked to avoid a 25 metre Bonhof free-kick that appeared to be going straight for the keeper's head. Bonhof was awarded the ARD Goal of the Month on three occasions.

Rainer Bieli            Origin/Culture/Country: Swiss

Rainer Bieli: is a Swiss footballer of Bosnian decent. He currently plays for Nea Salamina.

Rainer Schüttler            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Rainer Schüttler: is a professional tennis player from Germany. He began playing tennis at the age of ten. He currently resides in Switzerland. After Wimbledon 2008, he is currently 39th in the ATP rankings.

Rainer Maria Latzke            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Rainer Maria Latzke: a German artist working in the field of trompe l'oeil and mural painting. German newspapers, such as Die Bunte, have stated that he is the "the Michelangelo of Modern Times". Latzke's work may be found in public buildings and private residences throughout the world, such as the Vienna Town Hall, royal palaces in the United Arab Emirates and cruise ships like the Royal Clipper from the German television drama “Under the White Sails”.

Rainer Von Fieandt            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Rainer Von Fieandt: was a Finnish official without party affiliation who served as Prime Minister of Finland in 1957 to 1958

Luise Rainer            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Luise Rainer: in Duesseldorf / Germany, is a two-time Academy Award-winning German film actress. Of living people who have won Academy Awards, she holds the earliest-awarded Oscars. She is also the oldest of Academy Award winners at 98.

Yvonne Rainer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Yvonne Rainer: an American choreographer and filmmaker, whose work in both disciplines is frequently challenging and experimental.In 1957 Rainer moved to New York to study theater. She found herself more strongly drawn to modern dance than acting, however, and began studying at the Martha Graham School and later with Merce Cunningham. Rainer was one of the organizers of the Judson Dance Theater, a focal point for vanguard activity in the dance world throughout the 1960s, and she formed her own company for a brief time after the Judson performances ended. Rainer is noted for an approach to dance that treats the body more as the source of an infinite variety of movements than as the purveyor of emotion or drama. Many of the elements she employed—such as repetition,

Alfred Rainer            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Alfred Rainer: was a World Cup competitor in the Nordic Combined event. A talented skier, he had previously been a soldier in the Austrian Army and a joiner. He spoke both German and English and enjoyed a range of hobbies, including football, movies, music and bicycling

Friedrich W. Rainer            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Friedrich W. Rainer: was a leader in the Nazi Party, as well as an Austrian State governor of Salzburg and Carinthia. He is the only Austrian governor who has ever held the same office in two separate states. He was a native of Sankt Veit an der Glan, located in the Austrian