Famous People with Name Albrecht

Albrecht Georg Haushofer            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Albrecht Georg Haushofer: was a German geographer, diplomat and author. Albrecht studied geography and history at Munich University. He graduated in 1924 with his thesis "Paß- Staaten in den Alpen", Erich von Drygalski (1865 - 1949) was his supervisor. Haushofer then worked as an assistant for Albrecht Penck.

Albrecht Wellmer            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Albrecht Wellmer: is a prominent German philosopher at the Freie Universität Berlin. He studied maths and physics at Berlin and Kiel, then philosophy and sociology at Heidelberg and Frankfurt. He was an assistant to Jürgen Habermas at the University of Frankfurt from 1966 to 1970. He has held Professorships at the Universität Konstanz, the New School for Social Research and at the Freie Universität Berlin. He has held guest Professorships at Haverford, Stony Brooke, Collège International de Philosophie, the New School of Social Research and the Universiteit van Amsterdam.

Albrecht Theodorich Freiherr Besserer Von Thalfing            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Albrecht Theodorich Freiherr Besserer Von Thalfing: was a Bavarian General, Hofmarschall of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, and Acting War Minister under Ludwig I of Bavaria from November 1, 1838 to January 28, 1839.Besserer, a member of the Besserer von Thalfingen line, was born in Langenau and died in Mu

Albrecht Von Stosch            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Albrecht Von Stosch: was a German General der Infanterie and Admiral who served as first Chief of the newly created Imperial German admiralty from 1872 to 1883.

Sylvia Albrecht            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Sylvia Albrecht: is a German speed skater who competed for East Germany in the 1980 Winter Olympics. In 1980 she won the bronze medal in the 1000 metres event. In the 1500 metres competition she finished ninth and in the 3000 metres contest she finished 14th.

Daniel Albrecht            Origin/Culture/Country: Swiss

Daniel Albrecht: is a champion alpine ski racer. He has four World Cup race victories and a world championship. Albrecht made his World Cup debut at age 19 in January 2003 in a slalom at Schladming, Austria. A few weeks later he competed in the slalom at the 2003 World Ch

George Alexander Albrecht            Origin/Culture/Country: German

George Alexander Albrecht: is a German conductor. His brother Ernst Albrecht is a politician. His son is the conductor Marc Albrecht. Albrecht studied violin, piano and composition, and in 1954 and received the Prix d'excellence of the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy. At age 29,

Marc Albrecht            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Marc Albrecht: is a German conductor. He is the son of the conductor George Alexander Albrecht, and studied music with his father. Albrecht has served as an assistant to Claudio Abbado with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, and an assistant conductor to Gerd Albrecht (

Carl Theodor Albrecht            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Carl Theodor Albrecht: was a German astronomer. He studied mathematics and natural sciences at the TU Dresden and the Universität Berlin. He specialized in geodesy, to which he devoted much of his career. He also worked on the problem of variation of latitude, building upon the work of Seth Carlo Chandler who discovered the variation, known as the Chandler wobble.