German Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was a violin teacher in Leipzig, Germany, where his father, Heinrich Wohlfahrt, was a piano teacher.

Was a violin teacher in Leipzig, Germany, where his father, Heinrich Wohlfahrt, was a piano teacher. He wrote a series of etudes, 60 Studies for Violin, Op. 45, which are often among the first ones studied by beginning violinists and violists.

Was an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the mid 1930s. Competing in two Winte

Was an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the mid 1930s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the four-man event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936.

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Was a German composer and conductor. He led the premieres of Richard Wagner's operas Das Rheingold a

Was a German composer and conductor. He led the premieres of Richard Wagner's operas Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, but was much criticized by Wagner himself, who greatly preferred the more celebrated conductors Hans von Bülow and Hermann Levi. He succeeded the temperamental Bülow in 1869 as conductor of the Court Opera and the Academy Courts. Here he conducted the first performances of Rheingold and Walküre (1869, 1870) before the production of the entire Ring cycle at the first Bayreuth Festival of 1876. It is for these renditions that he is usually remembered now.

Was a German composer of classical music. Most of his compositions were for choral ensembles.Biebl w

Was a German composer of classical music. Most of his compositions were for choral ensembles.Biebl was born in Pursruck, now part of Freudenberg, Bavaria, in 1906. He studied composition at the Musikhochschule in Munich. Biebl served as Choir Director at the Catholic church of St Maria in München-Thalkirchen from 1932 until 1939, and as an assistant professor of choral music at the Mozarteum, an academy of music in Salzburg, Austria, beginning in 1939, where he taught voice and music theory.

Was a German Baroque stucco plasterer of the Wessobrunner School. A member of the famous Feuchtmayer

Was a German Baroque stucco plasterer of the Wessobrunner School. A member of the famous Feuchtmayer family, he was the son of Michael Feuchtmayer (b. 1667); the nephew of Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer (1660–1718) and Johann Michael Feuchtmayer (the Elder) (1666–1713); the older brother of Johann Michael Feuchtmayer (the Younger) (1709–1772); the cousin of Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer (1696–1770); and the father of Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Younger) (b. 1735).

Was a German composer, music teacher, and conductor. He moved to Moscow in 1817, where he would rema

Was a German composer, music teacher, and conductor. He moved to Moscow in 1817, where he would remain until his death in 1843.[1] He taught piano, and became a significant figure in Moscow's musical life, teaching notable figures such as Nikolai Rubinstein and Alexander Villoing,[2] and organizing string quartet performances from 1829 to 1835.[3]

Was a bass singer and composer of the classical era. He sang the role of Sarastro in the premiere of

Was a bass singer and composer of the classical era. He sang the role of Sarastro in the premiere of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute.By 1787 he had joined the theatrical company of Emanuel Schikaneder, for which he sang the demanding role of Osmin in Mozart's opera The Abduction from the Seraglio and other roles. In 1789 the troupe settled at the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna. Gerl participated in a system of joint composition used by Schikander's troupe, in which Singspiele were produced rapidly by having several composers collaborate.

Was an Austrian primary school teacher and church organist in the village of Arnsdorf. At the same t

Was an Austrian primary school teacher and church organist in the village of Arnsdorf. At the same time he was organist and choirmaster at St. Nicholas Church in the neighboring village of Oberndorf and then in later years moved on to Hallein, Salzburg.Together with Josef Mohr (original German lyrics), a Catholic priest, Gruber composed the Christmas carol Silent Night. On December 24, 1818, Mohr, an assistant pastor at St. Nicholas, showed Gruber a six-stanza poem he had written in 1816. He asked Gruber to write a melody and guitar arrangement for the poem. At Christmas Mass, while Mohr played his guitar, the two men sang "Stille Nacht" for the first time. The St. Nicholas choir repeated the last two lines of each verse.

Was a Bavarian Lieutenant General and War Minister from December 12, 1836 until November 11, 1838.

Was a Bavarian Lieutenant General and War Minister from December 12, 1836 until November 11, 1838.

Is a German author, playwright, actor and film director.Kroetz attended an acting school in Munich a

Is a German author, playwright, actor and film director.Kroetz attended an acting school in Munich and the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar (acting and directing department of the University of Vienna).

Was a German-Austrian sculptor most famous for his "character heads", a collection of busts of faces

Was a German-Austrian sculptor most famous for his "character heads", a collection of busts of faces contorted in extreme facial expressions.He spent two years in Graz, in the workshop of his other maternal uncle, the sculptor Philipp Jakob Straub. At the

Was a German composer and theorist. He published two collections of organ music in the tradition of

Was a German composer and theorist. He published two collections of organ music in the tradition of the South German school, intended for use with the Catholic liturgy; these consist of toccatas, fantasies and fugues written using the psalm tones and plainchant melodies. The first collection is entitled Octi-tonium novum organicum, octo tonis ecclesiasticis, ad Psalmos, & magnificat(Augsburg, 1696), and contains eighty-nine pieces]. The second collection is in two parts of 34 pieces each, entitled Prototypon longo-breve organicum; (part I, Nuremberg, 1703; part II, Nuremberg, 1707). Both may be found in Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern XXX, Jg.xviii (1917). There are other keyboard works in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, and the Berlin Singakademie. A surviving accompanied vocal work, Vespertinus latriae et hyperduliae cultus (Ulm, 1700), contains ten psalms and one laudate.

Was a regular officer in the Imperial German Army of the early part of the 20th century, who rose to

Was a regular officer in the Imperial German Army of the early part of the 20th century, who rose to the office of Reichsstatthalter of Bavaria, a position of dictatorial power, under the Nazis. After the end of the war he formed the Freikorps Epp, a righ

Was an Austrian composer.He was born in Schwanenstadt, Austria, the son of a sacristan and teacher.

Was an Austrian composer.He was born in Schwanenstadt, Austria, the son of a sacristan and teacher. His mother died when he was 6, and he left home at 13. He was a student and cantor in a Benedictine monastery (1779-1787) in Kremsmünster. When his voice changed, he became a member of the orchestra as a violinist.

Was a Catholic priest, church musician, and composer.[1] He was one of the leaders in the reform of

Was a Catholic priest, church musician, and composer.[1] He was one of the leaders in the reform of Catholic church music in the second half of the 19th century.[2] He studied theology and science at the seminary in Regensburg.[1] He sang in the seminary's choir,[1] which was under the direction of Joseph Schrems.[3] He was ordained as a priest in 1856[1] and taught Gregorian chant at the seminary at Regensburg. In 1867 was appointed inspector of the seminary of St. Emmeram.[1] In 1868 Witt founded the Caecilia Society in order to revive the use of Gregorian chant and polyphony, and to promote the composition of new liturgical music in an older style in Catholic churches.[4] Pope Pius IX recognized the society in 1870.[5] He died in Landshut.

Was an Austrian alpine skier and world champion.

Was an Austrian alpine skier and world champion.

Was a German public official who was until recently director-general of OLAF, the European Union Ant

Was a German public official who was until recently director-general of OLAF, the European Union Anti-Fraud Office. He was first appointed to the post in 2000,[1] and was reappointed to the post in 2006 over the European Parliament’s preferred candidate.[

Was a German politician of the CDU and from 1959 to 1979 Minister-President of the Saarland. He had

Was a German politician of the CDU and from 1959 to 1979 Minister-President of the Saarland. He had been a member of the Nazi party from 1933 to 1945[1].

Is a German-born conductor. Although comfortable conducting virtually any work in the orchestral rep

Is a German-born conductor. Although comfortable conducting virtually any work in the orchestral repertoire, Decker is famous for his mastery and approach to the music of Wagner, Richard Strauss, Anton Bruckner, Max Reger and Gustav Mahler. His performanc

Is a German biochemist and Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. He is know

Is a German biochemist and Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. He is known for his pioneering work in the field of protein-mediated protein folding. Hartl was born in Essen, Germany on March 10, 1957. He completed his M.D. (1982) and Dr. Med. (1985) at the University of Heidelberg. He then completed his Dr. Med. Habil. from the Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Munich in 1990. He was Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Munich from 1985 to 1986 and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1989 to 1990.

Is a former field hockey forward from Germany.Hentschel was a member of the Women's National Team th

Is a former field hockey forward from Germany.Hentschel was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting i

Is a German football midfielder. She currently plays for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. Hagemann began her

Is a German football midfielder. She currently plays for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam. Hagemann began her career at SG Einheit Bad Sülze. She joined the academy of 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in 2002. Hagemann has won the German girls championship in 2005 and 2006. She then joined the reserve team and played in the second division.

Is a German actress, news presenter and voice actress. After her graduation she studied Germanistics

Is a German actress, news presenter and voice actress. After her graduation she studied Germanistics and Anglistics in Berlin. Later she took acting classes in Berlin and London. In London she was a news presenter for the German language programme of BBC. In 1990 she became a presenter of the German news network n-tv. With her destinctive and deep voice she gained mainstream fame with dubbing Gillian Anderson in her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in The X-Files. Furthermore she dubbed Demi Moore (Disclosure, Indecent Proposal), Mercedes Ruehl (Last Action Hero), Téa Leoni (Deep Impact), Sharon Stone (Intersection), Robia LaMorte (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Naomi Campbell. Franziska Pigulla is the German voice of the character Nicole Collard in the video game series Broken Sword.

Is a former German Speed skater. She was a specialist in the sprint distances (500 and 1000 m). At t

Is a former German Speed skater. She was a specialist in the sprint distances (500 and 1000 m). At the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer she won a bronze on the 500m in Vikingskipet at Hamar. After that she won the bronze medal in the Sprint World Championship