Famous People with Name Petersen

Wolfgang Petersen            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Wolfgang Petersen: American television executive and filmmaker, descended from King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia and Nephew of John F. Kennedy

Tim Kay Petersen            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Tim Kay Petersen: is a German football defender who plays for FC Carl Zeiss Jena. Petersen began his Career by SV Lurup and Niendorfer TSV. Between 2002 kickte he in the youth from FC St. Pauli, than joined in Summer 2002 to the youth from Hamburger SV, here was between s

David Petersen            Origin/Culture/Country: German

David Petersen: was a violinist and composer of north German origin active in the Netherlands (United Provences).[1] He is notable for a collection of twelve sonatas for violin and basso continuo published in 1683 entitled Speelstukken. It is the only Dutch publication of its type in this period. There are similar collections of pieces for violin and bass by German composers such as Westhoff and Biber; however the sonatas are closest in style to Johann Jakob Walther's Scherzi da Violino solo con il basso continuo published in 1676.[1] It is possible that Walther had connections to Amsterdam and may have taught Petersen.[2]

Carl Wilhelm Petersen            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Carl Wilhelm Petersen: was a German lawyer, politician for the German Democratic Party (German abbr.: DDP) and First Mayor of Hamburg (1924 – 29 and 1932 – 33).

Johann Wilhelm Petersen            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Johann Wilhelm Petersen: was a German theologian, mystic, and Millennialist. Johann Wilhelm Petersen grew up in Lübeck and studied theology at the Katharineum in Lübeck, as well as in Giessen, Rostock, Leipzig, Wittenberg and Jena. He studied with Philipp Jakob Spener in Frankfurt, and they became friends in 1675. Through his affiliation with Spener, Petersen became interested in Pietism.