Famous People with Name Gobel

Dr. Marius Jan "Just" Göbel            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Dr. Marius Jan "Just" Göbel: was a Dutch amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was the goalkeeper of the Dutch team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.He was a Medical Physician, trained in cardiology, he was able during WWII to assist people in escaping the Nazi's grasp.

Heinrich Göbel            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Heinrich Göbel: Germany, was a precision mechanic and inventor, an early pioneer who independently developed designs for an incandescent light bulb. He emigrated to New York City & lived there until his death.Göbel made a claim for the invention of the first practical bulb which he designed in 1854, a quarter of a century before Edison's patent. However people still disagree on who was the real inventor:There are inconsistent judgements for and against Edison. Edison is only successful in two processes with appeal. This does not mean that the real truth had come forth." [1]

Karl Kristoffer Göbel            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Karl Kristoffer Göbel: is a Swedish vocalist. He has sung for both the heavy metal band Destiny and sang for Falconer between 2003 and 2005 - a position from which he was fired to make way for the returning original vocalist, Mathias Blad. He was hired by Destiny in 2001 and left sometime between 2005 and 2006, having recorded one studio album and a re-recording of the band's debut.

Mathieu Gobel            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Mathieu Gobel: is a French sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. He won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-1 1000 m: 2009 and three bronzes (C-1 500 m: 2009, C-1 4 x 200 m: 2009, C-4 500 m: 1999).

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel: was a French Roman Catholic cleric and politician of the Revolution. The turning-point of his life was his action in taking the oath of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (3 January 1791), in favour of which he had declared himself since 5 May 1790. The document gave the appointment of priests to the electoral assemblies, and, after taking the oath, Gobel had become so popular that he was elected constitutional bishop in several dioceses. He chose the Archbishopric of Paris, and in spite of the difficulties which he had to encounter before he could enter into possession, was consecrated on 27 March 1791 by eight bishops, including Charles Maurice de Talleyrand.