Famous People with Name Ignatz

Ignatz Von Popiel            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Ignatz Von Popiel: (27 July 1863 in Galicia, Austria-Hungary – 2 May 1941) was a Polish-Ukrainian chess player.

Ignatz (Ignaz, Ignacy) Von Popiel            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Ignatz (Ignaz, Ignacy) Von Popiel: was a Polish-Ukrainian chess player.Popiel began his chess career at Lvov, Galicia, in the 1880s. In 1886, he took 10th at Vienna. In 1887, he took 2nd at Vienna. In 1889, he tied for 3rd-4th (elim.) and tied for 5th-6th at Breslau (6th DSB Congress, Haup

Ignatz Waghalter            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Ignatz Waghalter: was a Polish-German composer and conductor. In 1907 Waghalter secured a post as conductor at the Komische Oper in Berlin, assisting Arthur Nikisch, where his reputation grew rapidly. This was followed by a brief tenure at the Grillo-Theater, the Stadttheater in Essen (1911–12). Waghalter’s appointment as principal conductor at the new Deutsche Opernhaus in Berlin established his position as a major figure in German music. The house was inaugurated under Waghalter’s direction on 7 November 1912 with a performance of Fidelio. Waghalter championed the music of Giacomo Puccini, whose operas had previously failed to win public acceptance in Germany. The first performance of Puccini's La Fanciulla del West in Germany was conducted by Waghalter in March 1913 at the Deutsche Opernhaus. Its triumphant reception secured for Puccini's operas a permanent place in the repertoires of Germany's opera houses. Waghalter also conducted the German debut performances of Tosca and La Bohème, and also of Ralph Vaughan Williams' second symphony in 1923.[2]

Ignatz Bubis            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Ignatz Bubis: was the influential chairman (and later president) of the Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland (Central Council of Jews in Germany) from 1992 to 1999. In this capacity he led a public campaign against German anti-Semitism. Bubis's high profile both in Frankfurt and nationwide involved him in a number of public controversies.

Ignatz (Ignace) Kowalczyk            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Ignatz (Ignace) Kowalczyk: is a former French footballer. Born in Castrop, he is of Polish descent.[2]