Famous People with Name Axel

Axel Vilfred Nielsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Axel Vilfred Nielsen: was a Danish astronomer at the Ole Rømer Observatory in Aarhus from 1927 until his death in 1970.In 1921, while still a student, Nielsen established his private observatory "Spica" in Glostrup. The observatory was located on the premises of a local enterprise, where Nielsen's father was employed as a manager. Axel V. Nielsen graduated in 1926 from the University of Copenhagen. In 1927 Nielsen was employed as an assistant with the Ole Rømer Observatory in Aarhus, later as head of section. The Ole Rømer Observatory had been established in 1911; in 1956 it was handed over to the University of Aarhus.

Axel Schulz            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Axel Schulz: is a former German boxer.

Axel Ståhle            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Axel Ståhle: was a Swedish horse rider who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Axel Nils August Nordlander            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Axel Nils August Nordlander: was an Swedish horse rider who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Axel Prahl            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Axel Prahl: is a German actor. After his A-levels, Prahl started studying music and mathematics, but then went on to acting school in Kiel. His acting debut came in 1994 in a television series for ZDF. Aside from his film acting, for which he has won several accolades including two Adolf Grimme Awards, Prahl has starred in 16 episodes of the German television crime series Tatort.

Richard Axel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Axel: American neuroscientist whose work on the olfactory system won him and Linda B. Buck, a former post-doctoral scientist in his research group, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004