Famous People with Name Lenz

Widukind Lenz            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Widukind Lenz: was a distinguished German pediatrician, medical geneticist and dysmorphologist who was among the first to recognize the thalidomide syndrome in 1961 and alert the world to the dangers of limb and other malformations due to the mother's exposure to this drug during pregnancy.In the ensuing years, Lenz did much important work on the thalidomide syndrome[1]. He also did work of value in clinical genetics and cytogenetics. He described a number of malformation syndromes, several of which bear his name today.[2] He was an editor of the journal Human Genetics and published a textbook of medical genetics.

André Lenz            Origin/Culture/Country: German

André Lenz: is a German football goalkeeper who plays for VfL Wolfsburg.Lenz began his football career as a professional in 1999. Back then, he played for Alemannia Aachen in the 2. Bundesliga. In 2001 he signed a contract with Energie Cottbus, who were playing in th

Jörn Lenz            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Jörn Lenz: is a German former footballer who played as a defender. During his career, Lenz had four different spells with Berliner FC Dynamo, and continues to serve as part of the club's backroom staff after retiring in 2008.

Günter Lenz            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Günter Lenz: is a German jazz bassist and composer. First he learned, assisted by Carlo Bohländer, playing guitar and since the mid-1950s, he played jazz in the clubs of the U.S. Army. During the 1959/1960 national service, he switched to the bass. 1961 Albert Mangelsdorff picked him up as member of the Albert Mangelsdorff Quintet. Since then Lenz has also became a member of the "hr-jazz ensemble," for which he arranged and composed too. In 1965 he worked in the quintet of Krzysztof Komeda. In 1968 he played with Joachim Kühn and Aldo Romano in a band led by Barney Wilen at the Berlin Jazz Days. 1970, he played with the George Russell Sextet, and also with a band led by Leon Thomas. 1972 Günter Lenz played with Lightning Hopkins. This allowed him to collect big band experience.

Sandy Lenz            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sandy Lenz: is a former American figure skater. Lenz was not selected to compete at the 1980 World Championships, but she continued to compete and won the St. Ivel international in Great Britain in the fall of 1980. However, she was then forced to retire due to inju