German Famous Boy Names with Letter F

Was an Austrian football midfielder.He earned 18 caps for the Austria national football team and pa

Was an Austrian football midfielder.He earned 18 caps for the Austria national football team and participated in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. After the annexation of Austria by Germany, he earned 3 caps for the Germany national football team, and participated in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. He spent his club career at SK Rapid Wien.

Is emeritus professor for theoretical physics at the University of Heidelberg. Franz Wegner attained

Is emeritus professor for theoretical physics at the University of Heidelberg. Franz Wegner attained a doctorate in 1968 with thesis advisor Wilhelm Brenig at Technical University Munich with the thesis "Zum Heisenberg-Modell im paramagnetischen Bereich und am kritischen Punkt" ("On the Heisenberg-model within the paramagnetic range and at the critical point “). Subsequently, he did research with a post-doctoral position at Forschungszentrum Jülich in the group of Herbert Wagner and at Brown University with Leo Kadanoff.[1] Since 1974 he is a professor at Heidelberg.

An Austrian conductor.In 1985, Möst assumed the stage name Welser-Möst on suggestion of his mentor

An Austrian conductor.In 1985, Möst assumed the stage name Welser-Möst on suggestion of his mentor, Baron Andreas von Bennigsen of Liechtenstein, thus paying homage to the city of Wels where he grew up.[2][3] In 1986, he was adopted by von Bennigsen. In 1992, Welser-Möst married von Bennigsen's former wife, Angelika.[4][5][6] His first major debuts were at the Salzburg Festival in 1985, followed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra in 1986. Other guest conductor appearances comprised the first five years of his career: his American debut with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in 1989, performances with the orchestras of Atlanta, Boston, New York, Chicago, plus frequent returns to the London Philharmonic. In 1990, Welser-Möst became principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO).[7] His LPO tenure was controversial, with London critics giving him the nickname "Frankly Worse than Most".[4] He concluded his LPO tenure in 1996.

Was a West German luger who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won the gold medal in the

Was a West German luger who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He won the gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. Wembacher also won three bronze medals in the men's doubles event at the FIL World Luge Championships (1979, 1981, 1983). At the FIL European Luge Championships, he also won two medals in the men's doubles event with a silver in 1984 and a bronze in 1982.

Was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet.Werfel was the first of three children of a

Was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet.Werfel was the first of three children of a wealthy manufacturer of gloves and leather goods. His mother, Albine Kusee, was the daughter of a mill owner. His two sisters were Hanna (born 1896) and Ma

Was a former Austrian football player.He made his debut for Austria in May 1928 against Hungary and

Was a former Austrian football player.He made his debut for Austria in May 1928 against Hungary and earned 11 caps, scoring 13 goals. His final international was an April 1933 match, also against Hungary.

Is an Austrian artist who currently resides in Vienna. His radical art, which started as a reaction

Is an Austrian artist who currently resides in Vienna. His radical art, which started as a reaction to the Viennese Actionism movement has been exhibited in museums and galleries for more than three decades.[1] He is currently married to the Georgian arti

Was a German composer and choral conductor.[1] He composed roughly 3,000 individual works mostly in

Was a German composer and choral conductor.[1] He composed roughly 3,000 individual works mostly in the area of vocal music. Several of his songs were at one time universally sung, and have obtained a more or less permanent place in the popular repertory. During his lifetime, Abt was a renowned choral conductor and he spent much of the last three decades of his life working as a guest conductor with choirs throughout Europe and in the United States.

Was a German painter and sculptor in a constructivist style.He studied from 1910 to 1914 at the Colo

Was a German painter and sculptor in a constructivist style.He studied from 1910 to 1914 at the Cologne School of Arts and Crafts. In 1919 he took part in Dada activities; he was invited to exhibit in the large Dada exhibit in Cologne but withdrew at the last moment. In that same year he met Max Ernst, and also formed the Stupid group which included Heinrich Hoerle and Anton Räderscheidt.His first large solo exhibition was in Cologne at the Kunstverein in 1923, and by the mid-1920s he was a leader of the "Group of Progressive Artists", who sought to reconcile constructivism with realism while expressing radical political views. In 1929 he founded the magazine "a-z", a journal of progressive art.

Was a violin teacher in Leipzig, Germany, where his father, Heinrich Wohlfahrt, was a piano teacher.

Was a violin teacher in Leipzig, Germany, where his father, Heinrich Wohlfahrt, was a piano teacher. He wrote a series of etudes, 60 Studies for Violin, Op. 45, which are often among the first ones studied by beginning violinists and violists.

Was an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the mid 1930s. Competing in two Winte

Was an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the mid 1930s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the four-man event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936.

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of

Is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Was a German composer and conductor. He led the premieres of Richard Wagner's operas Das Rheingold a

Was a German composer and conductor. He led the premieres of Richard Wagner's operas Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, but was much criticized by Wagner himself, who greatly preferred the more celebrated conductors Hans von Bülow and Hermann Levi. He succeeded the temperamental Bülow in 1869 as conductor of the Court Opera and the Academy Courts. Here he conducted the first performances of Rheingold and Walküre (1869, 1870) before the production of the entire Ring cycle at the first Bayreuth Festival of 1876. It is for these renditions that he is usually remembered now.

Was a German composer of classical music. Most of his compositions were for choral ensembles.Biebl w

Was a German composer of classical music. Most of his compositions were for choral ensembles.Biebl was born in Pursruck, now part of Freudenberg, Bavaria, in 1906. He studied composition at the Musikhochschule in Munich. Biebl served as Choir Director at the Catholic church of St Maria in München-Thalkirchen from 1932 until 1939, and as an assistant professor of choral music at the Mozarteum, an academy of music in Salzburg, Austria, beginning in 1939, where he taught voice and music theory.

Was a German Baroque stucco plasterer of the Wessobrunner School. A member of the famous Feuchtmayer

Was a German Baroque stucco plasterer of the Wessobrunner School. A member of the famous Feuchtmayer family, he was the son of Michael Feuchtmayer (b. 1667); the nephew of Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer (1660–1718) and Johann Michael Feuchtmayer (the Elder) (1666–1713); the older brother of Johann Michael Feuchtmayer (the Younger) (1709–1772); the cousin of Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer (1696–1770); and the father of Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Younger) (b. 1735).

Was a German composer, music teacher, and conductor. He moved to Moscow in 1817, where he would rema

Was a German composer, music teacher, and conductor. He moved to Moscow in 1817, where he would remain until his death in 1843.[1] He taught piano, and became a significant figure in Moscow's musical life, teaching notable figures such as Nikolai Rubinstein and Alexander Villoing,[2] and organizing string quartet performances from 1829 to 1835.[3]

Was a bass singer and composer of the classical era. He sang the role of Sarastro in the premiere of

Was a bass singer and composer of the classical era. He sang the role of Sarastro in the premiere of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute.By 1787 he had joined the theatrical company of Emanuel Schikaneder, for which he sang the demanding role of Osmin in Mozart's opera The Abduction from the Seraglio and other roles. In 1789 the troupe settled at the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna. Gerl participated in a system of joint composition used by Schikander's troupe, in which Singspiele were produced rapidly by having several composers collaborate.

Was an Austrian primary school teacher and church organist in the village of Arnsdorf. At the same t

Was an Austrian primary school teacher and church organist in the village of Arnsdorf. At the same time he was organist and choirmaster at St. Nicholas Church in the neighboring village of Oberndorf and then in later years moved on to Hallein, Salzburg.Together with Josef Mohr (original German lyrics), a Catholic priest, Gruber composed the Christmas carol Silent Night. On December 24, 1818, Mohr, an assistant pastor at St. Nicholas, showed Gruber a six-stanza poem he had written in 1816. He asked Gruber to write a melody and guitar arrangement for the poem. At Christmas Mass, while Mohr played his guitar, the two men sang "Stille Nacht" for the first time. The St. Nicholas choir repeated the last two lines of each verse.

Was a Bavarian Lieutenant General and War Minister from December 12, 1836 until November 11, 1838.

Was a Bavarian Lieutenant General and War Minister from December 12, 1836 until November 11, 1838.

Is a German author, playwright, actor and film director.Kroetz attended an acting school in Munich a

Is a German author, playwright, actor and film director.Kroetz attended an acting school in Munich and the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar (acting and directing department of the University of Vienna).

Was a German-Austrian sculptor most famous for his "character heads", a collection of busts of faces

Was a German-Austrian sculptor most famous for his "character heads", a collection of busts of faces contorted in extreme facial expressions.He spent two years in Graz, in the workshop of his other maternal uncle, the sculptor Philipp Jakob Straub. At the

Was a German composer and theorist. He published two collections of organ music in the tradition of

Was a German composer and theorist. He published two collections of organ music in the tradition of the South German school, intended for use with the Catholic liturgy; these consist of toccatas, fantasies and fugues written using the psalm tones and plainchant melodies. The first collection is entitled Octi-tonium novum organicum, octo tonis ecclesiasticis, ad Psalmos, & magnificat(Augsburg, 1696), and contains eighty-nine pieces]. The second collection is in two parts of 34 pieces each, entitled Prototypon longo-breve organicum; (part I, Nuremberg, 1703; part II, Nuremberg, 1707). Both may be found in Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern XXX, Jg.xviii (1917). There are other keyboard works in the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, and the Berlin Singakademie. A surviving accompanied vocal work, Vespertinus latriae et hyperduliae cultus (Ulm, 1700), contains ten psalms and one laudate.

Was a regular officer in the Imperial German Army of the early part of the 20th century, who rose to

Was a regular officer in the Imperial German Army of the early part of the 20th century, who rose to the office of Reichsstatthalter of Bavaria, a position of dictatorial power, under the Nazis. After the end of the war he formed the Freikorps Epp, a righ

Was an Austrian composer.He was born in Schwanenstadt, Austria, the son of a sacristan and teacher.

Was an Austrian composer.He was born in Schwanenstadt, Austria, the son of a sacristan and teacher. His mother died when he was 6, and he left home at 13. He was a student and cantor in a Benedictine monastery (1779-1787) in Kremsmünster. When his voice changed, he became a member of the orchestra as a violinist.

Was a Catholic priest, church musician, and composer.[1] He was one of the leaders in the reform of

Was a Catholic priest, church musician, and composer.[1] He was one of the leaders in the reform of Catholic church music in the second half of the 19th century.[2] He studied theology and science at the seminary in Regensburg.[1] He sang in the seminary's choir,[1] which was under the direction of Joseph Schrems.[3] He was ordained as a priest in 1856[1] and taught Gregorian chant at the seminary at Regensburg. In 1867 was appointed inspector of the seminary of St. Emmeram.[1] In 1868 Witt founded the Caecilia Society in order to revive the use of Gregorian chant and polyphony, and to promote the composition of new liturgical music in an older style in Catholic churches.[4] Pope Pius IX recognized the society in 1870.[5] He died in Landshut.