German Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a German water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the German te

Was a German water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the German team which won the silver medal. He played all seven matches.

Was an Austrian road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1912 he was a member

Was an Austrian road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1912 he was a member of the Austrian cycling team which finished seventh in the team time trial event.

Was a German sculptor and professor. After studying at the Gymnasium he completed an apprenticeship

Was a German sculptor and professor. After studying at the Gymnasium he completed an apprenticeship to be a wood sculptor. After the First World War he was a student at the Munich Academy. He taught at the Münchner Staatsschule für angewandte Kunst (Munich School for applied arts) and from 1946 was a professor at the Munich Academy, where he served an extensive period of time as Academy President. Henselmann died in Munich.

Was a West German-German ski jumper[1] who competed from 1982 to 1992.[citation needed] He finished

Was a West German-German ski jumper[1] who competed from 1982 to 1992.[citation needed] He finished sixth in the team large hill event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.[2] Heumann finished 23rd in the individual large hill event at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti. He finished 25th in the 1990 Ski-flying World Championships in Vikersund.

Is a former professional football player and former coach of the Austria national football team and

Is a former professional football player and former coach of the Austria national football team and Austrian club side Rapid Vienna.

Was a jewish German orientalist. A son of Markus Horovitz (1844–1910), an Orthodox rabbi, Josef Ho

Was a jewish German orientalist. A son of Markus Horovitz (1844–1910), an Orthodox rabbi, Josef Horovitz studied with Eduard Sachau at the University of Berlin and was there since 1902 as a docent. From 1907 to 1915 he worked in India, in MAO College at A

Is a German football coach and a former player. As of February 2009, he manages SG Eintracht Lahnste

Is a German football coach and a former player. As of February 2009, he manages SG Eintracht Lahnstein. He also holds Croatian (or, according to other sources, Macedonian) citizenship.

Was a German alpine skier and world champion. Josef “Pepi” Jennewein was born on 21 November 191

Was a German alpine skier and world champion. Josef “Pepi” Jennewein was born on 21 November 1919 at St Anton in the Tyrolean Alps, Austria. He served in the Luftwaffe during World War II and became a flying ace. He remains missing in action following com

Is publisher-editor (German: Herausgeber) of Die Zeit, a weekly German newspaper. His second career

Is publisher-editor (German: Herausgeber) of Die Zeit, a weekly German newspaper. His second career has been in academia. Appointed Senior Fellow of Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies in 2007 (a faculty position), he is also the Marc and Anita Abramowitz Fellow in International Relations at the Hoover Institution and a courtesy professor of political science at Stanford University. Since 1999, he has been an associate of the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University.

Is a retired German ice hockey referee. He is best known for his extremely biased officiating of the

Is a retired German ice hockey referee. He is best known for his extremely biased officiating of the 1972 Summit Series between the Soviet Union and Canada. His officiating partner during this series was Franz Baader. He also officiated in several IIHF World Championships and Canada Cup competitions. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2003.

Is a West German former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part

Is a West German former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1972 he was part of the West German team which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. He played two matches and scored four goals.

Was an Austrian football (soccer) player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the

Was an Austrian football (soccer) player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Austrian team, which won the silver medal in the football tournament. He played two matches as forward.

Was an Austrian Christian/Conservative politician of the Peoples Party (ÖVP) and the Federal Chance

Was an Austrian Christian/Conservative politician of the Peoples Party (ÖVP) and the Federal Chancellor (Bundeskanzler) from 1964 to 1970.Klaus was governor of the Austrian province Salzburg from 1949 to 1961 and leading member of the ÖVP. When Chancellor Julius Raab resigned, Klaus' influence as a representative of the "young reformers" grew. Klaus became Federal Minister of Finance under Chancellor Alfons Gorbach and followed him as Chancellor when Gorbach ran for Federal President. Klaus formed another "grand coalition" with the Social democrats which had already started in 1945 and lasted till 1966, when the ÖVP under Klaus won the elections with a remarkable percentage. In June first steps were agreed on joining the European Economic Community which in the long run finally led to Austria joining the European Union in 1995.

Was a German gymnast, track and field athlete, and tug of war competitor who competed in the 1906 Su

Was a German gymnast, track and field athlete, and tug of war competitor who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics. As a member of the German gymnastics team he finished fifth in the team event. In the individual all-around of five events he finished seventh and in the individual all-around of six events he finished twelfth.

Was an Austrian field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was an Austrian field handball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a German bobsledder who competed for Czechoslovakia in the mid 1930s. He won a silver medal in t

Was a German bobsledder who competed for Czechoslovakia in the mid 1930s. He won a silver medal in the two-man event at the 1935 FIBT World Championships in Igls. Lanzendörfer also competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, finishing 20th in the two-man event and did not finish the four-man event.

Austrian physician who invented percussion as a diagnostic technique. On the strength of this discov

Austrian physician who invented percussion as a diagnostic technique. On the strength of this discovery, he is considered one of the founders of modern medicine.[ciAuenbrugger was a native of Graz in Styria, an Austrian province. His father, a hotel keeper, gave his son every opportunity for an excellent preliminary education in his native town and then sent him to Vienna to complete his studies at the university. Auenbrugger was graduated as a physician at the age of 22 and then entered the Spanish Military Hospital of Vienna, where he spent 10 years.

Was an Austrian chess master.In 1936, he tied for 6-7th in Vienna (19th Trebitsch-Turnier; Henryk Fr

Was an Austrian chess master.In 1936, he tied for 6-7th in Vienna (19th Trebitsch-Turnier; Henryk Friedman won). In 1938, he tied for 6-7th in Bad Harzburg (Vasja Pirc won). In June 1939, he tied for 2nd-4th in Bad Elster (Erich Eliskases won). In July 1939, he took 2nd, behind Eliskases, in Bad Oeynhausen (6th German Championship). In November 1940, he took 4th in Krakow/Krynica/Warsaw (1st General Government chess tournament). In April 1943, he tied for 6-9th in Prague. The event was won by Alexander Alekhine ahead of Paul Keres. In August 1943, he won in Vienna (10th GER-ch). In December 1943, he won in Krynica (the 4th GG-ch).[2]

Is a retired male road cyclist from Austria.

Is a retired male road cyclist from Austria.

Was an Austrian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil and sabre events at the

Was an Austrian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil and sabre events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a tailor. He is one of the inventors of the sewing machine.Josef Madersperger was born in 1768 i

Was a tailor. He is one of the inventors of the sewing machine.Josef Madersperger was born in 1768 in Kufstein. In 1790 his father and he relocated to Vienna because his parents' house in Tirol burned down. In 1807 he started with the development of the sewing machine, spending all his savings and leisure time. In 1814 he presented his first sewing machine imitating a human hand. Madersperger did not commercialize the 1815 granted privilege which expired after 3 years. Sporadic he tried to merchandised fruits as you could learn from an apply for a concession at the municipality. It is unknown what he did with the business licence. 1823 he was registrated in the Himmelpfortgasse 14 as "former" middle-class taylor.

Is a German weightlifter.

Is a German weightlifter.

Was an Austrian composer and music theorist. He is most famous for developing, independent of and ye

Was an Austrian composer and music theorist. He is most famous for developing, independent of and years before Arnold Schoenberg, a method for composing with all 12 notes of the chromatic scale.Hauer was born in Wiener Neustadt and died in Vienna. He had an early musical training which included zither, cello, choral conducting, and organ, but evidently did not include theory and composition, for he claimed that he was self-taught. In 1918 he published his first work on music theory (a tone-color theory based on Goethe's), and in August 1919 devised his method for composing with twelve tones. Hauer's compositional techniques of composition are extraordinarily various and range from building-block techniques to methods using a chord series that is generated out of the twelve-tone row ("Melos"). In fact

Was a German SS officer and a physician in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. He gained

Was a German SS officer and a physician in the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. He gained notoriety for being one of the SS physicians who supervised the selection of arriving transports of prisoners, determining who was to be killed and who was to become a forced laborer, and for performing human experiments on camp inmates, amongst whom Mengele was known as the Angel of Death.

Was a German boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Was a German boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.