Famous People with Name Baron

Baron Ignaz Von Kolisch            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Baron Ignaz Von Kolisch: was a merchant, journalist, and chess master with jewish roots.As a chess-player Kolisch soon became known for his brilliant and aggressive style, but he was not a frequent participant in tournaments. In 1860 he won the first prize at the international tourney held at Cambridge, England; in 1861 he lost a match with Adolf Anderssen, the strongest player of the day, by one game only; the same year he drew a match with Louis Paulsen; and in 1867 at the Paris tournament he secured the leading position, defeating both Szymon Winawer and Wilhelm Steinitz.

Baron Raimund Von Stillfried            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Baron Raimund Von Stillfried: was an Austrian photographer. After leaving his military career Stillfried moved to Yokohama, Japan and opened a photographic studio called Stillfried & Co. which operated until 1875. In 1875 Stillfried formed a partnership with Hermann Andersen and the studio was renamed, Stillfried & Andersen (also known as the Japan Photographic Association). This studio operated until 1885. In 1877 Stillfried & Andersen bought the studio and stock of Felice Beato.

Baron Cajetan Von Felder,            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Baron Cajetan Von Felder,: was an Austrian jurist, politician, and entomologist (specializing in Lepidoptera). He was elected to the first district council of Vienna in 1848 and served as mayor of the city from 1868 to 1878.

Baron Antoine-Jean Gros            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Baron Antoine-Jean Gros: was a French painter, born in Paris.His father, who was a miniature painter, began to teach him to draw at the age of six, and showed himself from the first an exacting master. Towards the close of 1785 Gros, by his own choice, entered the studio of Jacques-Louis David, which he frequented assiduously, continuing at the same time to follow the classes of the Collège Mazarin.

Baron Carl Von Rokitansky            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Baron Carl Von Rokitansky: was a Bohemian physician, pathologist, humanist philosopher and liberal politician.Carl von Rokitansky was born in Hradec Králové, Bohemia. He studied in Prague (1821-1824) and attained a doctorate in medicine on 6 March 1828 at the University of Vienna. As a young professor, he recognized that the still little noted discipline of pathological anatomy could be of great service to clinical work in the hospital, because it could offer new diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities to the bed-side physician. With this, after Gerard van Swieten, who was the founder of the first Vienna School, Rokitansky released a veritable scientific "revolution".

Emile Baron            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Emile Baron: is a South African football (soccer) goalkeeper for Supersport United in the Premier Soccer League and South Africa. He also participated at the 2004 African Nations Cup.