Famous People with Name Hans

Hans Hofmann            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hans Hofmann: was a German-born American abstract expressionist painter. He was born in Weißenburg, Bavaria on March 21, 1880 the son of Theodor and Franziska Hofmann. In 1932 he immigrated to the United States, where he resided until the end of his life.According to the Hofmann biography at the Tate Gallery website [1], Hofmann's work is distinguished by "a rigorous concern with pictorial structure, spatial illusion, and color relationships."The Guggenheim Collection's information on Hofmann states that his "completely abstract works date from the 1940s" [2]. Hofmann believed that abstract art was a way to get at what was really important. He famously stated that "the ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak." [3]

Hans Namuth            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hans Namuth: was a German-born photographer. Namuth specialized in portraiture, photographing many artists, including abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock. His photos of Pollock at work in his studio increased Pollock's fame and recognition and led to a greater understanding of his work and techniques. Namuth used his outgoing personality and persistence to photograph many important artistic figures at work in their studios.Namuth photographed many other painters such as Willem de Kooning, Robert Rauschenberg, and Mark Rothko and architects such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Philip Johnson, and Louis Kahn. Namuth focused on his rapport with his subjects, getting many reclusive figures such as Clyfford Still to agree to be photographed. Namuth's work not only captured his subjects in their studios with their works

Hans Haacke            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hans Haacke: a German American conceptual artist, who lives and works in New York.Haacke's early work as a conceptual artist focused on systems and processes. Some of the themes in his early works from the 1960s, such as Condensation Cube (1963-65), include the interactions of physical and biological systems, living animals, plants, and the states of water and the wind. He also made forays into Land Art. His later works have dealt more with socio-political structures and the politics of art. Haacke has been outspoken throughout his career about his belief that museums and galleries are often used by the wealthy to seduce public opinion. From 1967 to 2002 Haacke was a professor at the Cooper Union in New York City.

Hans Kurath            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hans Kurath: was an American linguist of Austrian origin. He was full professor for English and Linguistics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is predominantly known for publishing the first linguistic atlas of the US (Linguistic Atlas of New England, for which he received the Loubat Prize) and for being the first main editor of the Middle English Dictionary. Together with Raven I. McDavid, Jr. he also published a linguistic atlas of the eastern United States, The Pronunciation of English in the Atlantic States.

Hans Florine            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hans Florine: is an American rock climber, who together with Yuji Hirayama holds the Speed Climb World Record for climbing The Nose of Yosemite’s El Capitan in 2 hours, 43 minutes and 33 seconds set on July 2, 2008. This breaks the record that was set by the German "Hu

Gurjit Singh Hans            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gurjit Singh Hans: is an Indo-Canadian professional wrestler, best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the ring name Tiger Ali Singh. He is the son of legendary wrestler Tiger Jeet Singh.Singh signed with the World Wrestling Federation in Januar