Famous People with Name Rudolf

Rudolf Serkin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rudolf Serkin: was a Bohemian-born pianist.He was born in Cheb (Eger), Bohemia (now Czech Republic) to a Russian-Jewish family. Hailed as a child prodigy, Serkin was sent to Vienna at the age of nine, where he studied piano with Richard Robert and, later, composition with Joseph Marx making his public debut with the Vienna Philharmonic at 12. From 1918 to 1920 he studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg and participated actively in Schoenberg's Society for the Private Performance of Music. He began a regular concert career in 1920, living in Berlin with violinist Adolf Busch and his family, which included a then three-year-old daughter Irene, whom Serkin would marry 15 years later. Throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, Serkin performed throughout Europe both as soloist and with Busch and the Busch Quartet. With the rise of the Nazi party in Germany, Serkin and the Busches left Berlin for Switzerland.

Rudolf Spielmann            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rudolf Spielmann: was an Austrian-Jewish chess player of the romantic school, and a chess writer.Spielmann was known as "The Master of Attack" and "The Last Knight of the King's Gambit". His daredevil play was full of sacrifices, brilliancies, and beautiful ideas. This was

Rudolf Stussi            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rudolf Stussi: a Swiss-born artist who came to Canada in 1967 to attend Carlton University. Stussi also studied and taught at the Ontario College of Art, graduating in 1978. From 1988 to 1991 he was president of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (CSPWC).Rudolf was involved in animation with Toronto based Nelvana. He illustrated in the award winning series "Little Bear" and "Rolie-Polie-Olie" and the film "Heidi".

Rudolf Walter Wanderone, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rudolf Walter Wanderone, Jr.: was an American professional pocket billiards player, best known as "Minnesota Fats". As "Fats", in spite of the fact that he never won a major pool tournament, he was perhaps the most publicly recognized pool player in the United States – not only as a p

Rudolf Bayer            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rudolf Bayer: has been Professor (emeritus) of Informatics at the Technical University of Munich since 1972. He is famous for inventing two data sorting structures: the B-tree with Edward M. McCreight, and later the UB-tree with Volker Markl.

William Rudolf            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Rudolf: was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1826 to 1838. He married Anna Matilda Oxner in 1833 after the death of his first wife. In 1838, he was named to the Legislative Council, serving as a member until his death in Lunenburg at the age of 67. Although general conservative in politics, he supported measures in support of responsible government.

Francis Joseph Rudolf            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis Joseph Rudolf: was a judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1811 to 1820.