Famous People with Name Ulf

Ulf Kirsten            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Ulf Kirsten: a former German football (soccer) striker, the first player in history to reach a total 100 caps playing with two different national teams. His biggest success was the win of the 1993 German Cup. His nickname was der Schwatte.

Ulf Ottosson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Ulf Ottosson: a former Swedish football striker.He had a brief spell with Norwich City F.C., scoring one goal at Bramall Lane.

Ulf Stenlund            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Ulf Stenlund: is a former tennis player from Sweden, who won one single (1986, Palermo) and one doubles (1987, Bari) title during his professional career. The righthander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on April 27, 1987, when he became the number 23 of the world.

Ulf Gerhard Lundell            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Ulf Gerhard Lundell: is a Swedish writer, poet, songwriter, composer, musician and artist.Lundell made his debut in 1975 with the LP "Vargmåne" and was immediately hailed as "Sweden's Bob Dylan". In 1976 his first novel, the partly autobiographical Jack was published by Wahlström & Widstrand. Lundell was influenced by musicians such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and writers such as Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and other beats.

Ulf Michael Widenius            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Ulf Michael Widenius: the main author of the original version of the open-source MySQL database and a founding member of the MySQL AB company.After studying at (although not graduating from) the Helsinki University of Technology, Widenius started working for Tapio Laakso Oy in 1981. In 1985 he founded TCX DataKonsult AB (a Swedish data warehousing company) with Allan Larsson.[1] In 1995 he began writing the first version of the MySQL database with David Axmark, released in 1996. He is the co-author of the MySQL Reference Manual, published by O'Reilly in June 2002; and in 2003 he was awarded the Finnish Software Entrepreneur of The Year prize. Until MySQL AB's sale to Sun Microsystems in January 2008,[2] he was the chief technical officer of MySQL AB and still one of the primary forces behind the ongoing development of MySQL. During the 2007 MySQL Users Conference & Expo, Michael Widenius was awarded the honor of being the world's first MySQL Fellow [3] — the highest honor one can achieve from MySQL AB.

Corfits Ulfeldt            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Corfits Ulfeldt: Danish statesman, was the son of the chancellor Jacob Ulfeldt. After a careful education abroad, concluding with one year under Cesare Cremonini at Padua, he returned to Denmark in 1629 and quickly won the favor of Christian IV. In 1634 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Elephant, in 1636 became Councillor of State, in 1637 Governor of Copenhagen, and in 1643 Steward of the Realm. Commonly known and recognized as the most notorious traitor in Danish history.

Jacob Ulfeldt            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Jacob Ulfeldt: was a Danish chancellor of King Christian IV of Denmark, diplomat and explorer.From 1609 and until his death he was Chancellor of the Realm, taking care of the juridical affairs of the state among them a compilation of the existing law material. However most of his work was concentrated on foreign political affairs in which he supported the active alliance policy of Christian IV as well as a stronger royal power.

Count Corfits Ulfeldt            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Count Corfits Ulfeldt: was the son of the chancellor Jacob Ulfeldt. After a careful education abroad, concluding with one year under Cesare Cremonini at Padua, he returned to Denmark in 1629 and quickly won the favor of King Christian IV. In 1634 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Elephant, in 1636 became Councillor of State, in 1637 Governor of Copenhagen, and in 1643 Steward of the Realm.

Udo Ulfkotte            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Udo Ulfkotte: is a German journalist renowned as a security and intelligence services expert, as well as a critic of Islam. He was formerly an editor for one of Germany's main dailies, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Dr. Ulfkotte studied jurisprudence and politic