Famous People with Name Barbel

Bärbel Köster            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bärbel Köster: is an East Germany sprint canoer who competed in the late 1970s.

Bärbel Broschat            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bärbel Broschat: is a retired East German hurdler. In 1980, a special edition of the World Championships was staged in Sittard, holding events not yet on the Olympic programme. Broschat won the 400 m hurdles ahead of compatriots Ellen Neumann and Petra Pfaff.[1] Her winning time of 54.55 seconds was a career best time. This ranks her tenth among German 400 m hurdlers, behind Sabine Busch, Cornelia Ullrich, Ellen Fiedler, Heike Meißner, Gudrun Abt, Silvia Rieger, Susanne Losch, Karin Roßley and Petra Krug.

Bärbel Podeswa            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bärbel Podeswa: is a retired East German hurdler. She won the silver medal in 50 m hurdles at the 1968 European Indoor Games, behind Karin Balzer. At the 1969 European Championships she won a silver medal in the 100 m hurdles as well as a gold medal in 4x100 metres relay, together with teammates Renate Meißner, Regina Höfer and Petra Vogt.

Bärbel Höhn            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bärbel Höhn: is a German politician for Alliance '90/The Greens. She is a member of the Bundestag since the German federal election, 2005, after serving as Minister of Agriculture of Northrhine-Westphalia from 1995 to 2005. In 1985 Höhn joined Alliance '90/The Greens,

Bärbel Dieckmann            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Bärbel Dieckmann: was elected mayor of Bonn in 1994. She is the first woman and first Social Democrat to become mayor of Bonn. Dieckmann is married to Jochen Dieckmann, former Minister of Justice, Minister of Finance, and Chairman of the SPD in Northrhine-Westphalia. From 1967 until 1972, she studied philosophy, history and social sciences at the University of Bonn for a teaching degree. The same year she joined the SPD.[1] In 2005, she became vice federal chairwoman of the party, but left office two years later.

Felix-Joseph Barbelin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Felix-Joseph Barbelin: was a nineteenth century Jesuit influential in the development of the Catholic community in Philadelphia.[1] Styled the "apostle of Philadelphia", he was born at Lunéville, Alsace, France and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was the oldest of six children, of whom five became religious, his youngest brother Ignace-Xavier being the founder of the Apostolic School at Amiens. He entered the Society of Jesus, 7 January 1831, at Whitemarsh, Maryland, and for some years was stationed at Georgetown University, as disciplinarian and teacher of French.