Famous People with Name Heinz

Heinz Steinberger            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Heinz Steinberger: is a former ice speed skater from Austria, who represented his native country in two Winter Olympics (1976 and 1984), starting Innsbruck, Austria.

Heinz Carl Heinrich Winckler            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Heinz Carl Heinrich Winckler: was the winner of the first series of South African Idols.Idols was the South African version of the British Pop Idol show, and was presented as a talent search competition with successive elimination rounds narrowing the number of contestants. Throughout the show, Winckler was referred to as "Hunky Heinz" because of his good looks.

Heinz Burt            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Heinz Burt: and mainly publicised by his first name, was a bassist and singer.He was born in Detmold, Germany, but was brought up in Sparrow Square, Eastleigh, England, where a close is named after him. His biggest solo hit was "Just Like Eddie", a tribute to Eddie C

Heinz Karl Gruber            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Heinz Karl Gruber: an Austrian composer, bass player and singer, born in Vienna on 3 January 1943 and a leading figure of the so-called 'Third Viennese School'.Gruber is said to be a descendant (though the descent remains obscure) of Franz Xaver Gruber, composer of the carol Stille Nacht (Silent Night). From 1953 to 1957 Gruber was a member of the Vienna Boys Choir. He studied at the Vienna Hochschule für Musik, his composition teachers being Alfred Uhl, Erwin Ratz and Hanns Jelinek, and later Gottfried von Einem, with whom he also studied privately. In 1961 Gruber joined the ensemble die reihe as a double bass player, and became principal bass of the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra in 1963. In 1968, with his composer friends Kurt Schwertsik and Otto M. Zykan and the violinist Ernst Kovacic, he co-founded the 'MOB-art & tone-ART' ensemble, partly to perform their own repertoire (which included a short piece by Gruber, Bossa Nova, which rapidly became a hit tune) and partly that of Mauricio Kagel. The ensemble may be regarded as the cradle of what has been called the 'Third Viennese School', of which Gruber is now the best-known representative.

Heinz Förstendorf            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Heinz Förstendorf: was a German field hockey player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played one match as forward.