Famous People with Name Joachim

Joachim Björklund            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Joachim Björklund: a Swedish former professional footballer. For many years he formed a central defensive partnership with Patrik Andersson for the Swedish national team. Björklund was selected for the Euro 1992, 1994 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He was also a member of the Swedish squad that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Joachim Lantz            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Joachim Lantz: a Swedish footballer, currently playing for Kalmar FF. Because Lantz was a forward before he became a full-back, he has scored quite many goals for Kalmar FF.

Joachim Jerzy Marx            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Joachim Jerzy Marx: a retired Polish football striker.On the national level, he played for Poland national team (23 matches/10 goals) and was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where his team won the gold medal.With Ruch Chorzów, he played 162 matches in the Ekstraklasa scoring 66 goals. With Marx, Ruch won the national championship (1974 and 1975), and the Polish Cup (1974).

Joachim Johansson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Joachim Johansson: is a professional male tennis player from Sweden.Johansson was born in Lund and currently lives in Södertälje, Sweden. His father, Leif Johansson, was also a tennis player and represented Sweden in the Davis Cup in the 1970s. He goes by the nickname "Pim Pim," which he has be called since he was newborn. His older brother pronounced Joachim as "Joapim" which later became "Pim Pim".

Joachim Du Bellay            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Joachim Du Bellay: was a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade.. When he was twenty-three, however, he received permission to study law at Poitiers, no doubt with a view to his obtaining preferment through his kinsman the Cardinal Jean du Bellay.

Otto Joachim            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Otto Joachim: is a German-born Canadian musician and composer of electronic music.he trained as a violinist at Düsseldorf and Cologne. In 1934 he left Germany and played in Singapore and Shanghai during the war years. He settled permanently in Montreal in 1949. For the next 15 years Joachim worked as a player, teacher, instrument builder and composer. Since the 1960s he has concentrated on his compositions which are a mix of aleatoric and electroacoustic works.

Paulin Joachim            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Paulin Joachim: is a Beninese poet, journalist, and editor. He was educated in several places including Lyon and by 1971 was a French citizen. He also worked with French poet Philippe Soupault. His two volumes of poetry are Un nègre raconte in 1954 and Anti-grâce in 1967

Benoît Joachim            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Benoît Joachim: is a professional road racing cyclist from Luxembourg.Joachim started his professional career at the age of 18 for a small Italian cycling team, Sonego Sport, After racing with them for three months, he was noticed by a bigger, De Nardi who were interesting him. After riding with De Nardi for 3 years, he joined the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team and rides as a super-domestique for the team.

Joseph Henri Joachim            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Joseph Henri Joachim: was a French lawyer and politician. he became a successful lawyer in Paris. In 1793 he was named administrator of the district of La Réole, returning to work as a lawyer under the French Directory. In 1808 he became a member of the Legislative Corps; he was again deputy after the Restoration, being chosen as Minister of Interiors between 1816 and 1818