Famous People with Name Magnus

Magnus Troest            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Magnus Troest: is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side Esbjerg fB.

Magnus Nils Gustafsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Magnus Nils Gustafsson: is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.Gustafsson won 14 top-level singles titles during his career, reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 10 in 1991. He was also part of the Swedish team which won the Davis Cup in 1998. His best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the Australian Open in 1994, where he reached the quarter-finals.

Magnus Norman            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Magnus Norman: is a retired Swedish professional tennis player who is best known for being the runner up at the French Open in 2000 and for briefly being ranked World No. 2.

Magnus Swartling            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Magnus Swartling: a Swedish curler and world champion.He won a gold medal in the 1997, 2001 and 2004 World Curling Championships, all three times with skip Peja Lindholm, and received silver medals in 1998 and 2000.[1]Swartling is European champion from 1998 and 2001 (with

Magnus Knut Enckell            Origin/Culture/Country: Finnish

Magnus Knut Enckell: was a Finnish painter.Enckell was the youngest of six sons in a vicar's family, in a small provincial town in eastern Finland. He studied painting in Helsinki, then later in Paris at the Académie Julian. There he became a member of the Symbolist movement.Enckell was homosexual as this was reflected in his erotic paintings showing some quite uninhibited portraits given the time period.[1]In 1907, Enckell was assigned to paint the altarpiece for the new cathedral in the city of Tampere. In the middle of the painting, which portrays the Resurrection, two men walk hand in hand - a detail that has often been ignored.

Albertus Magnus            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Albertus Magnus: Saint Albert the Great and Albert of Cologne, was a Dominican friar and priest who achieved fame for his comprehensive knowledge of and advocacy for the peaceful coexistence of science and religion.

Eduard Magnus            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Eduard Magnus: was a German painter.Magnus was born in Berlin, and studied simultaneously at the Berlin Academy of Art, Bauakademie, and University of Berlin. He later traveled to Paris and Italy, returning to Germany in 1829. He went to Italy again in 1831, and traveled through Paris and England before returning again in 1835. In 1837 he became a member of the Academy of Art, and in 1844 a professor. From 1850 to 1853 he traveled to France and Spain. He died in 1872 in Berlin. He was for a time the preeminent portrait painter in Berlin.

Sandra Hall Magnus            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sandra Hall Magnus: is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut.[1] She returned to Earth with the crew of STS-119 Discovery on March 28, 2009 after having spent 134 days in orbit.[2] She is also a licensed amateur radio operator with the call sign KE5FYE.

Lesley Magnus            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Lesley Magnus: is a field hockey player from Canada, who was first selected with the Women's National Team for the 2000 Test Series against the United States. The resident of Vancouver, British Columbia earned her first cap on July 10. Magnus was also selected for the 2

Louis Magnus            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Louis Magnus: was an ice skater. He competed as a figure skater representing France. He is considered as the builder of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).Magnus competed as a figure skater in the disciplines of single skating and pair skating in France. He