Famous People with Name Hamel

Peter Michael Hamel            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Peter Michael Hamel: is a German composer. His works have been associated with the Minimalist style of composition, and in the late 1970s with the New Simplicity movement. Peter Michael Hamel ranks as one of the better known and successful German composers of his generation.[citation needed] He studied musical composition, psychology and sociology in Munich and Berlin with teachers including Günter Bialas and Carl Dahlhaus (Fricke 2001). He then attended workshops with Karlheinz Stockhausen[citation needed] and continued his education abroad, spending several extensive periods in Asia (Fricke 2001).

Georg Karl Wilhelm Hamel            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Georg Karl Wilhelm Hamel: was a German mathematician with interests in mechanics, the foundations of mathematics and function theory. He studied at Aachen, Berlin, Göttingen, and Karlsruhe. He taught at Brünn in 1905, Aachen in 1912, and at the Technical University of Berlin in 19

Gérard Hamel            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Gérard Hamel: is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Eure-et-Loire department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

Wilfrid Hamel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Wilfrid Hamel: was a Canadian politician, serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and as Mayor of Quebec City. In 1939, he was elected as a Liberal provincial member of Quebec's assembly at the Saint-Sauveur riding and served in the cabinet of Premier Adélard Godbout as Minister of State and Minister of Land and Forests. Hamel was re-elected at Saint-Sauveur in 1944, but was defeated in the 1948 and 1952 elections.

Philippe Hamel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philippe Hamel: was a nationalist and progressive politician in Quebec, Canada. Hamel entered politics to achieve the nationalization of all privately-owned electric companies. He first won a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the 1935 election in the district of Québec-Centre. When his party merged with the Conservative Party of Quebec to form the Union Nationale, Hamel became one of Maurice Duplessis's most important campaign leaders. He was returned to office in the 1936 election and the Union Nationale won the election.