Famous People with Name Knapp

Garry Thomas Knapp            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Garry Thomas Knapp: was a New Zealand politician of the Social Credit Party.He became Member of Parliament for East Coast Bays in 1980 when he defeated National candidate Don Brash in the 1980 by-election in East Coast Bays caused by the resignation of the sitting National M

Stefan Knapp            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Stefan Knapp: was a Polish born painter and sculptor, who worked in Great Britain.[1] He developed and patented a technique of painting with enamel paint on steel facilitating decorating public architectural structures.In 1935 he began studies at the Lwów Polytechnic. After the outbreak of World War II Soviet Union occupied Lwów, murdered Knapp's father and sent Stefan to a gulag in Siberia.[2] There, among other things, he worked building schools for Russian children who had been orphaned because their parents had been imprisoned or murdered for political reasons.[3] While in the Gulag, because artistic endeavors were limited, he made chess sets out of bread and playing cards out of trash for his fellow prisoners.

Harry Kearsarge Knapp            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harry Kearsarge Knapp: was a United States financier and a prominent executive in the Thoroughbred horse racing industry. Knapp was a member of the Board of Directors and a Vice-Chairman of The Jockey Club and a director of the Saratoga Racing Association. In 1906, New York Gov

Elly Heuss-Knapp            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Elly Heuss-Knapp: was a German liberal politician, author and wife of Theodor Heuss—from 1949 until her death. She was the founder of the Müttergenesungswerk (the Elly Heuss-Knapp Foundation), which is named in her honour, as well a co-founder and Vice President of the European Movement in Germany. She also served as a Member of Parliament of the state of Württemberg-Baden (1946–1949).

Georg Christian Knapp            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Georg Christian Knapp: was a German Protestant theologian who was born in Glaucha, located near Halle. He was father-in-law to theologian Johann Karl Thilo (1794–1853). He studied theology at the Universities of Halle and Göttingen. In 1777 he was an associate professor at Halle, where in 1782 he became a full professor of theology. In 1785 he was appointed kondirektor of the Franckesche Stiftungen (Francke Foundations), an educational and cultural institution that was founded in 1698 by August Hermann Francke.