Famous People with Name Kerstin

Kerstin Thorborg            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Kerstin Thorborg: She made her debut in 1924 singing the difficult role of Ortrud. Eight years later, the famed conductor Bruno Walter engaged her for the Städtische Oper in Berlin and became her mentor. Although a contralto, Thorborg's upper register was so secure that she sang numerous mezzo-soprano roles, including Venus, Kundry, Fricka, Waltraute, and Magdalena. She was especially known for her searingly beautiful Brangäne, which fortunately was preserved on record. She also appears to wonderful advantage in the live recording of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, with Charles Kullmann, under Bruno Walter, at the Vienna Musikverein in 1936. In 1938, to escape the Nazis, she made her home in the United States, singing various roles at the Met. She returned to her native Sweden in 1950, after her retirement.

Kerstin Köppen            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Kerstin Köppen: is a German rower and Olympic champion. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning in 1992 and 1996.

Kerstin Tzscherlich            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Kerstin Tzscherlich: is a female volleyball player from Germany, who represented her native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. Standing at 179cm and nicknamed "Tzscherli" she played as a libero for the German Women's National Team since 1997.

Kerstin Frank            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Kerstin Frank: is an Austrian figure skater. She is the 2009 Austrian silver medalist and 2007 & 2008 bronze medalist.

Kerstin Garefrekes            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Kerstin Garefrekes: is a German football midfielder/striker. She currently plays for 1. FFC Frankfurt and the German national team. She has competed at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.

George Friedrich Kersting            Origin/Culture/Country: German

George Friedrich Kersting: was a German painter, best known for his Biedermeier-style interior paintings.Kersting came from a large and impoverished family in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the son of a glazier. He studied at the progressive Copenhagen Academy between 1805 and 1808, where he adapted the visual clarity of the contemporary Danish school[1] and was awarded a silver medal in draughtsmanship. Kersting moved to Dresden in 1808,[2] joining the Lützow Free Corps — a voluntary force of the Prussian Army — in 1813. He moved to Poland in 1814 to work as a drawing master, and returned to Meissen in 1818, where he married and had four children. That year he became the chief artist at a Biedermeier porcelain manufacturer in Meissen and remained there until life's end.