Famous People with Name Merkel

Angela Dorothea Merkel            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Angela Dorothea Merkel: Angela Merkel was born as Angela Dorothea Kasner in Hamburg, as the daughter of Horst Kasner (b. 6 August 1926 in Berlin-Pankow), a Lutheran pastor and his wife, Herlind (b. 8 July 1928 in Elbing as Herlind Jentzsch), a teacher of English and Latin. Her mother is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Maximilian ("Max") Merkel            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Maximilian ("Max") Merkel: was an Austrian football player and coach. The former Rapid player featured twice in a national team. "The Great Zampano" - as he was also called after the title of an Italian movie about a magician - whose motto was "with cake and whip" was one of the top coaches in the early years of the Bundesliga.

Gustav Merkel            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Gustav Merkel: was a German organist and composer. Having been given some lessons by Schumann in his youth , Merkel spent most of his career in Dresden, concentrating on organ-playing from 1858. A Lutheran himself, he nevertheless held an appointment at one of Dresden's main Catholic churches from 1864 until his death. During the same period he taught the organ at Dresden's Conservatorium.

Harry Erich Merkel            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Harry Erich Merkel: was a racing driver from Germany. His single entry to a World Championship Formula One event was at the 1952 German Grand Prix, sharing one of Willi Krakau's cars, a BMW-Eigenbau. He did not qualify, failing to set a time.

Friedrich Sigmund Merkel            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Friedrich Sigmund Merkel: was a leading German anatomist and histopathologist of the late 19th century. In 1875 he provided the first full description of Tastzellen (touch cells) which occur in the skin of all vertebrates.[1] They were subsequently given the eponym Merkel cells in 1878 by Robert Bonnet (1851–1921).