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Ruth Westheimer (1928–2024), German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, Doctor of Education, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper. William the Silent (1533–1584), German-born main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs [25] Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768), art historian and archaeologist
In recent years, however, many English words have been borrowed directly from German. Typically, English spellings of German loanwords suppress any umlauts (the superscript, double-dot diacritic in Ä, Ö, Ü, ä, ö, and ü) of the original word or replace the umlaut letters with Ae, Oe, Ue, ae, oe, ue, respectively (as is done commonly in ...
Rudolf Scharping, German politician (SPD) and sports official who served as 12th Minister of Defence of Germany; Rudolf Seiters, German politician of the CDU (Christian Democratic Union) party; Rudolph G. Tenerowicz, American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan; Rudolf "Rudi" Vis, Dutch-born British politician and Member of Parliament
[96] [97] [33] [98] Others do not assign him a national category. [99] [100] [101] While Germany had not yet been unified into a single sovereign state, Nietzsche was born a citizen of Prussia, which was mostly part of the German Confederation. [102] His birthplace, Röcken, is in the modern German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Anglicisation of non-English-language names was common for immigrants, or even visitors, to English-speaking countries. An example is the German composer Johann Christian Bach , the "London Bach", who was known as "John Bach" after emigrating to England.
Klaus Laser (1942–2020), German actor; Klaus Löwitsch (1936–2002), German actor; Klaus Mäkelä, (born 1996) Finnish conductor and cellist; Klaus Meine (born 1948), lead singer of German hard rock band Scorpions; Klaus Mertens (born 1949), German singer; Klaus Nomi (1944–1983), German entertainer; Klaus Ofczarek (1939–2020), Austrian ...
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. Masculine given name For a list of people with the given name, see List of people with given name Michael. For other uses, see Michael (disambiguation). Michael Archangel Michael Pronunciation German: [ˈmɪçaːʔeːl, -ʔɛl] Gender Male Origin Word/name Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל ...