- Prince Gustav Adolf Duke of Västerbotten
Gustaf Adolf, "Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund", Prince of Sweden, Duke of Västerbotten, was the eldest son of Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden and his first wife Princess Margaret of Connaught. His mother was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria since she was the daughter of HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and his wife, Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia. On October 19, 1932 he married his second cousin, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, … - John Adolf Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Johann Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp (27 February 1575 - 31 March 1616) was a Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. He was a third son of Duke Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp and his wife Christine of Hesse-Kassel. He became the Duke after the deaths of his two elder brothers. In the spring of 1598 the Duke travelled incognito through England to visit his wife's sister the Queen of Scotland. His sojourn included a trip around the coastal towns of Fife and to Dundee. - Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp Adolf Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp (25 January 1526 - 1 October 1586) was the first Duke of Holstein-Gottorp from the line of Holstein-Gottorp of the House of Oldenburg. He was the third son of King Frederick I of Denmark and his wife Sophie of Pomerania. Frederick had his son educated by Landgrave Philip I of Hesse. He spent four years in the Philip's castle in Kassel. In 1544 Adolf, his brother Johann, and their half brother king Christian III of Denmark, … - Adolf Palatine of the Rhine Adolf Count Palatine of the Rhine
Adolf of the Rhine (27 September 1300, Wolfratshausen - 29 January 1327, Neustadt). He was the Count Palatine of the Rhine from the house of Wittelsbach in 1317–1327. He was the second son of Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria and his wife Mechtild of Nassau. His rule was dominated by the conflict with his uncle Louis IV, who occupied the Palatinate until an agreement with Adolf's brothers and his son Rupert II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine was concluded in Pavia in 1329. - Josef Adolf
Josef Adolf was a Czechoslovakian nordic combined skier who competed in the 1920's. He won a silver medal in the Nordic combined at the 1925 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Johannisbad. - Osamu Tezuka
was a mangaka (Japanese manga artist) and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of "Astro Boy" and "Kimba the White Lion". He is often credited as the Father of Anime, and the Walt Disney of Japan. His prolific output and his pioneering techniques and genres earned him such titles as "the father of manga" and "the god of manga." The distinctive "large eyes" style of Japanese animation (anime) was invented by Tezuka, … - Pip Utton
Pip Utton is a British actor and playwright known for a number of plays, including the critically acclaimed Adolf (drama), Chaplin and Only the Lonely (drama). As one of the leading solo performers of United Kingdom, most of his plays are monodramas, performable by a single actor. - Adolf Of Germany
Adolf or Adolph (c. 1255 - 2 July 1298) was the King of Germany from 1292 until 1298. His title in his lifetime was "rex Romanorum", but he is usually known as Adolf of Nassau. Adolf of Nassau was a member of the minor nobility, born about 1255 as son of count Walram II of Nassau and Adelheid of Katzenelnbogen. - Robert Schlagintweit
Robert Schlagintweit was a German explorer of Central Asia who also wrote about travels in America. The fourth of the five Schlagintweit brothers of Munich, at an early age he joined his brothers Hermann and Adolf in their Alpine researches, and jointly published "Neue Untersuchungen über die physikalische Geographie und Geologie der Alpen" in 1854. In 1854, acting on the recommendation of Alexander von Humboldt, the East India Company commissioned Hermann, Adolf, … - Adolph Gottfried Kinau
Adolph (or Adolf) Gottfried Kinau (January 4 1814, in Aschersleben, Germany - January 9 1888 Suhl, Germany) was a German Protestant minister and astronomer. Born into a family of ministers and teachers, he studied theology at the universities of Halle and Magdeburg from 1833 to 1840. Until 1851, he had several appointments as teacher. Till 1861 he was minister in Rohr in Thuringia, Germany. - Adolf William Duke of Saxe-Eisenach
Adolf Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (b. Weimar, 14 May 1632 - d. Eisenach, 22 November 1668), was a duke of Saxe-Eisenach. He was the fourth but second surviving son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau. When Adolf was nineteen years old, he traveled around several different countries, in particular France. - Engelbert Iii von der Marck
Engelbert III von der Marck (1304 - 25 August 1368) was the Archbishop of Cologne from 1364 until 1368 and the Bishop of Liège (as Engelbert) from 1345 until 1364. Engelbert was the second son of Count Engelbert II of the Marck. Through the influence of his uncle Adolph II of the Marck, the Bishop of Liège, he became the Provost of Liège in 1332. Later he was also mentioned as being a Provost in Cologne. - Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden
Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden was the last Grand Duke of Baden. He became Grand Duke on September 28, 1907, after the death of his father Frederick I. He abdicated on November 22, 1918. The state of Baden originated from the area of the Grand Duchy. In 1951/52 it became part of the new state of Baden-Württemberg. As a student at the University of Heidelberg, Frederick was a member of the Suevia Corps, a student organization. - Georg Wilhelm Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (20 December 1784-21 November 1860) was a Count and later Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. - August Ludwig Follen
August (or, as he afterwards called himself, Adolf) Ludwig Follen, German poet, was born at Gießen, the son of a district judge. He was born at Gießen, in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, to Christoph Follen (1759-1833) and Rosine Follen (1766-1799). His father was a counselor-at-law and judge. He was the brother of Charles Follen and Paul Follen, and the uncle of the biologist Karl Vogt. In 1814 he and his brother, Charles Follen, … - Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf
King of Sweden by the death of his father the 29th of October 1950. Son of King Gustaf V. - Al Oerter
Won the discus throw event in four consecutive Olympics: 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968. Inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, 1983 (charter member). - Jindrich Adolf
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- Adolf Friedrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strel
Adolf Friedrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He was the son of Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and his wife Princess Maria of Mecklenburg-Gustrow (1659-1701). He succeeded his father as Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz on the 12 May 1708. In 1712 ducal family’s castle and the town of Strelitz burnt down, because of his Adolf Friedrich and his family lived on their hunting lodge. - Adolf III of Berg
Adolf III of Berg count of Berg from 1093 until 1132, and count of Hövel from 1090 until 1106, Vogt of Werden (born 1080, died 12 October, 1152), son of Adolf II of Berg-Hövel, count of Berg, and Adelheid von Laufen. He married Adelheid of Cleves (von Kleve), a daughter of Dietrich II count of Cleves (died 1118). They has issue: * Adolf IV of Berg count of Berg and count of Altena (died after 1161); * Eberhard of Berg, monk in Morimont, … - Adolf Frederick Of Sweden
Adolf Frederick (May 14, 1710 - February 12, 1771) was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death. His father was Christian Augustus (1673—1726) duke and a younger prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, prince-bishop of Lubeck, and administrator, during the Great Northern War, of the duchies of Holstein-Gottorp for his relative Charles Frederick. His mother was Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach. - Adolf Erman
Johann Peter Adolf Erman (October 31, 1854 - June 26, 1937) was a renowned Egyptologist and lexicographer; born in Berlin, the son of Georg Adolf Erman and grandson of Paul Erman. Educated at Leipzig and Berlin, he became extraordinary professor in 1883 and ordinary professor in 1892 of Egyptology in the University of Berlin, and in 1885 he was appointed director of the Egyptian department of the royal museum. - Adolf I of Altena I, Count of the Mark
Adolf I of Altena, count of Altena, 1st count von der Mark (born 1194, died 1249), son of Friedrich I of Altena. He buys the castle Mark in 1198 and becomes count von der Mark (in 1208). He re-unites Altena after the banishment of his cousin Friedrich II of Isenberg. He married (1st) Lutgardis (possibly a daughter of Gerhard of Loon) and (2nd) before 7 Apr 1210 Irmgard of Geldern (died after 1230). They had issue: * Eberhard of Altena (died 1241), … - Adolf II of Holstein
Adolf II (c. 1128 - 6 July 1164) was the Count of Schauenburg and Holstein from 1130 until his death, though he was briefly out of Holstein from 1137 until 1142. He succeeded his father, Adolf I under the regency of his mother, Hildewa. After the death of the Emperor Lothair II (1137), the new king, Conrad III, granted the Duchy of Saxony to Albert the Bear. Adolf was consequently deprived of Holstein because he was a Welf supporter and refused to recognise Albert as duke. - Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-S
Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (22 July 1848-11 June 1914) was a Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He was born in Neustrelitz the only surviving child of Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Princess Augusta of Cambridge. Adolf Friedrich took part in the Franco-Prussian war and represented his father at the crowning of King William I of Prussia as German Emperor at Versailles. - Adolf I of Holstein
Adolf I (died 13 November 1130) was the first Count of Schauenberg from 1106 and the second Count of Holstein from 1111. He made an important contribution to the colonisation and Germanisation of the lands north of the Elbe. He was appointed to hold as fiefs Holstein and Stomarm, including Hamburg, by Lothair, Duke of Saxony, in 1111. By this appointment Adolf became the leader of the defence of Germany against the Wagri. Allied with Henry, the prince of the Obotrites, … - Adolf Butenandt
Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt (March 24, 1903 - January 18, 1995) was a German biochemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939 for his "work on sex hormones." He was initally forced by the Nazi government to decline the award, but accepted it in 1949 after World War II. (Source: "The Human Brain," Isaac Asimov) Born in Lehe, near Bremen, he started his studies at the University of Marburg. - Adolf von Baeyer
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer (October 31, 1835 - August 20, 1917) was a German chemist who synthesized indigo, and was the 1905 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Born in Berlin, he initially studied mathematics and physics at Berlin University before moving to Heidelberg to study chemistry with Robert Bunsen. There he worked primarily in August Kekulé's laboratory, earning his doctorate (from Berlin) in 1858. - Adolf I of Berg
Adolf I of Berg, count of Berg from 1077 until 1082, Vogt of Werden, Deutz, Berg and Gerresheim (died 1086), son of Adolf II of Lotharingia count of Keldachgau, Vogt of Deutz (born 1002, died 1041). He left one son: * Adolf II of Berg-Hövel, count of Berg, count of Auelgau and Siegburg, Vogt of Werden, founded the Altenberg Abbey (died 1090 or 1106). - Adolf Dassler
Adolf "Adi" Dassler (November 3, 1900 in Herzogenaurach (Germany) - September 6, 1978 in Herzogenaurach), mainly known as Adi Dassler, is the founder of the German sportswear company adidas. Trained as a baker, Adi Dassler started to produce his own sports shoes in his mother's wash kitchen after his return from World War I. His father, Christoph, who worked in a shoe-factory, and the brothers Zehlein, … - Adolf Reinach
Adolf Bernhard Philipp Reinach, German philosopher, phenomenologist (from the Munich phenomenology perspective) and law theorist. - Adolf Bertram
"His Eminence "Adolf Cardinal Bertram was archbishop of Breslau and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. - Adolf Berle
Adolf Augustus Berle, Jr. (January 271895 - February 171971) was an educator, author, and U.S. diplomat. Educated at Harvard, Berle was a member of the Paris Peace Conference after World War I, but, unhappy with the terms of the Versailles Treaty, he resigned in protest. He became a professor of corporate law at Columbia Law School in 1927 and remained on the faculty until retiring in 1964. - Adolf Dymsza
Adolf Dymsza born Adolf Bagiński on 7 April, 1900 in Warsaw, died 20 August, 1975 in Góra Kalwaria was a very popular and remarkable Polish comedy actor of both the pre-World War II and post-war eras. He starred in both theatre and film productions mainly before the World War II. - Adolf Hedin
Sven Adolf Hedin (1834 - 1905) was a Swedish liberal politician, who as a member of the Riksdag advocated for democratic and social reforms. - Adolf Anderssen
Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen (July 6, 1818 - March 13, 1879) was a German chess master, one of the most renowned of the classic masters of 19th century chess. He had a long and distinguished chess career, at times considered the leading player in the world, and world famous for his sparkling play even today. Anderssen's ELO rating was calculated retroactively and in 1850 he became the first player with a rating over 2600 - Adolf Kirchhoff
Johann Wilhelm Adolf Kirchhoff (January 6, 1826 - February 26, 1908), German classical scholar and epigraphist, was born in Berlin. In 1865 he was appointed professor of classical philology in the university of his native city. He is the author of: *"Die Homerische Odyssee" (1859), … - Adolf Busch
Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch (August 8, 1891 - June 9, 1952) was a German-born violinist and composer. Busch was born in Siegen in Westphalia. He studied at the Cologne Conservatory and at the Royal Academy of Music in Berlin with Willy Hess and Bram Elderling. In 1912, Busch founded the Vienna Konzertvereins Quartet, consisting of the principals from the Konzertvereins orchestra, which broke up before World War I. After the war was over, he founded the Busch Quartet, … - Adolf Schmal
Felix Adolf Schmal (18 August 1872 - 28 August 1919) was an Austrian fencer and cyclist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Schmal competed in the 333 metres, 10 kilometres, 100 kilometres, and 12 hours races in cycling. His best result was in the 12 hours race, where he covered 314.997 kilometres in the time allotted to outdistance the only other finisher by a single lap of the track (Frank Keeping covered 314.664 kilometres).
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