Adler
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The term Adler, the German
word for the bird of prey "eagle
", is both the last name of many people and an emblematic bird (notably in heraldry
, numismatics
, etc.) featured on many blazons since the feudal age, including the present German Bundeswappen
and at times on the flags
of Austria
and Germany
.
Adlertag or Eagle Day was the name given by the Germans for the first day of operations of the Battle of Britain
in 1940.
Adler may also refer to:
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
word for the bird of prey "eagle
Eagle
Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...
", is both the last name of many people and an emblematic bird (notably in heraldry
Heraldry
Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander"...
, numismatics
Numismatics
Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects. While numismatists are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, the discipline also includes the broader study of money and other payment media used to resolve debts and the...
, etc.) featured on many blazons since the feudal age, including the present German Bundeswappen
Coat of arms of Germany
The coat of arms of Germany displays a black eagle on a yellow shield ....
and at times on the flags
FLAGS
The FLAGS pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in the North Sea which is used to transport liquids and associated gas from the following fields:* Cormorant A* North Cormorant* North West Hutton...
of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the World War II air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940...
in 1940.
Adler may also refer to:
People
- Charles Adler (disambiguation)
- Friedrich Adler (disambiguation)
- Max Adler (disambiguation)
- Samuel Adler (disambiguation)
Actors, writers and producers
- Allen AdlerAllen AdlerAllen Adler was an American writer, also involved in theater in various ways. With Irving Block he wrote the story for the screenplay for Forbidden Planet, based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, but was a victim of the Second Red Scare and was blacklisted from the film industry.-Biography:Adler was...
, American writer - André José Adler (born 1944), Hungarian-born actor, director, writer and sportscaster for Brazil
- Brian AdlerBrian AdlerBrian Adler is a Canadian media personality. He gained notoriety as a host and VJ on MTV Canada's programs Select and 969. He is currently the host of his own video podcast, the Adlercast.- Background :...
, Canadian media personality - Bruce AdlerBruce AdlerBruce Adler was an American Broadway actor. After debuting on the Broadway stage in the 1979 revival of Oklahoma!, he went on to a career that saw him nominated for Tony Awards as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Those Were the Days and Crazy for You...
(1944-2008), American actor - Celia AdlerCelia AdlerCelia Feinman Adler was an American Jewish actress, known as the "First Lady of the Yiddish Theatre"....
(1891–1979), American Jewish actress - Chris Adler (actor)Chris Adler (actor)Chris Adler is an American film actor and writer.-Biography:Chris Adler has worked in the television and film industry since the mid 1980s. He was in born in Cheverly, Maryland, in the Washington D.C...
(born 1975), American actor - Cyrus AdlerCyrus AdlerCyrus Adler was a U.S. educator, Jewish religious leader and scholar.-Biography:Adler was born in Van Buren, Arkansas, a graduate of University of Pennsylvania in 1883 and gained a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1887, where he taught Semitic languages from 1884 to 1893...
(1863–1940), U.S. educator - David A. AdlerDavid A. AdlerDavid Abraham Adler is an American author of nearly 200 books for children and young adults, most notably the Cam Jansen mystery series, the "Picture Book of..." series, and several acclaimed works about the Holocaust for young readers....
(born 1947), Writer of children's books - Franz Oscar Adler (1862-1922), German woodwind instrument maker
- H. G. AdlerH. G. AdlerHans Günther Adler, who wrote as H. G. Adler was a German-language poet and novelist.Born in Prague to Emil and Alice Adler, Hans Adler was a Jew, though not devout....
(1910-1988), German Jewish poet and novelist. - Jacob Pavlovitch AdlerJacob Pavlovitch AdlerJacob Pavlovich Adler , born Yankev P. Adler, was a Jewish actor and star of Yiddish theater, first in Odessa, and later in London and New York City....
(1855–1926), born Yankev P. Adler, Ukrainian-born Jewish actor and a star in Yiddish theater - Jay AdlerJay AdlerJay Adler was an American actor in theater, television, and film.Born in New York City, New York, he was the eldest child of Yiddish theater stars Jacob and Sara Adler, and the brother of the more famous Luther and Stella.Jay Adler died at age 81 in Woodland Hills, California and was buried in the...
(1896–1978), American actor in theater, television, and film - Jerry AdlerJerry AdlerJerry Adler is an American theatre director, production supervisor and a television and film actor.Adler was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Pauline and Philip Adler, who was a general manager of the Group Theatre...
(born 1929), American theatre director, production supervisor and television and film actor - Julius Ochs AdlerJulius Ochs AdlerJulius Ochs Adler was an American publisher, journalist, and United States Army general.-Biography:Adler was born on December 3, 1892, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the son of Harry Clay Adler and Ada Ochs. After graduating from Princeton University in 1914 he was employed by The New York Times...
(1892–1955), U.S. publisher, journalist, and United States Army General - Lou AdlerLou AdlerLou Adler is an American record producer, manager, and director.-Life and career:Adler was born in Chicago, Illinois in December 1933, and raised in East Los Angeles. In 1964, Adler founded and co-owned Dunhill Records. He was President of the label as well as the chief record producer from 1964...
(born 1933), American record producer, manager, and director - Luther AdlerLuther AdlerLuther Adler was an American actor best known for his work in theatre, but who also worked in film and television. He also directed plays on Broadway.-Life and career:...
(1903–1984), American actor and director on Broadway - Margot AdlerMargot AdlerMargot Adler is an author, journalist, lecturer, Wiccan priestess and radio journalist and correspondent for National Public Radio .- Early life :Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Adler grew up mostly in New York City...
, (born 1946), author, journalist, Wiccan Priestess and Elder, NPR correspondent in New York City - Maurice AdlerMaurice AdlerE. Maurice "Buddy" Adler was an American film producer and a former production head for 20th Century Fox studios....
(1909–1960), American film producer and 20th Century Fox production head - Mortimer Jerome Adler (1902–2001), American Aristotelian philosopher, author, and educator
- Renata AdlerRenata AdlerRenata Adler is an American author, journalist and film critic.-Background and education:Adler was born in Milan, Italy, and grew up in Danbury, Connecticut. After gaining a B.A. in philosophy and German from Bryn Mawr, Adler studied for an M.A. in Comparative Literature at Harvard under I. A...
(born 1938), American journalist and writer - Sara AdlerSara AdlerSara Adler was a Russian Jewish actress in Yiddish theater who made her career mainly in the United States. She was the wife of Jacob Adler and the mother of prominent actors Luther and Stella Adler, lesser-known actors Jay, Julia Adler, Frances, and Florence...
(1858–1953), Ukrainian Jewish actress in Yiddish theater - Sonya AdlerSonya AdlerSonya Adler , born Sonya Oberlander, early stage name Sonya Michelson, was one of the first women to perform in Yiddish theater in Imperial Russia...
or Sonya Oberlander (died 1886), one of the first women to perform in Yiddish theater in Imperial Russia - Stella AdlerStella AdlerStella Adler was an American actress and an acclaimed acting teacher, who founded the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City and the The Stella Adler Academy of Acting in Los Angeles with long-time protege Joanne Linville, who continues to teach and furthers Adler's legacy...
(1901–1992), Jewish-American actress and acting teacher - Walter Adler (born 1947), German director
Engineers and scientists
- August AdlerAugust AdlerAugust Adler was a Czech and Austrian mathematician noted for using the theory of inversion to provide an alternate proof of Mascheroni's compass and straightedge construction theorem....
(1863-1923), Austrian mathematician - Charles Adler, Jr.Charles Adler, Jr.Charles Adler, Jr. was an American inventor. An engineer, he invented a number of safety signals, some of which are still in common usage....
(1899-1980), American inventor - Darin AdlerDarin AdlerDarin Adler was the technical lead for Apple Computer's System 7 operating system release. During 1985–1987 he worked for ICOM Simulations as primary developer of the MacVenture series of games, including Shadowgate. Adler went on to work at General Magic and Eazel., he is the engineering manager...
, software architect - David AdlerDavid Adler (physicist)David Adler was an American physicist and MIT professor. In condensed matter physics, Adler made significant contributions to the understanding of transition-metal oxides, the electronic properties of low-mobility materials, transport phenomena in amorphous materials, metal-insulator transitions,...
(1935-1987), American physicist - George J. AdlerGeorge J. AdlerGeorge J. Adler was a noted philologist and linguist.Adler arrived in the United States in 1833 and graduated valedictorian from New York University in 1844...
, a noted philologist, linguist and author of A Practical Grammar of the Latin Language - Howard I. AdlerHoward I. AdlerHoward I. Adler was an American biologist.-Early life and education:Adler grew up in New York City and attended Cornell University for his undergraduate degree, earning the Valedictorian title for his graduating class...
, Biologist, Founder of Oxyrase Inc. - Mark AdlerMark AdlerDr. Mark Adler may be best known for his work in the field of data compression. Adler is the author of the Adler-32 hash function, a co-author of the zlib compression library and gzip, has contributed to Info-ZIP, and has participated in developing the Portable Network Graphics image format...
, Mars Exploration Rover mission manager, co-author of zlib, inventor of Adler-32 checksum - Robert AdlerRobert AdlerRobert Adler was an Austrian-born American inventor who held numerous patents.-Achievements:Adler was born in Vienna in 1913. He earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Vienna in 1937.Following Austria's annexation by Nazi Germany in 1939, Dr. Adler, a Jew, left the country...
(1913–2007), inventor of the remote control - Saul AdlerSaul AdlerSaul Adler FRS was an Israeli expert on Parasitology.-Early life:Adler was born in 1895 in Kerelits , then in the Russian Empire, now in Belarus. In 1900, he and his family moved to England and they settled in Leeds...
(1895-1966), British-Israeli expert on parasitology
Musicians
- Chris Adler (drummer) (born 1972), drummer of the metal band "Lamb of God"
- Cisco AdlerCisco AdlerCisco Sam Adler is an American musician and former frontman for the band Whitestarr.Adler is the son of music producer and director Lou Adler and Phyllis Somer. He is also a relative of actress Daryl Hannah through his father's marriage to her sister Page Hannah.In 2008 Adler left Whitestarr, and...
, the artist featured in all songs of the artist ShwayzeShwayzeAaron Smith , better known by his stage name Shwayze, is an American rapper.Born and raised in Malibu, California, Shwayze worked at a local Starbucks coffee shop until he met Whitestarr frontman Cisco Adler at a nightclub. One night Shwayze jumped on stage during Whitestarr's performance and... - Guido AdlerGuido AdlerGuido Adler was a Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and writer.His father Joachim, a physician, died of typhoid fever in 1857...
(1855–1941), Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and writer on music - Henry AdlerHenry AdlerHenry Adler was an American drummer, percussionist, music teacher, author, publisher, instrument manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer and authority on drumset technique...
, American drum kit educator, player and actor - Hugo Chaim AdlerHugo Chaim AdlerHugo Chaim Adler was a Belgian composer, cantor, and choir conductor. Born in Antwerp to Jewish parents, Adler studied at the Hochschule für Musik Köln from 1912-1915. In 1915 he was drafted into the German Army during the First World War; serving for three years in the infantry until he was...
(1896–1955), Belgian composer, cantor, and choir conductor - James AdlerJames AdlerJames Adler is an American composer and pianist. Adler began his piano studies at age 10 with Elsie K. Brett. His teachers include Rose Willits, Mollie Margolies and Seymour Lipkin...
(born 1950), Composer and pianist from Chicago, Illinois - Julia Rebekka AdlerJulia Rebekka AdlerViola player Julia Rebekka Adler, née Mai, was born 1978 in Heidelberg, Germany. In 2004 she was rated best German violist in the ARD International Music Competition, receiving the Theodor Rogler Prize...
(1978-), German violist. - Larry AdlerLarry AdlerLawrence "Larry" Cecil Adler was an American musician, widely acknowledged as one of the world's most skilled harmonica players. Composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Darius Milhaud and Arthur Benjamin composed works for him...
(1914–2001), American musician, widely acknowledged as one of the world's most skilled harmonica players - Richard AdlerRichard AdlerRichard Adler is an American lyricist, composer and producer of several Broadway shows.-Biography:Born in New York City, Adler had a musical upbringing, his father being a concert pianist. After serving in the Navy he began his career as a lyricist, teaming up with Jerry Ross in 1950...
(born 1921), Jewish-American lyricist, composer and producer of several Broadway shows - Samuel AdlerSamuel Adler (composer)Samuel Hans Adler is an American composer and conductor.-Biography:Adler was born to a Jewish family in Mannheim, Germany, the son of Hugo Chaim Adler, a cantor and composer, and Selma Adler. The family fled to the United States in 1939, where Hugo became the cantor of Temple Emanuel in...
(born 1928), Jewish-American composer - Steven AdlerSteven AdlerSteven Adler is an American musician. He is best known as the former drummer of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s...
(born 1965), a drummer for the hard rock band Guns N' Roses - Vincent AdlerVincent AdlerVincent Adler was a Hungarian composer and pianist.Adler received his initial musical training from his brother-in-law Ferenc Erkel and later studied in Vienna, before finally settling in Paris. From Paris, he embarked on numerous concert tours of Europe as a soloist...
, Hungarian pianist, composer - Willie AdlerWillie AdlerWilliam M. Adler is the rhythm guitarist in the groove metal band Lamb Of God. He is the younger brother of bandmate Chris Adler.Willie joined Lamb of God after the first guitarist, [Keven Maglasang ], left the band...
(born 1976), guitarist of the metal band Lamb of God
Conductors
- Frederick Charles AdlerFrederick Charles AdlerFrederick Charles Adler was an English-German conductor....
(1889–1959), London-born conductor known as "F. Charles Adler" - Kurt AdlerKurt AdlerKurt Adler was an Austrian classical music conductor, chorus master and pianist with a European musical education. He was best known as the chorus master and conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1943 to 1973...
(1907–1977), Czech-born Austrian-American conductor, Metropolitan OperaMetropolitan OperaThe Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...
chorus master (1943-1973) - Kurt Herbert AdlerKurt Herbert AdlerKurt Herbert Adler was an Austrian-born American conductor and opera house director.Adler was born in Vienna, Austria to a Jewish family. His work in the field of music led him to become the assistant to Arturo Toscanini at the Salzburg Festival in 1936 and he also worked in Italy...
(1905–1988), Vienna-born American conductor, San Francisco OperaSan Francisco OperaSan Francisco Opera is an American opera company, based in San Francisco, California.It was founded in 1923 by Gaetano Merola and is the second largest opera company in North America...
general director (1953-1981) - Peter Herman AdlerPeter Herman AdlerPeter Herman Adler was an American conductor born in Austria–Hungary in Gablonz an der Neiße, which is now in the Czech Republic....
(1899–1990), Czech-born American conductor, director of NBC Opera TheatreNBC Opera TheatreThe NBC Opera Theatre was an American opera company operated by the National Broadcasting Company from 1949 to 1964. The company was established specifically for the purpose of filming both established and new operas for television...
(1950–1964)
Politicians
- Brigitte Adler (1944–2004), member of the German Bundestag
- Heinz Adler (1912–1990), German politician
- John H. Adler (1959–2011), American politician from New Jersey
- Victor AdlerVictor Adler----Victor Adler was an Austrian Social Democratic leader.Born in Prague, Adler received a university degree in Vienna in 1881. He founded the Socialist movement in Austria and created the Marxist journals Gleicheit in 1886 and Arbeiter-Zeitung in 1889...
(1852–1918), Austrian Social Democratic leader
Rabbis and theologians
- Abraham Adler (ca. 1740-1800), reputed to be a nephew of Rebbe Shmelke of NikolsburgShmelke of NikolsburgShmelke of Nikolsburg was one of the great early Chasidic Rebbes. Born Shmuel Horowitz Shmelke of Nikolsburg (1726 Chortkiv, Galicia - 1778 Nikolsburg, Moravia) was one of the great early Chasidic Rebbes. Born Shmuel Horowitz Shmelke of Nikolsburg (1726 Chortkiv, Galicia - 1778 Nikolsburg,...
and the Hafla'ah (Pinchas HorowitzPinchas HorowitzRabbi Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz was a rabbi and Talmudist.-Life:The descendant of a long line of rabbinical ancestors and the son of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Horowitz of Chortkiv, he received a thorough Talmudic education, chiefly from his older brother, Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg, together with whom he...
) sent to spread Chassidus in the Austro-Hungarian empire - Felix Adler (Society for Ethical Culture) (1851-1933), Leader of Ethical Humanism
- Hermann AdlerHermann AdlerRabbi Hermann Adler CVO was the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire from 1891 to 1911. The son of Nathan Marcus Adler, the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica writes that he "raised the position [of Chief Rabbi] to one of much dignity and importance."Born in Hanover, like his father, he had both a...
(1839–1911), Orthodox Chief Rabbi of the British Empire from 1891–1911 - Johann Kaspar Adler (1488–1560), also Kaspar Aquila, Caspari Aquilae, real name Johann Kaspar Adler, German reformer
- Nathan AdlerNathan AdlerNathan HaKohen Adler was a German kabbalist born in Frankfurt, December 16, 1741. As a precocious child he won the admiration of Chaim Joseph David Azulai , who, in 1752, came to Frankfurt to solicit contributions for the poor of Palestine...
(1741–1800), German kabalist - Nathan Marcus AdlerNathan Marcus AdlerRabbi Nathan Marcus Adler was the Orthodox Chief Rabbi of the British Empire from 1845 until his death, probably the most prominent 19th century rabbi in the English-speaking world.-Life:...
(ca. 1800–1891), Orthodox Chief Rabbi of the British Empire from 1845–1891
Sports
- Anders AdlerAnders AdlerAnders Adler is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. Adler most recently played with Tullinge TP in the Swedish League III during the 2010-11 season.-External links:...
(born 1982), Swedish ice hockey defenceman - Daniel AdlerDaniel AdlerDaniel Adler is a Brazilian sailor. He is Jewish.Adler won a silver medal for Brazil at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles in yachting, sailing class, in the mixed three-person keelboat, with Torben Grael and Ronaldo Senft...
(born 1958), Brazilian sailor - Jens AdlerJens AdlerJens Adler is a former German footballer. He was one of the last players to play for the German team pre-unification, and, as the final substitute made in the last match before unification took place, is considered to be the last player ever to play for the German Democratic Republic.He moved in...
(born 1965), German football player - Kim AdlerKim AdlerKim Adler is an American Ten-pin bowling professional who was a member of the now-defunct Professional Women's Bowling Association. She is considered one of the top women bowling players of all time, competing professionally from 1991-2003....
, professional bowler - Nicky AdlerNicky AdlerNicky Adler is a German footballer who currently plays for VfL Osnabrück.-Career:In 2003 he moved from the amateur ranks into the professional game as a player for 1860 Munich and played 68 times in lower-league football before starting out as a senior player.Adler made his debut in the top flight...
(born 1985), German football player - René AdlerRené AdlerRené Adler is a German footballer who plays as a goalkeeper in the German Bundesliga for Bayer Leverkusen and for the German national team.-Career:...
(born 1985), football goalkeeper for Bayer LeverkusenBayer LeverkusenBayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.-Origins and early years:On 27 November...
Others
- Alfred AdlerAlfred AdlerAlfred Adler was an Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology. In collaboration with Sigmund Freud and a small group of Freud's colleagues, Adler was among the co-founders of the psychoanalytic movement as a core member of the Vienna...
(1870–1937), Austrian psychologist, founder of the school of individual psychologyIndividual psychologyIndividual psychology is a term used specifically to refer to the psychological method or science founded by the Viennese psychiatrist Alfred Adler... - Dankmar AdlerDankmar AdlerDankmar Adler was a celebrated German-born American architect.-Early years:...
(1844–1900), German-born American architect - Freda AdlerFreda AdlerFreda Adler is a criminologist and educator, currently serving as [] at Rutgers University and a visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She was President of the American Criminological Society in 1994-1995. She has acted as a consultant to the United Nations on criminal justice...
(born 1934), criminologist - Jankel AdlerJankel AdlerJankel Adler was a Polish painter and printmaker.-Biography:He was born as the seventh of ten children in Tuszyn, a suburb of Łódź. In 1912 he began training as an engraver with his uncle in Belgrade. He moved in 1914 to Germany where he lived for a time with his sister in Barmen...
(1895–1949), Polish painter and printmaker - Jonathan H. AdlerJonathan H. AdlerJonathan H. Adler , is an American legal commentator and law professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law...
(born 1969), Professor of Law at Case Western University School of Law - Rodney AdlerRodney AdlerRodney Stephens Adler is an Australian businessman and former director of telecommunications company One.Tel and insurance company HIH, both of which collapsed in 2001. He was jailed in 2005 for his conduct related to the collapse of HIH....
, Australian businessman and white collar criminal - Solomon AdlerSolomon AdlerSolomon Adler was an economist who worked in the U. S. Treasury Department, serving as Treasury representative in China during World War II. He was identified by Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth Bentley as a Soviet intelligence source and resigned from the Treasury Department in 1950...
(born 1936), Soviet spy who supplied information to the Silvermaster espionage ring
Fictional characters
- Adler (comics), LuftwaffeLuftwaffeLuftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
pilot turned adventurer, the title character of a comic book series by René Sterne - Grace AdlerGrace AdlerGrace Elizabeth Adler-Markus is a fictional character on the American sitcom Will & Grace, portrayed by Debra Messing. She is a Jewish interior designer , living in New York City with her gay best friend Will Truman...
, female lead in the hit TV series Will and Grace - Henry Adler, main character in David WellingtonDavid Wellington (director)David Wellington is a Canadian film and television director, best known for the films I Love a Man in Uniform and the 1996 adaptation of Long Day's Journey Into Night.-Filmography:*Of Murder and Memory *Would Be Kings...
's film I Love a Man in UniformI Love a Man in Uniform (film)I Love a Man in Uniform is a Canadian film, directed by David Wellington and released in 1993.-Plot:The film, a dark psychological drama, stars Tom McCamus as Henry Adler, a bank employee and struggling actor who finally gets his big break, being cast as a police officer in a television series... - Irene AdlerIrene AdlerIrene Adler is a fictional character featured in the Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published in July 1891...
, fictional character featured in the Sherlock HolmesSherlock HolmesSherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...
story "A Scandal in BohemiaA Scandal in Bohemia"A Scandal in Bohemia" was the first of Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories to be published in The Strand Magazine and the first Sherlock Holmes story illustrated by Sidney Paget....
" by Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan DoyleSir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger... - Scott Adler, a fictional character featured in the Tom ClancyTom ClancyThomas Leo "Tom" Clancy, Jr. is an American author, best known for his technically detailed espionage, military science, and techno thriller storylines set during and in the aftermath of the Cold War, along with video games on which he did not work, but which bear his name for licensing and...
Jack Ryan universe novels. Adler is a career U.S. Department of State employee who rises throughout the series, eventually becoming Secretary of State. - Vincent Adler, antagonist behind the first two seasons of White CollarWhite Collar (TV series)White Collar is a USA Network television series created by Jeff Eastin, starring Matt Bomer as con-man Neal Caffrey and Tim DeKay as Special Agent Peter Burke. It premiered on October 23, 2009. In December 2009, White Collar was renewed for a second season that began on July 13, 2010...
- Wilhelm Adler, main character in Saul BellowSaul BellowSaul Bellow was a Canadian-born Jewish American writer. For his literary contributions, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts...
's novella Seize the Day