Engel
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Engel means angel in some non-English languages and may refer to:
Engel is the surname of:
- "Engel" (song)Engel (song)"Engel" is a song by German Industrial metal band Rammstein. The song is released as the first single from their second album Sehnsucht...
, performed by Rammstein - Engel (role-playing game)Engel (role-playing game)Engel is a role-playing game. The original German version uses a rule system in which the Gamemaster and players draw associative, tarot-like cards instead of rolling dice to determine the outcome of an event...
, a 2002 role-playing game - Engel (band)Engel (band)Engel is a melodic death metal band with alternative influences from Gothenburg, Sweden. They are currently signed to French label Season of Mist, but released their debut album Absolute Design via SPV GmbH/Steamhammer on October 31, 2007...
, Swedish industrial/melodic death metal band - Engel groupEngel groupIn mathematics, an element x of a Lie group or a Lie algebra is called an n-Engel element, named after Friedrich Engel, if it satisfies the n-Engel condition that the repeated commutator...
, in mathematics - Engel theoremEngel theoremIn representation theory, Engel's theorem is one of the basic theorems in the theory of Lie algebras; it asserts that for a Lie algebra two concepts of nilpotency are identical. A useful form of the theorem says that if a Lie algebra L of matrices consists of nilpotent matrices, then they can all...
, in mathematics - Engel expansion, in mathematics
- Engel curveEngel curveAn Engel curve describes how household expenditure on a particular good orservice varies with household income. There are two varieties of Engel Curves. Budget share Engel Curves describe how the proportion of household income spent on a good varies with income. Alternatively, Engel curves can also...
, in economics
Engel is the surname of:
- Albert J. EngelAlbert J. EngelAlbert Joseph Engel was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Engel was born in New Washington, Ohio. He attended the public schools in Grand Traverse County, Michigan, and the Central YMCA College in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the law department of Northwestern University,...
(1888–1959), U.S. Representative from Michigan - Beverly EngelBeverly EngelBeverly Engel is an MFCT and psychotherapist and the author of eighteen self-help books. She is an expert in the fields of sexual abuse, women's issues, relationships, and sexuality...
, psychotherapist - Carl EngelCarl EngelCarl Engel was a French-born American pianist, musicologist and publisher from Paris. He was also a writer on music for The Musical Quarterly, and chief of the Music Division of the Library of Congress.- Works :...
(1883–1944), French-born US composer - Carl Ludvig EngelCarl Ludvig EngelCarl Ludvig Engel, or Johann Carl Ludwig Engel , was a German architect known for his neoclassical style. He had a great impact on the architecture of Finland in the first part of the 19th century....
(1778–1840), German-born Estonian/Finnish architect - David EngelDavid EngelDavid Engel is an American historian and Professor of Holocaust and Judaic Studies at New York University. Dr. Engel holds a Ph.D...
American Holocaust historian. - Erich EngelErich EngelErich Engel was a German film and theatre director.- Biography :Engel was born in Hamburg, where later he studied at the School of Applied Arts...
(1891–1966), German actor - Ernst EngelErnst EngelErnst Engel was a German statistician and economist, famous for the Engel curve and the Engel's law.Ernst was born in Dresden in 1821...
(1821–1896), German statistician - Friedrich Engel (mathematician)Friedrich Engel (mathematician)Friedrich Engel was a German mathematician.Engel was born in Lugau, Saxony, as the son of a Lutheran pastor. He attended the Universities of both Leipzig and Berlin, before receiving his doctorate from Leipzig in 1883.Engel studied under Felix Klein at Leipzig, and collaborated with Sophus Lie for...
(1861–1941), German mathematician - Friedrich Engel (SS officer) (1909–2006), SS officer
- Georgia Engel, US film and television actress
- Heinfried EngelHeinfried EngelHeinfried Engel is a retired pole vaulter from Germany, who represented West Germany during his career. A member of the Union Sportclub Mainz he set his personal best on 15 February 1969 at a meet in Barcelona....
(born 1947), German pole vaulter - Howard EngelHoward EngelHoward Engel CM is a Canadian mystery writer and CBC producer who resides in Toronto, Ontario. He is well known to Canadian readers for his series of Benny Cooperman detective novels, set in the Niagara Region in and around the city of Grantham, Ontario...
(born 1932), Canadian mystery writer and producer - Jerzy EngelJerzy EngelWładysław Jerzy Engel was a Polish footballer and coach. Engel began his career in football at an early age playing at local club Junak Wloclawek, before moving to Polonia Warsaw , Hutnik Warszawa and several other clubs.Engel, nicknamed "Jurek", began playing in midfield or attack before, at...
, Former Polish football manager - Joel S. EngelJoel S. EngelJoel S. Engel is an American engineer, known for fundamental contributions to the development of cellular networks.Born in New York City, he obtained a B.Sc. in engineering at City College of New York...
, US engineer and scientist - Johann Jakob EngelJohann Jakob EngelJohann Jakob Engel was a German author.- Life :Engel studied theology at Rostock and Bützow, and philosophy at Leipzig, where he took his doctors' degree...
(1741–1802), German philosophical writer - Jules EngelJules EngelJules Engel was a Jewish-Hungarian American filmmaker, painter, sculptor, graphic artist, set designer, animator, film director, and teacher...
, painter - Julius EngelJulius EngelJulius Friedrich Theodor Engel was a German judge and politician. The lawyer was president of the Hamburg Parliament between 1902 and 1913....
(1842–1926), German judge and politician - Karl EngelKarl EngelKarl Engel was a Swiss pianist.In 1952 Engel was awarded the second prize at the Queen Elisabeth competition. Throughout his concert career he cultivated the art song repertory and worked extensively on works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Robert Schumann...
(1818–1882), German pianist, instrumentologist - Lehman EngelLehman EngelLehman Engel was an American composer and conductor of Broadway musicals, television and film.-Work in theatre, television and films:...
(1910–1982), American composer and conductor - Marian EngelMarian EngelMarian Engel, OC, née Marian Ruth Passmore was an award-winning Canadian novelist.-Summary:Born May 24, 1933 in Toronto, Ontario, to teacher parents Frederick Searle and Mary Elizabeth Passmore...
(1933–1985), Canadian novelist - Maro EngelMaro EngelMaro Engel is a German racing driver, now residing in Monaco. He currently competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters championship.- Early career :...
(1985–), German auto racing driver - Michael S. EngelMichael S. EngelMichael S. Engel is an American paleontologist and entomologist. He has undertaken field work in Central Asia, Asia Minor, and the Western Hemisphere, and published more than 300 papers in scientific journals. He was trained at the University of Kansas where in 1993 he received a B.S. in Cellular...
(1971–), US paleontologist and entomologist - Natascha EngelNatascha EngelNatascha Engel is a German-British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire since 2005. She has extensive involvement in the trade union movement, and has close connections to Gordon Brown....
(1967–), British Member of Parliament - Richard Engel, Middle East correspondent
- S. Morris EngelS. Morris EngelS. Morris Engel is an author, philosopher, and linguist. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1959, writing on "The philosophy of language in Hobbes and Locke"...
(1931–), author, philosopher, and linguist
See also
- Engel v. VitaleEngel v. VitaleEngel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 , was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that determined that it is unconstitutional for state officials to compose an official school prayer and require its recitation in public schools....
, U.S. Supreme Court decision (1962) - Paul EnglePaul EnglePaul Engle , noted American poet, editor, teacher, literary critic, novelist, and playwright. He is perhaps best remembered as the long-time director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and as founder of the International Writing Program , both at the University of Iowa.-Life:Engle is often mistakenly...
(1908–1991), American poet, writer, editor, and novelist - Friedrich EngelsFriedrich EngelsFriedrich Engels was a German industrialist, social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of Marxist theory, alongside Karl Marx. In 1845 he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based on personal observations and research...
(1820–1895), German social scientist and collaborator of Karl Marx