Herzog
Encyclopedia
Herzog may refer to:
- Herzog (title), German title of nobility
- The surname Herzog, derived from the above
Athletes
- Andreas HerzogAndreas HerzogAndreas Herzog, also Andy Herzog, is a former Austrian football player.-Club career:Born in Vienna, Herzog started his career at local giants Rapid Vienna, but was sent out on loan to city rivals First Vienna FC during 1987–88. That move proved to be successful and he was soon recalled to Rapid to...
(born 1968), Austrian soccer player - Dieter HerzogDieter HerzogDieter Herzog is a former German international football player.Herzog played in 250 Bundesliga matches for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in his professional career, after starting his senior career with Sportfreunde Hamborn 07 in a lower division and joining Düsseldorf a year before...
(born 1946), German soccer player - Whitey HerzogWhitey HerzogDorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog is a former Major League Baseball manager. Born in New Athens, Illinois, he made his debut as a player in 1956 with the Washington Senators. After his playing career ended in 1963, Herzog went on to perform a variety of roles in Major League Baseball, including...
(born 1931), U.S. baseball player and Hall of Fame baseball manager
Politicians
- Chaim HerzogChaim HerzogChaim Herzog served as the sixth President of Israel , following a distinguished career in both the British Army and the Israel Defense Forces .-Early life:...
(1918–1997), sixth president of Israel; son of Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog- Aura HerzogAura HerzogAura Herzog, née Ambache was the wife of Chaim Herzog, the sixth President of the State of Israel.Aura Herzog was born in Egypt and educated in French schools in Ismailiya. She has a B.Sc. degree in mathematics and physics from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. ...
(born 1928), his widow
- Aura Herzog
- Gustav Herzog (born 1958), German SPD politician, member of the Bundestag
- Isaac (Buzi) Herzog (born 1960), Israeli politician, son of Chaim Herzog
- Jakob HerzogJakob HerzogJakob Herzog was a Swiss Socialist. Originally a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland, Herzog was expelled in 1918 for supporting the October Revolution....
(1892 – 1931), Swiss socialist - Maurice HerzogMaurice HerzogMaurice Herzog is a French mountaineer and sports administrator who was born in Lyon, France. He led the expedition that first climbed a peak over 8000m, Annapurna, in 1950, and reached the summit with Louis Lachenal. Upon his return, he wrote a best-selling book about the expedition...
(born 1919), Alsatian mountaineer and politician - Roman HerzogRoman HerzogRoman Herzog is a German politician as a member of the Christian Democratic Union, and served as President of Germany from 1994 to 1999...
(born 1934), President of Germany from 1994 to 1999
Academia
- Hanna HerzogHanna HerzogHanna Herzog is a professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociologyand Anthropology at Tel Aviv University and aSenior Research Fellow and the Academic Directorof the Civil Society forums at Van Leer Jerusalem Institute in...
(born 1946), Sociology Professor at Tel Aviv University - Johann Jakob HerzogJohann Jakob HerzogJohann Jakob Herzog , German Protestant theologian, was born at Basel.He studied at Basel and Berlin, and eventually settled at Erlangen as professor of church history....
(1805–1882), German Protestant theologian - Marvin HerzogMarvin HerzogMarvin I. Herzog is a Yiddish language Professor at Columbia University.He is the Director and Editor-in-Chief of the Yiddish Atlas Project at Columbia University, which publishes, in conjunction with YIVO, The Language and Culture Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry .He received his Ph.d...
, Yiddish Linguist Professor at Columbia University - T. K. G. HerzogT. K. G. HerzogT. K. G. Herzog was a German bryologist and phytogeographer. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Herz. when citing a botanical name.-References:...
(1880 – 1961), German bryologist and phytogeographer. - Ze'ev HerzogZe'ev HerzogZe’ev Herzog is an Israeli archeologist, professor of archaeology at The Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University specializing in social archaeology, ancient architecture and field archaeology...
(born 1941), Archaeology Professor at Tel Aviv University
Authors & artists
- Arthur HerzogArthur HerzogArthur Herzog was an American novelist, non-fiction writer, and journalist, well known for his works of science fiction and true crime books.His novels The Swarm and Orca have been made into films...
(1927-2010), American novelist - Dorothea Herzog (born 1932), German writer
- Émile Herzog (1885–1967), Franco-German writer, known by his pen name André Maurois
- Harold Albert Herzog (born 1946), American author of Some We Love, Some Hate, Some We Eat (Harper 2010)
- Hermann Ottomar HerzogHermann Ottomar HerzogHermann Ottomar Herzog was a prominent nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European and American artist, primarily known for his landscapes. He was born in Bremen, Germany and entered the Düsseldorf Academy at age seventeen. Herzog achieved early commercial success, allowing him to travel...
(1831–1932), German-American artist - Jacques Herzog (born 1950), Swiss architect, founder of Herzog & de Meuron
- Jens-Daniel HerzogJens-Daniel HerzogJens-Daniel Herzog is a German stage director for play and opera, and a theater manager.-Professional career:Jens-Daniel Herzog was born in Berlin, the son of the actor Peter Herzog. He studied Philosophy at the FU Berlin....
(born 1964), German stage director - Werner HerzogWerner HerzogWerner Herzog Stipetić , known as Werner Herzog, is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.He is often considered as one of the greatest figures of the New German Cinema, along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Werner...
(born 1942), German screenwriter, film director, actor and opera director - Wilhelm HerzogWilhelm HerzogWilhelm Herzog was a German historian of literature and culture, dramatist, encyclopedist, and pacifist.- Life :...
(1884-1960), German writer
Journalists
- Vladimir HerzogVladimir HerzogVladimir Herzog nicknamed Vlado, was a Brazilian journalist, university professor and playwright of Yugoslavian origin. He also developed a taste for photography, because of his film projects...
(1937-1975), Croatian-Brazilian Journalist, tortured and killed by dictatorial government of this country.
Other
- Arthur Herzog, Jr. (1900-1983), American jazz songwriter
- Karl HerzogKarl HerzogKarl Herzog was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership...
, German military officer - Fredrick Herzog III, co-creator of Mr. Zog's Sex WaxMr. Zog's Sex WaxMr. Zog's Sex Wax is a Carpinteria, California, brand of surfwax manufactured for use on surfboards. This wax is rubbed on the top surface or "deck" of a surfboard to allow traction and grip for the surfer....
- Seth HerzogSeth HerzogSeth Herzog is an American comedian. Besides being active in New York City performing comedy, Mr. Herzog was the subject of the short film Zog's Place. He has also enjoyed small roles in such films as Safe Men, The Ten and The Baxter. He has also acted in numerous commercials, and on such T.V...
, American comedian - Todd HerzogTodd HerzogTodd Herzog is the $1,000,000 winner of the 15th season of Survivor, Survivor: China. He is also the second openly gay male contestant to win Survivor, following Richard Hatch's win in Survivor: Borneo.-Survivor: China:...
, winner of Survivor: ChinaSurvivor: ChinaSurvivor: China is the fifteenth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The premiere aired September 20, 2007. Host Jeff Probst claimed the show was the first full American TV series to be filmed entirely within China...
Other
- Herzog (novel)Herzog (novel)Herzog is a 1964 novel by Saul Bellow. Letters from the protagonist constitute much of the text.Herzog won the 1965 National Book Award for Fiction and the The Prix International...
, novel by Saul Bellow - Herzog (game)Herzog (game)Herzog is a strategy game released by TechnoSoft in Japan for the MSX computer in 1988. A version is also known to exist for the NEC PC-88 computer.Herzog Zwei is the sequel, released for the Sega Mega Drive....
and Herzog ZweiHerzog ZweiHerzog Zwei is a Mega Drive / Genesis game by Technosoft, published in 1989 . It is an early real-time strategy game, the first with a feature set that falls under the contemporary definition of the genre, predating the genre-popularizing Dune II...
, computer games by TechnoSoft
See also
- Herzog, Fox & NeemanHerzog, Fox & NeemanHerzog, Fox & Ne'eman is the largest law firm in Israel. Its offices are in Tel Aviv. The firm was founded in 1972 by three prominent lawyers: the late Chaim Herzog, later to become the sixth President of the State of Israel, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, and member of the Israeli...
, a law firm in Israel - James Barry Munnik HertzogJames Barry Munnik HertzogJames Barry Munnik Hertzog, better known as J. B. M. Hertzog was a Boer general during the second Anglo-Boer War who later went on to become Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1924 to 1939...
, German-South African politician - Ferenc HerczegFerenc HerczegFerenc Herczeg was a Hungarian playwright and author who promoted conservative nationalist opinion in his country. He founded and edited the magazine Új Idők in 1895...
, German-Hungarian writer