Spanier
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Spanier means "man from Spain" in German
and may refer to as a surname:
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....
and may refer to as a surname:
- Edwin Henry Spanier (1921-1996), known for the Alexander-Spanier cohomology theory
- Graham SpanierGraham SpanierGraham B. Spanier is an American academic, who served as the 16th president of the Pennsylvania State University from September 1, 1995, until he was forced to resign on November 9, 2011, in the aftermath of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal...
, former president of Penn State University - Muggsy SpanierMuggsy SpanierFrancis Joseph Julian "Muggsy" Spanier was a prominent cornet player based in Chicago. He was renowned as the best trumpet/cornet in Chicago until Bix Beiderbecke entered the scene....
(1906-1967), American jazz musician - Wolfgang Spanier (born 1943), German politician, member of the Bundestag