Wahl
Encyclopedia
Wahl is a surname
. The name may originate from the German word Wahl (meaning "election") or Yiddish, in which "wahl" means "from Italy."
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
. The name may originate from the German word Wahl (meaning "election") or Yiddish, in which "wahl" means "from Italy."
People
- Anders de Wahl, Swedish actor
- Andreas Wallan WahlAndreas Wallan WahlAndreas Wallan Wahl is a bass guitarist, drummer and vocalist; a former member of the Swedish heavy metal bands Therion , Serpent, Formicide, Concrete Sleep and Hexenhaus.- References :...
, Swedish bass guitarist - Arthur WahlArthur WahlArthur C. Wahl was an American chemist who, as a PhD student of Glenn T. Seaborg at UC Berkeley, first isolated plutonium in February 1941. He also worked on the Manhattan Project.- Further readings :...
, American physicist - Bruno Wolfgang Wahl, (1928–2000), German-American physicist and explorer
- Edgar de WahlEdgar de WahlEdgar von Wahl or Edgar de Wahl was a teacher and creator of the language Occidental...
(1867–1948), Baltic GermanBaltic GermanThe Baltic Germans were mostly ethnically German inhabitants of the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, which today form the countries of Estonia and Latvia. The Baltic German population never made up more than 10% of the total. They formed the social, commercial, political and cultural élite in...
linguist and scholar - Eric Wahl, lead vocalist for the band Sweet Demon
- James M. WahlJames M. WahlJames M. Wahl was a Norwegian American settler and the first legislator of Lincoln County, South Dakota. He named the city of Canton, South Dakota....
(1846–1939), Norwegian AmericanNorwegian AmericanNorwegian Americans are Americans of Norwegian descent. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the later half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the 20th century. There are more than 4.5 million Norwegian Americans according to the most recent U.S. census, and...
settler and South DakotaSouth DakotaSouth Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
legislator - Jan Boyer Wahl (born 1933), American children's book author
- Jean WahlJean WahlJean André Wahl was a French philosopher.-Early career:He was professor at the Sorbonne from 1936 to 1967, broken by World War II. He was in the U.S...
(1888–1974), French philosopher - Ken WahlKen WahlKen Wahl is an American film and television actor, popular in the 1980s and 1990s. He twice won the title of Sexiest Man on TV, earned an Emmy nomination and won a Golden Globe.-Career:...
(born 1954), American film and television actor - Mats WahlMats WahlMats Wahl is a Swedish author. He has published 43 books but also written several plays for the theatre, TV programs, novels and movies...
(born 1945), Swedish writer - Meir WahlMeir WahlMeir Wahl or Meir Wahl Katzenellenbogen, was a Polish rabbi. He was the son of Saul Wahl, who according to legend, was king of Poland for one day....
, Polish rabbi - Moritz Callmann WahlMoritz Callmann Wahl-Biography:He was born in Sondershausen, Germany on March 28, 1829. He studied Oriental languages at Leipzig under Julius Fürst and Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer. Later he taught for a time at an English school, and later was a correspondent in a business house at Lyon, France. He settled at Erfurt,...
(1829–1887), German writer - Saul WahlSaul WahlSaul Wahl was a wealthy and politically influential Polish Jew. According to legend, he was king of Poland for a single day, August 18, 1587...
(Abraski Wahl) (1541–1617), legendary King of Poland