Wallach
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Wallach is a word of Germanic origin:
- meaning a geldingGeldingA gelding is a castrated horse or other equine such as a donkey or a mule. Castration, and the elimination of hormonally driven behavior associated with a stallion, allows a male horse to be calmer and better-behaved, making the animal quieter, gentler and potentially more suitable as an everyday...
- referring especially to Latin people, particularly Romanians and Italians. See the history of the term VlachHistory of the term VlachVlach is a Slavic-derived term , which is used to designate the Romance speaking peoples of South-Eastern Europe: Romanians, Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians and Istro-Romanians....
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- Eli WallachEli WallachEli Herschel Wallach is an American film, television and stage actor, who gained fame in the late 1950s. For his performance in Baby Doll he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination. One of his most famous roles is that of Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly...
(born 1915), American actor - Evan WallachEvan WallachEvan Jonathan Wallach is an American lawyer and judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. A former judge of the United States Court of International Trade, he is one of the nation's foremost experts on war crimes and the law of war.-Early life, education, and...
, American judge, expert on war crimes - Ira Wallach (writer)Ira Wallach (writer)Ira Wallach was an American screenwriter and novelist.Born in New York City, He wrote the novel Muscle Beach and collaborated with Peter Ustinov on the screenplay for Hot Millions...
(1913–1995), American screenwriter and novelist - Ira D. WallachIra D. WallachIra David Wallach was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was head of Central National-Gottesman, the largest privately held marketer of paper and pulp products.-Life and career:...
(1909–2007), American businessman and philanthropist - Joel D. WallachJoel D. WallachJoel D. Wallach is an American veterinarian and naturopath. He markets colloidal minerals for many conditions and makes many controversial claims. He is openly critical of many mainstream medical treatments. Dr. Joel Wallach has published numerous books on dietary deficiencies and their resultant...
(born 1940), American veterinarian and naturopath - John WallachJohn WallachJohn Wallach was an American journalist, author and editor as well as founder of Seeds of Peace international camp in Maine. He was a 1964 graduate of Middlebury College, where he gave the 1999 commencement address. In 2001, Wallach also gave a special address to a joint session of the Maine...
(1943–2002), American journalist, author and editor - Lori Wallach, director and founder of Global Trade WatchGlobal Trade WatchGlobal Trade Watch was founded by Lori Wallach in 1995 as a division of the U.S.-based advocacy group Public Citizen that monitors the World Trade Organization and other trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Central America Free Trade Agreement...
- Otto WallachOtto WallachOtto Wallach was a German chemist and recipient of the 1910 Nobel prize in Chemistry for his work on alicyclic compounds.-Biography:...
(1847–1931), German chemist, Nobel Prize winner - Richard WallachRichard WallachRichard Wallach was an American politician who served as the first Republican Mayor of Washington, D.C.-History:...
(1816–1881), American politician - Steve WallachSteve WallachSteven "Steve" J. Wallach, born Brooklyn, NY, September 1945, is currently an adviser to Centerpoint Venture partners, Sevin Rosen Funds, and Interwest, and a consultant to the United States Department of Energy Advanced Scientific Computing program at Los Alamos National Laboratory...
(born 1945), American computer architecture engineer and company founder - Tim WallachTim WallachTimothy Charles Wallach , nicknamed "Eli" in reference to actor Eli Wallach, is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball who played from to for the Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers, and California Angels. He won three Gold Glove awards for defensive excellence and 2 Silver Slugger...
(born 1957), former American baseball player - Tommy WallachTommy WallachTommy Wallach is a writer and musician whose works have appeared in McSweeney's, Tin House, and ReadyMade. He musically directed an original cabaret musical that won the 2006 NYC MAC Award for Best New Performance....
(born 1982), American writer and musician - William Douglas WallachWilliam Douglas WallachWilliam Douglas Wallach was an American surveyor and newspaper entrepreneur. Born in Washington, D.C., he earned a civil engineering degree at Columbian College and moved west doing survey work, reaching the Republic of Texas in 1838 where he supported Sam Houston and the annexation of Texas to...
(1812–1871), American surveyor and newspaper entrepreneur - Yochanan VollachYochanan VollachYochanan Vollach is a former Israeli footballer. He was a member of the Israeli national team that competed at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Today, Vollach is president of the Maccabi Haifa sport organization as well as being the president and CEO of Newlog, a subsidiary of Israeli shipping company...
(German: Jochanan Wallach, born 1945), former Israeli footballer - Yona WallachYona Wallach-Writing career:She was proud of her bisexuality and stunned her readers with her daring expressions of sexuality and spirituality combined.Wallach also featured Jungian psychology in her work. Wallach also wrote lyrics for, and performed with, Israeli rock bands. Her book, Island Songs, was...
(1944–1985), Israeli poet - Maxim LitvinovMaxim LitvinovMaxim Maximovich Litvinov was a Russian revolutionary and prominent Soviet diplomat.- Early life and first exile :...
(born: Max Wallach, 1876–1951), Russian revolutionary and Soviet diplomat
Others
- 6670 Wallach6670 Wallach6670 Wallach is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 4, 1994 by C. S. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory.- External links :*...
, Main-belt Asteroid discovered in 1994 - Wallach (crater)Wallach (crater)Wallach is a tiny lunar impact crater located in the eastern Mare Tranquillitatis. It is a circular, bowl-shaped feature with a negligible interior floor; the inner walls just slope down to the mid-point of the crater. Wallach is located to the northeast of the crater Maskelyne, near some low...
, small lunar impact crater - Wallach HallWallach HallWallach Hall is the second oldest residence hall on the campus of Columbia University, and currently houses undergraduate students from Columbia College as well as the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science...
, the second oldest dormitory on the campus of Columbia University - Wallach IX, fictional planet in Frank Herbert's science fiction universe of Dune
- Wallach rearrangementWallach rearrangementThe Wallach rearrangement, named after Otto Wallach, is an organic reaction and a rearrangement reaction converting an aromatic azoxy compound with sulfuric acid to an azo compound with one arene ring substituted by an hydroxyl group in the aromatic para position.60% to 100% sulfuric acid is...
, an organic reaction converting an azoxy compound to an azo compound - Wallach reformWallach reformWallach reform was a land reform in parts of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . Main goal of the reform was to increase revenue to the state treasury, and to distribute feodal services to the peasants...
, 16th century land reform in Lithuanian lands
See also
- VolokhVolokhVolokh is an name of Ukrainian origin meaning "Romanian". It may refer to:* Ilia Volokh * Eugene Volokh** His blog, The Volokh Conspiracy* Omelian Volokh, an Ukrainian Ataman...
, an alternate spelling (East slavicEast Slavic languagesThe East Slavic languages constitute one of three regional subgroups of Slavic languages, currently spoken in Eastern Europe. It is the group with the largest numbers of speakers, far out-numbering the Western and Southern Slavic groups. Current East Slavic languages are Belarusian, Russian,...
) - WallachiaWallachiaWallachia or Walachia is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians...
, a region in today's Romania - Wallack
- WallichWallichWallich is a surname which may refer to:* George Charles Wallich , a marine biologist and medical doctor; son of Nathaniel Wallich* Henry Wallich , a banker and economist* Hermann Wallich , a banker; father of Paul Wallich...
, an unrelated, but phonetically similar name