Wilhelm
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Wilhelm may refer to:
- Wilhelm I, German Emperor (1797–1888), King of Prussia and German Emperor
- Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859–1941), grandson of the former, King of Prussia and German Emperor
- Wilhelm (Xenosaga), a character in Xenosaga
People with the given name
- Wilhelm BogerWilhelm BogerWilhelm Friedrich Boger known as “The Tiger of Auschwitz” was a German police commissioner and concentration camp overseer...
(1906–1977), German police officer and one of the SS staff at Auschwitz concentration camp - Wilhelm BurgdorfWilhelm BurgdorfWilhelm Burgdorf was a German general. Born in Fürstenwalde, Burgdorf served as a commander and staff officer in the German Army during World War II.- Military career :...
(1895–1945), commander and staff officer in the German Army during World War II - Wilhelm Heinrich ErbWilhelm Heinrich ErbWilhelm Heinrich Erb was a German neurologist who was a native of Winnweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate.- Academic career :...
(1840–1921), German Neurologist - Wilhelm FrickWilhelm FrickWilhelm Frick was a prominent German Nazi official serving as Minister of the Interior of the Third Reich. After the end of World War II, he was tried for war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials and executed...
(1877–1946), German Nazi politician - Wilhelm FurtwänglerWilhelm FurtwänglerWilhelm Furtwängler was a German conductor and composer. He is widely considered to have been one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century. By the 1930s he had built a reputation as one of the leading conductors in Europe, and he was the leading conductor who remained...
(1886–1954), German conductor and composer, leader of the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - Wilhelm GrimmWilhelm GrimmWilhelm Carl Grimm was a German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.-Life and work:...
(1786–1859), German anthropologist - Wilhelm KeitelWilhelm KeitelWilhelm Bodewin Gustav Keitel was a German field marshal . As head of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht and de facto war minister, he was one of Germany's most senior military leaders during World War II...
(1882–1946), German Field Marshal - Wilhelm List (1880–1971), German Field Marshal
- Wilhelm ReichWilhelm ReichWilhelm Reich was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, known as one of the most radical figures in the history of psychiatry...
(1897–1957), Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst - Wilhelm WienWilhelm WienWilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien was a German physicist who, in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to deduce Wien's displacement law, which calculates the emission of a blackbody at any temperature from the emission at any one reference temperature.He also formulated an...
(1864–1928), Nobel Prize Winner in 1911 and scientist who created Wien's Displacement Law - Wilhelm WeitlingWilhelm WeitlingWilhelm Weitling was an important 19th-century European radical.Both praised and critiqued by disciples of the growing Marxist philosophy during the 19th century, Weitling was characterized as a "utopian socialist" by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, although Engels also referred to Weitling as the...
(1808–1871), early German communist or socialist - Wilhelm WundtWilhelm WundtWilhelm Maximilian Wundt was a German physician, psychologist, physiologist, philosopher, and professor, known today as one of the founding figures of modern psychology. He is widely regarded as the "father of experimental psychology"...
(1832–1920), German doctor and psychologist
Fictional
- Wilhelm Klink, a character from Hogan's Heroes
People with the surname
- Hoyt WilhelmHoyt WilhelmJames Hoyt Wilhelm was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985....
(1923–2002), major league baseball pitcher - Kate WilhelmKate WilhelmKate Wilhelm is an American writer whose works include science fiction, mystery, and fantasy.- Career :Wilhelm was born in Toledo, Ohio....
(b. 1928), American writer - Kati WilhelmKati WilhelmKati Wilhelm is a German former professional biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces with the rank of master sergeant...
(b. 1976), German biathlete - Mary Jo WilhelmMary Jo WilhelmMary Jo Wilhelm is the Iowa State Senator from the 8th District. A Democrat, she has served in the Iowa Senate since 2009. She has been a Certified Residential Appraiser since 2000, and is the founder and owner of Wilhelm Appraisers....
, Iowa politician - Richard WilhelmRichard WilhelmRichard Wilhelm was a German sinologist, as well as theologian and missionary. He is best remembered for his translations of philosophical works from Chinese into German that in turn have been translated into other major languages of the world, including English...
(1873–1930), early German sinologist - William Charles John PitcherWilliam Charles John PitcherWilliam John Charles Pitcher , known as Wilhelm or C. Wilhelm, was an English artist, costume and scenery designer, best known for his designs for ballets, pantomimes, comic operas, and Edwardian musical comedies....
or C. Wilhelm (1858–1925), British costume designer of the Victorian era and Edwardian period - Manuel WilhelmManuel WilhelmManuel Wilhelm is a German international rugby union player, playing for the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team....
, German rugby union player
Fictional
- Mr. Wilhelm, a recurring minor character in Seinfeld
See also
- Wilhelm screamWilhelm screamThe Wilhelm scream is a film and television stock sound effect first used in 1951 for the film Distant Drums. The effect gained new popularity after it was used in Star Wars and many other blockbuster films as well as television programs and video games...
, a stock sound effect and cinematic sound cliché - A Wilhelm ScreamA Wilhelm ScreamA Wilhelm Scream is a melodic hardcore band from New Bedford, Massachusetts. Many people have referenced Strung Out, Hot Water Music, Propagandhi, and Strike Anywhere as the band's similar artists. Their name is a reference to the Wilhelm Scream, a famous stock sound effect which mainly is used in...
, an American punk rock band - SS Kaiser Wilhelm IISS Kaiser Wilhelm IIThe second SS Kaiser Wilhelm II, was a 19,361 gross ton passenger steamer built at Stettin, Germany, completed in the spring of 1903. A famous photograph taken by Alfred Stieglitz called The Steerage as well as descriptions of the conditions of travel in the lowest class have conflicted with her...
or USS Agamemnon, a German steam ship - William (name)William (name)William is a popular given name of old Germanic origin. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era...
- VilhelmVilhelmVilhelm, the Danish form of "William", may refer to:* Vilhelm Hammershøi , Danish painter* Johannes Vilhelm Jensen , Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate* Vilhelm Fritzon , Swedish legend...
(Danish) - WillemWillemWillem is a Dutch given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, Guillaume in French, and Wilhelm in German...
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