Ziegler
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Ziegler is a common German surname meaning "brick-maker" and may refer to the following people:
It may also refer to:
- Adolf ZieglerAdolf ZieglerAdolf Ziegler was a German painter and politician.He was tasked by the Nazi Party to oversee the purging of "Degenerate art", made by most of the German modern artists. He was the favoured painter of Hitler...
(1892-1959), German painter, favoured by Adolf HitlerAdolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945... - Alexander ZieglerAlexander ZieglerAlexander Ziegler was a Swiss author and actor.Ziegler studied drama at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Wien . He was an actor in Spring Awakening, a play by Frank Wedekind, in 1964...
(1944-1987), a Swiss author and actor - Anne ZieglerAnne ZieglerAnne Ziegler was an English singer, known for her light operatic duets with her husband Webster Booth. The pair were known as the "Sweethearts in Song" and were among the most famous and popular British musical acts of the 1940s.-Life and career:She was born Irené Frances Eastwood in the Sefton...
(1910-2003), English singer (born Irene Eastwood) - Arthur Ziegler, the first violinist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; grandfather of Karen BlackKaren BlackKaren Black is an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She is noted for appearing in such films as Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Great Gatsby, Rhinoceros, The Day of the Locust, Nashville, Airport 1975, and Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot...
- Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr.Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr.Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr. is a leading American preservationist, urbanist, writer and activist. He is best known for the creation of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation , a non-profit preservation organization created in response to the destructive urban renewal policies of the 1950s in...
American preservationist - Bernard ZieglerBernard ZieglerBernard Ziegler is the former Airbus senior vice president for engineering. He is well known for his evangelical zeal for the application of the fly-by-wire system in the Airbuses. He is the son of the former Airbus CEO, Henri Ziegler....
(b. 1933), former Airbus director of engineering - Brad ZieglerBrad ZieglerBrad Gregory Ziegler is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks.-Minor leagues:...
, professional baseball player - Calvin ZieglerCalvin ZieglerCharles Calvin Ziegler was a German-American poet from Rebersburg, Pennsylvania. His native language was Pennsylvania Dutch, and though he learned English in school he wrote his poetry in "Dutch"...
(1854-1930), Pennsylvanian poet - Christiana Mariana von ZieglerChristiana Mariana von ZieglerChristiana Mariana von Ziegler was a German poet and writer. She is best known for the texts of nine cantatas, which Johann Sebastian Bach composed after Easter of 1725.-Biography:...
(1695–1760), German poet - Clemens Ziegler, 16th-century German religious leader
- Daniel ZieglerDaniel ZieglerRev. Daniel Ziegler was a minister in Kreutz Creek and York, Pennsylvania, and also an avid entomologist. He was a friend of Dr. Frederick Ernst Melsheimer , who like his father the Rev. Frederick Valentine Melsheimer , was also a keen entomologist...
(1804-1876), an American clergyman and entomologist - David ZieglerDavid ZieglerDavid Ziegler was a German immigrant to the United States who served in the U.S. military and became the first mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio.-Early life and career:...
(1748-1811), military officer of the Continental Army, Society of the Cincinnati - Edi ZieglerEdi ZieglerEdi Ziegler is a German former road racing cyclist, who won the bronze medal in the men's individual road race at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, behind two Belgians: André Noyelle and Robert Grondelaers . He was a professional rider from 1957 to 1959.-References:...
(b. 1930), German road cyclist - Ernst ZieglerErnst ZieglerErnst Ziegler , born Ernst Aldoff, was a German actor.Ziegler began his film career in 1932, appearing in the German film Die verkaufte Braut . He went on to act in other German films and on German television. In 1970, he appeared in the American film Something for Everyone, starring Angela Lansbury...
(1894-1974), German actor
- Floyd Ziegler (b. 1958), 2007, 2010 Canadian snooker champion
- Gregorius Thomas ZieglerGregorius Thomas ZieglerGregorius Thomas Ziegler, bishop of Linz , was born at Kirchheim in Schwaben near Augsburg. He joined the Benedictines at Wiblingen Abbey in 1788 and was ordained priest on 25 May 1793...
(1770-1852), a Benedictine monk and bishop of Linz - Günter M. ZieglerGünter M. ZieglerGünter M. Ziegler is a German mathematician. Ziegler is known for his research in discrete mathematics and geometry, and particularly on the combinatorics of polytopes.- Biography :...
(b.1963), German mathematician - Gus Ziegler, American college football coach
- Henri ZieglerHenri ZieglerHenri Ziegler was one of the founders of Airbus and its first president.A Polytechnic engineer and graduate of "Sup'Aéro" as well as a French air force officer and test pilot, he was a founding father of Airbus Industrie and became its first...
(1906-1998), AirbusAirbusAirbus SAS is an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of EADS, a European aerospace company. Based in Blagnac, France, surburb of Toulouse, and with significant activity across Europe, the company produces around half of the world's jet airliners....
first CEO - Ignaz ZieglerIgnaz ZieglerIgnaz Ziegler was an Austrian rabbi, chief rabbi of Karlovy Vary.He was educated at the Rabbinical Seminary and at the University of Budapest . Immediately after his graduation he was called to the rabbinate of Carlsbad...
(1861-1948), Austrian rabbi - Jacob ZieglerJacob ZieglerThe humanist and theologian Jacob Ziegler of Landau, was an itinerant scholar of geography and cartographer, who lived a wandering life in Europe...
(c. 1470-1552), humanist and theologian - Jean ZieglerJean ZieglerJean Ziegler is a former professor of sociology at the University of Geneva and the Sorbonne, Paris. He was a Member of Parliament for the Social Democrats in the Federal Assembly of Switzerland from 1981 to 1999...
(b.1934), a Swiss professor of sociology and politician, active in the anti-globalization movement
- John ZieglerJohn Ziegler (sports administrator)John A. Ziegler, Jr was the fourth president of the National Hockey League.In 1977, Ziegler became the fourth president of the NHL, succeeding Clarence Campbell...
(b.1934), a lawyer and former president of the National Hockey League - John Ziegler (talk show host)John Ziegler (talk show host)John Ziegler is a conservative radio talk show host turned documentary film writer/director.Ziegler's most prominent work in radio has been as the evening host of a radio talk show called The John Ziegler Show on KFI AM 640 in Los Angeles, California from January 12, 2004 until November 13, 2007...
(b.1967), a radio talk show host in Los Angeles - John Bosley ZieglerJohn Bosley ZieglerJohn Bosley Ziegler, John Ziegler, Montana Jack, was an American physician who originally developed the anabolic steroid Methandrostenolone which was released in the USA in 1958 by Ciba. He pioneered its athletic use as an aid to muscle growth by bodybuilders, administering it to U.S...
, an American physician who pioneered the athletic use of the steroid Dianabol - Karl ZieglerKarl ZieglerKarl Waldemar Ziegler was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers. The Nobel Committee recognized his "excellent work on organometallic compounds [which]...led to new polymerization reactions and ... paved the way for new and highly...
(1898-1973), a German chemist and Nobel laureate - Kate ZieglerKate ZieglerKate Marie Ziegler is an American long-distance swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 1500-meter freestyle ....
(b.1988), an American swimmer - Marc ZieglerMarc ZieglerMarc Ziegler is a German footballer who plays for VfB Stuttgart as a goalkeeper.-Football career:VfB Stuttgart was immersed in a goalkeeping crisis after the defection of legendary Eike Immel to England's Manchester City in the 1995 summer...
(b.1976), a German footballer - Matilda ZieglerMatilda ZieglerMatilda Ziegler is a British television, stage and film actress best known for her roles as Irma Gobb in Mr. Bean and as Donna Ludlow in the long-running BBC1 serial EastEnders and Ruth in the BBC Three sitcom Swiss Toni.-Television career:Matilda Ziegler's first screen role remains her most...
(b.1964), an English actress
- Peter ZieglerPeter ZieglerPeter Alfred Ziegler is a Swiss geologist, who made important contributions to the understanding of the geological evolution of Europe and the North Atlantic borderlands, of intraplate tectonics and of plate tectonic controls on the evolution and hydrocarbon potential of sedimentary basins...
(b. 1928), a Swiss geologist - Philip ZieglerPhilip Ziegler-Background:Born in Ringwood, Ziegler was educated at St Cyprian's School, Eastbourne, and went with the school when it merged with Summer Fields School, Oxford. He was afterwards at Eton College and New College, Oxford...
(b.1929), a British biographer and historian
- Reto ZieglerReto ZieglerReto Ziegler is a Swiss footballer who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe.-Early career:Ziegler was in the summer of 2004 signed by Tottenham Hotspur to a contract initially meant to begin on 1 January 2005, when his contract with Grasshoppers expired...
(b.1986), a Swiss footballer - Ron ZieglerRon ZieglerRonald Louis "Ron" Ziegler was White House Press Secretary and Assistant to the President during United States President Richard Nixon's administration.-Early life:...
(1939-2003), Richard Nixon's press secretary - Thomas Ziegler (ice hockey) (b.1978), a Swiss hockey player
- Thomas Ziegler (cyclist)Thomas Ziegler (Cyclist)Thomas Ziegler is a German former professional road bicycle racer. On early 2008, at the age of 27, he announced that he retired from professional cycling to open a bike shop in Hannover, where he currently lives....
(b.1980), a German road racing cyclist
- William ZieglerWilliam ZieglerWilliam Ziegler was an American industrialist who was one of the founders of the Royal Baking Powder Company. He ended up suing his partners in a bitter legal battle. His other interests were organizing Arctic expeditions and yachting.-Biography:He was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, of...
, Arctic explorer - William Smith ZieglerWilliam Smith ZieglerWilliam Smith Ziegler CBE, DSO, ED was a Canadian General officer active in World War II.Ziegler was born in Calgary, Alberta. His mother took him to Edmonton after the death of his father in 1925. He went to Strathcona High School in Edmonton.In 1926 he joined the Non-Permanent Active Militia...
, Canadian general in World War II
It may also refer to:
- Ziegler-Natta catalystZiegler-Natta catalystA Ziegler–Natta catalyst is a catalyst used in the synthesis of polymers of 1-alkenes . Three types of Ziegler–Natta catalysts are currently employed:* Solid and supported catalysts based on titanium compounds...
, a chemical reagent named after Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta - Ziegler School of Rabbinic StudiesZiegler School of Rabbinic StudiesThe Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, informally known as the "Ziegler School" or simply "Ziegler", is the graduate program of study leading to Ordination as Conservative Rabbis at the American Jewish University...
, a graduate program at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles - Toby ZieglerToby ZieglerTobias Zachary 'Toby' Ziegler is played by Richard Schiff on the television serial drama The West Wing. For most of the series' duration he is White House Communications Director.-Creation and development:...
, a fictional character on the television drama The West Wing