Top Celebrity Names Starting With Wilhelm

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   Wilhelm Reich

   1897 - 1957 Male
   

   Analyst, Psychiatrist, Politician

   
   

   Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, known as one of the most radical figures in the history of psychiatry. He was the author of several notable books, including The Mass Psychology of Fascism and Character Analysis, both published in 1933. Reich worked with Sigmund Freud in the 1920s and was a respected analyst for much of his life, focusing on character structure rather than on individual neurotic symptoms.… read more

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   Wilhelm Steinitz

   1836 - 1900 Male
   

   First Official World Chess Champion

   
   

   Wilhelm Steinitz (Prague, May 17, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was an Austrian and then American chess player and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. From the 1870s onwards, commentators have debated whether Steinitz was effectively the champion earlier. Steinitz lost his title to Emanuel Lasker in 1894 and also lost a rematch in 1897.… read more

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   Wilhelm von Homburg

   1940 - 2004 Male
   

   Wrestler, Actor, Boxer

   
   

   Wilhelm von Homburg was a German wrestler, boxer, and film actor most noted for his portrayal of Vigo the Carpathian in the 1989 film Ghostbusters II.

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   Wilhelm Canaris

   1887 - 1945 Male
   

   Admiral, Head of Military Intelligence Service

   
   

   Wilhelm Franz Canaris was a German admiral, head of the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service, from 1935 to 1944 and a member of the German Resistance.

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   Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma

   1891 - 1948 Male
   

   General, Military Person

   
   

   Wilhelm Josef Ritter von Thoma was a German officer who served in World War I, in the Spanish Civil War, and as a General der Panzertruppe in World War II.

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   Wilhelm Maybach

   1846 - 1929 Male
   

   Engineer, Designer, Industrialist

   
   

   Wilhelm Maybach was an early German engine designer and industrialist. During the 1890s he was hailed in France, then the world centre for car production, as the "King of constructors". From the late 19th century Wilhelm Maybach, together with Gottlieb Daimler, developed light, high-speed internal combustion engines suitable for land, water, and air use.… read more

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   Wilhelm Mohnke

   1911 - 2001 Male
   

   Guard, General, Military Person

   
   

   SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke was one of the original 120 members of the SS-Staff Guard (Stabswache) "Berlin" formed in March 1933. From those ranks, Mohnke rose to become one of Adolf Hitler's last remaining generals. Mohnke saw action with the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler in France, Poland and the Balkans.… read more

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   Wilhelm Furtwängler

   1886 - 1954 Male
   

   Conductor, Composer, Musician

   
   

   Wilhelm 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 in Germany during the Second World War.… read more

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   Wilhelm Hasenclever

   1837 - 1889 Male
   

   19th Century German Socialist

   
   

   Wilhelm Hasenclever was a German politician. He was an originally a tanner by trade, and later became a journalist and author. However, he is most well-known for his political work in the predecessors of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.… read more

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    Wilhelm Schröter

    Age 52 Male
    

    Composer, Musician, Pianist

    
    

    Wilhelm Schröter is a composer and pianist. Schröter was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 16, 1960.

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    Wilhelm Pauck

    1901 - 1981 Male
    

    Theologian

    
    

    Wilhelm Pauck was born in Laasphe, Germany. He was a Protestant Reformation historian and a historical theologian who studied at Berlin, from 1920 to 1924, under Ernst Troeltsch and Karl Holl.

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    Wilhelm Killmayer

    Age 84 Male
    

    Composer and Academic

    
    

    Wilhelm Killmayer is a German composer of classical music and an academic.

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    Wilhelm Brasse

    Age 94 Male
    

    Photographer

    
    

    Wilhelm Brasse is a Pole of Mixed Austrian-Polish descent who became known as the "famous photographer of Auschwitz"; his life and work are the subject of the 2005 Polish television documentary film The Portraitist (Potrecista), which first aired in the "Proud to Present" series on the Polish TVP1 on 1 January 2006.… read more