Adolf
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Adolf, also spelled Adolph and sometimes Latinised
to Adolphus, is a given name
used in German
-speaking countries, in Scandinavia
, in the Netherlands
and Flanders
and to a lesser extent in various Central Europe
an countries. The name is derived from the Old High German
Athalwolf, a composition of athal, or adal, meaning noble, and wolf; in sequence, making Adolf another compound
. Compare Rudolf
.
The use of Adolf as a given name has drastically declined following the regime of Nazi Germany
and its Führer
, Adolf Hitler
, and it has since been a widely avoided name for newborn boys due to its negative association with Hitler. Adolf Dassler
, the founder of Adidas
, ended up using his nickname "Adi" in his professional life and for the name of his company. It gained very high popularity during the Nazi era, however, and thus can sometimes still be found among now-elderly people who were born during those times. Similarly, the French
version, Adolphe
— previously a fairly common name in France
and also the name of a classical work of French literature
— has virtually disappeared, and Adolfo as the Italian
version of the name has suffered a similar fate. However, the Spanish
Adolfo has not become stigmatised in the same way, and is still in common use in Spanish-speaking countries.
Adolphus can also appear as a surname, as in John Adolphus
, the English historian.
Latinisation (literature)
Latinisation is the practice of rendering a non-Latin name in a Latin style. It is commonly met with for historical personal names, with toponyms, or for the standard binomial nomenclature of the life sciences. It goes further than Romanisation, which is the writing of a word in the Latin alphabet...
to Adolphus, is a given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
used in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
-speaking countries, in Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
, in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and Flanders
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
and to a lesser extent in various Central Europe
Central Europe
Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...
an countries. The name is derived from the Old High German
Old High German
The term Old High German refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. Coherent written texts do not appear until the second half of the 8th century, and some treat the period before 750 as 'prehistoric' and date the start of...
Athalwolf, a composition of athal, or adal, meaning noble, and wolf; in sequence, making Adolf another compound
Compound (linguistics)
In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme that consists of more than one stem. Compounding or composition is the word formation that creates compound lexemes...
. Compare Rudolf
Rudolph (name)
Rudolph or Rudolf or Rodolphe is a male first name, and, less commonly, a surname. It is a Germanic name deriving from 2 stems. One being "Rod" or "Hrôdh", meaning "fame", and "olf" meaning "wolf" Rudolph or Rudolf or Rodolphe is a male first name, and, less commonly, a surname. It is a Germanic...
.
The use of Adolf as a given name has drastically declined following the regime of Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
and its Führer
Führer
Führer , alternatively spelled Fuehrer in both English and German when the umlaut is not available, is a German title meaning leader or guide now most associated with Adolf Hitler, who modelled it on Benito Mussolini's title il Duce, as well as with Georg von Schönerer, whose followers also...
, Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Adolf 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...
, and it has since been a widely avoided name for newborn boys due to its negative association with Hitler. Adolf Dassler
Adolf Dassler
Adolf "Adi" Dassler was the founder of the German sportswear company Adidas....
, the founder of Adidas
Adidas
Adidas AG is a German sports apparel manufacturer and parent company of the Adidas Group, which consists of the Reebok sportswear company, TaylorMade-Adidas golf company , and Rockport...
, ended up using his nickname "Adi" in his professional life and for the name of his company. It gained very high popularity during the Nazi era, however, and thus can sometimes still be found among now-elderly people who were born during those times. Similarly, the French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
version, Adolphe
Adolphe
Adolphe is a classic French novel by Benjamin Constant, first published in 1816. It tells the story of an alienated young man, Adolphe, who falls in love with an older woman, Ellénore, the Polish mistress of the Comte de P***. Their illicit relationship serves to isolate them from their friends and...
— previously a fairly common name in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and also the name of a classical work of French literature
French literature
French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French. Literature written in French language, by citizens...
— has virtually disappeared, and Adolfo as the Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
version of the name has suffered a similar fate. However, the Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
Adolfo has not become stigmatised in the same way, and is still in common use in Spanish-speaking countries.
Adolphus can also appear as a surname, as in John Adolphus
John Adolphus
John Adolphus was an English historian from London. He studied law and was called to the Bar in 1807. He wrote Biographical Memoirs of the French Revolution and History of England from 1760-1783 , and other historical and biographical works.His son, John Leycester Adolphus was an English...
, the English historian.
Monarchs and noblemen
- Adolf of Nassau, "King of the Romans" (that is, King of Germany) (1255–1298)
- Gustav II Adolf of Sweden, King of Sweden (1594–1632)
- Gustaf IV Adolf of Sweden, King of Sweden (1778–1837)
- Gustaf VI Adolf of SwedenGustaf VI Adolf of SwedenGustaf VI Adolf - Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf - was King of Sweden from October 29, 1950 until his death. His official title was King of Sweden, of the Goths and of the Wends. He was the eldest son of King Gustaf V and his wife Victoria of Baden...
, King of Sweden (1882–1973) - Adolf Frederick of SwedenAdolf Frederick of SwedenAdolf Frederick or Adolph Frederick was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death. He was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin and Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach....
, King of Sweden (1710–1771) - Prince Gustav Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Prince of Sweden (1906–1947)
- Adolf VIII, Duke of southern Jutland (1401–1459)
- Adolf of AltenaAdolf of AltenaAdolf of Altena, Adolf of Berg or Adolf of Cologne, was Archbishop of Cologne from 1193 to 1205.-Biography:...
, Archbishop of Cologne (1157–1220) - Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1658–1708)
- Adolphe, Grand Duke of LuxembourgAdolphe, Grand Duke of LuxembourgAdolphe I, Grand Duke of Luxembourg was the last Duke of Nassau, and the fourth Grand Duke of Luxembourg.-Biography:...
(1817–1905) - Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-LippeAdolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-LippeAdolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe was a ruler of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe.-Biography:He was born in Bückeburg to Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Ida of Waldeck and Pyrmont ....
(1817–1893) - Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-LippeAdolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-LippeAdolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe was the last ruler of the small Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe.-Biography:...
(1883–1936) - Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-LippePrince Adolf of Schaumburg-LippePrince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe was the regent of the Principality of Lippe from 1895 till 1897.-Early life:He was born in Bückeburg the seventh child of Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe and Princess Hermine of Waldeck-Pyrmont .Following the death of Prince Woldemar on the 20 March 1895 and...
, regent of Lippe (1859–1917) - Prince Adolphus, Duke of CambridgePrince Adolphus, Duke of CambridgeThe Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge , was the tenth child and seventh son of George III and Queen Charlotte. He held the title of Duke of Cambridge from 1801 until his death. He also served as Viceroy of Hanover on behalf of his brothers George IV and William IV...
, son of George III of the United KingdomGeorge III of the United KingdomGeorge III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...
(1774–1850) - Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845–1923)
- Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of CambridgeAdolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of CambridgeAdolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, GCB, GCVO, CMG , born Prince Adolphus of Teck and later The Duke of Teck , was a member of the British Royal Family and a younger brother of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V...
Saints
- St. Adolphus, 9th century Spanish martyr
- St. Adolf of OsnabrückSt. Adolf of OsnabrückSaint Adolf of Osnabrück was a monk and bishop, a member of the family of Tecklenburg counts in Westphalia. He became a canon in Cologne, Germany but then entered a Cistercian monastery where he became known for his piety...
, 13th century German martyr - St. Adolphus Ludigo-MkasaSt. Adolphus Ludigo-MkasaAdolphus Ludigo-Mkasa, also known as Adolofu Mukasa Ludigo , was a Ugandan Roman Catholic martyred for his faith. He was born in the kingdom of Toro in the western part of the country, and became a companion of Carl Lwanga at the court of King Mwanga II...
, 19th century Ugandan martyr
People with the given name Adolf or Adolph(e)
- Adolphe AdamAdolphe AdamAdolphe Charles Adam was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle and Le corsaire , his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau , Le toréador and Si j'étais roi , and his Christmas...
, French composer and music critic (1803–1856) - Adolf AlbinAdolf Albinright|thumb|Adolf AlbinAdolf Albin was a Romanian chess player, especially known for the countergambit that bears his name, and for the first chess book written in Romanian.- Life :...
, Romanian chess player (1848–1920) - Adolf AnderssenAdolf AnderssenKarl Ernst Adolf Anderssen was a German chess master. He is considered to have been the world's leading chess player in the 1850s and 1860s...
, German chess player (1818–1879) - Adolf AppellöfAdolf AppellöfJakob Johan Adolf Appellöf was a Swedish marine zoologist.Appellöf matriculated at Uppsala University in 1877, earned his Ph.D. in goatsville and became a docent of zoology in 1887. In 1889 he received the position of janitor at the Museum of Bergen...
, Swedish zoologist (1857–1921) - Adolph BallerAdolph BallerAdolph Baller was an Austrian-American pianist.- Early years :...
, Jewish Austrian-American pianist - Adolf BastianAdolf BastianAdolf Bastian was a 19th century polymath best remembered for his contributions to the development of ethnography and the development of anthropology as a discipline...
, German anthropologist (1826–1905) - Adolf BornAdolf BornAdolf Born is a Czech painter and illustrator, caricaturist and film-maker.Born in the town of České Velenice on the Czech-Austrian border, Adolf Born got his Visual Arts Education from 1949 to 1955 in Prague, where he still lives and works.Since the 1960s his works have been exhibited all over...
, Czech artist and filmmaker (1930–) - Adolf BrandAdolf BrandAdolf Brand was a German writer, individualist anarchist and pioneering campaigner for the acceptance of male bisexuality and homosexuality.-Biography:...
, German journalist (1874–1945) - Adolf von BaeyerAdolf von BaeyerJohann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer was a German chemist who synthesized indigo, and was the 1905 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Born in Berlin, he initially studied mathematics and physics at Berlin University before moving to Heidelberg to study chemistry with Robert Bunsen...
, German chemist (1835–1917) - Adolf BuschAdolf BuschAdolf Georg Wilhelm Busch was a German-born violinist and composer.Busch was born in Siegen in Westphalia. He studied at the Cologne Conservatory with Willy Hess and Bram Eldering...
, German violinist and composer (1891–1952) - Adolphus BuschAdolphus BuschColonel Adolphus Busch was the German-born co-founder of Anheuser-Busch with his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser. His great-great-grandson, August Busch IV is now on the board of Anheuser-Busch InBev.-Biography:...
, American businessman and co-founder of Anheuser-BuschAnheuser-BuschAnheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. , is an American brewing company. The company operates 12 breweries in the United States and 18 in other countries. It was, until December 2009, also one of America's largest theme park operators; operating ten theme parks across the United States through the...
(1839–1913) - Adolf ButenandtAdolf ButenandtAdolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt was a German biochemist and member of the Nazi party. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939 for his "work on sex hormones." He initially rejected the award in accordance with government policy, but accepted it in 1949 after World War...
, German biochemist (1903–1995) - Adolph CaesarAdolph CaesarAdolph Caesar was an American actor.-Biography:Born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, he is best remembered for his role in director Norman Jewison's film, A Soldier's Story for which he received a nomination for "Best Actor in a Supporting Role" from both the Academy Awards and the...
, American actor (1933–1986) - Adolf ClussAdolf ClussAdolf Cluss was a German-born American immigrant who became one of the most important architects in Washington, D.C., in the late 19th century, responsible for the design of numerous schools and other notable public buildings in the capital.He was born in 1825 in Heilbronn in the Kingdom of...
, German-American architect (1825–1905) - Adolf DaensAdolf DaensAdolf Daens was a Flemish priest from Aalst. Daens was a Jesuit from 1859 to 1871 but is especially known for his socio-political involvement after he joined the diocesan clergy. He created the Daensist movement from which originated in 1893 the Christene Volkspartij inspired by Leo XIII's...
, Belgian theologian (1839–1907) - Adolf DasslerAdolf DasslerAdolf "Adi" Dassler was the founder of the German sportswear company Adidas....
, German entrepreneur and founder of Adidas (1900–1978) - Adolf DeucherAdolf DeucherAdolf Deucher was a Swiss politician.He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on April 10, 1883 and died in office on July 10, 1912. He was affiliated to the Free Democratic Party...
, Swiss politician (1831–1912) - Adolf Dymsza, Polish comedy actor (1900–1975)
- Adolf EhrnroothAdolf EhrnroothAdolf Erik Ehrnrooth was a Finnish general.Ehrnrooth entered cadet school in 1922 and served in the Uusimaa Dragoon Regiment ....
, Finnish general (1905–2004) - Adolf EichmannAdolf EichmannAdolf Otto Eichmann was a German Nazi and SS-Obersturmbannführer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust...
, German war criminal and organizer of the Holocaust (1906–1962) - Adolf EtolinAdolf EtolinAdolf Karlovich Etolin, lso Arvid Adolf Etholén, Russian: Адольф Карлович Этолин was a naval officer, explorer and administrator who was employed by the Russian-American Company. He was a Swedish-speaking Finn who was born in Helsinki, Finland...
, Finnish explorer (1799–1876) - Adolf Eugen FickAdolf Eugen FickAdolf Eugen Fick was a German physiologist. He started to study mathematics and physics, but then realized he was more interested in medicine. He earned his doctorate in medicine at Marburg in 1851...
, German inventor (1829–1901) - Adolph FischerAdolph FischerAdolph Fischer was an anarchist and labor union activist tried and executed after the Haymarket Riot.-Early life:...
, German labor union activist (1858–1887) - Adolf Abraham Halevi Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician (1891–1965)
- Adolf GallandAdolf GallandAdolf "Dolfo" Joseph Ferdinand Galland was a German Luftwaffe General and flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. He flew 705 combat missions, and fought on the Western and the Defence of the Reich fronts...
, German fighter pilot (1912–1996) - Adolf GlassbrennerAdolf GlassbrennerAdolf Glassbrenner , was a German humorist and satirist, born in Berlin.After working for a short time in a merchant's office, he turned to journalism, and in 1831 edited Don Quixote, a periodical which was suppressed in 1833 owing to its revolutionary tendencies...
, German humourist (1810–1876) - Adolf GrunbaumAdolf GrünbaumAdolf Grünbaum is a philosopher of science and a critic of psychoanalysis. He is also well-known as a critic of Karl Popper's philosophy of science....
, philosopher of science (1923–) - Adolf von HarnackAdolf von HarnackAdolf von Harnack , was a German theologian and prominent church historian.He produced many religious publications from 1873-1912....
, German theologian (1851–1930) - Adolf HemptAdolf HemptDr. Adolf Hempt is the founder of the Pasteur Institute in Novi Sad, Serbia. He stabilized Pasteur's vaccine against rabies so that it could be distributed to distant places...
, founder of the Pasteur Institute in Novi Sad, Serbia (1874–1943) - Adolf von HildebrandAdolf von HildebrandAdolf von Hildebrand was a German sculptor,Hildebrand was born at Marburg, the son of Marburg economics professor Bruno Hildebrand. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg, with Kaspar von Zumbusch at the Munich Academy and with Rudolf Siemering in Berlin...
(1847–1921), sculptor - Adolf Bernhard Christoph HilgenfeldAdolf Bernhard Christoph HilgenfeldAdolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld was a German Protestant theologian.-Biography:He was born at Stappenbeck near Salzwedel in the Province of Saxony....
(1823–1907), German theologian - Adolf HedinAdolf HedinSven Adolf Hedin was a Swedish newspaper publisher, writer and politician. He was known for his advocacy for democratic and social reforms....
, Swedish newspaper publisher and politician (1834–1905) - Adolf von HenseltAdolf von HenseltAdolf von Henselt was a German composer and pianist.-Life:Henselt was born at Schwabach, in Bavaria. At the age of three he began to learn the violin, and at five the piano under Frau von Fladt...
, German composer (1814–1889) - 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...
, Austrian-born Nazi German politician, Chancellor, and Dictator. (1889–1945) - Adolf HütterAdolf HütterAdolf Hütter is a retired Austrian football player.Hütter is the former assistant manager and manager of FC Red Bull Salzburg Juniors and the current manager of SC Rheindorf Altach.-External links: *...
, Austrian footballer (1970–) - Adolf HurwitzAdolf HurwitzAdolf Hurwitz was a German mathematician.-Early life:He was born to a Jewish family in Hildesheim, former Kingdom of Hannover, now Lower Saxony, Germany, and died in Zürich, in Switzerland. Family records indicate that he had siblings and cousins, but their names have yet to be confirmed...
, German mathematician (1859–1919) - Adolph JoffeAdolph JoffeAdolph Abramovich Joffe was a Communist revolutionary, a Bolshevik politician and a Soviet diplomat of Karaim descent.-Revolutionary career:...
, Russian-Jewish diplomat (1883-1927) - Adolf KneserAdolf KneserAdolf Kneser was a German mathematician.He was born in Grüssow, Mecklenburg, Germany and died in Breslau, Germany ....
, German mathematician (1862–1930) - Adolph KolpingAdolph KolpingAdolph Kolping was a German Catholic priest.-Life:Kolping grew up as the son of a shepherd. At the age of 18 he went to Cologne as a shoemaker’s assistant. He was shocked by the living conditions of most people living there, which influenced his decision to become a priest...
, German priest (1813–1865) - Adolf LandeAdolf LandeAdolf Lande served for many years as secretary of the Permanent Central Narcotics Board and the Drug Supervisory Body and was the primary drafter of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. He also wrote the Commentary of both the Single Convention and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances...
, drug-control official - Adolf LindenbaumAdolf LindenbaumAdolf Lindenbaum , was a Polish logician and mathematician.He was a student of Wacław Sierpiński, became a distinguished author of works on set theory and had served as an Assistant Professor at Warsaw University...
, Polish mathematician (1904–1941) - Adolf LoosAdolf LoosAdolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos was a Moravian-born Austro-Hungarian architect. He was influential in European Modern architecture, and in his essay Ornament and Crime he repudiated the florid style of the Vienna Secession, the Austrian version of Art Nouveau...
, Austrian architect (1870–1933) - Adolf Lu Hitler MarakAdolf Lu Hitler MarakAdolf Lu Hitler R. Marak is a politician in the state of Meghalaya, India.A member of the Nationalist Congress Party, he was forest and environment minister in the government of E.K. Mawlong and then cooperation minister under F.A...
, Indian politician (born 1948) - Adolf Lundin, Swedish oil magnate (1932-2006)
- Adolph MarxHarpo MarxAdolph "Harpo" Marx was an American comedian and film star. He was the second oldest of the Marx Brothers. His comic style was influenced by clown and pantomime traditions. He wore a curly reddish wig, and never spoke during performances...
(1888–1961), the given name of Harpo MarxHarpo MarxAdolph "Harpo" Marx was an American comedian and film star. He was the second oldest of the Marx Brothers. His comic style was influenced by clown and pantomime traditions. He wore a curly reddish wig, and never spoke during performances...
(He changed his first name to Arthur due to personal dislike for the name Adolph.) - Adolphe MenjouAdolphe MenjouAdolphe Jean Menjou was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies, appearing in such films as The Sheik, A Woman of Paris, Morocco, and A Star is Born...
, American actor and anti-Communist activist (1890–1963) - Adolf Meyer (psychiatrist)Adolf Meyer (psychiatrist)Adolf Meyer, M.D., LL.D., , was a Swiss psychiatrist who rose to prominence as the president of the American Psychiatric Association and was one of the most influential figures in psychiatry in the first half of the twentieth century...
, Swiss-American psychiatrist (1866–1950) - Adolf Meyer (architect)Adolf Meyer (architect)Adolf Meyer was a German architect. A student and employee of Peter Behrens, Meyer became the office boss of the firm of Walter Gropius around 1915 and a full partner afterwards. In 1919 Gropius appointed Meyer as a master at the Bauhaus, where he taught work drawing and construction technique...
, German architect (1881–1929) - Adolphus Warburton MooreAdolphus Warburton MooreAdolphus Warburton Moore was a British civil servant and mountaineer.-Life:The son of Major John Arthur Moore and Sophia Stewart Yates,, Moore was an India Office official from 1858–1887, holding the role of Assistant Secretary, Political Department from 1875–1885...
(A. W. Moore), British civil servant and mountaineer (1841–1887) - Adolf Erik NordenskiöldAdolf Erik NordenskiöldFreiherr Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld , also known as A. E. Nordenskioeld was a Finnish baron, geologist, mineralogist and arctic explorer of Finnish-Swedish origin. He was a member of the prominent Finland-Swedish Nordenskiöld family of scientists...
, Finnish-Swedish explorer (1832–1901) - Adolf NoreenAdolf NoreenAdolf Gotthard Noreen was a Swedish linguist who served as a member of the Swedish Academy from 1919 until his death.-Biography:...
, Swedish linguist (1854–1925) - Adolphe NourritAdolphe NourritAdolphe Nourrit was a French operatic tenor, librettist, and composer. One of the most esteemed opera singers of the 1820s and 1830s, he was particularly associated with the works of Gioachino Rossini....
,French opera singer - Adolf OberländerAdolf OberländerAdam Adolf Oberländer was a German caricaturist.He was born at Ratisbon, but after 1847 lived in Munich. He studied painting at the Munich Academy under Karl von Piloty, and soon discovered that the true expression of his genius was in the field of caricature and comic drawings...
, German characturist (1845–1923) - Adolph Ochs, American newspaper publisher (1858–1935)
- Adolf OgiAdolf OgiAdolf Ogi is a Swiss politician from the village of Kandersteg in the Swiss Alps.He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 9 December 1987, as member of the Swiss People's Party from the Canton of Berne...
, Swiss politician (1942–) - Adolf OverwegAdolf OverwegAdolf Overweg was a German geologist, astronomer, and traveler from Hamburg. As a member of a mission to fix trade routes in Central Africa he became the first person of European origin to circumnavigate Lake Chad...
, German scientist (1822–1852) - Adolf Pilar von PilchauAdolf Pilar von PilchauBaron Adolf Konstantin Jakob Pilar von Pilchau was a Baltic German politician, regent of the United Baltic Duchy ....
, Baltic German politician (1851–1925) - Adolf RudnickiAdolf RudnickiAdolf Rudnicki was a Polish-Jewish author and essayist, best known for his works about The Holocaust and the Jewish resistance in Poland during World War II....
, Polish-Jewish author - Adolf ReinachAdolf ReinachAdolf Bernhard Philipp Reinach , German philosopher, phenomenologist and law theorist.-Life and Works:...
, German phenomenologist (1883–1917) - Adolph RuppAdolph RuppAdolph Frederick Rupp was one of the most successful coaches in the history of American college basketball. Rupp is fourth in total victories by a men's NCAA Division I college coach, winning 876 games in 41 years of coaching...
, American college basketball coach (1901–1977) - Adolphe SaxAdolphe SaxAntoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax was a Belgian musical instrument designer and musician who played the flute and clarinet, and is best known for having invented the saxophone.-Biography:...
, Belgian musician and inventor of the Saxophone (1814–1894) - Adolf Friedrich von SchackAdolf Friedrich von SchackAdolf Friedrich, Graf von Schack was a German poet and historian of literature.-Background:He was born at Brüsewitz near Schwerin. Having studied jurisprudence at the universities of Bonn, Heidelberg and Berlin, he entered the Mecklenburg state service and was subsequently attached to the...
, German poet (1815–1894) - Adolf SchärfAdolf SchärfAdolf Schärf was, from 1957 to his death, the sixth President of Austria. Born into a poor working class family, he put himself through law school working part time and with a scholarship granted for academic excellence...
, President of Austria (1890–1965) - Adolf SchlagintweitAdolf SchlagintweitAdolf von Schlagintweit was a German botanist and explorer of Central Asia. The standard author abbreviation A.Schlag. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name....
, German explorer (1829–1857) - Adolf SchmalAdolf SchmalFelix Adolf Schmal was an Austrian fencer and racing cyclist. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens....
, Austrian fencer (1872–1919) - Adolf SchreyerAdolf SchreyerAdolf Schreyer was a German painter.-Biography:He studied art first at the Städel Institute in his native town, and then at Stuttgart and Munich. He painted many of his favourite subjects in his travels in the East...
, German painter (1828–1899) - Adolf von SonnenthalAdolf von SonnenthalAdolf von Sonnenthal , Austrian actor, was born of Jewish parentage in Budapest. Though brought up in penury and apprenticed to a working tailor, he cultivated his talent for drama, and was fortunate in receiving the support of a co-religionist, the actor Bogumil Dawison, who trained him for the...
, Austrian actor (1834–1909) - Adolf StielerAdolf StielerAdolf Stieler was a German cartographer who worked most of his life in the Justus Perthes Geographical Institute in Gotha.His atlases are deservedly held in high esteem for their excellence...
, German cartographer (1775–1836) - Adolf StoeckerAdolf StoeckerAdolf Stoecker was the court chaplain to Kaiser Wilhelm II, a politician, and a German Lutheran theologian who founded one of the first Christian Social Gospel political parties in Germany, the Christian Social Party.-Life:Stoecker was born in Halberstadt, Province of Saxony.A staunch Protestant,...
, German theologian (1835–1909) - Adolphus Jean SweetDolph SweetDolph Sweet was an American actor, credited with nearly 60 television and film roles as well as several roles in stage productions before his death from cancer in 1985.-Biography:...
, American Actor (1920–1985) - Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro mayor of San Francisco (1830–1898)
- Adolphe ThiersAdolphe ThiersMarie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French politician and historian. was a prime minister under King Louis-Philippe of France. Following the overthrow of the Second Empire he again came to prominence as the French leader who suppressed the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871...
French Prime Minister, President, and historian (1797–1877) - Adolf TolkachevAdolf TolkachevAdolf Georgievich Tolkachev Адольф Георгиевич Толкачёв was a Soviet Union electronics engineer who provided key documents to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency over the years between 1979 and 1985...
, Soviet engineer and CIA spy (1927–1986) - Adolf "Dado" TopićDado TopicAdolf "Dado" Topić is a singer who sang the entry from Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 together with the band Dragonfly. He is one of the most popular rock musicians of Croatia and the former Yugoslavia. He was the lead singer of Time, a 1970s progressive rock band...
, Croatian singer (1949–) - Adolfas ValeškaAdolfas ValeškaAdolfas Valeška was a Lithuanian stained glass artist, painter, stage designer, and museum director who worked in Lithuania and in Chicago, Illinois....
, Lithuanian-American artist - Adolf WilbrandtAdolf WilbrandtAdolf Wilbrandt was a German novelist and dramatist.-History:Wilbrant was born in Rostock. His father was a professor at the university in Rostock. He received early education in his native town, and then entered the university and engaged in the study of law...
, German novelist (1837–1911) - Adolf Otto Reinhold WindausAdolf Otto Reinhold WindausAdolf Otto Reinhold Windaus was a German chemist who won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1928 for his work on sterols and their relation to vitamins. He was the doctoral advisor of Adolf Butenandt who also won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939.Adolf Windaus was born in Berlin. His interest in...
, German chemist (1876–1959) - Adolf WölfliAdolf WölfliAdolf Wölfli was a Swiss artist who was one of the first artists to be associated with the Art Brut or outsider art label.-Early life:...
, Swiss artist (1864–1930) - 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...
, German painter and politician (1892–1959)
People with the surname Adolphus
- John AdolphusJohn AdolphusJohn Adolphus was an English historian from London. He studied law and was called to the Bar in 1807. He wrote Biographical Memoirs of the French Revolution and History of England from 1760-1783 , and other historical and biographical works.His son, John Leycester Adolphus was an English...
, English historian (1768–1845) - John Leycester AdolphusJohn Leycester AdolphusJohn Leycester Adolphus was an English lawyer, jurist and author. He was the son of John Adolphus , a well-known London barrister who wrote A History of England to 1783 , A History of France from 1790 and other works.Adolphus was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and at St. John's College,...
, English lawyer, jurist and author (1795–1862)
Fictional characters
- Adolphus Cusins, fictional character in "Major Barbara" by George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60...
- Dolph, a character on The SimpsonsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
. - Dolph, bully on the animated TV show Alfred Jodocus KwakAlfred Jodocus Kwakis a cartoon television series based on a Dutch theatre show by Herman van Veen and was co-produced by VARA, Telecable Benelux B.V. and TV Tokyo and first shown in 1989. It consists of 52 episodes. The series characters were designed by Harald Siepermann...
- Adolf Kamil & Adolf Kaufmann, title characters of the mangaMangaManga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
AdolfAdolf (manga)Adolf, known in Japan as is a manga series made by Dr. Osamu Tezuka.Adolf was published in English by Cadence Books and VIZ Media. The English manga is flipped to read left to right to conform to Western practice....
by Osamu TezukaOsamu Tezukawas a Japanese cartoonist, manga artist, animator, producer, activist and medical doctor, although he never practiced medicine. Born in Osaka Prefecture, he is best known as the creator of Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Black Jack...
. - Saint Adolphus in Ken FollettKen FollettKen Follett is a Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels. He has sold more than 100 million copies of his works. Four of his books have reached the number 1 ranking on the New York Times best-seller list: The Key to Rebecca, Lie Down with Lions, Triple, and World Without End.-Early...
's Pillars of the Earth. - Adolf Verybad-mad scientist from ZagorZagorZagor is an Italian comic book created by editor and writer Sergio Bonelli and artist Gallieno Ferri. Zagor was first published In Italy by Sergio Bonelli Editore in 1961.-Character:...
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