Brandt
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People
- Andy BrandtAndy BrandtAndrew S. "Andy" Brandt is a former politician and public administrator who has served in a number of roles in the province of Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative from 1981 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Bill...
(born 1938), Canadian politician - Arthur William BrandtArthur William BrandtArthur William Brandt was the New York State Superintendent of Public Works from March 30, 1939 to May 20, 1943.-Biography:...
(?–1943), American engineer - Augusto BrandtAugusto BrandtAugusto Brandt was a Venezuelan composer and violinist.-Early life:The son of German immigrants, and younger brother of writer Carlos Brandt, he had piano lessons with Ana Jhan Wittestone as a child, and composed his first pieces at the age of six. From 1903, he studied violin in Caracas...
(1892–1942), South American classical musician and composer - Bill BrandtBill BrandtBill Brandt was an influential British photographer and photojournalist known for his high-contrast images of British society and his distorted nudes and landscapes.-Career and life:...
(1904–1983), British photographer and photojournalist - Billy BrandtBilly BrandtBilly Brandt, born April 9, 1979, in Flint, Michigan, is an American adult film star who has worked primarily with Falcon Studios and Pacific Sun Entertainment at the beginning of his adult film career.-Biography:...
(born 1979), U.S. gay pornographic actor - Carlos BrandtCarlos BrandtCarlos Brandt was a Venezuelan author, historian, philosopher and naturopath.-Biography:BackgroundDr...
, South American philosopher, author and naturopath - Di BrandtDi BrandtDi Brandt is an award-winning Canadian poet and literary critic. Despite the similarity of their names, she should not be confused with poet Dionne Brand.-Biography:...
(born 1952), Canadian poet and literary critic - Edgar BrandtEdgar BrandtEdgar William Brandt was a French ironworker, prolific weapons designer and head of a company that designed 60mm, 81mm and 120mm mortars that were very widely copied throughout and subsequent to World War II...
(1880–1960), French ironworker and weapons designer - Francis Frederick BrandtFrancis Frederick BrandtFrancis Frederick Brandt was an English barrister and author....
(1819–1874), British barrister and author - Georg BrandtGeorg Brandt-External links:** by Uno Boklund in: Charles C. Gillispie, ed., Dictionary of Scientific Biography , vol. 2, pages 421-422....
(1694–1768), Swedish chemist and mineralogist - Gil BrandtGil BrandtGil Brandt was a Vice President of player personnel for the Dallas Cowboys from 1960 to 1988.Brandt served as the Cowboys' chief talent scout since the club's birth in 1960. He had served as a part-time scout for the Los Angeles Rams under General Manager Tex Schramm in the 1950s...
(born 1933), Dallas Cowboys executive 1960-1988 - Heinrich BrandtHeinrich BrandtHeinrich Brandt was a German mathematician who was the first to develop the concept of groupoid....
(1886–1954), German mathematician - Heinz BrandtHeinz BrandtGeneralmajor Heinz Brandt was a German Wehrmacht staff officer who served during World War II as an aide to Generalleutnant Adolf Heusinger, who was the head of the operations unit of the General Staff...
(1907–1944), German army officer and showjumper - Jackie BrandtJackie BrandtJohn George Brandt Jr. is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent before the 1953 season, and played for the Cardinals , New York Giants , San Francisco Giants , Baltimore Orioles , Philadelphia Phillies , and Houston Astros...
(born 1934), American Major League Baseball player - Johann Friedrich von BrandtJohann Friedrich von BrandtJohann Friedrich von Brandt was a German naturalist.Brandt was born in Jüterbog and educated at a gymnasium in Wittenberg and the University of Berlin. In 1831 he was appointed director of the Zoological Department at the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences, where he published in Russian...
(1802–1879), German naturalist - Joe Brandt, one of the founders of Columbia PicturesColumbia PicturesColumbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
- Joseph A. BrandtJoseph A. BrandtJoseph A. Brandt was the sixth president of the University of Oklahoma.Brandt received his college degree from the University of Oklahoma, making him the first alumni to become president of the University of Oklahoma. Following his degree at Oklahoma, he went to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and...
, sixth president of the University of Oklahoma - Józef BrandtJózef BrandtJózef Brandt was a Polish painter, best known for his paintings of battles.Brandt studied in Warsaw in the school of J.N. Leszczynski and at the Noblemen's Institute. In 1858 he left for Paris to study at the Ecole centrale Paris but was persuaded by Juliusz Kossak to abandon engineering in favor...
(1841-1915), Polish painter, best known for his paintings of battles - Karl Brandt (economist)Karl Brandt (economist)Karl Brandt was a German-American agricultural economist.Brandt was born in Essen. He fled from Germany to the U.S. in 1933, shortly after the Nazi regime came to power...
(1899–1975) - Karl Brandt (Nazi physician)Karl Brandt (Nazi physician)Karl Brandt was a German Nazi war criminal. He rose to the rank of SS-Gruppenführer in the Allgemeine-SS and SS-Brigadeführer in the Waffen-SS. Among other positions, Brandt headed the administration of the Nazi euthanasia program from 1939 onwards and was selected as Adolf Hitler's personal...
(1904–1948) - Kerstin BrandtKerstin BrandtKerstin Brandt, née Dedner is a retired East German high jumper.She won the 1979 European Junior Championships, finished fourth at the 1982 European Indoor Championships and fifth at the inaugural 1983 World Championships...
(born 1961), East German high jumper - Kyle BrandtKyle BrandtKyle Brandt is an actor best known for portraying Philip Kiriakis on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives from 2003 until October 12, 2006. Kyle too pulled off the daring "Southern Sando" back in 2004, a feat which garners him great respect to this day...
(born 1979), U.S. actor - Marianne BrandtMarianne BrandtMarianne Brandt , German painter, sculptor, photographer and designer who studied at the Bauhaus school and became head of the metal workshop in 1928. Today, Brandt's designs for household objects such as lamps, ashtrays and teapots are considered the harbinger of modern industrial...
(1893–1983), German artist, Head of the Metal Workshop at the Bauhaus in 1928 - Miroslav BrandtMiroslav BrandtMiroslav Brandt was a Croatian historian, writer, publicist and polymath. He contributed to disparate areas ranging from politics to history of religions and literary translation. His polemical works helped preserve the national identity of Croats under Yugoslavia.-History, religion,...
(1914–2002), Croatian historian - Paul BrandtPaul BrandtPaul Rennée Belobersycky is a Canadian country music artist, known professionally as Paul Brandt. Growing up in Calgary, he was a pediatric RN at the time of his big break...
(born 1972), Canadian country music singer - Realf Ottesen BrandtRealf Ottesen BrandtRealf Ottesen Brandt was an American Lutheran minister.-Background:Realf Brandt was born in Rock River near the Jefferson Prairie Settlement in Rock County, Wisconsin. His father, Nils Olsen Brandt , who had been born Slidre, Valdres, Norway, served as President of Luther College...
(1859–1927), Lutheran minister - Richard BrandtRichard BrandtRichard Booker Brandt was an American philosopher of the utilitarian tradition in moral philosophy. He taught at Swarthmore College before spending the bulk of his career at the University of Michigan, where he taught with Charles Stevenson and William K. Frankena and served as Chairman of the...
(1910–1997), utilitarian philosopher - Vassily BrandtVassily BrandtKarl Wilhelm Brandt was a Russian trumpeter, pedagogue, and composer.He became principal trumpet of the Bolshoi Theater in 1890 and became first cornet in 1903. He succeeded Friedrich Richter as the trumpet professor of the Moscow Conservatory in 1900, and also taught band orchestration there...
(1869–1923), Russian trumpeter, composer and pedagogue - Willy BrandtWilly BrandtWilly Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm , was a German politician, Mayor of West Berlin 1957–1966, Chancellor of West Germany 1969–1974, and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany 1964–1987....
(1913–1992), German Chancellor and Nobel Laureate for Peace in 1971
Places
- Brandt, OhioBrandt, OhioBrandt is an unincorporated community in southern Bethel Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States. It was formed on the National Road as a stop for travelers on the road and for road toll-takers. It was laid out in 1839 by the Voorhis brothers. A toll gate was located at the east end of...
- Brandt, South DakotaBrandt, South DakotaBrandt is a town in Deuel County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 107 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Brandt is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
- Brandt Township, Polk County, Minnesota
Other uses
- Willy Brandt (Oz)Willy Brandt (Oz)William "Willy" Brandt is a fictional character at HBO drama Oz. Willy Brandt is played by Matthew Cowles.-Character Overview:Prisoner 96B339, William "Willy" Brandt....
, character in the American television series Oz - Brandt (company)Brandt (company)Brandt Zwieback-Schokoladen GmbH + Co. KG is a zwieback and chocolate producer in Germany. The company was established in 12 October 1912 in Hagen by Carl Brandt. In 2007, director Peter Scharf made a documentary on the company's history for WDR....
, a German rusk and chocolate manufacturer - Brandt (brand)Brandt (brand)Brandt was a French brandname producing various home equipment, created in 1924 by Edgar Brandt as a part of Hotchkiss-Brandt.- History of Brandt:* In 1924, Brandt is established.* In 1966, Hotchkiss-Brandt merges with Thomson ....
, a former French brandname producing various home equipment - Brandt 60 mm LR Gun-mortar, gun mortar