Herbst
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Herbst is the German
word for autumn or fall.
It may also refer to:
Surnames
Other uses
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....
word for autumn or fall.
It may also refer to:
Surnames
- Christoph Maria HerbstChristoph Maria HerbstChristoph Maria Herbst is a German actor and comedian.-Life and theatre career:After passing the Abitur, Herbst became a banker apprentice and was active at the free theatre scene in Wuppertal at the same time. In 1986, he was a founding member of the private Theater in Cronenberg and its acting...
, German actor and comedian - Eduard HerbstEduard HerbstEduard Herbst was an Austrian jurist and statesman, born in Vienna. He was professor of criminal law and the philosophy of law at Prague in 1858, was elected a deputy to the Bohemian Diet, and then, in accordance with the February patent of 1861, was elected by the Diet to the Lower House on the...
(1820–1892), Austrian jurist and statesman - Johann Andreas HerbstJohann Andreas HerbstJohann Andreas Herbst was a German composer and music theorist of the early Baroque era. He was a contemporary of Michael Praetorius and Heinrich Schütz, and like them, assisted in importing the grand Venetian style and the other features of the early Baroque into Protestant Germany.- Life :He...
(1588–1666), German composer - Johann Friedrich Wilhelm HerbstJohann Friedrich Wilhelm HerbstJohann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst was a German naturalist and entomologist from Petershagen, Minden-Ravensberg....
(1743–1807), German biologist - John E. HerbstJohn E. HerbstJohn Edward Herbst is a retired American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Ukraine from September, 2003 to May, 2006 and United States Ambassador to Uzbekistan from 2000 to 2003...
, United States ambassador to Ukraine - Josephine HerbstJosephine HerbstJosephine Herbst was an American writer and journalist, active from 1923 to near the time of her death. She was a radical with communist leanings, who "incorporate[d] the philosophy of socialism into her fiction" and "aligned herself with the political Left", She wrote "proletarian novels"...
, novelist - Rebecca HerbstRebecca HerbstRebecca Herbst is an American actress, best known for playing nurse Elizabeth Webber on the daytime drama General Hospital, a role she originated on August 1, 1997, and Suzee, an alien on the Nickelodeon show, Space Cases.- Personal background :Herbst was born in Encino, California. Her parents...
(born 1977), American actress - Reinfried HerbstReinfried HerbstReinfried Herbst is a slalom skier from Austria. Herbst won the silver medal for the men's slalom event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy....
, skier - Sabine HerbstSabine HerbstSabine Herbst-Klenz is a retired female butterfly and medley swimmer from Germany. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. Herbst is the daughter of former Olympians Eva Wittke and Jochen Herbst, and the sister of swimmer Stefan Herbst.-References:*...
(born 1974), German swimmer - Sharon Tyler HerbstSharon Tyler HerbstSharon K. Herbst was an American cookbook and culinary books author.Born as Sharon Tyler in Chicago, she was raised in Denver, Colorado...
and her husband Ron Herbst, food and wine authors
Other uses
- Herbst GamingHerbst GamingAffinity Gaming, formerly known as Herbst Gaming, is a casino and slot route operator based in Paradise, Nevada, United States that operates under the name Terrible's...
, gas station and casino operator using the name of "Terrible Herbst" - Herbst TheatreHerbst TheatreThe Herbst Theatre is an auditorium in the War Memorial and Performing Arts Center in Civic Center in San Francisco, United States. The 928-seat hall hosts programs as diverse as City Arts & Lectures, SF Jazz, and San Francisco Performances....
- Herbst maneuverHerbst maneuverThe Herbst maneuver is an air combat maneuver which uses post-stall technology such as thrust vectoring and advanced flight controls to achieve high angles of attack. The Herbst maneuver allows an aircraft to quickly reverse direction using a combination of high angle-of-attack and rolling...
, an aerobatic maneuver named after Wolfgang Herbst - Herbst, IndianaHerbst, IndianaHerbst is an unincorporated town in Franklin Township, Grant County, Indiana....
, a small town in the United States