Koch (surname)
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Koch is a German surname meaning cook
and may refer to:
Chef
A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
and may refer to:
- Bill Koch (businessman)Bill Koch (businessman)William Ingraham "Bill" Koch is an American businessman, sailor, and collector. His boat was the winner of the America's Cup in 1992. His last name is pronounced "coke." Per Forbes William Koch's net worth was $3.4 billion in 2010 on oil and other investments-Early life and business...
(born 1940), William I. "Bill" Koch, America's Cup yachtsman, businessman, and son of Fred C. Koch - Bill Koch (skier)Bill Koch (skier)Bill Koch is an American ski racer and the first world-class cross-country skier from the United States.A native of Brattleboro, Vermont, he is a graduate of the nearby The Putney School in Putney, Vermont. He originally competed in the NIS in the Nordic combined, but later switched to cross...
, cross-country skier - Billy KochBilly KochWilliam Koch is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. He entered the majors with the Toronto Blue Jays and most recently pitched for the Florida Marlins in 2004.- Baseball career :...
, Major league baseball relief pitcher - Bobby KochBobby KochRobert P. "Bobby" Koch is the President and CEO of the Wine Institute, acting as their chief lobbyist in Washington D.C. and Sacramento, California.-Life and career:...
, CEO of the Wine Institute - Carl Koch, (1892–1963), German film director and writer
- Carl Ludwig KochCarl Ludwig KochCarl Ludwig Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and Common house spider. He was born in Kusel, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany.Carl Ludwig Koch was an inspector of water...
and his son Ludwig Carl Christian KochLudwig Carl Christian KochLudwig Carl Christian Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist.He was born in Regensburg, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicine and science...
, German entomologists specializing in arachnology - Cary KochCary KochCary Koch is an American professional football wide receiver, currently playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League . Koch played college football for the University of Virginia after transferring from Tulane University in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina...
, American professional football wide receiver playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders - Cees Koch (athlete) (born 1936), Dutch discus thrower
- Charles G. KochCharles G. KochCharles de Ganahl Koch is co-owner, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Koch Industries Inc., the second-largest privately held company by revenue in the United States according to a 2010 Forbes survey...
, heir and CEO of Koch Industries and co-founder of the free-market Cato Institute - Christof KochChristof KochChristof Koch is an American neuroscientist working on the neural basis of consciousness. He is the Lois and Victor Troendle Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology at California Institute of Technology, where he has been since 1986...
(born 1956), American neuroscientist - David Koch (television presenter), Australian financial analyst and TV presenter
- David H. KochDavid H. KochDavid Hamilton Koch is an American businessman, philanthropist, political activist, and chemical engineer. He is a co-owner and an executive vice president of Koch Industries, a conglomerate that is the second-largest privately held company in the U.S...
, businessman, 1980 Libertarian Party Vice-Presidential candidate, heir to Koch Industries - Dorothy Bush KochDorothy Bush KochDorothy Walker Bush Koch, often called "Doro", , is the daughter of the 41st President of the United States George H. W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush, and the youngest sibling of George W. Bush, the 43rd President...
(born 1959), daughter of the 41st president of the US, George Herbert Walker Bush - Ed KochEd KochEdward Irving "Ed" Koch is an American lawyer, politician, and political commentator. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and three terms as mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989...
, American mayor of New York City - Erich KochErich KochErich Koch was a Gauleiter of the Nazi Party in East Prussia from 1928 until 1945. Between 1941 and 1945 he was the Chief of Civil Administration of Bezirk Bialystok. During this period, he was also the Reichskommissar in Reichskommissariat Ukraine from 1941 until 1943...
, Gauleiter of East Prussia - Erik KochErik KochErik Koch is an American mixed martial artist who currently fights as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Personal Life:Koch enrolled in Taekwondo classes at the ripe age of four peaking his interest in MMA...
, American martial artist - Fred C. KochFred C. KochFred Chase Koch was an American chemical engineer and entrepreneur who founded the oil refinery firm that later became Koch Industries, the second-largest privately-held company in the United States....
, Founder of Koch Industries, and supporter of the John Birch Society, father of Bill Koch - Gaetano KochGaetano KochGaetano Koch was an Italian architect.He made his name above all with several major works in Rome - Palazzo Koch, seat of the Banca d'Italia, and the two porticoed palazzi which form Piazza della Repubblica, and the central Piazza Vittorio.His mark can also be seen in Rome's Palazzo Mengarini and...
, Italian architect - Georg KochGeorg KochGeorg Koch is a former German footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.-Football career:Born in Bergisch Gladbach, Koch started his career playing at amateur club SpVgg Erkenschwick before becoming a professional in January 1992, when he moved to the Bundesliga with Fortuna Düsseldorf...
, German football goalkeeper, playing for Dinamo Zagreb - Harry KochHarry KochHarry Koch is a former German football central defender, and a current coach.-Football career:Koch arrived in the German top flight at already 26, with 1. FC Kaiserslautern, after having played amateur football, and quickly became an undisputed starter...
, German football central defender - Helge von KochHelge von KochNiels Fabian Helge von Koch was a Swedish mathematician who gave his name to the famous fractal known as the Koch snowflake, one of the earliest fractal curves to be described....
, Swedish mathematician, originator of the eponymous "Koch snowflake" - Henry C. KochHenry C. KochHenry C. Koch was a German-American architect, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and likely best known for the design of the Milwaukee City Hall, the tallest building in the United States from its completion in 1895 to 1899....
, German-American architect - Hawk KochHawk KochHoward Winchel Koch, Jr. is an American motion picture producer, a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and a former road manager for the musical groups The Supremes and The Dave Clark Five.Almost always known by the nickname "Hawk", he was raised in...
, American film producer - Herbert KochHerbert KochHerbert Koch is a German mathematician active in the field of partial differential equations. He occupies the position of a professor at the University of Bonn....
, German mathematician - Howard Koch (screenwriter)Howard Koch (screenwriter)Howard E. Koch was an American playwright and screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s.-Early Years:...
, American screenwriter - Howard W. KochHoward W. KochHoward Winchel Koch was an American director and producer of motion pictures and television.Born in New York City, he attended DeWitt Clinton High School and the Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey...
, American film director/producer - Ilse KochIlse KochIlse Koch, née Köhler , was the wife of Karl-Otto Koch, commandant of the Nazi concentration camps Buchenwald from 1937 to 1941, and Majdanek from 1941 to 1943...
, wife of Karl Otto Koch, "The Bitch of Buchenwald" - Jim KochJim KochJim Koch is the co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company, the producers of Samuel Adams. He is an American entrepreneur and former business consultant who established the company in 1984.-References:...
, American brewer, founder of Boston Beer CompanyBoston Beer CompanySamuel Adams is an American brand of beer brewed by the Boston Beer Company and its associated contract brewers. The company was founded in 1984 by Jim Koch, Harry M. Rubin, and Lorenzo Lamadrid in Boston, Massachusetts, USA... - Julius KochJulius KochJulius Koch , also known as Le Geant Constantin, was one of thirteen people in medical history who have surpassed eight feet in height. He was a victim of the malady eunuchoidal-infantile gigantism...
(1872–1902), exceptionally tall man - Karl KochKarl KochKarl Koch is the name of:* Carl Koch , also spelled Karl Koch, German film director, writer* Carl Koch , American architect* Karl Koch , German botanist...
– several people, among them:- Karl Koch (botanist)Karl Koch (botanist)Karl Heinrich Emil Koch was a German botanist. He is best known for his botanical explorations in the Caucasus region, including northeast Turkey. Unfortunately, most of his collections have today been lost. He is also known as the first professional horticultural officer in...
, German botanist - Karl Otto KochKarl Otto KochKarl-Otto Koch , a Standartenführer in the German Schutzstaffel , was the first commandant of the Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen, and later also served as a commander at the Majdanek concentration camp.-Early life:Koch was born in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse on...
, German first commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp
- Karl Koch (botanist)
- Kenneth KochKenneth KochKenneth Koch was an American poet, playwright, and professor, active from the 1950s until his death at age 77...
, an American poet - Lauge KochLauge KochLauge Koch was a Danish geologist and Arctic explorer.He was the renowned leader of 24 Danish government expeditions to Greenland, and the central character in the Lauge Koch Controversy, an international and intra-national conflict...
, Danish expedition leader in Greenland - Lothar Koch (oboist)Lothar Koch (oboist)Lothar Koch was the principal oboist in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra during the Herbert von Karajan era.He was born in Velbert....
, German oboist - Ludwig Carl Christian KochLudwig Carl Christian KochLudwig Carl Christian Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist.He was born in Regensburg, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicine and science...
(1825–1908), German entomologist and arachnologist - Marianne KochMarianne KochMarianne Koch is a retired German actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her appearances in spaghetti westerns and adventure films of the 1960s. She later worked as a television host and as a physician....
(born 1931), German actress and physician - Marita KochMarita KochMarita Koch , is a former sprint track and field athlete...
(born 1957), German sprint athlete - Mariza KochMariza KochMariza Koch is a Greek folk music singer who has recorded many albums since starting her career in 1971. On the wider stage she is best remembered for representing her homeland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1976 with the song Panayia Mou, Panayia Mou. Mariza Koch was born in Athens in 1944 but...
, Greek folk singer - Martin Koch (novelist)Martin Koch (novelist)Martin Koch was a Swedish novelist.He was a key representative of the proletarian authors in Sweden.- Works :* Ellen * Arbetare * Timmerdalen * I Guds vackra värld...
, Swedish novelist - Martin Koch (ski jumper)Martin Koch (ski jumper)Martin "Mascht" Koch is a ski jumper from Austria.A competitor since 1999, he has finished in the Top 3 in all ski jumping events eighteen times, including two victories with the first being on January 8, 2011 in Harrachov...
, Austrian ski jumper - Max Koch – several people:
- Max KochMax KochMaxwell "Max" Koch was a German-born Australian botanical collector.-Biography:Born in Berlin, Koch was apprenticed to a merchant's office, but, not liking the work, joined the crew of a Glasgow-based sailing ship at Bremerhaven. He left it at Port Augusta, South Australia in April 1878, taking...
, Australian botanist - Max Koch (academic)Max Koch (academic)Max Koch was a German historian and literary critic.-Biography:He studied in Munich and Berlin, and was a docent at Marburg beginning 1880...
(1855–1931), German historian and literary critic - Max Friedrich Koch, German history painter (de)
- Max Koch
- Pauline Koch, Albert Einstein's mother
- Pete KochPete KochPeter Alan Koch is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League and an American actor.-Football:...
(born 1962), American football player and actor - Pietro KochPietro KochPietro Koch was an Italian soldier and leader of the Banda Koch, a group notorious for its anti-partisan activity in the Republic of Salò.The son of a German Navy officer, Koch was born in Benevento...
, Italian police leader - Richard KochRichard KochRichard Koch is a former management consultant, entrepreneur, and writer of several books on how to apply the Pareto principle in all walks of life. Koch has also used his concepts to make a fortune from several private equity investments made personally. Koch’s investments have included...
(born 1950), management consultant, entrepreneur, and writer - Robert KochRobert KochHeinrich Hermann Robert Koch was a German physician. He became famous for isolating Bacillus anthracis , the Tuberculosis bacillus and the Vibrio cholerae and for his development of Koch's postulates....
, German physician, discoverer of the tubercle and cholera bacilli, Nobel Prize in Medicine laureate in 1905- Koch's postulatesKoch's postulatesKoch's postulates are four criteria designed to establish a causal relationship between a causative microbe and a disease. The postulates were formulated by Robert Koch and Friedrich Loeffler in 1884 and refined and published by Koch in 1890...
, formulated by Robert Koch
- Koch's postulates
- Robert Koch WoolfRobert Koch WoolfRobert Koch Woolf, formerly known as Robert Koch , was an American interior decorator noted for the Hollywood homes he created with architect John Elgin Woolf.-Career:...
, American interior decorator - Roland KochRoland KochRoland Koch is a German jurist and former conservative politician. He was Minister-President of Hesse from April 7, 1999, immediately becoming President of the Bundesrat, completing the term begun by his predecessor as Minister President, Hans Eichel, until his resignation on August 31, 2010...
, German politician - Sam KochSam KochSam David Koch [pronounced Cook] is an American football punter for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Ravens in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft...
, American football punter for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL - Sebastian KochSebastian Koch-Life and career:Koch was born in Karlsruhe and grew up in Stuttgart. His mother raised him alone, and he spent some time in the children's home where she worked...
, German actor - Simona KochSimona KochSimona Koch is a retired diver from Germany, who competed for her native country at two Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996. She was affiliated with the Berliner Turn- und Sportclub in Berlin. Koch won two medals at the 1993 European Championships.-References:*...
(born 1968), German diver - Stefanie KochStefanie KochStefanie "Steffi" Koch is a German ski mountaineer.Koch was born in Anger and grew on the farm of their parents with her three siblings. In her teens she started mountain biking and participated in triathlon competitions. She passed the clerical administrative assistant training and was inspired...
(born 1981), German ski mountaineer - Theodor KochTheodor KochTheodor Koch was a German engineer and weapons manufacturer, born in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany. As a young man, Koch apprenticed as a precision mechanic. After completing his apprenticeship he attended an engineering school in Esslingen. In 1924 he started work for Mauser in Oberndorf as an...
, German engineer - Walter Karl KochWalter Karl KochWalter Karl Koch was a German surgeon best known for the discovery of Koch's triangle, a triangular shaped area in the right atrium of the heart, and of Tawara's node, the atrioventricular node which is the beginning of the auricular-ventricular bundle.Educated in Freiburg im Breisgau and at the...
, German surgeon - Werner KochWerner KochWerner Koch is a German free software author. He is best known as the principal author of the GNU Privacy Guard . He was also Head of Office and German Vice-Chancellor of the Free Software Foundation Europe....
(born 1961), German software author - Wilhelm Daniel Joseph KochWilhelm Daniel Joseph KochWilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch was a German physician and botanist from Kusel, a town in the Rhineland-Palatinate....
(1771–1849), German physician and botanist