Schumann
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Schumann or Schuman most famously refers to Robert Schumann
(1810–1856), German composer and critic; it may also refer to the following:
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
(1810–1856), German composer and critic; it may also refer to the following:
People
- Allan L. SchumanAllan L. SchumanAllan L. Schuman is the former CEO of Ecolab, Inc. He resigned as chairman of the board in May 2006 and was named chairman emeritus, an honorary position. He worked at Ecolab for 49 years. Mr. Schuman currently holds board positions at Tanger Factory Outlets and The Schwan Food Company...
, businessman - Clara SchumannClara SchumannClara Schumann was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era...
(née Wieck) (1819–1896), German pianist and composer - Conrad SchumannConrad SchumannHans Conrad Schumann was an East German soldier who famously defected to West Germany during the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.-Early life:...
(1942–1998), East German soldier who defected to the West - Desirée SchumannDesirée SchumannDesirée Schumann is a German football goalkeeper. She currently plays for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.- Career :Her career began at the Berlin based club VfB Hermsdorf. On April 20, 2006 she made her debut in the German under 17 national team...
(born 1990), German goalkeeper - Elisabeth SchumannElisabeth SchumannElisabeth Schumann was a German lyric soprano who sang in opera, operetta, oratorio, and lieder. She left a substantial legacy of recordings.-Career:...
(1888–1952), German opera soprano - Erich SchumannErich SchumannErich Schumann was a German physicist who specialized in acoustics and explosives, and had a penchant for music, as he was a grandson of the classical composer Robert Schumann. He was a general officer in the army and a professor at the University of Berlin and the Technical University of Berlin...
(1898–1985), German physicist - Ernestine Schumann-HeinkErnestine Schumann-HeinkErnestine Schumann-Heink was a celebrated Austrian, later American, operatic contralto, noted for the size, beauty, tonal richness, flexibility and wide range of her voice.- Early life:...
(1861–1936), opera singer - Georg Schumann (composer)Georg Schumann (composer)Georg Alfred Schumann was a German composer and director of the Berlin Singakademie.-Biography:Schumann was born at Königstein, Germany, October 25, 1866. He was the son of Clemens Schumann and the older brother of Camillo Schumann...
(1866–1952), German composer and director - Georg Schumann (resistance fighter) (1886–1945), German Communist and resistance fighter against the Nazis
- Dr. Horst SchumannHorst SchumannHorst Schumann , SS-Sturmbannführer and medical doctor, conducted cruel sterilization and castration experiments at Auschwitz and was particularly interested in the mass sterilization of Jews by means of X-rays....
(1906–1983), SS-Sturmbannführer, participated in criminal medical experiments at Auschwitz - John SchumannJohn SchumannJohn Lewis Schumann is an Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist from Adelaide. He is best known as the lead singer for the folk group Redgum, with their chart-topping hit "I Was Only 19 ", a song exploring the psychological and medical side-effects of serving in the Australian forces during...
(born 1953), Australian singer, songwriter, guitarist, formerly in Redgum - Karl Moritz SchumannKarl Moritz SchumannKarl Moritz Schumann was a German botanist.Dr. Schumann was the curator of the Botanisches Museumin Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894...
(1851–1904), German botanist - Manfred SchumannManfred SchumannManfred Schumann is a West German bobsledder who competed during the mid to late 1970s. He won two medals at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck with a silver in the two-man and a bronze in the four-man events....
(born 1951), German bobsledder - Margit SchumannMargit SchumannMargit Schumann is an East German luger who competed during the 1970s and early 1980s. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she won two medals in the women's singles event with a gold in 1976 and a bronze in 1972).Schumann also won four consecutive gold medals at the FIL World Luge Championships...
(born 1952), German luger - Maurice SchumannMaurice SchumannMaurice Schumann was a French politician, journalist, writer, and hero of the Second World War who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Georges Pompidou in the 1960s and 1970s...
(1911–1988), French politician - Melissa SchumanMelissa SchumanMelissa Amber Schuman is an American singer and actress. Schuman is best known for her role in the all girl teen band Dream. With Dream, she appeared in their two biggest hits, "He Loves U Not" and "This is Me". Schuman quit the band after their two hits to pursue her own solo career in singing...
(born 1984), American singer and actress - Nils SchumannNils SchumannNils Schumann is a former German athlete, winner of the 800 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics, who retired in 2009...
(born 1978), German athlete - Peter SchumannPeter SchumannPeter Schumann is the founder and director of the Bread & Puppet Theater. Born in Silesia, he was a sculptor and dancer in Germany before moving to the United States in 1961. In 1963 he founded Bread & Puppet in New York City, and in 1970 moved to the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, eventually...
(born 1934), theater director - Ralf SchumannRalf SchumannRalf Schumann is a German 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol shooter. He is a three-time Olympic Champion and twice World Champion....
(born 1962), German champion 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol shooter - Robert SchumanRobert SchumanRobert Schuman was a noted Luxembourgish-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian Democrat and an independent political thinker and activist...
(1886–1963), French politician - Robert SchumannRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
(1810–1856), German composer - Scott Schuman (blogger)Scott Schuman (blogger)Scott Schuman is the creator of the popular fashion blog "The Sartorialist." After leaving his position as director of men's fashion at his showroom to take care of his daughter in September 2005, he began carrying a digital camera around and photographing people he saw on the street whose style he...
, creator of the fashion blog The Sartorialist - Tom Schuman, American jazz musician
- Walter SchumannWalter SchumannWalter Schumann was an American composer for film, television, and the theater. His notable works include the score for The Night of the Hunter and the Dragnet Theme...
(1913–1958), American soundtrack composer - William SchumanWilliam SchumanWilliam Howard Schuman was an American composer and music administrator.-Life:Born in Manhattan in New York City to Samuel and Rachel Schuman, Schuman was named after the twenty-seventh U.S. president, William Howard Taft, although his family preferred to call him Bill...
(1910–1992), American composer - Winfried Otto SchumannWinfried Otto SchumannWinfried Otto Schumann was a German physicist who predicted the Schumann resonances, a series of low-frequency resonances caused by lightning discharges in the atmosphere.-Biography:...
(1888–1974), German physicist who predicted the Schumann resonance
Other uses
- Schuman (Brussels)Brussels and the European UnionBrussels is considered to be the de facto capital of the European Union, having a long history of hosting the institutions of the European Union within its European Quarter...
, an area of Brussels- Schuman stationSchuman stationSchuman station is a railway and metro station in the City of Brussels. The metro station opened in 1969 and serves the European quarter of Brussels.-Metro:...
- Schuman station
- Robert Schuman UniversityRobert Schuman UniversityThe Université Robert Schuman, also known as Strasbourg III or URS, was a university in Strasbourg, Alsace, France. In 2007, there were nearly 10,000 students enrolled at the university, including more than 1,500 foreign students. The university tended to teach and research in fields such as law,...
, named for French politician Robert Schuman - The Schuman DeclarationSchuman DeclarationThe Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950 was a governmental proposal by then-French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman to create a new form of organization of States in Europe called a supranational Community. Following the experiences of two world wars, France recognized that certain values such as...
, Robert Schuman's appeal in 1950 to place French and German coal and steel industries under joint management. - The Robert Schuman PrizeRobert Schuman PrizeThe Robert Schuman Prize for European unity was a prize awarded annually by the Hamburg Alfred Toepfer Foundation, in memory of former French Prime Minister, Robert Schuman. The award, first given in 1966, was discontinued in 2000....
for European Unity - Schumann resonances, peaks in the Earth's electromagnetic field spectrum, named for Winifred Otto Schumann
- The whole, or part of, the oeuvre of Robert Schumann
- 4003 Schumann4003 Schumann4003 Schumann is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on March 8, 1964 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*...
, an asteroid - Schumann Center for Media and DemocracySchumann Center for Media and DemocracyThe Schumann Center for Media and Democracy was established in 1961, by Florence Ford and John J.Schumann Jr. The foundation states that its purpose is to renew the democratic process through cooperative acts of citizenship, especially as they apply to governance and the environment...
, an American media-analysis organization - Robert Schumann HochschuleRobert Schumann HochschuleThe Robert-Schumann-Hochschule is a college for music studies on university level in Düsseldorf, Germany.-History:...
, a university for music and media in Düsseldorf