Kirsch (surname)
Kirsch is a German family name. The name was first in 1330 and again in 1349 testified as Kirs. 1522 appeared for the first time on the version cherry. The name is a habitation name for the Middle High German word Kerse and Early New High German Kirse. It means cherry within the meaning of cherry or as a nickname or indirect professional name Cherry seller.
Dissemination
In Germany and Austria around 8000 families bear this name. Especially frequently it occurs in the Saarland.
Bearers of the name
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- Alex Kirsch ( * 1992), Luxembourgian cyclist
- August Kirsch (1925-1993), German athlete, sports scientist and functionary
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- Christopher Kirsch ( * 1968 ), German Polo Player
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- Dirk- Michael Kirsch (born 1965 ), German musician and composer
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- Georg Wilhelm Kirsch (1752-1829), German high school teacher
- Guy Kirsch ( born 1938 ), Luxembourg Economic and Social Scientists
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- Hans -Jürgen Kirsch ( born 1960 ), German economist
- Hans Vollrath Cherry (1886-1953), German poet and painter
- Helen Cherry (1906-1999), German politician (KPD, SED)
- Horst Kirsch ( football player, 1933) ( born 1933), German football player (Jena)
- Horst Kirsch ( football player, 1939) ( * 1939), German football player ( Neunkirchen, Völklingen, Bad Kreuznach )
- Hugo Franz Kirsch (1873-1961), Austrian sculptor
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- Johann Peter Kirsch (1861-1941), Luxembourg church historian and archaeologist
- Johann Viktor Kirsch (1891-1946), German SS Hauptscharführer
- John Kirsch ( politician ) ( 1891-1951 ), German politician ( KPD) and a resistance fighter
- John Kirsch ( sculptor ) ( born 1930 ), German sculptor
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- Karl Kirsch ( born 1938 ), German physiologist and professor
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- Ludwig Kirsch (1891-1950), German politician ( center, CDU)
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- Manfred Kirsch ( born 1944 ), German football player
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- Nicola Cherry (* 1975), German actress
- Nicholas Kirsch - Puricelli (1866-1936), German industrialist, founder and diplomat
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- Patrick Kirsch ( born 1981 ), German football player
- Philippe Kirsch ( b. 1947 ), Canadian lawyer and diplomat
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- RJKirsch (* 1959), German painter and conceptual artist
- Rainer Kirsch ( * 1934), German writer
- Roland Kirsch (1960-1989), German writer romania
- Rolf Kirsch ( born 1944 ), German football player
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- Sarah Kirsch (1935-2013), German poet and writer
- Silke winding Kirsch ( born 1967), German economist and university lecturer
- Stan Kirsch ( born 1968 ), American actor
- Steve Kirsch ( born 1956 ), American inventor
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- Theodor Cherry (1847-1911), German jurist and politician, MdR
- Theodor Kirsch ( dentist ) ( 1912-1997 ), German dentists and teachers
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- Uli Kirsch ( born 1978 ), German actor
- Ulrich Kirsch ( * 1951), German officer and military functionary
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- Werner Kirsch ( breeders ) ( 1901-1975 ), German animal breeding scientists
- Werner Kirsch ( Business Administration ) (* 1937), German economist
- Werner Kirsch (Boxer), German boxer and boxing coach
- Werner Kirsch ( mathematician ) ( born 1956 ), German mathematician
- Wolfgang Kirsch ( FDP) ( 1913-1996 ), German jurist and politician ( FDP)
- Wolfgang Kirsch ( philologist ) ( 1938-2010 ), German classical scholar
- Wolfgang Kirsch ( CDU ) (* 1950), German politician ( CDU)
- Wolfgang Kirsch ( Manager ) (* 1955), German Bank Manager