Frey (surname)

Frey is a German family name.

Origin and Meaning

The name often goes back to free farmers in the early Middle Ages.

Variants

  • Free, Frank
  • English: Franklin
  • Slavic: Volny, Wolny, Wollny

Bearers of the name

A

  • Adalbert Frey (1922-2006), German entrepreneur
  • Adolf Frey (1855-1920), Swiss writer and literary historian
  • Albert Frey (architect ) ( 1903-1998 ), American architect
  • Albert Frey (musician ) (born 1964 ), German singer-songwriter and music producer
  • Albert Frey -Wyss Ling (1900-1988), Swiss botanist
  • Alexander Moritz Frey (1881-1957), German writer
  • Andrea Adams -Frey (born 1966 ), German singer
  • Andreas Frey ( b. 1968 ), German economist and university professor
  • Annina Frey ( born 1980 ), Swiss TV presenter, actress and model
  • August Frey (1912-1998), Swiss painter and graphic artist

B

  • Barbara Frey (actress, 1941) ( * 1941 ), German actress
  • Barbara Frey (actress, 1955 ) (* 1955), German actress
  • Barbara Frey ( director ) ( born 1963 ), Swiss theater director
  • Bruno Frey ( b. 1941 ), Swiss economist
  • Bruno Frey ( patron ) ( 1920-2005 ), German industrialist and patron

C

  • Carl Ludwig Frey (1774-1832), Upper magistrate, deputy
  • Claude Frey ( born 1943 ), Swiss politician (FDP)
  • Cornel Frey ( b. 1977 ), Swiss opera singer (tenor )

D

  • Dagobert Frey (1883-1962), Austrian art historian
  • David Frey ( * 1991), Swiss football player
  • Dennis Frey (1996-2001), German pop musician, see Touché ( band )
  • Dieter Frey ( psychologist ) ( born 1946 ), German social psychologist
  • Dieter Frey ( footballer ) (born 1972 ), German football player

E

  • Edward Frey (1888-1974), Swiss lichens watchers
  • Eleonore Frey ( Eleonore Frey- Staiger; b. 1939 ), Swiss literary scholar and writer
  • Emil Frey (1838-1922), Swiss Federal
  • Emil Frey ( FDP) ( 1856-1895 ), Swiss writer and politician
  • Emil Frey ( DP) ( 1861-1916 ), a Swiss lawyer and politician
  • Emil Frey ( architect), German architect
  • Emil Frey ( composer ) ( 1889-1946 ), Swiss pianist and composer
  • Emil Frey (entrepreneur) ( 1898-1995 ), Swiss entrepreneur
  • Emil Frey (manager ) ( 1904-1980 ), German jurist and Insurance Manager
  • Emil Karl Frey (1888-1977), German surgeon
  • Emil Frey Remigius (1803-1889), Swiss politician and judge
  • Emilie Louise Frey (1869-1937), Swiss physician
  • Emilio Frey (1872-1964), Swiss- Argentine topographer
  • Eric Frey ( b. 1963 ), Austrian journalist and writer
  • Erik Frey (1908-1988), Austrian actor
  • Ernst Frey (1915-1994), Austrian Legionnaire and author

F

  • Fran Frey, American musician, songwriter, composer and bandleader
  • Franz Frey ( * 1948 ), German politician ( SPD)
  • Francis Xavier Frey (1928-1987), German jurist and politician ( CSU)
  • Frido Frey (1921-2000), German basketball player
  • Fritz Frey ( local historian ) ( 1881-1962 ), German homeland researcher
  • Fritz Frey ( canoeist ), Swiss canoeist
  • Fritz Frey (Moderator) (* 1958), German journalist and television presenter
  • Friedrich Frey (1882-1953), Swiss entrepreneur
  • Friedrich Frey- Herosé (1801-1873), Swiss entrepreneur

G

  • Gerard Louis Frey (1914-2007), American clergyman, Bishop of Lafayette
  • Gerd Frey (born 1966 ), German writer
  • Gerhard Frey ( philosopher) ( 1915-2002 ), Austrian philosopher
  • Gerhard Frey ( politician ) ( 1933-2013 ), German publisher and politician ( DVU )
  • Gerhard Frey ( mathematician ) ( born 1944 ), German mathematician
  • Glenn Frey ( born 1948 ), American rock musician
  • Gottfried Frey (1871-1952), Polish- German physician

B

  • Hans Frey (officer ) ( 1873-1947 ), Swiss Engineer, General Staff officer and high school teacher
  • Hans Frey ( * 1949 ), German politician ( SPD)
  • Hans -Joachim Frey (born 1965 ), German theater director and director
  • Hans -Jörg Frey ( born 1952 ), Swiss actor
  • Harro Frey (1942-2011), German sculptor
  • Heinrich Frey (1822-1890), Swiss physician, anatomist and zoologist
  • Heinrich Frey ( district administrator ) ( born 1939 ), German politician ( CSU)
  • Hellmuth Frey (1901-1982), German Protestant theologian
  • Herbert Frey, German Hockey official
  • Hermann Frey ( lyricist ) ( 1876-1950 ), German pop lyricist and tap dancer
  • Hermann Frey (architect ) ( 1908-1980 ), Swiss architect
  • Jerome Frey (1535-1585), Swiss religious cleric, Abbot of Muri

J

  • Jacob Frey (before 1520-1562 ), German poet
  • Jakob Frey (1824-1875), Swiss writer
  • Jakob Frey ( engraver) ( 1681-1752 ), Swiss engraver and publisher
  • James Frey (born 1969 ), American writer
  • Jana Frey (born 1969 ), German -Swiss author
  • Joachim Frey (1905-1933), German Internist
  • Johann Gottfried Frey (1762-1831), German civil servant
  • Johann Jakob Frey (1813-1865), Swiss landscape painter
  • Johann Jakob Frey (architect ) ( 1848-1890 ), Swiss architect
  • Johann Ludwig Frey (1682-1759), Swiss theologian and historian
  • Johann Zacharias Frey (1769-1829), Polish painter and engraver of Austrian descent
  • Jörg Frey (born 1962 ), German Protestant theologian
  • Josha Frey ( * 1959), German politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens )
  • Julius Frey (1881-1960), German swimmer
  • Julius Frey ( Gelnhausen ) ( 1895-1965 ), German politician, mayor of Gelnhausen
  • Junius Frey (1753-1794), Austrian army supplier, Alchemist and Freemasons
  • Justus Frey (1799-1878), Austrian writer and physician

K

  • Karin Frey ( born 1943 ), German actress
  • Karl Frey ( b. 1928 ), German politician ( CDU)
  • Karl Frey (architect ) ( 1884-1958 ), Swiss architect
  • Karl -Heinz Frey ( * 1950), German football player
  • Kaspar Frey ( † 1526 /27), Swiss historian and civil servant
  • Konrad Frey (1909-1974), German gymnast
  • Konrad Frey (architect ) ( born 1934 ), Austrian architect
  • Kurt Frey (NSDAP ) ( 1902-1945 ), German politician ( NSDAP), MdR
  • Kurt Frey ( Education politician ) ( 1913-1993 ), German educational policy

L

  • Leif Frey ( b. 1979 ), German ski jumper
  • Leonard Frey (1938-1988), American actor
  • Lonny Frey (1910-2009), American baseball player
  • Louis Frey ( born 1934 ), American politician
  • Łucja Frey- Gottesman (1889-1942), Polish philosopher and physician
  • Louis Frey (1810-1871), German jurist and publicist

M

  • Marc Frey ( b. 1963 ), German historian
  • Marguerite Frey- Surbek (1886-1981), Swiss painter
  • Markus A. Frey ( born 1956 ), Swiss businessman, lawyer and philanthropist
  • Martin Frey (1904-1971), German politician ( CDU)
  • Martin Frey ( artist) ( 1907-1991 ), German painter, printmaker and sculptor
  • Matthias Frey ( born 1956 ), German pianist and composer
  • Max Frey ( government official ) ( 1799-1871 ), German government official
  • Max Frey ( Painter, 1874) ( 1874-1944 ), German painter
  • Max Frey ( Painter, 1902) ( 1902-1955 ), Austrian painter
  • Max Frey ( choir director ) ( born 1941 ), German choir director
  • Maximilian von Frey (1852-1932), German -Austrian physiologist
  • Michael Frey ( composer ) ( 1787-1832 ), German composer
  • Michael Frey ( historian ) ( 1788-1854 ), German historian
  • Michael Frey ( musician), Swiss jazz musicians
  • Michael Frey ( politician), American politician
  • Michael Frey ( soccer player) (* 1994), Swiss football player
  • Mogens Frey ( born 1941 ), Danish cyclist

N

  • Nicolas Frey ( born 1984 ), French footballer
  • Nora Frey ( born 1950 ), Austrian journalist and presenter

O

  • Oliver W. Frey (1887-1939), American politician
  • Olivier Frey ( born 1979 ), Swiss Athlete
  • Oscar Frey (1893-1945), Swiss Army
  • Otto Frey ( born 1952 ), German football player
  • Otto - Herman Frey ( born 1929 ), German archaeologist

P

  • Peter Frey ( b. 1957 ), German television journalist
  • Peter K. Frey ( b. 1941 ), Swiss bassist and sound artist
  • Petra Frey (born 1978 ), Austrian pop singer
  • Patrick Frey ( born 1951 ), Swiss comedian and actor
  • Patrick Frey ( industrial designer ) (born 1973 ), German industrial designer

R

  • Rahel Frey ( born 1986 ), Swiss racing driver
  • René L. Frey ( b. 1939 ), Swiss economist
  • Richard Frey (1920-2004), Austrian physician
  • Roger Frey (1913-1997), French politician
  • Rudolf Frey ( physician) ( 1917-1981 ), German physician and university teacher
  • Rudolf Frey (Director) ( b. 1983 ), Austrian director
  • Ruth Frey (1924-2012), German Kindermissionarin

S

  • Sabrina Frey (born 1978 ), Swiss musician
  • Sami Frey (born Samuel Frei; b. 1937 ), French actor
  • Sebastian Frey ( born 1984 ), German cyclist
  • Sébastien Frey ( born 1980 ), French footballer
  • Siegfried Frey, German psychologist
  • Sonja Frey ( * 1993), Austrian handball player
  • Stefan Frey ( art historian ) ( born 1957 ), Swiss art historian
  • Stefan Frey (badminton ) ( born 1959 ), German badminton player
  • Stefan Frey ( theater scholar ) (born 1962 ), German theater scholar, director and librettist

T

  • Theo Frey (1908-1997), Swiss photographer
  • Theodore Frey (1814-1897), German politician
  • Theophil Frey (architect ) ( 1845-1904 ), German architect
  • Theophil Frey ( jurist ) ( 1881-1957 ), German jurist
  • Thomas Frey, a pseudonym of Theodor Fritsch (1852-1933), German journalist and publisher
  • Thomas Frey ( actor) ( born 1944 ), Austrian actor
  • Thomas Frey ( skier ) ( born 1984 ), French skier
  • Thomas Leitch Frey (born 1962 ), Swiss politician
  • Thomas Reusch Frey ( * 1959), German Protestant clergyman, politician (SPD) and member of the Landtag of Baden- Württemberg
  • Tilo Frey (1923-2008), Swiss politician
  • Tim Frey (actually Timothy Frey, born 1972 ), Swiss politician (CVP )

U

  • Ulrich Frey (1918-2006), Swiss physician
  • Urs Frey (1960-2008), Swiss documentary filmmaker

V

  • Vital Julian Frey ( born 1979 ), Swiss harpsichordist

W

  • Walter Frey ( Internist ) ( 1884-1972 ), Swiss Internist
  • Walter Frey ( pianist ) ( 1898-1985 ), Swiss pianist
  • Walter Frey ( Remscheid ) ( 1909-1966 ), German politician ( SPD)
  • Walter Frey (SVP ) ( born 1943 ), Swiss entrepreneur and politician
  • Werner Frey (1912-1989), Swiss architect
  • William Frey ( painter) ( 1826-1911 ), German painter
  • William Frey ( writer ) ( 1833-1909 ), German writer and editor
  • William Frey ( jurist ) ( 1885-1959 ), German jurist
  • Winfried Frey ( b. 1968 ), German actor
  • Wolfgang Frey ( b. 1942 ), German botanist

Swell

  • Family name
Franklin (surname) Albert Frey (architect) Emil Frey (composer) Hans-Joachim Frey Johann Jakob Frey the Elder Louis Frey, Jr.
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