Merkel (surname)

Merkel is a German family name.

Importance

The name Merkel is the diminutive of a trivialized Rufnamens. Could be based here Markwart or Mark Hard (mark is to be understood here as a boundary, as for example in Altmark, Neumark, Denmark, etc.).

Dissemination

The surname occurs Merkel in Germany often suffer. With approximately 5,884 phonebook entries around 15,700 bearers of the name in Germany are to be expected. The surname is common throughout Germany. In Austria the name is, however, hardly to be found; only 17 phone book entries and thus around 40 potential bearers of the name are to be found here. However, the form Merkl is there, as in southern Germany, more widespread.

Well-known bearers of the name

A

  • Alexander Merkel ( * 1992), German football player
  • Andreas Merkel (born 1970 ), German writer
  • Angela Merkel (born 1954 ), German politician (CDU )

B

  • Bernd Merkel ( born 1938 ), German dentists and Admiral doctor

C

  • Carl Christoph Merkel (1799-1877), German politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
  • Curt Heinz Merkel (1919-2000), German politician ( SED)

E

  • Edmund Merkel ( * 1947 ), German politician ( CDU), Mayor of Balingen
  • Else Merkel (1905-1990), German resistance fighter

F

  • Franz Merkel (1754-1824), German politician
  • Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel ( born 1944 ), German clergyman, Bishop of Humaitá
  • Fred Merkel (born 1962 ), American motorcycle racer
  • Friedrich Merkel (1845-1919), German anatomist and university teachers
  • Friedrich Merkel (1892-1929), German engineering researchers and university teachers, see Leopold Carl Friedrich Merkel
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Merkel (1911-2002), German ornithologist

G

  • Garlieb Helwig Merkel (1769-1850), Baltic German publicist and writer
  • Georg Merkel ( politician ) ( 1829-1898 ), German jurist and mayor of Göttingen
  • Georg Merkel ( painter) ( 1881-1976 ), Austrian painter
  • Gerhard Merkel ( born 1929 ), German computer engineer
  • Gottlieb Merkel (1734-1807), German theologian
  • Gottlieb von Merkel (1835-1921), German physician
  • Gustav Adolf Merkel (1827-1885), German composer and music educator

B

  • Hans Merkel ( born 1934 ), German politician ( CSU) and Assistant Secretary
  • Hans -Joachim Schulz- Merkel (1913-2000), German medical officer and Medical Officer
  • Harry Merkel ( born 1929 ), German actor
  • Harry Merkel ( racing driver ) ( 1918-1995 ), German racing driver
  • Henry G. Merkel (1900-1985), German publisher
  • Helmut Merkel ( * 1949 ), German manager
  • Hermann Merkel ( physician) ( 1873-1957 ), German physician and university teacher
  • Hermann Merkel ( politician ) ( 1878-1938 ), German politician ( SPD)

I

  • Inge Merkel (1922-2006), Austrian writer
  • Ingeborg Mountain Green- Merkel ( * 1949 ), German administrative lawyer and Assistant Secretary at the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media retired

J

  • Johann Jakob Merkel (1748-1817), German politician, city mayor of Ravensburg
  • John Merkel (1798-1879), German textile manufacturer

K

  • Karl Merkel (1903-1937), German resistance fighter and Interbrigadist
  • Klaus Merkel ( photographer) ( born 1940 ), German photographer
  • Klaus Merkel ( painter) ( born 1953 ), German painter and high school teachers
  • Klaus Merkel ( cameraman) ( b. 1957 ) Cinematographer
  • Klaus Merkel ( composer ), German composer

L

  • Leopold Carl Friedrich Merkel (1892-1929), German engineering scientist and university teacher
  • Louise Merkel Romée (1888-1977), Austrian artist

M

  • Maike Katrin Merkel (born 1978 ), German actress and singer
  • Manfred Merkel ( General ) ( born 1933), German Major General
  • Manfred Merkel ( canoer ) ( born 1938 ), German canoeist and sports official
  • Manfred Merkel ( footballer ) ( born 1945 ), German football player
  • Merkel Matilda (* 1996), German actress
  • Max Merkel (1918-2006), Austrian football player and coach

O

  • Oliver Merkel ( football player, 1963) ( * 1963), German football player
  • Oliver Merkel ( football player, 1991) ( * 1991), German football player
  • Oskar Merkel (1836-1912), German industrialist

P

  • Paul Merkel (1872-1943), German legal scholar and university teacher
  • Paul Wolfgang Merkel (1756-1820), German business magnate, politician and art collector
  • Petra Merkel ( * 1947 ), German politician (SPD )
  • Pierre Merkel ( * 1989), German football player

R

  • Rachmiel Merkel (1843-1907), an Austrian entrepreneur
  • Rainer Merkel (born 1964 ), German author
  • Reiner Merkel (1952-2007), German manager
  • Reinhard Merkel ( born 1950 ), German philosopher of law
  • Renate Merkel Melis (1937-2012), German historian and editor
  • Robert Merkel (1850-1916), German entrepreneur and politician, MdR
  • Roland Merkel ( born 1952 ), German football player
  • Rudolph Merkel (1811-1885), German classical philologist and high school teachers

T

  • Tess Merkel (born 1970 ), Swedish singer
  • Theo Merkel (1934-2002), German Skispirtler, sport shooter, coaches and officials
  • Thomas Merkel (born 1964 ), German ice hockey player

U

W

  • Wolfgang Merkel ( born 1952 ), German political scientist
  • Wolfgang W. Merkel, German journalist
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