Riese
Giant may refer to:
- Giant, an oversized mythological beings or mythical creatures in human form
- Tallness, colloquially an oversized man
- Samsonfigur and Olot, up to eight meters high figures in parades and processions
- Giant star, in astronomy very large stars
- Giant Wheel, a turn figure
- Giant rabbit, a group of rabbit breeds
- Giant ( landform ), a steep terrain in the mountains, also see astragalus (geology)
- Giant ( wood), a wood trough for transport of logs from the mountain into the valley
- Project Riese, a non consummate leader headquarters in the Silesian Owl Mountains
- Riese: Kingdom Falling, a Canadian Science-Fiction/Fantasy-Fernsehserie
Giant hot following geographical and astronomical objects:
- Riese Pio X church in Venice, Italy ( short giant)
- Giant ( ancient Egyptian constellation ), name of a ancient Egyptian constellation
Giant is a surname:
- Alexander Riese (1840-1924), German classical scholar
- Arnold giant (1871-1912), Austrian politician
- Berthold Riese (* 1944), German ethnologist and archaeologist
- Eberhard Riese ( * 1951), Study Director and Vice- President of the Magic Circle of Germany
- Friedrich Riese (1895-1966), German Kriminaldirektor and SS leaders
- Friedrich Christian Riese (1790-1868), German mathematician, Professor of Math and Astron. in Bonn
- Friedrich Wilhelm Riese ( probably 1805-1879 ) German librettist and playwright
- Gerhard giant (* 1954), German badminton player
- Hajo Riese ( born 1933), professor of economics
- Johann Karl Friedrich Riese (1759-1834), German sculptor and porcelain artist
- Catherine giant ( b. 1946 as Catherine Brenner ), Austrian writer
- Lorenzo giant (1836-1907; well Lorenz giant), German singer (tenor )
- Max giant, inventor of the Penates cream
- Otto Riese (1894-1977), German jurist and judge at the European Court of Justice
- Philip Riese ( * 1989), German football player
- Roland Giant ( badminton) ( born 1949 ), German badminton player
- Roland Giant ( politician ) ( born 1960 ), German politician ( FDP)
- Steffen Oliver Riese (* 1974), German photographer
- Walther Riese (1890-1976), German - American psychiatrist and medical historian
See also:
- Adam Ries ( 1492/3-1559 ), often wrongly Adam Riese, German Reckoner
- Ries, giants, Reese
- Rieser
- Zum Riesen
- Disambiguation