Adolf
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| Adolf | |
| Gender: | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin: | German |
| Meaning: | "Noble wolf" |
For other uses, see Adolf (disambiguation).
Adolf, or Adolph, was a popular given name, especially in the German-speaking countries and in Scandinavia, but is rarely given today because of the association with Adolf Hitler. It derived from the Old High German Athalwolf, a composition of athal, or adal, meaning noble, and wolf; in sequence, making Adolf another portmanteau. Compare Rudolf.
[edit] Monarchs and noblemen
- Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, Holy Roman Emperor (1255 - 1298)
- Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, King of Sweden (1594 - 1632)
- Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, King of Sweden (1778 - 1837)
- Adolf Frederick of Sweden, King of Sweden (1710 - 1771)
- Prince Gustav Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Prince of Sweden (1906 - 1947)
- Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817 - 1905)
- Adolf VIII, Duke of southern Jutland (1401 - 1459)
- Adolf of Altena, Archbishop of Cologne (1157 - 1220)
- Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1658 - 1708)
- Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817 - 1905)
- Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1817 - 1893)
- Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1883 - 1936)
- Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe, regent of Lippe (1859 - 1917)
[edit] People with the given name Adolf or Adolph
- Adolf Albin, Romanian chess player (1848 - 1920)
- Adolf Anderssen, German chess player (1818 - 1879)
- Adolf Appellöf, Swedish zoologist (1857 - 1921)
- Adolf Bastian, German anthropologist (1826 - 1905)
- Adolf Born, Czech artist and filmmaker (born 1930)
- Adolf Brand, German journalist (1874 - 1945)
- Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist (1835 - 1917)
- Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer (1891 - 1952)
- Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist (1903 - 1995)
- Adolf Cluss, German-American architect (1825 - 1905)
- Adolf Daens, Belgian theologian (1839 - 1907)
- Adolf Dassler, founder of Adidas (1900 - 1978)
- Adolf Deucher, Swiss politician (1831 - 1912)
- Adolf Dymsza, Polish comedy actor (1900 - 1975)
- Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general (1905 - 2004)
- Adolf Eichmann, high-ranking Nazi (1906 - 1962)
- Adolf Etolin, Finnish explorer (1799 - 1876)
- Adolf Eugen Fick, German inventor (1829 - 1901)
- Adolf Abraham Halevi Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician (1891 - 1965)
- Adolf Galland, German fighter pilot (1912 - 1996)
- Adolf Glassbrenner, German humourist (1810 - 1876)
- Adolf Harnack, German theologian (1851 - 1930)
- Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld, German theologian (1823 - 1907)
- Adolf von Henselt, German composer (1814 - 1889)
- Adolf Hitler, a German, Austrian-born, statesman and dictator (1889 - 1945)
- Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician (1859 - 1919)
- Adolf Kneser, German mathematician (1862 - 1930)
- Adolph Kolping, German priest (1813 - 1865)
- Adolf Lande, drug-control official
- Adolf Lindenbaum, Polish mathematician (1904 - 1941)
- Adolf Loos, Austrian architect (1870 - 1933)
- Adolf Lu Hitler Marak, Indian politician (born 1948)
- Adolf Meyer (psychiatrist), Swiss-American psychiatrist (1866 - 1950)
- Adolf Meyer (architect), architect (1881 - 1929)
- Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (1832 - 1901)
- Adolf Oberländer, German characturist (1845 - 1923)
- Adolph Ochs, American newspaper publisher (1858 - 1935)
- Adolf Ogi, Swiss politician (born 1942)
- Adolf Overweg, German scientist (1822 - 1852)
- Adolf Pilar von Pilchau, Baltic German politician (1851 - 1925)
- Adolf Reinach, German phenomenologist (1883 - 1917)
- Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (1901 - 1977)
- Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German poet (1815 - 1894)
- Adolf Schärf, President of Austria (1890 - 1965)
- Adolf Schlagintweit, German explorer (1829 - 1857)
- Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer (1872 - 1919)
- Adolf Schreyer, German painter (1828 - 1899)
- Adolf von Sonnenthal, Austrian actor (1834 - 1909)
- Adolf Stieler, German cartographer (1775 - 1836)
- Adolf Stoecker, German theologian (1835 - 1909)
- Adolf Tolkachev, Soviet engineer and CIA spy (1927 - 1986)
- Adolf Wilbrandt, German novelist (1837 - 1911)
- Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist (1876 - 1959)
- Adolf Wölfli, Swiss artist (1864 - 1930)
- Adolf Ziegler, Nazi official (1892 - 1959)
