Spiegel (surname)
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Spiegel is a surname of German origin. In German language Spiegel means mirror.
There is a significant number of Jewish people with that surname, and it is said that this name originated from house sign in the Frankfurt am Main (Judengasse) picturing a mirror.[citation needed] The form Spiegel is documented in Frankfurt am Main since the 16th century. Variants are Szpiegel, Schpiegel, Shpi(e)gel, Şpighel, etc.
Spiegel is also an ancient German Christian surname. Family tradition says it was taken from a town or lake named Spiegel. There is a small community south of Munich named Spiegel. The name Spiegel goes back to at least the 12th century, when the Spiegel family were barons of Desenburg and Peckelsheim in Hessen; one noted person was Heinrich III Spiegel zum Desenberg (1361-80), Bishop of Paderborn.
[edit] People with the surname Spiegel
- Adam Spiegel, birth name of Spike Jonze
- Friedrich (von) Spiegel (1820– 1905), an orientalist at the University of Erlangen
- Laurie Spiegel (born 1945), an American composer
- Paul Spiegel (1937-2006), leader of the Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland
- Sam Spiegel (1901–1985), a Polish-born film producer
- Sam Spiegel (musician), American producer/DJ and brother of Spike Jonze
- C.R. Spiegel born 1984, Jewish-Canadian writer, playwright, actor
[edit] Fictional
- Spike Spiegel, a character in Cowboy Bebop
