Goethe (surname)
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Goethe is a German-language surname.
It is best known for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
; members of his family bearing it include:
Others bearing the name include:
It is best known for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
; members of his family bearing it include:
- August von Goethe: son of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
- Catharina Elisabeth Goethe: mother of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
- Johann Caspar Goethe: father of Johann Wolfgang Goethe.
- Ottilie von Goethe: daughter-in-law of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
- Christiane von Goethe: wife of Johann Wolfgang Goethe.
Others bearing the name include:
- Johann Friedrich Eosander von Göthe (1669–1728) — German Late-Baroque architect
- Charles GoetheCharles GoetheCharles M. Goethe was an American eugenicist, entrepreneur, land developer, philanthropist, conservationist, founder of the Eugenics Society of Northern California, and a native and lifelong resident of Sacramento, California....
(1875–1966), American activist - Amon Goethe (1908–1946), German soldier a.k.a. Amon GöthAmon GöthAmon Leopold Göth was an Austrian Nazi and the commandant of the Nazi concentration camp at Płaszów, General Government...
- Bror Geijer GötheBror Geijer GötheBror Geijer Göthe was a Swedish artist, a painter and textile artist who revived late medieval methods.-Life:He was born in the Stockholm parish of Maria Magdalena in 1892 and grew up in the suburb of Djursholm outside the city.....
- Dieter GötheDieter GötheDieter Göthe is an East German slalom canoer who competed in the 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 event at the 1959 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Geneva.-References:*...
- Matthew Goethe