Günther
Encyclopedia
The Germanic first name Günther, Günter, Gunther or Guenther, also Gunthar, refers to various medieval persons, including:
- Blessed GuntherBlessed GuntherBlessed Gunther was a Catholic hermit in Bohemia in the eleventh century.-Biography:Gunther was born about 955. The son of a noble family, he was a brother-in-law of St. Stephen, the King of Hungary, and is numbered among the ancestors of the princely house of Schwarzburg...
, Bohemian hermit - GuntherGuntherGunther is the German name of a semi-legendary king of Burgundy of the early 5th century...
, semi-legendary 5th century king of the Burgundians - Gunther of CologneGunther of CologneGünther of Cologne was a Roman Catholic archbishop of Cologne in Germany who was excommunicated and deposed.Günther belonged to a noble Frankish family and, if we may believe the poet Sedulius Scottus , was a man of great ability.He was consecrated Archbishop of Cologne on 22 April 850 Günther of...
As a company name
- Gunther Brewing CompanyGunther Brewing CompanyGunther Brewing Company is a historic brewery building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. The site comprises 15 masonry buildings. The main structure is a five story brick "L"-shaped Romanesque Revival-style brew house with a two-story brick ice plant built about 1910 and one- and...
, an historic (now defunct) brewery, which originated as George Gunther, Jr. Brewing Company
As a family name, spelled Günther
- Albert Günther (1830–1914), British zoologist
- Christian GüntherChristian GüntherChristian Ernst Günther was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs in the National Unity Government that was formed as a consequence of the Soviet attack on Finland in November, 1939, and would remain in function until World War II had ended in 1945.Günther, whose father had been Swedish diplomat,...
(1886–1966), Swedish Foreign Minister - Gotthard GüntherGotthard GüntherGotthard Günther , was a German philosopher.- Biography :...
(1900–1984), German philosopher - Hans F. K. Günther (1891–1968), Nazi racial theorist
- Herbert V. GüntherHerbert V. GüntherHerbert V. Güenther [Herbert Vighnāntaka Guenther, Ph.D., D.Litt.] was a German Buddhist philosopher and Professor and Head of the Department of Far Eastern Studies at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. He held this position from the time he left India in 1964.-Early life:He was...
, teacher, writer and scholar - Johann Christian GüntherJohann Christian GüntherJohann Christian Günther was a German poet from Striegau in Lower Silesia. After attending the gymnasium at Schweidnitz, he was sent in 1715 by his father, a country doctor, to study medicine at Wittenberg; but he was idle and dissipated, had no taste for the profession chosen for him, and came to...
(1695–1723), German poet
As a family name, spelled Gunther
- Dave GuntherDave GuntherDave Gunther is a college basketball coach who was the head basketball coach for the University of North Dakota from 1970-1988. Gunther played college basketball at the University of Iowa, and he had a brief career with the NBA's San Francisco Warriors....
, basketball coach - George GuntherGeorge GuntherGeorge "Doc" Gunther is the longest-serving state legislator in Connecticut history. Senator Gunther represented the 21st Connecticut Senate District, comprising all of Shelton, most of Stratford, and parts of Monroe and Seymour, Connecticut, from 1966 to 2006...
, American politician - Joe GuntherJoe GuntherJoe Gunther is the hero of Archer Mayor's longrunning mystery novel series set largely in Brattleboro, Vermont. When the series begins, Gunther has already worked as a police officer for thirty years and is an experienced police lieutenant...
, fictional character - John GuntherJohn GuntherJohn Gunther was an American journalist and author whose success came primarily in the 1940s and 1950s with a series of popular sociopolitical works known as the "Inside" books...
, American author - Johnny GuntherJohnny GuntherJohn Gunther jr , was the son of the American author John Gunther and is the central figure in John Gunther's book, Death Be Not Proud, which tells of the younger Gunther's death at the age of seventeen from a brain tumor....
, son of John Gunther - Jyllian GuntherJyllian GuntherJyllian Gunther is an independent film director.She is also a producer, writer, and cinematographer. She appeared in her 2003 film, Pull Out.- Partial filmography:* *Postcards From Buster PBS...
, film director - Lee GuntherLee GuntherLee Gunther was a film editor on more than 85 animated shorts in all.-Career:...
, film editor - Neil J. GuntherNeil J. GuntherNeil Gunther, is a computer information systems researcher best known internationally for developing the open-source performance modeling software Pretty Damn Quick and developing the to computer capacity planning and performance analysis...
, Australian-American scientist - Robert GuntherRobert GuntherRobert Theodore Gunther was a historian of science, zoologist, and founder of the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford....
, science historian
As a first name
- Gunther CunninghamGunther CunninghamGunther Cunningham is an American football defensive coordinator for the Detroit Lions. Cunningham has presided over some of the most successful defenses in NFL history , typically ranking at the top of the league in many statistical categories.Cunningham was born in 1946 in war-torn Munich,...
, American football coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL - Günter GrassGünter GrassGünter Wilhelm Grass is a Nobel Prize-winning German author, poet, playwright, sculptor and artist.He was born in the Free City of Danzig...
, German novelist and Nobel laureate - Günther (singer), the stage name of Swedish singer and musician Mats Söderlund
- Guenter LewyGuenter LewyGuenter Lewy is an author and political scientist who is a professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts. His works span several topics, but he is most often associated with his 1978 book on the Vietnam War, America in Vietnam, and several controversial works that deal with the...
, American political historian - Günther LütjensGünther LütjensGünther Lütjens was a German Admiral whose military service spanned almost 30 years. Lütjens is best known for his actions during World War II, primarily his service as admiral of the squadron comprising and her consort, , during the Operation Rheinübung sortie.-Early career:Günther Lütjens was...
, Kriegsmarine admiral - Günther Netzer, former German football player
- Günther RallGünther RallLieutenant-General Günther Rall was the third most successful fighter ace in history. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He achieved a total of 275 victories during World War II: 272 on the Eastern Front,...
, Luftwaffe pilot and third-ranking ace in history - Guenther Schifter, Austrian radio presenter
- Günther SchumacherGünther SchumacherGünther Schumacher is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer born in East Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1984...
, German track and road cyclist - Guenter SchulzGuenter SchulzGünter Schulz is a German-born guitarist formerly of the band KMFDM. His first credited appearance was on the band's Naïve album . He continued using that stage name until 1995's Nihil...
, former guitarist of KMFDM and Excessive Force, current guitarist of Slick Idiot and live guitarist for PIG - Gunther von HagensGunther von HagensGunther von Hagens is a controversial German anatomist who invented the technique for preserving biological tissue specimens called plastination.-Early life:...
, anatomist
In popular culture
- Gunther, a fictional recurring character from Friends, played by James Michael Tyler
- Gunther, a character in Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
- Günther (singer), the stage persona of Swedish musician Mats Söderlund
- Bernie Gunther, the protagonist of Philip KerrPhilip KerrPhilip Kerr is a British author of both adult fiction and non-fiction, most notably the Bernie Gunther series of thrillers, and of children's books, particularly the Children of the Lamp series....
's Berlin Noir novels - Gunther Hessenheffer, a fictional character from Disney's TV series Shake It Up, played by Kenton Duty.
- Gunther Hermann is a mechanical-augmented agent in the video gaming Deus ExDeus ExDeus Ex is an action role-playing game developed by Ion Storm Inc. and published by Eidos Interactive in 2000, which combines gameplay elements of first-person shooters with those of role-playing video games...
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