Hammer (surname)
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- A. J. HammerA. J. HammerA. J. Hammer is a television and radio personality who, as of now, hosts CNN Headline News evening show, Showbiz Tonight....
- Alwin HammersAlwin HammersAlwin Hammers is a German theologian.Hammers was born at Bitburg. During his childhood he lived in Mürlenbach, Eifel. He studied philosophy and theology in Trier. He wanted to become a roman-catholic priest. During his university studies he met his wife. He married and the family has two children...
(born 1942), German theologian and professor - Anthony HammerAnthony HammerAnthony Hammer is an Australian actor, known for his short-lived stint as Leo Hancock on the Australian soap opera Neighbours. He joined the cast in 2001 but shortly afterwards, the entire on-screen Hancock family were axed...
- Armand HammerArmand HammerArmand Hammer was an American business tycoon most closely associated with Occidental Petroleum, a company he ran for decades, though he was known as well as for his art collection, his philanthropy, and for his close ties to the Soviet Union.Thanks to business interests around the world and his...
(1898–1990), U.S. physician, entrepreneur, oil magnate, and art collector - Barbara HammerBarbara HammerBarbara Hammer is an American filmmaker in the genre of experimental films and a professor at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee.-Biography:...
(born 1939), film maker - Beatrice HammerBeatrice HammerBeatrice Hammer is a French writer. She was born in Paris. Her work has not been translated yet into English.-Bibliography:* Camille, short story in Les Coupons de Magali et autres nouvelles, Sépia 1994...
- Bernhard HammerBernhard HammerBernhard Hammer was a Swiss politician.He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 10, 1875, and handed over office on December 31, 1890...
(1822–1907), Swiss president - Charles Christian HammerCharles Christian HammerCharles Christian "Sir Charles" Hammer, , was an American classical guitarist.Charles Christian Hammer was born in Chicago, Illinois. Hammer took up the guitar in his youth after hearing The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. He purchased his first guitar with earnings from a newspaper route...
(1953–2004), U.S. classical guitarist - Chuck HammerChuck HammerChuck Hammer is an American guitarist and Emmy nominated digital film composer, known for seminal guitar-synth with Lou Reed, David Bowie, and Guitarchitecture....
- Doc HammerDoc HammerEric A. "Doc" Hammer is an American musician, actor, film and television writer, voice actor, and painter. He performed in the gothic rock bands Requiem in White from 1985 to 1995 and Mors Syphilitica from 1995 to 2002, both with his then-wife Lisa Hammer...
- Friedrich Julius HammerFriedrich Julius HammerFriedrich Julius Hammer was a German poet born in Dresden.In 1831 he went to Leipzig to study law, but devoted himself mainly to philosophy and belles lettres...
(1810–1862), German poet - Heathcote Howard HammerHeathcote Howard HammerMajor General Heathcote Howard Hammer CBE, DSO & Bar was a senior officer in the Australian Army, seeing service during the Second World War. Born on 15 February 1905 in Southern Cross, Western Australia, he later lived in Bendigo, Victoria and married Mary Hammer...
- Herb Hammer (born 1934), U.S politician
- Jack Hammer (porn star)Jack Hammer (porn star)Jack Hammer is the pseudonym of Jack David Rout, born August 17, 1963, a pornographic actor.He is a muscular man with blonde hair. He wears many tattoos, including a cross,and a skull. He also has the word "WHITE" on his left triceps and "POWER" on his right triceps. Some see these tattoos as...
- Jan HammerJan HammerJan Hammer is a composer, pianist and keyboardist. He first gained his most visible audience while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early 1970s, as well as his film scores for television and film including "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the popular 1980s...
(born 1948), composer - Jens Hammer
- John HammerJohn HammerJohn William Hammer is the founder of several sporting competitions for older players.He founded Superules, an Australian rules football competition for those over 35 years of age at a meeting at the Zero Inn, Nhill, Victoria in 1980...
- Kristian HammerKristian HammerKristian Hammer is a Norwegian nordic combined skier who has been competing since 1995 while representing Eidsvoll IL. He grew up on Setermoen in Bardu....
- Lisa HammerLisa HammerLisa Hammer is a filmmaker, actress, composer and singer and is the sister of director James Merendino...
, film maker - Marion P. HammerMarion P. HammerMarion P. Hammer was the first female President of the National Rifle Association, an American gun-owners' rights organization.She served from 1995 to 1998 and remains on the Board of Directors. Hammer has been the National Rifle Association's lobbyist in Tallahassee for more than three decades...
- Michael HammerMichael HammerMichael Martin Hammer was an American engineer, management author, and a former professor of computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , known as one of the founders of the management theory of Business process reengineering .- Biography:Hammer, the child of Holocaust...
, management 'guru' - Moshe HammerMoshe HammerMoshe Hammer is a Canadian violinist. Since 1997 he has been an active member of The Galaxy Trio with violinist Lenny Solomon and pianist Bernie Senensky.Hammer was born in Budapest, raised in Israel, and became a Canadian citizen in 1975....
(born 1946), Canadian violinist - William Joseph HammerWilliam Joseph HammerWilliam Joseph Hammer was an pioneer electrical engineer and aviator and he was president of the Edison Pioneers starting in 1908.-Biography:...
(1858–1934) - Victor HammerVictor HammerVictor Karl Hammer , was an Austrian-born American painter, sculptor, printer, and typographer.-Early life and education:Hammer was born in Vienna, Austria to Karl and Maria Hammer...
(1882–1967), artist - Zevulun HammerZevulun HammerZevulun Hammer was an Israeli politician, minister and Deputy Prime Minister.-Biography:Hammer was born in Haifa during the British Mandate of Palestine. He was an active member of the Bnei Akiva youth movement , and served in the Israeli Armored Corps in a Nahal programme...
(1936–1998), Israeli politician - Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774–1856), Austrian orientalist
Fictional characters
- Foe Hammer (disambiguation)
- Hans Von Hammer, known as the "Enemy Ace", based on the real life Red Baron
- Mike HammerMike HammerMichael "Mike" Hammer is a fictional detective created by the American author Mickey Spillane in the 1947 book I, the Jury .-Description:...
, private detective created by Mickey Spillane - The Hebrew HammerThe Hebrew HammerThe Hebrew Hammer is a 2003 American film directed by Jonathan Kesselman. It stars Adam Goldberg, Judy Greer, Andy Dick, Mario Van Peebles, and Peter Coyote...
, Comedy Central and movie superhero - Justin HammerJustin HammerJustin Hammer is a fictional character that has appeared in various comic book series published by Marvel Comics. As a frequent adversary of the superhero Iron Man, Justin Hammer exists in Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe...
, fictional comicbook villain - Crimson Cowl (Justine Hammer), fictional comicbook villain
- Sledge Hammer!Sledge Hammer!Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character,...
, character from the TV sitcom with the same name