Joachim (surname)
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Joachim is a surname, ultimately derived from the Biblical king Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim .On Josiah's death, Jehoiakim's younger brother Jehoahaz was proclaimed king, but after three months pharaoh Necho II deposed him and replaced him with the eldest son, Eliakim, who adopted the name Jehoiakim and became king at the age of twenty-five...

. Pronunciation varies, and may be wa-keem' or jo'-akim.

People with this surname

  • Attila Joachim (1923–1947), Hungarian Holocaust victim
  • Aurélien Joachim (born 1986), Luxembourgian footballer
  • Benoît Joachim
    Benoît Joachim
    Benoît Joachim is a professional road racing cyclist from Luxembourg.Joachim started his professional career at the age of 18 for a small Italian cycling team, Sonego Sport, After racing with them for three months, he was noticed by a bigger, De Nardi who were interesting him...

     (born 1976), Luxembourgian professional road racing cyclist
  • Ferenc Joachim
    Ferenc Joachim
    Ferenc Joachim was a Hungarian painter of portraits and landscapes in oil, watercolors and pastels on canvas, board and paper. He studied and painted in Budapest and Western Europe. Hungarian usage puts the surname before the given name, in the form Joachim Ferenc...

     (1882–1964), Hungarian (Magyar) painter of portraits and landscapes
  • Harold Joachim
    Harold Joachim
    Harold Henry Joachim was a British idealist philosopher. A disciple of Francis Herbert Bradley, whose posthumous papers he edited, Joachim is now identified with the later days of the British Idealist movement. He is generally credited with the definitive formulation of the coherence theory of...

     (1868–1938), British idealist philosopher
  • Joseph Joachim
    Joseph Joachim
    Joseph Joachim was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, composer and teacher. A close collaborator of Johannes Brahms, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant violinists of the 19th century.-Origins:...

     (1831–1907), Hungarian violinist, conductor, composer and teacher
  • Joseph Joachim (:de:Joseph Joachim (Schriftsteller) ) (1834–1904), Swiss author
  • Julian Joachim
    Julian Joachim
    Julian Jostin Joachim is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Coalville Town Football Club....

     (born 1974), English professional footballer
  • Otto Joachim (composer) (1910–2010), German-born Canadian musician and composer of electronic music
  • Otto Joachim (politician)
    Otto Joachim (politician)
    Otto Joachim, greve Moltke til Stridfeld og Walkendorf was the Minister of State of Denmark from 1824 to 1842. He was descended from Adam Gottlob Moltke, who had exercised extensive political power during the reign of Frederick V....

     (1770–1853), Danish politician and former Minister of State for Denmark
  • Suresh Joachim
    Suresh Joachim
    Suresh Joachim Arulanantham is a Tamil Canadian film actor, producer, and multiple-Guinness World Record holder who has broken 60 world records set in several countries in attempts to benefit underprivileged children around the world.-World records:...

     (fl.
    Floruit
    Floruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...

    2005), Sri Lankan (Tamil) World Record collector
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