Kirsch (surname)
Encyclopedia
Kirsch is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adam KirschAdam KirschAdam Kirsch is an American poet and literary critic.-Early life and education:Kirsch is the son of lawyer, author, and biblical scholar Jonathan Kirsch, and a 1997 graduate of Harvard College.-Career:...
, an American book critic and writer - Brandon KirschBrandon KirschBrandon Michael Kirsch is a currently a free agent quarterback.-High school:Brandon Kirsch, attended Cedar Crest High School in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, where he was first team all-state, first team all-county and league Most Valuable Player as senior after completing 115 of 198 passes for 1,950...
, an American football player - David KirschDavid KirschDavid "Zoid" Kirsch is a computer game designer and programmer. His first notable project was Threewave CTF modification for Quake, in 1996. He was hired by id Software in 1997 to develop the CTF modes, which he over time implemented for Quake II and Quake III Arena. He was also one of the...
, a game developer - Delbert KirschDelbert KirschDelbert Kirsch is a Canadian provincial politician. He is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Batoche.-External links:*...
, a Canadian politician - Don KirschDon KirschDonald Kirsch was a college baseball coach at the University of Oregon for 23 years.-Early life and playing career:...
, an American college baseball coach - Ernst Gustav KirschErnst Gustav KirschErnst Gustav Kirsch was a German engineer. He was educated at Sorbonne, in Zürich and in Berlin. He was a professor from 1874 at the Chemnitz University of Technology in Chemnitz, Germany. Kirsch is primarily known for the Kirsch equations describing the elastic stress state around a...
, a German engineer - Irving KirschIrving KirschIrving Kirsch is Associate Director of the Program in Placebo Studies and a lecturer in medicine at the Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is also a professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Hull, United Kingdom and the University of Connecticut in the...
, an American professor of psychology - Jonathan KirschJonathan KirschJonathan Kirsch is a Biblical scholar, an attorney, and columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He is a bestselling author of books on religion, the Bible, and Judaism. He earned a B.A. degree in Russian and Jewish history from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a J.D. degree from Loyola...
, an American author, lawyer and columnist - Leo KirchLeo KirchLeo Kirch was a German media entrepreneur who founded the Kirch Group.-Life:Kirch was born in Volkach, Bavaria, but shortly afterward his family moved to the nearby town of Würzburg. After completing High school he studied marketing and management as well as mathematics at the University of...
, a German media baron - Mike KirschMike KirschMike Kirsch has been active in the San Francisco Bay Area hardcore and punk community since the mid-1980s.-Band history:*The Skinflutes *Fuel *Fifteen...
, an American rock guitarist - Olga KirschOlga Kirsch-Biography:Kirsch was born and brought up in Koppies in the Orange Free State. Her father had emigrated there from Lithuania and, though a Yiddish speaker, brought his daughter up to speak English. She nevertheless wrote in Afrikaans, publishing eight books of poetry in that language, as well as a...
, a poet - Philippe KirschPhilippe KirschPhilippe Kirsch, OC, QC is a Canadian lawyer who served as a judge of the International Criminal Court from 2003 to 2009 and was the court's first president....
, a Canadian lawyer - Randell KirschRandell KirschRandell Kirsch is an American singer/songwriter and musician.Kirsch received his first guitar lesson in 1962, performed publicly for the first time in 1963 at the Fresno County Fair, won the Wolters Elementary School talent show in 1966 with his band The Scorchers with Jeff Bryon and Perry Hodge,...
, an American singer and songwriter - Raymond KirschRaymond KirschRaymond Kirsch is a Luxembourgian businessman, economist, and administrator. He was the chairman of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, from 1 February 2004. to 20 April 2011....
, a Luxembourgian businessman - Sarah KirschSarah KirschSarah Kirsch is a German poet.She was born Ingrid Bernstein in Limlingerode, Prussian Saxony. She changed her first name to Sarah in order to protest against her father's anti-semitism. She studied biology in Halle and literature at the Johannes R. Becher Institute for Literature in Leipzig. In...
, a German poet - Stan KirschStan KirschStanley Benjamin Kirsch is an American actor, screenwriter and director.His first acting job was at the age of 4 when he appeared in some Campbell's soup television commercials...
, an American actor - Steve KirschSteve KirschSteven Todd Kirsch is an American serial entrepreneur who has started six companies: Mouse Systems, Frame Technology, Infoseek, Propel, Abaca, and OneID. He invented and owns a patent on an early version of the optical mouse. After bringing multiple successful startup companies through IPO and...
, an American inventor - Theodor Franz Wilhelm KirschTheodor Franz Wilhelm KirschTheodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch (29 September 1818 , Düben, Torgau - 8 July 1889, Dresden was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.Kirsch was Curator of Entomology at the Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden in Dresden....
(1818-1889), a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera