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Morgenstern is a Germanic
Germanic languages
The Germanic languages constitute a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family. The common ancestor of all of the languages in this branch is called Proto-Germanic , which was spoken in approximately the mid-1st millennium BC in Iron Age northern Europe...

 surname meaning morning star
Morning Star
Morning star is the name given to the planet Venus when it appears in the east before sunrise.*Phosphorus , in Greek and biblical mythology** Eosphorus, the "dawn-bearer" in Greek mythology**Lucifer, the Latin translation of Phosphorus...

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Surname

  • Barbara Morgenstern
    Barbara Morgenstern
    Barbara Morgenstern is a German electronic music artist who has released seven full-length albums and seven EPs.-Biography:...

     (born 1971), German musician

  • Erin Morgenstern
    Erin Morgenstern
    Erin Morgenstern is an American writer and visual artist best known for writing The Night Circus.-Life:Erin Morgenstern was raised in Marshfield, Massachusetts and studied theater and studio art at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, graduating in 2000. In addition to writing, she paints,...

    , American author
  • Joe Morgenstern
    Joe Morgenstern
    Joe Morgenstern is a Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic for The Wall Street Journal.-Career:Morgenstern graduated from Lehigh University in 1953. His first journalism experience was as news clerk at the New York Times...

    , American film critic
  • Johann Carl Simon Morgenstern
    Johann Carl Simon Morgenstern
    Johann Carl Simon Morgenstern was a Livonian philologist, the first director of the library of the Imperial University of Dorpat. He coined the term Bildungsroman.-Biography:Morgenstern was born in Magdeburg...

     (1770–1852), the German philologist who coined the term Bildungsroman
    Bildungsroman
    In literary criticism, bildungsroman or coming-of-age story is a literary genre which focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood , and in which character change is thus extremely important...

  • Maia Morgenstern
    Maia Morgenstern
    Maia Morgenstern is a Romanian film and stage actress, described by Florin Mitu of AMOS News as "a symbol of Romanian theater and film". In the English-speaking world, she is probably best known for the role of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ...

     (born 1962), Romanian film and stage actress
  • Mark Morgenstern
    Mark Morgenstern
    Mark Morgenstern is a Canadian director, cinematographer and editor from Montreal, Quebec.-Filmography :* Refuge , a documentary on rebels in Darfur by Alexandre Trudeau, as editor...

    , Canadian filmmaker
  • Norbert Morgenstern, geotechnical engineer and developer of the "Morgenstern-Price" method of slope stability
    Slope stability
    The field of slope stability encompasses the analysis of static and dynamic stability of slopes of earth and rock-fill dams, slopes of other types of embankments, excavated slopes, and natural slopes in soil and soft rock...

     analysis
  • Oskar Morgenstern
    Oskar Morgenstern
    Oskar Morgenstern was a German-born Austrian-School economist. He, along with John von Neumann, helped found the mathematical field of game theory ....

     (1902–1977), Austrian economist and founder of the field of game theory
  • Ralph Morgenstern
    Ralph Morgenstern
    Ralph Morgenstern is a German actor and TV-moderator.Morgenstern works in theatre, films, and in German TV...

    , German actor in theatre, tv and film
  • Rick Morgenstern (born 1951), Canadian Recording Artist
  • Soma Morgenstern
    Soma Morgenstern
    Soma Morgenstern was a Jewish-Austrian writer and journalist.- Biography :Soma Morgenstern spent his childhood in various villages in Galicia...

     (1890–1976), Jewish-Austrian writer and journalist
  • Stephanie Morgenstern
    Stephanie Morgenstern
    Stephanie Grace Morgenstern is a Swiss-Canadian actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter for television and film. Born in Geneva, Switzerland and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Morgenstern began her acting career when she was 15. She has worked extensively on stage, film, and television in both English...

    , Canadian actress and screenwriter
  • Thomas Morgenstern
    Thomas Morgenstern
    Thomas Morgenstern is an Austrian ski jumper. Having won the world cup twice, the Four Hills Tournament and the Nordic Tournament once each, the Grand Prix three times, and 12 gold medals at world championships and Olympic games, he is one of the most successful contemporary jumpers.- Career...

     (born 1986), Austrian ski jumper

Fiction

  • David Morgenstern, a fictional emergency-room physician portrayed by William H. Macy on the television
  • Morgenstern (fiction), the mythical horse ridden by Julian, one of the Princes of Amber in Roger Zelazny's Amber series.
  • S. Morgenstern, fictional author of William Goldman's The Princess Bride
  • Valentine Morgenstern, a character in the Mortal Instruments book series.

Music

  • Morgenstern (band)
    Morgenstern (band)
    thumb|Morgenstern on stage at the IWTBF Festival, Berlin, Dez 2003Morgenstern is the name of a musical project combining noise, industrial, and ambient music. It is a continuing act of Germany's Ant-Zen record label.-Members/History:...

    , a music project
  • Morgenstern (Mittelalter band)
    Morgenstern (Mittelalter band)
    -Albums:*Feuertaufe *Heute ist die Rache mein *Rausch *Fuego -External links:** at Napalm Records...

    , a German Mittelalter-Rock band
  • Morgenstern (song), a song by rock band Rammstein
    Rammstein
    Rammstein is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band from Berlin, formed in 1994. The band consists of members Till Lindemann , Richard Z. Kruspe , Paul H. Landers , Oliver "Ollie" Riedel , Christoph "Doom" Schneider and Christian "Flake" Lorenz...