Spiegel (surname)
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Spiegel is a surname of German
origin. In German language
Spiegel means mirror.
Spiegel is an ancient German Christian surname. Family tradition says it was taken from a town or lake named Spiegel. There is a small community south of Munich named Spiegel. The name Spiegel goes back to at least the 12th century, when the Spiegel family were barons of Desenburg and Peckelsheim in Hessen; one noted person was Heinrich III Spiegel zum Desenberg (1361-80), Bishop of Paderborn.
There are also a significant number of Jewish people with the surname, and it is said that this name originated from a house sign in the Frankfurt am Main (Judengasse
) picturing a mirror. The form Spiegel is documented in Frankfurt am Main since the 16th century. Variants are Szpiegel, Schpiegel, Shpi(e)gel, Şpighel, etc.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
origin. In German language
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
Spiegel means mirror.
Spiegel is an ancient German Christian surname. Family tradition says it was taken from a town or lake named Spiegel. There is a small community south of Munich named Spiegel. The name Spiegel goes back to at least the 12th century, when the Spiegel family were barons of Desenburg and Peckelsheim in Hessen; one noted person was Heinrich III Spiegel zum Desenberg (1361-80), Bishop of Paderborn.
There are also a significant number of Jewish people with the surname, and it is said that this name originated from a house sign in the Frankfurt am Main (Judengasse
Frankfurter Judengasse
The Frankfurter Judengasse was the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt and one of the earliest ghettos in Germany. It existed from 1462 until 1796 and was home to Germany's largest Jewish community in early modern times....
) picturing a mirror. The form Spiegel is documented in Frankfurt am Main since the 16th century. Variants are Szpiegel, Schpiegel, Shpi(e)gel, Şpighel, etc.
People with the surname Spiegel
- Adam Spiegel aka Spike Jonze (born 1969), an American film directory
- Edward A. SpiegelEdward SpiegelEdward A. Spiegel is the Rutherfurd Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University and highly regarded for his work on convection theory and on the application of fluid dynamics to astrophysics.-Career:...
, an American astrophysicist - Friedrich (von) Spiegel (1820-1905), an orientalist at the University of Erlangen
- Giora SpiegelGiora SpiegelGiora Spiegel , is a former Israeli footballer and coach. As a footballer, he holds the record for the longest Israeli career, spanning 14 years and 357 days.-Biography:...
(born 1947), a Jewish-Israeli footballer and manager - Laurie SpiegelLaurie SpiegelLaurie Spiegel is an American composer. She has worked at Bell Laboratories, in computer graphics, and is known primarily for her electronic-music compositions and her algorithmic composition software Music Mouse...
(born 1945), an American composer - Paul SpiegelPaul SpiegelPaul Spiegel was leader of the Zentralrat der Juden in Germany and the main spokesman of the German Jews...
(1937-2006), leader of the Zentralrat der Juden in DeutschlandZentralrat der Juden in DeutschlandThe Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland is a federation of German Jews organizing many Jewish organisations in Germany. It was founded on July 19, 1950, as a response to the increasing isolation of German Jews by the international Jewish community and increasing interest in Jewish affairs by the ... - Sam SpiegelSam SpiegelSam Spiegel was an Austrian-born American independent film producer.-Life and career:Spiegel was born in Jarosław, Galicia, Austria-Hungary as Samuel P. Spiegel to a German-Jewish father and Polish mother and educated at the University of Vienna. His brother was Shalom Spiegel, a professor of...
(1901-1985), a Polish-born film producer - Sam Spiegel (musician)Sam Spiegel (musician)Sam Spiegel, also known as Squeak E. Clean, is an American producer/DJ/composer from New York who grew up in Manhattan and Westchester County.As a child, Sam studied classical voice, cello, and flute, but by his teens, he enjoyed hip hop music....
, American producer/DJ and brother of Spike Jonze - Joseph Spiegel (1840-1918), Founder of Spiegel Catalog
- Murray R. SpiegelMurray R. SpiegelMurray Ralph Spiegel was an author of technical books on applied mathematics.Spiegel received his Ph.D. in 1949 from Cornell University. He taught at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and in 1957 became a full professor there.- Bibliography :...
, mathematician
Spiegl
- Fritz SpieglFritz SpieglFritz Spiegl was born at Zurndorf, Austria, the son of an agricultural merchant and his Jewish wife. He became a musician, journalist, broadcaster, humorist and collector who lived and worked in England from 1939....
(1926-2003), Austrian-born musician, journalist, broadcaster, humorist and collector
See also
- Spiegle (disambiguation)
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- SpiegelmannSpiegelmannSpigelman is a surname and may refer to:*Art Spiegelman, American comics artist*James Spigelman, Chief Justice of New South Wales*Sol Spiegelman, American microbiologist...