Steinmetz
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Steinmetz is a German surname, meaning stonemason
People named Steinmetz
  • Johann Adam Steinmetz
    Johann Adam Steinmetz
    Johann Adam Steinmetz was a German Lutheran theologian, Pietist, educator and one of the most significant revivalists in 18th century Europe....

     (1689–1762), German Lutheran theologian
  • Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz
    Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz
    Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz was a German Generalfeldmarschall, born at Eisenach.-Early life and Napoleonic Wars:...

     (1796–1877), Prussian field marshal
  • Charles Proteus Steinmetz
    Charles Proteus Steinmetz
    Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a German-American mathematician and electrical engineer. He fostered the development of alternating current that made possible the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States, formulating mathematical theories for engineers...

     (1865–1923), German-American mathematician and electrical engineer
    • Charles P. Steinmetz Academic Centre
      Charles P. Steinmetz Academic Centre
      Charles P. Steinmetz Academic Centre, formely known as Steinmetz High School, is a public 4-year high school located in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is a part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299...

       (Steinmetz High School, Chicago, IL), named for the handicapped inventor
    • Steinmetz circuit (:de:Steinmetzschaltung), a method to use three phase motors with single phase AC, invented by Charles Proteus Steinmetz
    • Steinmetz solid
      Steinmetz solid
      In geometry, the Steinmetz solid is the solid body generated by the intersection of two or three cylinders of equal radius at right angles. It is named after Charles Proteus Steinmetz, though these solids were known long before Steinmetz studied them....

       in geometry, the solid body generated by the intersection of two or three cylinders of equal radius at right angles, named after Charles Proteus Steinmetz
    • IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award
      IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award
      The IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award is a technical field award given to an individual by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , for major contributions to standardization within the field of electrical and electronics engineering...

  • Barnabás Steinmetz
    Barnabás Steinmetz
    Barnabás Steinmetz is a Hungarian water polo player who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed Barney and Sema, and made his debut for the national team in 1993, at the an international tournament in Moscow, Russia...

     (b. 1975), Hungarian water polo player
  • Christian Steinmetz
    Christian Steinmetz
    Christian "Chris" Steinmetz was an American basketball player. He played forward for the University of Wisconsin from 1903 to 1905. He was college basketball's leading scorer in the game's first 25 years from 1895 to 1920...

     (1882–1963), American collegiate basketball player
  • Chris Steinmetz
    Chris Steinmetz
    Chris Steinmetz is a record producer and engineer living in Chicago. He is a staff engineer at Chicago Recording Company and president of Stonecutter Records .-Early life:...

     (b. 1966), American record producer and engineer
  • Donald W. Steinmetz
    Donald W. Steinmetz
    Donald W. Steinmetz, born September 19, 1924, is a former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Steinmetz graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and received his law degree there. Before becoming a member of the Supreme Court in 1980, Steinmetz was...

     (b. 1924), American former member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
  • Francis Steinmetz
    Francis Steinmetz
    Francis Steinmetz was an officer in the Royal Netherlands Navy who escaped from Oflag IV-C, Colditz Castle, a German POW camp, during World War II....

     (1914–2006), Dutch officer who escaped from Colditz Castle
  • Klement Steinmetz
    Klement Steinmetz
    Klement Steinmetz was an Austrian football player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Austrian team, which won the silver medal in the football tournament. He played three matches as forward and scored three goals.-External links:*...

     (1915–2001), Austrian football (soccer) player
  • Matthias Steinmetz
    Matthias Steinmetz
    Matthias Steinmetz is a German astronomer and astrophysicist. He is director of the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam and professor at the University of Potsdam....

     (b. 1966), German astronomer, director of the Astrophysical Institute Potsdam (AIP)
  • Miklós Steinmetz
    Miklós Steinmetz
    Miklós Steinmetz was a Hungarian-born Soviet Red Army captain.His parents were communists, and, after the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, the family fled to South America before immigrating to the Soviet Union...

     (1913–1944), Hungarian-born Soviet Red Army captain.
  • Moritz Valentin Steinmetz (d. 1584), German astronomer (Great Comet of 1577
    Great Comet of 1577
    The Great Comet of 1577 was a comet that passed close to Earth during the year 1577 AD. It was viewed by people all over Europe, including famous Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. From his observations of the comet, Brahe was able to discover that comets and similar objects travel above the Earth's...

    )
  • Paul Steinmetz
    Paul Steinmetz
    Paul Christopher Steinmetz is a retired professional rugby union footballer. He made one appearance for the All Blacks in 2002.-Provincial Rugby:...

     (b. 1977), New Zealand rugby union player
  • Pierre Steinmetz
    Pierre Steinmetz
    Pierre Steinmetz is a member of the Constitutional Council of France since 2004.-External links:...

     (b. 1943), member of the Constitutional Council of France since 2004
  • Richard Steinmetz
    Richard Steinmetz
    Richard Steinmetz is an American actor.In May 2004, Steinmetz joined the cast of Passions as Martin Fitzgerald, the long-missing patriarch of the Lopez-Fitzgerald family....

     (b. 1959), American actor
  • William Steinmetz
    William Steinmetz
    William Steinmetz was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi.-Biography:William Steinmetz was born in Newport, Kentucky on September 2, 1847. He was a Corporal...

     (1847–1903), American Union Army soldier
  • Characters in Herbie movies
    • Tennessee Steinmetz (Buddy Hackett
      Buddy Hackett
      Buddy Hackett was an American comedian and actor.-Early life:Hackett was born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, the son of a Jewish upholsterer. He grew up on 54th and 14th Ave in Borough Park, Brooklyn, across from Public School 103...

      ), in The Love Bug
      The Love Bug
      The Love Bug is the first in a series of comedy films made by Walt Disney Productions that starred an anthropomorphic pearl-white, fabric-sunroofed 1963 Volkswagen racing Beetle named Herbie...

    • Grandma Steinmetz (Helen Hayes
      Helen Hayes
      Helen Hayes Brown was an American actress whose career spanned almost 70 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the American Theatre" and was one of twelve people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award...

      ) in Herbie Rides Again
      Herbie Rides Again
      Herbie Rides Again is a 1974 comedy film. It is the sequel to The Love Bug, released six years earlier, and the second in a series of movies made by Walt Disney Productions starring an anthropomorphic 1963 Volkswagen racing Beetle named Herbie...


Other uses
  • Steinmetz Opel Tuning
    Steinmetz Opel Tuning
    Steinmetz is an automobile tuning company specialising in Opel cars, based in Aachen, Germany. They develop higher performance engines, sports suspension, special exhausts and complete aerodynamic bodystyling kits. Their engineers believe that the proving ground for all products is still in...

    , German company named after Klaus A. Steinmetz
  • Steinmetz Pink Diamond
    Steinmetz Pink Diamond
    The Steinmetz Pink is a diamond weighing 59.60 carats , rated in color as Fancy Vivid Pink by the Gemological Institute of America. The Steinmetz Pink is the largest known diamond having been rated Vivid Pink. As a result of this exceptional rarity, the Steinmetz Group took a cautious 20 months to...

    , largest known Vivid Pink diamond
  • 1681 Steinmetz
    1681 Steinmetz
    1681 Steinmetz is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 23, 1948 by Marguerite Laugier at Nice.According to a proposal by Otto Kippes, who verified the discovery, it was named after German amateur astronomer Julius Steinmetz from Gerolfingen.- External links :*...

     (1948 WE), a Main-belt Asteroid named after German astronomer Julius Steinmetz (1893–1965)
  • Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research
    Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research
    Tami Steinmetz Center For Peace Research is an academic research institution of Tel Aviv University which surveys public opinion regarding the peace process, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the Arab-Israeli conflict....

    , an academic research institution of Tel Aviv University
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