Wachs
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Wachs means wax
in German.
Wachs as a surname may refer to:
Wax
thumb|right|[[Cetyl palmitate]], a typical wax ester.Wax refers to a class of chemical compounds that are plastic near ambient temperatures. Characteristically, they melt above 45 °C to give a low viscosity liquid. Waxes are insoluble in water but soluble in organic, nonpolar solvents...
in German.
Wachs as a surname may refer to:
- Caitlin (Elizabeth) WachsCaitlin WachsCaitlin Elizabeth Wachs is an American actress who has acted in several films and TV series. She appeared alongside Ally Walker and Robert Davi in Profiler, and played the president's daughter, Rebecca Calloway, on the series Commander in Chief....
(born 1989, Eugene, Oregon), American actress - Daliah WachsDaliah WachsDaliah Wachs is an American radio personality, host of the "Doctor Daliah" show.Wachs is a board certified family physician who started a radio show to allow callers to receive free medical advice on the air during the recession in early 2009 on KLAV in Las Vegas. The show was picked up by KDWN in...
, an American radio personality - Daniel Alfred WachsDaniel Alfred WachsIn the fall of 2006, Daniel Alfred Wachs assumed the position of Music Director & Director of Orchestral Activities at Chapman University in Orange, California. Concurrently, he serves as Music Director of the Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra which has just entered its 40th season.Born in...
(born 1976), American musician (born 1963, Berlin), German periodist and editor - Hans Heinrich (Wilhelm Ernst August) Wachs (1822, Breitenbach am HerzbergBreitenbach am HerzbergBreitenbach am Herzberg is a community in southwesternmost Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in eastern Hesse, Germany.-Location:...
1895, Hanerau-HademarschenHanerau-HademarschenHanerau-Hademarschen is a municipality in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated near the Kiel Canal, approx. 25 km southwest of Rendsburg....
), German physician, landowner and politician - Joel WachsJoel WachsJoel Wachs , was a Los Angeles, California, City Council member for thirty years and a three-time candidate for mayor of that city, who is now the president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in New York City...
(born 1939, Scranton, Pennsylvania), American politician, president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts - Judith WachsJudith WachsJudith Wachs was an American singer and songwriter who promoted Sephardic music through her musical group, Voice of the Turtle of which she was the artistic director.-Early life:...
(c. 1938, New York City 2008), Jewish American singer and songwriter - Larry Wachs, American radio host
- Murray WachsBingo GazingoMurray Wachs, better known as Bingo Gazingo , was an elderly poet and former postal worker from New York City. Two versions, each also titled Bingo Gazingo, have been released of the only single-artist album ever released by WFMU -- the first on cassette, the second on CD...
, pseudonym: Bingo Gazingo (1924 2010), an elderly poet and postal worker from New York - (Étienne Victor) Paul Wachs (1851, Paris 1915), Saint-MandéSaint-MandéSaint-Mandé is a commune of the Val-de-Marne department in Île-de-France in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe.-History:...
), French organist, pianist - Ruby Wachs, now Ruby WaxRuby WaxRuby Wax is a BAFTA nominated American comedian who made a career in the United Kingdom as part of the alternative comedy scene in the 1980s.-Early life:...
(born 1953, Evanston), American comedian of Jewish Austrian descent (born 1960, WermsdorfWermsdorf-Landscape:Wermsdorf is situated within Wermsdorf Forest a wooded area of some 30 km/sq, less than 7.0 km to the north-west of Mugeln. The south side of Wermsdorf is deforested and looks out over a fairly flat landscape of agricultural land set out in crops...
), German female porcelain designer
Waks
- Michał Waszyński, born: Mosze Waks (1904, KovelKovelKovel is a city located in the Volyn Oblast , in northwestern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Kovelskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. The current estimated population is around 65,777.Kovel gives its name to one of the...
1965), a Polish film director of Jewish descent
Vaks
- Ehud (Udi) VaksEhud VaksEhud Vaks is an Israeli judo athlete .-2004 Olympics:In the 2004 Summer Olympics, competing in the half lightweight 66 kg weight class, Vaks was scheduled to fight Iranian competitor Arash Miresmaeili in the first round...
(born 1979), an Israeli judo athlete - Iosif (Aleksandrovich) Vaks , a Russian/Soviet architect, designer and teacher
See also
Wachs may also refer to:- the Wachs ArenaWachs ArenaThe Wachs Arena is a 8,057 seat multi-purpose arena in Aberdeen, South Dakota. It was built in 1987. It is the home of the Northern State University Wolves basketball and volleyball teams....
, multi-purpose arena in AberdeenAberdeenAberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
, South DakotaSouth DakotaSouth Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
, United States, built in 1987 - Newman Wachs RacingNewman Wachs RacingNewman Wachs Racing is an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and, until his death, Paul Newman. NWR is based outside of Chicago in Mundelein, Illinois. Newman and Wachs met when they both competed in Can-Am series in the mid-1970s and over the years talked about joining forces to create a...
(also referred to as: NWR), an auto racing team owned by Eddie Wachs and Paul Newman
- Wachsmann (Wachsman, Waxmann, WaxmanWaxmanWaxman or alternately Wachsmann is a surname which may refer to:* Albert "Al" Waxman, Canadian actor* Daniel Wachsmann * David Waxman, a DJ, remixer and producer* Franz Waxman , composer* Harry Waxman, English cinematographer...
, Waksman, Vaksman)
- VaxVAXVAX was an instruction set architecture developed by Digital Equipment Corporation in the mid-1970s. A 32-bit complex instruction set computer ISA, it was designed to extend or replace DEC's various Programmed Data Processor ISAs...
- Waks (disambiguation)