Eckert may refer to:
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Allan W. Eckert
Allan Wesley Eckert (January 30, 1931 – July 7, 2011) was an American novelist and playwright who specialized in historical novels for adults and children, and was also a naturalist. His novel ''Incident at Hawk's Hill'' (1971) was initially ...
(1931–2011), American historical novelist
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Andrea Eckert
Andrea Eckert (born 17 September 1958) is an Austrian stage and film actress, singer and documentary filmmaker.
Born in Vienna, Eckert first studied literature in Paris, France, then decided on a stage career and trained with Dorothea Neff. Her ...
(born 1958), Austrian actress
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Charles R. Eckert
Charles Richard Eckert (January 20, 1868 – October 26, 1959) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1935 to 1939.
Biography
Charles Richard Eckert was born in ...
(1868–1959), U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania
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Ernst R. G. Eckert
Ernst Rudolph Georg Eckert (September 13, 1904 – July 8, 2004) was an Austrian American engineer and scientist who advanced the film cooling technique for aeronautical engines. He earned his Diplom Ingenieur and doctorate in 1927 and 1931, respe ...
(1904–2004), German scientist
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Eckert number, dimensionless number used in flow calculations
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Eugen Eckert
Eugen Eckert (born 1954) is a German social worker, minister, singer-songwriter and academic teacher. He is known for his lyrics for new spiritual songs (Neues Geistliches Lied), and his oratorios and musical plays.
Career
Born in Frankfurt am ...
(born 1954) German minister, singer-songwriter and academic teacher
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Franz Eckert (1852–1916), German musician
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Fred J. Eckert
Fred J. Eckert (born May 6, 1941) is an American politician and diplomat who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York's 30th congressional district for one term. A friend and political ally of Ronald Reaga ...
(born 1941), U.S. congressman from New York
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Fritz Eckert (1852–1920), Swedish architect
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George Nicholas Eckert
George Nicholas Eckert (July 4, 1802 – June 28, 1865) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district from 1847 to 1849. He also served ...
(1802–1865), U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania
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John Eckert (musician) (born 1939), American trumpeter
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J. Presper Eckert
John Adam Presper Eckert Jr. (April 9, 1919 – June 3, 1995) was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer. With John Mauchly, he designed the first general-purpose electronic digital computer (ENIAC), presented the first course in co ...
(1919–1995), American electrical engineer, co-inventor of ENIAC
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Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
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Eckert–Mauchly Award
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Max Eckert-Greifendorff
Max Eckert (after 1934, Max Eckert-Greifendorff: 10 April 1868 in Chemnitz, Kingdom of Saxony – 26 December 1938, in Aachen) was a German geographer.
Biography
He received his education in Löbau and Berlin, and taught for some time at Löbau ...
(1868–1938), German geographer
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Eckert projection
The Eckert projections are six pseudocylindrical map projections devised by Max Eckert-Greifendorff, who presented them in 1906. The latitudes are parallel lines in all six projections. The projections come in pairs; in the odd-numbered projection ...
, any of six map projections devised by Eckert-Greifendorff
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Karl Anton Eckert
Karl Anton Florian Eckert (17 December 1820 – 14 October 1879) was a German conductor and composer.
Life
Eckert was born in Berlin. By the age of five, had already proved himself as a musical child prodigy. After coming to the attention of Si ...
(1820–1879), German conductor and composer
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Lars Eckert
Lars Eckert (born 24 November 1983) is a German international rugby union player, playing for the SC Neuenheim in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.
He plays rugby since 1990.[Robb Eckert
Robb Eckert is an American politician. He served as a Republican member for the 47th district of the North Dakota House of Representatives.
In 2022, Eckert was elected for the 47th district of the North Dakota House of Representatives, to repl ...]
, American politician
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Robert A. Eckert (born 1954), American businessman
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Volker Eckert
Volker Eckert (1 July 1959 – 2 July 2007) was a German serial killer, who killed six women in East Germany, France and Spain, between 1974 and 2006. Eckert confessed to only six murders, five of whom were sex workers, but is known to have kille ...
(1959–2007), German truck driver and serial killer
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Wallace John Eckert
Wallace John Eckert (June 19, 1902 – August 24, 1971) was an American astronomer, who directed the Thomas J. Watson Astronomical Computing Bureau at Columbia University which evolved into the research division of IBM.
Life
Wallace John Eckert ...
(1902–1971), German-American astronomer
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Eckert (crater)
Eckert is a tiny, isolated lunar impact crater in the northern part of the Mare Crisium (a circular region of relatively dark, flat material on the surface of the Moon). This crater forms a circular pit in the dark surface of the surrounding luna ...
, on the moon
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William Eckert
William Dole Eckert (January 20, 1909 – April 16, 1971) was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force,
and later the fourth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from to .
Personal life, career, and death
William Eckert was born o ...
(1909–1971), U.S. Air Force general and commissioner of Major League Baseball
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Win Scott Eckert
Win Scott Eckert is an author and editor, best known for his work on the literary-crossover Wold Newton Universe, created by author Philip José Farmer, but much expanded-upon subsequently by Eckert and others. He holds a B.A. in Anthropology a ...
, author
Characters on the television series ''General Hospital''
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Bill Eckert
''General Hospital'' is the longest-running American television serial drama, airing on ABC. Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, it originally was set it in a general hospital (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the ...
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Jenny Eckert
'' General Hospital'' is the longest-running American television serial drama, airing on ABC. Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, it originally was set it in a general hospital (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, t ...
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Nancy Eckert
This is a list of characters that have appeared or been mentioned on the American ABC soap opera ''General Hospital''.
A Aaron
:( Chad Brannon, 2009)
Abigail
:(Ivy Bethune, 1987)
Sarah Abbott
:(Eileen Dietz, 1981–83)
::Roommate to Heather W ...
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Sly Eckert
Places
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Eckert, Colorado
Eckert is a former unincorporated community, now a neighborhood within the boundaries of the incorporated town of Orchard City in Delta County, Colorado, United States. There is a U.S. Post Office
The United States Postal Service (USPS), ...
, a small town in the United States
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Eckert, Michigan, a historic settlement
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Eckert Building
Eckert Building is a historic building in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 29, 1983.
Description and history
The large multi–story mixed residential/commercial use building sits on a found ...
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Eckert (crater)
Eckert is a tiny, isolated lunar impact crater in the northern part of the Mare Crisium (a circular region of relatively dark, flat material on the surface of the Moon). This crater forms a circular pit in the dark surface of the surrounding luna ...
, on the moon, named for American astronomer Wallace John Eckert
See also
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Ecker (surname)
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Eckerle, a surname
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