Andrae, Andræ (Danish) or Andrä is a surname and given name, which is a variant of
Andreae, itself a patronymic (via the Latin genitive case) from the personal name
Andreas
Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The ...
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Notable persons with this name include:
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Ahmed-Tobias Andrä (1996), Austrian footballer
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Alexander Andrae
Alexander Andrae (27 April 1888 – 3 April 1979), whose first name is often mistakenly given as ''Waldemar'', was a German military officer from Kösling, Upper Silesia. Initially pursuing an Army career, he then joined the security police and ...
(1888–1979), German military officer
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Björn Andrae (1981), German volleyball player
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Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ (1812–1893), Danish politician and mathematician
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Elisabeth Andrae (1876–1945), German Post-Impressionist landscape painter and watercolorist
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Emil Andrae (2002), Swedish ice hockey defenceman
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Hansine Andræ (1817–1898), Danish feminist
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Tor Andræ (1885–1947), Swedish clergyman, professor and scholar of comparative religion
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Walter Andrae
Walter Andrae (February 18, 1875 – July 28, 1956) was a German archaeologist and architect born near Leipzig. He was part of the mission that stole the Ishtar Gate out of Iraq in the 1910s.
Career Archaeologist
He initially studied architect ...
(1875–1956), German archaeologist and architect
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Andrae Campbell (1989), Jamaican footballer
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Andraé Crouch
Andraé Edward Crouch (July 1, 1942 – January 8, 2015) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor. Referred to as "the father of modern gospel music" by contemporary Christian and gospel music profes ...
(1942–2015), American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor
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Andrae Patterson (1975), American former basketball player
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Andrae Thurman (1980), American footballer
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Andrae Williams (1983), Bahamian sprinter
References
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Patronymic surnames
German-language surnames
Swedish-language surnames
Danish-language surnames
Surnames from given names