Held may refer to:

Places

People

Arts and media

* Adolph Held (1885–1969), U.S. newspaper editor, banker, labor activist *

Al Held Al Held (October 12, 1928 – July 27, 2005) was an American Abstract expressionist painter. He was particularly well known for his large scale Hard-edge paintings. As an artist, multiple stylistic changes occurred throughout his career, h ...

(1928–2005), U.S. abstract expressionist painter. *

Alexander Held Gerald Alexander Held (born 19 October 1958) is a German actor. He is internationally best known for his historical depictions, as Walther Hewel in the 2004 film ''Der Untergang'', Robert Mohr in the 2005 film '' Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage ...

(born 1958), German television and film actor *

Anna Held Helene Anna Held (19 March 1872 – 12 August 1918) was a Polish-French stage performer on Broadway. While appearing in London, she was spotted by impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, who brought her to America as his common-law wife. From 1896 through ...

(1873–1918), Polish stage performer *

Carl Held Carl Held (born September 19, 1931), sometimes credited as Karl Held and Christopher Held, is an American actor who has worked extensively in both American and British television. Career Held is best known for his role as Garth in the 1980s s ...

(born 1931), U.S. actor. * John Held, Jr. (1889–1958), U.S. illustrator. *

Louis Held Carl Heinrich Louis Held (1 December 1851 – 17 April 1927) was a German photographer and a pioneer of photojournalism. Held was raised by relatives after the death of his parents in 1860. He first apprenticed in a company producing silk tissue ...

(1851–1927), German photojournalist *

Martin Held Martin Held (1908–1992) was a German television and film actor. Partial filmography * '' Dark Eyes'' (1951) - Alexander Grabner * ''Homesick for You'' (1952) - Direktor Petermann * '' Canaris Master Spy'' (1954) - Obergruppenfuehrer Heydrich ...

(1908–1992), German television and film actor * S. S. Held, French science fiction and fantasy author * Tom Held (1889–1962), American film editor *

Zeus B. Held Zeus B. Held is a German music producer and musician, known for his work in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He was involved with several artists of the krautrock, disco, and new wave era, such as Birth Control, Rockets, Gina X Performance, Dea ...

(born 1950), German music producer and musician

Education and academia

David Held David Jonathan Andrew Held (27 August 1951 – 2 March 2019) was a British political scientist who specialised in political theory and international relations. He held a joint appointment as Professor of Politics and International Relations, and w ...

(born 1951), British political theorist * Madeline Held, a British academic

Politics

Heinrich Held Heinrich Held (6 June 1868 – 4 August 1938) was a German Catholic politician and Minister President of Bavaria. He was forced out of office by the Nazi takeover in Germany in 1933. Biography Heinrich Held was born in Erbach in the Taunus, th ...

(1868–1938), Minister-President of Bavaria *

Kurt Held Kurt Kläber (1897–1959), who published under the pseudonym Kurt Held, was a writer and Communist displaced from Germany during the Second World War. Early life Kläber left school at the age of 14 and began training as a locksmith and later t ...

(1897–1959), Jewish Communist and writer displaced from Germany during the Second World War * Marcus Held (born 1977), German politician

Science

* Friedrich Held (1812–1872), German malacologist *

Isaac Held Isaac Meyer Held (born 1948) is an American meteorologist. He is a senior research scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. Held was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2003. Biography Born to refugee pare ...

, American meteorologist

Sports

* Bud Held (born 1927), U.S. athlete who competed primarily in the javelin. * Cornelis den Held (1883–1962), Dutch athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London * Dan Held (born 1961), Canadian former professional ice hockey centre * Franz Held (born 1948), German rower who competed in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics * Henk-Jan Held (born 1967), Dutch volleyball player *

Marcin Held Marcin Held (born January 18, 1992) is a Polish mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division. He formerly competed in the Lightweight division of the Absolute Championship Berkut, Professional Fighters League, a ...

(born 1992), Polish mixed martial artist * Mel Held (born 1929), American professional baseball player * Oliver Held (born 1972), German football player * Paul Held (born 1928), former quarterback in the National Football League *

Sigfried Held Sigfried "Siggi" Held (born 7 August 1942) is a German former football player and coach. He played as an attacking midfielder or forward. Born in Freudenthal, Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), Held's first football club was Kickers Offenbach. In ...

(born 1942), German football player *

Woodie Held Woodson George "Woodie" Held (March 25, 1932 – June 11, 2009) was a shortstop/outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Baltimore Orioles, ...

(1932–2009), Major league baseball player

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* '' De Held'', a 2016 Dutch film * ''

Held einer Nacht ''Held einer Nacht '' is a Czech-German comedy film directed by Martin Frič, released in 1935. It is the German-language version of '' Hrdina jedné noci''. Cast * Vlasta Burian - Florian Kerzl * Else Lord - Plaschek, Schneidermeisterin * B ...

'', a Czech-German comedy film directed by Martin Frič * '' Held Hostage'', a Lifetime Movie starring Julie Benz that aired on July 19, 2009 * ''Held (2020 film)'', a 2020 fill, direct by Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* "Held" (song), a 1998 song by Smog * '' Ein wahrer Held'', Op. 69, is an opera in three acts by Giselher Klebe

Other uses

Held group In the area of modern algebra known as group theory, the Held group ''He'' is a sporadic simple group of order : 21033527317 = 4030387200 : ≈ 4. History ''He'' is one of the 26 sporadic groups and was found by during an in ...

, a sporadic simple group found by Dieter Held