Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine

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. Notable people named Jürgen include:

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* Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder *

Jürgen Alzen Jürgen Alzen (born 26 November 1962 in Kirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a race car driver from Germany. He drove one race in both the FIA GT Championship and the American Le Mans Series of 2001 for his own Alzen Porsche team. He has also raced ...

(born 1962), German race car driver *

Jürgen Arndt Jürgen Arndt is a German rower who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. In 1974, he came third at the East German National Championships with his coxed four team. He also started with the men's eight that year an ...

, East German rower *

Jürgen Aschoff Jürgen Walther Ludwig Aschoff (January 25, 1913 – October 12, 1998) was a German physician, biologist and behavioral physiologist. Together with Erwin Bünning and Colin Pittendrigh, he is considered to be a co-founder of the field of chrono ...

(1913–1998), German physician and biologist

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* Jürgen Barth (born 1947), German engineer and racecar driver *

Jürgen Bartsch Jürgen Bartsch (born Karl-Heinz Sadrozinski; November 6, 1946 – April 28, 1976) was a West German serial killer who murdered four boys aged between 8 and 13 and attempted to kill a fifteen year old boy. The case of this sexual offender was th ...

(1946–1976), German serial killer *

Jürgen von Beckerath Jürgen von Beckerath (19 February 1920, Hanover – 26 June 2016, Schlehdorf) was a German Egyptologist. He was a prolific writer who published countless articles in journals such as '' Orientalia'', ''Göttinger Miszellen'' (GM), '' Journal of ...

(1920–2016), German Egyptologist * Jürgen Berghahn (born 1960), German politician *

Jürgen Bertow Jürgen Bertow (born 21 April 1950) is a retired German rower. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1975 World Championships in the double sculls, as well as a world title in the quad sculls in 1974. For these ...

(born 1950), East German rower *

Jürgen Blin Jürgen Blin (24 April 1943 – 7 May 2022) was a mid-20th century German boxer, who was the Heavyweight Champion of Germany, and European Heavyweight Champion in 1972, and internationally represented the state of West Germany. Early life Bli ...

(born 1943), West German boxer *

Jürgen Bogs Jürgen Bogs (born 19 January 1947) is a German football coach who led BFC Dynamo to ten consecutive DDR-Oberliga titles from 1979 to 1988. Bogs was a youth coach at BFC Dynamo before becoming the coach of the first team in 1977. The ten consec ...

(born 1947), German football manager * Jürgen Brähmer (born 1978), German boxer *

Jürgen Bräuninger Jürgen Bräuninger (13 September 1956 – 6 May 2019) was a German-born South African composer. Jürgen Bräuninger studied at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart with Ulrich Süsse and Erhard Karkoschka and at San Jose S ...

, South African composer and professor *

Jürgen Budday Jürgen Budday (born 1948 in Germany) is a German conductor, director of church music and music teacher. He is artistic director of the concert series at the UNESCO World Heritage Site Maulbronn Abbey, of the choir 'Maulbronner Kantorei' and of t ...

(born 1948), German conductor

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Jürgen Cain Külbel Jürgen Cain Külbel is a German former criminal investigator of the GDR, who became an investigative journalist after the reunification of Germany. Born in Thuringia in 1956, Külbel graduated from the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1979 with a ...

(born 1956), German journalist and investigator *

Jürgen Chrobog Jürgen Chrobog (born February 28, 1940) is a German jurist and former diplomat. He worked in the Foreign Office of West Germany and the reunified Germany and among other diplomatic postings, was Ambassador to the United States from 1995 to 20 ...

(born 1940), German diplomat *

Jürgen Colin Jürgen Romano Colin (born 20 January 1981) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Born in Utrecht of Surinamese descent, Colin started his professional career at PSV Eindhoven – after arriving ...

(botn 1981), Dutch footballer *

Jürgen Colombo Jürgen Colombo (born 2 September 1949) is a retired track cyclist from West Germany, who won the gold medal in the Men's 4000m Team Pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, alongside Günther Schumacher, Günter Haritz, and Udo Hempel ...

(born 1949), West German cyclist *

Jürgen Croy Jürgen Croy (born 19 October 1946) is a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 86 appearances for the German Democratic Republic national team. Club career Born in Zwickau, Germany, Croy spent his entire footballing career at ...

(born 1946), East German footballer

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Jürgen Dehmel Jürgen Dehmel (born 12 August 1958) is a German bass player and songwriter. Biography Dehmel was born in Berlin, Germany. He was brought by keyboardist Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen to join the rock band Nena in 1981. Fahrenkrog-Petersen and Dehmel h ...

(born 1958), German bass guitarist and songwriter *

Jürgen Drews Jürgen Ludwig Drews (born 2 April 1945) is a German Schlager singer, musician, songwriter and actor. Life Drews was born in Nauen near Berlin, and brought up in Schleswig. After finishing school, he went on to study medicine at the Univer ...

(born 1945), German singer *

Jürgen Damm Jürgen Damm Rascón (born 7 November 1992) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club América. According to a study conducted by Mexican club Pachuca, and backed by FIFA, Damm was the second fastest player ...

, Mexican Footballer of German descent *Jürgen Dirkx, Retired Football Player

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*Jürgen Ehlers (1929–2008), German physicist *Jürgen Eschert (born 1941), West German canoeist *Jürgen Evers (born 1964), West German sprinter

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*Jürgen Fanghänel (born 1951), East German boxer *Jürgen von Farensbach (1551–1602), Baltic German nobleman and Livonian general *Jürgen Fassbender (born 1948), West German tennis player *Jürgen Flimm (born 1941), German theater and opera director

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*Jürgen Gauß (born 1960), German chemist *Jürgen Gauß (officer) (1918–1996), German military commander *Jürgen Geschke (born 1943), East German cyclist *Jürgen Gjasula (born 1985), Albanian footballer *Jürgen Gmehling (born 1946), German chemist *Jürgen Goslar (born 1927), German actor and director *Jürgen Grabowski (1944–2022), West German footballer *Jürgen Graf (born 1951), Swiss author and pseudohistorian *Jürgen-Peter Graf (born 1952), German lawyer *Jürgen Gröbler (born 1946), German rowing coach *Jürgen Groh (born 1956), West German footballer

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*Jürgen Haase (born 1945), East German runner *Jürgen Habermas (born 1929), German sociologist and philosopher *Jürgen Hartmann (born 1962), German footballer and coach *Jürgen Henkys (1929–2015), German theologian *Jürgen Henn (born 1987), Estonian football manager and coach *Jürgen Heuser (born 1953), East German weightlifter *Jürgen Hildebrand (born 1948), East German handball player *Jürgen Hingsen (born 1958), West German decathlete

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*Jürgen Klinsmann (born 1964), German footballer, manager and pundit *Jürgen Klopp (born 1967), German footballer and manager *Jürgen Koch *Jürgen Kocka *Jürgen Kohler *Jürgen Kurbjuhn *Jürgen Kuresoo *Jürgen Koegelenberg

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*Jürgen Ligi *Jürgen von der Lippe, stage name of German television presenter, entertainer, actor and comedian Hans-Jürgen Dohrenkamp (born 1948) *Jürgen Loacker *Jürgen Locadia

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*Jürgen Macho *Jürgen Mandl *Jürgen Marcus *Jürgen May *Jürgen Melzer *Jürgen Milewski *Jürgen Mittelstraß *Jürgen Möllemann (1945–2003), German politician *Jürgen Moltmann *Jürgen Mossack *Jürgen Moser *Jürgen Möllemann

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*Jürgen Neukirch *Jürgen Nöldner

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*Jürgen Oesten *Jürgen Ovens *Jürgen Offt

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*Jürgen Paeke *Jürgen Pahl *Jürgen Panis *Jürgen Partenheimer *Jürgen Patocka *Jürgen Pezzi *Jürgen Pommerenke *Jürgen Ponto *Jürgen Prochnow

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*Jürgen Raab *Jürgen Reil *Jürgen Rieger *Jürgen Rijkers (born 1967), Dutch DJ, remixer, producer and artist DJ Jurgen *Jürgen Röber *Jürgen Rohwer *Jürgen Roland *Jürgen Rooste (born 1979), Estonian poet *Jürgen Rosenthal *Jürgen Rüttgers

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*Jürgen Säumel *Jürgen Schadeberg *Jürgen Schmidhuber *Jürgen Schmude *Jürgen Schreiber (journalist) (born 1947), German investigative journalist *Jürgen Schreiber (businessman) (born 1962), German business executive *Jürgen E. Schrempp *Jürgen Schröder (disambiguation) *Jürgen Schult *Jürgen Schütze *Jürgen Seeberger *Jürgen Seyfarth *Jürgen Sparwasser *Jürgen Stark *Jürgen Steinmetz (born 1957), Publisher eTurboNews, president International Coalition of Tourism Partners *Jürgen Stock *Jürgen Straub * Jürgen Stroop (1895–1952), German Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes *Jürgen F. Strube *Jürgen Sundermann

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*Jürgen Thorwald *Jürgen Todenhöfer *Jürgen Tonkel (born 1962), German actor known for portraying Erich Kempka in the film ''Der Untergang'' *Jürgen Trittin *Jürgen Trumpf

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*Jürgen Untermann (1928–2013), German linguist, indoeuropeanist and epigraphist

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*Jurgen Verstrepen (born 1966), Belgian politician and former radio and television presenter *Jürgen Vollmer (born 1939), German photographer *Jürgen Vsych

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*Jurgen Van de Walle (born 1977), Belgian bicycle road racer *Jürgen Warnatz *Jürgen Warnke *Jürgen Werner (disambiguation) *Jürgen Wullenwever

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*Jürgen Zimmerling *Jürgen Zopp

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