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Raab (surname)
Raab is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * * * * * * * * * * * *Eleonore von Raab (1755 – ), Austrian collector of minerals * * *Franz Anton von Raab (1722-1783), Austrian agrarian reformer * * * * * * * * * Julius Raab (1891–1964), Austrian politician * * * *Leopold Friedrich Raab (1721–after 1786), German violinist and composer *Marc Raab (born 1969), American football player * *Michael Raab (born 1982), American butterfly swimmer * * * Scott Raab (born 1952), American journalist * Selwyn Raab (1934–2025), American journalist, author, and investigative reporter * *Stefan Raab (born 1966), German entertainer * * *Susanne Raab (born 1984), Austrian politician * Uwe Raab (born 1962), German cyclist *William von Raab (1942–2019), American attorney {{Raven-surname German-language surnames Czech-language surnames Surnames from nicknames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleonore Von Raab
Eleonore von Raab, also known as Éléonore de Raab, (17551811) was an Austrian collector of minerals, whose collection was catalogued by Ignaz von Born in 1790. Personal life Von Raab was the daughter of Franz Anton von Raab (although Wilson ''Information about Von Raab is included in section 9, about the catalogue of her collection'' names her father as Bartholomeus Raab). She married the Spanish ambassador della Huerta, or Friedrich von Uberta and is sometimes referred to as "Frau von Uberta". Huber and Huber in their 2015 paper about her collection give her dates as "1755-1811, having written earlier (2009) that she "must have lived from about 1745 to about 1830", while Wilson gives her dates as "(1741–1793?)", and Schuh could only say "( 1790s)". She died in Valencia, Spain. Collection Von Raab built up a collection of about 2,500 specimens, with the assistance of Ignaz von Born. It included 41 specimens bought in 1791 and 1792 from the English collector Philip Rashleigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Anton Von Raab
Franz Anton von Raab (1722-1783) was an Austrian agrarian reformer and a minister under Maria Theresa. He championed economic reforms known as Raabization, in which church-owned land was sold to peasants in return for cash payments that freed them from their obligated ''robota'' labor. His daughter Eleonore von Raab built up a substantial collection of minerals which was widely known after being catalogued by Ignaz von Born Ignaz Edler von Born, also known as Ignatius von Born (, , ) (26 December 1742 in Alba Iulia, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Habsburg monarchy – 24 July 1791 in Vienna), was a mineralogist and metallurgist. He was a prominent freemason .... References 1722 births 1783 deaths Government ministers of Austria-Hungary 18th-century Austrian people {{Austria-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Raab
Julius Raab (29 November 1891 – 8 January 1964) was a conservative Austrian politician who served as Federal Chancellor of Austria from 1953 to 1961. Raab steered Allied-occupied Austria to independence, when he negotiated and signed the Austrian State Treaty in 1955. In internal politics Raab stood for a pragmatic "social partnership" and the "Grand coalition" of Austrian Conservatives and Social Democrats. Biography Raab was born into a middle-class Catholic family in Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria, the son of a master builder. He attended a Catholic high school and in 1911 enrolled at the Vienna University of Technology to study civil engineering. He was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian Army as a pioneer officer before graduation and fought on the Russian and Italian fronts of World War I. After the defeat of Central Powers Raab returned to the university and engaged in politics. On 14 January 1923, Raab married Harmine Haumer. The death of his father and the beginning of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Friedrich Raab
Leopold Friedrich Raab (1721 - after 1786) was a German composer and violinist of the baroque to early classical era. Raab was born in Glogau (now Głogów, Poland). He studied for several years at the leopoldinum (later to become the University of Wrocław). He also took part in performances at the catholic church there. He studied violin with a violinist named Rau before moving to Berlin to study with Franz Benda. He also began composing numerous concertos, sonatas and sinfonias in the style of his master. His name appears as a dedication on the autograph manuscript of a quartet by Johann Gottlieb Janitsch dated 1750, Potsdam alongside Johann Caspar Grundke, an oboist of Frederick the Great's Hofkapelle. This indicates that he took part in performances at the Royal Court, or possibly at Janitsch's weekly house concerts "Freitags-Akademien".) In this particular quartet, Raab must have played either viola or violetta. In 1753 he was employed as Konzertmeister at the Hofkapelle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Raab
Marc A. Raab (born January 26, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans. Early life Despite growing up in the San Diego area in California, Raab was a Washington Redskins fan. His grandfather was a trainer and equipment manager for the team in the 1930s. Raab attended and played high school football at Helix High School in La Mesa, California. College career He played college football at the University of Southern California, where he was a long snapper for the Trojans. Professional career Raab played in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and the San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team in the National Football League (NFL). The Chargers played in San Diego, California from 1961 until 2016, before relocating back to the Greater Los Angeles area, where the franch .... References 1969 births Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Raab
Michael Raab (born December 28, 1982) is a male butterfly swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal in the men's 200m butterfly event at the 2003 Pan American Games. Born in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ... he broke the 200m fly meet record at that tournament. References Profile 1982 births Living people American male butterfly swimmers Swimmers from Washington, D.C. Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming {{US-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Raab
Scott Raab (born March 21, 1952) is an American nonfiction author and former contributing journalist for ''Esquire''. Early years Scott Raab was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1952. The Raab family relocated to Los Angeles in 1960, but after his parents divorced in 1962, he returned to Cleveland with his mother and two younger brothers. Raab graduated from Cleveland State in 1983 with a bachelor's degree, and in 1986 received his Master of Fine Arts in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Professional career Raab was a writer for '' GQ'' Magazine from 1992 until 1997, and was a regular contributor to ''Esquire'' from 1997 until 2016. Much of his work at ''Esquire'' was one-on-one interviews with various celebrities (e.g. Phil Spector, Paul Giamatti, Don Zimmer). The style of his non-interview writing is typically informal in nature, mainly in the voice of a storyteller. Personal Raab is a self-professed "fat Jew from Cleveland, a great deli town" who has mentioned on several oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selwyn Raab
Selwyn Raab (June 26, 1934 – March 4, 2025) was an American journalist, author and investigative reporter for ''The New York Times''. He wrote extensively about the American Mafia and criminal justice issues. Early life and education Born in New York City on June 26, 1934, Raab grew up on Manhattan's Lower East Side, the son of Berdie (Glantz) and William Raab. His father was a bus driver from Austria and his mother was a homemaker from Poland; his family was Jewish. He attended Seward Park High School and later graduated from the City College of New York, where he received a B.A. degree in English literature in 1956. At City College he was campus correspondent for ''The Times'' and an editor of ''Observation Post'', a student newspaper. Career Raab got his first jobs as a reporter with the ''Bridgeport Sunday Herald'' newspaper in Bridgeport, Connecticut and ''The Star-Ledger'' newspaper in Newark, New Jersey. ''New York World-Telegram and Sun'' (1960–1966) From 1960 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Raab
Stefan Konrad Raab (born 20 October 1966) is a German entertainer, television host, television producer, and businessman. From 1999 to 2015, he hosted the late-night talk show, late-night comedy talk show ''TV total'' on ProSieben. He also created a number of other television shows on the channel, such as ''Schlag den Raab'' and ''Bundesvision Song Contest''. Raab began his TV career hosting the comedy show ''Vivasion'' in 1993. He became well known in 1994 after composing a hit single spoofing national football coach Berti Vogts. In the early 2010s, Raab was considered the "most powerful man in German entertainment television". Raab is also known for his recurring role as either producer, writer and/or performer of the German entries to the Eurovision Song Contest from 1998 to 2012. He was the initiator of the national pre-selection show Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010#Unser Star für Oslo 2010, Unser Star für Oslo ("Our Star for Oslo"), in which Satellite (Lena Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susanne Raab
Susanne Raab (; ''née'' Knasmüller; born 20 October 1984) is an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) who serves at the cabinet level. She has been instrumental for integration of the country's immigrant population, which is ruled by the "Amended Ministerial Law (in Austrian German: Bundesministeriengesetz) 1986". Career Raab served as Minister for Women and Integration from 29 January 2020, in the government of president Alexander Van der Bellen. From 1 February 2021 to 4 January 2022 she served as Federal Minister for Women, Family, Youth and Integration in the second government of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. Between 5 January 2022 and 3 March 2025 Raab served as Federal Minister for Women, Family, Integration and Media in the Nehammer government. During March 2024 Susanne Raab paid an official visit to Washington DC where she met with senior officials from the US Department of State, as well as to the UN in New York. Raab has applied to become the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Raab
Timothy is a masculine name. It comes from the Greek name ( Timόtheos) meaning "honouring God", "in God's honour", or "honoured by God". Timothy (and its variations) is a common name in several countries. People Given name * Timothy (given name), including a list of people with the name * Tim (given name) * Timmy * Timo * Timotheus * Timothée * Timoteo (given name) Surname * Bankole Timothy (1923–1994), Sierra Leonean journalist * Christopher Timothy (born 1940), Welsh actor * Miriam Timothy (1879–1950), British harpist * Nick Timothy (born 1980), British political adviser Mononym * Saint Timothy, a companion and co-worker of Paul the Apostle * Timothy I (Nestorian patriarch) Education * Timothy Christian School (Illinois), a school system in Elmhurst, Illinois * Timothy Christian School (New Jersey), a school in Piscataway, New Jersey Arts and entertainment * "Timothy" (song), a 1970 song by The Buoys * ''Timothy Goes to School'', a Canadian-Chinese children's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uwe Raab
Uwe Raab (born 26 July 1962) is a German former professional cyclist born in Wittenberg, East Germany. He is most known for winning the Points classification in the 1990 and 1991 Vuelta a Españas. He also competed in the road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Major results ;1982 :Troféu Joaquim Agostinho ::1st Stages 3b, 5 & 6a :1st Prologue Tour de l'Avenir ;1983 :Peace Race ::1st Stages 1, 6 & 9 :1st Stage 4 Okolo Slovenska ;1984 :1st Stage 1 Peace Race ;1985 :1st Stage 12 Peace Race ;1987 :1st Stage 2 Peace Race ;1988 :1st Overall DDR Rundfahrt ;1989 :Peace Race ::1st Stages 5 & 8 :1st Stage 3 Circuit Cycliste Sarthe :1st Prologue GP Tell ;1990 :Vuelta a España ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 10, 16 & 22 :1st Stage 4 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana :6th Overall Ronde van Nederland :9th Overall Tour of Sweden ;1991 :Vuelta a España ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 5 :1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Aragón ( ITT) :2nd Dwars door België :3rd E3 Harelbeke :8th M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
