Menzel
Menzel may refer to: __TOC__ People Menzel is a surname of German origin. It can also be a transliteration of the Yiddish surname " מענטזעל "- a variant of the German surname. * Adolph Menzel (1815–1905), German artist * Christian Menzel (born 1971), German racecar driver * Daniel Menzel (born 1991), Australian footballer * Donald Howard Menzel (1901–1976), U.S. astronomer * Emil Wolfgang Menzel, Jr. (1929–2012), U.S. primatologist * Gerhard Menzel (1894–1966), German screenwriter * Idina Menzel (née Mentzel; born 1971), U.S. actress, singer, and songwriter * Jiří Menzel (1938–2020), Czech director * Joachim Menzel (1914–2005), German military officer * Josef Joachim Menzel (1933-2020), German historian * Herman Menzel (1904–1988), American artist * Max Menzel (born 1941), Australian politician * Paul Julius Menzel (1864–1927), German physician and paleobotanist * Paul Menzel (born ?), U.S. actor, writer, and producer * Peter Menzel (born 1948), U.S. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Idina Menzel
Idina Kim Menzel ( ; ; born May 30, 1971) is an American actress and singer. Particularly known for her work in musicals on the Broadway stage and having achieved mainstream success across stage, film and music, Menzel has garnered the honorific title "Queen of Broadway" for her achievements. Her accolades include an American Music Award, a Billboard Music Award and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for three Drama League Awards and four Drama Desk Awards. In 2019, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to live theatre. Menzel rose to prominence as a stage actress in 1996, making her Broadway debut playing Maureen Johnson in the rock musical '' Rent,'' which earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. After appearing in several smaller-scale stage and Off-Broadway productions, in 2003 Menzel originated the role of Elphaba in the Broadway musical '' Wicked'', for which she won the Tony Award for Best Act ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jiří Menzel
Jiří Menzel () (23 February 1938 – 5 September 2020) was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these films are adapted from works by Czech writers such as Bohumil Hrabal and Vladislav Vančura. Early life Menzel was born in Prague in 1938 to Josef Menzel and Božena Jindřichová. His father Josef was a journalist, translator and children's book writer. Menzel studied directing at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) in Prague. His teachers at the academy included Czech Director Otakar Vávra. Career Menzel was a member of the Czech New Wave cinema in the 1960s. His first feature film, '' Closely Watched Trains'', won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1967. The film was a World War II drama based on a book by Bohumil Hrabal. His film ''Larks on a String'' was filmed in 1969, but w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Troy Menzel
Troy Menzel (born 22 September 1994) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted at pick 11 in the 2012 national draft by Carlton, and was traded to Adelaide after the 2015 season. He is the younger brother of former player Daniel Menzel. Pre-AFL career Menzel attended King's Baptist Grammar School, and played his junior football for the Golden Grove Football Club before joining in the minor grades of the South Australian National Football League. In 2012, at age 17, Menzel was playing senior football for Centrals; he also represented South Australia at the AFL Under 18 Championships in 2012, kicking fifteen goals in two matches, but missing the rest of the games due to injury. Seen as one of the most talented players in the 2012 National Draft, several clubs were cautious about taking Menzel due to his injury-prone knees – he had suffered ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Adolph Menzel
Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (8 December 18159 February 1905) was a German Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings, and paintings. Along with Caspar David Friedrich, he is considered one of the two most prominent German painters of the 19th century,Fried, 11 and was the most successful artist of his era in Germany.Eisler, 559–565 First known as Adolph Menzel, he was knighted in 1898 and changed his name to Adolph von Menzel. His popularity in his native country, owing especially to his history paintings, was such that few of his major paintings left Germany, as many were quickly acquired by museums in Berlin.Eisler, 559 Menzel's graphic work (and especially his drawings) were more widely disseminated; these, along with informal paintings not initially intended for display, have largely accounted for his posthumous reputation.Eisler, 559–565 Although he traveled in order to find subjects for his art, to visit exhibitions, and to meet with other artists, Menzel sp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Herman Menzel
Herman Erwin Menzel (1904–1988) was a Modernist American painter. He was the son of a German Lutheran Pastor and grew up in Chicago, where he attended the Chicago Academy of Design and the National Academy of Art. He married Willa Hamm, a commercial artist, in 1933, with whom he shared a Chicago studio and had a son, Sewall. Menzel exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago between 1927 and 1939 but became progressively deaf and gradually withdrew from the Chicago art scene, moving in 1933 to live with his wife at her family home in Winnetka. There he painted alone while his wife commuted to work in Chicago. In the late 1930s he bought an island in Rainy Lake on the Minnesota-Ontario border, where he built a cabin, fished and painted. His work from this period became more representational, emphasising the insignificance of human figures in a wild landscape. Selected works * ''Untitled'', 1928 (Aaron GalleriesArtnet* ''The White Horse'', 1929 (Art Institute of Chicago The Art ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Josef Joachim Menzel
Josef Joachim Menzel (born 19 June 1933 in Miłowice, Opole Voivodeship, died 29 August 2020 in Mainz) was a German historian. He was born on June 19, 1933 in Mühlsdorf near Neustadt, Germany (nowadays Miłowice, Opole Voivodeship, Poland). After 1945 he lived with his family in Münsterland.Karsten EichnerMenzel, Josef Joachim In: Kulturportal West-Ost He graduated from high school in Recklinghausen, then he studied history, classical philology and German at the University of Münster and Heidelberg University. Later Menzel worked at the Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung. He obtained his PhD in 1962. In 1966 he moved to Mainz, where he worked as an assistant of Ludwig Petry. He passed his habilitation in 1970. The topic of his habilitation thesis was ''Die schlesischen Lokationsurkunden des 13. Jahrhunderts''. He became an adjunct professor in 1972 and university professor in 1978. Menzel taught medieval history and historical auxiliary sciences at the Universi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Donald Howard Menzel
Donald Howard Menzel (April 11, 1901 – December 14, 1976) was one of the first theoretical astronomers and astrophysicists in the United States. He discovered the physical properties of the solar chromosphere, the chemistry of stars, the atmosphere of Mars, and the nature of gaseous nebulae. Biography Born in Florence, Colorado in 1901 and raised in Leadville, he learned to read very early, and soon could send and receive messages in Morse code, taught by his father. He loved science and mathematics, collected ore and rock specimens, and as a teenager he built a large chemistry laboratory in the cellar. He made a radio transmitter at a time when kits were rarely available and qualified as a radio ham. He was an Eagle Scout, specializing in cryptanalysis, as well as an outdoorsman, hiking and fly fishing throughout much of his life. He married Florence Elizabeth Kreager on June 17, 1926 and had two daughters (Suzanne Kay and Elizabeth Ina). At 16, he enrolled in the Universi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daniel Menzel
Daniel Menzel (born 13 September 1991) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Cats and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Brother to fellow former footballer Troy Menzel. AFL career Originally from Golden Grove, South Australia, Menzel attended King's Baptist Grammar School and played junior football for the Golden Grove Football Club, before his debut for the Central District Football Club in the SANFL, as well as representing South Australia in the 2009 AFL National Under 18 Championships, prior to being drafted by the Geelong Football Club with their first selection, and the 17th overall draft pick, in the 2009 AFL Draft. Playing for Geelong's VFL team for the majority of 2010, Menzel was awarded the Damien Drum Medal for a best-on-ground performance against Werribee. His AFL-level debut came in Round 20 of the 2010 AFL season in Geelong's 101-point win against the Western Bulldogs, with Menzel scoring a goal. In his follow- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Menzel
Robert Menzel from Silesia is a Polish footballer who last played as a defender for ÍA in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild. Club career He made his professional debut on 29 April 2012 against Zagłębie Lubin Zagłębie Lubin S.A. () is a Polish professional football club based in Lubin. Founded in 1945 as ''OMTUR Lubin'', the club competes in the Ekstraklasa. History The football team was founded in 1945 as OMTUR Lubin by local members of the ''Yo .... References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Menzel, Robert 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Wrocław Polish footballers Association football defenders Ekstraklasa players Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players Śląsk Wrocław players Jarota Jarocin players Legionovia Legionowo players Rozwój Katowice players Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała players Íþróttabandalag Akraness players Polish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Iceland Polish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peter Menzel
Peter J. Menzel (born February 7, 1948) is an American freelance photojournalist and author, best known for his coverage of scientific and technological subjects. His work has appeared in many national and international publications including ''National Geographic'', ''Forbes'', ''Fortune'', ''Wired'', ''Geo'', ''Stern'', ''Paris Match'', ''Life'' and ''Le Figaro''. In conjunction with his wife, writer/producer Faith D'Aluisio, Menzel has also published six books including ''Material World: A Global Family Portrait'' (1994); ''Women in the Material World'' (1996); ''Man Eating Bugs: The Art & Science of Eating Insects'' (1998); ''Robo sapiens: Evolution of a New Species'' ; ''Hungry Planet: What The World Eats'' (2005). He is the founder of Peter Menzel Photography and Material World Books. Biography Born in Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christian Menzel
Christian Menzel (born 22 June 1971 in Langenfeld (Rheinland)) is a German racecar driver. His career started in 1981 in Karts. Since 1991 he competed in ADAC BMW Formula Junior, later Formula Renault and since 1994 Formula 3. In 1998 he won together with Hans-Joachim Stuck and Marc Duez the 24 Hours Nürburgring on a BMW 320 Diesel. Since 2000 Menzel was active in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) for Opel. The main activity of Christian Menzel is racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup (winner 2005) and Porsche Supercup, since 2008 in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, in which he finished second. Racing record Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results (:Template:Motorsport driver results legend, key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Complete Porsche Supercup results (:Template:Motorsport driver results legend, key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ‡ Not eligible for points ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Menzel Abderrahmane
Menzel Abderrahmane () is a town and commune in the Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 16,824.Recensement de 2004 (Institut national de la statistique) The town is about sixty miles north of Tunis on the north shore of Lake Bizerte. It is part of the town of Bizerte which it is separated only a few kilometers. Attached to the Governorate of Bizerte, it belongs to the delegation of Menzel Jemil and is a municipality with 16,824 inhabitants in 2004. The city was founded in the second half of the tenth century by the Umayyads. It is characterized by the economic importance of manufacturing industry employs around 40% of the workforce. Demography The population is over 15,000 inhabitants, M ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |