Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo, and when Latinised Adolphus) is a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

with

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origins. The name is a compound derived from the

Old High German Old High German (OHG; ) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous ...

''Athalwolf'' (or ''Hadulf''), a composition of ''athal'', or ''adal'', meaning "noble" (or '' had(u)''-, meaning "battle, combat"), and ''

wolf The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, includin ...

''. The name is

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to the

Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a Cultural identity, cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced t ...

name '' Æthelwulf'' (also Eadulf or Eadwulf). The name can also be derived from the ancient Germanic elements "Wald" meaning "power", "brightness" and wolf (Waldwulf). Due to its extremely negative associations with the

Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...

leader

Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...

, the name has greatly declined in popularity since the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. Similar names include Lithuanian Adolfas and Latvian Ādolfs. The female forms Adolphine and

Adolpha Adolphine is a female name. It is the female equivalent of the male name Adolf. It is far more rare than the male one. Prominent people with this name * Adolphine Fletcher Terry (1882–1976), American political and social activist * Adolphine Kok ...

are far more rare than the male names. Adolphus can also appear as a surname, as in

John Adolphus John Adolphus (1768–1845) was an English barrister and historian. Life Born 7 August 1768, he was of German background. His grandfather had been domestic physician to Frederick the Great, and wrote a French romance, ''Histoire des Diables ...

, the English historian.

Popularity and usage

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Adolf was a popular name for baby boys in German-speaking countries and to a lesser extent also in French-speaking countries (spelled there as ''Adolphe''). After

came to power in

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalit ...

, the name Adolf became popular again, especially in 1933–1934 and 1937. Due to negative associations with Hitler, the name has declined in popularity as a given name for males since the 1940s.

Adolf Dassler Adolf "Adi" Dassler (3 November 1900 – 6 September 1978) was a German Shoemaking, cobbler, inventor and businessman who founded sportswear giant Adidas. He was also the younger brother of Rudolf Dassler, founder of Puma (brand), Puma. Dassler ...

(born 1900), the founder of

Adidas Adidas AG (; stylized in all lowercase since 1949) is a German athletic apparel and footwear corporation headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany. It is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe, and the second largest in the ...

, used his nickname, 'Adi', in his professional life and for the name of his company. After 1945, a few German people have been named Adolf due to family traditions. Similarly, the French version, ''Adolphe''—previously a fairly common name in France and the name of a classic French novel—has virtually disappeared, along with the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

version ''Adolfo''. However, the Spanish and Portuguese version, ''Adolfo'', has not become stigmatised in the same way and is still in common use in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.

Monarchs and nobles

* Ealdwulf of East Anglia (c. 634–713), King of East Anglia * Adulf mcEtulfe (died 934), King of Bamburgh * Eadwulf Evil-child (fl. 968–970), ruler of Bamburgh *

Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden Adolf (or Adolph) Frederick (; ; 14 May 171012 February 1771) was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death in 1771. He was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, and Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach. He was an ...

(1710–1771) * Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1817–1893) *

Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Adolf II (23 February 1883 – 26 March 1936) was the last ruler of the small Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe in northwestern Germany from 29 April 1911 until his abdication on 15 November 1918. Adolf was the eldest son of Georg, Prince of Scha ...

(1883–1936) * Adolf of Altena (1157–1220), Archbishop of Cologne * Adolf of Nassau (1540–1568), Count of Nassau, brother of William the Silent * Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1300–1327) * Adolf, Duke of Bavaria (1434–1441) *

Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp Adolf of Denmark or Adolf of Holstein-Gottorp (25 January 1526 –1 October 1586) was the first Duke of Holstein-Gottorp from the line of Holstein-Gottorp of the House of Oldenburg. He was the third son of King Frederick I of Denmark and ...

(1526–1586) * Adolf, Duke of Jülich-Berg (1370–1437) *

Adolf, King of the Romans Adolf (c. 1255 – 2 July 1298) was the count of Nassau from about 1276 and the elected king of Germany from 1292 until his deposition by the prince-electors in 1298. He was never crowned by the pope, which would have secured him the Holy Roman ...

(1255–1298), King of Germany * Adolph I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (d. 1473) * Adolph II, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1458–1526) * Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1817–1905) * Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868–1927) * Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1658–1708) * Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein (1401–1459), Duke of southern Jutland * Adulf Evil-child (fl. AD 973), more commonly known as Eadwulf Evil-child, Earl of Bamburgh * Audulf (fl. ), a Frisian lord or moneyer known for his golden tremisses * Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845–1923) * Gustaf IV Adolf (1778–1837), King of Sweden * Gustaf VI Adolf (1882–1973), King of Sweden *

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus (9 December ld Style and New Style dates, N.S 19 December15946 November ld Style and New Style dates, N.S 16 November1632), also known in English as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, was King of Sweden from 1611 t ...

(1594–1632), King of Sweden * Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (1859–1917), regent of Lippe * Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774–1850), son of George III of the United Kingdom *

Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund; 22 April 1906 – 26 January 1947) was a Swedish prince who for most of his life was second in the line of succession to the Swedish throne. He was the eldest ...

(1906–1947), Prince of Sweden

Saints

* Saint Adulf, early medieval Anglo-Saxon saint * St. Adolphus, 9th-century Spanish martyr * St. Adolf of Osnabrück, 13th-century German martyr * St. Adolphus Ludigo-Mkasa, 19th-century Ugandan martyr

People with the given name in any variant

Adolf

A–G

* Adolf Albin (1848–1920), Romanian chess player * Adolf Althoff (1913–1998), German circus owner *

Adolf Anderssen Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen (6 July 1818 – 13 March 1879)"Anderssen, Adolf" in ''Encyclopædia Britannica, The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 385. was a German chess master. ...

(1818–1879), German chess player * Adolf Appellöf (1857–1921), Swedish zoologist * Gustav Badin né Adolf Ludvig Gustav Fredrik Albert Couchi (1747/1750 – 1822), Swedish court servant *

Adolf von Baeyer Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer (; 31 October 1835 – 20 August 1917) was a German chemist who synthesised indigo dye, indigo and developed a Von Baeyer nomenclature, nomenclature for cyclic compounds (that was subsequently extended a ...

(1835–1917), German chemist who synthesised indigo and developed a nomenclature for cyclic compounds * Adolf Bastian (1826–1905), German anthropologist * Adolf Beck (1863–1942), Polish physician and pioneer of electroencephalography * Adolf Beck case (1841–1909), Norwegian whose mistaken identity led to court of criminal appeal * Adolf van den Berg (1978–2023), South African cricketer * Adolf A. Berle (1895–1971), American lawyer, educator, author, and diplomat * Ādolfs Bļodnieks (1889–1962), 9th Prime Minister of Latvia * Adolf Bniński (1884–1942), Polish agricultural, conservative, and royalist activist * Adolf Born (1930–2016), Czech artist and filmmaker * Adolf Brand (1874–1945), German journalist * Adolf Brudes (1899–1986), German racing driver * Adolf Busch (1891–1952), German violinist and composer *

Adolf Butenandt Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt (; 24 March 1903 – 18 January 1995) was a German biochemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939 for his "work on sex hormones." He initially rejected the award in accordance with government pol ...

(1903–1995), German biochemist * Adolf Čech (1841–1903), Czech conductor * Adolf Charlemagne or Sharleman, Russian painter (1826–1901) *

Adolf Cluss Adolf Ludwig Cluss (July 14, 1825 – July 24, 1905) also known as Adolph Cluss was a Germany, German-born United States, American immigrant who became one of the most important, influential and prolific architects in Washington, D.C., in the lat ...

(1825–1905), German-American architect * Adolf Daens (1839–1907), Belgian theologian * Adolf "Adi" Dassler (1900–1978), German entrepreneur and founder of Adidas * Adolf Dehn (1895–1968), American lithographer * Adolf Deucher (1831–1912), Swiss politician * Adolph Diesterweg (1790–1866), German educator * Adolph Dubs (1920–1979), Assassinated American ambassador *

Adolf Dymsza Adolf Dymsza (born Adolf Bagiński; 7 April 1900 – 20 August 1975) was a Polish comedy actor of both the pre-World War II and post-war eras. He starred in both theatre and film productions, mainly before World War II. He and Kazimierz Krukowski ...

(1900–1975), Polish comic actor * Adolf Ehrnrooth (1905–2004), Finnish general * Adolf Eichler (1869–1911), German civil architect *

Adolf Eichmann Otto Adolf Eichmann ( ;"Eichmann"
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. ; 19 March 1906 – 1 Ju ...

(1906–1962), German/Austrian Nazi SS officer * (1815–1872), German politician * Adolf Etolin (1799–1876), Finnish explorer * Adolf Eugen Fick (1829–1901), German inventor * Adolf Fischer (officer) (1893–1947), German Nazi general * Adolf Froelich (1887–1943), Polish inventor * Adolf Furrer (1873–1958), Swiss inventor * Adolf Galland (1912–1996), German fighter pilot * Adolf Glassbrenner (1810–1876), German humourist * Eddy Goldfarb (born 1921), birth name Adolf, American inventor of Yakity Yak Talking Teeth *

Adolf Grünbaum Adolf Grünbaum (; ; May 15, 1923 – November 15, 2018) was a German-American philosopher of science and a critic of both psychoanalysis and Karl Popper's philosophy of science. He was the first Andrew Mellon Professor of Philosophy at the Unive ...

(1923–2018), German-American philosopher of science * Adolf Guttmacher (1861–1915), German-American rabbi * Adolf Guyer-Zeller (1839–1899), Swiss entrepreneur

H–M

* Adolf Abraham Halevi Fraenkel (1891–1965), German-Israeli mathematician * Adolf Hamann (1885–1945), German Nazi general * (1888–1941), German mathematician *

Adolf von Harnack Carl Gustav Adolf von Harnack (born Harnack; 7 May 1851 – 10 June 1930) was a Baltic German Lutheran theologian and prominent Church historian. He produced many religious publications from 1873 to 1912 (in which he is sometimes credited ...

(1851–1930), German theologian *

Johann Adolph Hasse Johann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 – 16 December 1783) was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music. Immensely popular in his time, Hasse was best known for his prolific operatic output, though he also composed a co ...

(1699–1783), German composer * Adolf Hedin (1834–1905), Swedish newspaper publisher and politician * Adolf Hempt (1874–1943), Serbian biologist, founder of the Pasteur Institute in Novi Sad * Adolf von Henselt (1814–1889), German composer * Adolf Eduard Herstein (1869–1932), Polish-born painter and engraver * Adolf Heusinger (1897–1982), German military officer * Adolf von Hildebrand (1847–1921), German sculptor * Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld (1823–1907), German theologian *

(1889–1945), German dictator and leader of the

Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party ( or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism. Its precursor ...

Adolf Hurwitz Adolf Hurwitz (; 26 March 1859 – 18 November 1919) was a German mathematician who worked on algebra, mathematical analysis, analysis, geometry and number theory. Early life He was born in Hildesheim, then part of the Kingdom of Hanover, to a ...

(1859–1919), German mathematician * Adolf Holtzmann (1810–1870), German philologist * Adolf Hütter (born 1970), Austrian footballer * Adolf Jensen (1837–1879), German pianist, composer, and teacher *

Adolph Joffe Adolph Abramovich Joffe (; alternatively transliterated as Adolf Ioffe or Yoffe; 10 October 1883 – 16 November 1927) was a Russian revolutionary, Bolshevik politician and Soviet diplomat of Karaite descent. Biography Revolutionary career ...

(1883–1927), Bolshevik politician *

Adolf Just Adolf Just (born 8 August 1859, Lüthorst near Dassel, Kingdom of Hanover; died 20 January 1936, Blankenburg (Harz) was a German naturopath. He was the founder of the sanatorium Jungborn in Eckertal (resin). Life He began an apprenticeship ...

(1859–1936), German naturalist and founder of Luvos * Adolf Kaufmann (1848–1916), Austrian landscape painter * Adolf Kertész (1892–1920), Hungarian footballer * Adolf Kneser (1862–1930), German mathematician * Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752–1796), German writer, Freemason * Adolf Köster (1883–1930), German politician * Adolf Kussmaul (1822–1902), German physician and the first to describe dyslexia * Adolf Lande (1905–), German drug-control official *

Adolf Lindenbaum Adolf Lindenbaum (12 June 1904 – August 1941) was a Polish-Jewish logician and mathematician best known for Lindenbaum's lemma and Lindenbaum–Tarski algebras. Life He was born and brought up in Warsaw. He earned a Ph.D. in 1928 un ...

(1904–1941), Polish mathematician *

Adolf Loos Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos (; 10 December 1870 – 23 August 1933) was an Austrian and Czechoslovak architect, influential European theorist, and a polemicist of modern architecture. He was inspired by modernism and a widely-known c ...

(1870–1933), Austrian architect *

Adolf Lorenz Adolf Lorenz (21 April 1854, Vidnava – 12 February 1946, Sankt Andrä-Wördern) was an Austrian orthopedic surgeon. Career He studied medicine at the University of Vienna and subsequently worked as an assistant to surgeon Eduard Albert (1841� ...

(1854–1946), Austrian orthopedic surgeon * Adolf Lundin (1932–2006), Swedish oil magnate * Adolf Malan (born 1961), South African rugby union footballer * Adolf Lu Hitler Marak (born ), Indian politician * Adolf Mayer (1843–1942), German agricultural chemist who worked on tobacco mosaic disease * Adolph Menzel (1815–1905), German painter * Adolf Merckle (1934–2009), German entrepreneur and billionaire * Adolf Meyer (architect) (1881–1929), German architect *

Adolf Meyer (psychiatrist) Adolf Meyer (September 13, 1866 – March 17, 1950) was a Swiss-born psychiatrist who rose to prominence as the first psychiatrist-in-chief of the Johns Hopkins Hospital (1910–1941). He was president of the American Psychiatric Association in ...

(1866–1950), Swiss-American psychiatrist

N–Z

* Adolf van Nieuwenaar (–1589), Dutch statesman and soldier, stadtholder of Overijssel, Guelders and Utrecht *

Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (; 18 November 183212 August 1901) was a Finland-Swedish aristocrat, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer. He was a member of the noble Nordenskiöld family of scientists and held the title of a friherre (ba ...

(1832–1901), Finnish-Swedish explorer *

Adolf Noreen Adolf Gotthard Noreen (13 March 1854 in Östra Ämtervik, Sunne Municipality – 13 June 1925 in Uppsala) was a Sweden, Swedish Linguistics, linguist who served as a member of the Swedish Academy from 1919 until his death. Noreen studied at Upps ...

(1854–1925), Swedish linguist * Adolf Oberländer (1845–1923), German caricaturist * Adolf Ogi (born 1942), Swiss politician *

Adolf Opálka First Lieutenant Adolf Opálka (4 January 1915 – 18 June 1942) was a Czechoslovak soldier, member of the Czech sabotage group Out Distance, a World War II anti-Nazi resistance group, and a participant in Operation Anthropoid, the successfu ...

(1915–1942), Czech anti-Nazi fighter * Adolf Overweg (1822–1852), German scientist * Adolf Petrovsky (1887–?), Soviet diplomat * Adolf Pilar von Pilchau (1851–1925), Baltic German politician * Adolf Pilch (1914–2000), Polish resistance fighter *

Adolf Pinner Adolf Pinner (August 31, 1842 – May 21, 1909) was a German chemist. Early life and education He was educated at the Jewish Theological Seminary at Breslau and at the University of Berlin (Phd in Chemistry (Doctor der Chemie), 1867). In 1871 ...

(1842–1909), German chemist * Adolf Reichwein (1898–1944), German educator and economist who resisted the policies of Nazi Germany *

Adolf Reinach Adolf Bernhard Philipp Reinach (; ; 23 December 1883 – 16 November 1917) was a German philosopher, phenomenologist from the Munich phenomenology school and law theorist. Life and work Adolf Reinach was born into a prominent Jewish family in ...

(1883–1917), German phenomenologist * Adolf Rosenberger (1900–1967), German-Jewish businessman, founder of the Porsche company * Adolf Rudnicki (1912–1990), Polish-Jewish author * Adolf Rzepko (1825–1892), Polish composer * Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815–1894), German poet * Adolph Salomonsohn (1831–1919), German banker influenced the establishment of the German stock market * Adolf Schallamach (1905–1997), German-born British scientist that worked on rubber friction * Adolf Schaller (1956–2024), American visual artist * Adolf Schärf (1890–1965), President of Austria * Adolf Scherer (1938–2023), Slovak footballer of German descent * Adolf Schlagintweit (1829–1857), German explorer * Adolf Schmal (1872–1919), Austrian fencer * Adolf Schreyer (1828–1899), German painter * Adolf Schwarz (1836–1910), Austro-Hungarian chess master * Adolf Seefeldt (1870–1936), known as The Sandman, German serial killer * Adolf Shayevich (born 1937), Rabbi of the Moscow Choral Synagogue and one of two Chief Rabbis of Russia *

Adolf Smekal Adolf Gustav Stephan Smekal (12 September 1895 – 7 March 1959) was an Austrian theoretical physicist, with interests in solid state physics,"The historical development of quantum theory", by Jagdish Mehra, Helmut Rechenbergp. 327, biographical ...

(1895–1959), Austrian physicist * Adolf Stelzer (1908–1977), Swiss footballer * Adolf Stieler (1775–1836), German cartographer * Adolf Stoecker (1835–1909), German theologian * Adolf Strauss (composer) (1902–1944), Czech pianist, violinist, composer, and kapellmeister * Adolf Strauss (general) (1879–1973), general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany * Adolf Theuer (1920–1947), German SS officer at Auschwitz concentration camp * Adolf Tolkachev (1927–1986), Soviet engineer and CIA spy * Adolf von Sonnenthal (1834–1909), Austrian actor * Adolf "Dado" Topić (born 1949), Croatian singer * Adolf Tortilowicz von Batocki-Friebe (1868–1944), Lithuanian nobleman, lawyer and politician * Adolf Walbrook (1896–1967), Austrian actor * Adolf Wahrmund (1827–1913), Austrian-German orientalist * Adolf Ferdinand Weinhold (1841–1917), German chemist, physician and inventor * Adolf Wilbrandt (1837–1911), German novelist *

Adolf Windaus Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus (; 25 December 1876 – 9 June 1959) was a German chemist who won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1928 for his work on sterols and their relation to vitamins. He was the doctoral advisor of Adolf Butenandt who also won ...

(1876–1959), German chemist * Adolf Wölfli (1864–1930), Swiss artist * Adolf Zábranský (1909–1981), Czech illustrator and painter * Adolf Zeising (1810–1876), German psychologist * Adolf Ziegler (1892–1959), German painter and politician * Adolf Zutter (1889–1947), German SS concentration camp officer * Adolf Zytogorski (–1882), Polish-British chess master and translator

Adolfas

* Adolfas Ramanauskas (1918–1957), American born Lithuanian partisan * Adolfas Valeška (1905–1994), Lithuanian-American artist

Adolfo

* Adolfo Aldana (born 1966), Spanish footballer * Adolfo Baines (born 1972), Spanish footballer * Adolfo Battaglia (born 1930), Italian journalist and politician * Adolfo Bautista (born 1979), Mexican footballer * Adolfo Bruno (1945–2003), a.k.a. "Big Al", Italian-American mobster * Adolfo Camarillo (1864–1958), American businessman, ranchero, philanthropist, co-founder of the city of Camarillo, California * Adolfo Carrión Jr. (born 1961), served for seven years as borough president of the Bronx * Adolfo Celi (1922–1986), Italian actor and director * Adolfo Constanzo (1962–1989), American serial killer, drug trafficker, and cult leader * Adolfo Correia da Rocha (1907–1995), Portuguese writer and otolaryngologist * Adolfo Schwelm Cruz (1923–2012), Argentine racing driver *

Adolfo de la Huerta Felipe Adolfo de la Huerta Marcor (; 26 May 1881 – 9 July 1955) was a Mexican politician, the 45th President of Mexico from 1 June to 30 November 1920, following the overthrow of Mexican president Venustiano Carranza, with Sonoran generals ...

(1881–1955), President of Mexico in 1920 * Adolfo Domínguez (born 1950), Spanish fashion designer * Adolfo Domínguez Gerardo (born 1991), Mexican footballer * Adolfo Gaich (born 1999), Argentine footballer * Adolfo Gregorio (born 1982), American footballer * Adolfo Guzman (soccer) (born 1995), American footballer *

Adolfo Guzmán Adolfo Guzmán (May 13, 1920 – July 30, 1976) was a Cuban pianist, music director, arranger and composer. During his 40-year-long career he directed several important Cuban ensembles, including Orquesta Riverside and Los Modernistas, as well as ...

(1920–1976), Cuban pianist * Adolfo Hernández (born 1997), Mexican footballer * Adolfo Hirsch (born 1986), Argentine footballer * Adolfo Kaminsky (1925–2023), Argentinian member of the French Resistance, document forger * Adolfo Lima (born 1990), Uruguayan footballer *

Adolfo López Mateos Adolfo López Mateos (; 26 May 1909 – 22 September 1969) was a Mexican politician and lawyer who served as President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964. Previously, he served as Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare, Secretary of Labor and Social ...

(1909–1969), President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964 * Adolfo Luxúria Canibal (born 1959), Portuguese musician and lawyer * Adolfo Machado (born 1985), Panamanian footballer * Adolfo Miranda (born 1989), Spanish footballer * Adolfo Muñoz (born 1997), Ecuadorian footballer * Adolfo Ovalle (born 1970), Chilean footballer * Adolfo Ovalle (born 1997), Chilean footballer * Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (born 1931), Argentine activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner * Adolfo Ríos (born 1966), Mexican footballer *

Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Adolfo Tomás Ruiz Cortines ( 30 December 1889 – 3 December 1973) was a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he previously served as Governor of Vera ...

(1889–1973), President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958 * Adolfo Sardiña (1933–2021), Cuban-American fashion designer, known by his first name alone * Adolfo Sarti (1928–1992), Italian politician * Adolfo Scilingo (born 1946), Argentinian Navy officer, criminal *

Adolfo Suárez Adolfo Suárez González, 1st Duke of Suárez (; 25 September 1932 – 23 March 2014) was a Spanish lawyer and politician. Suárez was Spain's first democratically elected Prime Minister of Spain, prime minister since the Second Spanish Republi ...

(1932–2014), Spanish politician, the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Spain during the Spanish transition to democracy * Adolfo Valencia (born 1968), Colombian footballer * Adolfo Veber Tkalčević (1825–1889), Croatian philologist, writer, and politician * Adolfo Vigorelli (1921–1944), Italian resistance fighter during World War II * Adolfo Zumelzú (1902–1973), Argentine footballer

Adolph

* Adolph Achille Gereau (1893–1994), Virgin Islands civil servant and founder of V.I. Republicans * Adolph Baller (1909–1994), Austrian-American pianist * Adolph Bieberstein (1902–1981), American football player * Adolph Caesar (1933–1986), American actor, voice-over artist, theatre director, dancer, and choreographer * Adolph von Carlowitz (1858–1928), German general *

Adolph Coors Adolph Herman Joseph Coors Sr. (February 4, 1847 – June 5, 1929) was a German-American brewer who founded the Adolph Coors Company in Golden, Colorado, in 1873. Early life Adolph Hermann Joseph Kuhrs was born in Barmen in Rhenish Prus ...

(1847–1929), American businessman and founder of Coors Brewery * Adolph "A.J." DeLaGarza (born 1987), American footballer * Adolph Deutsch (1897–1980), British-American composer, conductor, and arranger * Adolf Douai (1819–1888), German-Texan pioneer of the Kindergarten movement in America * Adolph Monroe Edwards Jr. (1905–1987), American lawyer and statesman who served as Secretary of Guam from 1960 to 1961 * Adolph Fischer (1858–1887), German labor union activist * Adolph Frank (1834–1916), German chemist * Adolph Goldschmidt (1863–1944), German-Jewish art historian * Adolph Gottlieb (1903–1974), American abstract expressionist painter, sculptor and printmaker * Adolph Green (1914–2002), American lyricist and playwright * Adolph Hallis (1896–1987), South African pianist, composer, and teacher * Adolph Herseth (1921–2013), American orchestral trumpet player * Adolph Sutro (1830–1898), mayor of San Francisco * Adolph Jacobs (1939–2014), American guitar player *

(1883–1927), Russian-Jewish diplomat * Adolph Johannes Brand (born 1934), South African pianist and composer known as Abdullah Ibrahim * Adolph Kissell (1920–1983), American football player * Adolph Kliebhan (1897–1963), American football player * Adolph Koldofsky (1905–1951), Canadian violinist * Adolph Kolping (1813–1865), German priest * Adolph Kukulowicz (1933–2008), Canadian ice hockey player * Adolph Malan (1910–1963), South African flying ace in World War II *Adolph Marx, birth name of American comic actor

Harpo Marx Arthur "Harpo" Marx (born Adolph Marx; November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964) was an American comedian and harpist, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers. In contrast to the mainly verbal comedy of his brothers Groucho and Chico, Harp ...

(1888–1961) * Adolph Marix (1848–1919), American military officer and general * Adolph Mongo (born 1954), American political strategist and commentator * Adolph S. Moses (1840–1902), German-American rabbi *

Adolph Ochs Adolph Simon Ochs (March 12, 1858 – April 8, 1935) was an American newspaper publisher and former owner of ''The New York Times'' and ''The Chattanooga Times'', which is now the ''Chattanooga Times Free Press''. Through his only child, Iphigene ...

(1858–1935), American newspaper publisher * Adolph L. Reed Jr. (born 1947), American professor of political science and writer * Adolph Rickenbacker (1887–1976), Swiss-American co-created the first electric string instrument, and co-founded the Rickenbacker * Adolph G. Rosengarten (1870–1946), American chemist from Pennsylvania *

Adolph Rupp Adolph Frederick Rupp (September 2, 1901 – December 10, 1977) was an American college basketball coach. Nicknamed the "Baron of the Bluegrass", he coached the University of Kentucky Wildcats to four NCAA Division I men's basketball tournam ...

(1901–1977), American college basketball coach * Adolph Sabath (1866–1952), American politician * Adolph "Dolph" Schayes (1928–2015), American basketball player * Adolph G. Schwenk (1922–2004), American Marine general * Adolph "Young Dolph" Thornton (1985–2021), American independent rap artist * Adolph Tidemand (1814–1876), Norwegian classical romantic painter * Adolph Treidler (1886–1981), American artist known for his illustrations, posters, commercial art, and wartime propaganda posters * Adolph von Carlowitz (1858–1928), German army commander during the First World War * Adolph P. Yushkevich (1906–1993), Russian mathematician *

Adolph Zukor Adolph Zukor (; ; January 7, 1873 – June 10, 1976) was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures.Obituary ''Variety Obituaries, Variety'' (June 16, 1976), p. 76. He produced one of Ameri ...

(1873–1976), Hungarian-Jewish American film mogul and founder of Paramount Pictures * Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (1914–1997), American typesetter whose actual name starts with "Adolph"

Adolphe

Adolphe Adam Adolphe Charles Adam (; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets ''Giselle'' (1841) and ''Le corsaire'' (1856), his operas ''Le post ...

(1803–1856), French composer and music critic * Adolphe Alexandre Chaillet (1867–1914), French inventor of the Centennial Light * Adolphe Crémieux (1796–1880), French-Jewish lawyer and statesman * Adolphe Goldschmidt (1838–1918), German-Jewish co-inheritor of the Goldschmidt family bank * Adolphe Guillaumat (1863–1940), French general during World War I * Adolphe Hug (1923–2006), Swiss footballer * Adolphe Marbot (1781–1844), French general * Adolphe Max (1869–1939), Belgian politician and mayor of Brussels * Adolphe Menjou (1890–1963), American actor and anti-Communist activist * Adolphe Monod (1802–1856), French Protestant churchman *

Adolphe Monticelli Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (October 14, 1824 – June 29, 1886) was a French painter of the generation preceding the Impressionists. Biography Monticelli was born in Marseille in humble circumstances. He attended the École Municipale de ...

(1824–1886), French painter preceding the Impressionists * Adolphe Muzito (born 1957), Congolese politician who was Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic * Adolphe Nourrit (1802–1839), French opera singer *

Adolphe Quetelet Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet FRSF or FRSE (; 22 February 1796 – 17 February 1874) was a Belgian- French astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist who founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was influential ...

(1796–1874), Belgian astronomer, polymath * Adolphe Pinard (1844–1934), French obstetrician and member of parliament * Adolphe Sax (1814–1894), Belgian musician and inventor of the saxophone * Adolphe Teikeu (born 1990), Cameroonian footballer *

Adolphe Thiers Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers ( ; ; 15 April 17973 September 1877) was a French statesman and historian who served as President of France from 1871 to 1873. He was the second elected president and the first of the Third French Republic. Thi ...

(1797–1877), French Prime Minister, President, and historian * Adolphe Tohoua (born 1983), Ivorian footballer * Adolphe Vorderman (1844–1902), Dutch scientist who helped toward the discovery of vitamins *

Adolphe Willette Adolphe Léon Willette (30 July 1857 – 4 February 1926) was a French Painting, painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and lithographer, as well as an architect of the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret. Willette ran as an "antisemitism, anti-semitic" c ...

(1857–1926), French painter and architect of the Moulin Rouge

Adolphus

* Adolphus Anthony "Doc" Cheatham (1905–1997), American jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader *

Adolphus Busch Adolphus Busch (10 July 1839 – 10 October 1913) was the German-born co-founder of Anheuser-Busch with his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser. He introduced numerous innovations, building the success of the company in the late 19th and early 2 ...

(1839–1913), American businessman and co-founder of Anheuser-Busch * Adolphus Ealey (1941–1992), American curator and educator * Adolphus L. Fitzgerald (1840–1921), Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada * Adolphus W. Green (1844–1917), American businessman and founder of Nabisco * Adolphus Washington Greely (1844–1935), American polar explorer * Adolphus Grimes (1913–1998), American baseball player * Adolphus F. Hitchcock (1803–1888), American farmer and politician * Adolphus Jones (born 1984), Kittian and Nevisian track and field athlete and footballer * Adolphus Warburton Moore (1841–1887), British civil servant and mountaineer * Adolphus Ofodile (born 1979), Nigerian footballer * Adolphus Busch Orthwein (1917–2013), American heir and business executive and formerly missing person * Adolphus Jean Sweet (1920–1985), American actor * Adolphus Washington (born 1994), American football player

People with the surname Adolf or Adolphus

* Helen Adolf (1895–1998), Austrian–American linguist and literature scholar *

(1768–1845), English historian * John Leycester Adolphus (1795–1862), English lawyer, jurist and author

Fictional characters

*Adolphus, a character in '' The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'' *Adolphus, a character in '' The Adventures of Huck Finn'' *Adolphus Cusins, a character in ''

Major Barbara ''Major Barbara'' is a three-act English play by George Bernard Shaw, written and premiered in 1905 and first published in 1907. The story concerns an idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who is engaged in helping the poor as a Major in ...

'' by George Bernard Shaw *Adolphus Tips, the eponymous cat of '' The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips'' by

Michael Morpurgo Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo ('' né'' Bridge; 5 October 1943) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as '' War Horse'' (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelli ...

*Dolf, an antagonist in the animated series ''

Alfred J. Kwak ''Alfred J. Kwak'' is a children's animated comedy-drama television series based on a Dutch theatre show by Herman van Veen, produced by Telescreen (company), Telecable Benelux B.V. in co-production with Omroepvereniging VARA, VARA, Zweites Deu ...

'' *Adolf Kamil and Adolf Kaufmann, title characters of the manga '' Adolf'' by Osamu Tezuka *Saint Adolphus, a character in Ken Follett's '' The Pillars of the Earth'' *Adolf Verloc, a character in Joseph Conrad's ''

The Secret Agent ''The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale'' is an anarchist spy fiction novel by Polish-British author Joseph Conrad, first published on 12 September 1907.. The story is set in Soho, London in 1886 and deals with Mr. Adolf Verloc and his work as a sp ...

'' *Adolf K. Weismann, also known as Yashiro Isana, is the main protagonist in the anime series ''K'' *Adolf Wolf, a character in '' Blitz Wolf'' *Adolphe Pescarolo, principal of Shuchiin Academy in '' Kaguya-sama: Love Is War'' *Adolf, one of the main villains in Armour of God II: Operation Condor * Adolfo Pirelli, a minor antagonist in ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' *Adolf Stroud, a character in '' The Ancient Magus' Bride''

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