Alois (

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ized ''Aloysius'') is an

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form of the name

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. Modern variants include ''Aloïs'' ( French), ''Aloys'' ( German), ''Alois'' (

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), '' Alojz'' ( Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian), '' Alojzy'' ( Polish), '' Aloísio'' ( Portuguese, Spanish,

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), '' Alajos'' ( Hungarian), and '' Aloyzas'' ( Lithuanian).

People called Alois/Aloys

Alois Alzheimer Alois Alzheimer ( , , ; 14 June 1864 – 19 December 1915) was a German psychiatrist, neuropathologist and colleague of Emil Kraepelin. He is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin later ide ...

(1864–1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist *

Alois Arnegger Alois Arnegger (March 9, 1879 – August 11, 1967) was an Austrian painter. Arnegger was born in Vienna. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and was taught by Robert Russ and August Eisenmenger. Alois Arnegger became famous as a scen ...

(1879–1963), Austrian painter *

Alois Berla Alois Berla (7 March 1826 – 16 February 1896) was an Austrian actor and playwright. He was born in Vienna, and was trained to be a musician; he became an actor, his stage debut being in the in Hungary in 1847, in his own play ''Der letzte Zopf ...

(1826–1896), Austrian actor and playwright *

Alois Biach Alois Biach (1 May 1849 – 1918) was an Austrian physician and medical writer. Biach was born in Lettowitz, Moravia, in 1849. He was educated at the gymnasium at Brünn and at the University of Vienna. After graduating as Doctor of Medicine in ...

(1849–1918), Austrian physician and medical writer *

Alois Brunner Alois Brunner (8 April 1912 – December 2001 or 2010) was an Austrian officer who held the rank of (captain) during World War II. Brunner played a significant role in the implementation of the Holocaust through rounding up and deporting Jews in ...

(1912–2001), Austrian Nazi SS concentration camp war criminal *

Alois Carigiet Alois Carigiet (30 August 1902 – 1 August 1985) was a Swiss graphic designer, painter and illustrator. He may be known best for six children's picture books set in the Alps, '' A Bell for Ursli'' and its sequels, written by Selina Chönz, and ...

(1902–1985), Swiss illustrator *

Alois Dryák Alois Dryák (24 February 1872 in Brandýsek, Olšany – 6 June 1932 in Prague) was a Czechs, Czech architect and professor of ornamental design. Dryák is most famous for the design of the ornamental detail on Art Nouveau masterpieces such as ...

(1872–1932), Czech architect *

Alois Eliáš Alois Eliáš (29 September 1890 – 19 June 1942) was a Czech general and politician. He served as prime minister of the puppet government of the German-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from 27 April 1939 to 27 September 1941 bu ...

(1890–1942), Czech general and politician *

Alois Estermann Alois Estermann (29 October 1954 – 4 May 1998) was a Swiss military officer. He served as the 31st Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard. Estermann and his wife were murdered in his apartment in Vatican City on 4 May 1998, the same day he ...

, senior officer of the Pontifical Swiss Guard who was murdered in his apartment * Alois Hába, Czech composer * Alois Hitler (1837–1903), born Aloys Schicklgruber; Adolf Hitler's father * Alois Hitler, Jr. (1882–1956), Adolf Hitler's half-brother * Alois Hudal (1885–1963), Rome-based, pro-Nazi bishop of Austrian descent * Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein * Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein * Alois Jirásek (1851–1930), Czech writer * Alois Kayser (1877–1944), German Roman Catholic missionary who spent almost 40 years on Nauru and wrote a Nauruan grammar * Alois Kříž (1911–1947), Czechoslovak journalist and Nazi collaborator who was executed * Alois Leiter (born 1965), American former left-handed

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* Aloïs Michielsen (born 1942), Belgian businessman * Alois Mock (1934–2017), Austrian politician * Alois Musil (1868–1944), Czech explorer, orientalist and writer *

Alois Negrelli Nikolaus Alois Maria Vinzenz Negrelli, Ritter von Moldelbe (born Luigi Negrelli; 23 January 1799 – 1 October 1858) was a Tyrolean civil engineer and railroad pioneer mostly active in parts of the Austrian Empire, Switzerland, Germany and I ...

(1799–1858), Tyrolean engineer and railroad pioneer in Austria, Italy and Switzerland * Aloys Pennarini (1870–1927), tenor opera singer, opera director and film actor * Aloys P. Kaufmann (1902–1984), mayor of Saint Louis * Alois P. Swoboda (1873–1938), pioneer of American physical culture *

Alois Rašín Alois Rašín (18 October 1867 – 18 February 1923) was a Czechs, Czech and Czechoslovak politician, economist, one of the founders of Czechoslovakia and first Ministry for Finance. He was the author of the first law of Czechoslovakia and creat ...

(1867–1923), Czech economist and politician *

Alois Riehl Alois Adolf Riehl (; 27 April 1844 – 21 November 1924) was an Austrian neo-Kantian philosopher. He was born in Bozen (Bolzano) in the Austrian Empire (now in Italy). He was the brother of the Austrian engineer and building contractor . Biograp ...

(1844–1924), Austrian philosopher *

Alois Senefelder Johann Alois Senefelder (6 November 177126 February 1834) was a German actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography in the 1790s.Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1998. p 146 Actor ...

(1771–1834), Austrian actor and playwright who invented the printing technique of lithography * Alois Taux (1817–1861), German conductor and composer, prominent in Salzburg, Austria * Alois Vašátko (1908–1942), Czech fighter pilot * Alois von Reding (1765–1818), Swiss patriot * Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (born 1968) * Alois Švehlík (1939–2025), Czech actor * Alois Trancy, fictional character in the Japanese anime Black Butler * Aloïs Catteau (1877–1939), Belgian cyclist * Aloys Sprenger (1813–1893), Austrian historian * Aloys Wach (1892–1940), Austrian expressionist painter and graphic artist * Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger, Austrian actor and American politician * Brother Alois (born 1954), Prior of the Taizé community *

Pope Benedict XVI Pope BenedictXVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as p ...

(1927–2022), born Joseph Alois Ratzinger

Other uses

* ''Aloys'' (film), a 2016 Swiss film {{given name Masculine given names German masculine given names Czech masculine given names