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'' (

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), ''Alois'' (

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), ''

Alojz Alojz is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Alojz Ajdič (born 1939), Slovenian composer, author of many orchestral works *Alojz Fandel, former Slovak football player and coach *Alojz Geržinič (1915–2008), Slovenian composer * ...

'' ( Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian), '' Alojzy'' (

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), '' Aloísio'' ( Portuguese,

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), '' Alajos'' ( Hungarian), and ''

Aloyzas Aloyzas is a masculine given name of Lithuanian origin. People with that name include: * Aloyzas Kveinys (1962–2018), Lithuanian chess Grandmaster * Aloyzas Sakalas (1931–2022), Lithuanian politician * Aloyzas Stasiulevičius (born 1931), Lith ...

'' ( 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 Alois Hába (21 June 1893 – 18 November 1973) was a Czech composer, music theorist and teacher. He belongs to the important discoverers in modern classical music, and to the major composers of microtonal music, especially using the quarter-to ...

, Czech composer *

Alois Hitler Alois Hitler (né Schicklgruber; 7 June 1837 – 3 January 1903) was an Austrian civil servant in the customs service, and the father of German dictator Adolf Hitler. Alois Schicklgruber was born out of wedlock. His mother was Maria Sch ...

(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 Alois Jirásek () (23 August 1851 – 12 March 1930) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a high school history teacher in Litomyšl and later in Prague until his retirement in 1909. He wrote a series of histor ...

(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 Alois Mock (; 10 June 1934 – 1 June 2017) was an Austrian politician and member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP). He was Vice Chancellor of Austria from 1987 to 1989. As foreign minister, he helped take Austria into the European Union. L ...

(1934–2017), Austrian politician *

Alois Musil Alois Musil (30 June 1868 – 12 April 1944) was a Czech theologian, orientalist, explorer and bilingual Czech and German writer. Biography Musil was the oldest son born in 1868 into an poor farming family in Moravia (then Cisleithanian ...

(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 Alois Taux (5 October 1817 – 17 April 1861) was a German conductor and composer. He was important in the musical life of Salzburg, and initiated music festivals there dedicated to Mozart. Life Taux was born in Baumgarten, in Silesia (now Braszo ...

(1817–1861), German conductor and composer, prominent in Salzburg, Austria *

Alois Vašátko Alois Vašátko Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom), DFC (25 August 1908 – 23 June 1942) was a First Czechoslovak Republic, Czechoslovak artillery officer who became an air force pilot. In the World War II, Second World War he was a F ...

(1908–1942), Czech fighter pilot * Alois von Reding (1765–1818), Swiss patriot *

Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (Alois Philipp Maria; born 11 June 1968) is the eldest son of Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Countess Marie Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau, and the Succession to the Liechtensteiner throne ...

(born 1968) * Alois Švehlík (1939–2025), Czech actor * Alois Trancy, fictional character in the Japanese anime Black Butler *

Aloïs Catteau Aloïs Catteau (11 August 1877 – 2 November 1939) was an early-twentieth-century Belgian road racing cyclist who participated in the inaugural 1903 Tour de France and finished tenth. His best result was the 1904 Tour de France, where he fini ...

(1877–1939), Belgian cyclist *

Aloys Sprenger Aloys Sprenger (born 3 September 1813, in Nassereith, Tyrol; died 19 December 1893 in Heidelberg) was an Austrian Orientalist. Sprenger studied medicine, natural sciences as well as oriental languages at the University of Vienna. In 1836 he ...

(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