Barth is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Auguste Barth (1834–1916), French orientalist
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Belle Barth (1911–1971), Jewish-American entertainer
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Carl Georg Barth (1860–1939), Norwegian-American mathematician and mechanical engineer
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Charles H. Barth
Charles Henry Barth (December 28, 1858 – December 5, 1926) was an American Brigadier general who served during World War I.
Early life
Barth was born in Sheridan, Iowa. He entered the United States Military Academy, where he was seriously ha ...
(1858-1926), American Brigadier general
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Christian Gottlob Barth
Christian Gottlob Barth (31 July 1799 – 12 November 1862) was a German Protestant minister, writer and publisher. He founded the publishing house Calwer Verlag in 1833. A representative of pietism in Württemberg, he is regarded as one of the f ...
(1799-1862), German Protestant minister, writer and publisher
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Connor Barth
Connor Thomas Barth (born April 11, 1986) is a former American football placekicker who played ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at North Carolina and was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undraf ...
(born 1986), American football player
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Edgar Barth
Wilfried Edgar Barth (26 January 1917 in Herold – 20 May 1965 in Ludwigsburg) was a German (East German until 1957, then West German) Formula One and sports car racing driver.
Racing career
Barth was born in Herold. He began his career ...
(1917–1965), German race-car driver
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Edvard Kaurin Barth (1913-1996), Norwegian zoologist and photographer, husband of Sonja
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Fredrik Barth
Thomas Fredrik Weybye Barth (22 December 1928 – 24 January 2016) was a Norwegian social anthropologist who published several ethnographic books with a clear formalist view. He was a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Boston Un ...
(1928–2016), Norwegian anthropologist
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Fredy Barth
Frédéric Nicolas "Fredy" Barth (born 5 December 1979 in Lucerne) is an auto racing driver from Switzerland. He currently drives in the World Touring Car Championship.
Racing career
Early years
Barth started out in karting before stepping up t ...
(born 1979), Swiss race-car driver
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Heinrich Barth
Johann Heinrich Barth (; ; 16 February 1821 – 25 November 1865) was a German explorer of Africa and scholar.
Barth is thought to be one of the greatest of the European explorers of Africa, as his scholarly preparation, ability to speak and wri ...
(1821–1865), German explorer
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Heinz Barth
Heinz Barth (15 October 1920 – 6 August 2007) was a mid-ranking member in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a convicted war criminal who was responsible for the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre of 1944.
Barth was the only SS ...
(1920–2007), German Waffen-SS leader and war criminal
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John Barth
John Simmons Barth (; born May 27, 1930) is an American writer who is best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include ''The Sot-Weed Factor'', a sa ...
(born 1930), American novelist and short-story writer
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Joseph Barth
Joseph Barth (28 October 1746 – 7 April 1818) was a Maltese-born Austrian ophthalmologist. He is believed to have been the first professor of ophthalmology.
Education
He studied at the Anatomical and Surgical School at Sacra Infermeria in V ...
(1746–1818), Austrian ophthalmologist
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Jürgen Barth
Jürgen Barth (born 10 December 1947 in Thum, Saxony) is a German former racecar driver. He is the son of Formula One driver and sports car racer Edgar Barth.
Barth started out as an engineer but became one of the most successful drivers i ...
(born 1947), German engineer and racecar driver
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Jürgen Barth (cyclist)
Jürgen Barth (12 May 1943 – 17 January 2011) was a German cyclist. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly kno ...
(1943–2011), German cyclist
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Karl Barth
Karl Barth (; ; – ) was a Swiss Calvinist theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary ''The Epistle to the Romans'', his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship (except for a single phrase) of the Barmen Declara ...
(1886–1968), Swiss theologian
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Mario Barth
Mario Wolfgang Barth (born 1 November 1972) is a German comedian who mainly deals with the interactions between men and women.
Early life
Barth was one out of six children born to a family in Berlin- Mariendorf. Raised Catholic, he served as a ...
(born 1972), German comedian
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Markus Barth
Markus Barth (6 October 1915 – 1 July 1994) was a Swiss scholar of theology. He lived in Bern, Basel, Berlin, and Edinburgh and was the son of the seminal Protestant theologian Karl Barth. From 1940 to 1953 he was a Reformed Pastor in Bubendorf ...
(1915–1994), Swiss theologian, son of Karl
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Kaspar von Barth
Kaspar von Barth (21 June 1587 – 17 September 1658) was a German philologist and writer.
Barth was born at Küstrin (today Kostrzyn in Poland) in the Neumark region of Brandenburg. A precocious child, he was looked upon as a marvel of learning ...
(1587–1658), German writer
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Marisa Ferretti Barth
Marisa Ferretti Barth (April 28, 1931 – March 28, 2021) was a Canadian Senator.
Life and career
Born in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, Marisa Ferretti Barth was a social worker, human resources consultant and community organizer before her appointment ...
(1931–2021), Canadian senator
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Marleen Barth
Magdalena Antoinette Maria 'Marleen' Barth (born 21 March 1964) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and trade unionist, and a former journalist.
Early life and education
Magdalena Antoinette Maria Barth was born on 21 March 1964 ...
(born 1964), Dutch politician, trade union leader and journalist
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Matthew Barth
Matthew Barth is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and associate dean for research and graduate education in the Bourns College of Engineering at the University of California, Riverside. He was named Fellow of the Institute of E ...
, American engineer
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Richard Barth
Richard Barth (5 June 1850 in Grosswanzleben, Saxony – 25 December 1923 in Marburg) was a left-handed German violin virtuoso, conductor, music teacher and composer in the circle of Johannes Brahms. His ''Ciacona in B minor,'' Op. 21, compos ...
(1850–1908), German violinist and composer
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Sonja Barth
Sonja Louise Barth (21 May 1923 – 10 September 2016, ) was a Norwegian environmentalist.
During World War II she was active in XU, the secret Norwegian resistance operation whose activities were kept secret until 1988. In 2008 she described h ...
(1923-2016), Norwegian environmentalist
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Theodor Barth
Theodor Barth (16 July 1849, Duderstadt – 3 June 1909, Baden-Baden) was a German liberal politician and publicist. He was a member of the Reichstag between 1881 and 1884, between 1885 and 1898, and between 1901 and 1903.
Career
Barth star ...
(1849-1909), German politician
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Uta Barth
Uta Barth (born 1958) is a contemporary German-American photographer whose work addresses themes such as perception, optical illusion and non-place. Her early work emerged in the late 1980s and 1990s, "inverting the notion of background and foreg ...
(born 1958), German-American photographer
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Wolf Barth
The wolf (''Canis lupus''; plural, : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been reco ...
(1942–2016), German mathematician
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Barth, Germany
Barth is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated at a lagoon ( Bodden) of the Baltic Sea facing the Fischland-Darss-Zingst peninsula. Barth belongs to the district of Vorpommern-Rügen. It is close to the Western Pomerania L ...
, a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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Barth (disambiguation) Barth may refer to:
Places
* Barth, Germany, a town in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
** Barth (Amt), administrative subdivision
* Barth Island, Nunavut, Canada
Other uses
* Barth (name), a surname (and list of people with that name)
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