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Bohlen is a surname shared by several notable people, among them being: ;Bohlen *
Avis Bohlen Avis Thayer Bohlen (born April 20, 1940, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) ...
(born 1940), American diplomatDaughter of Charles E. Bohlen *
Charles E. Bohlen Charles "Chip" Eustis Bohlen (August 30, 1904 – January 1, 1974) was an American diplomat, ambassador, and expert on the Soviet Union. He helped shape US foreign policy during World War II and the Cold War and helped develop the Marshall Plan ...
(1904–1974), American diplomat *
Dieter Bohlen Dieter Bohlen (; born Dieter Günter Bohlen, 7 February 1954) is a German songwriter, producer, singer and television personality. He first achieved fame as a member of pop duo Modern Talking in the 1980s, and has since produced numerous German ...
(born 1954), German musician *
Francis Bohlen Francis Hermann Bohlen (July 31, 1868 – December 9, 1942) was an American legal scholar from Pennsylvania who specialized in tort law and served as the Algernon Sydney Biddle professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Bio ...
(1868–1942), American
Algernon Sydney Biddle Algernon Sydney Biddle (October 11, 1847 – April 8, 1891) was an American lawyer and law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. An endowed chair was established at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in his name. Biograph ...
professor of law at the
University of Pennsylvania Law School The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and olde ...
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Henry Bohlen Henry Bohlen (October 22, 1810 – August 22, 1862) was a German-American Union Brigadier General of the American Civil War. Before becoming the first foreign-born Union general in the Civil War, he fought in the Mexican-American War (on the U.S. ...
(1810–1862), German-American who became a Union general during the American Civil War *
Jim Bohlen Jim Bohlen (July 4, 1926 – July 5, 2010) was an American engineer who worked on the Atlas ICBM missile program and later emigrated to Canada after becoming disillusioned with the US government's nuclear policy during the Cold War. He became one ...
(1926–2010), American-born Canadian political activist ;von Bohlen *
Davey von Bohlen Davey von Bohlen (born August 11, 1975) is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known for serving as lead vocalist and guitarist of the emo band The Promise Ring and also as guitarist and backing vocalist in short-lived cult band Cap' ...
(born 1975), American musician ;van Bohlen *
Peter van Bohlen Peter von Bohlen (9 March 1796, in Wüppels, in the Wangerland Gemeinde – 6 February 1840, in Halle) was a German Orientalist and Indologist. He was a professor at the University of Königsberg. He spent the first 20 years of his life in strai ...
(1796–1840), German academic ;von Bohlen und Halbach *
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Gustav Georg Friedrich Maria Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (born Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach; 7 August 1870 – 16 January 1950) was a German foreign service official who became chairman of the board of Friedrich Krupp AG, a heavy industry cong ...
(1870–1950), German industrialist * Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907–1967), German industrialistSon of Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach. *
Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach (24 January 1938 – 8 May 1986) was a German heir of the Krupp dynasty. Biography The son of Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907–1967) and Anneliese (nee Bahr) Lampert (1909–1998) (married 1937 – divo ...
(1938–1986), German entrepreneurSon of Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach.


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* Information about ''von'' and ''van'' in human names:
Von The term ''von'' () is used in German language surnames either as a nobiliary particle indicating a noble patrilineality, or as a simple preposition used by commoners that means ''of'' or ''from''. Nobility directories like the '' Almanach de ...
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Van (Dutch) ''Van'' () is a very common prefix in Dutch language surnames, where it is known as a ''tussenvoegsel''. In those cases it nearly always refers to a certain, often quite distant, ancestor's place of origin or residence; for example, Ludwig ''va ...
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Tussenvoegsel A ''tussenvoegsel'' (, ) in a Dutch name is a family name affix positioned between a person's given name and the main part of their family name. There are similar concepts in many languages, such as Celtic family name prefixes, French particl ...
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