Böhm is a German surname literally meaning "Bohemian/Czech" in German. It may refer to:
* A
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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surname, meaning ''
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historic ...
n''. See also
Bohm. Notable people with the surname include:
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Annett Böhm, (born 1980), German judoka
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Carl Crack (born Carl Böhm), German techno artist
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Corbinian Böhm, (born 1966), German artist
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Corrado Böhm
Corrado Böhm (17 January 1923 – 23 October 2017) was an Italian computer scientist and Professor Emeritus at the Sapienza University of Rome, University of Rome "La Sapienza", known especially for his contributions to the theory of structured ...
(1923–2017), Italian computer scientist
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Daniel Böhm (born 1986), German biathlete
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Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Austrian general of World War I
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Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Eugen Ritter von Böhm-Bawerk (; born Eugen Böhm, 12 February 1851 – 27 August 1914) was an Austrian-school intellectual and political economist who served intermittently as the Minister of Finance of Austria between 1895 and 1904. Böhm-Ba ...
(1851–1914), Austrian economist
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Franz Böhm
Franz Böhm (16 February 1895 – 26 September 1977) was a German politician, lawyer, and economist.
Early life
Franz Böhm was born on 16 February 1895 in Konstanz. He moved along with his family in 1898 to Karlsruhe as his father was appoi ...
, (1895–1977), German politician and jurist
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Franz Böhm
Franz Böhm (16 February 1895 – 26 September 1977) was a German politician, lawyer, and economist.
Early life
Franz Böhm was born on 16 February 1895 in Konstanz. He moved along with his family in 1898 to Karlsruhe as his father was appoi ...
, (born 1999), a
BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual awa ...
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British-German film director and producer
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Georg Böhm
Georg Böhm (2 September 1661 – 18 May 1733) was a German Baroque organist and composer. He is notable for his development of the chorale partita and for his influence on the young J. S. Bach.
Life
Böhm was born in 1661 in Hohenkirchen. ...
, German Baroque composer and organist
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Gottfried Böhm
Gottfried Böhm (; 23 January 1920 – 9 June 2021) was a German architect and sculptor. His reputation is based on creating highly sculptural buildings made of concrete, steel, and glass. Böhm's first independent building was the Cologne ...
(1920–2021), German architect
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Hans Böhm (Drummer of Niklashausen), shepherd, drummer and preacher
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Johannes Böhm
Johannes Böhm (1857–1938) was a German geologist and palaeontologist.
He was a researcher in the Prussian Geological Institute in Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List o ...
(1890–1957), German politician
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Joseph Böhm (1795–1876), Austrian violinist and teacher
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Joseph Edgar Böhm (1834–1890), sculptor
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Karl Böhm
Karl August Leopold Böhm (28 August 1894 – 14 August 1981) was an Austrian conductor. He was best known for his performances of the music of Mozart, Wagner, and Richard Strauss.
Life and career
Education
Karl Böhm was born in Graz, St ...
, (1894–1981), Austrian conductor
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Karl Leopold Böhm (1806–1859), Austrian cellist
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Karlheinz Böhm
Karlheinz Böhm (16 March 1928 – 29 May 2014) was a German-born Austrian actor and philanthropist. He took part in 45 films and became well known in Austria and Germany for his role as Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in the Sissi film trilo ...
, (1928–2014), Austrian actor
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Katharina Böhm, (born 1964), Austrian actress and daughter of Karlheinz Böhm
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Siegfried Böhm (1928–1980), East German politician
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Theobald Böhm, (1794–1881), German inventor and musician
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Boehm system, his fingering system for flute
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Werner Böhm, (1941–2020), German musician and singer
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Wilfried Böhm, (born 1934), German politician
See also
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Boehm
Boehm () is a German surname, transliterated from Böhm (literally: Bohemian, from Bohemia) or reflective of a spelling adopted by a given family before the introduction of the umlaut diacritic. It may refer to:
* Aleksandra Ziółkowska-Boehm (bo ...
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Bohm (disambiguation) Bohm may refer to:
Physics
* David Bohm, 20th century theoretical physicist who lent his name to several concepts in physics:
** Aharonov–Bohm effect of electromagnetic potential on a particle
** Debye sheath#The Bohm sheath criterion, Bohm sheat ...
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Böhme (disambiguation) Böhme (transliterated Boehme) may refer to:
* Böhme (surname), a surname (including a list of people with that name)
* Böhme (river), in Lower Saxony, Germany
* Böhme, Lower Saxony, a municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany
* Boehme's giant da ...
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Böhmer
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German-language surnames
German toponymic surnames
Ethnonymic surnames