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Dessau Dessau is a district of the independent city of Dessau-Roßlau in Saxony-Anhalt at the confluence of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the ''States of Germany, Bundesland'' (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. Until 1 July 2007, it was an independent ...

". Notable people with the surname include: *

Alois Dessauer Alois Joseph Dessauer (born Aron Baruch Dessauer; February 21, 1763, Gochsheim - April 11, 1850, Aschaffenburg) was an Electoral Mainz court banker (Court Jew), a military admodiator (army supplier) as well as a paper manufacturer. He is the gr ...

(born Aron Baruch Dessauer; 1763–1850), German banker, manufacturer *

Ferdinand Dessauer Ferdinand August Dessoir, born Anton August Ferdinand Dessauer (January 29, 1836, Breslau – April 15, 1892, Dresden) was a German actor. He was the son of Leopold Dessauer (1810-1874) and Leopold's first wife Therese Dessoir (née Reimann) (1 ...

(also ''Dessoir'', 1836–1892), German actor (son of Leopold) *

Friedrich Dessauer Friedrich Dessauer (19 July 1881 – 16 February 1963) was a German physicist, a philosopher, a socially engaged entrepreneur and a journalist. Friedrich Dessauer was born in Aschaffenburg, German Empire. As a young man he was fascinated by ...

(1881–1963), biophysician, philosopher (brother of Hans) *

Gabriel Dessauer Gabriel Dessauer (born 4 December 1955) is a German Cantor (church), cantor, concert organist, and academic teacher. After studies with Diethard Hellmann and Franz Lehrndorfer, he was responsible for the church music at St. Bonifatius, Wiesbaden ...

(born 1955), German cantor, concert organist and academic (son of Guido) *

Guido Dessauer Guido Dessauer (7 November 1915 – 13 January 2012) was a German physicist, pioneer in paper engineering, business executive, writer, art collector, patron of the arts, and academic. Born into a family of paper industrialists, he worked as an a ...

(1915–2012), German coloured paper manufacturer, art collector and academic (son of Hans) *

Hans Dessauer Hans Dessauer senior (24 June 1869 – 23 October 1926) was a German industrialist and politician. Dessauer was born in Aschaffenburg in a family of industrialists who owned the Aschaffenburger Buntpapierfabrik, a leading coloured paper factory ...

(1869–1926), German coloured paper manufacturer and politician (son of Philipp) * Herbert C. Dessauer (1921–2013), American biochemist * John H. Dessauer (1905–1993), German born American chemical engineer (son of Hans) *

Josef Dessauer Josef Dessauer (28 May 1798 in Prague – 8 July 1876 in Mödling, near Vienna), was a composer from the Austrian Empire who wrote many popular songs, and also some less successful operas. Life Dessauer was born into a wealthy Jewish fam ...

(1798–1876), Bohemian-German composer *

Julius Dessauer Julius Dessauer (1832–1883) was a Hungarian rabbi and writer. Dessauer was born in Neutra to Gabriel L. Dessauer. He was for some years rabbi at Újpest. Bibliography *''Die Fünf Bücher Moses. Nebst dem Raschi-Commentar, Punktirt, Leicht ...

(1832–1883), Hungarian rabbi and writer *

Leopold Dessauer Ludwig Dessoir, original name Leopold Dessauer (15 December 1810 – 30 December 1874) was a German actor born in Poznań, Posen, the son of a Jewish tradesman. He made his first appearance on the stage there in 1824 in a small part. After some ...

, (1810–1874), Polish-German actor, known during his stage career as "Ludwig Dessoir" *

Philipp Dessauer Philipp Dessauer (20 June 1837 – 19 August 1900) was a "Kgl. Bayer. Kommerzienrat" (Royal Bavarian Commerce Advisor) and founder of the paper factory ''Weißpapier- und Cellulosefabrik Aschaffenburg'' in Aschaffenburg. Career Philipp Dessaue ...

, (1837–1900), German industrialist (father of Hans) *

Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (3 July 1676 – 7 April 1747) was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau from 1693 to 1747. He was also a ''Generalfeldmarschall'' in the Prussian Army. Nicknam ...

(1676–1747), known by the nickname "the old Dessauer"

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