Dessauer is 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 ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

surname meaning "from

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 (born Aron Baruch Dessauer; 1763–1850), German banker, manufacturer * Ferdinand Dessauer (also ''Dessoir'', 1836–1892), German actor (son of Leopold) * Friedrich Dessauer (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 (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 (1832–1883), Hungarian rabbi and writer * Leopold Dessauer, (1810–1874), Polish-German actor, known during his stage career as "Ludwig Dessoir" * Philipp Dessauer, (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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