Egon is a Danish variant of the male

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Egino. It is most commonly found in Central and Northern Europe. Egon may refer to:

People

Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (Ernst Egon; 21 March 1588 in Speyer – 24 August 1635 in Constance) was Imperial Count of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1618–1635) and Bavarian Field-marshal, and an important military leader in the Thirty ...

(1588–1635), Imperial Count of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1618–1635) and a military leader in the Thirty Years' War *

Egon Bahr Egon Karl-Heinz Bahr (; 18 March 1922 – 19 August 2015) was a German SPD politician. The former journalist was the creator of the ''Ostpolitik'' promoted by West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, for whom he served as Secretary of State in ...

(1922–2015), German politician *

Egon Bittner Egon Bittner (April 16, 1921 – May 7, 2011) was an American sociologist who contributed to the sociology of policing. He was born into a Jewish family in Skřečoň, a village in Silesia, an historically much-disputed part of Czechoslovakia, now ...

(1921–2011), American sociologist *

Egon Bondy Egon Bondy, born Zbyněk Fišer (20 January 1930 in Prague – 9 April 2007 in Bratislava), was a Czech writer, with prolific and distinctive output in poetry, prose and philosophy, one of the leading personalities of the Prague underground wit ...

(1930–2007), Czech philosopher *

Egon Coordes Egon Coordes (born 13 July 1944) is a German former professional football player and coach. Football player career Coordes originally played football for the Leher TS youth side. Coordes later started his professional game career in the late 60 ...

(born 1944), German footballer and coach *

Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt (Egon Rudolf Ernst Adolf Hans Dubslaff Freiherr von Eickstedt) (April 10, 1892 – December 20, 1965) was a German physical anthropologist who classified humanity into races. His study in the classification of hu ...

(1892–1965), German physical anthropologist *

Egon Eiermann Egon Eiermann (29 September 1904 – 19 July 1970) was one of Germany's most prominent architects in the second half of the 20th century. He was also a furniture designer. From 1947, he was Professor for architecture at Technische Hochschule Kar ...

(1904–1970), German architect * Egon Franke (fencer) (1935–2022), Polish Olympic fencer *

Egon Franke (politician) Egon Franke (11 April 1913 – 26 April 1995) was a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He served as Federal Minister for Intra-German Relations from 1969 to 1982 and, for the short period between the breakup of ...

(1913–1995), German politician *

Egon Frid Stig Egon Frid (born 1957) is a Swedish politician and former member of the Riksdag, the national legislature A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, ...

(born 1957), Swedish politician *

Egon Friedell Egon Friedell (born Egon Friedmann; 21 January 1878, Vienna – 16 March 1938, Vienna) was a prominent Austrian cultural historian, playwright, actor and Kabarett performer, journalist and theatre critic. Friedell has been described as a polyma ...

(1878–1938), Austrian writer * Egon Guttman (1927–2021), German-American legal scholar * Egon Hirt (born 1960), German alpine skier *

Egon Jensen (politician) Egon Jensen (1922–1985) was a Danish politician from the Social Democrats. He was a long-term member of the Parliament and served as minister of interior and minister of Church in the 1970s. Early life and education Jensen was born in Slage ...

(1922–1985), Danish politician *

Egon Jönsson Bengt Ingvar Egon "Todde" Jönsson (8 October 1921 – 19 March 2000) was a Swedish Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder for Malmö FF and the Sweden men's national football team, Sweden national team. A full internati ...

(1921–2000), Swedish footballer * Egon Kaur (born 1987), Estonian rally driver *

Egon Kisch Egon Erwin Kisch (29 April 1885 – 31 March 1948) was an Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak writer and journalist, who wrote in German. He styled himself ''Der Rasende Reporter'' (The Racing Reporter) for his countless travels to the far corners ...

(1885–1948), Czechoslovak writer *

Egon Köhnen Egon Köhnen (born 24 November 1947) is a retired German footballer. He played for Fortuna Düsseldorf between 1966 and 1981, playing 272 Bundesliga games and scoring 12 goals. He helped the team winning the DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal (), also k ...

(born 1947), German footballer *

Egon Krenz Egon Rudi Ernst Krenz (; born 19 March 1937) is a German former politician who was the last Communist leader of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) during the Revolutions of 1989. He succeeded Erich Honecker as the Secretary (title), ...

(born 1937), German politician, last leader of East Germany *

Egon Mayer Egon Mayer (19 August 1917 – 2 March 1944) was a Luftwaffe wing commander and fighter ace of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was credited with 102 enemy aircraft shot down in over 353 combat missions. His victories were all clai ...

(1917–1944), German fighter pilot during World War II *

Egon Müller Egon Müller (born 26 November 1948) is a German former motorcycle speedway rider. He won the Speedway World Championship in 1983, winning the title in his homeland with a maximum score of 15 points. He earned 44 international caps for the W ...

(born 1948) German former international motorcycle speedway rider *

Egon Nuter Egon Nuter (born 23 September 1955 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actor. In 1980 he graduated from Tallinn University, Tallinn Pedagogical Institute in stage managing speciality. From 1980 until 2002, he worked at the Vanalinnastuudio. Since 2019, h ...

(born 1955), Estonian actor *

Egon Pearson Egon Sharpe Pearson (11 August 1895 – 12 June 1980) was one of three children of Karl Pearson and Maria, née Sharpe, and, like his father, a British statistician. Career Pearson was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College ...

(1895–1980), British statistician *

Egon Petri Egon Petri (23 March 188127 May 1962) was a Dutch-American pianist. Life and career Petri's family was Dutch. He was born a Dutch citizen in Hanover, Germany, and grew up in Dresden, where he attended the Kreuzschule. His father, a professi ...

(1881–1962), Dutch pianist *

Egon Piechaczek Egon Piechaczek (16 November 1931 – 23 October 2006) was a Polish footballer and manager. Career He played for Budowlani Chorzów, CWKS Kraków, CWKS Warsaw, Ruch Chorzów, Odra Opole and FSV Frankfurt. Coaching career He coached 1. ...

(1931–2006), Polish footballer and football manager *

Egon Ramms Egon Ramms (born September 21, 1948 in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired German general who held numerous international commands. Ramms is a father of two. His last assignment was commander of NATO's Joint Force Command in Bruns ...

(born 1948), German general *

Egon Rannet Egon Rannet (until 1940 Eugen/Jevgeni Brükke; 29 November 1911 – 1 November 1983) was a Soviet and Estonian writer, playwright and screenwriter. Many of his works were affected by socialist realism. He was born in Tallinn Tallinn is the c ...

(1911–1983), Estonian writer *

Egon Ronay Egon Miklos Ronay (24 July 1915 – 12 June 2010) was a Hungarian-born food critic who wrote and published a series of guides to British and Irish restaurants and hotels in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. His guidebooks are credited with raising ...

(1915–2010), Hungarian food critic and writer in the UK and Ireland * Egon Roolaid (1918–1943), Estonian freestyle swimmer *

Egon Schiele Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele (; 12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) was an Austrian Expressionist painters, painter. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude sel ...

(1890–1918), Austrian painter * Egon Scotland (1948–1991), German journalist *

Egon Sendler Egon Sendler (1 August 1923 – 17 March 2014) was a Catholic priest of the Jesuit order and one of the world's foremost experts on the painting of Eastern Orthodox icons. He was also an author, teacher, theologian, and artist. He earned consider ...

(1923–2014), French Roman Catholic priest *

Egon von Fürstenberg Egon is a Danish variant of the male given name Egino. It is most commonly found in Central Europe, Central and Northern Europe, Northern Europe. Egon may refer to: People * Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg (1588–1635), Imperial Count of ...

(1946–2004), German fashion designer * Egon von Vietinghoff (1903–1994), Swiss painter *

Egon Wellesz Egon Joseph Wellesz, CBE, FBA (21 October 1885 – 9 November 1974) was an Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist, notable particularly in the field of Byzantine music. Early life and education in Vienna Egon Joseph Well ...

(1885–1974), Austrian, later British composer * Egon Wolff (1926–2016), Chilean playwright *

Egon Zimmermann Egon Zimmermann (8 February 1939 – 23 August 2019), often referred to as Egon Zimmermann II, was a World Cup alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from Austria. Zimmermann won the Olympic downhill at Patscherkofel in 1964 and won severa ...

(1939–2019), Austrian alpine skier * Eothen "Egon" Alapatt (1970s– ), American music executive

Fictional characters

* Egon Olsen, the mob boss in the ''Olsen Gang'' films. *

Egon Spengler Egon Spengler, PhD is a fictional character from the ''Ghostbusters'' franchise. He appears in the films ''Ghostbusters'', ''Ghostbusters II'', and '' Ghostbusters: Afterlife'', in the animated television series '' The Real Ghostbusters'' and '' ...

, the scientist in the ''

Ghostbusters ''Ghostbusters'' is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, three eccentric ...

'' series. * Egon Tiedemann, the chief of police of Winden in the German television series ''

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Business organizations

* Egon (restaurants), a

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