Ewald is a given name and surname used primarily in Germany and Scandinavia. It derives from the Germanic roots '' ewa'' meaning "law" and ''

wald __NOTOC__ Wald is the German word for forest. Surname * Wald (surname) Places Austria * Wald am Schoberpass, in Styria * Wald im Pinzgau, in Salzburger Land Germany * Wald, Baden-Württemberg * Wald, Upper Palatinate, in the district of Cham, ...

'' meaning "power, brightness". People and concepts with the name include:

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* Douglas Ewald (1937-2021), American politician and consultant * Carl Anton Ewald (1845–1915), pioneering German gastroenterologist *

Georg Ewald Georg Ewald (30 October 1926 – 14 September 1973) was a German politician and high-ranking party functionary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Socialist Unity Party (SED). In the East Germany, German Democratic Republic, he briefly serv ...

(1926–1973), German politician *

Johann Ewald Johann von Ewald (20 March 1744 – 25 June 1813) was a German army officer from Hesse-Kassel. After first serving in the Seven Years' War, he was the commander of the Jäger corps of the Hessian Leib Infantry Regiment attached to British forc ...

(1744–1813), Danish general and veteran of the American Revolutionary War *

Johannes Ewald Johannes Ewald (18 November 174317 March 1781) was a Danish national dramatist, psalm writer and poet. The lyrics of a song from one of his plays are used for one of the Danish national anthems, ''Kong Christian stod ved højen mast'' whic ...

(1743–1781), Danish dramatist and poet *

Heinrich Ewald Georg Heinrich August Ewald (16 November 1803 – 4 May 1875) was a German orientalist, Protestant theologian, and Biblical exegete. He studied at the University of Göttingen. In 1827 he became extraordinary professor there, in 1831 ordinary pr ...

(1803–1875), German orientalist and theologian *

Paul Peter Ewald Paul Peter Ewald, FRS (January23, 1888August22, 1985) was a German crystallographer and physicist, a pioneer of X-ray diffraction methods. Education Ewald received his early education in the classics at the Gymnasium in Berlin and Potsdam, wh ...

(1888–1985), German physicist, pioneer of X-ray diffraction and crystallography * Paul W. Ewald (born 1953), evolutionary biologist specializing in the evolution of infectious disease * Reinhold Ewald (born 1956), German astronaut *

Victor Ewald Victor Vladimirovich Ewald (27 November 1860 – 16 April 1935), was a Russian engineer, architect, and composer of music, mainly for conical brass instruments. Biography Victor Ewald was born in Saint Petersburg and died in Leningrad. Ewald ...

(1860–1935), Russian composer *

Wolfgang Ewald Wolfgang Ewald (26 March 1911 – 24 February 1995) was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or succ ...

(1911–1995), German fighter pilot

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*Either of the

Two Ewalds The Two Ewalds (or Two Hewalds) were Saint Ewald the Black and Saint Ewald the White, martyrs in Old Saxony about 692. Both bore the same name, but were distinguished by the difference in the colour of their hair and complexions. They began thei ...

, saints in Old Saxony about 692 *

Ewald Krolis Ewald Harold Krolis (16 May 1947 – 22 September 2006) was a Surinamese kaseko-singer and percussionist. Biography Krolis started singing at a young age; he formed The Rhythm Makers with Bertje Tjin A Kwie, André Stekkel and producer-to-be Stan ...

(1947-2006), Surinamese

kaseko Kaseko is a musical genre from Suriname. It is a fusion of numerous popular and folk styles derived from Africa, Europe and the Americas. The genre is rhythmically complex, with percussion instruments including skratji (a very large bass drum) ...

singer *

Ewald Stadler Ewald Johann Stadler (born 21 May 1961), is an Austrian right-wing conservative politician. He was a member of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) until 2007, and a member of the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ) from 2007 until 2013. H ...

(born 1961), Austrian politician * Ewald von Kleist (1881-1954), German field marshal during World War II *

Ewald von Lochow Ewald Constantin Ferdinand Friedrich von Lochow (1 April 1855 in Petkus – 11 April 1942 in Berlin-Charlottenburg) was a Prussian officer and later General of Infantry during World War I. He was a recipient of Pour le Mérite with Oakleaves. ...

(1885-1942), Prussian officer and later General of Infantry during World War I, recipient of Pour le Mérite with Oakleaves *

Ewald von Demandowsky Ewald von Demandowsky (21 October 1906 – 7 October 1946) was a German film producer who held the office of a Nazi Germany, Nazi German ''Reichsfilmdramaturg'' and was head of production at the Tobis Film company in the Third Reich. Career Dem ...

(1906-1946), German film producer who held the office of a Nazi German Reichsfilmdramaturg and was head of production at the Tobis Film company in the Third Reich

Concepts

Ewald's sphere The Ewald sphere is a geometric construction used in electron, neutron, and x-ray diffraction which shows the relationship between: * the wavevector of the incident and diffracted beams, * the diffraction angle for a given reflection, * the rec ...

(named after Paul Peter Ewald), a geometric construct used in crystallography *

Ewald summation Ewald summation, named after Paul Peter Ewald, is a method for computing long-range interactions (e.g. electrostatic interactions) in periodic systems. It was first developed as the method for calculating the electrostatic energies of ionic crys ...

(named after Paul Peter Ewald), a method for computing the interaction energies of periodic systems

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