Fiedler is a German word for "fiddler", and is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Adolf Gottlieb Fiedler
Adolf Gottlieb (also: Gottlob) Fiedler (1771 – 12 August 1850) was a German entrepreneur in Saxony and Poland.
Life
Born in Dresden as the son of Christian Gottlob Fiedler, Adolf was one of the most important cloth producers of Saxony in t ...
(1771–1850), German entrepreneur in Saxony and Poland
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Arkady Fiedler (1894–1985), Polish writer
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Arthur Fiedler (1894–1979), American conductor
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Bernhard Fiedler (1816–1904), German painter
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Bernold Fiedler
Bernold Fiedler (born 15 May 1956) is a German mathematician, specializing in nonlinear dynamics.
Fiedler received a Diploma from Heidelberg University in 1980 for his thesis ''Ein Räuber-Beute-System mit zwei time lags'' ("A predator-prey syste ...
(born 1956), German mathematician
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Bobbi Fiedler
Roberta Frances "Bobbi" Fiedler (née Horowitz; April 22, 1937 – March 3, 2019) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Representative from California.
Early life and education
Born Roberta Frances Horowitz in Santa Monica, ...
(1937–2019), American politician
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Christian Fiedler (born 1975), former German football goalkeeper
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Edgar Fiedler
Edgar Russell Fiedler (April 21, 1929 – March 15, 2003) was an American economist.
Biography
Fiedler was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and later lived in Scarsdale, New York, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was a 1951 graduate of the Univ ...
(1929–2003), American economist
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Ellen Fiedler (born 1958), German athlete
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François Fiedler (1921–2001), Abstract Expressionist Painter
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Franz Fiedler
Franz Fiedler (17 February 1885 in Prostějov, Austria-Hungary – 5 February 1956 in Dresden, GDR) was a photographer.
Fiedler was born in Prostějov, near Olomouc in Moravia. Fiedler was a pupil of Hugo Erfurth. He was regarded as an eccent ...
(1885–1956), Austrian photographer
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Fred Fiedler
Fred Edward Fiedler (July 13, 1922 - June 8, 2017) was one of the leading researchers of industrial and organizational psychology in the 20th century. He helped shape psychology and was a leading psychologist.
He was born in Vienna, Austria to Vi ...
( 1922 –2017), industrial and organizational psychologist
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Fiedler contingency model The contingency model by business and management psychologist Fred Fiedler is a contingency theory concerned with the effectiveness of a leader in an organization.
Premises
The most common situational theory was developed by Fred Fiedler. Fiedler ...
, a leadership theory developed by Fred Fiedler
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Fritz Fiedler
Fritz Fiedler (born Potsdam 9 January 1899: died Schliersee 8 July 1972), was an automotive engineer. His projects included the BMW 328 sports car, the ex-BMW Bristol straight-six engine, and the BMW New Class sedan.
Career to 1945
Fiedler began h ...
(1899–1972), German automobile engineer
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Hermann Georg Fiedler (1862–1945), German scholar
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Jay Fiedler
Jay Brian Fiedler (born December 29, 1971) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played 76 games at quarterback in the NFL, starting 60, and threw 69 touchdowns. He was inducted into the National Jewi ...
(born 1971), American football quarterback
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Jens Fiedler (canoeist)
Jens Fiedler is an East German canoe sprinter who competed in the late 1980s. He won two medals at the 1986 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipali ...
, East German sprint canoeist
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Jens Fiedler (cyclist)
Jens Fiedler (born 15 February 1970) is a German triple Olympic champion and multiple world champion track cyclist. He retired from competitive cycling in early 2005.
Major results
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: 1st Olympic Games, Sprint
: 1st National Champions ...
, German cyclist
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John Fiedler
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
(1925–2005), American actor
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Joshua Fiedler
The Juliana Theory is an American rock duo from Greensburg and Latrobe, Pennsylvania, United States. They signed to Tooth & Nail Records, and later to Epic Records for the release of the album ''Love''. They released four studio albums before di ...
(born 1978), American musician
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Konrad Fiedler
Adolph Konrad Fiedler or Conrad Fiedler (23 September 1841 – 13 June 1895) was a German art historian, art collector and writer. Fiedler was one of the most important German art theorist of the 19th century.
Fiedler was born in Oederan. He ...
(1841-1895), German art historian and writer.
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Leslie Fiedler (1917–2003), American literary critic
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Margaret Fiedler
Margaret is a female first name, derived via French () and Latin () from grc, μαργαρίτης () meaning "pearl". The Greek is borrowed from Persian.
Margaret has been an English name since the 11th century, and remained popular througho ...
, London-based American musician
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Max Fiedler (1859–1939), German conductor and composer
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Miroslav Fiedler
Miroslav Fiedler (7 April 1926 – 20 November 2015) was a Czech mathematician known for his contributions to linear algebra, graph theory and algebraic graph theory.
His article, "Algebraic Connectivity of Graphs", published in the ''Czechoslova ...
(1926–2015), Czech mathematician
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Patrick Fiedler
Patrick J. Fiedler (born 1953) is an American lawyer, mediator, and jurist from Wisconsin. He was a Wisconsin circuit court judge in Dane County for 18 years, from 1993 to 2011. Earlier in his career, he was the 2nd secretary of the Wisconsin D ...
(born 1953), American lawyer and judge.
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Richard Fiedler
Richard Fiedler was a German scientist who invented the modern flamethrower. This is a weapon that projects a stream of nitrogen. He submitted evaluation models of his Flammenwerfer to the German Army (German Empire) in 1901. The most significant m ...
(1908–1974), German SS-Brigadeführer
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Richard Fiedler
Richard Fiedler was a German scientist who invented the modern flamethrower. This is a weapon that projects a stream of nitrogen. He submitted evaluation models of his Flammenwerfer to the German Army (German Empire) in 1901. The most significant m ...
, German scientist and engineer who invented the flame thrower
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Sebastian Fiedler
Sebastian Fiedler (born 19 June 1973) is a German politician. He is a member of the SPD and has been the Member of the German Bundestag for Mülheim – Essen I since 2021.
Early life
Fiedler was born in Herdecke and grew up in Wetter.
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(born 1973), German police investigator and politician
See also
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Fiddler (disambiguation)
A fiddler is a person who plays a fiddle or violin.
Fiddler may also refer to:
People
* Amp Fiddler (1958–2023), American funk and soul musician, born Joseph Fiddler
* Nancy Fiddler (born 1956), American cross country skier
* Ronald Fiddler (1 ...
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German-language surnames
Surnames of Jewish origin