Friese is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

. Notable people with the name include: * Christian-Peter Friese, (1948-1970), victim at the Berlin wall * Donald Friese (born 1940), American billionaire businessman * Friedemann Friese (born 1970), German board game designer *

Heinrich Friese Heinrich Friedrich August Karl Ludwig Friese (4 May 1860, Schwerin – 8 September 1948, Schwerin) was a German biologist and entomologist, a specialist of bees (melittology, melittologist).

(1860–1948), German entomologist *

Nancy Friese Nancy Marlene Friese (born 1948) is an American painter, printmaker, and educator. She is known for landscape paintings, and prints which are often colorful. Friese is a professor at Rhode Island School of Design, and an elected National Academic ...

(born 1948), American visual artist, printmaker, educator * Peter Friese (born 1952), German art historian and curator * Richard Friese (1854–1918),German animal and landscape painter * Werner Friese (1946–2016), East German football player

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