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 Christian-Peter Friese (August 5, 1948, Munich - December 25, 1970, East Berlin) was one of the victims at the Berlin Wall. Members of the Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic shot him while trying to escape from East Germany. Biograp ...

, (1948-1970), victim at the Berlin wall *

Donald Friese Donald Friese (born October 3, 1940) is an American billionaire businessman, and the chief executive (CEO) and former owner of C.R. Laurence Co., Inc., a glazing supplies company. Early life Donald Friese was born in 1940 in York, Pennsylvania, ...

(born 1940), American billionaire businessman *

Friedemann Friese Friedemann Friese (born June 5, 1970) is a German board game designer, currently residing and working in Bremen. His trademarks are his green-colored hair and games whose titles begin with the letter "F". The majority of his games, self-publish ...

(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 Peter Friese (born 23 March 1952, Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland), is a German art historian and curator. Life and education Friese studied art history, archaeology and philosophy at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. His professional life be ...

(born 1952), German art historian and curator *

Richard Friese Richard Friese (15 December 1854 – 29 June 1918) was a German animal and landscape painter. Biography He was born in Gumbinnen. He studied at the Academy in Berlin, where, after traveling in the orient, in Norway, and as far as the polar re ...

(1854–1918),German animal and landscape painter *

Werner Friese Werner Friese (30 March 1946 – 28 September 2016) was a German football player. He was part of the East German team for its only World Cup appearance in West Germany 1974, as a backup goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring g ...

(1946–2016), East German football player

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