Held may refer to:

Places

Held Glacier Shackleton Glacier () is a major Antarctic glacier, over long and from wide, descending from the Antarctic Plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount ...

People

Arts and media

Adolph Held Adolph Held (May 16, 1885 – May 14, 1969) was a Galician Jews, Galician-born Jewish American newspaper editor, politician, banker, and labor leader. He served as president of the Jewish Labor Committee from the death of his predecessor Baruch Ch ...

(1885–1969), U.S. newspaper editor, banker, labor activist *

Al Held Al Held (October 12, 1928 – July 27, 2005) was an American Abstract expressionist painter. He was particularly well known for his large scale Hard-edge paintings. As an artist, multiple stylistic changes occurred throughout his career, ho ...

(1928–2005), U.S. abstract expressionist painter. *

Alexander Held Gerald Alexander Held (born 19 October 1958) is a German actor. He is internationally best known for his historical depictions, as Walther Hewel in the 2004 film '' Der Untergang'', Robert Mohr in the 2005 film '' Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Ta ...

(born 1958), German television and film actor *

Anna Held Helene Anna Held (19 March 1872 – 12 August 1918) was a Polish-born French stage performer of Jewish origin on Broadway. While appearing in London, she was spotted by impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, who brought her to America as his common-law ...

(1873–1918), Polish stage performer *

Carl Held Carl Held (born September 19, 1931), sometimes credited as Karl Held and Christopher Held, is an American actor who has worked extensively in both American and British television. Career Held is best known for his role as Garth in the 1980s s ...

(born 1931), U.S. actor. *

John Held, Jr. John James Held Jr. (January 10, 1889 – March 2, 1958) was an American cartoonist, printmaker, illustrator, sculptor, and author. One of the best-known magazine illustrators of the 1920s, his most popular works were his uniquely styled car ...

(1889–1958), U.S. illustrator. *

Louis Held Carl Heinrich Louis Held (1 December 1851 – 17 April 1927) was a German photographer and a pioneer of photojournalism. Held was raised by relatives after the death of his parents in 1860. He first apprenticed in a company producing silk tissues ...

(1851–1927), German photojournalist *

Ludwig Held Ludwig Held (14 April 1837 – 2 March 1900), resident in Vienna from the 1860s, was a theatre critic and librettist, writing libretti for operettas by Carl Zeller and Franz von Suppé. Life Held, born in Regensburg Regensburg (historicall ...

(1837–1900), Austrian librettist *

Martin Held Martin Held (1908–1992) was a German television and film actor. Partial filmography * '' Dark Eyes'' (1951) - Alexander Grabner * ''Homesick for You'' (1952) - Direktor Petermann * '' Canaris Master Spy'' (1954) - Obergruppenfuehrer Heydrich ...

(1908–1992), German television and film actor * S. S. Held, French science fiction and fantasy author *

Tom Held Tom Held (August 31, 1889 – March 13, 1962) was an Austrian-born American film editor. He was nominated for two Academy awards. Both were for Best Film Editing and both were during the 11th Academy Awards. His two nominated films were '' The G ...

(1889–1962), American film editor * Zeus B. Held (born 1950), German music producer and musician

Education and academia

David Held David Jonathan Andrew Held (27 August 1951 – 2 March 2019) was a British political scientist who specialised in political theory and international relations. He held a joint appointment as Professor of Politics and International Relations, and ...

(1951–2019), British political theorist *

Madeline Held Madeline Held MBE (1944, in Corbridge, Northumberland – 2020, in London) was a British academic in the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, London South Bank University. She had been the Director of the LLU+ (formerly the London Language and Lit ...

, a British academic

Politics

Heinrich Held Heinrich Held (6 June 1868 – 4 August 1938) was a German Catholic politician and Minister President of Bavaria. He was forced out of office by the Nazi takeover in Germany in 1933. Biography Heinrich Held was born in Erbach in the Taunus, ...

(1868–1938), Minister-President of Bavaria *

Kurt Held Kurt Kläber (1897–1959), who published under the pseudonym Kurt Held, was a writer and Communist displaced from Germany during the Second World War. Early life Kläber left school at the age of 14 and began training as a locksmith and later ...

(1897–1959), Jewish Communist and writer displaced from Germany during the Second World War * Marcus Held (born 1977), German politician

Science

Friedrich Held Friedrich Held (21 July 1812 – 25 January 1872) was a German malacologist. His name is honoured by the research organization Friedrich Held Gesellschaft Verein zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Weichtierkunde e.V. Works *Held F. 1836. Aufzä ...

(1812–1872), German malacologist *

Isaac Held Isaac Meyer Held (born October 23, 1948) is an American meteorologist. He is a retired senior research scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. Held was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2003. Biography ...

, American meteorologist

Sports

Bud Held Franklin Wesley "Bud" Held (born October 25, 1927) is an American athlete primarily notable for his performance throwing the javelin. He was born in Los Angeles, California. College career Held started as a pole vaulter at Grossmont High School ...

(born 1927), U.S. athlete who competed primarily in the javelin. *

Cornelis den Held Cornelis Johannes den Held (born 19 July 1883 in Rotterdam, died 12 September 1962 in Rotterdam) was a Dutch athlete, who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. He was born and died in Rotterdam, South Holland. In the 200 metres, Den Hel ...

(1883–1962), Dutch athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London *

Dan Held Daniel Held (November 13, 1961 – January 5, 2015) was a Canadians, Canadian professional ice hockey Centre (ice hockey), centre who played the majority of his playing career in Germany. He also played two seasons with the Maine Mariners (AHL), M ...

(born 1961), Canadian former professional ice hockey centre *

Franz Held Franz Held (born 6 May 1948) is a German Rowing (sport), rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Held was born in Passau. In 1968, Held and his partner, Günther Karl, finished twelfth i ...

(born 1948), German rower who competed in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics *

Henk-Jan Held Hendrik Jan ("Henk-Jan") Held (born 12 November 1967) is a volleyball player from the Netherlands who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992 in Barcelona. After having won the silver medal in 1992, H ...

(born 1967), Dutch volleyball player *

Lexi Held Alexa Held (born December 28, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball at DePaul. High school career Held attended Cooper Hi ...

(born 1999), American basketball player *

Marcin Held Marcin Held (born January 18, 1992) is a Polish mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight division of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). He is currently ranked #5 in the Konfrontacj ...

(born 1992), Polish mixed martial artist *

Mel Held Melvin Nicholas Held (April 12, 1929 – July 20, 2024) was an American professional baseball player. He appeared in four Major League Baseball games as a relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles at the outset of the 1956 season, and had a 13-ye ...

(born 1929), American professional baseball player *

Oliver Held Oliver Held (born 10 September 1972) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Honours * UEFA Cup: 1996–97 * DFB-Pokal: 2000–01 * Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bund ...

(born 1972), German football player *

Paul Held Paul Ernest Held Jr. (October 20, 1927 – July 19, 2019) was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). Biography Held was born in El Segundo, California. Held was drafted in the nineteenth round of the 1953 NFL draft by the Detr ...

(1927–2019), former quarterback in the National Football League *

Sigfried Held Sigfried "Siggi" Held (born 7 August 1942) is a German former football player and coach. He played as an attacking midfielder or forward. Career Born in Freudenthal, Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), Held's first football club was Kickers Offe ...

(born 1942), German football player *

Woodie Held Woodson George "Woodie" Held (March 25, 1932 – June 11, 2009) was an American shortstop/outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Baltimor ...

(1932–2009), Major league baseball player

Arts, entertainment, and media

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De Held ''De Held'' is a 2016 Dutch crime film directed by Menno Meyjes. It was based on the novel of the same name by Jessica Durlacher. It was listed as one of eleven films that could be selected as the Dutch submission for the Academy Award for Best ...

'', a 2016 Dutch film * ''Held'' (album), a 2012 studio album by Holy Other * Held (novel), a 2023 novel by Anne Michaels * "Held", a 1998 song by Smog from '' Knock Knock'' * "Held", a 2005 song by Natalie Grant from '' Awaken''

Other uses

Held group In the area of modern algebra known as group theory, the Held group ''He'' is a sporadic simple group of order : 4,030,387,200 = 21033527317 : ≈ 4. History ''He'' is one of the 26 sporadic groups and was found by during an ...

, a sporadic simple group found by Dieter Held * '' Held v. Montana'', a United States court case regarding the environment