Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine

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in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. Notable people named Jürgen include:

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* Jürgen Ahrend (1930–2024), German organ builder *

Jürgen Alzen Jürgen Alzen (born 26 November 1962 in Kirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a race car driving, driver from Germany. He drove one race in both the FIA GT Championship and the American Le Mans Series of 2001 for his own Alzen Porsche team. He has a ...

(born 1962), German race car driver * Jürgen Arndt, East German rower * Jürgen Aschoff (1913–1998), German physician and biologist

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* Jürgen Barth (born 1947), German engineer and racecar driver * Jürgen Bartsch (1946–1976), German serial killer * Jurgen Van den Broeck (born 1983), Belgian cyclist *

Jürgen von Beckerath Jürgen von Beckerath (19 February 1920 – 26 June 2016) was a German Egyptology, Egyptologist. He was a prolific writer who published countless articles in journals such as '':fr:Orientalia, Orientalia'', ''Göttinger Miszellen'' (GM), ''Journa ...

(1920–2016), German Egyptologist * Jürgen Berghahn (born 1960), German politician * Jürgen Bertow (born 1950), East German rower * Jürgen Blin (1943–2022), West German boxer * Jürgen Bogs (born 1947), German football manager * Jürgen Brähmer (born 1978), German boxer * Jürgen Bräuninger, South African composer and professor * Jürgen Budday (born 1948), German conductor

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* Jürgen Cain Külbel (born 1956), German journalist and investigator *

Jürgen Chrobog Jürgen Chrobog (born 28 February 1940) is a German jurist and former diplomat. He worked in the Foreign Office of West Germany and the reunified Germany and among other diplomatic postings, was Ambassador to the United States from 1995 to 2001. ...

(born 1940), German diplomat * Jürgen Colin (born 1981), Dutch footballer * Jürgen Colombo (born 1949), West German cyclist *

Jürgen Croy Jürgen Croy (born 19 October 1946) is a German former professional association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He made 86 appearances for the East Germany national football team, East Germany ...

(born 1946), East German footballer

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Jürgen Dehmel Jürgen Dehmel (born 12 August 1958) is a German bass player and songwriter. He was born in Berlin. Dehmel was brought by keyboardist Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen to join the rock band Nena in 1981. Fahrenkrog-Petersen and Dehmel had previously been ...

(born 1958), German bass guitarist and songwriter *

Jürgen Drews Jürgen Ludwig Drews (; born 2 April 1945) is a German Schlager music, schlager singer. Life Drews was born in Nauen near Berlin, and brought up in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Schleswig. His father's family is descended from Huguenots, bu ...

(born 1945), German singer *

Jürgen Damm Jürgen Damm Rascón (born 7 November 1992) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Oakland Roots SC in the second division USL Championship. According to a study conducted by Mexican club Pachuca, and backed by ...

, Mexican footballer of German descent *

Jürgen Dirkx Jürgen Arnoldus Wilhelmus Dirkx (born 15 August 1975), known as Jürgen Dirkx, is a Dutch former professional footballer. During his career, he played as a centre-back for PSV and Fortuna Sittard. After retiring at the age of 27, he became a ...

, Dutch footballer

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Jürgen Ehlers Jürgen Ehlers (; 29 December 1929 – 20 May 2008) was a German physicist who contributed to the understanding of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. From graduate and postgraduate work in Pascual Jordan's relativity research group ...

(1929–2008), German physicist *

Jürgen Eschert Jürgen Eschert (born 24 August 1941) is a retired German sprint canoeist. Competing in the C-1 1000 m event he won a gold medal at the 1964 Olympics and a bronze at the 1965 European Championships. In 1971 Eschert was expelled from the East ...

(born 1941), West German canoeist *

Jürgen Evers Jürgen Evers (born 29 April 1964 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg) is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He won the silver medal in 200 m at the 1986 European Championships. In the 4 × 100 metres relay event he ...

(born 1964), West German sprinter

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Jürgen Fanghänel Jürgen Fanghänel (born 1 August 1951) is a retired East German amateur boxer, who competed in 1970s and 1980s. Career Fanghänel won the bronze medal in the men's heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Th ...

(born 1951), East German boxer *

Jürgen von Farensbach Jürgen von Farensbach (1551–1602) (, , ) was a Baltic Noble Corporations, Baltic German nobleman and Livonian Confederation, Livonian general. Sent as the Ambassador of Livonian Confederation to Czar Ivan IV of Russia, for concluding a peace t ...

(1551–1602), Baltic German nobleman and Livonian general *

Jürgen Fassbender Jürgen Fassbender (, born 28 May 1948) is a retired German tennis player. On the ATP Tour The ATP Tour (known as ATP World Tour between January 2009 and December 2018) is the sole worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Ass ...

(born 1948), West German tennis player * Jürgen Flimm (1941–2023), German theater and opera director

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Jürgen Gauß Jürgen Gauß (Juergen Gauss) is a German theoretical chemist. Gauß was born on 13 August 1960 in Konstanz. He studied chemistry at the University of Cologne from 1979 till 1984. After finishing his PhD thesis on abinitio calculations at the Uni ...

(born 1960), German chemist * Jürgen Gauß (officer) (1918–1996), German military commander * Jürgen Geschke (born 1943), East German cyclist * Jürgen Gjasula (born 1985), Albanian footballer * Jürgen Gmehling (born 1946), German chemist *

Jürgen Goslar Jürgen Goslar (26 March 1927 – 5 October 2021Traueranzeige
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(1927–2021), German actor and director *

Jürgen Grabowski Jürgen Grabowski (7 July 1944 – 10 March 2022) was a German association football, footballer. He played for Eintracht Frankfurt. He won gold medals playing for the West Germany national football team that won the European championship in 197 ...

(1944–2022), West German footballer * Jürgen Graf (1951–2025), Swiss author and pseudohistorian * Jürgen-Peter Graf (born 1952), German lawyer * Jürgen Gröbler (born 1946), German rowing coach * Jürgen Groh (born 1956), West German footballer

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Jürgen Haase Jürgen Haase (born 19 January 1945) is a former track and field athlete and Olympian, who, competing for East Germany, was among the world's best long distance track runners in the 1960s and 1970s. Twice during this period, in 1966 and 1969, ...

(born 1945), East German runner *

Jürgen Habermas Jürgen Habermas ( , ; ; born 18 June 1929) is a German philosopher and social theorist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. His work addresses communicative rationality and the public sphere. Associated with the Frankfurt S ...

(born 1929), German sociologist and philosopher * Jürgen Hartmann (born 1962), German footballer and coach * Jürgen Henkys (1929–2015), German theologian * Jürgen Henn (born 1987), Estonian football manager and coach * Jürgen Heuser (born 1953), East German weightlifter * Jürgen Hildebrand (born 1948), East German handball player * Jürgen Hingsen (born 1958), West German decathlete

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Jürgen Klinsmann Jürgen Klinsmann (; born 30 July 1964) is a German professional Association football, football manager and former player. He played for several prominent clubs in Europe including VfB Stuttgart, Inter Milan, AS Monaco FC, Monaco, Tottenham Hot ...

(born 1964), German footballer, manager and pundit *

Jürgen Klopp Jürgen Norbert Klopp (; born 16 June 1967) is a German football executive and former Manager (association football), manager and Football player, player. He is widely regarded as one of the best football managers in the world. Klopp has been ...

(born 1967), German footballer and manager * Jürgen Koch, Austrian badminton player * Jürgen Kocka, German historian *

Jürgen Kohler Jürgen Kohler (born 6 October 1965) is a German former professional footballer and manager, who played as a centre-back. He is currently the U17 manager of Bonner SC. Playing career Club Kohler enjoyed a lengthy career at the highest level with ...

, German footballer * Jürgen Kretz (born 1982), German politician * Jürgen Kurbjuhn, German footballer * Jürgen Kuresoo, Estonian footballer

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* Jürgen Ligi, Estonian politician * Jürgen von der Lippe, stage name of German television presenter, entertainer, actor and comedian Hans-Jürgen Dohrenkamp (born 1948) * Jürgen Loacker, Austrian bobsledder * Jürgen Locadia, Dutch association footballer

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* Jürgen Macho, Austrian association footballer * Jürgen Mandl, Austrian sportsman-politician *

Jürgen Marcus Jürgen Marcus (born Jürgen Beumer; 6 June 1948 – 17 May 2018) was a German schlager singer who was most successful during the 1970s, when he had 14 chart hits in Germany. He is also known for his participation on behalf of Luxembourg in th ...

, German singer *

Jürgen May Jürgen May (born 18 June 1942 in Nordhausen, Thuringia, Nordhausen, Thuringia) is a former middle-distance runner, who was a successful athlete and Olympic Games competitor, who escaped from the German Democratic Republic, GDR to continue his ca ...

, East German middle distance runner *

Jürgen Melzer Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a youn ...

, Austrian tennis player * Jürgen Milewski, German footballer * Jürgen Mittelstraß, German philosopher * Jürgen Möllemann (1945–2003), German politician *

Jürgen Moltmann Jürgen Moltmann (; 8 April 1926 – 3 June 2024) was a German Reformed theologian who was a professor of systematic theology at the University of Tübingen and was known for his books such as the ''Theology of Hope'', ''The Crucified God'', ''G ...

, German reformed theologian *

Jürgen Mossack Jürgen Rolf Dieter Mossack (born 20 March 1948) is a German and Panamanian lawyer and the co-founder of Mossack Fonseca, a former law firm headquartered in Panama City which had more than 40 offices worldwide. The firm gained global notoriety ...

, German-born Panamanian lawyer * Jürgen Moser, German mathematician

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* Jürgen Neukirch, German mathematician * Jürgen Nöldner, East German footballer

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* Jürgen Oesten, German World War II U-boat commander * Jürgen Ovens, Dutch painter

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* Jürgen Paeke, East German gymnast * Jürgen Pahl, German footballer * Jürgen Panis, Austrian footballer * Jürgen Partenheimer, German artist * Jürgen Patocka, Austrian footballer * Jürgen Pezzi, Italian luger * Jürgen Piepenburg, German football player and manager * Jürgen Pommerenke, East German footballer and manager *

Jürgen Ponto Jürgen Ponto (17 December 1923 Bad Nauheim, Hesse – 30 July 1977 Frankfurt am Main) was a German banker and since 1969 chairman of the Dresdner Bank board of directors. Previously, he had worked as a lawyer. He was murdered by members of the ...

, German banker and chairman of the Dresdner Bank board of directors *

Jürgen Prochnow Jürgen Prochnow (; born 10 June 1941) is a German actor. His international breakthrough was his portrayal of the good-hearted and sympathetic U-boat Commander "Der Alte" ("Old Man") in the 1981 war film ''Das Boot''. He is also known for his r ...

, German-American actor

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* Jürgen Raab, German footballer *

Jürgen Reil Jürgen "Ventor" Reil (born 29 June 1966) is a German musician, best known as the drummer for the thrash metal band Kreator. He is one of the only two original members left in the band, although he has left "at least twice" due to personal dif ...

, German musician *

Jürgen Rieger Jürgen Hans Paul Rieger (11 May 1946 – 29 October 2009) was a Hamburg lawyer, avowed anti-semite, and deputy chairman of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) (as of October 2009), known for his Holocaust denial. Rieger represent ...

, German politician *Jürgen Rijkers (born 1967), Dutch DJ, remixer, producer and artist known as DJ Jurgen *

Jürgen Röber Jürgen Röber (born 25 December 1953) is a German football manager and former player. Playing career Röber's Bundesliga career lasted 12 years with a one year interruption, when he played in Canada and England. His greatest success as a player ...

, German football manager and former player *

Jürgen Rohwer Jürgen Rohwer (24 May 192424 July 2015) was a German military historian and professor of history at the University of Stuttgart. Rohwer wrote over 400 books and essays on World War II naval history and military intelligence, which gained him w ...

, German military historian *

Jürgen Roland Jürgen Roland, born Jürgen Schellack (25 December 1925 – 21 September 2007) was a German film director. Roland was described as the "father of German TV crime shows". He directed about 80 TV productions and 30 movies. Life and career Rol ...

, German film director, screenwriter and producer * Jürgen Rooste (born 1979), Estonian poet *

Jürgen Rosenthal Jürgen Rosenthal is a German rock drummer. Biography Rosenthal was a member of Uli Jon Roth's band Dawn Road and became a member of the Scorpions along with Roth and Francis Buchholz. He appeared on the album '' Fly to the Rainbow'' be ...

, German rock drummer *

Jürgen Rüttgers Jürgen Rüttgers (born 26 June 1951) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany), Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as the 9th List of Ministers-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Minister-President of North R ...

, German politician

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Jürgen Säumel Jürgen Säumel (born 8 September 1984) is an Austrian professional football coach and former player who is currently the head coach at SK Sturm Graz. During his playing career, Säumel represented the Austria national football team at UEFA Eu ...

, Australian footballer *

Jürgen Schadeberg Jürgen Schadeberg (18 March 1931Jürgen Schadeberg
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, South African photographer *

Jürgen Schmidhuber Jürgen Schmidhuber (born 17 January 1963) is a German computer scientist noted for his work in the field of artificial intelligence, specifically artificial neural networks. He is a scientific director of the Dalle Molle Institute for Artifici ...

, German computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher *

Jürgen Schmude Jürgen Dieter Paul Schmude (9 June 1936 – 3 February 2025) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Schmude was born in Insterburg, Gau East Prussia, Germany, (now Chernyakhovsk, Russia). He was a member ...

(1936–2025), German politician of the SPD *

Jürgen Schreiber (journalist) Jürgen Schreiber (30 January 1947 – 21 February 2022) was a German investigative journalist and author based in Berlin. He was a regular contributor to Berlin's daily newspaper ''Der Tagesspiegel'' on matters concerning Germany's past in World W ...

(1947–2022), German investigative journalist *

Jürgen Schreiber (businessman) Jürgen Schreiber (born 1962) is a German-born businessman. He was the CEO of Rexall Health Before joining Katz Group, Schreiber served for four years as president and CEO of Edcon Group, the largest non-food retailer in South Africa, with 1,400 s ...

(born 1962), German business executive *

Jürgen E. Schrempp Jürgen Erich Schrempp (born September 15, 1944, in Freiburg) is the former CEO of Daimler-Benz from May 1995 to December 31, 2005, which became DaimlerChrysler, a German- American car and truck manufacturer. Following a decision of the board tak ...

, German businessman; CEO of Daimler Chrysler *

Jürgen Schröder (disambiguation) Jürgen Schröder may refer to: * Jürgen Schröder (politician) (born 1940), German politician *Jürgen Schröder (rower) Jürgen Schröder (born 6 March 1940) is a retired German rower who was most successful in the eights. In this event he ...

Jürgen Schult Jürgen Schult (; born 11 May 1960) is a German former track and field athlete and, from 1986 until 2024, the world record holder in the discus throw. Schult represented East Germany in the 1988 Olympic discus competition, where he won the go ...

East German discus thrower *

Jürgen Schütze Jürgen Schütze (3 March 1951 – 6 September 2000) was an East German racing cyclist, who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo The Sportvereinigung Dynamo ...

, East German racing cyclist * Jürgen Seeberger, German footballer and manager *

Jürgen Seyfarth Jürgen Seyfarth is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the medals at international rowing competitions. References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) E ...

, German rower *

Jürgen Sparwasser Jürgen Sparwasser (born 4 June 1948 in Halberstadt) is a retired German football player and, later, briefly a football manager. Sparwasser began his playing career in the youth department of his hometown club BSG Lokomotive Halberstadt in 19 ...

, East German footballer and manager *

Jürgen Stark Jürgen Stark (born 31 May 1948 in Gau-Odernheim, Germany) is a German economist who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2006 to 2011 and concurrently as ECB chief economist. Within the Executive Board, he ...

, German economist *

Jürgen Steinmetz Juergen Steinmetz is a German musician. He is the bass player for Rock Ignition, Silent Force, Sons of Seasons, Lima and ex-member of Headstone Epitaph. Biography Juergen Steinmetz founded his first band Headstone Epitaph in 1987. They record ...

, German heavy metal bass guitarist * Jürgen Stock, German law enforcement officer *

Jürgen Straub Jürgen Straub (born November 3, 1953, in Weitersroda) is a former East German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. Straub's greatest race won him a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres represen ...

, East German middle distance runner *

Jürgen Stroop Jürgen Stroop (born Josef Stroop, 26 September 1895 – 6 March 1952) was a German SS commander and perpetrator of the Holocaust during the Nazi era, who served as SS and Police Leader in occupied Poland and Greece from 1942-1943 (in Poland) an ...

(1895–1952), German Nazi SS officer, executed for war crimes * Jürgen F. Strube, German businessman *

Jürgen Sundermann Hans-Jürgen Sundermann (25 January 1940 – 4 October 2022) was a German football manager and player who played as a midfielder. Playing career Sundermann played his youth football with local club 1. FC Mülheim. In 1958 he signed for Rot-W ...

, German footballer and manager

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Jürgen Thorwald Jürgen Thorwald (born Heinz Bongartz, October 28, 1915 – April 4, 2006) was a German writer, journalist and historian known for his works describing the history of forensic medicine and of World War II. Thorwald was a native of Solingen, Rhen ...

, German writer *

Jürgen Todenhöfer Jürgen Todenhöfer (born 12 November 1940) is a German author, journalist, politician, and executive. Early life and education Todenhöfer was born in Offenburg in what is now the current German state of Baden-Württemberg, and studied law at ...

, German politician and author * Jürgen Tonkel (born 1962), German actor *

Jürgen Trittin Jürgen Trittin (born 25 July 1954) is a German Green politician who served as Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. Early life and education ...

, German green politician *

Jürgen Trumpf Jürgen Trumpf (8 July 1931 – 13 May 2023) was a German diplomat and politician. He was appointed Secretary-General for the Council of the European Union and held the office from 1 September 1994 to 17 October 1999. When the Amsterdam Treaty ...

, German diplomat

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Jürgen Untermann Jürgen Untermann (24 October 1928, in Rheinfelden – 7 February 2013, in Brauweiler) was a German linguist, indoeuropeanist and epigraphist. A disciple of Hans Krahe and of Ulrich Schmoll, he studied at the University of Frankfurt and th ...

(1928–2013), German linguist, Indo-Europeanist and epigraphist

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Jurgen Verstrepen Jurgen Pierre Katharina Verstrepen (born 12 June 1966) is a former radio and television presenter, a member of the municipal council of Antwerp and a member of the Flemish Parliament. He lives in Wilrijk. Elected for Vlaams Belang, Verstrepen sw ...

(born 1966), Belgian politician and former radio and television presenter *

Jürgen Vollmer Jürgen Vollmer (born 11 July 1939) is a German international photographer, best known for his association with The Beatles in Hamburg during the band's early career. Vollmer, along with Astrid Kirchherr and Klaus Voormann (the " Exis"), befri ...

(born 1939), German photographer *

Jürgen Vsych Jürgen Vsych () is an American filmmaker and author, known as the writer-director of the films ''Pay Your Rent, Beethoven'', which won the Prince's Trust Award, ''Son for Sail,'' ''Ophelia Learns to Swim,'' and ''Tyrannosaurus Tex.'' Her films h ...

, American filmmaker

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* Jurgen Van de Walle (born 1977), Belgian bicycle road racer * Jürgen Warnatz, German physicist *

Jürgen Warnke Jürgen Warnke (20 March 1932 – 27 April 2013) was a German lawyer and politician who served in various capacities at the Bundestag and German cabinets. Early life and education Warnke was born in Berlin on 20 March 1932. His family were from ...

, German lawyer and politician * Jürgen Werner (disambiguation), several people * Jürgen Wullenwever, mayor of Lübeck from 1533-1535

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* Jürgen Zimmerling, German MEP *

Jürgen Zopp Jürgen Zopp (born 29 March 1988) is an Estonian retired tennis player. He is Estonia's all-time highest ranked male tennis player with a career-high singles ranking of World No. 71 in 2012. Career Zopp started playing tennis at the age of 6 a ...

, Estonian tennis player

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