Muntz or Müntz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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George Frederic Muntz
George Frederick Muntz (26 November 1794 – 30 July 1857) was an Business magnate, industrialist from Birmingham, England, and a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for the Birmingham ...
(1794–1857), industrialist and MP from Birmingham, England
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Muntz metal
Muntz metal (also known as yellow metal) is an alpha-beta brass alloy composed of approximately 60% copper, 40% zinc and a trace of iron. It is named after George Fredrick Muntz, a metal-roller of Birmingham, England, who commercialised the al ...
, an alloy which he invented
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Philip Henry Muntz, his brother, also an MP
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Sir Philip Muntz, 1st Baronet
Sir Philip Albert Muntz, 1st Baronet (5 January 1839 – 21 December 1908) was an English businessman and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1884 to 1906.
Muntz was the son of George Frederic Muntz of Umberslade Hall, Warwickshir ...
, his son
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Muntz Baronets
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H. M. Muntz (1800s), musician and collector from Birmingham, England
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Muntz Stradivarius
The ''Muntz Stradivarius'' is an antique violin crafted by Antonio Stradivari of Cremona (1644–1737) in 1736. The label affixed to this instrument bears the inscription, “''d'anni 92''” (92 years old), possibly handwritten by Stradivari himse ...
, an antique violin
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Alan Muntz
Frederick Alan Irving Muntz BA FRAeS (7 June 1899 – 7 March 1985) was a British consulting aeronautical engineer.Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920-2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/ ...
(1899–1985), British consulting aeronautical engineer
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Earl "Madman" Muntz
Earl William "Madman" Muntz (January 3, 1914 – June 21, 1987) was an American businessman and engineer who sold and promoted cars and consumer electronics in the United States from the 1930s until his death in 1987. He was a pioneer in televi ...
(1914–1987), American merchandiser of cars and consumer electronics, electrical engineer
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Muntz Car Company
The Muntz Car Company was an automobile manufacturer based in the United States.
History
The company was established in 1950 in Glendale, California by Earl "Madman" Muntz, a well known local used car dealer and electronics retailer. Muntz was ...
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Muntz Stereo-Pak
The Muntz Stereo-Pak, commonly known as the 4- track cartridge, is a magnetic tape sound recording cartridge technology.
The Stereo-Pak cartridge was inspired by the Fidelipac 2-track monaural (audio & cue tracks, later 3-track for stereo) t ...
, in magnetic tape sound recording
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Muntzing
Muntzing is the practice and technique of reducing the components inside an electronic appliance to the minimum required for it to sufficiently function in most operating conditions, reducing design margins above minimum requirements toward zero. ...
, removing excess components of an electronic appliance
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Laura Muntz Lyall
Laura Muntz Lyall (June 18, 1860 – December 9, 1930) was a Canadian Impressionist painter, known for her sympathetic portrayal of women and children.
Life and work
Laura Adeline Muntz was born at Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Engla ...
(1860–1930), Canadian impressionist painter
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Rolf Muntz
Rolf Frederick Cornelis Muntz (born 26 March 1969) is a Dutch professional golfer.
Muntz was born in Voorschoten. As an amateur, he won three Dutch Amateur Championships and two Dutch Stroke Play Championships and became the first Dutchman to w ...
(born 1969), Dutch golfer
Fictional characters
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Nelson Muntz
Nelson Mandela Muntz is a fictional character and the lead school bully from the animated television series ''The Simpsons'', where he is best known for his signature mocking laugh "Haw-haw!". He is voiced by Nancy Cartwright. Nelson was first ...
, on ''The Simpsons''
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Charles Muntz
''Up'' is a 2009 American animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Bob Peterson, and produced by Jonas Rivera, from a screenplay w ...
, main antagonist of
''Up''
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Eugène Müntz
Eugène Müntz (11 June 1845 – 30 October 1902) was a French art historian who specialized in the Italian Renaissance art.
LIfe and career
Eugène Müntz was born on 11 June 1845 in Soultz-sous-Forêts, Bas-Rhin. His brother was Achille Münt ...
(1845–1902), Alsace-born art historian
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Herman Müntz
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(Chaim) Herman Müntz (28 August 1884, in Łódź – 17 April 1956, in Sweden) was a German mathematician, now remembered for the Müntz approximation theorem.
Biography
He was born in Łódź (then in the Piotrków Governorate of th ...
(1884–1956), Polish-Jewish mathematician
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Müntz–Szász theorem
The Müntz–Szász theorem is a basic result of approximation theory, proved by Herman Müntz in 1914 and Otto Szász in 1916. Roughly speaking, the theorem shows to what extent the Weierstrass theorem on polynomial approximation can have holes ...
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Munz (disambiguation) Munz may refer to:
People
* Bernhard Münz (1856–1919), Austrian philosopher and librarian
* Peter Munz (1921–2006), German-New Zealander philosopher and historian
* Philip A. Munz (1892-1974), U.S. botanist, taxonomist and educator
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Mintz Mintz is a Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname of German origin. Its etymology may be connected to the German city of Mainz. Notable people with the surname include:
* Beatrice Mintz (1921–2022), American embryologist
* Binyamin Mintz (1903–1961), Isra ...
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Minz Minz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Abraham ben Judah Minz (c. 1440–1520), Italian rabbi
* Judah ben Eliezer ha-Levi Minz (c. 1405–1508), Italian rabbi
* Moses ben Isaac ha-Levi Minz, German rabbi of the 16th centur ...
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German-language surnames
Surnames of Jewish origin