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citing ''Dictionary of American Family Names'', 2013, Oxford University Press Notable people with the surname include:

16th−19th centuries

* David Pohl (or Pohle; 1624–1695), German composer of the Baroque era *

Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl (23 February 1782, Česká Kamenice () – 22 May 1834, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist, entomologist, geologist, mineralogist, and physician. Biography Johann Emanuel Pohl grew up in ''Politz an der Elbe'' (''Boletic ...

(1782–1834), Austrian botanist *

Johann Ehrenfried Pohl Johann Ehrenfried Pohl (12 September 1746, Leipzig – 25 October 1800, Dresden) was a German physician and botanist. He was the son of physician Johann Christoph Pohl (1706–1780). From 1763 to 1769, he studied medicine at the University of Leip ...

(1746–1800), German botanist and physician

19th century

Arts and entertainment

* Anton Carl Ferdinand Pohl (1819–1887), German-Austrian music historian, archivist, and composer * Richard Pohl (1826–1896), German composer and music author * Franz Pohl (1864–1920), outsider artist * Joseph Pohl (1864–1939), German botanical artist * Adolph Joseph Pohl (1872–1930), Austrian artist and academic sculptor * Klaus Pohl (1883–1958), Austrian film actor *

Max Pohl Max Pohl (10 December 1855 – 7 April 1935) was an Austrian stage and film actor.Gadberry p.155 Selected filmography * '' The Black Tulip Festival'' (1920) * '' The Marquise of Armiani'' (1920) * '' The Fear of Women'' (1921) * '' The Oath of St ...

(1885–1935), Austrian stage and film actor * Hermine "Hertha" Pohl (1889–1954), German writer * Frederick J. Pohl (1889–1991), American playwright, literary critic, editor, and author

Science

* Julius Pohl (1861–1942), Austrian-German pharmacologist *

Esther Pohl Lovejoy Esther Pohl Lovejoy ( Clayson; November 16, 1869 – August 31, 1967) was an American physician and public health pioneer, suffrage activist, United States Congress, congressional candidate, and a central figure in early efforts to organize i ...

(1869–1967), American physician and public health pioneer * Robert Wichard Pohl (1884–1976), German physicist

Sports, military, and other

Caroline Pohl Caroline Hodgson (c. 1851 – 11 July 1908), also known as Madame Brussels, was a well-known brothel proprietor and local identity of the Little Lon district in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, during the late 19th century. Life Hodgson was bor ...

(1851–1908), brothel proprietor and local identity of the Little Lon district in Melbourne, Australia *

Hugo von Pohl Hugo von Pohl (25 August 1855 – 23 February 1916) was a German admiral who served during the First World War. He joined the Navy in 1872 and served in various capacities, including with the new torpedo boats in the 1880s, and in the '' Rei ...

(1855–1916), German admiral *

Oswald Pohl Oswald Ludwig Pohl (; 30 June 1892 – 7 June 1951) was a German high-ranking SS official during the Nazi era. As the head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office and the head administrator of the Nazi concentration camps, he was a ke ...

(1892–1951), German SS officer executed for war crimes * Maximilian Ritter von Pohl (1893–1951), German army and air force (''Luftwaffe'') officer *

Erich Pohl Erich Pohl (15 January 1894 – 8 November 1948) was a German international footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, ...

(1894–1948), German international footballer

20th century

Arts and entertainment

Anna Neethling-Pohl Anna Neethling-Pohl (24 December 1906 – 14 August 1992) was a South African actress, performer and film producer. She was also an author who wrote under the pen name ''Niehausvor'' and sometimes ''Wynand du Preez''. She was the first female br ...

(1906–1992), South African actress, performer and film producer *

Louis Pohl Louis Pohl (September 14, 1915 – December 22, 1999) was an American painter, illustrator, art teacher, printmaker and cartoonist. Early life and education He was born on September 14, 1915, in Cincinnati, Ohio. A childhood illness made it i ...

(1915–1999), American artist *

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American list of science fiction authors, science-fiction writer, editor, and science fiction fandom, fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first ...

(1919–2013), American science fiction writer *

Witta Pohl Witta Pohl ( Breipohl; 1 November 1937 – 4 April 2011) was a German actress. Life Born in the East Prussian city of Königsberg, she was one of six children to Wilhelm Breipohl, a gynaecologist, and his wife Marie-Luise, née Klönne. D ...

(1937–2011), German actress

Science

* Herbert A. Pohl (Herbert Ackland, 1916–1986), discoverer of dielectrophoretic cell separation technology *

Erika Pohl-Ströher Erika Pohl-Ströher (18 January 1919 – 18 December 2016) was a German business executive, heiress, and collector of minerals and German folk art. She was resident in Switzerland for much of her life. Life Pohl-Stroher was born on 18 January 1 ...

(1919–2016), German business executive, heiress, and collector of minerals *

William Francis Pohl William Francis Pohl (16 September 1937 – 9 December 1988) was an American mathematician, specializing in differential geometry and known for the Clifton–Pohl torus. Pohl received from the University of Chicago his B.A in 1957 and his M.A.195 ...

(1937–1988), American mathematician *

Robert Otto Pohl Robert Otto Pohl (December 17, 1929 – August 30, 2024) was a German-American physicist, specialized in condensed matter physics topics such as amorphous solids, glass, thermal conductivity, and thin films, who was the Goldwin Smith Emeritus Pr ...

(1929–2024), German-American physicist

Sportspeople

Herbert Pohl Herbert Pohl (18 September 1916 – 21 November 2010) was a German international footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association footb ...

(1916–2010), German international footballer * Leonhard Pohl (1929–2014), German athlete *

Ernest Pohl Ernest Pohl (3 November 1932 – 12 September 1995), a.k.a. Ernst Pol, was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. With 186 goals, he is the Polish top division's record goalscorer. Career Pohl scored 39 goals in 46 international matche ...

(1932–1995), Polish football (soccer) player

Other

Hermann Pohl Hermann or Herrmann may refer to: * Hermann (name), list of people with this name * Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language * Éditions Hermann, French publisher * Hermann, Mis ...

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'' 1910–1930), member of the

Thule Society The Thule Society (; ), originally the ('Study Group for Germanic Antiquity'), was a German occultist and group founded in Munich shortly after World War I, named after a mythical northern country in Greek legend. The society is notable chie ...

and the founder of the

Germanenorden The Germanenorden (Germanic or Teutonic Order) was an occultist and '' völkisch'' secret society in early 20th-century Germany. History The Germanenorden was founded in Berlin in 1912 by Theodor Fritsch and several prominent German occultists ...

, ariosophic lodge in c. 1910–1930 * Reynaldo Galindo Pohl (1918–2012), Salvadoran lawyer and diplomat * Karl Otto Pohl (1929–2015), German economist and Bundesbank head * Gerhard Pohl (1937–2012), German politician * Emmanuel Clive Pohl (An Australian businessman (investment manager) and philanthropist)

Living people

Jürgen Pohl Jürgen Pohl (born 7 January 1964) is a German politician. Born in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, he represents Alternative for Germany (AfD). Jürgen Pohl has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Thuringia since 2017. Life He beca ...

(born 1964), German politician * Ines Pohl (b. 1967), German journalist * James L. Pohl (''

'' 1978–), American lawyer and officer in the United States Army * Emmanuel Clive Pohl, (born 1953), Businessman and Philanthropist

Arts and entertainment

Kalle Pohl Kalle Pohl (born 20 August 1951 in Düren) is a German comedian and actor. Life Pohl works as comedian and actor in Germany. He plays guitarre. Works Theatre * 2007: ''Norman, bist du es?'' * 2010: ''Denn sie wissen nicht, was sie erben' ...

(1951), German comedian and actor * Emily Pohl-Weary (1973), Canadian novelist, poet and university professor *

Lucie Pohl Lucie Pohl (born April 15, 1987) is a German-American actress and stand-up comedian. Pohl is the daughter of theater director and singer Sanda Weigl and the actor and dramatist . She is sister of writer Marie Pohl and cousin of actress Anna Thal ...

(1983), German-American actress and stand-up comedian *Avery Kristen Pohl (2001), American actress and ballerina, best known for her portrayal of Esme Prince on the American soap opera ''

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'' *Markus Pohl (''

'' 2005–), German musician and member of the German power metal band

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Historians

* Manfred Pohl (1944), German business historian *

Sabine Bergmann-Pohl Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (née Schulz; ; born 20 April 1946) is a German doctor and politician. A member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), she was president of the People's Chamber of East Germany from April to October 1990. Dur ...

(1946), German politician *

Walter Pohl Walter Pohl (born 27 December 1953) is an Austrian historian who is Professor of Auxiliary Sciences of History and Medieval History at the University of Vienna. He is a leading member of the Vienna School of History. Biography Walter Pohl was b ...

(1953), Austrian historian and author * (1964), German historian

Scientists and engineers

* Dieter Pohl (physicist) (1938), German/Swiss physicist *

Peter Pohl Peter Pohl (born 5 December 1940) is a Swedish author and former director and screenwriter of short films. He has received prizes for several of his books and films, as well as for his entire work. From 1966 until his retirement in 2005, he wa ...

(1940), Swedish writer and mathematician * Heinz-Dieter Pohl (1942), Austrian linguist * Klaus Pohl (computer scientist) (1960), German professor of software systems engineering * Jason Pohl (1981), chopper designer

Sportspeople

Ball sports

* Danny Joe Pohl (1955), American professional golfer *

Carsten Pohl Carsten Pohl (born 23 March 1965) is a German professional basketball coach. He served as head coach and assistant coach for the Telekom Baskets Bonn of the German Basketball League between 2012 and 2016. Since 2015, he leads the club's young ta ...

(1965), German professional basketball coach * Stephanie Pohl (1978), German beach volleyball player * Shannon Pohl (1980), American badminton player * Martin Pohl (1981), German former footballer * Jannik Pohl (1996), Danish football forward

Ice hockey

* John Pohl (1979), American professional ice hockey player * Kristin Elizabeth "Krissy" Wendell-Pohl (1981), American women's ice hockey player * Petr Pohl (1986), Czech professional ice hockey player *

Patrick Pohl Patrick Pohl (born January 8, 1990) is a German professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Eispiraten Crimmitschau of the DEL2. He has previously played with Eisbären Berlin, Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg and Hamburg Freezers The Hambur ...

(1990), German professional ice hockey forward

Swimmers

* Marlies Pohl (1955), German former swimmer * Stefan Pohl (1978), German former swimmer * Nathalie Pohl (1994), German swimmer

Other types of sport

* Günther Pohl (1939), German long-distance and ultramarathon runner * Klaus-Jürgen Pohl (1941), German former wrestler * Hans-Peter Pohl (1965), German former winter sports athlete and Olympic skier in the Nordic combined discipline *

Stephanie Gaumnitz Stephanie Gaumnitz (née Pohl; born 21 October 1987) is a German retired racing cyclist. She rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. At the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships she won the gold medal in the points race. In Septembe ...

(née Pohl; 1987), German retired racing cyclist * Michael Pohl (1989), German athlete

Other uses

* Ernest Pohl Stadium, also called Górnik Zabrze Stadium, a multi-purpose stadium in

Zabrze Zabrze (; German: 1915–1945: , full form: , , ) is an industrial city put under direct government rule in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It lies in the western part of the Metropolis GZM, a metropolis with a population of around 2 m ...

, Poland, named for Ernest Pohl

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16th−19th centuries

19th century

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Sports, military, and other

20th century

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Living people

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Ice hockey

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Other types of sport

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