Pohl is a

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

XVI−XIX 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 (german: Böhmisch Kamnitz) – 22 May 1834, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist, entomologist, geologist, mineralogist, and physician. Biography Johann Emanuel Pohl grew up in ''Politz ...

(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 Lei ...

(1746–1800), German botanist and physician

XIX 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 (1885–1935), Austrian stage and film actor * Hermine "Hertha" Pohl (1889–1954), German writer *

Frederick J. Pohl Frederick Julius Pohl (August 18, 1889 – February 21, 1991) was a prolific playwright, literary critic, editor and book writer. He is best known for his books espousing speculative and controversial historical theories of Pre-Columbian trans-oc ...

(1889–1991), American playwright, literary critic, editor, and author

Science

* Julius Pohl (1861–1942), Austrian-German pharmacologist * Esther Pohl Lovejoy (1869–1967), American physician and public health pioneer * Robert Wichard Pohl (1884–1976), German physicist

Sports, military, and other

Caroline Pohl Caroline Hodgson (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 born i ...

(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 '' Re ...

(1855–1916), German admiral *

Oswald Pohl Oswald Ludwig Pohl (; 30 June 1892 – 7 June 1951) was a German SS functionary 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 key figure i ...

(1892–1951), German SS officer executed for war crimes *

Maximilian Ritter von Pohl __NOTOC__ Maximilian Ritter von Pohl (15 April 1893 – 26 July 1951) was a general in the Luftwaffe during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Awards and decorations * Knight's Cross of the ...

(1893–1951), German army and air force (''Luftwaffe'') officer * Erich Pohl (1894–1948), German international footballer

XX century

Arts and entertainment

* Anna Neethling-Pohl (1906–1992), South African actress, performer and film producer * Louis Pohl (1915–1999), American artist *

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satellite ...

(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 may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, ...

(Herbert Ackland, 1916–1986), discoverer of dielectrophoretic cell separation technology * Erika Pohl-Ströher (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

Sportspeople

* Herbert Pohl (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 football player. He was born in Ruda (now Ruda Śląska), Poland and died in Hausach, Germany. Career Pohl scored 39 goals in 46 international matches for Pola ...

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

Other

* Hermann Pohl (''

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'' 1910–1930), member of the

Thule Society The Thule Society (; german: Thule-Gesellschaft), originally the ''Studiengruppe für germanisches Altertum'' ("Study Group for Germanic Antiquity"), was a German occultist and '' Völkisch'' group founded in Munich shortly after World War I, n ...

and the founder of the

Germanenorden The Germanenorden (Germanic or Teutonic Order) was an occultist and '' völkisch'' secret society in early 20th-century Germany. Its aim was to monitor Jews and spread antisemitic material. History The Germanenorden was founded in Berlin in 1912 ...

, ariosophic lodge in c. 1910–1930 * Reynaldo Galindo Pohl (1918–2012), Salvadoran lawyer and diplomat *

Karl Otto Pohl Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austr ...

(1929–2015), German economist and Bundesbank head * Gerhard Pohl (1937–2012), German politician

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

Arts and entertainment

* Kalle Pohl (1951), German comedian and actor *

Emily Pohl-Weary Emily Pohl-Weary (born 1973) is a Canadian novelist, poet, university professor, and magazine editor. She is the granddaughter of science fiction writers and editors Judith Merril and Frederik Pohl. Life Pohl-Weary is an author and creative ...

(1973), Canadian novelist, poet and university professor * Lucie Pohl (1983), German-American actress and stand-up comedian *Markus Pohl (''

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

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. Durin ...

(1946), German politician *

Walter Pohl Walter Pohl (born 27 December 1953, in Vienna) 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 ...

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

Scientists and engineers

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

(1929), German-American physicist *

Dieter Pohl (physicist) Dieter Pohl (Wolfgang Dieter Pohl, born 1938) is a German–Swiss physicist. He became known especially for his pioneering works in nano-optics, near field optics (NFO), and plasmonics. Pohl studied at the University of Stuttgart and the Tech ...

(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 was ...

(1940), Swedish writer and mathematician *

Heinz-Dieter Pohl Heinz-Dieter Pohl (born 6 September 1942 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian linguist and onomatologist. Life Pohl is the son of gymnasium professor Heinz Pohl and Hermine Pohl. He studied classical philology and history at the University of Vie ...

(1942), Austrian linguist *

Klaus Pohl (computer scientist) Klaus Pohl (born 1960 as Klaus Mussgnug in Karlsruhe J. Desel/K. Pohl/A. Schür (Hrsg.): Teubner-Reihe Wirtschaftsinformatik, ''Modellierung '99'', Workshop der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI)(PDF)/ref>) is a German computer scientist and ...

(1960), German professor of software systems engineering *

Jason Pohl Jason Pohl (born July 1, 1981) is a chopper designer who works at Orange County Choppers. He is most commonly known for his workplace being the subject of the American TV series '' American Chopper''. History Pohl's initial plan was to joi ...

(1981), chopper designer

Sportspeople

Ball sports

* Danny Joe Pohl (1955), American professional golfer * Carsten Pohl (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 Petr Pohl (born August 28, 1986) is a Czech professional ice hockey player currently an unrestricted free agent. He was most recently under contract with the Grizzlys Wolfsburg of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He was selected by the Col ...

(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 Ham ...

(1990), German professional ice hockey forward

Swimmers

Marlies Pohl Marlies Pohl (born 16 October 1955) is a German former swimmer. She competed in the women's 400 metre individual medley at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonl ...

(1955), German former swimmer * Stefan Pohl (1978), German former swimmer

Other types of sport

Günther Pohl Günther Pohl (born 23 August 1939 in Berlin, Germany) is a German longdistance- and ultra/marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail ro ...

(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 (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: ''Hindenburg O.S.'', full form: ''Hindenburg in Oberschlesien'', Silesian: ''Zŏbrze'', yi, זאַבזשע, Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Sil ...

, Poland, named for Ernest Pohl

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XVI−XIX centuries

XIX century

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XX century

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Living people

Arts and entertainment

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Ice hockey

Swimmers

Other types of sport

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