Proskauer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Adolph Proskauer Adolph Proskauer (1838 – 1900) was a Jewish officer in the army of the Confederate States of America during the United States Civil War. He rose to the rank of major. Major Adolph Proskauer of Mobile, Alabama was wounded several times. A s ...

(1838–1900), Prussian-born Confederate soldier *

Bernhard Proskauer Bernhard Proskauer (8 January 1851, Ratibor – 24 July 1915, Berlin) was a German chemist and hygienist. He studied chemistry at the University of Berlin, and from 1874 worked as a chemist at the Imperial Health Office in Berlin. In 1885 ...

(1851–1915), German chemist and hygienist *

Johannes Max Proskauer Johannes Max Proskauer (December 5, 1923 – December 20, 1970) was born in Göttingen, Germany. He travelled to England via a ''Kindertransport.'' His mother died in 1943 and his father was murdered in Auschwitz. He attended the University of ...

(1923–1970), German-born American botanist *

Joseph M. Proskauer Joseph Meyer Proskauer (6 August 1877 – 10 September 1971) was an American lawyer, judge, philanthropist, and political activist and is the name partner of Proskauer Rose. Biography Proskauer was born in Mobile, Alabama, to a Jewish family in 1 ...

(1877–1971), American judge, lawyer, and philanthropist *

Julien Proskauer Julien Joseph Proskauer (June 14, 1893 – December 18, 1958) was an American magician and author. Proskauer was born June 14, 1893, to Joseph Proskauer and Bertha Richman Proskauer in New York City. He was a friend of Harry Houdini and was we ...

(1893–1958), American magician *

Nancy Proskauer Dryfoos Nancy Proskauer Dryfoos (March 25, 1918 – October 13, 1991; née Nancy Edith Proskauer) was an American sculptor. She was known for her works in stone and terra cotta. Life and career Nancy Proskauer Dryfoos was born as Nancy Edith Proska ...

(1918–1991) born as

Nancy Edith Proskauer Nancy Proskauer Dryfoos (March 25, 1918 – October 13, 1991; née Nancy Edith Proskauer) was an American sculptor. She was known for her works in stone and terra cotta. Life and career Nancy Proskauer Dryfoos was born as Nancy Edith Proska ...

, American sculptor

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