Sandow is a German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic) family name. It is a variant of Sandau, which is a habitational name from a place near

Stendal The Hanseatic City of Stendal () is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the capital of the Stendal District and the unofficial capital of the Altmark region. Geography Situated west of the Elbe valley, the Stendal town centre is located ...

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Sandau Sandau is a town in the district of Stendal, in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, approx. south of Havelberg. It is part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Elbe-Havel-Land. The Sandau ...

. The Swedish barers of the name are probably of German origin. It may refer to: ; Surname *

Alan Sandow Sherbet (aka Highway or The Sherbs) was one of the most successful Australian rock bands of the 1970s. The 'classic line-up' of Daryl Braithwaite on vocals, Tony Mitchell (musician), Tony Mitchell on bass guitar, Garth Porter on keyboards, Alan ...

(born 28 February 1952), Australian drummer member of rock band Sherbet *

Billy Sandow Wilhelm Baumann (September 4, 1884 – September 15, 1972), better known as Billy Sandow, was an American professional wrestler and promoter. Biography Sandow is best remembered as the manager of professional wrestler Ed "Strangler" Lewis an ...

(1884–1972), American professional wrestler and promoter *

Chris Sandow Chris Sandow (born 9 January 1989) is an Indigenous Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a goal-kicking or , he could also play as a . Background Sandow was born in Kingaroy, Queensland. Sandow grew up in Quee ...

(born 1989) Australian professional rugby league player * Christian Sandow (born 1959), German modern pentathlete *

Damien Sandow Aron Steven Haddad (born August 3, 1982) is an American retired professional wrestler working as a manager in the National Wrestling Alliance under the name Aron Stevens. He is best known for wrestling with WWE under the ring name Damien Sandow ...

(born 1981), American professional wrestler *

Eugen Sandow Eugen Sandow (born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, ; 2 April 1867 – 14 October 1925) was a German bodybuilder and showman from Prussia. He was born in Königsberg, and became interested in bodybuilding at the age of ten during a visit to Italy. Aft ...

(1867–1925), born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller, German bodybuilder *

Greg Sandow Greg Sandow (born June 3, 1943) is an American music critic and composer. Education Sandow is a graduate of Harvard University, with a bachelor's degree in government. He is also a graduate of Yale University, with a master's degree in compositi ...

(born 1943), American music critic and composer * P. K. Raja Sandow (1894–1943), born as P. K. Nagalingam, Indian actor in Tamil cinema ; Given name or nickname *

Sandow Birk Sandow Birk (born 1962 in Detroit) is an American visual artist from Los Angeles whose work deals mainly with contemporary American culture. Eight books have been published on his works and he has made two films. With an emphasis on social issue ...

, American visual artist * Sandow Nasution (born 1981), Indonesian weightlifter *

Dan "Sandow" O'Donovan Daniel "Sandow" O'Donovan (1890, in Cork (city) – 31 July 1975, in Mallow, County Cork, Mallow, County Cork, Ireland), was a leading member of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence. Early life Dan O'Donovan was an earl ...

(1890–1975), member of the Irish Republican Army * Sandy Ruby (1941–2008), born Sandow Sacks Ruby, American mathematician and entrepreneur *

Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar Sandow Marudur Marudachalamurthy Ayyavoo Chinnappa Thevar (28 June 1915 – 8 September 1978) was a film producer of Tamil cinema in the mid-1950s through the 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for his films featuring animals, and has produced nu ...

, Indian film producer ; Other * ''Sandow'' (film), an 1894 silent film featuring Eugen Sandow * Sandow (apple), an apple cultivar * '' Sandow's Magazine of Physical Culture'', a bodybuilding magazine established by Eugen Sandow in 1898 * Mount Sandow, a nunatak near Mount Amundsen in Antarctica * Sandow Lakes Ranch, a ranch in Texas, USA. * Sandow Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant near

Rockdale, Texas Rockdale is a city in Milam County, Texas, United States. Its population was 5,323 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is approximately 41 miles west of College Station, Texas, College Station. History As a passing point ...

* Sandow, Chiktan, a village in Jammu and Kashmir, India

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