Schlegel is a German occupational surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Anthony Schlegel Anthony Schlegel (born March 1, 1981) is an American football coach and former linebacker. He previously served as the assistant strength and conditioning coach at Ohio State University from 2011 to 2015 and was the head strength and conditionin ...

(born 1981), former American football linebacker *

August Wilhelm Schlegel August Wilhelm (after 1812: von) Schlegel (; 8 September 176712 May 1845), usually cited as August Schlegel, was a German poet, translator and critic, and with his brother Friedrich Schlegel the leading influence within Jena Romanticism. His tra ...

(1767–1845), German poet, older brother of Friedrich * Brad Schlegel (born 1968), Canadian ice hockey player * Bernhard Schlegel (born 1951), German-Canadian chemist and professor at Wayne State University * Carmela Schlegel (born 1983), retired Swiss swimmer *

Catharina von Schlegel Catharina Amalia Dorothea von Schlegel (22 October 1697 - after 1768 ) was a German hymn writer. Although little is known about her life, it is known that she lived in a Lutheran ''Damenstift'' (a residential endowment for unmarried Protestant wom ...

(1697 – after 1768), German hymn writer *

Dorothea von Schlegel Dorothea Friederike von Schlegel (; 24 October 1764 – 3 August 1839) was a German novelist and translator. Life She was born as Brendel Mendelssohn in 1764 in Berlin.In older literature and on her gravestone one finds the date 1763, but this is ...

(1764–1839), German novelist and translator, wife of Friedrich Schlegel *

Elfi Schlegel Elfi Schlegel (born 17 May 1964) is a sportscaster for NBC Sports and a former college and national champion gymnast from Canada. She is generally regarded as a top 50 Canadian gymnast of all time, and maybe even the 3rd best of the late 1970s ...

(born 1964), former Canadian gymnast and sportscaster for NBC Sports *

Frits Schlegel Frits Schlegel (4 May 1896 - 5 March 1965) was a Functionalist Danish architect active during the transition from traditional craftsmanship to industrialized construction methods in the building industry. He was among the first architects in Den ...

(1896–1965), Danish architect *

Gustaaf Schlegel Gustaaf Schlegel (30 September 184015 October 1903) was a Dutch sinologist and field naturalist.E. Bruce Brooks (9 June 2004)Gustaaf Schlegel, Sinology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, retrieved 17 September 2011 Life and career Gustaaf Sc ...

(1840–1903), Dutch sinologist and field naturalist *

Hans Schlegel Hans Wilhelm Schlegel (Überlingen, 3 August 1951) is a German physicist, a former ESA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA Space Shuttle missions. Early life and education Schlegel, born and raised in Germany, graduated as an international exc ...

(born 1951), German astronaut *

Helmut Schlegel Helmut Alfons Schlegel (born 15 May 1943) is a German Franciscan, Catholic priest, meditation instructor, author, librettist and songwriter. He is known for writing new spiritual songs (Neues Geistliches Lied), set to music by various composers. ...

(born 1943), German Franciscan, priest, author, meditation instructor, songwriter *

Hermann Schlegel Hermann Schlegel (10 June 1804 – 17 January 1884) was a German ornithologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist. Early life and education Schlegel was born at Altenburg, the son of a brassfounder. His father collected butterflies, which stimula ...

(1804–1884), German ornithologist and herpetologist *

Johan Frederik Schlegel Johan Frederik Schlegel (22 January 1817, Copenhagen – 8 June 1896, Copenhagen) was a Danish lawyer and civil servant. He was Governor-General of the Danish West Indies from 1855 to 1860, and (Privy Counsellor) from 1860. In 1873, he was ele ...

(1817–1896), Danish civil servant and Governor-General of the Danish West Indies * Johann Adolf Schlegel (1721–1793), German poet and clergyman, father of August Wilhelm and Friedrich * Johann Elias Schlegel (1719–1749), German critic and dramatic poet, brother of Johann Adolf * John P. Schlegel (born 1943), President of Creighton University and Jesuit *

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Karl Wilhelm Friedrich (after 1814: von) Schlegel (; ; 10 March 1772 – 12 January 1829) was a German poet, literary critic, philosopher, philologist, and Indologist. With his older brother, August Wilhelm Schlegel, he was one of the main figure ...

(1772–1829), German poet and philosopher, younger brother of August Wilhelm *

Karl Schlegel (aviator) Karl Paul Schlegel (7 May 1893 – 27 October 1918) was a German World War I flying ace credited with 22 victories. Schlegel was shot down by French ace Petar Marinovich. He was the last German ace to be killed in World War I. Prewar life ...

(1893–1918), German World War I flying ace * Lynda Schlegel-Culver, Republican politician from Pennsylvania *

Margarete Schlegel Margarethe Sylva Elisabeth Wisniewski (né Schlegel, 31 December 1899 – 15 July 1987), known professionally as Margarete Schlegel, was a German theatre and film actress and soprano operetta singer. Early life The sixth of seven children and the ...

(1899–1987), German actress * Marvin Schlegel, German athlete * Norbert Schlegel (born 1961), German former footballer and coach *

Paul Marquard Schlegel Paul Marquard Schlegel Latinized as Paulus Marquartus Slegelius (23 August 1605 – 20 February 1653) was a German physician and anatomist known for his public demonstrations in anatomy and for being an early proponent of blood circulation. The pla ...

1605–1653), German anatomist * Richard Schlegel, American scientist and professor, chair of the department of pathology at Georgetown University * Victor Schlegel (1843–1905), German mathematician

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