Sievers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Any member of the

Sievers family The Sievers family is a noble Baltic German family that owned a number of estates in the present-day Baltic States, including the Wenden Castle. It hails from the Duchy of Holstein. * Karl von Sievers (1710–74) owed his rise to a brief lia ...

* Anthony John "Tony" Sievers, Australian politician *

Bryan Sievers Bryan J. Sievers (born May 26, 1959) is an American farmer and politician. Born in Davenport, Iowa, Sievers lived with his family in Stockton, Iowa. He graduated from Bennett High School. Sievers received his bachelor's degree from Iowa State Un ...

(born 1959), American politician *

Christian Sievers Christian Sievers (born 1969 in Offenbach am Main) is a German journalist and news presenter. Career After graduating secondary school with his ''Abitur'' in 1989, Sievers studied law in Berlin and Freiburg. During his studies, he also worked ...

(born 1969), German journalist and television presenter *

Eduard Sievers Eduard Sievers (; 25 November 1850, Lippoldsberg – 30 March 1932, Leipzig) was a philologist of the classical and Germanic languages. Sievers was one of the ''Junggrammatiker'' of the so-called "Leipzig School". He was one of the most influen ...

(1850–1932), German philologist *

Eduard Wilhelm Sievers Eduard Wilhelm Sievers (born 19 March 1820 in Hamburg; died 9 December 1894 in Gotha) was a German Shakespeare scholar and professor in Gotha. Sievers descended from a hanseatic merchant family. He was cousin of the historian Gottlob Reinho ...

(1820–1894), German Shakespeare scholar * Emanuel von Sievers (1817-1909), Baltic German aristocrat, senator and grand master of the Russian imperial court *

Eric Sievers Eric Scott Sievers (born November 9, 1957, in Urbana, Illinois) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL). A 6'4", 235-lb. tight end from the University of Maryland, Sievers wa ...

(born 1957), American professional football player *

Frederick William Sievers Frederick William Sievers (October 26, 1872 – 1966) was an American sculptor, born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Sievers moved to Richmond, Virginia, as a young man, furthering his art studies by attending the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, w ...

(1872–1966), American sculptor *

Henry Sievers Henry Sievers (October 13, 1874 –?) was an assistant printer, trade union activist and liquor store operator from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served one term as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Background Sievers was born in ...

(1874–?), American assistant printer, trade union activist and liquor store operator * Hugo K. Sievers (1903–1972), Chilean scientist from a Hamburg merchant family * Jacob von Sievers (1731–1808), Baltic German statesman from the Sievers family *

Jan-André Sievers Jan-André Sievers (born 5 August 1987) is a German footballer who plays for TuS Hartenholm. Career Born in Frankfurt am Main, Sievers began his career with MTV Treubund Lünerburg, later signing with Lüneburger SV. He joined the Hamburger S ...

(born 1987), German footballer *

Jan-Ole Sievers Jan-Ole Sievers (born 16 February 1995) is a German professional footballer who most recently played as a goalkeeper for 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 1. Fußballclub Lokomotive Leipzig e.V. is a German football club based in the locality of P ...

(born 1995), German football goalkeeper *

Johann August Carl Sievers Johann August Carl Sievers (1762–1795) was a German-born botanist who explored Central Asia, Siberia, and other Asian regions of the Russian Empire. Among the species first described by Sievers is Malus sieversii, the ancestor of the domesticat ...

(1762–1795), German-born botanist *

Jörg Sievers Jörg Sievers (born 22 September 1965) is a retired goalkeeper and current Assistant manager of Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian. Career Sievers was in Römstedt, West Germany. He played for Hannover 96 for more than 10 years, an ...

(born 1965), German footballer *

Karl-Heinz Sievers Karl-Heinz Sievers (born 2 October 1942) is a German former long-distance track event, long-distance runner. He competed in the Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon, marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics representing West Germ ...

(born 1942), German long-distance runner *

Kay Sievers Kay Sievers is a German computer programmer, best known for developing the udev device manager of Linux, systemd and the Gummiboot EFI bootloader. Kay Sievers made major contributions to Linux's hardware hotplug and device management subsys ...

, German software engineer and developer of the udev device manager of Linux * Leroy Sievers (1955–2008), American journalist * Marie von Sievers (1867–1948), he second wife of Rudolf Steiner and one of his closest colleagues * Mark Sievers (born 1968), American convicted murderer *

Max Sievers Max Georg Wilhelm Sievers (11 June 1887 in Berlin – 17 January 1944 in Brandenburg an der Havel) was chairman of the German Freethinkers League, writer and active communist. Life Politics Max Sievers opposed the first world war and was an u ...

(1887–1944), chairman of the German Freethinkers' League *

Morris Sievers Morris William Sievers (13 April 1912 – 10 May 1968) was an Australian cricketer who played in three Test matches in 1936–37. First-class career Sievers began his career in 1930 for the Colts, at 17 years of age. Sievers was a useful righ ...

(1912–1968), Australian cricketer * Peter von Sievers (1674–1740), Russian admiral *

Ralf Sievers Ralf Sievers (born 30 October 1961) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, most notably with Eintracht Frankfurt. Career Like his brother Jörg he began his career at Lower Saxon club SV Eddelstorf. From 1982 unti ...

(born 1961), former German football player *

Roy Sievers Roy Edward Sievers (November 18, 1926 – April 3, 2017) was an American professional baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs ov ...

(1926–2017), American baseball player *

Sampson Sievers Sampson Sievers, (born Edward Sievers, russian: Эдуард Сиверс) July 10, 1900 – August 24, 1979 was a Russian Orthodox Christian elder, hieromonk, priest, confessor of Russian patriarch and higher clergy, and mystic of English ancest ...

(1900–1979), Russian Orthodox Christian elder * Teresa Sievers (1968–2015), American doctor and murder victim * Thadeus von Sievers (1853–?), Baltic German general of the Imperial Russian Army *

Todd Sievers Todd Michael Sievers (born April 1, 1980) is a former American football placekicker who played college football for the Miami Hurricanes football, Miami Hurricanes from 1998 to 2002, being part of the 2001 Miami Hurricanes football team, 2001 Div ...

(born 1980), former American football placekicker * Walther Sievers, German Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 415,

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight' ...

received on 19 December 1942 *

Wilhelm Sievers Friedrich Wilhelm Sievers (3 December 1860 – 11 June 1921) was a German geologist and geographer. He served as professor of geography at the University of Giessen. His field work focussed on South America, and his ''Allgemeine Länderkunde'' was ...

(1860–1921), German geographer and geologist *

Wolfgang Sievers Wolfgang Georg Sievers, AO (18 September 1913 – 7 August 2007) was an Australian photographer who specialised in architectural and industrial photography. Early life and career Sievers was born in Berlin, Germany. His father was Profes ...

(1913–2007), Australian photographer *

Wolfram Sievers Wolfram Sievers (10 July 1905 – 2 June 1948) was ''Reichsgeschäftsführer'', or managing director, of the Ahnenerbe from 1935 to 1945. Early life Sievers was born in 1905 in Hildesheim in the Province of Hanover (now in Lower Saxony), the so ...

(1905–1948), German Holocaust perpetrator and manager of the Ahnenerbe, executed for war crimes

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