Steinhoff is a
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surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Bruno Steinhoff
Bruno Ewald Steinhoff (born November 1937) is a German billionaire businessman, the founder of Steinhoff International, a South African-based international retail holding company, and its executive chairman until September 2008. He is now a non-e ...
(born 1937), German billionaire businessman, founder of
Steinhoff International
Steinhoff International is a multinational holding company that is dual listed in Germany and South Africa. Its holdings are in the retail sector, primarily in furniture and household goods, and include a controlling stake in South Africa's P ...
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Ernst Steinhoff
Ernst August Wilhelm Steinhoff (February 11, 1908 – December 2, 1987) was a rocket scientist and member of the " von Braun rocket group", at the Peenemünde Army Research Center (1939–1945). Ernst Steinhoff saw National Socialist (Nazi) d ...
(1908-1987), German rocket scientist
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Fritz Steinhoff
Fritz Steinhoff (23 November 1897 – 22 October 1969) was a German politician of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, SPD. He was the third Minister President of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1956 to 1958.
Early life
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(1897-1969), German politciian
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Gerda Steinhoff
Gerda Steinhoff (29 January 1922 – 4 July 1946) was a ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) Nazi concentration camps, Nazi concentration camp overseer following the 1939 German invasion of Poland.
SS career
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(1922-1946), Nazi SS concentration camp overseer hanged for war crimes
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Hans Steinhoff
Hans Steinhoff (10 March 1882 – 20 April 1945) was a German film director, best known for the propaganda films he made in the Nazi era.
Life and career
Steinhoff started his career as a stage actor in the 1900s and later worked as a stag ...
(1882-1945), German film director
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Johannes Steinhoff
Johannes "Macky" Steinhoff (15 September 1913 – 21 February 1994) was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II, German general, and NATO official. He was one of very few Luftwaffe pilots who survived to fly operationally through the whole ...
(1913-1994), German Luftwaffe pilot
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John Steinhoff (born 1942), classical physicist
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Karl Steinhoff
Karl Steinhoff (November 24, 1892 – July 19, 1981) was a Minister-president (''Ministerpräsident'') of the German state (''Land'') of Brandenburg, then part of East Germany, and later served as East Germany's Minister of the Interior.
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(1892-1981), Minister-President of Brandenburg
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