Thiele is a German-language

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Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 78.0% of all known bearers of the surname ''Thiele'' were residents of

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, 10.9% of the

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, 2.3% of

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, 2.0% of

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, 1.0% of

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and 1.0% of

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. In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,741) in the following states:Thiele surname distribution
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Brandenburg Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg, is a States of Germany, state in northeastern Germany. Brandenburg borders Poland and the states of Berlin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony. It is the List of Ger ...

(1:477) * 2.

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

(1:522) * 3.

Saxony Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and ...

(1:624) * 4.

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...

(1:1,058) * 5.

Thuringia Thuringia (; officially the Free State of Thuringia, ) is one of Germany, Germany's 16 States of Germany, states. With 2.1 million people, it is 12th-largest by population, and with 16,171 square kilometers, it is 11th-largest in area. Er ...

(1:1,132) * 6.

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

(1:1,241) * 7.

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

(1:1,465) * 8.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpom ...

(1:1,689) * 9.

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

(1:1,708)

People

Alfonso Thiele Alfonso Thiele (5 April 1920 – 15 July 1986) was an Italian and American racing driver. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, on 4 September 1960. He scored no championship points. Most of his career was spent in sp ...

(1922–1986), American Italian racing driver *

Allen Thiele Allen William Thiele (May 28, 1940 – September 23, 2017) was the fifth Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, serving from 1986 to 1990. Career Thiele enlisted in the Coast Guard in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 1958. After completing basic t ...

(1940–2017), Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard *

Annekatrin Thiele Annekatrin Thiele (born 18 October 1984 in Sangerhausen) is a German rower, who competed at three Olympic Games. Biography Thiele competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal in double sculls with Christiane Huth. At t ...

(born 1984), German rower * Arthur Thiele (1860–1936), German illustrator *

August Thiele __NOTOC__ August Thiele (26 August 1893 – 31 March 1981) was an admiral during World War II and commander of the heavy cruiser ''Lützow''. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Thiele received the Knight's Cross ...

(1894–1967), Vizeadmiral with the Kriegsmarine *

Aurelie Thiele Aurelie or Aurélie Thiele is a French engineering and decision-making professor. She is an associate professor in the engineering management and information and systems department at the Lyle School of Engineering of Southern Methodist University ...

, French professor using optimization algorithms to control costs in the healthcare industry *

Bob Thiele Robert "Bob" Thiele (July 27, 1922 – January 30, 1996) was an American record producer who worked on numerous classic jazz albums and record labels. Early life and career Bob Thiele was born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York, United Sta ...

(1922–1996), producer and record executive, who co-composed "What a Wonderful World", and discovered Buddy Holly and the Crickets *

Bob Thiele Jr. Bob Thiele Jr. (born July 3, 1955) is an American composer, musician and music producer. He has worked with many musical artists and on several soundtracks for TV shows and films. He is the son of producer Bob Thiele and singer Jane Harvey. Car ...

(born 1955), American musician and music producer, son of Bob * Carol J. Thiele, American microbiologist and cancer researcher * Charles Thiele (1884–1954), American-Canadian bandmaster, musician and industrialist *

Colin Thiele Colin Milton Thiele (; 16 November 1920 – 4 September 2006) was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children's fiction, most notably the novels '' Storm Boy'', ''Blue Fin'', the '' Sun on the Stubble'' ser ...

(1920–2006), Australian writer of popular children's stories, including ''Storm Boy'' *

Dave Thiele Dave Thiele (born c. 1952https://edmontonjournal.com/Dave+Thiele+civic+election/3024764/story.html ) is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Edmonton City Council, representing Ward 6 alongside Amarjeet Sohi Amarjeet Sohi (born Marc ...

(born circa 1952), Canadian politician *

Edwin R. Thiele Edwin Richard Thiele (10 September 1895 – 15 April 1986) was an American Seventh-day Adventist missionary in China, editor, archaeologist, writer, and scholar of the Old Testament. He is best known for his chronological studies of the kingdom ...

(1895–1986), missionary and archaeologist, best known for his Old Testament chronology *

Ernest Thiele Ernest W. Thiele (pronounced ; 1895–1993) was an influential chemical engineering researcher at Standard Oil (then Amoco, now BP) and professor of chemical engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He is known for his highly impactful work i ...

(1895–1993), influential chemical engineer * Fred W. Thiele Jr. (born 1953), American politician *

Fritz Thiele Fritz Thiele (14 April 1894 – 4 September 1944) was a member of the German resistance to Nazism, German resistance who also served as the communications chief of the German Army (1935-1945), German Army during World War II. Life Thiele was bor ...

(1894–1944), German member of the 20 July conspiracy to kill Hitler *

Gerhard Thiele Gerhard Paul Julius Thiele (born September 2, 1953) is a German physicist and a former ESA astronaut. He is the father of Die Astronautin candidate Insa Thiele-Eich. Early life and education Born in Heidenheim an der Brenz, he attended the Fri ...

(born 1953), ESA astronaut and geophysicist, who was on the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission in February 2000 *

Georg Thiele The German destroyer ''Z2 Georg Thiele'' was one of four Type 1934-class destroyers built for the German Navy (''Kriegsmarine'') during the mid-1930s. Completed in 1937, two years before the start of World War II, the ship spent most of her t ...

(1881–1914), Imperial German Navy officer *

Hans Thiele Hans Paul Franz T. Thiele is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). Professional career Thiele was signed by the Barako Bull Energ ...

, Filipino professional basketball player * Heinz Hermann Thiele (1941–2021), German businessman and chairman of Knorr-Bremse *

Hertha Thiele Hertha Thiele (8 May 1908 – 5 August 1984) was a German actress. She is noted for her starring roles in then controversial stage plays and films produced during Germany's Weimar Republic and the early years of the Third Reich. After the post-w ...

, German actress * Holger Thiele (1878–1946), Danish-American astronomer * Ilse Thiele (1920–2010), East German politician *

Jacob Thiele Jacob, later known as Israel, is a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca. Accordingly, alongside his older fraternal twin brother E ...

, musician for the rock group The Faint *

Joan Thiele Alessandra Joan Thiele (; born 21 September 1991), known professionally as Joan Thiele, is an Italian singer-songwriter. Early life Alessandra Joan Thiele was born in Desenzano del Garda, Brescia, to an Italian mother from Naples and Swiss fathe ...

(born 1991), Italian singer-songwriter *

Johan Rudolph Thiele Johan Rudolph Thiele (30 January 1736 - 30 January 1815) was a Danish book printer. He founded a successful printing business in Copenhagen in 1771 which was later continued as H. H. Thiele by his son Hans Henrik Thiele. The company survived until ...

(1736–1815), Danish book printer *

Johannes Thiele Johannes Thiele may refer to: *Johannes Thiele (zoologist) *Johannes Thiele (chemist) {{hndis, Thiele, Johannes ...

(1860–1935), German zoologist, and curator of the Museum of Natural History in Berlin *

Johannes Thiele (chemist) Friedrich Karl Johannes Thiele (May 13, 1865 – April 17, 1918) was a German chemist and a prominent professor at several universities, including those in Munich and Strasbourg. He developed many laboratory techniques related to isolation of ...

(1865–1918), chemist at the university of Munich * Jürgen Thiele (born 1959), German rower *

Just Mathias Thiele Just Mathias Thiele (13 December 1795 – 9 November 1874) was a Danish scholar and librarian. A central personage during the Danish Golden Age, he contributed to Danish cultural life in a number of capacities. He collected and published Danish f ...

(1795–1874), Danish writer and art historian *

Keith Thiele Keith Frederick (Jimmy) Thiele, (25 February 1921 – 5 January 2016) was an officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War. He was one of only four New Zealand-born airmen to receive two medal Bars to his Disti ...

(1921–2016), New Zealand World War II pilot *

Kevin Thiele Kevin R. Thiele is currently an adjunct associate professor at the University of Western Australia and the director of Taxonomy Australia. He was the curator of the Western Australian Herbarium from 2006 to 2015. His research interests include ...

(born 1959), Australian botanist and taxonomist * Klaus Thiele (born 1958), German athlete *

Leslie Thiele Leslie Paul Thiele is a professor at the University of Florida. His work has focused on the intersection of politics and sustainability Sustainability is a social goal for people to co-exist on Earth over a long period of time. Definitions of ...

, American political scientist * Neville Thiele, Australian Engineer, known for having simplified and made into practical approach the algorithms for calculating loudspeaker cabinets similarly as Richard H. Small (thus

Thiele/Small Thiele/Small parameters (commonly abbreviated T/S parameters, or TSP) are a set of electromechanical parameters that define the specified low frequency performance of a loudspeaker driver. These parameters are published in specification sheets by ...

loudspeaker parameters) * Ria Thiele (1904–1996), German actress, dancer and choreographer *

Rolf Thiele Rolf Thiele (7 March 1918 – 9 October 1994) was a German film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He directed 42 films between 1951 and 1977. He was born in Ústí nad Labem, Prödlitz, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. ...

(1918–1994), German film director * Rüdiger Thiele (born 1943), German mathematician and historian of mathematics * Thorvald N. Thiele (1838–1910), Danish astronomer, mathematician, and statistician, one of the founders of the insurance company Hafnia *

Timmy Thiele Timmy Dennis Mario Thiele (born 31 July 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Energie Cottbus. Career Thiele scored his first goal for Burton Albion in a 5–1 win over Colchester United on 28 November 2015. He jo ...

(born 1991), German footballer * Walter Thiele (born 1921), German inventor * Walter G. Thiele (1885–1968), associate Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court *

Wilhelm Thiele Wilhelm Thiele, also William Thiele (1890–1975) was an Austrian screenwriter and film director. He directed over 40 films between 1921 and 1960. Life and career Thiele started his show career as a stage actor. He got his start in Austrian and ...

(1890–1975), Austrian screenwriter and film director

Other uses

Thiele (Aar) Thiele is a small river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Aar near Bad Arolsen. See also *List of rivers of Hesse This is a list of rivers of Hesse, Germany: A * Aar, tributary of the Dill * Aar, tributary of the Lahn * Aar, tributary o ...

, a river of Hesse, Germany, tributary of the Aar *

Thiele's interpolation formula In mathematics, Thiele's interpolation formula is a formula that defines a rational function f(x) from a finite set of inputs x_i and their function values f(x_i). The problem of generating a function whose graph passes through a given set of functi ...

defines a

rational function In mathematics, a rational function is any function that can be defined by a rational fraction, which is an algebraic fraction such that both the numerator and the denominator are polynomials. The coefficients of the polynomials need not be ...

, expressed as a

continued fraction A continued fraction is a mathematical expression that can be written as a fraction with a denominator that is a sum that contains another simple or continued fraction. Depending on whether this iteration terminates with a simple fraction or not, ...

, that interpolates a given set of values * Thiele modulus, in Chemistry *

Thiele tube The Thiele tube, named after the German chemist Johannes Thiele, is a laboratory glassware designed to contain and heat an oil bath. Such a setup is commonly used in the determination of the melting point or boiling point of a substance. The ap ...

, laboratory glassware *

German destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele The German destroyer ''Z2 Georg Thiele'' was one of four Type 1934-class destroyers built for the German Navy (''Kriegsmarine'') during the mid-1930s. Completed in 1937, two years before the start of World War II, the ship spent most of her ti ...

, built for the German Navy during the mid-1930s * 1586 Thiele, a minor planet

References

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