Volkmar, Folkmar or Folcmar is a given name, Volkmar later also a surname. Notable people with the name include:

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Folcmar (bishop of Utrecht) Folcmar (died 10 December 990), also named Poppo, was a bishop of Utrecht from 976 to 990. Folcmar was the son of the Saxon count Adalbero and an uncle of bishop Bernward of Hildesheim, a fervent builder who was responsible for the famous Bernwar ...

(died 990) * (d. 969) *Folkmar, German priest, one of the ringleaders in the

Rhineland massacres The Rhineland massacres, also known as the German Crusade of 1096 or ''Gzerot Tatnó'' (, "Edicts of 4856"), were a series of mass murders of Jews perpetrated by mobs of French and German Christians of the People's Crusade in the year 1096 ( ...

(1096) * , abbot of

Corvey The Princely Abbey of Corvey ( or ) is a former Benedictine abbey and ecclesiastical principality now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was one of the half-dozen self-ruling '' princely abbeys'' of the Holy Roman Empire from the Late Middl ...

from 916 to 942 * (d. bef. 961), Count in

Harzgau The Harzgau was a medieval shire ('' Gau'') in the northeastern foorhils of the Harz mountains, part of the Eastphalia region of Saxony. It included the towns of Halberstadt, Quedlinburg, and Osterwieck, and was bounded by the Oker in the west, b ...

* (d. 983) * , bishop from 980 * (d. 1015), Count in Harzgau * (d. 1102) * , abbot of

from 1129 to 1138 * (d. 1094/1096), bishop from 1080 * , abbot of

Niederaltaich Niederaltaich Abbey (Abtei or Kloster Niederaltaich) is a house of the Benedictine Order founded in 741, situated in the village of Niederalteich on the Danube in Bavaria. Foundation and early history After its foundation in 741 by Duke Odilo of ...

from 1280 to 1282 * (d. 1314), Cistercian historian *

Volkmar Andreae Volkmar Andreae (5 July 1879 – 18 June 1962) was a Swiss conductor and composer. Life and career Andreae was born in Bern. He received piano instruction as a child and his first lessons in composition with Karl Munzinger. From 1897 to 1900, ...

(1879–1962), Swiss conductor and composer *

Volkmar Leimert Volkmar Leimert (born 31 January 1940) is a German composer and dramaturg. Life Born in Berlin, Leimert besuchte bis zu seinem Abitur 1957 die EOS „Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe“ in Karl-Marx-Stadt. Privaten Musikunterricht erhielt er bei Gus ...

(born 1940), German composer and dramaturg *

Volkmar Sigusch Volkmar Sigusch (11 June 1940 – 7 February 2023) was a German sexologist, physician and sociologist. From 1973 to 2006, he was the director of the ''Institut für Sexualwissenschaft'' (Institute for Sexual Science) at the clinic of Goethe Univ ...

(1940–2023), German physician and sociologist *

Volkmar Weiss Volkmar Weiss (born 23 May 1944 in Zwickau, Saxony) is a German researcher and writer, primarily interested in the field of IQ research.Volkmar Wentzel Volkmar Kurt Wentzel (February 8, 1915 – May 10, 2006) was an American photographer and cinematographer. He worked for nearly 50 years for the National Geographic Society as a darkroom technician and photographer, and his professional and perso ...

(1915–2006), German-born American photographer *

Volkmar Würtz Volkmar Würtz (born 3 October 1938) is a German fencer. He represented the United Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the team épée The (, ; ), also rendered as epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons ...

(born 1938), German fencer

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* Fred R. Volkmar, American psychiatrist *

Theodor Valentin Volkmar Theodor Valentin Volkmar (23 November 1781 in Frankenberg (Eder) – 8 February 1847 in Marburg) was a German jurist and politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elec ...

(1781–1847), German jurist and politician * (1809-1893), German theologian

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Volkmar the Grim ''Warhammer Fantasy'' (later renamed ''Warhammer: The Old World'') is a fictional fantasy universe created by Games Workshop and used in many of its games, including the table top wargame ''Warhammer'', the ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' (WFRP ...

, a character in the tabletop game of ''Warhammer'' *Count Volkmar of Gretz, a line of heritage in James A. Michener's ''

The Source The Source may refer to: Film and television * ''The Source'' (1918 film), 1918 American drama directed by George Melford * ''The Source'' (1999 film), a 1999 documentary film about the Beat generation * ''The Source'' (2002 film), a 2002 scienc ...

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