Siebold or von Siebold is a

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surname. It is a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

surname derived from the given name Siebold, which consists of the

Old High German Old High German (OHG; ) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous ...

words ''sigu'' ("Victory") and ''bold'' ("strong"). Notable people with the surname include: *

Carl Caspar von Siebold Carl Caspar von Siebold (4 November 1736 – 3 April 1807) was a German surgeon and obstetrician who was a native of Nideggen in the Duchy of Jülich. From 1760 to 1763 he studied medicine in Würzburg, and afterwards furthered his medical educat ...

(1736–1807), German surgeon *

Regina von Siebold Regina Josepha von Siebold, née ''Henning'' (14 December 1771 – 28 February 1849), was a German physician and obstetrician, born in Geismar. She was the first woman in Germany to receive a university degree. She is buried in Darmstadt. Early ...

(1771–1849), German physician and obstetrician * Adam Elias von Siebold (1775–1828), German gynaecologist *

Charlotte von Siebold Marian Theodore Charlotte Heidenreich von Siebold (12 September 1788 – 8 July 1859) was a German physician. She is regarded as the first gynecologist in Germany. She was the daughter of the physicians Damian and Regina von Siebold and was an ea ...

(1788–1859), German physician *

Philipp Franz von Siebold Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold (17 February 1796 – 18 October 1866) was a German physician, botanist and traveller. He achieved prominence by his studies of Japanese flora (plants), flora and fauna (animals), fauna and the introduction of ...

(1796–1866), German physician, botanist and traveller *

Eduard Caspar Jacob von Siebold Eduard Caspar Jacob von Siebold (19 March 1801 – 27 October 1861) was a German professor of gynecology. He worked at Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Marburg and University of Göttingen. Life and career Von Siebold was born 19 Mar ...

(1801–1861), German professor of gynecology *

Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold Prof Karl (Carl) Theodor Ernst von Siebold Royal Society of London, FRS(For) HFRSE (16 February 1804 – 7 April 1885) was a German physiologist and zoologist. He was responsible for the introduction of the taxa Arthropoda and Rhizopoda, and for d ...

(1804–1885), German physiologist and zoologist *

Alexander von Siebold Alexander George Gustav von Siebold (August 16, 1846 – January 1911) was a German translator and interpreter active in Japan during the Bakumatsu period and early Meiji period. He was the eldest son of Japanologist Philipp Franz Balthasar von ...

(1846–1911), German translator and interpreter active in Japan *

Heinrich von Siebold Heinrich Philipp von Siebold (21 July 1852 – 11 August 1908) was a German antiquary, collector and translator in the service of the Austrian Embassy in Tokyo. Life The Siebolds were a family of renowned scholars from Würzburg, Germany. Heinri ...

(1852–1908), German diplomat and anthropologist * Erika von Erhardt-Siebold (1890–1964), American literary scholar *

Klaus Siebold Klaus Siebold (12 September 1930 in Laubusch (Lauta) – 23 June 1995 in Spremberg) was a German politician. Life Early years He was Minister for Coal and Energy in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in the 1970s. He hit the hea ...

(1930–1995), German politician *

Percival Siebold Percival Alfred Siebold (13 June 1917 – 1 June 1983) was a British scouting administrator who served as the Executive Commissioner for Operations of the World Scout Bureau.John S. Wilson (1959), Scouting Round the World. First edition, Blandfo ...

(1917–1983), British scouting administrator *

Peter Siebold Peter Siebold (born 1971) is a member of the Scaled Composites astronaut team. He is their Director of Flight Operations, and was one of the test pilots for SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo, the experimental spaceplanes developed by the company ...

(born 1971), American commercial astronaut

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Siebold Sissingh Siebold or von Siebold is a German surname. It is a patronymic surname derived from the given name Siebold, which consists of the Old High German words ''sigu'' ("Victory") and ''bold'' ("strong"). Notable people with the surname include: * Carl ...

(1899–1960), Dutch footballer *

SieboldHuis Japan Museum SieboldHuis (Siebold House) is a museum located at the in Leiden, Netherlands. It displays items that were collected by Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) between 1823 and 1829 during his stay at Dejima, the Dutch trade colony n ...

, museum in Leiden, Netherlands *

Siebold Memorial Museum was opened in Nagasaki city on October 1, 1989 in honour of Philipp Franz von Siebold and his contributions to the development of modern science in Japan. The building is modeled on his former house in Leiden, and the entrance is modeled after ...

, museum in Nagasaki, Japan *

Siebold typhoon The Siebold typhoon () was a typhoon that struck Japan (northern Kyushu Island in particular) on September 17, 1828. There were 19,113 confirmed deaths, according to the official report. Overview According to the official report, the typhoon's e ...

, 1828 typhoon that struck Japan

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