Sword (disambiguation)
Degen stands for:
- Rapier , a stabbing weapon
- Degen GR , a village in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland
- Continental sword , a journalistic catchphrase
- Degen , an outdated term for a hero (comparable to kämpe , warrior )
Degen is the family name of the following people:
A.
- Alberich Degen (1625–1686), German clergyman, Abbot of Ebrach
- Andreas Degen (* 1969), German Germanist, literary scholar and university professor
- Anton Degen (1920–1978), German politician (SPD), MdL Bavaria
- Árpád von Degen (1866–1934), Hungarian botanist
- August Degen (1850–1924), German politician (center) and agricultural functionary
B.
- Benjamin Degen (1933–2013), Swiss politician (PdA, PdA 1944)
- Bernard Degen (* 1952), Swiss historian
- Bernd Degen (* 1947), German author and editor
- Bernhard Degen (* before 1973), Austrian journalist, editor-in-chief and wine critic
- Bob Degen (* 1944), American jazz pianist
C.
- Carl Ferdinand Degen (1766–1825), German-Danish mathematician
- Carlo Degen (* 1988), German theater and television actor
- Christoph Degen (* 1980), German politician (SPD)
D.
- David Degen (* 1983), Swiss football player
- Dismar Degen (around 1700–1751), German painter
E.
- Elisabeth Degen (* 1970), German actress
- Ernst Degen (1904–1990), Austrian painter
- Erwin Degen (1933–2012), German politician (SPD)
- Evelin Degen (* 1966), German flautist
- Ewald Degen (1899–1983), German communist resistance fighter
F.
- Frank Degen (* 1954), German police officer and politician (REP)
- Franz Degen (composer) (1859–1934), Swiss composer, conductor, music publisher and zither player
- Franz Degen (painter) (1873–1914), German painter
- Friedrich Degen (physicist) (1802–1850), German physicist, chemist and geologist
- Friedrich Degen (politician) (1848–1913), Swiss politician (FDP)
- Fritz Degen (1895–1954), Swiss entrepreneur
G
- Georg Degen (? –1932), German entrepreneur and company founder
- Georges Degen (1928–2008), Swiss politician (PdA, POCH)
H
- Hans Degen (1899–1971), German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
- Hans Rudolf Degen (1933–2018), Swiss spatial and urban planner and history researcher
- Heide Degen (* 1937), German politician (CDU)
- Heinrich Degen (collector) (1791–1848), German councilor and art collector
- Heinrich Degen (1902–1970), German politician
- Helmut Degen (1911–1995), German composer
- Horst Degen (1913–1996), German naval officer
- Horst Degen (statistician) (* 1949), German statistician and university professor
- Horst-Franz Degen (* 1954), German soccer player
J
- Jakob Degen (also Jakob Schegk ; 1511–1587), German lawyer, physician, philosopher and metaphysician
- Jakob Degen (inventor) (1760? –1848), Swiss-Austrian watchmaker and aviation pioneer
- Jakob Degen (administrative officer) (1859–1947), German administrative officer, district administrator
- Johan Philip Degen (1738–1789), German painter and chamber musician
- Johann Degen (composer) (around 1585–1637), German composer and pastor
- Johann Degen (sculptor) (1849–1916), German sculptor
- Johann Friedrich Degen (1752–1836), German writer and philologist
- Johannes Degen (1430–1482), German provost and university chancellor
- Johannes Degen (composer) (1910–1989), Swedish composer
- Josef Vinzenz Degen (1763–1827), Austrian printer
- Josef Wolfgang Degen (* 1947), German philosopher and mathematician
- Jürgen Degen (* 1967), German soccer player and coach
K
- Karl Georg Degen (* 1961), German physicist and university professor
- Konrad Degen (1811–1884), German theater actor
L.
- Louis Degen (? –1897), German entrepreneur
- Ludwig Degen (1826? - after 1884), German engineer and architect
M.
- Manfred Degen (politician) (* 1939), German politician (SPD)
- Manfred Degen (church musician) (* 1957), German church musician
- Marieke Degen , German radio and science journalist
- Max Degen (journalist) (1884–1931), Swiss technician, journalist, editor-in-chief and politician
- Max Degen (actor) (1896–1966), Swiss actor and director
- Michael Degen (* 1932), German actor
P
- Paul Degen (1941–2007), Swiss illustrator, caricaturist, painter and sculptor
- Peter Degen (* 1945), Swiss urban planner and university professor for urban construction theory and history
- Peter Jochen Degen (1945–2012), German television presenter
- Philipp Degen (* 1983), Swiss football player
R.
- Rainer Degen (1941-2010), German ancient orientalist
- Richard Degen (musician) (1850–1918), German violinist
- Richard Degen (judge) (1872–1945), German lawyer and judge
- Rolf Degen (physician) (1926–2012), German neuropediatrist and epileptologist
- Rolf Degen (politician) (* 1950), Swiss politician (FDP)
- Rolf Degen (science journalist) (* 1953), German science journalist
- Rudolf Degen (* 1930), Swiss archaeologist and museum curator
S.
- Stefan Degen (* 1981), Swiss politician (FDP)
W.
- Walter Degen (1904–1981), Swiss politician (BGB) and veterinarian
- Walther Degen (1899–1995), German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
- Wendelin Degen (1932–2015), German mathematician
- Werner Degen (1941–2018), Swiss entrepreneur, bank / business manager and founder of a foundation
- Wilhelm Degen (1868–1950), Swiss teacher, journalist, historian and name researcher
- Wolfgang Degen (* before 1969), German journalist
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