Dost

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Dost means:

  • den Dost (genus) ( Origanum ), a genus of plants from the mint family
  • the oregano ( Origanum vulgare ), a species of the genus Dost
  • the plant species Common Wirbeldost ( Clinopodium vulgare ) from the genus Wirbeldost ( Clinopodium ) from the mint family
  • the two plant genera Wasserdost ( Eupatorium ) and Alpendost ( Adenostyles ) from the sunflower family
  • Dost (nature reserve) , a nature reserve in the Upper Palatinate district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab


Dost is the family name of the following people:

  • Alfred Dost ( Guido Alfred Dost ; 1859–1929), dialect poet of the Ore Mountains
  • Andrew Dost (* 1983), American musician, see Fun (band)
  • Bas Dost (* 1989), Dutch football player
  • Bernd Dost (1939–2015), German journalist, filmmaker, writer and publisher
  • Bruno Dost (1849–1916), German educator, composer, local historian and dialect poet
  • Christian August Ferdinand Dost (1810–1888), railway engineer, site manager of the Göltzschtal viaduct (1846–1851)
  • Dieter Dost (1936–2006), German actor
  • Ewald Dost (1897–1945), German politician (NSDAP), Lord Mayor of Zwickau
  • Friedrich Hartmut Dost (1910–1985), German pediatrician, founder of pharmacokinetics
  • Guido Alfred Dost (1859–1929), German elementary school teacher, composer, local historian and dialect poet, see Alfred Dost
  • Hans-Jörg Dost (* 1941), German writer
  • Hartmut Dost (1910–1985), German pediatrician, see Friedrich Hartmut Dost
  • Heinz Dost , German biologist and illustrator
  • Hellmuth Dost (1914–1971), German ornithologist and nature conservationist
  • Jan Dost (* 1965), Kurdish journalist and writer
  • Johanna Dost (* 1987), German actress and voice actress
  • Klaus Dost (1932–2017), professor
  • Roswitha Dost (* 1949), German actress
  • Werner Dost (* 1948), German soccer player
  • Wolfgang Dost (* 1940), German Germanist, local researcher and local politician

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