Drescher (family name)
Drescher is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
The name is first documented as Trescher for the year 1284 . 1398 for the first time as a thresher . Dreschler (first attested in 1257 as Troschelarius , also Middle High German, from the word drischel - "flail").
Drescher is a professional name and comes from the Middle High German word drescher - "who threshes out grain with a flail ".
variants
Name bearer
A.
- Adolf Drescher (1921–1967), German pianist
- Andreas H. Drescher (* 1962), German author and media artist
- Anne Drescher (* 1962), German civil rights activist
- Arno Drescher (1882–1971), German painter and typographer
B.
- Bill Drescher (1921–1968), American baseball player
- Burkhard Drescher (* 1951), German politician (SPD) and entrepreneur
C.
- Carl Wilhelm Drescher (1850–1925), Austrian conductor and composer
- Christian Drescher , German racing cyclist
D.
- Daniel Drescher (* 1989), Austrian soccer player
- Daniela Drescher (* 1966), German illustrator and author
- Dick Drescher (* 1946), American discus thrower
- Dirk Drescher (* 1968), German soccer goalkeeper
E.
- Eberhard Drescher (ornithologist) (1872–1938), German ornithologist
- Eberhard Drescher (marine biologist) (1944–1983), German marine biologist
- Erich Drescher (lawyer) (1884–1975), German lawyer and attorney general
- Erich Drescher (politician) (1894–1956), German politician (NSDAP), mayor of Leer
- Ernst Drescher (1926–2014), German religious
F.
- Fran Drescher (* 1957), American actress and producer
- Franz Drescher (1871–1934), German industrialist
- Friedrich Karl Drescher-Kaden (1894–1988), German mineralogist
- Fritz Drescher (1904–1982), German politician (SPD / SED)
G
- Georg Drescher (1870–1938), German athlete
- Günter Drescher (1928–2006), German actor, dubbing and radio play speaker
- Gustav Drescher († 1890), German administrative officer
H
- Hans Drescher (1923–2019), German archaeologist and metallurgist
- Hans-Jürgen Drescher (* 1954), German dramaturge and cultural manager
- Heinrich Georg Drescher (1847–1925), German draftsman and painter
- Heinz Drescher (* 1921), German cyclist
- Hendrik Drescher (* 2000), German basketball player
- Horst Drescher (writer) (* 1929), German writer
- Horst W. Drescher (1932–2013), German English and university lecturer
I.
- Ingo Drescher (* 1956), German lawyer, honorary professor, presiding judge at the Federal Court of Justice
- Isabel Drescher (* 1994), German figure skater
J
- Jakob Drescher (* 1939), German soccer player
- Johann August Drescher (1896–1952), German actor
- Julius Drescher (1920–2015), German politician (SPD)
- Jürgen Drescher (* 1955), German sculptor
- Justin Drescher (* 1988), American football player
K
- Karl Drescher (Germanist) (1864–1928), German Germanist
- Karl Heinrich Drescher (1867–1938), German politician (SPD), MdL Saxony
- Karl-Heinz Drescher (1936–2011), German graphic artist
- Kurt Drescher (* 1930), German physicist
M.
- Manfred Drescher (1931–2015), German singer (tenor)
- Mario Drescher (* 1987), Austrian biathlete
- Martin Drescher (politician, 1888) (1888–1958), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Martin Drescher (politician, 1925) (1925–2000), German politician (SPD), MdA Berlin
- Matthias Drescher (* 1971), German film producer and screenwriter
N
- Norbert Drescher (* 1952), German table tennis player
O
- Olaf Drescher (* 1959), German railway engineer
- Ondrej Drescher (* 1977), German painter
- Otto Drescher (1880 – after 1925 in the USA), Austrian harpist and conductor
P
- Peter Drescher (Cathedral Kapellmeister) († 1937), German Cathedral Kapellmeister
- Peter Drescher (referee) (1940–2018), German football referee
- Peter Drescher (actor) (* 1945), German actor
- Peter Drescher (writer) (* 1946), German writer
- Piet Drescher (* 1940), German actor and director
R.
- Ralf Drescher (* 1956), German politician (CDU)
- Reinhold Drescher (1874–1960), German trade unionist and politician (SPD)
- Rudolf Drescher (1869–1939), German collector and James Fenimore Cooper expert
S.
- Seymour Drescher (* 1934), American historian
T
- Thomas Drescher (church musician) (* 1955), German church musician
- Thomas Drescher (educator) (* 1968), German educator and political official
- Thomas Drescher (soccer player) (* 1978), German soccer player
U
- Ulrich Martin Drescher (* 1952), German moderator and lobbyist
W.
- Wilhelm Friedrich von Drescher (1820–1897), Oberamtmann of Württemberg
- Wolfgang Drescher (director) , German film director and screenwriter
- Wolfgang Drescher (chess player) (* 1954), German correspondence chess player
See also
- Drescher (disambiguation page)