Eichhorn (family name)
Eichhorn is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
The common Upper German name can be derived from a house name (e.g. in 1460 in Freiburg a house to the Eichhorn with a family Eichhorn) or as a nickname for a stock collector.
Name bearer
A.
- Aaron Eichhorn (* 1998), German soccer player
- Adelheid Eichhorn (* 1947), German artist
- Albert Eichhorn (painter) (1811–1851), German painter
- Albert Eichhorn (1856–1926), German Evangelical Lutheran theologian
- Albin Eichhorn (1854 – after 1913), German violinist
- Alfred Eichhorn (* 1944), German radio journalist
- Ambrosius Eichhorn (1758–1820), German Benedictine and historian
- Anna Carina Eichhorn (* 1972), German biochemist and manager
- Anton Eichhorn (1809–1869), German theologian, church historian and canon lawyer
- August Eichhorn (ethnologist) (1865 – after 1930), German pastor, ethnologist and museum curator
- August Eichhorn (cellist) (1899–1980), German cellist and university professor
- Auguste Eichhorn (née Strohbach ; 1851–1902), German weaver and women's rights activist
B.
- Benedikt Eichhorn (* 1962), German cabaret artist, pianist and chansonnier
- Bernhard Eichhorn (1904–1980), German composer
- Bert Eichhorn (* 1956), German lawyer and university professor
- Bruno Eichhorn (1864–1926), Prussian administrative lawyer and district administrator
C.
- Carl Eichhorn (1810–1890), German theologian and pastor
- Carl Eichhorn (pastor, 1855) (1855–1934), German Protestant pastor and leader of the community movement in Bavaria
- Christian Friedrich Eichhorn (1804–1836), German mathematician
- Christoph Eichhorn (* 1957), German director
- Christoph Eichhorn (diplomat) (* 1958), German diplomat
D.
- Daniel Alexander Eichhorn (1758–1833), German theologian
- Diana Eichhorn (* 1969/1970), German television presenter, speaker and actress
- Doris Eichhorn (* 1993), German swimmer
- Doris Hädrich-Eichhorn , German opera singer
E.
- Eduard Eichhorn (1823–1897), German violinist
- Emil Eichhorn (1863–1925), German politician (USPD, KPD) and police officer
- Ernst Eichhorn (violinist) (1822–1844), German violinist
- Ernst Eichhorn (politician) , German politician (SED), MdV
- Ernst Eichhorn (art historian) (1921–2007), German art historian
- Ernst Eichhorn (chess player) (1946–2006), Swiss chess player
- Eugen Eichhorn (nature conservationist) (1878–1963), German teacher, mycologist ( rust fungi ), librarian, conservationist and SA leader
- Eugen Eichhorn (mathematician) (* 1944), German mathematician, university professor and peace activist (German-Japanese Peace Forum)
- Ewald Eichhorn (* 1929), German police officer and major general of the People's Police
F.
- Ferdinand Eichhorn (1853–1934), German businessman and entrepreneur
- Floriane Eichhorn (* 1981), German actress
- Frank-Volker Eichhorn (1947–1978), German composer
- Franz Eichhorn (medic) (1786-1853), German medic
- Franz Eichhorn (director) ( Johann Franz Alfred Eichhorn ; 1904–1982 / 1983), German director, screenwriter, writer and film producer
- Franz Eichhorn (resistance fighter) (1906–1993), German resistance fighter
- Franz-Josef Eichhorn (economist) (* 1959), German economist and university professor
- Franz Joseph Eichhorn (painter) (also Franz Joseph Eichorn ; around 1712–1785), German painter
- Friedrich Eichhorn (1779–1856), Prussian politician
- Fritz Eichhorn (1870–1939), German forester
- Fritzi Eichhorn (* 1981), German actress
G
- Georg Eichhorn (1952 / 1953–2013), Austrian innkeeper and association official
- Gerda Eichhorn (* 1945), German-Danish politician (SSW)
- Gerhard Eichhorn (1927–2015), German graphic artist, painter and draftsman
- Gotthart A. Eichhorn (* 1941), German photographer, photo designer and author
- Gustav Eichhorn (1862–1929), German archaeologist
- Gustav Eichhorn (physicist) (1867–1954), German physicist and radio technician
H
- Hans Eichhorn (1956-2020), Austrian writer
- Hans-Jürgen Eichhorn (physician) (1982–2015), German physician
- Hans-Jürgen Eichhorn (handball player) (* 1944), German handball player and referee
- Heinrich Eichhorn (1927–1999), Austrian astronomer
- Herbert Eichhorn (politician) (1921–2000), German politician (DBD)
- Herbert Eichhorn (art historian) (* 1957), German art historian and museum director
- Hermann von Eichhorn (District President) (1813–1892), German administrative lawyer
- Hermann von Eichhorn (Field Marshal General) (1848–1918), German Field Marshal General
- Hermann Eichhorn (1908–1973), German glassblower, dialect and local poet
- Hilmar Eichhorn (* 1954), German actor
- Holger Eichhorn (* 1942), German musicologist, musician and conductor
- Holger Eichhorn (cameraman) , German cameraman
J
- Jan Eichhorn (* 1981), German luge rider
- Joachim Eichhorn (abbot) (1518–1569), German religious, prince abbot of Einsiedeln
- Joachim Eichhorn (church musician) (* 1946), German church musician
- Joachim Eichhorn (soccer player) (* 1964), German soccer player
- Joanna Eichhorn (* 1992), German actress
- Johann Eichhorn (around 1518–1564), German mathematician, philologist and Protestant theologian, see Johann Sciurus
- Johann Eichhorn (murderer) (1906–1939), German murderer of women, main character in the novel Kalteis by Andrea Maria Schenkel
- Johann Conrad Eichhorn (1718–1790), German pastor and zoologist
- Johann Gottfried Eichhorn (1752–1827), German orientalist and historian
- Johanna K. Eichhorn (1945–2017), German costume painter, painter and draftsman
- Johannes von dem Eichhorn († around 1346), German lay judge and mayor of Aachen
- Johannes Eichhorn (1904–1993), German local history researcher, folklorist and nature conservation officer
- Julia Eichhorn (* 1983), German skeleton pilot
- Jürgen Eichhorn (* 1942), German mathematician
K
- Karl Eichhorn (musician) (1879–1929), German conductor and music teacher
- Karl Friedrich Eichhorn (1781–1854), German legal historian and canon lawyer
- Karoline Eichhorn (* 1965), German actress
- Klaus Eichhorn (* 1949), German organist
- Klaus Werner Eichhorn (1938–1994), German agricultural scientist and phytopathologist
- Konrad von dem Eichhorn († 1381) (also Coyn van dem Eychorn ), German lay judge and mayor of Aachen
- Konrad von dem Eichhorn († 1437) (also Coin van dem Eychorn ), German lay judge and mayor of Aachen
- Kurt Eichhorn (1908–1994), German conductor
L.
- Leo Bernhard Eichhorn (1872–1956), Austro-Hungarian painter
- Lisa Eichhorn (* 1952), American actress
- Ludwig Eichhorn (politician, 1921) (1921–1960), German politician (Bavaria, SPD)
- Ludwig Eichhorn (politician, 1924) (1924-2006), German trade union official and politician (North Rhine-Westphalia, SPD)
- Luis Guillermo Eichhorn (* 1942), Argentine clergyman, Bishop of Morón
- Lutz Eichhorn (* 1957), German soccer player
M.
- Maija Tīruma-Eichhorn (* 1983), Latvian luge athlete
- Manfred Eichhorn (* 1951), German author
- Manfred Eichhorn (painter) (* 1961), German painter and graphic artist
- Maria Eichhorn (writer) (pseudonym Dolorosa ; 1879–1908), German writer, diseuse and cabaret artist
- Maria Eichhorn (politician) (* 1948), German politician (CSU)
- Maria Eichhorn (artist) (* 1962), German artist
- Matthias Eichhorn (* 1978), German musician and bell choir leader
- Mirko Eichhorn (* 1971), German figure skater
O
- Otto Eichhorn (1884–1966), Prussian administrative lawyer and district administrator
P
- Paul Eichhorn (1869–1953), German chronicler, local researcher and draftsman
- Peter Eichhorn (painter) (1877–1960), German painter
- Peter Eichhorn (* 1939), German business economist
R.
- Rainer Eichhorn (* 1950), German politician (CDU)
- Roman Eichhorn (* 1948), Russian-German painter and graphic artist
- Rudolf Eichhorn (politician, 1853) (1853–1925), Austrian pastor and politician
- Rudolf Eichhorn (singer) (1859– ??), German singer (baritone)
- Rudolf Eichhorn (engineer) (1879 – after 1964), German engineer and master builder
- Rudolf Eichhorn (politician, 1921) (* 1921), German politician (CDU)
S.
- Siegfried Eichhorn (1923–2005), German economist
T
- Theresa Eichhorn (* 1992), German cross-country skier
U
- Ulrich Eichhorn (* 1961), German manager in the automotive industry
- Ulrike Eichhorn , German architect, publisher and publicist
- Ursula Eichhorn (* 1959), German architect, author and architectural historian
W.
- Wally Eichhorn-Nelson (1896–1986), German writer
- Walter Eichhorn (* 1936), German airliner pilot and aerobatic pilot
- Werner Eichhorn (sinologist) (1899–1990), German sinologist
- Werner Eichhorn (actor) (1922–2005), German actor
- Wilhelm Eichhorn (merchant) (1805–1877), German merchant and coffee roaster
- Wilhelm Eichhorn (theologian) (1846–1923), German pastor and deacon director
- Wilhelm Eichhorn (banker) (1879–1957), German bank director
- Willi Eichhorn (1908–1994), German rower
- Wolfgang Eichhorn (philosopher) (* 1930), German Marxist philosopher
- Wolfgang Eichhorn (mathematician) (* 1933), German business mathematician
Individual proof
- ^ Hans Bahlow: German name dictionary. Family and first names explained according to their origin and meaning. Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach 1991, 1993, 2004, ISBN 3-8112-0294-4