Erhard

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Erhard ( old high German era , "honor, reputation" and hard , "hard, strong") is a German given name. Today it is also a common surname in German-speaking countries.

The feast day of St. Erhard von Regensburg is celebrated on January 8th .

Name bearer

First name

  • Erhard Auer (1874–1945), Minister of the Interior of the Free State of Bavaria and SPD party chairman in Bavaria
  • Erhard Bodenschatz (1576–1636), German pastor, cantor and composer
  • Erhard Bungeroth (* 1939), Judge at the Federal Court of Justice from 1988 to 2004
  • Erhard Busek (* 1941), Austrian politician of the ÖVP
  • Erhard Eppler (1926–2019), German politician (SPD) and from 1968 to 1974 Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation
  • Erhard Etzlaub (~ 1460–1532), German cartographer, compass builder and astronomer from Nuremberg during the Dürer period
  • Erhard Freitag , author and one of the most famous advocates of so-called "positive thinking"
  • Erhard Hofeditz (* 1953), German soccer player
  • Erhard Hübener (1881–1958), German politician (DDP, LDPD) and from December 1946 to October 1949 first Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt
  • Erhard I. Jakobi , abbot of the Waldsassen monastery from 1486 to 1493
  • Erhard Keller (* 1944), German speed skater and two-time Olympic champion
  • Erhard König (1900–1966), German politician (KPD / SED) and official of the People's Police
  • Erhard Krack (1931–2000), German politician (SED)
  • Erhard Loretan (1959–2011), Swiss mountaineer
  • Erhard Louven (* 1938), German economist
  • Erhard Mauersberger (1903–1982), organist, music teacher and Thomaskantor
  • Erhard Mayke (1896–1962), German speed skater
  • Erhard Milch (1892–1972), German Army and Air Force officer (General Field Marshal since 1940) and State Secretary of the Reich Aviation Ministry (RLM) from 1933 to 1945
  • Erhard Pumm (1945–2011), German trade union official and politician (SPD)
  • Erhard Quack (1904–1983), German hymn poet and composer
  • Erhard Scheibe (1927–2010), German philosopher of science
  • Erhard Schmied (* 1957), German author and writer
  • Erhard Schnepf (1495–1558), German theology professor, pastor and reformer
  • Erhard von Queis (1490–1529), Bishop of Pomesania, pioneer of the Reformation in Prussia
  • Erhard Riedlsperger (* 1960), Austrian screenwriter and director
  • Erhard Schwandt (* 19 **), German writer and teacher
  • Erhard Ueckermann (1924–1996), German hunting and forest scientist
  • Erhard Wunderlich (1956–2012), German handball player

family name

See also