Escher
Escher stands for:
- Escher (Auetal) , part of the municipality Auetal, district of Schaumburg, Lower Saxony
- Escher (TV broadcast) , advice broadcast on MDR
- Escher (programming language)
- (4444) Escher , asteroid of the main belt
Escher is the name of the following Zurich families:
- Escher vom Glas , bourgeois family from the 14th to the 19th century
- Escher from the lynx
Escher is the family name of the following people:
- Albert von Escher (1833–1905), Swiss painter
- Alfred Escher (1819–1882), Swiss politician, business leader and railway entrepreneur
- Alfred Martin Escher (1906–1980), Swiss diplomat
- Andreas Escher (* 1966), German developer and graphic designer for computer and console games
- Anita Cristina Escher Echeverría (* 1958), Salvadoran diplomat
- Arnold Escher von der Linth (1807–1872), Swiss geologist
- Berend Georg Escher (1885–1967), Dutch geologist and mineralogist
- Caspar Schindler-Escher (1828–1902), Swiss manufacturer and philanthropist
- Clementine Stockar-Escher (1816–1886), Swiss painter and draftsman
- Elisabeth Escher (* 1956), Austrian author
- Eugen Escher (1831–1900), Swiss politician
- Felix Escher (* 1945), German historian
- Franz Escher (medic) (1921–1990), Swiss medic
- Franz Escher (chess player) (1931-2014), German chess player
- Georg Escher (* 1994), German volleyball player
- Gerold Escher (1665–1738), Swiss politician, chronicler and draftsman
- Gitta Escher (* 1957), German gymnast
- Gretel Escher (1915–2015), German illustrator, journalist and author
- Hans Escher (painter) (1918–1993), Austrian painter, graphic artist and illustrator
- Hans Escher (director) (* 1956), Austrian theater director
- Hans Escher (actor) , actor
- Hans Caspar Escher (1775–1859), Swiss industrialist, social pioneer, politician and architect
- Hans Conrad Escher vom Glas senior (1743–1814)
- Hans Conrad Escher vom Glas junior († 1849)
- Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth (1767–1823), Swiss civil engineer, silk manufacturer, painter, cartographer and politician
- Hans Conrad von Escher vom Luchs (1705–1786)
- Hans Conrad Escher (vom Luchs) (1743–1814), Swiss politician
- Hans Conrad Escher vom Luchs junior (1814–1867)
- Hans Heinrich Escher (1713–1777), Swiss military and politician
- Heinrich Escher (politician, 1626) (1626–1710), Swiss businessman, diplomat and politician, mayor of Zurich
- Heinrich Escher (politician, 1688) (1688–1747), Swiss businessman, diplomat and politician
- Heinrich Escher (politician, 1713) (1713–1777), Swiss military person, diplomat and politician
- Heinrich Escher (politician, 1777) (1777–1840), Swiss businessman and politician
- Heinrich Escher (historian) (1781–1860), Swiss historian
- Heinrich Escher (legal scholar) (1789–1870), Swiss legal scholar and politician
- Helene Escher-von Stürler (1873–1908), Swiss patrician and feminist
- Jakob Escher-Bürkli (1864–1939), Swiss classical philologist and topographer
- Joachim Escher (Nazi victim) (1915-2004), German conscientious objector
- Joachim Escher (mathematician) (* 1962), German mathematician
- Johann Caspar Escher (1678–1762), German-Swiss politician
- Josef Escher (1885–1954), Swiss politician
- Jürgen Escher (* 1951), German soccer player and coach
- Karl Escher (1885–1972), German journalist
- Klaus Escher (* 1965), German politician (CDU)
- Konrad Escher (folklorist) (~ 1480–1539), Swiss folklorist
- Konrad Escher (art historian) (1882–1944), Swiss art historian
- Lydia Welti-Escher (1858–1891), Swiss patrician and patroness
- Martin Escher (1788–1870), Swiss industrialist
- MC Escher (1898–1972), Dutch artist and printmaker
- Mathilde Escher (1808–1875), Swiss foundation founder
- Max Escher (1901–1976), German artist and art educator
- Nanny von Escher (1855–1932), German-Swiss writer and speaker
- Peter Escher (journalist) (* 1954), German journalist and moderator
- Peter Escher (composer) (1915–2008), Swiss composer
- Regina Escher (* 1955), Swiss diplomat and ambassador
- Reinhold Escher (1905–1994), German graphic artist and illustrator
- Rolf Escher (* 1936), German graphic artist
- Rudolf Escher (engineer) (1848–1921), Swiss mechanical engineer
- Rudolf Escher (1912–1980), Dutch composer
- Tobias Escher (* 1988), German sports journalist, blogger and non-fiction author
- Wolf Escher (1944–2016), German jazz musician and music teacher
See also:
- Escher Wyss (City of Zurich) , district in Zurich
- Escher Wyss AG , Swiss machine and turbine construction company
- Gödel, Escher, Bach , book by Douglas R. Hofstadter (1979)
