Hagenbeck

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Hagenbeck designates:


Hagenbeck is the name of the following circuses:


Hagenbeck is the family name of the following people:

  • Gottfried Claes Carl Hagenbeck (1810–1887), German entrepreneur and founder of the Hagenbeck animal trade
    • Carl Hagenbeck (1844–1913), German animal dealer, Völkerschau impresario, zoo and circus director, son of Gottfried
      • Heinrich Hagenbeck (1875–1945), son of Carl - both sons are owners of the Carl Hagenbeck company
      • Lorenz Hagenbeck (1882–1956), son of Carl - both sons are owners of the Carl Hagenbeck company
        • Carl Lorenz Hagenbeck (1908–48), son of Lorenz, with Carl Heinrich co-owner of the Carl Hagenbeck company
        • Herbert Hagenbeck (1911–41), son of Lorenz, director of the Carl Hagenbeck Circus
        • Erich Hagenbeck (* 1912), son of Lorenz, director of the Carl Hagenbeck Circus from 1941 to 1953
    • Wilhelm Hagenbeck (1850–1910), animal dealer, tamer, circus owner, invented a central cage for the demonstration of carnivores, German circus director, son of Gottfried
      • Willy Hagenbeck (1884–1965), German circus director, son of Wilhelm Hagenbeck
    • Christiane Hagenbeck (1846–1905), German bird dealer, sister of Carl Hagenbeck
    • John Hagenbeck (1866–1940), German animal dealer, plantation owner, film producer and writer, half-brother of Carl Hagenbeck
    • Gustav Hagenbeck in Hamburg, half-brother of Carl Hagenbeck
  • Stephan Hering-Hagenbeck (* 1967), German zoologist, zoological director of the Hagenbeck zoo, director of the Schönbrunn zoo