Hero (family name)

Held (also: Heldt ) is a German family name .

Origin and meaning

Held can be derived from the Old High German helido in the sense of " heroic ".

Name bearer

A.

Adolf Held (1844–1880), German economist
Al Held (1928–2005), American painter
Alan Held (* 1959), American opera singer (bass)
Albert Held (1865–1960), Swiss entrepreneur
Alexander Held (* 1958), German actor
Alfred Held (1886–1973), Swiss politician (BGB)
Andrea Held (* 1968), German specialist book author
Anna Held (1873–1918), actress and singer
Annegret Held (* 1962), German writer
August Held (1914–1981), German sports sponsor and official, founder of the international sports festival Gymnastika

B.

Bud Held (born 1927), American athlete
Burkhard Held (* 1953), German painter

C.

Carl Samuel Held (1766–1845), German architect and Prussian construction officer
Carsten Held (* 1963), German philosopher and university professor
Christian Held (* 1961), German lawyer and attorney
Christian Held (basketball trainer) (* 1988), German basketball trainer

D.

Daniela Held (* 1978), German soccer player
Danny Held (1961–2015), Canadian-German ice hockey player and coach
David Held (1951–2019), British political scientist
Dieter Held (* 1936), German mathematician

E.

Elisabeth Alletag-Held (1904–1993), German doctor
Ernst Held (1901–2005), Swiss gynecologist
Ernst Gustav von Held (1766–1851), royal Prussian lieutenant general

F.

Franz Held (politician) (1852–1932), Austrian politician (DNP)
Franz Held (writer) (actually Franz Herzfeld ; 1862–1908), German writer
Franz von Held (1862–1943), German lieutenant general
Franz Held (sports scientist) (* 1948), German rower and sports scientist
Franzjoseph Held (* 1952), German painter and sculptor
Friedrich Held (politician) (1801–1878), German civil servant and politician
Friedrich Held (malacologist) (1812–1872), German malacologist
Friedrich Wilhelm Held (1813–1872), German journalist, editor, writer and politician
Fritz Held (racing driver) (1867–1938), German entrepreneur and automobile racing driver
Fritz Held (politician) (1901–1968), German politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
Fritz Held (physician) (1920–1992), German child psychiatrist and neurologist

G

Gerd Held (* 1951), German social scientist and publicist
Gerhard Petschel-Held (1964–2005), German climate researcher
Gottfried Held (1896–1985), Swiss soap and cleaning agent manufacturer
Gottfried Held von Hagelsheim (1670–1724), German physician and personal physician to the Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Günter Held (* 1935), German ambassador

Gustav Adolf Held (1920–2008), German administrative lawyer

Gustav Friedrich Held (1804–1857), German lawyer

H

Hans von Held (1764–1842), German publicist and poet
Hans Held (medic) (1866–1942), German medic
Hans Held (animator) (1914–1995), German graphic artist
Hans Held (local history researcher) (1926 / 1927–2015), German local history researcher
Hans-Heinrich Held (1957–2015), German eventing rider and farmer
Hans Ludwig Held (1885–1954), German librarian and writer
Hannes Held (* 1979), German screenwriter
Heinrich Held (hymn poet) (1620–1659), Silesian hymn poet
Heinrich Held (politician) (1868–1938), German politician (BVP), Bavarian Prime Minister 1924–1933
Heinrich Held (theologian) (1897–1957), German Protestant theologian
Heinrich Johann Held (1923-2010), former police director in Bochum
Heinz Held (1918–1990), German photographer and journalist
Heinz Joachim Held (* 1928), German Protestant theologian
Heinz-Dieter Held (* 1948), German politician (SPD), mayor of Löhne
Helmine Held (1916–2002), German nurse
Hieronymus II. Hero (1694–1773), German Cistercian abbot
Horst Held (1933–2016), German fencing master and national trainer

I.

Ignác Held (1764-1816), Bohemian composer
Ilka Held (* 1979), German handball player
Ingrid Held , French film actress
Isaac Held (* 1948), American meteorologist

J

Joachim Held (painter) (* 1957), German reverse glass painter
Joachim Held (lutenist) (* 1963), German lutenist
Johann Held (pedagogue) (1627–1693), German pedagogue and theologian
Johann Balthasar Held († 1709), German organ builder
Johann Christoph (von) Held (1791–1873), German classical philologist and grammar school director
Johann Theobald Held (1770–1851), Czech physician, university professor and composer
Josef Held (teacher) (1893–1984), vocational school teacher and Tübingen councilor
Josef Held (publisher) (1902–1964), German publisher and lawyer
Joseph von Held (1815–1890), constitutional lawyer, 1882/83 rector of the Royal University of Würzburg, 1866 co-founder of the Bavarian Red Cross
Julia Theres Held (* 1977), German journalist, editor and television presenter
Julius Held (1905–2002), German-American art historian
Jürgen Held (* 1965), German product designer
Jutta Held (1933–2007), German art historian

K

Karl Held (theologian) (1830–1870), German theologian and university professor
Karl Held (actor) (also Carl Held ; * 1931), American actor
Karl Held (publicist) (1944–2010), German Marxist and publicist
Karl Arthur Held (1884–1939), German painter
Katharina Held (philosopher) (* 1976), German Germanist, philosopher and science manager
Katharina Held (screenwriter) (* 1977), German screenwriter
Katharina Held (singer) (* 1995), German singer (soprano)
Klaus Held (* 1936), German philosopher
Kurt Held (1897–1959), pseudonym of the German writer Kurt Kläber

L.

Leo Held (musician) (1874–1903), Austrian composer and conductor
Leo Held (Judoka) (* 1963), German judoka and judo trainer
Leonhard Held (1893–1967), German engineer and member of the Bavarian Senate
Leonz Held (1844–1925), Swiss topographer, cartographer and geodesist
Lisa Eder-Held (* 1966), German director and screenwriter
Louis von Held (1849–1927), Prussian general of the infantry
Louis Held (photographer) (1851–1927), German photographer and filmmaker
Louis Held (actor) (* 1996), German actor
Ludwig Held (1837–1900), Austrian writer and librettist

M.

Marcus Held (* 1977), German politician (SPD)
Margarethe Held (1911– ??), Austrian discus thrower
Martin Held (1908–1992), German actor
Martin Held (economist) (* 1950), German economist
Matthäa Held (1942–2018), German religious sister
Matthias von Held (around 1490–1563), lawyer and Imperial Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire at the time of Charles V.
Maximilian Held (* 1967), German theater and film actor
Monika Held (* 1943), German writer and journalist

N

Ninon Held (* 1970), German actress

O

Oliver Held (filmmaker) (* 1970), German filmmaker and artist
Oliver Held (soccer player) (* 1972), German soccer player
Otto Held (1818–1897), German manor owner and member of parliament

P

Pablo Held (* 1986), German jazz pianist

Paul Held (architect) (1891–1953), Swiss architect

Paul Held ( American football player ) (born 1928), American football player

Paul Held (chemist) (1933–1979), German chemist

Peter Held , one of the Wuppertal originals , which was known under the name "Husch Husch"

Peter Held , a pseudonym of Jack Vance (1916–2013), American writer

Peter Held (table tennis player) (* 1937), German table tennis player

Peter Held (curator) (* 1951), American art historian and museum curator

Philipp Held (politician) (1911–1993), German politician (CSU)

Philipp Held ( victim of the Berlin Wall ) (1942–1962), German victim at the Berlin Wall

R.

Ralph Held (* 1957), German basketball trainer and official
Richard Held (1922–2016), American psychologist
Robert Held (1875–1938), German lawyer
Robert Held (industrialist) (1862–1924), electrical industrialist
Robert Held (journalist) (1922–1986), German journalist
Rudolf Held (1911–1987), German politician (SED)

S.

Sigfried Held (* 1942), called Siggi Held, German football player

T

Theo Held (* 1932), German homeland researcher
Theodor Held (1859–1947), German businessman and member of the Reichstag
Thomas Held (* 1946), Swiss sociologist, manager and lobbyist
Thomas M. Held (* 1972), German-Austrian actor
Tom Held (1889–1962), American film editor from Austria

U

Ulla Held-Daab (* 1962), judge at the Federal Administrative Court

V

Valerian Held (around 1835 – before 1910), German administrative officer
Valerio Held (* 1958), Italian comic artist
Volker Held (* 1942), German Romanist and art historian

W.

Walter Held (1910–1942), actually Heinz Epe, Trotskyist politician and victim of Stalinism
Wieland Held (1939–2003), German historian
Wilhelm Held (1902–1984), German local researcher and medical historian
Winfried Held (* 1964), German classical archaeologist
Wolfgang Held (writer, 1930) (1930–2014), German writer and screenwriter
Wolfgang Held (writer, 1933) (1933–2016), German writer and translator
Wolfgang Held (politician) (* 1938), German politician (CSU)
Wolfgang Held (cameraman) (* 1963), German-American cameraman
Wolfgang Held (writer, 1964) , author

Hero (family name)

Origin and meaning

Name bearer

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G

H

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J

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O

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T

U

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See also