Karplus

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Karplus is the family name of the following people:

  • Arnold Karplus (1877–1943), Austrian architect, and his wife Else Karplus
    • their children:
    • Ruth Rogers-Altmann (1917–2015), née Ruth Karplus, painter and fashion designer in the United States
    • Gerhard, architect
    • Hans
  • Johann Paul Karplus (1866–1936), Austrian neurophysiologist and psychiatrist, and his wife Valerie, born in von Lieben, sister of Robert von Lieben
    • their children:
    • Hans Karplus (1898–1971), businessman, father of:
      • Robert Karplus (1927–1990), American physicist born in Austria
      • Martin Karplus (* 1930), American theoretical chemist born in Austria, winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry