Hans (name)
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Hans is a masculine given name. In German, Danish, Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish, originally it is short for Johannes (John) but is also recognized in Sweden, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands as a name in its own right for official purposes.
"Hansel" (German Hänsel) is a variant, meaning "little Hans." Another variant with the same meaning is Hänschen, found in the German proverb "Was Hänschen nicht lernt, lernt Hans nimmer mehr," which translates roughly as: "What Johnny doesn't learn, [grown-up] John will never learn."
Other variants include: Hanns, Hannes, Hansi (also female), Hansele, Hansal, Hensal, Hanserl, Hännschen, Hennes, Hännes, Hänneschen, Henning, Henner, Honsa, Johan, Johann, Jan, Jo, Joha, Hanselmann
[edit] Famous people
- Hans Albers (1891–1960), singer and actor, stage name Der blonde Hans
- Hans Asperger (1906-1980), Austrian pediatrician, Asperger syndrome is named after him.
- Hans Albert Einstein (1904-1973), Pf. of Hydrolic engineering, A. Einstein's son
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), Danish storyteller
- Hans von Bartensleben, named Hans der Reiche (1512–1583)
- Hans Guido von Bülow (1830–1894), German pianist and conductor
- Hans Graf von Bülow (1774–1825), Prussian statesman
- Hans-Jörg Butt (* 1974), football (soccer) player
- Hans Clarin (1929–2005), actor
- Hans von Dohnanyi (1902–1945), jurist and resistance fighter
- Hans Erlwein (1872–1914), architect
- Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871–1943), writer
- Hans Fallada (1893–1947), writer
- Hans von Felgenhauer (1863-1946); German officer, writer and poet
- Hansjörg Felmy (* 1931), actor
- Hans-Joachim Fuchsberger (* 1927), actor and presenter
- Hans Dietrich Genscher (* 1927), West German politician
- Hans Geiger (1882 - 1945), Inventor of the Geiger counter
- Hans Hansen, president of the German sports league
- Hans Henny Jahnn (1894–1959), German writer
- Hans Jauch (1883-1965), colonel
- Hansi Knoteck (* 1914), actress
- Hans Krankl (* 1953), football player and trainer
- Hans Kruppa (* 1954), writer
- Hans Kudszus (1901–1977), German aphorist
- Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff (1921–1998), actor and presenter
- Hans Maier (* 1931), politician
- Hansjörg Martin (1920–1999), crime author
- Hans Mayer (1907–2001), literary scholar
- Hans Emil Meyer (1889–1954) Swiss architect and theorist (Bauhaus)
- Hans Moleman (* 1976), Simpsons Character
- Hans Müller (* 1957), football player
- Hans Moser, real name Jean Julier (1880–1964), Austrian actor
- Hans Erich Nossack (1901–1977), German writer
- Hans Nüsslein (1910–1991), tennis player
- Hans Werner Olm (* 1955), cabaret performer and comic
- Hans Oster, (1887-1945), General major
- Hans Parrel (* 1944), Dutch water polo player
- Hans Pöögelmann (1875–1938), Estonian poet and communist
- Hannsheinz Porst (* 1922), East German spy
- Hans Rosenthal, (1925–1987), German entertainer and presenter, named Hänschen Rosenthal
- Hans Scholl (1918–1943), resistance fighter
- Hans Söhnker (1903–1981), actor
- Hans Söllner (* 1955), songwriter
- Hans von Tschammer und Osten (1887–1943), sports director
- Hans Wouda (* 1941), Dutch water polo player
- Hans Zimmer (* 1957), German film composer
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