Vogel

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Vogel (English: Bird, Byrd; French: L'Oiseau) is a common surname originating from German speaking countries and may refer to:

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[edit] Europeans

Austrians

French:

  • Franck Vogel, French photographer and designer (Created the Photographic Lamps) — Personal website

Germans:

Swiss:

[edit] North America

North Americans:

  • Ezra Vogel, American author
  • Jeff Vogel, American computer programmer and game developer
  • Mike Vogel, American actor
  • Paula Vogel, American playwright
  • Peter Vogel (politician), Canadian
  • Nicolas Vogel A golfer at Battle Creek Central
  • Vic Vogel, Canadian Big Band Director, Arranger, Composer, Pianist, Trombonist

[edit] Rest of World

  • Arthur Israel Vogel, organic chemist and co-author of several standard textbooks on the topic
  • Peter Vogel (computer designer), Australian, co-designer of Fairlight CMI
  • Sir Julius Vogel, New Zealand's first Jewish Prime Minister

[edit] Fictional people

  • Preston Vogel, a character on the animated American television series Gargoyles
  • Burgomaster Vogel, the burgomaster in the American films Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein
  • Colonel Vogel, a Nazi colonel in the American film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • Warden Vogel, runs the Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium in Futurama

[edit] See also

Vogel may also refer to:

  • Vogel (lunar crater), a lunar crater named after Hermann Carl Vogel
  • Vogel, Austria, a region in the municipality of St. Peter in der Au, designated (among other regions) by Austrian postal code 3352
  • Vogel, Slovenia, a ski area in the valley of Bohinj, Slovenia
  • Vogel's, a trade mark owned by the Australian company Stevns & Company Pty Ltd, a manufacturer of bread in New Zealand and speciality cereals in Australia
  • The Australian/Vogel Literary Award - the premier Australian literary award for unpublished manuscripts, named by the founder of Stevns & Company Pty Ltd in honour of Alfred Vogel
  • The Sir Julius Vogel Award - the premier New Zealand award for science fiction
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