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
- Bernhard Vogel, Austrian painter
French:
- Franck Vogel, French photographer and designer (Created the Photographic Lamps) — Personal website
Germans:
- Bernhard Vogel, German politician
- Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician
- Hermann Carl Vogel, German astronomer
- Hermann W. Vogel, 19th-century German photo-chemist and photographer, who discovered dye-sensitisation for color photography emulsions
- Ilse-Margret Vogel, German author
- Julius Rudolph Theodor Vogel German botanist
- Peter Vogel (actor)
Swiss:
- Alfred Vogel, Swiss naturopath and businessman
- Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer
- Wladimir Vogel, Swiss composer of Russian birth
[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- The Australian/Vogel Literary Award - the premier Australian literary award for unpublished manuscripts, named by the founder of Stevns & Company Pty Ltd in honour of Alfred Vogel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