Bülow
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Bülow may refer to:
- Bülow, Germany, a municipality in the district of Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
The von Bülow (pronounced [fon ˈbylo]) family are a German / Danish noble family, with the titles Baron (Freiherr) or Prince (Fürst). The family's heraldic animal is the Oriole.
People with the surname Bülow include:
- Heinrich von Bülow, known as Big Head, who in 1383 destroyed Wilsnack. Three unburned but bloody consecrated hosts were found in the church and became, as the Holy Blood of Wilsnack, among the most important items of veneration and pilgrimage in Brandenburg.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, (1755 - 1816), a Prussian general during the Napoleonic Wars
- Freiherr Dietrich Heinrich von Bülow (1757-1807), (a.k.a. Heinrich Dietrich Bülow), Prussian officer during the Napoleonic Wars, military theorist, and brother of Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow
- Frederik Rubeck Henrik Bülow, Danish general leading the defence of Fredericia during the 1849 Battle of Fredericia
- Hans von Bülow, (1830 – 1894), pianist, conductor and composer
- Karl von Bülow, (1846 – 1921), German general during World War I
- Bernhard von Bülow, (1849 – 1929), Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909
- Vicco von Bülow, (b. 1923) (a.k.a. Loriot) German humorist, graphic artist and director
- Claus von Bülow, (b. 1926) a British socialite and a Bülow through his mother
- Sunny von Bülow, (b. 1932) the wife of Claus von Bülow. Her husband was accused of poisoning her
- Andreas von Bülow, (b. 1937), former German parliamentary member and author of a 9/11 conspiracy book
- Marco Bülow, (b. 1971), German politician