Danzig (disambiguation)

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Danzig may mean:

[edit] Places

• The German name for Gdańsk, a city in northern Poland
• Free City of Danzig, a European city-state existing between 1920 and 1939
• Free City of Danzig (Napoleonic), a Napoleonic client state existing between 1807 and 1814

[edit] Other uses

• Danzig Trilogy, a series of novels by Danzig native Günter Grass
• Danzig (band), the heavy metal band founded by Glenn Danzig
  • Danzig (album), 1988 debut album of the same band
• Danzig (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• 1419 Danzig, asteroid discovered 1929 by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth in Heidelberg.
• Danzig (ship), Prussian steam corvette under Adalbert of Prussia, fought a skirmish in Morocco in 1856 (de:Gefecht von Tres Forcas)
• Dancing Lasha Tumbai (formerly know as "Danzing"), the Ukrainian entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

[edit] Persons with the surname Danzig

Danzig (Danziger, Dantzig) is also the surname of a number of people, including:

• Avraham Danzig (1748–1820), Rabbi, author of Jewish Law works
• Glenn Danzig (born 1955), American musician, songwriter, publisher, and founder of the bands Danzig, Misfits and Samhain
• Jon Danzig (1947 - 2005), software distributor
• Richard Danzig (born 1944), American lawyer and former Secretary of the Navy
• Mac Danzig (born 1980), American professional mixed martial arts practitioner

[edit] See also

• Dantzig (disambiguation)
• Gdańsk (disambiguation)