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:

Contents 1 Europeans 2 North Americans 3 Rest of World 4 Fictional people 5 See also

[edit] Europeans

Austrians

• Amos Vogel, film critic and historian, and author of Film as a Subversive Art
• Bernhard Vogel, Austrian painter

Germans:

• Bernhard Vogel (politician), German politician
• Bernhard Vogel (engraver), German engraver
• Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician
• Hans Vogel, German helminthologist
• Hermann Carl Vogel, German astronomer
• Hans Vogel, German politician
• 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 Americans

• Bob Vogel, Retired Professional Football Player
• Darlene Vogel, American actress
• Ezra Vogel, American author
• Jeff Vogel, American computer programmer and game developer
• Matt Vogel, American puppeteer
• Mike Vogel, American actor
• Paula Vogel, American playwright
• Peter Vogel (politician), Canadian
• Steven Vogel, American scientist, writer, founder of comparative fluid biomechanics

[edit] Rest of World

• Franck Vogel, french photographer and designer (created the [photographic lamps][1])
• 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,Albania, a village in the Pustec district of Albania.
• 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
• Vogel, Operation Research, a method to find basic feasible solutions in a model