Koehl
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Statue of Ditmar Koel at Town hall in Hamburg | |
| Region of origin | Austria, France (Alsace), Germany, Switzerland |
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Not to be confused with Koehler or Kohl.
Koehl (German pronunciation: [køːl], French pronunciation: [kœl]), also transliterated Koel, Köhl or Kœhl, is a surname of Franco-German origin, preeminently in Austria, around Alsace in France, Germany and Switzerland.[1]
Notable people with the surname
- Ditmar Koel, (ca 1500-1563), Sea captain and famous pirate hunter, mayor of Hamburg, Germany 1548-1563.
- Émile Koehl (fr) (1921–2013), French politician, deputy of the National Assembly[2]
- Denis Koehl (1956-), French general, aviator[3]
- Hermann Köhl (1888–1938), German aviator
- M. A. R. Koehl (1948–), American professor in marine biology at University of California, Berkeley
- Patrice Koehl, French-American engineer and professor in computer science at University of California, Davis[4]
- Albert Koehl (1879–1954), German-Swedish chef de cuisine
- Wade Koehl (1984–), American fotball player
- Laurent Koehl (fr) (1971–), French tenor
- Michel Koehl, mayor of Hœnheim, Alsace
- Xavier Koehl, mayor of Hœnheim, Alsace
Other
- Koehl Lab, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley[5]