List of Famous people named Adolf

Adolf Gustav Seefeldt, last name also spelled Seefeld (born March 6, 1870 in Potsdam – guillotined in Schwerin on May 23, 1936) was a German serial killer.

Adolph I, Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein was a son of Count Gerlach I and Agnes of Hesse. In 1344, his father abdicated in favor of his sons. They ruled jointly until 1355, then divided their inheritance:

• Adolph I inherited Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein
• John I inherited Nassau-Weilburg
• Rupert inherited Nassau-Sonnenberg

Adolf Frederick I was the reigning Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from his father's death in 1592 until 1628 and again from 1631 to 1658. Between 1634 and 1648 Adolf Frederick also ruled the Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin as its administrator.

Adolphus I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe was a ruler of the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe.

Adolf Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, was a duke of Saxe-Eisenach.

Adolf Kunstwadl was a German professional footballer who played for Bayern Munich and Wacker München.

Adolf von Schlagintweit was a German botanist and explorer of Central Asia. Brothers Hermann, Adolf and Robert Schlagintweit were commissioned by the British East India Company to study the earth's magnetic field in South and Central Asia. They were the first Europeans to cross the Kunlun mountains and the first to explore the region between Karakoram and Kunlun. After their joint exploration, Adolf Schlagintweit made a separate expedition of his own, crossing the present day disputed Aksai Chin region for the first time. Mistaken for a Chinese spy, he was executed in Kashgar.

Adolf VII of Berg was the eldest son of Henry IV, Duke of Limburg and Irmgard of Berg.

Adolf of Egmond was a Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen from 1465–1471 and in 1477.

Adolf Endler was a lyric poet, essayist and prose author who played a central role in subcultural activities that attacked and challenged an outdated model of socialist realism in the German Democratic Republic up until the collapse of communism in the early 1990s. Endler drew attention to himself as the "father of the oppositional literary scene" at Prenzlauer Berg in the eastern part of Berlin. In 2005 he was made a member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung in Darmstadt.