List of Famous people named Albert
Albert Chan
Albert Chan Wai-yip 陳偉業 is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the New Territories West constituency. He has served as a legislator from 1991 to 2016 except for the periods 1997–2000 and Jan–May 2010. Chan, formerly a social worker, was a member of the Tsuen Wan District Council.
Albert IV, Count of Habsburg
Albert IV was Count of Habsburg in the Aargau and a progenitor of the royal House of Habsburg.
Albert King
Albert Nelson, known by his stage name Albert King, was an American blues guitarist and singer whose playing influenced many other blues guitarists. He is perhaps best known for the popular and influential album Born Under a Bad Sign (1967) and its title track. He, B.B. King, and Freddie King, all unrelated, were known as the "Kings of the Blues." The left-handed King was known for his "deep, dramatic sound that was widely imitated by both blues and rock guitarists."
Albert Leo Schlageter
Albert Leo Schlageter was a World War I veteran and German Freikorps member who became famous for acts of post-war sabotage against French occupation forces. Schlageter was arrested for sabotaging a section of railroad track and executed by the French military. The manner of his death fostered an aura of martyrdom around him, which was cultivated by German nationalist groups, in particular the Nazi Party. During the Third Reich, he was widely commemorated as a national hero.
Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey
Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey, was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the ninth since Canadian Confederation. He was a radical Liberal aristocrat and a member of a string of liberal high society clubs in London. An active and articulate campaigner in late Victorian England he was associated with many of the leading Imperialists seeking change.
Albert Rohan
Albert Rohan was an Austrian diplomat. He served as Secretary General (Generalsekretär) of the Austrian Foreign Ministry from 1996 to 2001.
Albert de Gondi
Albert de Gondi seigneur du Perron, comte, then marquis de Belle-Isle (1573), duc de Retz, was a marshal of France and a member of the Gondi family. His father was Guidobaldo, seigneur de Perron, who became a banker at Lyon, and his mother was Marie-Catherine de Pierrevive - his siblings included cardinal Pierre de Gondi. His motto was Non sine labore.
Albert Friedrich von Anhalt-Dessau
Albert Stegemann
Albert Stegemann is a German politician. Born in Nordhorn, Lower Saxony, he represents the CDU. Albert Stegemann has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Lower Saxony since 2013.
Albert Wodrig
Albert Wodrig was a German general during World War II who commanded the XXVI. Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.