List of Famous people named Erwin

Erwin Chargaff was an Austro-Hungarian-born American biochemist, writer, Bucovinian Jew, who emigrated to the United States during the Nazi era and was a professor of biochemistry at Columbia University medical school. Through careful experimentation, Chargaff discovered two rules, called Chargaff's rules, that helped lead to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.

Erwin Ringel was an Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist who dedicated his life to suicide prevention and who, in 1960, defined the presuicidal syndrome.

Erwin Strittmatter was a German writer. Strittmatter was one of the most famous writers in the GDR.

Erwin Wagenhofer is an Austrian author and film director.

Erwin Piechowiak was a German professional footballer who played as a defender.

Erwin van de Looi is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of the Netherlands U21 team.

Erwin Kohlund (1915–1992) was a German actor.

Erwin Friedrich Richard Biegel was a German stage and film actor who appeared in over eighty feature films in a variety of supporting roles.

Erwin Dold was a fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe, despite the fact that he was not a Nazi Party member, then sergeant-major in the Luftwaffe ground staff, Commandant of the Concentration Camp Dautmergen, and director of the lumber company Dold Holzwerke in Buchenbach.