List of Famous people named Rudolf

Name Rudolf is among the most common names in Germany, Austria, Switzerland. Similar names: Rudolph, Rudolfo. Here are some famous Rudolfs:

Rudolf Myzet

First Name Rudolf
Last Name Myzet
Born on June 11, 1888
Died on November 28, 1964 (aged 76)
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Rudolf Schottlaender

First Name Rudolf
Last Name Schottlaender
Born on August 5, 1900
Died on January 4, 1988 (aged 87)
Born in Germany

Rudolf Schottlaender was a German philosopher, classical philologist, translator and political publicist of Jewish descent.

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Rudolf Dvořák

First Name Rudolf
Last Name Dvořák
Born on November 12, 1860
Died on February 1, 1920 (aged 59)
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Rudolf Amelunxen

First Name Rudolf
Last Name Amelunxen
Born on June 30, 1888
Died on April 21, 1969 (aged 80)

Rudolf Amelunxen was a German politician of the Zentrum and the 1st Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia between 23 August 1946 and 17 June 1947. He was born in Cologne and died on 21 April 1969 in Grafschaft Abbey, North Rhine-Westphalia.

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Rudolf Stüssi

First Name Rudolf
Last Name Stüssi
Born on November 30, 1349
Died on July 31, 1443 (aged 93)

Rudolf Stüssi served as burgomaster of Zürich during the mid-fifteenth century. His expansionist ambitions for Zurich caused the Old Zürich War (1440–46).

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Rudolf Hoernes

First Name Rudolf
Last Name Hoernes
Born on October 7, 1850
Died on August 20, 1912 (aged 61)
Born in Austria

Rudolf Hoernes was an Austrian geologist, born in Vienna, son of Moritz Hoernes. He studied under Eduard Suess and became a Professor of geology in Graz. He was known for his earthquake studies in 1878 and proposed a classification of earthquakes into subsidence earthquakes, volcanic earthquakes and tectonic earthquakes. In 1893 he published a detailed textbook on earthquake theory (Erdbebenkunde) from a geological point of view.

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Rudolf Mehmke

First Name Rudolf
Last Name Mehmke
Born on August 28, 1857
Died on November 16, 1944 (aged 87)
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Rudolf Heberdey

First Name Rudolf
Last Name Heberdey
Born on March 10, 1864
Died on April 7, 1936 (aged 72)

Rudolf Heberdey was an Austrian classical philologist and archaeologist.

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Rudolf Scheller

First Name Rudolf
Last Name Scheller
Born on May 12, 1822
Died on January 14, 1900 (aged 77)
Born in Germany, Thuringia
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Rudolf Kner

First Name Rudolf
Last Name Kner
Born on August 24, 1810
Died on October 27, 1869 (aged 59)

Rudolf Kner was an Austrian zoologist and ichthyologist.

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