List of Famous people named Wilm

Similar names: Wilma, Wilmo. Here are some famous Wilms:

Wilm Hosenfeld

Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld

First Name Wilm

Born on May 2, 1895

Died on August 13, 1952 (aged 57)

Born in Germany, Hesse, Hünfeld

Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld, originally a school teacher, was a German Army officer who by the end of the Second World War had risen to the rank of Hauptmann (Captain). He helped to hide or rescue several Polish people, including Jews, in Nazi-German occupied Poland, and helped Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman to survive, hidden, in the ruins of Warsaw during the last months of 1944, an act which was portrayed in the 2002 film The Pianist. He was taken prisoner by the Red Army and died in Soviet captivity in 1952.

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Wilm Herlyn

First Name Wilm

Born on January 21, 1945 (age 79)

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia

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Wilm Wouters

First Name Wilm

Born on February 6, 1887

Died on February 22, 1957 (aged 70)

Born in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, South Holland

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