Adolf

Adolf was a popular Christian name, especially in the German-speaking countries and in Scandinavia, but is rarely given today because of the association with Adolf Hitler. Some other bearers include:

Adolf Albin, Romanian chess player
Adolf Anderssen, German chess player
Adolf Appellöf, Swedish zoologist
Adolf Bastian, German anthropologist
Wilhelm Adolf Becker, German archeologist
Adolf Born, Czech artist and film-maker
Adolf Brand, German journaist and gay-rights campaigner
Emil Adolf von Behring, German doctor and Nobel laureate
Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist
Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer
Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and Nobel laureate
Adolf Cluss, German-American architect
Adolf Daens, Belgian theologian
Adolf Dassler, founder of the Adidas sportwear company
Adolf Deucher, Swiss politician
Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch, German biologist
Adolf Dymsza, Polish comedy actor
Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general
Adolf Eichmann, German, high-ranking Nazi
Adolf Etolin, Finnish explorer
Adolf Eugen Fick, German inventor of the contact lens
Adolf Abraham Halevi Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician
Adolf Galland, German fighter pilot
Adolf Glassbrenner, German humourist
Gottlieb Christoph Adolf von Harless, German theologian
Adolf Harnack, German theologian
Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer
Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld, German theologian
Adolf von Henselt, German composer
Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician
Adolf Kneser, German mathematician
Hans Adolf Krebs, German biochemist
Adolf Lande, drug-control official
Adolf Lindenbaum, Polish mathematician
Adolf Loos, Austrian architect
Adolf Lu Hitler Marak, Indian politician
Adolf Meyer, Swiss-American psychiatrist
Adolf Meyer, architect
Amandus Gottfried Adolf Mullner, German critic and poet
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer
Adolf Oberländer, German characturist
Adolf Ogi, Swiss politician
Adolf Overweg, German scientist
Adolf Reinach, German phenomenologist
Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, Swedish politician
Justus Ludwig Adolf Roth, German geologist
Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German poet
Adolf Schärf, Austrian politican, President of Austria
Adolf Schlagintweit, German explorer
Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer
Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt, German historian
Adolf Schreyer, German painter
Adolf von Sonnenthal, Austrian actor
Adolf Stieler, German cartographer
Adolf Stoecker, German theologian
Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, German philosopher
Adolf Tolkachev, Soviet engineer and CIA spy
Adolf Wilbrandt, German novelist
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist
Adolf Wölfli, Swiss artist
Adolf Ziegler, German art professor and Nazi official
Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, German general
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian/German chemist

The name Adolf was also part of the names of several noblemen:

Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, Holy Roman Emperor
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, King of Sweden
Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, King of Sweden
Adolf Frederick of Sweden, King of Sweden
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Prince of Sweden
Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Adolf VIII, Duke of southern Jutland
Adolf of Altena, Archbishop of Cologne
Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

It can also refer to:

Adolf, a manga
Adolf Gun, a World War II artillery piece
Adolf Fredrikskyrkan, a church in Stockholm, Sweden

See also