Pohl is a German surname of several possible origins.[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

16th−19th centuries

19th century

Arts and entertainment

Science

Sports, military, and other

  • Caroline Pohl (1851–1908), brothel proprietor and local identity of the Little Lon district in Melbourne, Australia
  • Hugo von Pohl (1855–1916), German admiral
  • Oswald Pohl (1892–1951), German SS officer executed for war crimes
  • Maximilian Ritter von Pohl (1893–1951), German army and air force (Luftwaffe) officer
  • Erich Pohl (1894–1948), German international footballer

20th century

Arts and entertainment

Science

  • Herbert A. Pohl (Herbert Ackland, 1916–1986), discoverer of dielectrophoretic cell separation technology
  • Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919–2016), German business executive, heiress, and collector of minerals
  • William Francis Pohl (1937–1988), American mathematician

Sportspeople

Other

Living people

Arts and entertainment

  • Kalle Pohl (1951), German comedian and actor
  • Emily Pohl-Weary (1973), Canadian novelist, poet and university professor
  • Lucie Pohl (1983), German-American actress and stand-up comedian
  • Avery Kristen Pohl (2001), American actress and ballerina, best known for her portrayal of Esme Prince on the American soap opera General Hospital
  • Markus Pohl (fl. 2005–), German musician and member of the German power metal band Mystic Prophecy

Historians

Scientists and engineers

Sportspeople

Ball sports

Ice hockey

Swimmers

Other types of sport

Other uses

See also

References

  1. Pohl Name Meaning, ancestry.com citing Dictionary of American Family Names, 2013, Oxford University Press
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