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The term Adler, the German word for the bird of prey "eagle", is both the last name of many people and an emblematic bird (notably in heraldry, bannistics, numismatics etc.) featured on many blazons since the feudal age, including the present German Bundeswappen and at times on the flags of Austria and Germany. Genera Several, see below. ... The Eagle has been the coat of arms of Germany in this form since the later days of the Weimar Republic The coat of arms of Germany is a symbol of Germany; the coat of arms feature an eagle. ...

Adler may also refer to: Image File history File links Coat_of_Arms_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Coat_of_Arms_of_Germany. ... The Eagle has been the coat of arms of Germany in this form since the later days of the Weimar Republic The coat of arms of Germany is a symbol of Germany; the coat of arms feature an eagle. ...

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People

Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Charles Adler is the name of several unrelated men, some of whom are involved in performing arts. ... Friedrich Adler refers to: Friedrich Adler (architect) (1827-1908), German architect and archaeologist Friedrich Adler (1857-1938), Czech-Austrian politician Friedrich Adler (artist) (1878-1943), German artist and designer, died in Auschwitz Friedrich Adler (1879-1960), Austrian assassin & politician, son of Viktor Adler Category: ... Max Adler may refer to: Max Adler (1866–1952), American businessman and philanthropist Max Adler (1873–1937), Austrian social theorist Category: ... Samuel Adler can refer to: Samuel Adler (1809-1891), Reform rabbi Samuel Adler (b. ...

Actors, writers and producers

  • Allen Adler, American writer
  • Celia Adler (1891–1979), American Jewish actress
  • Cyrus Adler (1863–1940), U.S. educator
  • David A. Adler (born 1947), Writer of children's books
  • Heather Adler (born 1981), Canadian music journalist
  • Jacob Pavlovitch Adler (1855–1926), born Yankev P. Adler, was a (Ukrainian-born) Jewish actor and a star in Yiddish theater
  • Jay Adler (1896–1978), American actor in theater, television, and film
  • Julius Ochs Adler (1892–1955), U.S. publisher, journalist, and United States Army General
  • Lou Adler (born 1933), American record producer, manager, and director.
  • Luther Adler (1903–1984), American actor and director on Broadway
  • Margot Adler, (born 1946), author, journalist, Wiccan Priestess and Elder, NPR correspondent in New York City
  • Maurice Adler or E. Maurice "Buddy" Adler (1909–1960), American film producer and 20th Century Fox production head
  • Mortimer Jerome Adler (1902–2001), American aristotelian philosopher, author, and educator.
  • Renata Adler (born 1938), American journalist and writer
  • Sara Adler (1858–1953), Ukrainian Jewish actress in Yiddish theater who made her career mainly in the United States
  • Sonya Adler or Sonya Oberlander (?–1886), one of the first women to perform in Yiddish theater in Imperial Russia
  • Stella Adler (1901–1992), Jewish-American actress and acting teacher
  • Warren Adler (born 1927), American businessman and novelist
  • Walter Adler, German director
  • André José Adler (born 1944), Hungarian-born actor, director, writer and sportscaster for Brazil

Allen Adler was an American writer, also involved in theater in various ways. ... Film poster from Where Is My Child, a 1937 Yiddish-language film starring Adler. ... Cyrus Adler (1863 - 1940) was a U.S. educator, Jewish religious leader and scholar. ... David Abraham Adler (born April 10, 1947) is the author of nearly 200 books for children and young adults, most notably the Cam Jansen mystery series, the Picture Book of. ... Adler in 1920 Jacob Pavlovitch Adler (1855 - 1926), born Yankev P. Adler, was a (Ukrainian-born) Jewish actor and a star in Yiddish theater, first in Odessa, and later in London and New York City. ... Jay Adler (September 26, 1896 – September 23, 1978 was an American actor in theater, television, and film. ... Julius Ochs Adler (December 3, 1892–October 3, 1955) was a U.S. publisher, journalist, and United States Army General. ... Lou Adler (born December 13, 1933) is an American record producer, manager, and director. ... Luther Adler (May 4, 1903 – December 8, 1984) was an American actor best known for his work in theater, but who also worked in film and television. ... Margot Adler (born 5 November 1946 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a journalist and correspondent for National Public Radio. ... Maurice Buddy Adler (1909 - 1960) was a United States movie producer. ... Mortimer Jerome Adler (December 28, 1902 – June 28, 2001) was an American philosopher and author. ... Renata Adler (born October 19, 1938 in Milan, Italy) is an American journalist and writer. ... Sara Adler (1858–April 28, 1953) was a Ukrainian Jewish actress in Yiddish theater who made her career mainly in the United States. ... Sonya (Sophia) Adler (?–1886), born Sonya Oberlander, early stage name Sonya Michelson, was one of the first women to perform in Yiddish theater in Imperial Russia. ... Stella Adler (February 10, 1901 – December 21, 1992) was an American actress, and for decades was regarded as Americas foremost acting teacher. ... Warren Adler (born December 16, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American businessman and novelist. ...

Engineers and scientists

Darin Adler was the technical lead for Apple Computers System 7 operating system release. ... Robert Adler Robert Adler (December 4, 1913 - February 15, 2007) was an Austrian-American inventor who held numerous patents. ... For a less technical and generally accessible introduction to the topic, see Introduction to general relativity. ...

Musicians

  • Mark Fredrick Adler (born a while ago), American trumpet player
  • Chris Adler (born 1973), drummer of the thrash metal band "Lamb of God"
  • Guido Adler (1855–1941), Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and writer on music
  • Frederick Charles Adler (1889–1959), conductor
  • Kenton Adler (born 1956), Guitarist, singer, songwriter; bagpiper in the Lyon College Pipe Band
  • Kurt Herbert Adler (1905–1988), American conductor born in Austria
  • Larry Adler (1914–2001), American musician, widely acknowledged as one of the world's most skilled harmonica players
  • Peter Herman Adler (1899–1990), American (Czech-born) conductor
  • Richard Adler (born 1921), Jewish-American lyricist, composer and producer of several Broadway shows
  • Steven Adler (born 1965), a drummer for the hard rock band Guns N' Roses
  • Willie Adler (born 1973), guitarist of the thrash metal band Lamb of God
  • Vincent Adler, Hungarian pianist, composer
  • Henry Adler, American drum kit educator, player and actor

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Guido Adler (November 1, 1855, Eibenschütz(Ivančice), Moravia - February 15, 1941, Vienna) was the Austrian musicologist, writer on music. ... Frederick Charles Adler (usually known as F. Charles Adler) was an English-German conductor. ... Kurt Herbert Adler was an American Jewish conductor born in Austria. ... Lawrence Larry Cecil Adler, (February 10, 1914 – August 7, 2001), was an accomplished musician, widely acknowledged as one of the worlds most skilled harmonica players. ... Peter Herman Adler (1899 - 1990) was a U.S. (Czechoslovakian-born) conductor. ... Richard Adler was born on 23rd August 1923 in New York, NY, USA. He is a lyricist, composer and producer of several Broadway shows. ... Steven Adler (born January 22, 1965 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American rock drummer. ... Willie Adler (born January 26, 1976) is one of the two guitarists of the metal band Lamb of God, and is the younger brother of bandmate Chris Adler. ... Vincent Adler (April 3, 1826, GyÅ‘r – January 4, 1871, Geneva) was a Hungarian composer and pianist. ... Henry Adler (1915 - ) is a legendary American drummer, percussionist, music teacher, author, publisher, instrument manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer and authority on drumset technique. ...

Politicians

  • Brigitte Adler, member of the German Bundestag
  • Heinz Adler, German politician
  • John H. Adler (born 1959), New Jersey State Senator since 1992
  • Victor Adler (1852–1918), Austrian Social Democratic leader
  • Randall Adler, Logan County Kentucky 4th District Magistrate (2003–2007)

Sen. ... Memorial to Victor Adler, Vienna Victor Adler (June 24, 1852 Prague – November 11, 1918 Vienna) was an Austrian Social Democratic leader. ...

Psychologists

  • Alfred Adler (1870–1937), Austrian psychologist, founder of the school of individual psychology

Alfred Adler (February 7, 1870 – May 28, 1937) was an Austrian medical doctor and psychologist, founder of the school of individual psychology. ...

Rabbis and theologians

  • Nathan Adler (1741–1800), German kabalist
  • Hermann Adler (1839–1911), Orthodox Chief Rabbi of Britain from 1891–1911
  • Johann Kaspar Adler (1488–1560), also Kaspar Aquila, Caspari Aquilae, real name Johann Kaspar Adler, German reformer
  • Nathan Marcus Adler (ca.1800–1891), Orthodox Chief Rabbi of Britain from 1845–1891
  • Abraham Adler (c.1740-1800), nephew of the Nikolsburg Rebbe and the Hafla'ah (Pinchas Horowitz) sent to spread Chassidus in the Austro-Hungarian empire. Ulitmately settled in present day Borsa, Maramos, Romania.

Nathan Adler (1741-1800) was a German kabalist born at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Dec. ... Dr. Hermann Adler CVO (1839–1911) was Chief Rabbi of Britain from 1891 to 1911. ... Caspar Aquila Caspar Aquila (August 7, 1488 - November 12, 1560, Saalfeld), also Kaspar Aquila, Caspari Aquilae, real name Johann Kaspar Adler was a German reformer, who was born at Augsburg. ... Dr. Nathan Marcus Adler, a. ... Mikulov (German Nikolsburg) is a town in the Czech Republic, in South Moravian Region. ... Pinchas Horowitz was a Rabbi and Talmudic author; born in Poland in 1731; died in Frankfurt am Main on July 1, 1805. ...

Sports

  • Jens Adler (born 1965), German football player
  • Kim Adler, Professional Bowler
  • Rene Adler (born 1985), goalkeeper for Bayer Leverkusen in Germany
  • Scott Adler International basketball player in europe

Jens Adler (born April 25, 1965) is a former German footballer. ... Kim Adler is an American Ten-pin bowling professional who was a member of the now-defunct Professional Womens Bowling Association (PWBA). ... Rene Adler Rene Adler (Born January 15, 1985 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany) is a goalkeeper for Bayer Leverkusen. ...

Others

  • Solomon Adler or Sol Adler (born 1936), Soviet spy who supplied information to the Silvermaster espionage ring

Solomon Adler (or Sol Adler) (died August 4, 1994) was born in Great Britain and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1936, when he obtained employment in the United States Department of the Treasury. ...

Fictional characters

  • Adler (comics), Luftwaffe pilot turned adventurer, the title character of a comic book series by René Sterne
  • Grace Adler, female lead in the hit TV series Will and Grace
  • Henry Adler, main character in David Wellington's film I Love a Man in Uniform
  • Irene Adler, fictional character featured in the Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandal in Bohemia" by Arthur Conan Doyle

Information Nickname(s) Gracie, G, Gracious Gender Unknown Age 30 at series beginning (Series began in March 1998, Grace turned 31 in April 1998), 38 or 39 by series end Date of birth April 26, 1967 Occupation Interior Designer Title Mrs. ... Henry Adler (1915 - ) is a legendary American drummer, percussionist, music teacher, author, publisher, instrument manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer and authority on drumset technique. ... Irene Adler is a fictional character featured in the Sherlock Holmes story A Scandal in Bohemia by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published in July, 1891. ...

Places

Adler-Sochi International Airport (IATA: AER, ICAO: URSS) (Russian: Международный Аэропорт Адлер-Сочи) is an airport located in Adler District of the resort city of Sochi situated at the Black Sea coast in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. ... Adler Township is a township in Nelson County, North Dakota. ... View of Adlersky City District from Khosta coast Adlersky City District (Russian: ) is the southernmost of four city districts of the city of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. ...

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