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Erich Bey Erich Bey (23 March 1898-26 December 1943) was a German naval officer who most notably served as a commander of Nazi Germany's destroyers and who led the German force in the Battle of North Cape on 26 December 1943, during which the battleship Scharnhorst was sunk. He was killed during that action.
Erich Fellgiebel Fritz Erich Fellgiebel (born 4 October 1886 in Pöpelwitz near Breslau, Silesia, now Popowice near Wrocław in Poland; died 4 September 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee) was a German officer and resistance fighter in the Third Reich.
Erich Fried Prize The Erich Fried Prize (German: Erich-Fried-Preis) is a literary prize in honour of the Austrian poet Erich Fried, and is awarded annually by the International Erich Fried Association for Literature and Language, based in Vienna. The value of the prize, endowed by the office of the Chancellor of Austria, is 14,600 euro.
Erich Fromm Erich Pinchas Fromm (March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was an internationally renowned Jewish-German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and humanistic philosopher. He was associated with what became known as the Frankfurt School of critical theory.
Erich Gamma Erich Gamma is a co-author of the influential computer science textbook, Design Patterns. He co-wrote the JUnit software testing framework with Kent Beck and led the design of the Eclipse platform's Java Development Tools (JDT).
Erich Gimpel Erich Gimpel (born 25 March, 1910) was a German spy of World War II. He seems to have been an excellent and very professional spy, who resisted interrogation - indeed, his interrogators seem to have had a high degree of respect for his abilities, and distrusted what information he gave up.
Erich Gliebe Erich Gliebe (photo a former tool-and-die maker, boxer], and acting CEO of the [[National Alliance Gliebe claims his activity in racial nationalism was inspired by his father, who served in the German] [[Wehrmacht in World War II. He became prominent within the National Alliance as leader of the Cleveland National Alliance chapter, a position he held for 11 years.
Erich Hartmann Erich Alfred "Bubi" Hartmann (April 19, 1922 - September 20, 1993), also nicknamed "The Blond Knight Of Germany" by friends and "the Black Devil" by his enemies, is the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial combat. He claimed 352 enemy aircraft shot down (of which 345 were flown by the Soviet Air Force, and 260 of which were fighters) in 825 combat sorties while serving with the Luftwaffe, Germany's air force, in World War II.
Erich Jacoby Erich Roman Ludvig Jacoby (june 16, 1885 in Tallinn, Estonia - december 10, 1941 in Gdynia, Poland) was an Estonian architect of Baltic German descent. From 1905 to 1907 he studied at the Leibniz University of Hannover, in 1913 he graduated from the Riga Technical University.
Erich Jantsch Erich Jantsch (1929–1980) was an Austrian astrophysicist who wrote the book The Self-Organizing Universe: Scientific and Human Implications of the Emerging Paradigm of Evolution (1980). The Self-organizing Universe was influential among interdisciplinary proponents of biomimicry alternatives to understanding science like holism, co-evolution, and self-organization.
Erich Karkoschka Erich Karkoschka is an astronomy researcher at the Lunar and Planetary Lab of the University of Arizona. He discovered a satellite of Uranus, S/1986 U 10 (later named Perdita) on photographs taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
Erich Kästner Erich Kästner (February 23, 1899 - July 29, 1974) was one of the most famous German authors, screenplay writers, and satirists of the 20th century. His popularity in Germany is primarily due to his humorous and perceptive children's literature and his often satirical poetry.
Erich Kästner (camera designer) Erich Kurt Kästner (April 5, 1911 - January 31, 2005) was a German movie camera designer. During his work for ARRI he invented the spinning mirror reflex shutter for movie cameras, which was first used in the Arriflex 35 in 1937.
Erich Ludendorff Erich Ludendorff (sometimes given incorrectly as Erich von Ludendorff) (April 9, 1865 – December 20, 1937, Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany) was a German Army officer, noted as a general during World War I. After the war, he supported Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party for a time.
Erich Maren Schlaikjer Erich Maren Schlaikjer (born November 22, 1905 in Newtown, Ohio, died November 5, 1972) was an American geologist and dinosaur hunter. Assisting Barnum Brown, he co-described Pachycephalosaurus and what is now Montanoceratops.
Erich Maria Remarque Institute The Erich Maria Remarque Institute is an institute under the auspices of New York University that focuses on contemporary Europe. It was founded in 1995 and is named after the German author Erich Maria Remarque, whose widow made a large donation to NYU.
Erich Mendelsohn Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a German Jewish architect, known for his expressionist buildings in the 1920s, the first in the style, as well as for developing a dynamic functionalism in his projects for department stores and cinemas.
Erich Peter Wohlfarth Erich Peter Wohlfarth was a theoretical physicist born in Gleiwitz, Germany on December 7 1924. He is know for his work in magnetism in particular the Stoner-Wohlfarth model he developed together with his teacher E.
Erich Pommer Erich Pommer (July 20, 1889 – May 8, 1966) was one of the most influential producers of the silent film era, having been one of the most influential creators being the German Expressionism movement as the head of production at Ufa from 1924 to 1926. Under his guidance, many of what critics consider the greatest movies ever made were directed, such as The Cabinet of Dr.
Erich Przywara Erich Przywara (1889-1972) was a German theologian highly influential in Europe, but less known in North America. Przywara, a Jesuit, was strongly influenced by Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Newman, and the phenomenological philosophy of Edmund Husserl and Max Scheler.
Erich Raeder Erich Johann Albert Raeder (April 24, 1876 - November 6, 1960) was a naval leader in Germany before and during World War II. Raeder attained the highest possible naval rank – that of Großadmiral (Grand Admiral) – in 1939, becoming the first person to hold that rank since Alfred von Tirpitz.
Erich Rudorffer Erich Rudorfer (born 1 November 1917 in Zwochau, Sachsen) is a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace, one of a handful who served with the Luftwaffe through the whole of World War II. He had a total of 222 victories, fighting in all the major German theaters of war, including ETO, MTO and the Eastern Front.
Erich Schiffmann Erich Schiffmann (born 1953, Los Angeles, California) is an accomplished American Yoga Master widely known for his award-winning video, Yoga Mind & Body, featuring actress Ali MacGraw. He is the author of a best-selling book, Moving into Stillness.
Erich von dem Bach Erich von dem Bach, born Erich Julius Eberhard von Zelewski and also known as Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (March 1 1899 - March 8 1972), was a Nazi official and a member of the SS, in which he reached the rank of SS-ObergruppenfĂĽhrer.
Erich von Däniken Erich Anton Paul von Däniken (b. Zofingen, Aargau, Switzerland, April 14, 1935) is a controversial Swiss author best known for his books about extraterrestrial influence on human culture since prehistoric times, that inspired New Age movement.
Erich von Hornbostel Erich Moritz von Hornbostel (February 25, 1877 - November 28, 1935) was an Austrian ethnomusicologist and scholar of music. He is remembered for his pioneering work in the field of ethnomusicology, and for the Sachs-Hornbostel system of musical instrument classification which he co-authored with Curt Sachs.
Erich von Stroheim Erich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was a filmmaker and actor, noted for his arrogant Teutonic character parts. As an actor, he became known as "The Man You Love to Hate" because of the many villains he played.
Erich Vermehren Erich Vermehren (December 23, 1919-April 28, 2005) was a German agent of the Abwehr, the German intelligence organization, whose well-publicized defection to the British in early 1944 led directly to the abolishment of the Abwehr.
Erichtho In Roman literature, Erichtho is a legendary Thessalian witch. In the epic by the poet Lucan, Pharsalia (VI, 507—830), she summons a spirit to reveal to Pompey the Great's son, Sextus Pompeius, the outcome of the Battle of Pharsalus.
Erichthonius of Athens King Erichthonius (also called Erichthonios), an early king of Athens, was, according to some legends, autochthonous (born of the soil) and raised by the goddess Athena. Early histories did not distinguish between him and Erectheus, his grandson, but by the fourth century BCE they are entirely distinct figures.
Erik August Larsson Erik August Larsson (born April 12, 1912 in Kurravaara, died March 10, 1982 in Kiruna) was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s. He won two medals at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with a gold in the 18 km and a bronze in the 4 x 10 km.
Erik Axel Karlfeldt Erik Axel Karlfeldt (July 20, 1864 – April 8, 1931) was a Swedish poet whose highly symbolist poetry masquerading as regionalism was popular and won him the Nobel Prize in Literature posthumously in 1931; he had refused it in 1918.
Erik Åsbrink Erik Åsbrink (born February 1, 1947 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish politican and former minister in two Social Democratic governments led by Ingvar Carlsson and Göran Persson. Later Åsbrink took part in shaping the informal guidelines called the 'business code of ethics'.
Erik Balling Erik Balling (November 29, 1924 – November 19, 2005) was a Danish TV and film director. He created the TV series Matador and Huset på Christianshavn, and together with Henning Bahs he created the slapstick movie series Olsen Gang.
Erik Benzelius the younger Erik Benzelius the younger (January 27, 1675 - September 23 1743), was a priest, theologian, librarian, and Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1742-1743. He was a most learned man and one of Sweden's important Enlightenment figures.
Erik Björnsson Erik Björnsson was one of the sons of Björn Ironside, and according to Hervarar saga he succeeded his father on the Swedish throne. The saga states that he ruled for a short time, and was succeeded by his nephew Erik Refilsson.
Erik Bloodaxe (hacker) Chris Goggans, who used the name Erik Bloodaxe in honor of the Viking king of a similar name, is a founding member of the Legion of Doom group, and a former editor of Phrack Magazine. Loyd Blankenship, aka The Mentor, described Goggans/Bloodaxe as "the best hacker I ever met".
Erik Bo Andersen Erik Bo Andersen (born November 14, 1970) is a Danish former professional footballer who most successfully played as a striker for Danish club Aalborg Boldspilklub, with whom he won the 1995 Danish Superliga championship. He played six matches for the Danish national team and represented his country at the 1996 European Championship.
Erik Borgman (author) Professor Erik Borgman (born 1957) (sometimes listed as Eric Borgman) is a Dutch author. At the Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, he is the Director of the Heyendaal Institute, which is an institute for interdisciplinary research.
Erik Brann Erik Brann aka Erik Braunn (born August 11 1950 - died July 31, 2003), American musician, was a guitarist with the 1960s heavy metal band Iron Butterfly. He is featured on the band's greatest (and indeed only) hit, the legendary 17-minute masterpiece In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968), recorded when he was just 17.
Erik Brynjolfsson Erik Brynjolfsson is the Schussel Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Director of the MIT Center for Digital Business. His research and teaching focus on how businesses can effectively use information technology.
Erik Bulatov Erik Bulatov (Đрик Đ‘Ńлатов) is a Russian artist born in Sverdlovsk in 1933 and raised in Moscow. His father was a communist party official who died in World War II at Pskov, and his mother fled Poland at age 15 in support of the Russian Revolution.
Erik Byléhn Erik Byléhn (January 15, 1898 – November, 1986) was a middle distance runner from Sweden, who won a silver medal over 800m at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. The race was won by Douglas Lowe of Great Britain.
Erik du Plessis Erik du Plessis, is the CEO of Millward Brown South Africa. He is the author of the recently published book, "Advertised Mind: Groundbreaking Insights into how our Brains Respond to Advertising," 2005.
Erik Dahlberg Count Erik Dahlberg, (1625-1703) (also "Dahlbergh") was a Swedish soldier, field marshall and engineer who was born of peasant stock in Stockholm, Sweden, but rose to the level of titled nobility due to his military abilities. His early studies involved the science of fortification and as an engineer officer.
Erik Daniels Erik Christopher Daniels (born April 1 1982 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player, currently with Pallacanestro Biella of the Italian Serie A league. He has played for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA, and the Fayetteville Patriots of the NBA D-League.
Erik Darling Erik Darling was a New York-born folk music artist, and an important influence on the folk scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Inspired by The Weavers, in the '50s he formed The Tunetellers, later called The Tarriers with actor/singer Alan Arkin (their version of the "Banana Boat Song" reached #4 on the Billboard charts).
Erik Darnell Erik Darnell (born December 2, 1982) is a driver on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series from Beach Park, Illinois. Erik was a 2005 co-winner on the Discovery Channel program Roush Racing: Driver X with Danny O'Quinn.
Erik Durschmied Erik Durschmied is an author, military history professor and a former war correspondent for BBC, CBS.Newsweek called him a "supremly gifted reporter who has changed the media he works in", while The New York Times wrote "he has seen more wars than any living general".
Erik Eastaugh Erik Labelle Eastaugh (born 1979) is a member of the 2005 World University Debating Champion team from the University of Ottawa, and a former president of the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate.
Erik Estrada Erik Estrada (born March 16, 1949 in New York City) is an American actor of Puerto Rican descent, known for his co-starring lead role in the 1977–1983 US television series CHiPs. He later became known for his work in Spanish language soap operas, and in more recent years, his appearances in reality television shows.
Erik Fenton Erik Fenton is an engineer and producer for Sirius Satellite Radio. Erik has engineered such shows as "NFL Rewind", "Press Coverage", "Press Pass", "The Afternoon Blitz" , "NHL Live" and more.
Erik Fish Erik Fish (born May 19, 1952 in Medicine Hat, Alberta) is a former backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. There he won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay, alongside William Mahony, Bruce Robertson, and Robert Kasting.
Erik Flensted-Jensen Erik Flensted Jensen (1908-1993) was the founder and leader of the Danish Gym Team. From 1939 till 1986 he toured the world showing Danish Elite Gymnastics to more than 2 million people in most countries around the globe.
Erik Flowers Erik Flowers (born March 1, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas) is a professional football player. He played defensive end at Arizona State University and was selected in the first round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.
Erik Grant Lea Erik Lawrence Grant Lea, (October 15, 1892 – April 28, 1979) was a Norwegian ship-owner, banker, insurer and mill owner. He became one of the most mythical tycoons of the boom years of World War I in Norway.
Erik Grønseth Erik Grønseth (born 1925, died October 8, 2005) was a pioneer of Norwegian family sociology. He was a Professor of Sociology at the University of Oslo, and the leader of an internationally noted study on work-sharing.
Erik Gustaf Boström Erik Gustaf Bernhard Boström (February 11, 1842 – February 21, 1907) was a Swedish landowner and politician, who was a member of the Swedish Parliament (1876–1907) and Prime Minister of Sweden twice (1891–1900 and 1902–1905). He was also known as E.
Erik Gustaf Geijer Erik Gustaf Geijer (January 12, 1783 - April 23, 1847), was a Swedish writer, composer, and historian. He was a member of the Swedish Academy and a professor of history from 1817 at Uppsala University where a statue commemorates him.
Erik Hamrén Erik Hamrén (born June 27, 1957) is a Swedish former football (soccer) player and current manager of the Danish Superliga side Aalborg Boldspilklub. He guided the team to a 5th place finish in the 2005-06 season.
Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema (April 3, 1917, Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies - present), is the writer of the book Soldaat van Oranje (Dutch for Soldier of Orange) in which he describes his experiences in World War II.
Erik HĂĄker Erik HĂĄker (born March 4th, 1952, in Oppdal) is a Norwegian alpine skier who finished 5th in the men's downhill at the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo. That same year, HĂĄker became the first Norwegian to win a World Cup Alpine event.
Erik Himle Erik Himle (1924-) was the state secretary to the Minister of Defense 1958-1961, state secretary to the Minister of Transport and Communications 1962-1963, Minister of Trade and Shipping 1963-1964, Minister of Transport and Communications 1964-1965, and state secretary to the to the prime minister 1971-1972.
Erik Hochstein Erik Hochstein (born October 1, 1968 in DĂĽsseldorf) is a former swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4x200m Freestyle Relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics. His father and two older brothers were into swimming so he started swimming competitively at age ten.
Erik Ian Asphaug Erik Ian Asphaug is a planetary science professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Asphaug received his bachelor's degree in mathematics and English from Rice University and his PhD in planetary science from the University of Arizona.
Erik Ivar Fredholm Erik Ivar Fredholm (April 7, 1866 - August 17, 1927) was a Swedish mathematician who established the modern theory of integral equations. His 1903 paper in Acta Mathematica is considered to be one of the major landmarks in the establishment of operator theory.
Erik Jan Hanussen Hanussen, also known as Erik Jan Hanussen (2 June, 1889, Vienna - after 25 March, 1933, Berlin), was a mentalist, occultist, and astrologer, active in Weimar Republic Germany and also at the beginning of Nazi Germany.
Erik Jarvik Anders Erik Vilhelm Jarvik (30 November 1907 – January 11, 1998) was a Swedish palaeozoologist who worked extensively on the sarcopterygian (or lobe-finned) fish Eusthenopteron. In a career that spanned some 60 years, Jarvik produced some of the most detailed anatomical work on this fish, making it arguably the best known fossil vertebrates.
Erik Jazet Erik Alexander Jazet (born July 19, 1971 in Schiedam, Zuid-Holland) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 308 international matches for The Netherlands. The defender made his debut for the Dutch on November 17, 1990 in a match against England.
Erik Jendresen Erik Jendresen is a novelist as well as a writer and producer for plays, television, and film. He is best known for the award-winning miniseries "Band of Brothers", for which he was a supervising producer as well as a primary writer.
Erik Johansson Erik Johansson (Vasa) was the Lord of Rydboholm in the Roslagen. He was born around the year 1470 to Johan Kristiersson (Vasa) and Birgitta Gustafsdotter (Sture) in a town named Ă–rby in what was then Uppland (today: Uppsala), Sweden.
Erik Kretz Erik Kretz was the drummer for a successful grunge band Stone Temple Pilots. During band mate Scott Weiland's drug addiction, he and two other members of STP Dean DeLeo and Robert DeLeo formed the band Talkshow.
Erik Lakomaa Erik Martin Lakomaa (born 14 April 1977 in Linköping) is a Swedish political consultant known for his role as strategist for the no-campaign in the 2003 Swedish referendum on the Euro. He has also advised a number of centre-right politicians, most notably Lars Wohlin and Nils Lundgren.
Erik Larson (author) Erik Larson (born January 1, 1954) is an American author. He has written Isaac's Storm (1999), about the experiences of Isaac Cline during the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (2003), about the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and a series of murders that were committed in the city around the time of the Fair, and Thunderstruck, which intersperses the story of Hawley Harvey Crippen with the story of Guglielmo Marconi and the invention of radio.
Erik Laxman Erik Laxman (Russian: Đрик (Кирилл) Đ“ŃŃтавович ЛакŃĐĽĐ°Đ˝) (July 27, 1737 - January 6, 1796) was a Finland-Swedish clergyman, explorer and natural scientist born in Nyslott in Finland, then part of Sweden. He is remembered today for his taxonomic work on the fauna of Siberia and for his attempts to establish relations between Imperial Russia and Tokugawa Japan.
Erik Lönnroth Erik Lönnroth was a Swedish historian and a member of the Swedish Academy between 1962-2002. He was born in Gothenburg 1910 and was awarded a PhD in history at Gothenburg University (at that time university college) at only 24 years of age, 1934.
Erik Martin Dilan Erik Martin Dilan (b. 1974) currently represents District 37 in the New York City Council, which is comprised of the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Cypress Hills, East New York, Ocean Hill, Brownsville, and Wyckoff Heights.
Erik McMillan Erik McMillan is a former American Football cornerback who played for the New York Jets (1988-1992), Cleveland Browns (1993), Kansas City Chiefs (1993), and the Philadelphia Eagles (1993). McMillan was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1988 and 1989.
Erik Mona Erik Mona has been the editor-in-chief of Dragon magazine since 2004 and Dungeon magazine from 2004 to 2006; both magazines are published by Paizo Publishing. He has edited, authored, and co-authored several products for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, including the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer, Faiths and Pantheons, and Armies of the Abyss.
Erik Mykland Erik "Myggen" Mykland ("the Mosquito") (born July 21, 1971 in Risør) is a former Norwegian footballer. During his career Mykland played for Risør, Bryne, Start, Utrecht (loan), Linz, Panathinaikos, 1860 München and FC København.
Erik nøbkake Erik the Nubcaek (950–1003 ) Old Norse and Icelandic: EirĂkr Nubur; Norwegian; Eirik Nøbkake; sometimes Erik Den Nube), so-called because of his nubish hair and beard (or perhaps because of his poor skills), founded the first Nubic settlement in Nubland. Born in the Nubaeder district of south-west Nubway as the son of Nubvaldr Nubvaldsson (Nubvald Nubvaldsson), he therefore also appears, patronymically, as Erik Nubvaldsson (or as EirĂkr Nubvaldsson).
Erik Palmén Erik Palmén (1898 - 1985) was the most famous researcher of meteorology in Finland. He worked together with Vilhelm Bjerknes with theory on cyclones and weather fronts and was intimately involved in explaining the dynamics of the jet stream in University of Chicago in so called Chicago school of meteorology (started by Carl-Gustaf Rossby).
Erik Palmstedt Erik Palmstedt (16 December 1741 — 12 June 1803) was an outstanding Swedish architect working for the court circle of Gustav III, where he was in the forefront of Neoclassical style. He was also a musician, who served as organist at Riddarholm Church for twenty-seven years.
Erik Pema Kunsang Erik Pema Kunsang (Erik Hein Schmidt) is a translator and, along with his wife Marcia Binder Schmidt, director of Rangjung Yeshe Translations and Publications in Kathmandu. He has translated over forty volumes of Tibetan texts and oral teachings.
Erik Penser Erik Penser (August 22, 1942 in Eslöv, Skåne) is a Swedish businessman. After the collapse of his financial empire, which included Carnegie, in the early 1990s, he fought a bitter legal feud with what later became Nordea which had repossessed much of his wealth and holdings.
Erik Pontoppidan Danish author, bishop, historian and antiquary, born at Aarhus (on the eastern shore of Jutland) August 24, 1698; died at Copenhagen December 20, 1764. He was educated at Fredericia (1716–18), after which he was a private tutor in Norway, and then studied in Holland, and at London and Oxford, England.
Erik Prince Erik Prince, born in 1969 in Holland, Michigan, is the founder and owner of the military support contractor Blackwater USA. A millionaire and former US Navy SEAL, after high school he briefly enrolled in the Naval Academy before attending and graduating from Hillsdale College.
Erik Røring Møinichen Erik Røring Møinichen (1797-1875) was a Norwegian minister who held different posts in the period 1855-1870. He was Minister of Finance, Justice, Postal Affairs, Auditing and the Navy, as well as member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm in different periods from 1855 to 1868.
Erik Sandin Erik Sandin, often called Smelly, is the drummer of the popular California punk band NOFX. He was a founding member of the band when they formed in Hollywood, California, in 1983, but moved to Santa Barbara two years later, leaving the band.
Erik Santos Friends Online Erik Santos Friends Online (ESFO) was formed by a group of Erik Santos supporters, who met in the internet and previously had not physically crossed each others' paths, but their common and unwavering admiration for the first Star in a Million literally banded the group together.
Erik Scavenius Erik Julius Christian Scavenius (July 13, 1877–November 29, 1962) was the Danish foreign minister 1909–1910, 1913–1920 and 1940–1943, and prime minister from 1942 to 1943. His cabinet resigned in 1943 and suspended operations.
Erik Schullstrom Erik Paul Schullstrom is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Minnesota Twins in 1994 and 1995. He was born on March 25, 1969 in San Diego, California, and he attended Fresno State University.
Erik Sjöqvist Erik Sjöqvist (born 1903; died 1975) was the director of Swedish Cyprus Expedition and director of Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome, Italy and professor of classical archaeology at Princeton University.
Erik Solheim Erik Solheim (born January 18, 1955 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian politician and the current Norwegian Minister of International Development and an international peace maker involved in resolving the current civil war in Sri Lanka.
Erik Stolhanske Erik Stolhanske, (born August 23, 1968) in Minneapolis, Minnesota is one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group. He graduated from Breck School then Colgate University, where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
Erik Swyngedouw Erik Swyngedouw is Professor of Geography at the University of Manchester in its School of Environment and Development. Born in Belgium and fluent in Flemish, English, French, and Spanish, he studied at Leuven, then completed a PhD entitled "The Production of Spaces" under the supervision of the renowned Marxist geographer David Harvey at Johns Hopkins University (1991).
Erik the Red (comics) Erik the Red is a cover identity in the Marvel universe which has been used by three characters: Scott Summers (Cyclops), Davan Shakari, a Shi'ar agent, and Erik Magnus Lehnsherr (Magneto). All of these characters assumed this identity as a disguise.
Erik the Red's Land [the Red's Land (Norwegian]: Eirik Raudes Land) was the name given by [[Norwegians to an area on East Greenland coast occupied by Norway in the early 1930's. It was named after Erik the Red, a viking conqueror and founder of the first Norse settlements in Greenland in the 10th century.
Erik the Viking Erik the Viking is a 1989 film written and directed by Terry Jones, who also makes an appearance in it. The film was inspired by Jones's children's book The Saga of Erik the Viking (1983), but the plot is completely different.
Erik the Viking (game) The Saga of Erik the Viking (popularly known as Erik the Viking) is a text-based adventure game by the Austin brothers of Level 9 Computing, published by Mosaic Publishing in 1984. The game runs on Amstrad CPC, BBC model B, Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
Erich Fellgiebel Fritz Erich Fellgiebel (born 4 October 1886 in Pöpelwitz near Breslau, Silesia, now Popowice near Wrocław in Poland; died 4 September 1944 in Berlin-Plötzensee) was a German officer and resistance fighter in the Third Reich.
Erich Fried Prize The Erich Fried Prize (German: Erich-Fried-Preis) is a literary prize in honour of the Austrian poet Erich Fried, and is awarded annually by the International Erich Fried Association for Literature and Language, based in Vienna. The value of the prize, endowed by the office of the Chancellor of Austria, is 14,600 euro.
Erich Fromm Erich Pinchas Fromm (March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was an internationally renowned Jewish-German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and humanistic philosopher. He was associated with what became known as the Frankfurt School of critical theory.
Erich Gamma Erich Gamma is a co-author of the influential computer science textbook, Design Patterns. He co-wrote the JUnit software testing framework with Kent Beck and led the design of the Eclipse platform's Java Development Tools (JDT).
Erich Gimpel Erich Gimpel (born 25 March, 1910) was a German spy of World War II. He seems to have been an excellent and very professional spy, who resisted interrogation - indeed, his interrogators seem to have had a high degree of respect for his abilities, and distrusted what information he gave up.
Erich Gliebe Erich Gliebe (photo a former tool-and-die maker, boxer], and acting CEO of the [[National Alliance Gliebe claims his activity in racial nationalism was inspired by his father, who served in the German] [[Wehrmacht in World War II. He became prominent within the National Alliance as leader of the Cleveland National Alliance chapter, a position he held for 11 years.
Erich Hartmann Erich Alfred "Bubi" Hartmann (April 19, 1922 - September 20, 1993), also nicknamed "The Blond Knight Of Germany" by friends and "the Black Devil" by his enemies, is the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial combat. He claimed 352 enemy aircraft shot down (of which 345 were flown by the Soviet Air Force, and 260 of which were fighters) in 825 combat sorties while serving with the Luftwaffe, Germany's air force, in World War II.
Erich Jacoby Erich Roman Ludvig Jacoby (june 16, 1885 in Tallinn, Estonia - december 10, 1941 in Gdynia, Poland) was an Estonian architect of Baltic German descent. From 1905 to 1907 he studied at the Leibniz University of Hannover, in 1913 he graduated from the Riga Technical University.
Erich Jantsch Erich Jantsch (1929–1980) was an Austrian astrophysicist who wrote the book The Self-Organizing Universe: Scientific and Human Implications of the Emerging Paradigm of Evolution (1980). The Self-organizing Universe was influential among interdisciplinary proponents of biomimicry alternatives to understanding science like holism, co-evolution, and self-organization.
Erich Karkoschka Erich Karkoschka is an astronomy researcher at the Lunar and Planetary Lab of the University of Arizona. He discovered a satellite of Uranus, S/1986 U 10 (later named Perdita) on photographs taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
Erich Kästner Erich Kästner (February 23, 1899 - July 29, 1974) was one of the most famous German authors, screenplay writers, and satirists of the 20th century. His popularity in Germany is primarily due to his humorous and perceptive children's literature and his often satirical poetry.
Erich Kästner (camera designer) Erich Kurt Kästner (April 5, 1911 - January 31, 2005) was a German movie camera designer. During his work for ARRI he invented the spinning mirror reflex shutter for movie cameras, which was first used in the Arriflex 35 in 1937.
Erich Ludendorff Erich Ludendorff (sometimes given incorrectly as Erich von Ludendorff) (April 9, 1865 – December 20, 1937, Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany) was a German Army officer, noted as a general during World War I. After the war, he supported Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party for a time.
Erich Maren Schlaikjer Erich Maren Schlaikjer (born November 22, 1905 in Newtown, Ohio, died November 5, 1972) was an American geologist and dinosaur hunter. Assisting Barnum Brown, he co-described Pachycephalosaurus and what is now Montanoceratops.
Erich Maria Remarque Institute The Erich Maria Remarque Institute is an institute under the auspices of New York University that focuses on contemporary Europe. It was founded in 1995 and is named after the German author Erich Maria Remarque, whose widow made a large donation to NYU.
Erich Mendelsohn Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a German Jewish architect, known for his expressionist buildings in the 1920s, the first in the style, as well as for developing a dynamic functionalism in his projects for department stores and cinemas.
Erich Peter Wohlfarth Erich Peter Wohlfarth was a theoretical physicist born in Gleiwitz, Germany on December 7 1924. He is know for his work in magnetism in particular the Stoner-Wohlfarth model he developed together with his teacher E.
Erich Pommer Erich Pommer (July 20, 1889 – May 8, 1966) was one of the most influential producers of the silent film era, having been one of the most influential creators being the German Expressionism movement as the head of production at Ufa from 1924 to 1926. Under his guidance, many of what critics consider the greatest movies ever made were directed, such as The Cabinet of Dr.
Erich Przywara Erich Przywara (1889-1972) was a German theologian highly influential in Europe, but less known in North America. Przywara, a Jesuit, was strongly influenced by Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Newman, and the phenomenological philosophy of Edmund Husserl and Max Scheler.
Erich Raeder Erich Johann Albert Raeder (April 24, 1876 - November 6, 1960) was a naval leader in Germany before and during World War II. Raeder attained the highest possible naval rank – that of Großadmiral (Grand Admiral) – in 1939, becoming the first person to hold that rank since Alfred von Tirpitz.
Erich Rudorffer Erich Rudorfer (born 1 November 1917 in Zwochau, Sachsen) is a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace, one of a handful who served with the Luftwaffe through the whole of World War II. He had a total of 222 victories, fighting in all the major German theaters of war, including ETO, MTO and the Eastern Front.
Erich Schiffmann Erich Schiffmann (born 1953, Los Angeles, California) is an accomplished American Yoga Master widely known for his award-winning video, Yoga Mind & Body, featuring actress Ali MacGraw. He is the author of a best-selling book, Moving into Stillness.
Erich von dem Bach Erich von dem Bach, born Erich Julius Eberhard von Zelewski and also known as Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (March 1 1899 - March 8 1972), was a Nazi official and a member of the SS, in which he reached the rank of SS-ObergruppenfĂĽhrer.
Erich von Däniken Erich Anton Paul von Däniken (b. Zofingen, Aargau, Switzerland, April 14, 1935) is a controversial Swiss author best known for his books about extraterrestrial influence on human culture since prehistoric times, that inspired New Age movement.
Erich von Hornbostel Erich Moritz von Hornbostel (February 25, 1877 - November 28, 1935) was an Austrian ethnomusicologist and scholar of music. He is remembered for his pioneering work in the field of ethnomusicology, and for the Sachs-Hornbostel system of musical instrument classification which he co-authored with Curt Sachs.
Erich von Stroheim Erich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was a filmmaker and actor, noted for his arrogant Teutonic character parts. As an actor, he became known as "The Man You Love to Hate" because of the many villains he played.
Erich Vermehren Erich Vermehren (December 23, 1919-April 28, 2005) was a German agent of the Abwehr, the German intelligence organization, whose well-publicized defection to the British in early 1944 led directly to the abolishment of the Abwehr.
Erichtho In Roman literature, Erichtho is a legendary Thessalian witch. In the epic by the poet Lucan, Pharsalia (VI, 507—830), she summons a spirit to reveal to Pompey the Great's son, Sextus Pompeius, the outcome of the Battle of Pharsalus.
Erichthonius of Athens King Erichthonius (also called Erichthonios), an early king of Athens, was, according to some legends, autochthonous (born of the soil) and raised by the goddess Athena. Early histories did not distinguish between him and Erectheus, his grandson, but by the fourth century BCE they are entirely distinct figures.
Erik August Larsson Erik August Larsson (born April 12, 1912 in Kurravaara, died March 10, 1982 in Kiruna) was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s. He won two medals at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with a gold in the 18 km and a bronze in the 4 x 10 km.
Erik Axel Karlfeldt Erik Axel Karlfeldt (July 20, 1864 – April 8, 1931) was a Swedish poet whose highly symbolist poetry masquerading as regionalism was popular and won him the Nobel Prize in Literature posthumously in 1931; he had refused it in 1918.
Erik Åsbrink Erik Åsbrink (born February 1, 1947 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish politican and former minister in two Social Democratic governments led by Ingvar Carlsson and Göran Persson. Later Åsbrink took part in shaping the informal guidelines called the 'business code of ethics'.
Erik Balling Erik Balling (November 29, 1924 – November 19, 2005) was a Danish TV and film director. He created the TV series Matador and Huset på Christianshavn, and together with Henning Bahs he created the slapstick movie series Olsen Gang.
Erik Benzelius the younger Erik Benzelius the younger (January 27, 1675 - September 23 1743), was a priest, theologian, librarian, and Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1742-1743. He was a most learned man and one of Sweden's important Enlightenment figures.
Erik Björnsson Erik Björnsson was one of the sons of Björn Ironside, and according to Hervarar saga he succeeded his father on the Swedish throne. The saga states that he ruled for a short time, and was succeeded by his nephew Erik Refilsson.
Erik Bloodaxe (hacker) Chris Goggans, who used the name Erik Bloodaxe in honor of the Viking king of a similar name, is a founding member of the Legion of Doom group, and a former editor of Phrack Magazine. Loyd Blankenship, aka The Mentor, described Goggans/Bloodaxe as "the best hacker I ever met".
Erik Bo Andersen Erik Bo Andersen (born November 14, 1970) is a Danish former professional footballer who most successfully played as a striker for Danish club Aalborg Boldspilklub, with whom he won the 1995 Danish Superliga championship. He played six matches for the Danish national team and represented his country at the 1996 European Championship.
Erik Borgman (author) Professor Erik Borgman (born 1957) (sometimes listed as Eric Borgman) is a Dutch author. At the Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, he is the Director of the Heyendaal Institute, which is an institute for interdisciplinary research.
Erik Brann Erik Brann aka Erik Braunn (born August 11 1950 - died July 31, 2003), American musician, was a guitarist with the 1960s heavy metal band Iron Butterfly. He is featured on the band's greatest (and indeed only) hit, the legendary 17-minute masterpiece In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968), recorded when he was just 17.
Erik Brynjolfsson Erik Brynjolfsson is the Schussel Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Director of the MIT Center for Digital Business. His research and teaching focus on how businesses can effectively use information technology.
Erik Bulatov Erik Bulatov (Đрик Đ‘Ńлатов) is a Russian artist born in Sverdlovsk in 1933 and raised in Moscow. His father was a communist party official who died in World War II at Pskov, and his mother fled Poland at age 15 in support of the Russian Revolution.
Erik Byléhn Erik Byléhn (January 15, 1898 – November, 1986) was a middle distance runner from Sweden, who won a silver medal over 800m at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. The race was won by Douglas Lowe of Great Britain.
Erik du Plessis Erik du Plessis, is the CEO of Millward Brown South Africa. He is the author of the recently published book, "Advertised Mind: Groundbreaking Insights into how our Brains Respond to Advertising," 2005.
Erik Dahlberg Count Erik Dahlberg, (1625-1703) (also "Dahlbergh") was a Swedish soldier, field marshall and engineer who was born of peasant stock in Stockholm, Sweden, but rose to the level of titled nobility due to his military abilities. His early studies involved the science of fortification and as an engineer officer.
Erik Daniels Erik Christopher Daniels (born April 1 1982 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player, currently with Pallacanestro Biella of the Italian Serie A league. He has played for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA, and the Fayetteville Patriots of the NBA D-League.
Erik Darling Erik Darling was a New York-born folk music artist, and an important influence on the folk scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Inspired by The Weavers, in the '50s he formed The Tunetellers, later called The Tarriers with actor/singer Alan Arkin (their version of the "Banana Boat Song" reached #4 on the Billboard charts).
Erik Darnell Erik Darnell (born December 2, 1982) is a driver on the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series from Beach Park, Illinois. Erik was a 2005 co-winner on the Discovery Channel program Roush Racing: Driver X with Danny O'Quinn.
Erik Durschmied Erik Durschmied is an author, military history professor and a former war correspondent for BBC, CBS.Newsweek called him a "supremly gifted reporter who has changed the media he works in", while The New York Times wrote "he has seen more wars than any living general".
Erik Eastaugh Erik Labelle Eastaugh (born 1979) is a member of the 2005 World University Debating Champion team from the University of Ottawa, and a former president of the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate.
Erik Estrada Erik Estrada (born March 16, 1949 in New York City) is an American actor of Puerto Rican descent, known for his co-starring lead role in the 1977–1983 US television series CHiPs. He later became known for his work in Spanish language soap operas, and in more recent years, his appearances in reality television shows.
Erik Fenton Erik Fenton is an engineer and producer for Sirius Satellite Radio. Erik has engineered such shows as "NFL Rewind", "Press Coverage", "Press Pass", "The Afternoon Blitz" , "NHL Live" and more.
Erik Fish Erik Fish (born May 19, 1952 in Medicine Hat, Alberta) is a former backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. There he won the bronze medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay, alongside William Mahony, Bruce Robertson, and Robert Kasting.
Erik Flensted-Jensen Erik Flensted Jensen (1908-1993) was the founder and leader of the Danish Gym Team. From 1939 till 1986 he toured the world showing Danish Elite Gymnastics to more than 2 million people in most countries around the globe.
Erik Flowers Erik Flowers (born March 1, 1978 in San Antonio, Texas) is a professional football player. He played defensive end at Arizona State University and was selected in the first round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills.
Erik Grant Lea Erik Lawrence Grant Lea, (October 15, 1892 – April 28, 1979) was a Norwegian ship-owner, banker, insurer and mill owner. He became one of the most mythical tycoons of the boom years of World War I in Norway.
Erik Grønseth Erik Grønseth (born 1925, died October 8, 2005) was a pioneer of Norwegian family sociology. He was a Professor of Sociology at the University of Oslo, and the leader of an internationally noted study on work-sharing.
Erik Gustaf Boström Erik Gustaf Bernhard Boström (February 11, 1842 – February 21, 1907) was a Swedish landowner and politician, who was a member of the Swedish Parliament (1876–1907) and Prime Minister of Sweden twice (1891–1900 and 1902–1905). He was also known as E.
Erik Gustaf Geijer Erik Gustaf Geijer (January 12, 1783 - April 23, 1847), was a Swedish writer, composer, and historian. He was a member of the Swedish Academy and a professor of history from 1817 at Uppsala University where a statue commemorates him.
Erik Hamrén Erik Hamrén (born June 27, 1957) is a Swedish former football (soccer) player and current manager of the Danish Superliga side Aalborg Boldspilklub. He guided the team to a 5th place finish in the 2005-06 season.
Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema (April 3, 1917, Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies - present), is the writer of the book Soldaat van Oranje (Dutch for Soldier of Orange) in which he describes his experiences in World War II.
Erik HĂĄker Erik HĂĄker (born March 4th, 1952, in Oppdal) is a Norwegian alpine skier who finished 5th in the men's downhill at the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo. That same year, HĂĄker became the first Norwegian to win a World Cup Alpine event.
Erik Himle Erik Himle (1924-) was the state secretary to the Minister of Defense 1958-1961, state secretary to the Minister of Transport and Communications 1962-1963, Minister of Trade and Shipping 1963-1964, Minister of Transport and Communications 1964-1965, and state secretary to the to the prime minister 1971-1972.
Erik Hochstein Erik Hochstein (born October 1, 1968 in DĂĽsseldorf) is a former swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4x200m Freestyle Relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics. His father and two older brothers were into swimming so he started swimming competitively at age ten.
Erik Ian Asphaug Erik Ian Asphaug is a planetary science professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Asphaug received his bachelor's degree in mathematics and English from Rice University and his PhD in planetary science from the University of Arizona.
Erik Ivar Fredholm Erik Ivar Fredholm (April 7, 1866 - August 17, 1927) was a Swedish mathematician who established the modern theory of integral equations. His 1903 paper in Acta Mathematica is considered to be one of the major landmarks in the establishment of operator theory.
Erik Jan Hanussen Hanussen, also known as Erik Jan Hanussen (2 June, 1889, Vienna - after 25 March, 1933, Berlin), was a mentalist, occultist, and astrologer, active in Weimar Republic Germany and also at the beginning of Nazi Germany.
Erik Jarvik Anders Erik Vilhelm Jarvik (30 November 1907 – January 11, 1998) was a Swedish palaeozoologist who worked extensively on the sarcopterygian (or lobe-finned) fish Eusthenopteron. In a career that spanned some 60 years, Jarvik produced some of the most detailed anatomical work on this fish, making it arguably the best known fossil vertebrates.
Erik Jazet Erik Alexander Jazet (born July 19, 1971 in Schiedam, Zuid-Holland) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 308 international matches for The Netherlands. The defender made his debut for the Dutch on November 17, 1990 in a match against England.
Erik Jendresen Erik Jendresen is a novelist as well as a writer and producer for plays, television, and film. He is best known for the award-winning miniseries "Band of Brothers", for which he was a supervising producer as well as a primary writer.
Erik Johansson Erik Johansson (Vasa) was the Lord of Rydboholm in the Roslagen. He was born around the year 1470 to Johan Kristiersson (Vasa) and Birgitta Gustafsdotter (Sture) in a town named Ă–rby in what was then Uppland (today: Uppsala), Sweden.
Erik Kretz Erik Kretz was the drummer for a successful grunge band Stone Temple Pilots. During band mate Scott Weiland's drug addiction, he and two other members of STP Dean DeLeo and Robert DeLeo formed the band Talkshow.
Erik Lakomaa Erik Martin Lakomaa (born 14 April 1977 in Linköping) is a Swedish political consultant known for his role as strategist for the no-campaign in the 2003 Swedish referendum on the Euro. He has also advised a number of centre-right politicians, most notably Lars Wohlin and Nils Lundgren.
Erik Larson (author) Erik Larson (born January 1, 1954) is an American author. He has written Isaac's Storm (1999), about the experiences of Isaac Cline during the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair that Changed America (2003), about the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and a series of murders that were committed in the city around the time of the Fair, and Thunderstruck, which intersperses the story of Hawley Harvey Crippen with the story of Guglielmo Marconi and the invention of radio.
Erik Laxman Erik Laxman (Russian: Đрик (Кирилл) Đ“ŃŃтавович ЛакŃĐĽĐ°Đ˝) (July 27, 1737 - January 6, 1796) was a Finland-Swedish clergyman, explorer and natural scientist born in Nyslott in Finland, then part of Sweden. He is remembered today for his taxonomic work on the fauna of Siberia and for his attempts to establish relations between Imperial Russia and Tokugawa Japan.
Erik Lönnroth Erik Lönnroth was a Swedish historian and a member of the Swedish Academy between 1962-2002. He was born in Gothenburg 1910 and was awarded a PhD in history at Gothenburg University (at that time university college) at only 24 years of age, 1934.
Erik Martin Dilan Erik Martin Dilan (b. 1974) currently represents District 37 in the New York City Council, which is comprised of the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Cypress Hills, East New York, Ocean Hill, Brownsville, and Wyckoff Heights.
Erik McMillan Erik McMillan is a former American Football cornerback who played for the New York Jets (1988-1992), Cleveland Browns (1993), Kansas City Chiefs (1993), and the Philadelphia Eagles (1993). McMillan was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1988 and 1989.
Erik Mona Erik Mona has been the editor-in-chief of Dragon magazine since 2004 and Dungeon magazine from 2004 to 2006; both magazines are published by Paizo Publishing. He has edited, authored, and co-authored several products for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, including the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer, Faiths and Pantheons, and Armies of the Abyss.
Erik Mykland Erik "Myggen" Mykland ("the Mosquito") (born July 21, 1971 in Risør) is a former Norwegian footballer. During his career Mykland played for Risør, Bryne, Start, Utrecht (loan), Linz, Panathinaikos, 1860 München and FC København.
Erik nøbkake Erik the Nubcaek (950–1003 ) Old Norse and Icelandic: EirĂkr Nubur; Norwegian; Eirik Nøbkake; sometimes Erik Den Nube), so-called because of his nubish hair and beard (or perhaps because of his poor skills), founded the first Nubic settlement in Nubland. Born in the Nubaeder district of south-west Nubway as the son of Nubvaldr Nubvaldsson (Nubvald Nubvaldsson), he therefore also appears, patronymically, as Erik Nubvaldsson (or as EirĂkr Nubvaldsson).
Erik Palmén Erik Palmén (1898 - 1985) was the most famous researcher of meteorology in Finland. He worked together with Vilhelm Bjerknes with theory on cyclones and weather fronts and was intimately involved in explaining the dynamics of the jet stream in University of Chicago in so called Chicago school of meteorology (started by Carl-Gustaf Rossby).
Erik Palmstedt Erik Palmstedt (16 December 1741 — 12 June 1803) was an outstanding Swedish architect working for the court circle of Gustav III, where he was in the forefront of Neoclassical style. He was also a musician, who served as organist at Riddarholm Church for twenty-seven years.
Erik Pema Kunsang Erik Pema Kunsang (Erik Hein Schmidt) is a translator and, along with his wife Marcia Binder Schmidt, director of Rangjung Yeshe Translations and Publications in Kathmandu. He has translated over forty volumes of Tibetan texts and oral teachings.
Erik Penser Erik Penser (August 22, 1942 in Eslöv, Skåne) is a Swedish businessman. After the collapse of his financial empire, which included Carnegie, in the early 1990s, he fought a bitter legal feud with what later became Nordea which had repossessed much of his wealth and holdings.
Erik Pontoppidan Danish author, bishop, historian and antiquary, born at Aarhus (on the eastern shore of Jutland) August 24, 1698; died at Copenhagen December 20, 1764. He was educated at Fredericia (1716–18), after which he was a private tutor in Norway, and then studied in Holland, and at London and Oxford, England.
Erik Prince Erik Prince, born in 1969 in Holland, Michigan, is the founder and owner of the military support contractor Blackwater USA. A millionaire and former US Navy SEAL, after high school he briefly enrolled in the Naval Academy before attending and graduating from Hillsdale College.
Erik Røring Møinichen Erik Røring Møinichen (1797-1875) was a Norwegian minister who held different posts in the period 1855-1870. He was Minister of Finance, Justice, Postal Affairs, Auditing and the Navy, as well as member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm in different periods from 1855 to 1868.
Erik Sandin Erik Sandin, often called Smelly, is the drummer of the popular California punk band NOFX. He was a founding member of the band when they formed in Hollywood, California, in 1983, but moved to Santa Barbara two years later, leaving the band.
Erik Santos Friends Online Erik Santos Friends Online (ESFO) was formed by a group of Erik Santos supporters, who met in the internet and previously had not physically crossed each others' paths, but their common and unwavering admiration for the first Star in a Million literally banded the group together.
Erik Scavenius Erik Julius Christian Scavenius (July 13, 1877–November 29, 1962) was the Danish foreign minister 1909–1910, 1913–1920 and 1940–1943, and prime minister from 1942 to 1943. His cabinet resigned in 1943 and suspended operations.
Erik Schullstrom Erik Paul Schullstrom is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Minnesota Twins in 1994 and 1995. He was born on March 25, 1969 in San Diego, California, and he attended Fresno State University.
Erik Sjöqvist Erik Sjöqvist (born 1903; died 1975) was the director of Swedish Cyprus Expedition and director of Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome, Italy and professor of classical archaeology at Princeton University.
Erik Solheim Erik Solheim (born January 18, 1955 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian politician and the current Norwegian Minister of International Development and an international peace maker involved in resolving the current civil war in Sri Lanka.
Erik Stolhanske Erik Stolhanske, (born August 23, 1968) in Minneapolis, Minnesota is one of the members of the Broken Lizard comedy group. He graduated from Breck School then Colgate University, where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
Erik Swyngedouw Erik Swyngedouw is Professor of Geography at the University of Manchester in its School of Environment and Development. Born in Belgium and fluent in Flemish, English, French, and Spanish, he studied at Leuven, then completed a PhD entitled "The Production of Spaces" under the supervision of the renowned Marxist geographer David Harvey at Johns Hopkins University (1991).
Erik the Red (comics) Erik the Red is a cover identity in the Marvel universe which has been used by three characters: Scott Summers (Cyclops), Davan Shakari, a Shi'ar agent, and Erik Magnus Lehnsherr (Magneto). All of these characters assumed this identity as a disguise.
Erik the Red's Land [the Red's Land (Norwegian]: Eirik Raudes Land) was the name given by [[Norwegians to an area on East Greenland coast occupied by Norway in the early 1930's. It was named after Erik the Red, a viking conqueror and founder of the first Norse settlements in Greenland in the 10th century.
Erik the Viking Erik the Viking is a 1989 film written and directed by Terry Jones, who also makes an appearance in it. The film was inspired by Jones's children's book The Saga of Erik the Viking (1983), but the plot is completely different.
Erik the Viking (game) The Saga of Erik the Viking (popularly known as Erik the Viking) is a text-based adventure game by the Austin brothers of Level 9 Computing, published by Mosaic Publishing in 1984. The game runs on Amstrad CPC, BBC model B, Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
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