Albrecht

Albrecht

Albrecht Dürer
Pronunciation	/ˈʌlbrɛkt/ German: [ˈalbʁɛçt]1
Language	German
Other names
See also	Albert

Albrecht ("noble", "bright") is a given name or surname of German origin and may refer to:

• Albrecht Agthe, (1790–1873), German music teacher
• Albrecht Altdorfer, (c. 1480–1538) German Renaissance painter
• Albrecht Becker, (1906–2002), German production designer, photographer, and actor
• Albrecht Berblinger, (1770–1829), German constructor (the tailor of ulm)
• Albrecht Brandi, (1914–1966), German U-boat commander in World War II
• Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817–1895) general who controlled the Austrian Army
• Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, (1865–1939), German field marshal in World War I
• Albrecht von Wallenstein, (1583–1634), Bohemian soldier and politician during the Thirty Years' War
• Albrecht Dieterich, (1866–1908) German classical philologist and religious scholar
• Albrecht Dietz, (1926–2012), German entrepreneur and scientist
• Albrecht Dürer, (1471–1528), German artist and mathematician
• Albrecht Dürer the Elder, German goldsmith and father of Albrecht Dürer
• Albrecht Elof Ihre, (1797–1877), Swedish diplomat and politician
• Albrecht Fölsing, (1940–2018), German physicist and scientific journalist
• Albrecht Fleckenstein, (1917–92), German pharmacologist and physiologist
• Albrecht Haushofer, (1903–1945), German geographer, diplomat and author.
• Albrecht Holder, (born 1958), classical bassoonist
• Albrecht Gessler, German bailiff
• Albrecht Glockendon II (died 1545), German miniaturist and woodcutter
• Albrecht Gustav von Manstein, (1805–1877), Prussian general
• Albrecht II, Count of Hohenberg-Rotenburg (c. 1235–1298), Count of Hohenberg and Haigerloch
• Albrecht Kossel, (1853–1927), German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics
• Albrecht Krügel, (1913–1945), German Lieutenant Colonel of SS
• Albrecht Mayer, (born 1965), German oboeist
• Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, (1905–1944), German officer and a resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (20 July plot)
• Albrecht Müller, (1939–2018), German sprint canoer and rower
• Albrecht Penck, (1858–1945), German geographer and geologist
• Albrecht Pfister, (c. 1420–c. 1466), German printer
• Albrecht Ritschl, (1822–1889), German Protestant theologian
• Albrecht Ritschl (economist), German Professor of Economic History
• Albrecht Roser, (1922–2011), German master puppeteer
• Albrecht von Roon, (1803–79), Prussian soldier and statesman
• Albrecht III Achilles, (1414–86), Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg
• Albrecht of Sweden, (c.1338–1412), medieval Swedish monarch
• Albrecht Schmidt (actor), (1870–1945), Danish film actor
• Albrecht Schöne (1925–2025), German Germanist
• Albrecht Schröter, (born 1955), German politician (SPD), mayor of Jena
• Albrecht Unsöld, (1905–95), German astrophysicist
• Albrecht Weber, (1825–1901), German Indologist and historian
• Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels, (1659–1692), German prince of the House of Wettin

• Achim Albrecht, German bodybuilder and professional wrestler
• Alex Albrecht, American television personality
• Andreas Albrecht (cosmologist), American physicist
• Art Albrecht (1921–2004), former professional American football player
• Bernard Albrecht, an alias of Bernard Sumner, English singer and guitarist
• Berthold Albrecht (1954–2012), German businessman (ALDI), brother of Theo Jr
• Carter Albrecht (1973–2007), American musician
• Conrad Albrecht (1880–1969), German admiral
• Daniel Albrecht, Swiss alpine ski racer
• Erich Albrecht (1907-1997), German germanist and writer
• Ernst Albrecht (politician, born 1914) (1914–1991), German politician (CDU)
• Ernst Albrecht (politician, born 1930), (1930–2014), German politician (CDU)
• Ernst Albrecht (footballer), (1907–1976), German footballer
• Friedrich Wilhelm Albrecht, (1894–1984) Lutheran missionary in Central Australia
• George Alexander Albrecht, German conductor, (1935–2021), long-time music director in Hanover
• Gerd Albrecht, German conductor, 1935–2014, known for work in contemporary music
• Grant Albrecht, Canadian luger
• Gretchen Albrecht, New Zealand artist (born 1943)
• Harold Albrecht, Canadian politician
• Herman Albrecht, South African soldier
• Herbert Albrecht (1900–1945), German politician
• J. I. Albrecht, American-Canadian sports personality
• Jan Philipp Albrecht, German politician and Member of the European Parliament
• Katherine Albrecht, American privacy activist
• Karl Albrecht, (1920–2014), German entrepreneur, brother of Theo Albrecht (ALDI)
• Karl Albrecht Jr. (born 1948), German businessman
• Lisa Albrecht (1896–1958), German politician
• Marc Albrecht, German conductor, born 1964, chief conductor of De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam from 2011
• Michael Albrecht (born 1947), German politician
• Milan Albrecht, Slovak footballer
• Rafael Albrecht, Argentine footballer
• Raymond John Albrecht (1916–2006), American farmer and politician
• Rita Albrecht, American public servant
• Susanne Albrecht, (born 1951), German activist (Red Army Faction)
• Sylvia Albrecht, German speed-skater
• Theo Albrecht, (1922–2010), German entrepreneur, founder of Aldi Nord, brother of Karl
• Theo Albrecht Jr. (born 1950), German businessman, son of Theo
• Theodore Albrecht (1945–2025), American music historian, Beethoven scholar
• Wilhelm Eduard Albrecht, (1800–1876), German jurist and politician
• William Albrecht, American agronomist
• William P. Albrecht, (1935–2024), American economist

• Albrecht v. Herald Co., a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court decision