Spiegel (surname)
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Spiegel is a surname of German origin. In German language Spiegel means mirror.
Spiegel is an ancient German Christian surname. Family tradition says it was taken from a town or lake named Spiegel. There is a small community south of Munich named Spiegel. The name Spiegel goes back to at least the 12th century, when the Spiegel family were barons of Desenburg and Peckelsheim in Hessen; one noted person was Heinrich III Spiegel zum Desenberg (1361-80), Bishop of Paderborn.
There are also a significant number of Jewish people with the surname, and it is said that this name originated from house sign in the Frankfurt am Main (Judengasse) picturing a mirror.[citation needed] The form Spiegel is documented in Frankfurt am Main since the 16th century. Variants are Szpiegel, Schpiegel, Shpi(e)gel, Şpighel, etc.
[edit] People with the surname Spiegel
- Adam Spiegel aka Spike Jonze (born 1964), an American film directory
- Friedrich (von) Spiegel (1820-1905), an orientalist at the University of Erlangen
- Giora Spiegel (born 1947), a Jewish-Israeli footballer and manager
- Laurie Spiegel (born 1945), an American composer
- Paul Spiegel (1937-2006), leader of the Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland
- Sam Spiegel (1901-1985), a Polish-born film producer
- Sam Spiegel (musician), American producer/DJ and brother of Spike Jonze
[edit] Fictional
- Spike Spiegel, a character in Cowboy Bebop
[edit] See also
- Fritz Spiegl (1926-2003), Austrian-born musician, journalist, broadcaster, humorist and collector
- Spiegle
- Spiegler
- Spiegelmann
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