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Hauptman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Herbert A. Hauptman American mathematician

Herbert Aaron Hauptman was an American mathematician and Nobel laureate. He pioneered and developed a mathematical method that has changed the whole field of chemistry and opened a new era in research in determination of molecular structures of crystallized materials. Today, Hauptman's direct methods, which he continued to improve and refine, are routinely used to solve complicated structures. It was the application of this mathematical method to a wide variety of chemical structures that led the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to name Hauptman and Jerome Karle recipients of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Judith Rebecca Hauptman is a Jewish feminist Talmudic scholar.

Born in Texas, William Hauptman received a BFA from the University of Texas Drama Department and later traveled to San Francisco and New York. A graduate who received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama, he is the author of both plays and fiction.

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Gerhart Hauptmann German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912

Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann was a German dramatist and novelist. He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912.

Richard Hauptmann Carpenter, convicted murderer

Bruno Richard Hauptmann was a German-born carpenter who was convicted of the abduction and murder of the 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh. The Lindbergh kidnapping became known as "The Crime of the Century". Hauptmann proclaimed his innocence to the end, but he was convicted of first degree murder and executed in 1936 in the electric chair at the New Jersey State Prison.

Hauptmann is a German word usually translated as captain when it is used as an officer's rank in the German, Austrian, and Swiss armies. While Haupt in contemporary German means 'main', it also has and originally had the meaning of 'head', i.e. Hauptmann literally translates to 'head-man', which is also the etymological root of captain . It equates to the rank of captain in the British and US Armies, and is rated OF-2 in NATO. (For the German maritime counterpart to captain, see Kapitän.)

Lindbergh kidnapping Abduction and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr

On March 1, 1932, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., 20-month-old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was abducted from the crib in the upper floor of his home in Highfields in East Amwell, New Jersey, United States. On May 12, the child's corpse was discovered by a truck driver off the side of a nearby road.

Voigt is a German surname, and may refer to:

<i>Stalingrad</i> (1993 film) 1993 German film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier

Stalingrad is a 1993 German war drama film directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. The movie follows a platoon of World War II German Army soldiers transferred to Russia, where they ultimately find themselves fighting in the Battle of Stalingrad.

Ferdinand Hodler Swiss artist

Ferdinand Hodler was one of the best-known Swiss painters of the nineteenth century. His early works were portraits, landscapes, and genre paintings in a realistic style. Later, he adopted a personal form of symbolism he called "parallelism".

Hauptmann Deutschland, also known as Vormund, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Hauptmann is a German word for captain but may also refer to:

The Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute (HWI) is an independent, not-for-profit, biomedical research facility located in the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. Its focus is on structural biology with a strong history in methods development and the application of X-ray crystallography in fundamental studies.

Andrej Hauptman is a Slovenian former professional road racing cyclist.

Andrew Hauptman is an American businessman, co-founder of the investment firm Andell Inc., and owner of the Major League Soccer team, the Chicago Fire.

Crime of the Century is a 1996 HBO television film directed by Mark Rydell. It presents a dramatization of the Lindbergh kidnapping of 1932. The film stars Stephen Rea as Bruno Hauptmann and Isabella Rossellini as his wife Anna.

Hauptmann is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 118 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1985. Hauptmann is named for the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann, who lived from 1862 to 1946.

Caylin Hauptmann is an American football offensive lineman who is currently a free agent. He signed with the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He was signed to the Seattle Seahawks in September 2013.

Micah A. Hauptman is an American film and television actor, known for playing the lead role of David Gallo in the film In Stereo, August Hardwicke in the film Parker, and real-life character David Breashears in Everest.

Dušan Hauptman is a former professional basketball player.

Niklas Hauptmann association football player

Niklas Hauptmann is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for 1. FC Köln.