Munch

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Munch may refer to:

  • Edvard Munch (1863–1944), a Norwegian expressionist painter and printmaker best known for his work The Scream
    • Edvard Munch (film), 1973 biographical film written and directed by Peter Watkins
    • Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway, dedicated to the work and life of the painter Edvard Munch
  • Munch or Münch (family lineage) (Basler Family Name) then later Münch von Münchenstein, Münch von Münchsberg and Münch von Landskron (Swiss aristocracy/Ritter (mittelhochdeutsch: Reiter, lat. eques, franz. chevalier, engl. knight, ital. cavaliere, span. caballero, slaw. vitez, vityaz, ungar. vitéz)) between the years 1185 and 1759.

Other people called Munch:

  • Charles Munch (1891–1968), Alsatian conductor
  • Ernsto Munch (1876–1946), a plant physiologist who proposed the Pressure Flow Hypothesis to explain the mechanism of phloem translocation
  • Gustafa Munch-Petersen (1912–1938), Danish writer and painter
  • John Q. Munch, a fictional detective character played by the actor Richard Belzer on several television shows
  • P.A. Munch (1810–1863), a Norwegian historian who did groundbreaking work on Norway's medieval period
  • Peter A. Munch (1908–1984), a Norwegian-American sociologist
  • Peter Rochegune Munch (1870–1948), Danish foreign minister from 1929 to 1940 and one of the founders of the Danish Social Liberal Party
  • Hartung Münch, bishop of Basel from 1325 to 1328

Other uses of the word Munch:

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