Wahl (surname)
Wahl is a surname. The name may originate from the German word Wahl (meaning "election" or "choice"[1]) or from Yiddish, in which wahl means "from Italy".[2] Notable people with the surname include:
- Andreas Wallan Wahl, Swedish bass guitarist
- Arthur C. Wahl, American chemist
- Bernt Wahl, American author, entrepreneur and mathematician
- Betty Wahl (1924–1988), American novelist and short story writer
- Bobby Wahl (born 1992), American baseball player
- Edgar de Wahl (1867–1948), Baltic German linguist and scholar
- Grant Wahl (born 1974), American sports journalist
- James M. Wahl (1846–1939), Norwegian American settler and South Dakota legislator
- Jan Boyer Wahl (born 1933), American children's book author
- Jean Wahl (1888–1974), French philosopher
- Ken Wahl (born 1954), American film and television actor
- Mats Wahl (born 1945), Swedish writer
- Moritz Callmann Wahl (1829–1887), German writer
- Nathalie Wahl (born 1976), Belgian mathematician
- Phoebe Wahl, American illustrator, sculptor and children's book author
- Rosalie E. Wahl (1924–2013), American jurist
- Saul Wahl (1541–1617), legendary king of Poland
See also
References
- ^ Singer, Isidore; Julius Gottlieb. "WAHL, SAUL". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- ^ Polonsky, Antony, The Jews in Poland and Russia, vol. 1, Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. 2010, p. 12.
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