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Fröhlich is a German language surname meaning cheerful. Also spelled Froelich, Froehlich, Frohlich or Frolich, the surname may refer to:
- Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, German evangelist, theologian and writer
- Adolf Froelich, Polish inventor, dentist and officer
- Albrecht Fröhlich, German Jewish mathematician
- Fröhlich Prize, prize of the London Mathematical Society, in memory of Albrecht Fröhlich
- Alfred Fröhlich, Austrian-American pharmacologist and neurologist
- Alfredo Frohlich, American businessman
- Charlotta Frölich, Swedish historian and agronomist
- Danny Frolich, artist from New Orleans famous for designing Mardi Gras art
- Edward Fröhlich Haskell, scientist and philosopher
- Erasmus Fröhlich (1700–1758), Austrian Jesuit natural philosopher
- Eric Froehlich, American professional poker player
- Eva Margareta Frölich, Swedish-Latvian visionary writer
- Franz Anton Gottfried Frölich (1805–1878), German entomologist
- Gertrud Nüsken (born Fröhlich, 1917–1972), German chess master
- Gustav Fröhlich, German actor
- Harold E. Froehlich (1923–2007), American engineer who designed deep-diving exploratory submarine
- Harold Vernon Froehlich, U.S. congressman from Wisconsin, 1973–1975
- Herbert Fröhlich (1905–1991), German-born British physicist
- Jack Froehlich, American rocket scientist
- Froelich (crater), a crater on the Moon named after Jack Froehlich
- Jean-Pierre Frohlich, New York City Ballet balletmaster and former soloist
- Johannes Frederik Fröhlich (1806–1860), Danish violinist, conductor and composer
- John Froelich, American inventor of the first gasoline-powered tractor
- Josef Aloys Frölich (1766–1841), German doctor, botanist and entomologist
- Jürg Martin Fröhlich, Swiss mathematician and theoretical physicist
- Katharina Fröhlich (1801–1879), German lover of the poet Franz Grillparzer
- Linda Fröhlich, German professional basketball player
- Michael von Fröhlich (1740–1814), Austrian general
- Paul Frölich, German politician
- Paul Froehlich, Illinois politician
- Peter Gay (born Peter Joachim Fröhlich), historian
- Samuel Heinrich Froehlich (1803–1857), evangelist
- USS Elizabeth M. Froelich (SP-380), United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919
See also
[edit]- Adiposogenital dystrophy, also known as "Babinski-Fröhlich syndrome" or "Frölich's syndrome"
- Dunkelfelder, grape variety also known as "Farbtraube Froelich" or "Froelich V 4-4" after the grape breeder Gustav Adolf Froelich (1847–1912)
- Frölicher spectral sequence, a mathematical tool in the theory of complex manifolds
- Phyllis Frelich, American actress