Konrad

Konrad is a German given name and surname that means "Bold Counselor". From Proto-Germanic *kōniz ("bold, brave") + *rēdą ("counsel").
Konrad has been popularized due to the numerous German kings that bore this name.

People

First name

• Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967), German politician, Chancellor of Germany 1949-1963 (CDU)
• Konrad Bloch (1912-2000), German-born American biochemist
• Konrad Boehmer (1941–2014), Dutch composer
• Konrad Dannenberg (1912-2009), German rocket scientist
• Konrad Dobler (born 1957), German long-distance runner
• Konrad Gehringer (1939-2003), German inventor
• Konrad Gessner (1516-1565), Swiss naturalist
• Konrad Grob (1828-1904), Swiss painter
• Konrad Heiden (1901-1966), German writer
• Konrad Henlein (1898-1945), Czechoslovak politician
• Konrad Kellen (1913-2007), American political scientist
• Konrad Koch (1846–1911), German teacher and football pioneer
• Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989), Austrian scientist
• Konrad Mägi (1878-1925), Estonian painter
• Konrad Morgen (1909-1982), German SS lawyer
• Konrad Rudnicki (born 1926), Polish astronomer
• Konrad Tuchscherer (born 1970), American historian
• Konrad von Marburg (died 1233), German inquisitor
• Konrad von Würzburg (died 1287), German poet
• Konrad Wolf (1925-1982), German film director
• Konrad Zuse (1910-1995), German computer scientist
• Konrad Wysocki (1993–present), Polish biologist, Queens College

Surname

• Alexander Konrad (1890–1940), Russian explorer
• Antoine Konrad (born 1975), birth name of DJ Antoine, a Swiss DJ
• Christoph Konrad (born 1957), German politician
• Edmond Konrad (born 1909), Admiral United States Navy
• Franz Konrad (racing driver) (born 1951), Austrian racing driver
• Franz Konrad (SS officer) (1906–1952), German SS officer
• György Konrád (born 1933), Hungarian writer
• Jeffrey Konrad, American musician
• Otto Konrad (born 1964), Austrian football player
• Paul Konrad (1877–1948), Swiss geometrician and mycologist
• Rob Konrad (born 1976), American football player
• Franz Konrad von Stadion und Thannhausen (1679–1757), Prince-Bishop of Bamberg
• Franz Konrad von Rodt (1706–1775), Bishop of Constance
• Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852–1925), Chief of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army at the outbreak of World War I

Royalty

• Konrad I of Germany (890-918)
• Konrad II, Holy Roman Emperor of the German People (990-1039)
• Konrad III of Germany (1093–1152)
• Konrad IV of Germany (1228-1254)
• Konrad II of Germany and Italy (1074-1101)
• Konrad I of Masovia (1187-1247)
• Konrad I, Count of Württemberg (died 1110)
• Konrad II, Count of Württemberg (died 1143)

Fiction

• Konrad Saga, series of novels by David Ferring - see Warhammer novels#Konrad Saga.2C The
• Konrad (assassin), fictional character in the 1999 novel All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson

Other uses

• Konrad KM-011 sportscar
• Operation Konrad
• Sankt Konrad, Austria
• Schacht Konrad, proposed radioactive waste repository in Germany