Albrecht

Albrecht ("noble", "bright") is a given name or surname of German origin and may refer to:

First name

 * Albrecht Agthe, (1790–1873), German music teacher
 * Albrecht Altdorfer, (c. 1480–1538) German Renaissance painter
 * Albrecht Becker, (1906–2002), German production designer, photographer, and actor
 * Albrecht Berblinger, (1770–1829), German constructor (the tailor of ulm)
 * Albrecht Brandi, (1914–1966), German U-boat commander in World War II
 * Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, (1865–1939), German field marshal in World War I
 * Albrecht von Wallenstein, (1583–1634), Bohemian soldier and politician during the Thirty Years' War
 * Albrecht Dieterich, (1866–1908) German classical philologist and religious scholar
 * Albrecht Dietz, (1926–2012), German entrepreneur and scientist
 * Albrecht Dürer, (1471–1528), German artist and mathematician
 * Albrecht Dürer the Elder, German goldsmith and father of Albrecht Dürer
 * Albrecht Elof Ihre, (1797–1877), Swedish diplomat and politician
 * Albrecht Fölsing, (1940–2018), German physicist and scientific journalist
 * Albrecht Fleckenstein, (1917–92), German pharmacologist and physiologist
 * Albrecht Haushofer, (1903–1945), German geographer, diplomat and author.
 * Albrecht Holder, (born 1958), classical bassoonist
 * Albrecht Gessler, German bailiff
 * Albrecht Glockendon the Younger, German miniaturist and woodcutter
 * Albrecht Gustav von Manstein, (1805–1877), Prussian general
 * Albrecht II, Count of Hohenberg-Rotenburg (c. 1235–1298), Count of Hohenberg and Haigerloch
 * Albrecht Kossel, (1853–1927), German biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics
 * Albrecht Krügel, (1913–1945), German Lieutenant Colonel of SS
 * Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, (1905–1944), German officer and a resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (20 July plot)
 * Albrecht Müller, (1939–2018), German sprint canoer and rower
 * Albrecht Penck, (1858–1945), German geographer and geologist
 * Albrecht Pfister, (c. 1420–c. 1466), German printer
 * Albrecht Ritschl, (1822–1889), German Protestant theologian
 * Albrecht Ritschl (economist), German Professor of Economic History
 * Albrecht Roser, (1922–2011), German master puppeteer
 * Albrecht von Roon, (1803–79), Prussian soldier and statesman
 * Albrecht III Achilles, (1414–86), Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg
 * Albrecht of Sweden, (c.1338–1412), medieval Swedish monarch
 * Albrecht Schmidt (actor), (1870–1945), Danish film actor
 * Albrecht Schöne (born 1925), German Germanist
 * Albrecht Schröter, (born 1955), German politician (SPD), mayor of Jena
 * Albrecht Unsöld, (1905–95), German astrophysicist
 * Albrecht Weber, (1825–1901), German Indologist and historian
 * Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels, (1659–1692), German prince of the House of Wettin

Surname

 * Achim Albrecht, German bodybuilder and professional wrestler
 * Alex Albrecht, American television personality
 * Andreas Albrecht (cosmologist), American physicist
 * Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817–1895) general who controlled the Austrian Army
 * Art Albrecht (1921–2004), former professional American football player
 * Bernard Albrecht, an alias of Bernard Sumner, English singer and guitarist
 * Berthold Albrecht (1954–2012), German businessman (ALDI), brother of Theo Jr
 * Carter Albrecht (1973–2007), American musician
 * Conrad Albrecht (1880–1969), German admiral
 * Daniel Albrecht, Swiss alpine ski racer
 * Ernst Albrecht (politician, born 1930), (1930–2014), German politician (CDU)
 * Ernst Albrecht (footballer), (1907–1976), German footballer
 * George Alexander Albrecht, German conductor, (1935–2021), long-time music director in Hanover
 * Gerd Albrecht, German conductor, 1935–2014, known for work in contemporary music
 * Grant Albrecht, Canadian luger
 * Gretchen Albrecht, New Zealand artist (born 1943)
 * Harold Albrecht, Canadian politician
 * Herman Albrecht, South African soldier
 * J. I. Albrecht, American-Canadian sports personality
 * Jan Philipp Albrecht, German politician and Member of the European Parliament
 * Katherine Albrecht, American privacy activist
 * Karl Albrecht, (1920–2014), German entrepreneur, brother of Theo Albrecht (ALDI)
 * Karl Albrecht Jr. (born 1948), German businessman
 * Marc Albrecht, German conductor, born 1964, chief conductor of De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam from 2011
 * Milan Albrecht, Slovak footballer
 * Rafael Albrecht, Argentine footballer
 * Raymond John Albrecht (1916–2006), American farmer and politician
 * Susanne Albrecht, (born 1951), German activist (Red Army Faction)
 * Sylvia Albrecht, German speed-skater
 * Theo Albrecht, (1922–2010), German entrepreneur, founder of Aldi Nord, brother of Karl
 * Theo Albrecht Jr. (born 1950), German businessman, son of Theo
 * Theodore Albrecht (born 1945), American music historian, Beethoven scholar
 * Wilhelm Eduard Albrecht, (1800–1876), German jurist and politician
 * William Albrecht, American agronomist

Other

 * Albrecht v. Herald Co., a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court decision