This time in First Names First we haveAdolf. And Adolph, Adolphe and Adolphus - all male names. Unfortunately Adolf was the name for that one dictator, but also the first (or in this case, the second) name for many good and brilliant men. No man owns a name, but nevertheless, after the Second World War, Adolf has for obvious reasons rarely been a name one would choose for their son.
Anyway, why not pick one name below, and then follow the Wikipedia link to see what if anything the person could contribute your life with. Why not give a couple of minutes of your life to this for lives lived have something worthwhile to tell us – let them!
Adolf Occo* German physician - Augsburg (1524)
Adolf Frederick* King of Sweden – Gottorp, Schleswig, Holy Roman Empire (1710)
Adolf Tandefelt* baron/civil servant – Hartola, Sweden-Finland (1747)
Adolf Fredrik Munck* noble/close friend of Swedish King Gustaf III – Mikkeli, Sweden-Finland (1749)
Adolf Müllner* German dramatic poet/critic - Langendorf (1774)
Adolf Ivar Arwidsson* political journalist/ writer/historian – Padasjoki, Sweden-Finland (1791)
Adolphe Nourrit* opera singer/composer – Montpellier, France (1802)
Adolph Tidemand* painter – Mandal, Norway (1814)
Adolphe Sax* musician/inventor of saxophone - Dinant, First French Empire (1814)
Adolf Lindman* prison chaplain/ historian/collector – Turku, GD of Finland (1821)
Adolf Bastian* polymath (ethnography/ anthropology/psychology) – Bremen, German Confederation (1826)
Adolf Deucher* physician/politician – Zürich, Switzerland (1831)
Adolf von Becker* painter/art professor – Helsinki, GD of Finland (1831)
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld* geologist/ mineralogist/Arctic explorer – Helsinki, GD of Finland (1832)
Adolphus W. Green* attorney/ businessman/co-founder of Nabisco – Boston, MA USA (1843) pic
Adolf Engler* noted German botanist – Sagan, Prussia (1844)
Adolf Kaufmann* landscape and marine artist – Troppau, Austrian Empire (1848)
Adolf Albin* chess player – Bucharest, Romania (1848)
Adolphe Willette* painter/ illustrator/an architect of Moulin Rouge cabaret – Châlons-sur-Marne, France (1857)
Adolf von Bonsdorff* headmaster/politician – Helsinki, GD of Finland (1862)
Adolphe Alexandre Chaillet* electrical engineer/inventor/to U.S. at age 25 – Paris, France (1867)
Adolf Loos* Austrian and Czechoslovak architect – Brno, Austria-Hungary (1870)
Adolf Brand* writer/egoist anarchist/pioneering campaigner for the acceptance of male bisexuality and homosexuality – Berlin, German Empire (1874)
Adolf Windaus* chemist/N – Berlin, German Empire (1876)
Adolf Lindfors* wrestler/OG – Porvoo, GD of Finland (1879)
Adolf Hitler* dictator – Braunau, Austria-Hungary (1889)
Adolf “Adi” Dassler* founder of Adidas – Herzogenaurach, German Empire (1900)
Adolf Butenandt* biochemist/N – Bremerhaven, German Empire (1903)
Adolf Ehrnrooth* general/veteran #1 in Finland – Helsinki, GD of Finland (1905)
Adolf Eichmann* military leader/one of major organizers of the Holocaust - Solingen, German Empire (1906)
Gustaf Adolf Bernadotte* Prince of Sweden – Stockholm, Sweden (1906)
Adolf H. Lundin* oil and mining entrepreneur - Stockholm, Sweden (1932)
Adolph Caesar* actor/theater director/choreographer – Harlem, NY USA (1933)
Adolfo J. de Bold* Argentinian-Canadian cardiovascular researcher/to Canada at age 26 - Paraná, Argentina (1942)
Adolf “Dado” Topić* Croatian singer/musician – Nova Gradiška, Croatia, Yugoslavia (1949)
Adolph “Young Dolph” Thornton Jr.* rapper – Chicago, IL USA (1985)
Updated 28.7.2023 Helsinki