Emil - and the versions of it in other languages - is the name in today’s First Names First! So take your pick, and find some inspiring stories behind the names. Give this a couple of minutes - for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. Let them!

Emil Skoda* Czech engineer/ founder of Skoda Works – Pizén, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (1839)

Émile Zola* author – Paris, France (1840) pic
Emil Jakob Schindler* landscape painter – Vienna, Austrian Empire (1842)
Emil Christian Hansen* mycologist/ fermentation physiologist – Ribe, Denmark (1842)

Emil Liebling* German-American pianist/composer/to U.S. at age 16 – Duchy of Pless, Silesia (1851)
Emile Berliner* inventor of gramophone – Hanover, German Confederation (1851)
Emil Jellinek* automobile entrepreneur – Leipzig, Germany (1853)
Emil Kraepelin* psychiatrist/co-discoverer of _Alzheimer’s disease _– Neustrelitz, German Confederation (1856)

Eemil Nestor Setälä* linguist/politician/author of the Finnish Declaration of Independence – Kokemäki, GD of Finland (1864)
Emil Wikström* sculptor (the Lantern Carriers of the Helsinki Central railway station) – Turku, GD of Finland (1864)

Emil Hacha* Czech lawyer/P – Trhové Sviny, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (1872)
Emiliano Zapata* revolutionary – Anenecuilco, Morelos, Mexico (1879)

Emil Väre* wrestler/OG – Kärkölä, GD of Finland (1885)

Emilio Segrè* physicist/N – Tivoli, Italy (1905)

Emil Zátopek* long-distance runner/OG – Kopřivnice, Czechoslovakia (1922)
Emiliano Aguirre* paleontologist – Ferrol, Spain (1925)

Emilio Estevez* actor/director/writer – New York, NY USA (1962)

Emile Hirsch* actor – Los Angeles, CA USA (1985)
Eemi Tervaportti* volleyball player – Äetsä, Finland (1989)

Emiliano Sala* football player – Cululú, Santa Fe, Argentina (1990)
Emil Forsberg* football player – Sundsvall, Sweden (1991)
Emil Soravuo* artistic gymnast/WB – Espoo, Finland (1997)
Emil Bemström* hockey player – Nyköping, Sweden (1999)

Eemil Viro* hockey player – Vantaa, Finland (2002)

Updated 5.10.2022