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Comments for WILHELM:
Leonardo DiCaprio's middle name is Wilhelm.-- ars musica 12/3/2005
One of the Brothers Grimm, best known for their collections of German fairytales, was named Wilhelm Karl Grimm.-- ars musica 12/3/2005
Famous bearer is Wilhelm Furtwängler, a German conductor.-- Anonymous User 3/24/2006
Famous bearer is Wilhelm Backhaus, a German pianist.-- Anonymous User 3/24/2006
Wilhelm Tell, the German way of saying William Tell.-- swisssugar 5/31/2006
Listen to the German pronunciation of Wilhelm here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html-- _satu_ 10/24/2006
This name is also found in the Anglo-Saxon Royal Genealogies. Wilhelm was the third great grandfather of Redwald, an East Anglian king, who is believed to be the subject of the Sutton Hoo ship burial. The name Wilhelm was eventually replaced in England by the Normam form 'William'.-- Beornhild 12/25/2006
The Wilhelm Scream is a sound effect commonly used in movies. (Which is probably why I'll never really be able to take anyone named Wilhelm seriously, though I think it is a very distinguished-sounding name.)-- Anonymous User 1/11/2008
Makes me think of a twelve-year-old blond yodeler up in the Alps somewhere.-- Lady Seashell 2/19/2008
Ok, I take that back COMPLETELY. I started using this in a story I was writing (set in Germany) after saying it a while, I realized what a refined name this really is. It's one of my favorites now, much better than William. (Shows how fickle I am!)-- Lady Seashell 9/30/2008
Two famous bearers are Wilhelm the Great and his grandson Wilhelm II, both were German Emperors.-- swordsmanoffire 3/10/2009
Colonel Wilhelm Klink; Commandant of "Hogan's Heroes" world Stalag 13; played by Werner Klemperer; often imitated by comedian Colin Mochrie.-- Atarah Derek 4/26/2009
Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen discovered X-rays.-- kool_babe14 5/8/2009
Wilhelm von Bode (1845-1929) was a German art historian. In 1920 he was director general of all the royal museums of Prussia.-- Anonymous User 9/20/2011
It wasn't just one of philosopher Hegel's middle names, he was actually known to most of his friends and family as Wilhelm.-- Anonymous User 12/29/2011
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