Winfried

Article summary

Winfried is a masculine German given name. Notable people with the name include: *Winfried Berkemeier (born 1953), former German footballer *Winfried Bischoff (1941–2023), German-British businessperson *Winfried Bönig (born 1959), German organist *Winfried Brugger (1950–2010), German academic *Winfried Denk (born 1957), German physicist and neurobiologist *Winfried Glatzeder (born 1945), German television actor *Winfried Hassemer (1940–2014), German criminal law scientist *Winfried Klepsch (born 1956), retired West German long jumper *Winfried Kretschmann (born 1948), German politician *Winfried Michel (born 1948), German recorder player, composer, and editor of music *Winfried Nachtwei (born 1946), German politician *Winfried Schäfer (born 1950), German football manager and former player *Winfried Otto Schumann (1888–1974), German physicist *W. G. Sebald (1944–2001), German writer and academic (full name Winfried Georg Sebald) *Winfried Wiencek (1949–2025), German deaf table tennis player and deaf sports official *Winfried Zillig (1905–1963), German composer, music theorist, and conductor *Saint Boniface (672–754), born Winfrid, Apostle of the Germans

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1. date of birth: 1953 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1283632587