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
  • Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817–1895) general who controlled the Austrian Army
  • 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 II (died 1545), 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 Mayer, (born 1965), German oboeist
  • 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 (1925–2025), 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
  • 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
  • Erich Albrecht (1907-1997), German germanist and writer
  • Ernst Albrecht (politician, born 1914) (1914–1991), German politician (CDU)
  • Ernst Albrecht (politician, born 1930), (1930–2014), German politician (CDU)
  • Ernst Albrecht (footballer), (1907–1976), German footballer
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Albrecht, (1894–1984) Lutheran missionary in Central Australia
  • 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
  • Herbert Albrecht (1900–1945), German politician
  • 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
  • Lisa Albrecht (1896–1958), German politician
  • Marc Albrecht, German conductor, born 1964, chief conductor of De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam from 2011
  • Michael Albrecht (born 1947), German politician
  • Milan Albrecht, Slovak footballer
  • Rafael Albrecht, Argentine footballer
  • Raymond John Albrecht (1916–2006), American farmer and politician
  • Rita Albrecht, American public servant
  • 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 (1945–2025), American music historian, Beethoven scholar
  • Wilhelm Eduard Albrecht, (1800–1876), German jurist and politician
  • William Albrecht, American agronomist
  • William P. Albrecht, (1935–2024), American economist

Other

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

See also

  • Alberich

References