Bach (disambiguation)
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Apart from being the German word for brook, Bach is the surname of a number of people:
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[edit] The Johann Sebastian Bach family
Main article: Bach family
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), composer and organist, the most well-known of the Bachs
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784), composer and organist
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), composer, harpsichordist and pianist
- Johann Aegidus Bach (1645–1716), organist and conductor
- Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645–1695), violinist and trumpeter, father of Johann Sebastian
- Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749) composer, harpsichordist and organist
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795), composer
- Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782), composer
- Johann Christoph Bach (1642–1703), composer and organist
- Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715–1739), organist
- Johann Ludwig Bach (1677–1731), composer and violinist
- Johann Michael Bach (1648–1694), composer and organist
- P. D. Q. Bach (1807–1742), fictional composer and alter ego of Peter Schickele
[edit] Other Bachs
- Baron Alexander von Bach (1813–1893), Austrian politician and statesman
- Barbara Bach (born 1947), American actress
- Catherine Bach (born 1954), American actress
- Edward Bach (1886-1936), medical doctor known for his work in alternative medicine
- John Bach, New Zealand actor
- Kristina Bach (born 1962), German singer
- P. D. Q. Bach, fictional composer and alter ego of Peter Schickele
- Richard Bach (born 1936), American novelist
- Sebastian Bach (born 1968), former lead singer of Skid Row, currently performs on Broadway
- Vincent Bach, trumpet player and trumpet builder. His name is currently used as a brand of the Conn-Selmer company.
- Ole Christian Bach (1957–2005), Norwegian financier
[edit] Other meanings
- BACH motif, a four-note sequence which features in some music, usually in homage to J.S. Bach
- 1814 Bach, an asteroid
- Bach, a term in New Zealand which refers to a modest holiday home or beach house.
- Alias of Yoel Sirkis (1561–1640), Polish posek and halakhist, after an acronym of his magnum opus Bayit Chadash
- A slang term for engine company Maybach
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