# Albrecht

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 the Younger, 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 (born 1925), 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
* 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
* 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
* Marc Albrecht, German conductor, born 1964, chief conductor of De Nederlandse Opera in Amsterdam from 2011
* 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 (born 1945), 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