Apian

Apian or "Apianus", also "Apian-Bennewitz", seldom "Apian von Bennewitz", pretty seldom "Apianus von Bennewitz" is the name of a German noble family, whereby "Apian" is the Germanised form of the name once Latinised from "Bienewitz" and/or "Bennewitz" to "Apianus".

Known bearers of the name

*Peter Apian, also Peter or Petrus Apianus as well as Peter Bienewitz or Bennewitz, (1495-1552), German humanist (brother of Georg and father of Philipp Apian)
*Georg Apian, also Georg Apianus as well as Georg Bienewitz or Bennewitz, German printer and publisher of the 16th century (brother of Peter Apian)
*Philipp Apian, also Philipp Apianus, (1531-1589), German mathematician, physician and cartographer (son of Peter and brother of Timotheus Apian)
*Timotheus Apian, (?-1562), German land surveyor of the 16th century (son of Peter and brother of Philipp Apian)
*Paul Otto Apian-Bennewitz, (1847-1892), organist and teacher, founder of the Museum of Musical Instruments in Markneukirchen, Germany

Miscellaneous

After persons with the name Apian were named:
*the "Apian-Gymnasium Ingolstadt", a secondary school in Ingolstadt, Germany, named after Peter and Philipp Apian
*the "Peter-Apian-Mittelschule Leisnig", a middle school in Leisnig, Germany, named after Peter Apian
*the crater "Apianus" (26° 9' S and 7° 9' E) on the Moon, named after Peter Apian, see Apianus (crater)
*the asteroid "19139 Apian", named after Peter Apian, see 19139 Apian
*the "Apian-Bennewitz-Straße", a street in Markneukirchen, Germany, named after Paul Otto Apian-Bennewitz
*the "Peter-Apian-Platz", a town square in Leisnig, Germany, named after Peter Apian
*the "Apianborn", a spring in Leisnig, Germany, named after Peter Apian
*the "Apianstraße", a street in Munich, in Unterföhring, in Rosenheim, in Ingolstadt, in Landshut and in Ittelhofen, Germany

See also

*Appian and/or Appianus, Roman historian
*Aphian, Saint