Bach (surname)

Bach (surname)

Apart from being the German word for "brook", Bach is the surname of a number of people:

The family of Johann Sebastian Bach

*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

Other Bachs

* Baron Alexander von Bach (1813–1893), Austrian politician and statesman
* Barbara Bach (born 1947), American actress
* Catherine Bach (born 1954), American actress
* Dirk Bach (born 1961), German actor
* Edward Bach (1886-1936), medical doctor known for his work in alternative medicine
* Jan Bach (born 1937), American composer
* 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
* Ole Christian Bach (1957–2005), Norwegian financier


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