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| seealso =[[Albert (given name)|Albert]]
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'''Albrecht''' ("noble", "bright") is a given [[name]] or [[surname]] of [[German language|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, Elector of Brandenburg|Albrecht III Achilles]], (1414–86), Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg
* [[Albert, King of Sweden|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
* [[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 politciian
* [[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]]

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