Pohl
Pohl is a German surname of several possible origins. Notable people with the surname include: == 16th−19th centuries == David Pohl (or Pohle; 1624–1695), German composer of the Baroque era Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl (1782–1834), Austrian botanist Johann Ehrenfried Pohl (1746–1800), German botanist and physician == 19th century == === Arts and entertainment === Anton Carl Ferdinand Pohl (1819–1887), German-Austrian music historian, archivist, and composer Richard Pohl (1826–1896), German composer and music author Franz Pohl (1864–1920), outsider artist Joseph Pohl (1864–1939), German botanical artist Adolph Joseph Pohl (1872–1930), Austrian artist and academic sculptor Klaus Pohl (1883–1958), Austrian film actor Max Pohl (1885–1935), Austrian stage and film actor Hermine "Hertha" Pohl (1889–1954), German writer Frederick J. Pohl (1889–1991), American playwright, literary critic, editor, and author === Science === Julius Pohl (1861–1942), Austrian-German pharmacologist Esther Pohl Lovejoy (1869–1967), American physician and public health pioneer Robert Wichard Pohl (1884–1976), German physicist === Sports, military, and other === Caroline Pohl (1851–1908), brothel proprietor and local identity of the Little Lon district in Melbourne, Australia Hugo von Pohl (1855–1916), German admiral Oswald Pohl (1892–1951), German SS officer executed for war crimes Maximilian Ritter von Pohl (1893–1951), German army and air force (Luftwaffe) officer Erich Pohl (1894–1948), German international footballer == 20th century == === Arts and entertainment === Anna Neethling-Pohl (1906–1992), South African actress, performer and film producer Louis Pohl (1915–1999), American artist Frederik Pohl (1919–2013), American science fiction writer Witta Pohl (1937–2011), German actress === Science === Herbert A. Pohl (Herbert Ackland, 1916–1986), discoverer of dielectrophoretic cell separation technology Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919–2016), German business executive, heiress, and collector of minerals William Francis Pohl (1937–1988), American mathematician Robert Otto Pohl (1929–2024), German-American physicist === Sportspeople === Herbert Pohl (1916–2010), German international footballer Leonhard Pohl (1929–2014), German athlete Ernest Pohl (1932–1995), Polish football (soccer) player === Other === Hermann Pohl (fl.