- Blücher
People surnamed Blücher include:
*Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742-1819), a Napoleonic era Prussian general
*Gebhard von Blücher (1865-1931), husband ofEvelyn, Princess Blücher
*Franz Blücher (1896-1959), politician
*Heinrich Blücher (1899-1970), philosopher
*Vasily Blyukher (1899-1938), Marshal of the Soviet Union (named after the Prussian general)
*Erik Blücher (born 1953), expatriate Norwegian far-right activistShips named "Blücher" (after Gebhard von Blücher) include:
*SMS "Blücher" (corvette), a training corvette of the Imperial German navy
*"Blücher" (steamship), a 1901 steamship of the Hamburg America Line
*SMS "Blücher", an armoured cruiser of World War I
*German cruiser "Blücher", a heavy cruiser of World War IIOther things named Blücher include
*A type of shoe whose laces tie over the tongue on two flaps
*Blücher Order , an East German decoration named afterGebhard Leberecht von Blücher
*"Blücher" (locomotive), an early railway locomotive built by George Stephenson
*Blücher is the name of a song bypower metal bandKamelot from their 2007 albumGhost Opera .
*Wolf pack Blücher , a German wolf pack of World War II
*Frau Blücher, a character in the 1974 film "Young Frankenstein "
*Blücher, a hand in the British card game Napoleon
*Blucher, Newcastle , a small district ofNewcastle upon Tyne , England.
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