Streicher

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Streicher is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Streicher's, police equipment and supply company founded in 1953 in Butler, Wisconsin
  • Agatha Streicher (1520 – 1581), German physician
  • Herbert Streicher, also known as Harry Reems, a pornographic actor
  • Johann Andreas Streicher (1761, Stuttgart – 1833, Vienna), German pianist, composer and piano maker
  • Nannette Streicher, née Stein (1769, Augsburg – 1833, Vienna), German piano maker, composer and music educator.
  • Johann Baptist Streicher (1796, Vienna – 1871, Vienna), Austrian piano maker
  • Julius Streicher (1885–1946), prominent Nazi prior to World War II, founder and publisher of anti-Semitic Der Stürmer newspaper, executed for war crimes
  • Ludwig Streicher (1920–2003), contrabassist from Vienna, Austria.
  • Michael A. Streicher (1921–2006), American metallurgist and engineer who became internationally recognized
  • Mike Streicher (born in Findlay, Ohio), American auto racing driver