Arts and Music

• Engelbert Humperdinck (born 1854, died 1921)

  German composer.

  • Composed the opera Hansel und Gretel (see list of Romantic Composers)

Leadership

• Engelbert Dollfuss (born 1892, died 1934)

  Austrian statesman.

  • Proclaimed himself dictator of Austria in an attempt to put down Naziism and preserve Austrian independence, but was assassinated by Austrian Nazis (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)

Stage and Screen

• Engelbert Humperdinck (born 1936)

  English nightclub singer who took the name of a German composer after coming across it in a music dictionary. Original name: Arnold Gerry Dorsey.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)