Bach

Apart from being the German word for brook, Bach is the surname of a number of people:

The family of Johann Sebastian Bach

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), composer and organist, the most well-known of the Bachs
• Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784), composer and organist
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), composer, harpsichordist and pianist
• Johann Aegidus Bach (1645–1716), organist and conductor
• Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645–1695), violinist and trumpeter, father of Johann Sebastian
• Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749) composer, harpsichordist and organist
• Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795), composer
• Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782), composer
• Johann Christoph Bach (1642–1703), composer and organist
• Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715–1739), organist
• Johann Ludwig Bach (1677–1731), composer and violinist
• Johann Michael Bach (1648–1694), composer and organist

Other Bachs

• Baron Alexander von Bach (1813–1893), Austrian politician and statesman
• Barbara Bach (born 1947), American actress
• Catherine Bach (born 1954), American actress
• Dirk Bach (born 1961), German actor
• Edward Bach (1886-1936), medical doctor known for his work in alternative medicine
• Emmon Bach (born 1929), American linguist
• Jan Bach (born 1937), American composer
• John Bach, New Zealand actor
• Kent Bach (born 1943), American philosopher
• Kristina Bach (born 1962), German singer
• P. D. Q. Bach, fictional composer and alter ego of Peter Schickele
• Richard Bach (born 1936), American novelist
• Sebastian Bach (born 1968), former lead singer of Skid Row, currently performing on Broadway
• Ole Christian Bach (1957–2005), Norwegian financier
• Tamara Bach (b. 1976), German youth book author

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