Fröhlich

Fröhlich is a German language surname meaning cheerful. Also spelled Froelich, Froehlich, Frohlich or Frolich, the surname may refer to:

• Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, German evangelist, theologian and writer
• Adolf Froelich, Polish inventor, dentist and officer
• Albrecht Fröhlich, German Jewish mathematician
  • Fröhlich Prize, prize of the London Mathematical Society, in memory of Albrecht Fröhlich
• Alfred Fröhlich, Austrian-American pharmacologist and neurologist
• Alfredo Frohlich, American businessman
• Charlotta Frölich, Swedish historian and agronomist
• Danny Frolich, artist from New Orleans famous for designing Mardi Gras art
• Edward Fröhlich Haskell, scientist and philosopher
• Erasmus Fröhlich (1700–1758), Austrian Jesuit natural philosopher
• Eric Froehlich, American professional poker player
• Eva Margareta Frölich, Swedish-Latvian visionary writer
• Franz Anton Gottfried Frölich (1805–1878), German entomologist
• Gertrud Nüsken (born Fröhlich, 1917–1972), German chess master
• Gustav Fröhlich, German actor
• Harold E. Froehlich (1923–2007), American engineer who designed deep-diving exploratory submarine
• Harold Vernon Froehlich, U.S. congressman from Wisconsin, 1973–1975
• Herbert Fröhlich (1905–1991), German-born British physicist
• Jack Froehlich, American rocket scientist
  • Froelich (crater), a crater on the Moon named after Jack Froehlich
• Jacob Frolich (1837-1890), German-born American politician
• Jean-Pierre Frohlich, New York City Ballet balletmaster and former soloist
• Johannes Frederik Fröhlich (1806–1860), Danish violinist, conductor and composer
• John Froelich, American inventor of the first gasoline-powered tractor
• Josef Aloys Frölich (1766–1841), German doctor, botanist and entomologist
• Jürg Martin Fröhlich, Swiss mathematician and theoretical physicist
• Katharina Fröhlich (1801–1879), German lover of the poet Franz Grillparzer
• Linda Fröhlich, German professional basketball player
• Michael von Fröhlich (1740–1814), Austrian general
• Paul Frölich, German politician
• Paul Froehlich, Illinois politician
• Peter Gay (born Peter Joachim Fröhlich), historian
• Samuel Heinrich Froehlich (1803–1857), evangelist
• USS Elizabeth M. Froelich (SP-380), United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919

See also

• Adiposogenital dystrophy, also known as "Babinski-Fröhlich syndrome" or "Frölich's syndrome"
• Dunkelfelder, grape variety also known as "Farbtraube Froelich" or "Froelich V 4-4" after the grape breeder Gustav Adolf Froelich (1847–1912)
• Frölicher spectral sequence, a mathematical tool in the theory of complex manifolds
• Phyllis Frelich, American actress