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Rosenkranz is the Danish and German word for rosary. The literal German meaning is 'wreath of roses'.
Rosenkranz, Rosenkrantz, Rosencrance, Rosencrans or Rosencrantz is a Germanic and Ashkenazi Jewish surname and may refer to:
People
edit- Rosenkrantz (family), part of high aristocracy of Scandinavia and Germany
- Barbara Rosenkranz (born 1958), Austrian politician (FPA)
- Carlos Rosenkrantz (born 1958), Argentine lawyer and judge
- Eva Rosencrans (1901-1994), American fashion designer
- Gary Rosenkrantz, American philosopher
- George Rosenkranz (1916–2019), Mexican steroid chemist and contract bridge player
- Rosenkranz double and redouble, contract bridge terms for conventions created by George Rosenkranz
- Hans Rosencrantz (1890–1916), German flying ace
- Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz (1805–1879), German philosopher
- Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz (1762–1838), Norwegian minister
- Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz (born 1970), law professor at Georgetown University Law Center, son of Robert
- Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (born 1977), Danish member of parliament
- Robert Rosencrans, (1927-2006), American cable television pioneer
- Robert Rosenkranz (born 1942), American businessman and philanthropist
- Timme Rosenkrantz (1911–1969), baron, Danish author and jazz enthusiast, active in the 1930s and 1940s
- Walter Rosenkranz (born 1962), Austrian far-right politician (FPA) and lawyer
Fictional characters
edit- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two characters in Shakespeare's Hamlet
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, a 1966 play by Tom Stoppard
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (film), a 1990 film based upon the play
- Rosenkrantz Tower, a landmark in Bergen, Norway
- Rosencrantz, a fictional character in the video game Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams