The German name Friedrich Wilhelm usually refers to several monarchs of the Hohenzollern dynasty:
- Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620-1688)
- Frederick William I (1688-1740), King in Prussia
- Frederick William II (1744-1797), King of Prussia
- Frederick William III (1770-1840), King of Prussia
- Frederick William IV (1795-1861), King of Prussia
Other people with the name Friedrich Wilhelm include:
- Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg (1771-1815)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (1799-1875), Prussian astronomer
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (born 1942), politician
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784-1846), mathematician and astronomer
- Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg (1792-1850), Prussian general and politician
- Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow (1755-1816), Prussian general
- Friedrich Wilhelm Buxhoeveden (1759-1811), Russian general
- Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel (Friedrich Fröbel)(1782 – 1852), educationist
- Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard (1795-1867), archaeologist
- Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter (1746-1797), poet
- Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer (1816-1877), writer
- Friedrich Wilhelm Hemprich (1796-1825), naturalist and explorer
- Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner (1784-1849), pianist and composer
- Friedrich Wilhelm Kasiski (1805-1881), officer, cryptologist, and archaeologist
- Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (1840-1910), physicist
- Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (1890-1947), Nazi politician
- Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger (1894-1945), Nazi officer
- Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (1813-1848?), explorer
- Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (1888-1931), silent film director
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900), philologist and philosopher
- Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818-1888), cooperative leader
- Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl (1806-1876), scholar
- Friedrich Wilhelm Rüstow (1821-1878), Swiss soldier
- Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow (1789-1862), painter
- Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775-1854), philosopher
- Friedrich Wilhelm Schirmer (1802-1866), artist
- Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin (1810-1856), classicist
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (1721-1773), Prussian cavalry general
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730-1794), Prussian officer
- Friedrich Wilhelm Thiersch (1784-1860), educationist
- Friedrich Wilhelm Zachau (1663-1712), composer
- Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany (1882-1951)
- Friedrich Wilhelm, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1819-1904)
- Wilhelm Friedrich (Brandenburg-Ansbach), brother of Caroline of Ansbach
Other uses:
- SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, Imperial German ship
- Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, an older name of the Humboldt University of Berlin
- Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn am Rhein, the German name of the University of Bonn
Famous quotes containing the words friedrich and/or wilhelm:
“As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity.... The march of God in the world, that is what the State is.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)
“Freedom is but the possibility of a various and indefinite activity; while government, or the exercise of dominion, is a single, yet real activity. The longing for freedom, therefore, is at first only too frequently suggested by the deep-felt consciousness of its absence.”
—Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)