Basedow

Basedow may refer to:

In places in Germany:

  • Basedow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in the district of Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • Basedow, Schleswig-Holstein, in the district of Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein

People with the surname Basedow:

  • Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer
  • John Basedow, US bodybuilder and self-proclaimed "fitness celebrity"
  • Karl Adolph von Basedow, German doctor who described the Graves-Basedow disease
  • Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow (1829–1902), Australian teacher, newspaper proprietor and politician
  • Johannes Cristoff Basedow (1841–1901), founder of Basedow Wines in South Australia, son of Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow
  • Herbert Basedow (1881–1933), Australian anthropologist, geologist, explorer and medical practitioner, youngest son of Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow

In medicine:

  • Graves' disease, in continental Europe called Graves-Basedow or just Basedow disease and informally shortened just to "Basedow"