Erlanger (surname) explained

Erlanger is a German-Jewish surname derived from the city of Erlangen. Notable people with the surname include:

• A. L. Erlanger (1859–1930), American theatrical producer and director
• Camille Erlanger (1863–1919), French composer
• Jeff Erlanger (1970–2007), American activist
• Joseph Erlanger (1874–1965), American physiologist
• Steven Erlanger (born c. 1952), American journalist

and members of the German-French-English banking dynasty (Barons d'Erlanger, see: Erlanger family tree), including:

• Frédéric Émile d'Erlanger (1832–1911), German financier
  • Emile Beaumont Baron d’Erlanger (1866–1939), banker, musician ⚭ Catherine, Baroness d'Erlanger, née Catherine Robert d'Aqueria de Rochegude
    • Gérard John Leo Regis Baron d’Erlanger (1905–1962), partner of Erlanger Ltd. and Myers & Co
  • Frédéric Alfred Baron d’Erlanger (Freddy, 1868–1943), banker and composer
  • Francois Rodolphe Baron d’Erlanger (1872–1932), French painter, orientalist and musicologist specializing in Arabic music, built Ennejma Ezzahra Palace near Tunis
    • Leo Frédéric Alfred Baron d'Erlanger (1898–1978), banker in London (Erlanger Ltd.), sold the bank in 1958 to Hill, Samuel & Co, then Philip Hill Higginson Erlanger Ltd
• Carlo von Erlanger (1872–1904), German ornithologist and explorer

See also

• Erlanger (disambiguation)