Stockhausen (surname) explained

Stockhausen is a German surname.

Notable people with the name include:

• Adam Stockhausen, American production designer
• Adolf Stockhausen, German athlete, silver medalist of Rugby union at the 1900 Summer Olympics
• August von Stockhausen (1791–1861), Prussian Minister of War in 1850–1851
• Samuel Stockhausen, German 17th-century physician, studied the effects of lead poisoning
• Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, German virtuoso harpist
  • Margarethe Stockhausen (1803–1877), soprano singer, wife of Franz
  • Julius Stockhausen (1826–1906), singer and singing teacher, son of Franz
  • Franz Stockhausen (1839–1926), pianist and conductor, son of Franz
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007), German composer
  • Doris Stockhausen (1924–2023), German music educator, first wife of Karlheinz, mother of Markus
  • Markus Stockhausen (born 1957), trumpeter and composer, son of Karlheinz
  • Simon Stockhausen (born 1967), composer, son of Karlheinz