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Heine is a German family name. The name comes from "Heinrich" (or 'Hein der Reiche') or Hebrew "Chayyim" or "Chaim" (life).

Contents 1 The family of Heinrich Heine 2 The Heine family of Lauterbach (famous physicians) 3 Other famous people named Heine 4 People with Heine as a middle name 5 External links 6 See also 7 References

The family made illustrious by the poet can be traced back on the father's side to one Isaac Heine (Hehne), who lived at Bückeburg in the electorate of Hanover, and visited the Leipzig fair in 1697. The following sketch pedigree gives his chief descendants:Genealogical Tree of the Heine Family.

Heinrich Heine's parents were Samson Heine and Betty von Geldern who had four sons:

• Solomon Heine, Banker
• Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), Poet
• Gustav Heine von Geldern (1812-1886), Austrian publicist JE
• Maximilian Heine, German physician JE

Robert von Heine-Geldern (1885-1968), an Austrian ethnologist, was a son of Gustav Heine von Geldern. See also Simon von Geldern JE who was a grand-uncle of Heinrich Heine and his brothers.

Solomon Heine (1767-1844), German merchant and philanthropist, was an uncle of Heinrich heine and his brothers JE

Five famous doctors in the 19th century named Heine had roots in Lauterbach:

• Johann Georg Heine, orthopaedist and doctor, founder of Orthopedics in Germany, see also German article
• Joseph Heine famous doctor and son of Johann Georg Heine, see also German article
• Jakob Heine, detector of infant paralysis, nephew of Johann Georg Heine
• Bernhard Heine, discoverer of Osteotoms, nephew of Johann Georg Heine, see also German article
• Carl Wilhelm Heine (1838-1877), surgeon, son of Jakob Heine

• Alice Heine (1858-1925), Princess of Monaco
• Armand Heine, Banker, and his wife Marie Amélie Heine-Kohn
• Ben Heine, Belgian cartoonist and painter
• Bill Heine , British radio presenter
• Christian Gottlob Heine, classical scholar and archaeologist (see Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729-1812))
• Eduard Heine (1821-1881), Mathematician
• Ephraim Veitel-Heine, German financier JE
• Ernst Wilhelm Heine, Architect and Writer, known as "E.W. Heine", see also German article
• Gustav Heine, (1868-1959) Piano business owner/automobile builder
• Harry Heine(?-2004), Canadian maritime and landscape painter
• Helme Heine (* 1941), German children's book author, see also German article
• Hugo Heine, Aircraft constructor, see also German article
• Jorge Heine, Chilean diplomat and author, and a specialist on Caribbean history
• Judith "Jutta" Heine (* 1940), German athlete, see also German article
• Michel Heine, Banker
• Thomas Theodor Heine, German graphic artist, see also German article
• Wilhelm Heine (also William Heine), Painter and Captain in the American Civil War

• Cincinnatus Heine (or Hiner) Miller (1837/41-1913), American poet and celebrity who used Joaquin Miller as a pen name.

• Jewish Encyclopedia
• Die Familie Heine

• Related family names:Heinrich, Hein, Heyne, Heinemann
• List of people by name: Hea-Hem

• This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.