| ![Show Contents]() Anders History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of AndersWhat does the name Anders mean? The surname Anders is derived from a Danish transformation of the personal name Andrew, originally "andreas" in Greek, meaning "manly, strong or courageous." Anders Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Andersen, Anderson, Andersson, Andison, Androson, Andresoun, Andirston, Andirsoone, Andersoun, Andreason, Andersonne, Andersone, Anders and many more. Anders RankingIn the United States, the name Anders is the 2,414th most popular surname with an estimated 12,435 people with that name. 1
| Anders migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Anders Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Anna Anders, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1734 2
- Baltzer Anders, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1734 2
- Georg Anders, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1734 2
- Michel Anders, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1737 2
- Joh Peter Anders, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1740 2
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Anders Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Charles Anders, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1836 2
- Georg Anders and his wife Johanna, who settled in Texas in 1854 with their four children
- Ernst Fried Anders, who sailed from Bremen to New York with his family in 1854
- Josef Anders, who arrived in New Orleans in 1871
- Eliason Anders, who settled in Kansas in 1873
| Anders migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Anders Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century- Albert E Anders, who arrived in St John, Ncw Brunswick in 1907
- Doris Anders, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1907
- Mrs. E Anders, who landed in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1907
- Frank Anders, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1907
| Contemporary Notables of the name Anders (post 1700) | + |
- Ira Gene Anders (1942-2025), American politician, served as a Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 21st district (2013-2019)
- William Alison "Bill" Anders (1933-2024), American NASA Astronaut, one of the first three persons to have left Earth orbit and traveled to the Moon aboard Apollo 8, remembered for his iconic Earthrise photograph, which Life Magazine's 100 Photographs that Changed the World, wilderness photographer Galen Rowell called Earthrise "the most influential environmental photograph ever taken" 3
- Major Frank LaFayette Anders (1875-1966), United States Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor in 1906 4
- Allison Anders (b. 1954), American film and television director 5
- Carl David Anders (b. 1905), American physicist
- Thomas Anders (b. 1963), German singer, composer and record producer 6
- Peter Anders (1908-1954), German operatic tenor 7
- Lieutenant-General Wladyslaw Anders (1892-1970), Polish officer awarded the Croix de Guerre in the Second World War 8
- Harald Anders Eriksen (1888-1968), Norwegian gymnast who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics
- Bjarne Anders Strand (b. 1946), Norwegian alpine skier who skied at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble
| Historic Events for the Anders family | + |
- Mr. Ernst Rudolf Anders (1874-1937), German Tea Merchant, Co-owner Teekanne Co. from Dresden, Saxony, Germany, who was a passenger on board the Hindenburg LZ-129 and died in the Airship Fire 9
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- NASA Astronauts Homepage. (Retrieved 2010, September 27) William Anders. Retrieved from http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/anders-wa.html
- Frank Anders. (Retrieved 2011, January 18) Frank Anders. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Anders
- Allison Anders. (Retrieved 2011, January 18) Allison Anders. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Anders
- Thomas Anders. (Retrieved 2011, January 18) Thomas Anders. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Anders
- Peter Anders. (Retrieved 2011, January 18) Peter Anders. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Anders_%28tenor%29
- World War 2 Awards.com - ANDERS, Wladyslaw. (Retrieved 2010, September 27) Wladyslaw Anders. Retrieved from http://www.ww2awards.com/person/11361
- Hindenburg Disaster Passenger List | Airships.net. (Retrieved 2014, April 11) . Retrieved from http://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster/hindenburg-passenger-list/
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