Volkmar, Folkmar or Folcmar is a German given name, now also found as a surname. It is derived from an Old High German compound equivalent to + . Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Folcmar (bishop of Utrecht) (died 990)
- (d. 969)
- Folkmar, German priest, one of the ringleaders in the Rhineland massacres (1096)
- Volkmar I of Corvey, abbot of Corvey from 916 to 942
- (d. bef. 961), Count in Harzgau
- (d. 983)
- , bishop from 980
- (d. 1015), Count in Harzgau
- (d. 1102)
- , abbot of Corvey from 1129 to 1138
- (d. 1094/1096), bishop from 1080
- , abbot of Niederaltaich from 1280 to 1282
- (d. 1314), Cistercian historian
- Volkmar Andreae (1879âÂÂ1962), Swiss conductor and composer
- Volkmar Braunbehrens (born 1941), German musicologist
- Volkmar Busch (1812âÂÂ1893), Danish composer
- Volkmar Denner (born 1956), German business executive
- Franz Volkmar Fritzsche (1806âÂÂ1887), German classical philologist
- Volkmar Fleischer (), German slalom canoeist
- Volkmar Gessner (1937âÂÂ2014), German academic
- Volkmar Groà(1948âÂÂ2014), German footballer
- Volkmar Kuttelwascher (born 1969), Austrian rower
- Volkmar Klein (born 1960), German politician
- Volkmar Kleinert (born 1938), German actor
- Volkmar Klien (born 1971), Austrian composer, artist and educator
- Volkmar Kühn (born 1942), German sculptor
- Volkmar Leimert (born 1940), German composer and dramaturg
- Cirilo Volkmar Machado (1748âÂÂ1823), Portuguese artist and architect
- Franz Volkmar Reinhard (1753âÂÂ1812), German Protestant theologian
- Volkmar Sigusch (1940âÂÂ2023), German physician and sociologist
- Karl Volkmar Stoy (1815âÂÂ1885), German educator and pedagogue
- Volkmar Thiede (born 1948), German sprint canoeist
- Volkmar Vogel (born 1959), German politician
- Volkmar Weber (born 1974), German bassist and vocalist
- Volkmar Weiss (born 1944), German scientist and writer
- Volkmar Wentzel (1915âÂÂ2006), German-born American photographer
- Volkmar Würtz (born 1938), German fencer
Surname
Fictional characters
- Volkmar the Grim, a character in the tabletop game of Warhammer
- Count Volkmar of Gretz, a line of heritage in James A. Michener's The Source
See also
References