Wolfgang

While listening to Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus", one of the few foreign-spoken songs to top both the UK and US charts, I recalled what I thought was Mozart's first name...

Wolfgang: third name of the austrian composer Mozart (1756-1791) whose complete name, translated to latin on his baptism, was Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Amadeus Mozart; there are several translations for the "Amadeus" name: "Gottlieb" in german, "Amadé" in french and it's said that Mozart himself preferred the french denomination.

Wolfgang: second name of the german poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) who was also a novelist, playwright, courtier, and natural philosopher, being one of the greatest figures in Western literature. He also made important discoveries in connection with plant and animal life, and evolved a non-Newtonian and unorthodox theory of the character of light and color, which has influenced such abstract painters as Kandinsky and Mondrian. His best known works are "Faust" and "Theory of Colours"; he also inspired Darwin with his independent discovery of the human premaxilla jaw bones and focus on evolution.

Wolfgang: first name of the austrian physicist Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958), winner of the 1945 Nobel Price in Physics for the discovery of the "Exclusion Principle", also called the "Pauli Principle"; for a brief period of time, he was an assistant to Niels Bohn (danish chemist, winner of the 1922 Nobel Price in Physics for his work and study on the structure of atoms) in Copenhagen and spend a relavant part of his career in the USA, working in several universities.

Wolfgang: model name of the guitar that was the result of the collaboration between Hartley Peavey's instruments company and guitarist Edward Van Halen (named Peavey EVH Wolfgang, but of course!). Due to his admiration of Mozart's work, Edward also named his son Wolfgang, some years before this guitar was in production.