'''Lehmkuhl''' (from ''lehm'' = ''clay'' + ''kule'' = ''pit'') is a North German occupational or habitational surname, it refers to a person working or living at a clay pit.<ref name=Hanks/> The Americanized version of the name is "Lemcool". Notable people with the surname include:
*Joakim Lehmkuhl (1895–1984), Norwegian engineer, industrialist and politician *Kristofer Lehmkuhl (1855–1949), Norwegian politician, father of Joakim **''Statsraad Lehmkuhl'', a three-masted barque named after him *Reichen Lehmkuhl (born 1973), American reality show winner, male model *Wiebke Lehmkuhl (born 1983), German opera singer
==See also== *Lehmkuhlen
==References== <references>
<ref name=Hanks>{{cite book|page=492|author=Patrick Hanks|title=Dictionary of American Family Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJoDDAAAQBAJ|date=2003|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-977169-1}}</ref>
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{{surname|Lehmkuhl}}
Category:German-language surnames