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Actors/Actresses

• Mario Adorf (born 1930), actor
• Hans Albers (1891–1960), actor
• Moritz Bleibtreu (born 1971), actor
• Eric Braeden (born Hans Gudegast, 1941), actor
• Daniel Brühl (born 1978), actor
• Horst Buchholz (1933–2003), actor
• Vicco von Bülow, aka Loriot, actor, comedian, cartoonist
• Hans Clarin (1930–2005), actor
• George Dzundza (born 1945), actor
• Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992), actress
• Heinz Erhardt (1909–1979), actor and comedian
• Gert Fröbe (1913–1988), actor
• Martina Gedeck (born 1961), actress
• Götz George (born 1938), actor
• Heinrich George (1893–1946), actor
• Gustaf Gründgens (1899–1963), actor
• Eva Habermann (born 1976), actress and model
• Brigitte Helm (1908–1996), actress
• Emil Jannings, actor
• Klaus Kinski (1926–1991), actor, Polish-German father, German mother
• Nastassja Kinski (born 1959), actress, daughter of Klaus Kinski
• Heidi Klum (born 1973), model and actress
• Hildegard Knef (1925–2002), actress, singer, writer
• Diane Kruger (born 1976), model and actress
• Alexandra Maria Lara (born 1978), actress
• Heike Makatsch (born 1971), actress
• Willy Millowitsch (1909–1999), actor
• Armin Mueller-Stahl (born 1930), actor
• Luise Neumann (1818–1905)
• Uwe Ochsenknecht (born 1956), actor
• Franka Potente (born 1974), actress
• Jürgen Prochnow (born 1941), actor
• Heinz Rühmann (1902–1994), actor
• Otto Sander (born 1941), actor
• Romy Schneider, actress
• Kristina Söderbaum (1912–2001), actress and photographer
• Claudia Schiffer (born 1970), actress and supermodel
• Til Schweiger (born 1963), actor
• Xenia Seeberg (born 1972), actress and model

Mario Adorf (born September 8, 1930) is a Swiss film actor, best known for his role in the 1978 film, The Tin Drum. ... Hans Albers Hans Albers (September 22, 1891 Hamburg - July 24, 1960 Starnberg) was a German actor and singer. ... Moritz Bleibtreu (born August 13, 1971 in Munich) is a German actor. ... Eric Braeden (born Hans Jörg Gudegast on April 3, 1939) is an Emmy Award-winning German film and television actor, best known for his role as Victor Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. ... Daniel César Martín Brühl González Domingo ( ); born June 16, 1978) is a German actor. ... Horst Werner Buchholz (December 4, 1933 – March 3, 2003) was a German actor, best remembered for his part in The Magnificent Seven. ... Bernhard Victor Christoph Carl von Bülow (short: Vicco von Bülow, born November 12, 1923), more commonly known under the pseudonym Loriot, is a German humorist, graphic artist and director. ... Bernhard Victor Christoph Carl von Bülow (short: Vicco von Bülow, born November 12, 1923), more commonly known under the pseudonym Loriot, is a German humorist, graphic artist and director. ... Hans Clarin (1929-2005) was a German actor. ... George Dzundza (born July 19, 1945) is an actor who is best known for his role as Sgt. ... Marlene Dietrich IPA: ; (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) was a German-born American actress, singer, and entertainer. ... Heinz Erhardt Heinz Erhardt (born February 20 1909 in Riga; died June 5 1979 in Hamburg) was a German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, and poet. ... Gert Fröbe playing Auric Goldfinger The title of this article contains the character ö. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Gert Froebe. ... Martina Gedeck (born 14 September 1961 in Landshut) is a German actress. ... Götz George Götz George (born July 23, 1938 in Berlin, real name Götz Schulz) is a German actor, son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich George. ... Heinrich George (October 9, 1893 - September 26, 1946) was a German actor. ... Gustaf Gründgens (December 22, 1899 - October 7, 1963) was one of Germanys most famous actors of the 20th century. ... Eva Felicitas Haberman (born January 16, 1976 in Hamburg) is a German actress. ... Brigitte Helm in Metropolis Brigitte Helm (March 17, 1908 – June 11, 1996) was a German actress. ... Emil Jannings (July 23, 1884 - January 3, 1950) was an actor and the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor. ... Klaus Kinski. ... Nastassja Kinski (born Nastassja Aglaia Nakszynski, January 24, 1961) is a prolific German actress, having appeared in more than 60 movies. ... Klaus Kinski. ... Heidi Klum (IPA ) (born June 10, 1973) is a German supermodel as well as an actress, TV presenter, fashion designer, television producer and singer hailing from Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Cover of Hildegard Knefs 1967 album Halt mich fest Hildegard Knef at the 2001 Berlinale (photo by Michael Weiner) Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Hildegard Knef Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef (December 28, 1925 - February 1, 2002) was a German actress, singer and writer. ... Diane Kruger (born July 15, 1976), is a German actress and former fashion model. ... Alexandra Maria Lara Alexandra Maria Lara (left) as Traudl Junge in Der Untergang Alexandra Maria Lara is an actress born as Alexandra Plătăreanu on 12 November 1978 in Bucharest, Romania. ... Cover of CD single Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover, released 29 June 1999 Makatsch in her 1996 debut movie Männerpension as Maren Krummsieg Heike Makatsch (born August 13, 1971) is a German actress. ... Willy Millowitsch (January 8, 1909 - September 20, 1999) was a playwright and a stage and TV actor. ... Armin Mueller-Stahl (born December 17, 1930) is a German film actor. ... Luise Neumann (born 7 December 1818; died 17 October 1905) was a German actress, the daughter of actress Amalie Haizinger. ... Uwe Adam Ochsenknecht (born January 7, 1956 in Mannheim is a German actor and singer. ... Franka Potente (born on July 22, 1974) is a German film actress. ... Bold textItalic text Jürgen Prochnow as Duke Leto Atreides in David Lynchs Dune Jürgen Prochnow [IPA: jʏrgÉ›n prÉ”xnÉ”v] (June 10, 1941 in Berlin) is a German actor. ... Heinz Rühmann The title of this article contains the character ü. Where it is unavailable or not desired, the name may be represented as Heinz Ruehmann. ... Otto Sander (born June 30, 1941) is a German movie, theater, and voice actor. ... Romy Schneider (September 23, 1938 – May 29, 1982) was a German-Austrian actress. ... Kristina Söderbaum (October 5, 1912 - February 12, 2001) was a Swedish-born German film actress, producer and photographer. ... Claudia Schiffer (born August 25, 1970[2]) is a German supermodel and actress, who reached the height of her popularity during the 1990s. ... Til Schweiger Til Schweiger (born Tilman Valentin Schweiger, December 19, 1963, in Freiburg, Germany) is a German actor, director, and producer. ... Xenia Seeberg , April 2005 Xenia Seeberg (born April 4, 1972 in Geldern , Germany) is a German film and television actor. ...

Artists

• Andreas Deja, Animator
• Hans von Aachen (1552–1615), mannerist painter
• Albrecht Altdorfer (1480–1538), painter
• Ernst Barlach (1870–1938), sculptor (and writer)
• Günther Behnisch (born 1922) architect
• Peter Behrens (1868–1940) architect
• Joseph Beuys (1921–1986), artist
• Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901), painter
• Gottfried Böhm (born 1920) architect
• Arno Breker (1900–1991), sculptor
• Lovis Corinth (1858–1925), painter
• Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553), painter
• Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515–1586), painter
• Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), painter
• Egon Eiermann (1904–1970), architect and designer
• Max Ernst (1891–1976), surrealist painter
• Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840), painter
• Walter Gropius (1883–1969), architect
• George Grosz (1893–1959), artist
• Hannah Höch - artist
• Hans Holbein the Elder (c. 1465 – 1524), painter
• Hans Holbein the Younger (c. 1497 – 1543), illustrator, painter
• Jörg Immendorff, painter
• Helmut Jahn (born 1940) architect and designer
• Anselm Kiefer (born 1945), painter
• Martin Kippenberger (1953–1997), painter
• Leo von Klenze (1784–1864) architect
• Hans Kollhoff (born 1946) architect
• Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), painter
• Max Liebermann, painter
• Markus Lüpertz (born 1941), painter and sculptor
• Franz Marc (1880–1916), painter
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969) architect, designer
• Frei Otto (born 1925) architect and research scientist
• Sigmar Polke (born 1941), painter
• Gerhard Richter (born 1932), painter
• Karl Friedrich Schinkel, architect, painter
• Oskar Schlemmer (1888–1943), choreographer, painter, sculptor, stage & costume designer
• Eberhard Schlotter (born 1921), painter
• Kurt Schwitters, painter, poet
• Fritz Schumacher (1869–1947) architect and urban designer
• Max Slevogt, painter
• Carl Spitzweg (1808–1885), painter
• Franz Stuck, painter
• Bernd Ullrich (born 1949) painter and sculptor

Andreas Deja (born in 1957 in GdaÅ„sk, Poland) is a Polish-born German character animator for The Walt Disney Company. ... Allegory or The Triumph of Justice (1598) Oil on copper, 56 x 47 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Hans von Aachen (1552, Cologne - March 4, 1615, Prague) was a German mannerist painter. ... In Parmigianinos Madonna with the Long Neck (1534-40), Mannerism makes itself known by elongated proportions, affected poses, and unclear perspective. ... The Battle of Alexander (1529) Wood, 158,4 x 120,3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Albrecht Altdorfer (c. ... The young Ernst Barlach Ernst Barlach, (born January 2, 1870 in Wedel, Pinneberg, Germany; died October 24, 1938 in Rostock, Germany) was a famous German expressionist sculptor. ... Günther Behnisch is a German architect (born 1922 in Dresden, Germany); Behnisch is one of the most prominent architects representing deconstructivism. ... Peter Behrens (April 14, 1868–February 27, 1940) was a German architect and designer. ... Joseph Beuys (IPA: ; May 12, 1921 – January 23, 1986) was an influential German artist who came to prominence in the 1960s. ... Self-portrait, oil on canvas, 1872 Arnold Böcklin (16 October 1827 – 16 January 1901) was a symbolist Swiss painter. ... Gottfried Böhms 1968 Iglesia Youth Center Library, Cologne Gottfried Böhm (or Gottfried Boehm) is a contemporary German architect. ... Breker (right) with Speer and Hitler in Paris, 23 June 1940. ... Self-portrait with skeleton, 1896. ... A self portrait Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472 – October 16, 1553) was a German painter. ... Staghunt of Prince Johann Friedrich (detail) 1544 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Lucas Cranach the Younger (October 4, 1515 - January 25, 1586) was a German Renaissance painter. ... Albrecht Dürer (pronounced /al. ... Egon Eiermann (born September 29, 1904, Neuendorf; died July 20, 1970, Baden-Baden) was one of Germanys most prominent architects in the second half of the 20th century. ... Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning in 1948. ... Self-portrait in chalk, 1810 by fellow artist Georg Friedrich Kersting, 1812 Caspar David Friedrich (September 5, 1774 – May 7, 1840) was a 19th century German romantic painter, considered by many critics to be one of the finest representatives of the movement. ... Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus. ... George Grosz (July 26, 1893 – July 6, 1959) was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group, known especially for his savagely caricatural drawings of Berlin life in the 1920s. ... Hannah Höch (November 1, 1889 - May 31, 1978) was a famous Dada artist born in Gotha, Germany. ... Self portrait Hans Holbein (c. ... A 1543 portrait miniature of Hans Holbein the Younger by Lucas Horenbout Holbeins 1533 painting The Ambassadors Hans Holbein the Younger (c. ... Jörg Immendorff (born June 14, 1945 in Bleckede near Lüneburg) is one of the best known contempory German painters; he is also a sculptor, stage designer and art professor. ... An illuminated, suspended, oval roof covers the 102m span of the central Forum of the Sony Center, Berlin. ... This article should be translated from material at de:Anselm Kiefer. ... Martin Kippenberger (born 25 February 1953 in Dortmund, died 7 March 1997 in Vienna), was an influential German artist whose penchant for mischievousness made him the focus of a generation of German enfants terrible including Albert Oehlen and Markus Oehlen, Georg Herold[1], Dieter Göls, and Günther F... Ruhmeshalle in Munich Leo von Klenze (Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze, February 29, 1784 - January 27, 1864) - German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer. ... Hans Kollhoff (b. ... Käthe Schmidt Kollwitz (July 8, 1867 - April 22, 1945) was a German painter, printmaker, and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century. ... Max Liebermann in 1904 Max Liebermann (July 20, 1847 in Berlin - February 8, 1935) was a German painter. ... Markus Lüpertz (1941 in Leberec) is a contemporary German painter. ... Franz Marc (February 8, 1880 – March 4, 1916) was one of the principal painters and printmakers of the German Expressionist movement. ... Ludwig Mies van der Rohe born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German architect. ... 1972 Munich Olympic Stadium West Germany Pavilion at Expo 67, Montreal Canada Multihalle in Mannheim Frei Otto (31 May 1925) is a German architect and research engineer. ... Sigmar Polke Spiderman (Spiderman; Acrylic on paper, mounted on linen. ... Gerhard Richter (born February 9, 1932) is a prominent German artist. ... The Old Museum in Berlin Karl Friedrich Schinkel (March 13, 1781 - October 9, 1841) was a German architect and painter. ... Oskar Schlemmer (September 4, 1888 – April 13, 1943) was a German painter, sculptor and designer associated with the Bauhaus school. ... Eberhard Schlotter (born June 3, 1921) works as an international painter in Spain and Germany. ... Kurt Schwitters (June 20, 1887 - January 8, 1948) was a German painter who was born in Hannover, Germany. ... Fritz Schumacher (November 4, 1869 in Bremen - November 5, 1947 in Hamburg) was a German architect and urban designer. ... Max Slevogt (born October 8th, 1868 in Landshut, Germany - died September 20th, 1932 in Rhenish Palatinate, Germany) was a German painter of the Impressionism who specialized on landscapes. ... The Poor Poet, 1839. ... Franz von Stuck, self-portrait. ...

Composers

• Karl Friedrich Abel (1725–1787), composer
• Martin Agricola (1466–1506), composer
• Siegfried Alkan (1858–1941), composer
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), composer, son of J. S. Bach
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), composer
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), composer
• Martin Boettcher (born 1927), film-composer (Karl May movies)
• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), composer
• Max Bruch (1838–1920), composer
• Hanns Eisler (1898–1962), composer
• Friedrich von Flotow (1812–1883), composer
• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759), composer, opera composer
• Fanny Hensel, composer
• Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), composer
• Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921), composer
• Albert Lortzing (1801–1851), composer
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864), composer
• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847), composer
• Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880), composer
• Carl Orff (1895–1982), composer
• Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706), composer
• Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949), composer
• Max Reger (1873–1916), composer
• Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952), composer
• Leopold Schefer (1784–1862), writer and composer
• Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672), composer
• Clara Schumann (1819–1896), composer
• Robert Schumann (1810–1856), composer, songwriter
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (born 1928), modern composer
• Richard Strauss (1864–1949), composer, opera composer
• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), composer
• Richard Wagner (1813–1883), composer
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), composer
• Kurt Weill (1900–1950), composer (Threepenny Opera, "September Song")
• Hans Zimmer (born 1957), film-composer

Karl Friedrich Abel (December 22, 1723 – June 20, 1787) was a German composer of the Classical era. ... Martin Agricola (January 6, 1486 – June 10, 1556) was a German composer of Renaissance music and a music theorist. ... Siegfried Alkan with his mother Johanna in an 1899 photograph Siegfried Alkan (May 30, 1858 – December 24, 1941) was a German composer. ... Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (March 8, 1714 – December 14, 1788) was a German musician and composer, the second of five sons of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. ... “Bach” redirects here. ... “Beethoven” redirects here. ... German composer Martin Böttcher - autograph card Martin Böttcher (born June 17, 1927, Berlin) is a German composer and conductor. ... Karl May movies are movies based on novels and stories by German author Karl May (1842-1912). ... Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897) was a German composer of the Romantic period. ... Max Christian Friedrich Bruch (Cologne, January 6, 1838 – Friedenau, October 20, 1920) was a German Romantic composer and conductor who wrote over 200 works, including a violin concerto which is a staple of the violin repertoire. ... Hanns Eisler (July 6, 1898 - September 6, 1962) was a German and Austrian composer. ... Friedrich von Flotow (27 April 1812 – 24 January 1883) was a German composer. ... “Handel” redirects here. ... Fanny Cacilie Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (November 14, 1805 - May 14, 1847), later Fanny Hensel, was a German pianist and amateur composer. ... Paul Hindemith aged 28. ... Engelbert Humperdinck (September 1, 1854 – September 27, 1921) was a German composer, best known for his opera, Hänsel und Gretel (1893). ... Gustav Albert Lortzing (October 23, 1801 _ January 21, 1851) was a German composer. ... Giacomo Meyerbeer Giacomo Meyerbeer (September 5, 1791 – May 2, 1864) was a noted German-born opera composer, and the first great exponent of Grand Opera. ... Felix Mendelssohn wrote his first symphony at the young age of fifteen. ... Jacques Offenbach (20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) was a French composer and cellist of the Romantic era with German-Jewish descent and one of the originators of the operetta form. ... Carl Orff Carl Orff (July 10, 1895 – March 29, 1982) was a 20th-century German composer, most famous for Carmina Burana (1937). ... Johann Pachelbel (IPA: [], [] or [][2]) (baptized September 1, 1653 – March 3, 1706) was a German Baroque composer, organist and teacher who brought the south German organ tradition to its peak. ... Hans Pfitzner (May 5, 1869 - May 22, 1949) was a German composer and self-described anti-modernist. ... Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger (March 19, 1873 – May 11, 1916) was a German composer, organist, pianist and teacher. ... Wolfgang Rihm (b. ... Leopold Schefer (July 30, 1784 - February 16, 1862), German poet, novelist, and composer, was born at Muskau in Lower Lusatia, and educated at the gymnasium of Bautzen. ... Heinrich Schütz. ... Clara Schumann Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann (September 13, 1819 – May 20, 1896) was a German musician, one of the leading pianists of the Romantic era, as well as a composer, and wife of composer Robert Schumann. ... For other persons named Robert Schumann, see Robert Schumann (disambiguation). ... Karlheinz Stockhausen (born August 22, 1928) is a German composer, and one of the most important and controversial composers of the 20th century (Barret 1988, 45; Harvey 1975b, 705; Hopkins 1972, 33; Klein 1968, 117; Power 1990, 30). ... This article is about the German composer of tone-poems and operas. ... Georg Philipp Telemann. ... Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as they were later called). ... Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst, Freiherr von Weber (November 18, 1786 in Eutin, Holstein – June 5, 1826 in London, England) was a German composer, conductor, pianist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school. ... Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950), born in Dessau, Germany and died in New York City, was a German and in his later years, a German-American composer active from the 1920s until his death. ... The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) was a revolutionary piece of musical theatre written by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht in collaboration with the composer Kurt Weill in 1928. ... Hans Florian Zimmer (born September 12, 1957) is an Academy Award, Grammy, and Golden Globe award-winning film score composer from Germany. ...

Filmmakers

• Andreas Deja, Animator
• Uwe Boll, film director
• Doris Dörrie, female film director
• Roland Emmerich, film director
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982), film director
• Werner Herzog (born 1942), film director
• Oliver Hirschbiegel, film director
• Fritz Lang (1890–1976), film director
• Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947), film director
• F.W. Murnau (1888–1931), film director
• Wolfgang Petersen (born 1941), film director
• Anthony Radziwill (born Antoni Radziwiłł; 1959–1999) American television executive and filmmaker, descended from King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia and Nephew of John F. Kennedy
• Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003), female film director
• Volker Schlöndorff (born 1939), film director
• Andreas Schnaas (born 1968), film director
• Tom Tykwer (born 1965), film director
• Robert Wiene, film director
• Wim Wenders (born 1945), film director

Andreas Deja (born in 1957 in GdaÅ„sk, Poland) is a Polish-born German character animator for The Walt Disney Company. ... Uwe Boll (pronounced []), born June 22, 1965 in Wermelskirchen, Germany) is a German director, producer and screenwriter of films often adapted from video games. ... Doris Dörrie is an actress, screenwriter and director born in 1955 in Hanover, Germany. ... Roland Emmerich on the set of Independence Day Roland Emmerich (born November 10, 1955) is a German film director, writer, and producer. ... Rainer Werner Fassbinder (May 31, 1945 – June 10, 1982) was a German movie director, screenwriter and actor. ... Werner Herzog (born Werner Stipetić on September 5, 1942) is a critically and internationally acclaimed German film director, screenwriter, actor, and opera director. ... Oliver Hirschbiegel (born 26 March 1957) is a German film director. ... Friedrich Christian Anton Fritz Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German-American film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer, one of the best known émigrés from Germanys school of Expressionism. ... Ernst Lubitsch (January 28, 1892 – November 30, 1947), was a German-born Jewish film director. ... F W Murnau Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau (December 28, 1888 – March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential directors of the silent film era. ... Wolfgang Petersen Wolfgang Petersen (born March 14, 1941 in Emden, Lower Saxony, Germany) is a German film director. ... Anthony Radziwill (born Antoni RadziwiÅ‚Å‚; August 4, 1959 – August 10, 1999) was an American television executive and filmmaker. ... John Kennedy and JFK redirect here. ... Helene Bertha Amalie Leni Riefenstahl (August 22, 1902 – September 8, 2003) was a German film director, dancer and actress, and widely noted for her aesthetics and advances in film technique. ... Volker Schlondorff Volker Schlöndorff (born in Wiesbaden, Germany on March 31, 1939) is a Berlin-based German filmmaker. ... Andreas Schnaas (l) and the late Lucio Fulci (r) Filmmaker Andreas Schnaas (Born April 1, 1968 in Hamburg, Germany) embraced cinema at a very young age. ... Tom Tykwer (born May 23, 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany) is a German film director. ... Robert Wiene (born April 27, 1873 in Breslau; died 17 July 1938 in Paris) was a German film director. ... Ernst Wilhelm (Wim) Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German film director, playwright, photographer, and producer. ...

Royalty

• Alix of Hesse and Rhine (1872–1918), was a German princess by birth before marrying Tsar Nicholas II to become a Russian tsarina.
• Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819–1861), Queen Victoria's husband & consort
• Albert (1828–1902), King of Saxony (1873–1902)
• Anton (1755–1836), King of Saxony (1827–1836)
• Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1839–1914), Prince (1867–1881) and King (1881–1914) of Romania
• Charles IV (1316–1378), King of Germany 1346, Holy Roman Emperor 1355–1378
• Charles V (1500–1558), King of Spain 1516, King of Germany 1519, Holy Roman Emperor 1530–1556
• Charles (1823–1891), King of Württemberg (1823–1891)
• Claus von Amsberg (1926–2002), diplomat and husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
• Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1865–1927), King of Romania (1924–1927)
• Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1861–1948), Prince of Bulgaria (1887–1908), King (or Tsar) of the Bulgarians (1908–1918)
• Frederick I Barbarossa (1122–1190), King of Germany 1152, Holy Roman Emperor 1155–1190
• Frederick I of Prussia (1657–1713), Elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713), King in Prussia (1701–1713)
• Frederick I of Württemberg (1754–1816), Duke (1797–1803), Elector (1803–1806), and King (1806–1816) of Württemberg
• Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194–1250), Holy Roman Emperor and King of Jerusalem
• Frederick II of Prussia (1712–1786), King of Prussia (1740–1786)
• Friedrich III (1831–1888), German Emperor and King of Prussia (1888)
• Frederick Augustus I (1750–1827), Elector (1763–1806) and King (1806–1827) of Saxony
• Frederick Augustus II (1797–1854), King of Saxony (1836–1854)
• Frederick Augustus III (1865–1932), King of Saxony (1904–1918)
• Frederick William I (1688–1740), King of Prussia (1713–1740)
• Frederick William II (1744–1797), King of Prussia (1786–1797)
• Frederick William III (1770–1840), King of Prussia (1797–1840)
• Frederick William IV (1795–1861), King of Prussia (1840–1861)
• George (1832–1904), King of Saxony (1902–1904)
• George V (1819–1878), King of Hanover (1851–1866)
• Henry I the Fowler (876–936), King of Germany 919
• Henry II (972–1024), King of Germany 1002, Holy Roman Emperor 1014–1024
• Henry III (1017–1056), King of Germany 1039, Holy Roman Emperor 1046–1056
• Henry IV (1050–1106), King of Germany 1056, Holy Roman Emperor 1084–1106
• Henry V (1081–1125), King of Germany 1106, Holy Roman Emperor 1111–1125
• Henry VI (1165–1197), King of Germany 1190, Holy Roman Emperor 1191–1197
• John (1801–1873), King of Saxony (1854–1873)
• Louis IV (1281–1347), King of Germany 1314, Holy Roman Emperor 1328–1347
• Ludwig I (1786–1868), King of Bavaria (1825–1848)
• Ludwig II (1845–1886), King of Bavaria (1864–1886)
• Ludwig III (1845–1921), King of Bavaria (1913–1918)
• Maximilian I (1459–1519), King of Germany 1486, Holy Roman Emperor 1508–1519
• Maximilian I (1756–1825), Elector (1799–1805) and King (1805–1825) of Bavaria
• Maximilian II (1811–1864), King of Bavaria (1848–1864)
• Otto I the Great (912–973), King of Germany 936, Holy Roman Emperor 962–973
• Otto II (955–983), Holy Roman Emperor 973–983
• Otto III (980–1002), King of Germany 983, Holy Roman Emperor 996–1002
• Otto of Greece King of Bavaria (1815–1867), King of the Hellenes (1833–1862)
• Otto of Bavaria (1848–1916), King of Bavaria (1886–1913)
• Wilhelm I (1797–1888), German Emperor (1871–1888) and King of Prussia (1861–1888)
• Wilhelm II (1859–1941), German Emperor and King of Prussia (1888–1918)
• William I (1781–1864), King of Württemberg (1816–1864)
• William II (1848–1921), King of Württemberg (1891–1918)

Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine (German: ) 6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918, under the name Alexandra Fyodorovna (Russian: ), was Empress consort of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of the Russian Empire. ... Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Francis Charles Augustus Albert Emmanuel, of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha branch of the House of Wettin) (26 August 1819 - 14 December 1861) was the husband and consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901. ... Albert, King of Saxony (Germany) (1828 - 1902, reigned 1873 - 1902), was born April 23, 1828. ... Anthony Clement of Saxony, HM Anton Clemens Theodor Maria Joseph Johann Evangelista Johann Nepomuk Franz Xaver Aloys Januar King of Saxony, (December 27, 1755 - June 6, 1836) was the son of Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony and Maria Antonia of Bavaria, and succeed his brother Frederick Augustus I as King... Carol I, original name Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (April 20, 1839 - October 10, 1914) was elected Domnitor (prince) of Romania in April 1866 following the overthrow of Alexander John Cuza, and proclaimed king on March 26, 1881. ... Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. ... For the Carlist claimant King Carlos V, see Infante Carlos, Count of Molina. ... King Karl of Württemberg Charles of Württemberg (German: Karl Friedrich Alexander, König von Württemburg) was the third King of Württemberg, from 25 June 1864 until his death. ... Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg (born: Claus Georg Wilhelm Otto Friedrich Gerd von Amsberg) (September 6, 1926 – October 6, 2002) was a German-born aristocrat who became the husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. ... This page is about negotiations; for the board game, see Diplomacy (game). ... Beatrix (born January 31, 1938 as Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld) has been the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands since April 30, 1980. ... Ferdinand of Romania Ferdinand or Ferdinand I (August 24, 1865-July 20, 1927) was the king of Romania from October 10, 1914 until his death Born in Sigmaringen in southwestern Germany, Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen became heir to the throne of his childless uncle, King Carol I of Romania... Ferdinand Maximilan Charles Leopold Marie, Ferdinand of Bulgaria (February 26, 1861 - September 10, 1948) was monarch of Bulgaria as well as an author, botanist and philatelist. ... Frederick Barbarossa in a 13th century chronicle. ... Frederick I of Prussia (German: , July 11, 1657 – February 25, 1713), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was (as Frederick III; ) Elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713) and the first King in Prussia (1701 – 1713). ... King Frederick I of Württemberg Crown of the Kingdom of Württemberg Frederick I (German: ) (November 6, 1754 — October 30, 1816) was the first King of Württemberg. ... Frederick II (December 26, 1194 – December 13, 1250), of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was a pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and unopposed holder of that monarchy from 1215. ... Frederick II (German: ; January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786) was a King of Prussia (1740–1786) from the Hohenzollern dynasty. ... Friedrich III (October 18, 1831 – June 15, 1888), German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, ruled 1888. ... Frederick Augustus I of Saxony Frederick Augustus I (German: ; December 23, 1750 - May 5, 1827) was King of Saxony (1805-1827) from the House of Wettin. ... Frederick Augustus II, King of Saxony, (Friedrich August Albert Maria Clemens Joseph Vincenz Aloys Nepomuk Johann Baptista Nikolaus Raphael Peter Xaver Franz de Paula Veneantius) (May 18, 1797 – August 9, 1854) became king of Saxony in 1836. ... Friedrich August III Johann Ludwig Karl Gustav Gregor Philipp, King of Saxony (25 May 1865 -18 February 1932) was the son of King Georg I of Saxony (1832-1904) and his wife Maria Ana, Infanta of Portugal (1843-1884). ... Frederick William I (German: Friedrich Wilhelm I) (August 14, 1688 – May 31, 1740) of the House of Hohenzollern, was the King in Prussia from 1713 until his death. ... Frederick William II (German: ; September 25, 1744–November 16, 1797) was the fourth King of Prussia, reigning from 1786 until his death. ... Frederick William III (German: , August 3, 1770 – June 7, 1840) was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840. ... Photograph of Frederick King Frederick William IV of Prussia (October 15, 1795 - January 2, 1861), the eldest son and successor of Frederick William III of Prussia, reigned as King of Prussia from 1840 to 1861. ... King George of Saxony by Franz Kops (1895) George I, King of Saxony (Friedrich August Georg Ludwig Maximilian Karl Maria Nepomuk Baptist Xaver Cyriacus Romanus) (8 August 1832 in Dresden - 15 October 1904 in Pillnitz) succeeded his brother Albrecht as King of Saxony on June 19, 1902. ... George V, King of Hanover and 2nd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale, Georg Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August (27 May 1819 – 12 June 1878) was the only son of Ernst August I, King of Hanover and 1st Duke of Cumberland (fifth son of King George III of the United Kingdom... Heinrich I depicted as The Bamberg Knight Henry I, the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Finkler or Heinrich der Vogler) (876 - July 2, 936), was Duke of Saxony from 912 and king of the Germans from 919 until his death in 936. ... Henry II with his wife Cunigunde of Luxemburg Saint Henry II (972 – 13 July 1024), called the Holy or the Saint, was the fifth and last Holy Roman Emperor of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty. ... Henry III, from a miniature of 1040. ... Henry IV (November 11, 1050 – August 7, 1106) was King of Germany from 1056 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1084, until his forced abdication in 1105. ... Henry IV (left) and son Henry V (right). ... Henry VI (November 1165 – 28 September 1197) was King of Germany from 1190 to 1197, Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 to 1197 and King of Sicily from 1194 to 1197. ... Johann I, King of Saxony (12 December 1801-29 October 1873) son of Maximilian, Duke of Saxony (1759-1838) and Caroline of Bourbon-Parma (1770-1804). ... Emperor Louis IV Louis IV of Bavaria (also known as Ludwig the Bavarian) of the House of Wittelsbach (1282 – October 11, 1347) was duke of Bavaria from 1294/1301 together with his brother Rudolf I, also count of the Palatinate until 1329 and, German king since 1314 and crowned as... Ludwig I (or Louis I, which is the French form of his name, his godfather was Louis XVI of France) (Strasbourg, August 25, 1786 – February 29, 1868 in Nice) was king of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. ... Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm II, King of Bavaria (August 25, 1845 – June 13, 1886) was king of Bavaria from 1864 until shortly before his death. ... Ludwig III (Ludwig Leopold Joseph Maria Aloys Alfred), King of Bavaria, (January 7, 1845 – October 18, 1921) was the last King of Bavaria, reigning from 1913 to 1918. ... Maximilian I of Habsburg (March 22, 1459 – January 12, 1519) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death. ... King Maximilian I of Bavaria. ... Maximilian II of Bavaria (November 28, 1811 – March 10, 1864) was king of Bavaria from 1848 until 1864. ... For others with the same name, see Otto I (disambiguation). ... Otto II and Theophano. ... Otto III in a medieval manuscript Otto III (980 – January 23, 1002, Paterno, Italy) was the fourth ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty. ... King Otto of Greece, (Greek: , Othon, Vasileus tis Ellados) also Prince of Bavaria (June 1, 1815 – July 26, 1867) was made the first modern king of Greece in 1832 under the Convention of London, whereby Greece became a new independent kingdom under the protection of the Great Powers (the United... Postcard photograph from 1916 of King Ottos body in repose. ... Wilhelm I of Germany (March 22, 1797 – March 9, 1888), German Emperor (Kaiser), ruled January 18, 1871 – 9 March 1888 and King of Prussia, ruled 2 January 1861 – 9 March 1888. ... German Emperor Wilhelm (born Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht, Prince of Prussia 27 January 1859–4 June 1941), was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia (de: Deutscher Kaiser und König von Preußen), ruling from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918. ... King William I of Württemberg portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler William I of Württemberg (27 September 1781-25 June 1864) was King of Württemberg. ... William II King of Württemberg Wilhelm II, King of Württemberg (25 February 1848-2 October 1921) was son of Prince Friedrich of Württemberg (1808-1870) and his wife Catherine of Württemberg (1821-1898), daughter of King William I of Württemberg. ...

Musicians and singers

• 4lyn
• Accept
• Hans Albers
• Alphaville
• Agonoize
• Amon Düül
• Blind Guardian
• Böhse Onkelz
• Bushido
• Dieter Bohlen (born 1954), music-producer
• Fritz Busch (1890–1951), conductor
• Caliban
• Can
• Cascada
• Sarah Connor, pop/soul singer
• Michael and Sandra Cretu, founder-performers of Enigma (musical project) and Sandra (group)
• Culcha Candela
• Die Ärzte
• Die Prinzen
• Die Toten Hosen
• DJ Tomekk
• Einstürzende Neubauten
• Eisbrecher
• Frank Farian
• Faust
• Fischer-Chöre
• Fler
• Freundeskreis
• Funker Vogt
• Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954), conductor and composer
• Herbert Grönemeyer (born 1956)
• Guano Apes
• Heino, popular singer
• Helloween, power metal band
• Chris Hülsbeck
• In Extremo
• Juli
• Michael Kiske
• KMFDM
• Kraftwerk
• Gundula Krause (born 1966)
• LaFee
• Fernge Jussa, (born 1937)
• Reinhard Mey (born 1942)
• Marius Müller-Westernhagen
• Anne-Sophie Mutter (born 1963), violinist
• Modern Talking
• Karl Münchinger, conductor
• Xavier Naidoo
• Necrophagist
• Nena (born 1960)
• Nevada Tan
• Megaherz
• Meshell Ndegeocello (born 1969)
• Klaus Nomi (1944–1983)
• Kool Savas, half German, half Turkish
• Oomph!
• Lisa Otto, opera singer
• Project Pitchfork
• Rammstein
• Michael Schenker (born 1955), guitar player of UFO and solo career
• Sandra
• SASH!
• Scooter
• Scorpions
• Seeed
• Sido (rapper)
• Silbermond
• Söhne Mannheims
• Tokio Hotel
• Ton Steine Scherben
• Melanie Thornton (1967–2001) (born in Charleston) Pop,Dance,R&B Singer
• Hannes Wader
• Bruno Walter (1876–1962), conductor and composer
• Konstantin Wecker
• Wir sind Helden
• Funny van Dannen
• Paul Van Dyk
• U96
• U.D.O.
• Willy Hess, violinist
• Wumpscut

Accept was a German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled in the early 1970s by Udo Dirkschneider. ... Hans Albers Hans Albers (September 22, 1891 Hamburg - July 24, 1960 Starnberg) was a German actor and singer. ... Alphaville is: A German music trio. ... // Inspired by acts such as Klinik and Suicide Commando, Agonoize is a German EBM/electro-industrial band constituted of Mike Johnson, Oliver Senger and Chris L. Established in late 2002 as a duo between Johnson and Senger, it soon became apparent that the act needed a frontman to improve their... There have been two splinters of the German rock group Amon Düül, of which the more famous is Amon Düül II. Formed out of the student movement of the 1960s, this latter version are generally considered to be founders of the German rock music scene and a seminal... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Böhse Onkelz (German böse Onkels - evil uncles) were one of Germanys most successful rock groups. ... Bushido (September 28, 1978 in Bonn, Germany), born Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi, is a German rapper whose style is strongly influenced by American Gangsta rap. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Fritz Busch (born 13 March 1890 in Siegen, died 14 September 1951 in London) was a German conductor. ... Caliban is a five-piece metalcore band from Germany. ... Can was a musical group formed in West Germany in 1968. ... Sarah Terenzi (née Lewe; born June 13, 1980), better known as Sarah Connor, is a German singer, songwriter, and dancer. ... Michael Cretu being interviewed in 2003. ... Sandra Cretu (born Sandra Ann Lauer May 18, 1962, Saarbrücken, Germany), and professionally known as Sandra, is a popular German singer/songwriter, currently living in Ibiza (Spain). ... Enigma is an electronic musical project started by Michael Cretu, his wife Sandra Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990. ... Sandra and Michael Cretu on German TV. Sandra is a famous German music group that consists primarily of Sandra Cretu (vocals) and Michael Cretu (writer and producer). ... Culcha Candela is a Dancehall/Reggae/Hip-Hop group from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2002. ... Die Ärzte (also spelled die ärzte; German for the physicians or the doctors) are a German rock/punk rock band from Berlin. ... Die Prinzen (The Princes, in English) are a German music group. ... Andreas Frege (Campino) Andreas Meurer (Andi) Andreas von Holst (Kuddel) Kuddel and Andi Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. ... DJ Tomekk (born Tomasz Kuklicz, October 11, 1976 in Kraków, Poland) is one of the most popular German artists. ... Einstürzende Neubauten is an experimental music band, originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980. ... Eisbrecher is a German electronic trip-rock band that consists primarily of Alexx Wesselsky (Vocals) and Noel Pix (Lead Guitar/Programming), with live support of Felix Primc (Guitar), Miguel Benhke (Bass), René (Drums), and Maximator (Keyboards/Programming). ... Franz Reuther (born July 18, 1941), better known as Frank Farian, is a German music producer, singer-songwriter and fraudster. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Fler (born Patrick Decker), aka Frank White, is a Gangsta rapper from Berlin, Germany. ... Freundeskreis also known as FK is a German hip hop group from Stuttgart, whose songs are in German and Esperanto but also in English. ... Funker Vogt is a German Electro band, formed by Gerrit Thomas and Jens Kästel in 1995. ... Wilhelm Furtwängler (January 25, 1886 – November 30, 1954) was a German conductor and composer. ... Herbert Grönemeyer 1991. ... Guano Apes were a female-fronted alternative rock quartet from Göttingen, Germany, and one of the most successful German rock bands of their time. ... The one and only Heino! Heino (born December 13, 1938 Düsseldorf as Heinz Georg Kramm) is a German singer of popular music (Schlager and Volksmusik). ... This article is about the power metal band. ... Power metal is a style of heavy metal music typically with the aim of evoking an epic feel, combining characteristics of traditional metal with thrash metal or speed metal, often within symphonic context. ... Chris Hülsbeck (born March 2, 1968) is a game music composer from Germany. ... In Extremo (Latin:at the end or in the extreme) is a German folk metal band originating from Berlin. ... Juli is a German rock/pop band consisting of singer Eva Briegel, guitarists Jonas Pfetzing and Simon Triebel, bassist Andreas Dedi Herde and drummer Marcel Römer. ... Vocalist Michael Kiske was (born January 24, 1968 in Hamburg, Germany), best known as the lead vocalist for the German power metal band Helloween from 1987 to 1993. ... KMFDM is an industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. ... Kraftwerk (pronounced [], German for power station) is a German musical group from Düsseldorf that has made immense contributions to the development of improvisational rock and electronic music, most notably within the latter categorys sub-genres which later became known as synthpop, electro, techno, house and IDM. Early musical... Gundula Krause, born 7 July 1966 in Göttingen, is a German folk violinist. ... {{Infobox musical artist 2 |Name = LaFee |Img = LaFee. ... Reinhard Friedrich Michael Mey (born December 21, 1942, Berlin) is a German singer-songwriter, also known as a Liedermacher. ... Marius Müller-Westernhagen (born 6 December 1948 in Düsseldorf) is a German actor and musician. ... Anne-Sophie Mutter (born June 29, 1963 in Rheinfelden, Germany) is a German violinist. ... Modern Talking was a German pop music duo consisting of composer/producer/background singer Dieter Bohlen and singer Thomas Anders. ... Karl Münchinger (May 29, 1915 – March 13, 1990) was a German conductor of European classical music. ... Xavier Kurt Naidoo (born October 2, 1971 in Mannheim, Germany) is a German singer and songwriter of South African Indian descent, who sings in German and occasionally in English. ... Necrophagist are a technical death metal group from Germany, founded and fronted by lead guitarist/vocalist Muhammed Suiçmez. ... Nena (born March 24, 1960 in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German singer who became famous with the New German Wave song 99 Luftballons (99 Red Balloons in the English version). ... Nevada Tan is a German rock band consisting of six members from Neumünster that was established in Hamburg in 2007. ... For the unit of frequency, see megahertz. ... Michelle Lynn Johnson (born August 29, 1968), known as Meshell Ndegeocello, is a German-born American singer, songwriter, rapper, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist. ... Klaus Nomi (January 24, 1944 - August 6, 1983) was a German countertenor noted for remarkable vocal performances and an unusual, elfin stage persona. ... Kool Savas (formerly King Kool Savas (KKS), Juks or Jux) (born February 10, 1975 in Aachen) is a German rapper of Turkish descent. ... OOMPH! is a German crossover group. ... Lisa Otto (born November 14, 1919) is a German operatic soprano. ... Project Pitchfork is a synthpop/darkwave musical group from Germany. ... For other uses, see Ramstein. ... Michael Schenker (born January 10, 1955) is a German hard rock and heavy metal guitarist and former member of UFO and a founding member of Scorpions and the Michael Schenker Group (M.S.G). ... UFO are an English rock band formed in 1969. ... Sandra Cretu (born Sandra Ann Lauer May 18, 1962, Saarbrücken, Germany), and professionally known as Sandra, is a popular German singer/songwriter, currently living in Ibiza (Spain). ... Sash! is a German DJ / producer team, fronted by Sascha Lappessen (born on 10 June 1970, in Nettetal, Germany), who works in the studio with Ralf Kappmeier and Thomas Alisson Lüdke. ... Music sample: Scooter are a successful German dance band, who have sold over 12 million records and have earned 60 gold and platinum awards. ... For other bands named The Scorpions or other meanings of scorpion, see scorpion. ... Cover for the album Next Seeed is a German reggae/dancehall band from Berlin. ... Sido is the stage name of the Berlin rapper Paul Würdig (born November 30, 1980),an artist whose work is released by the German record label, Aggro Berlin. ... Silbermond (German for Silver moon) is a German rock band from Bautzen, Saxony. ... Söhne Mannheims (Sons of Mannheim) is a German band founded 1995 in Mannheim by Xavier Naidoo and others. ... Tokio Hotel is a German pop rock band. ... Ton Steine Scherben (Literal English translation: Clay Stones Shards; in German, Ton can mean sound as well, so the bands name may be considered to be an amphibology) were a German anarchist rock band formed in 1970 when the members were all around 20 years of age. ... Melanie Thornton live in Leipzig on 24. ... Nickname: Motto: Aedes Mores Juraque Curat (She cares for her temples, customs, and rights) Location of Charleston in South Carolina. ... Hannes Wader (born 23 June 1942 in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a famous songwriter, singer and guitarist. ... Bruno Walter (Bruno Walter Schlesinger) (September 15, 1876 – February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor and composer. ... Konstantin Wecker Konstantin Alexander Wecker (born June 1, 1947, Munich) is one of the best-known German singer-songwriters (Liedermacher); he also works as a composer, author, and actor. ... Wir sind Helden (German for We are heroes) is a German musical band. ... Funny van Dannen (born Franz-Josef Hagmanns in 1958 in Tüddern, Germany) is a singer, songwriter, author, and painter. ... This article is about the DJ. For the American historian, see Paul Van Dyke. ... U96 is a dance music project formed by German producers Alex Christensen, Ingo Hauss, Helmut Hoikins, and Hajo Panarinfo, known for numerous 1990s Eurodance classics. ... U.D.O. live in 2004 U.D.O. is a German heavy metal band founded by lead singer Udo Dirkschneider in 1987. ... Willy Hess (July 14, 1859 – 1939) was a famous violin virtuoso and violin teacher. ... Wumpscut (:Wumpscut: or :W:) is a well known EBM project from Germany. ...

Philosophers

• Theodor Adorno (1903–1969), philosopher, sociologist and composer
• Albertus Magnus (c. 1193 – 1280), medieval philosopher and theologian
• Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), political theorist
• Bruno Bauer (1809–1882), political theorist and philosopher
• Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)
• Ernst Bloch (1885–1977)
• Jakob Böhme (1575–1624), mystic philosopher
• Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970), philosopher
• Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945)
• Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), philosopher, political economist, and collaborator with Karl Marx
• Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872), philosopher
• Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814), philosopher
• Gottlob Frege (1848–1925), mathematician, logician and philosopher
• Erich Fromm (1900–1980)
• Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002), philosopher
• Jürgen Habermas (born 1929), philosopher, social theorist
• Eduard von Hartmann (1842–1906), philosopher
• Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831), philosopher
• Martin Heidegger (1889–1976), philosopher
• Max Horkheimer (1895–1973)
• Karl Jaspers (1883–1969), philosopher
• Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), philosopher
• Ludwig Klages (1872–1956), philosopher
• Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716), physicist, philosopher
• Leo Löwenthal (1921–1966)
• Karl Löwith (1897–1973)
• Herbert Marcuse (1898–1979)
• Karl Marx (1818–1883), philosopher and sociologist. Founder of Marxist political and economic philosophy
• Nikolaus Cusanus (1401–1462), philosopher, theologian, mathematician
• Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), early existentialist philosopher
• Bernhard Philberth (born 1927), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologian
• Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz (1805–1879)
• Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929)
• Max Scheler (1874–1928), philosopher
• Friedrich Schelling (1775–1854), philosopher
• Moritz Schlick (1882–1936), philosopher
• Carl Schmitt (1888–1985), political theorist
• Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), philosopher
• Georg Simmel (1859–1918) philosopher and sociologist
• Ferdinand Tönnies (1855–1936), philosopher, founder of German sociology
• Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912–2007), philosopher and physicist

Max Horkheimer (front left), Theodor Adorno (front right), and Jürgen Habermas in the background, right, in 1965 at Heidelberg. ... Albertus Magnus (b. ... Hannah Arendt (October 14, 1906 – December 4, 1975) was a German Jewish political theorist. ... Bruno Bauer (September 6, 1809 - April 13, 1882), was a German theologian, philosopher and historian. ... Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin (July 15, 1892 – September 27, 1940) was a German Marxist literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. ... Ernst Simon Bloch (IPA: , July 8, 1885 – August 4, 1977) was a German Marxist philosopher and atheist theologian. ... Idealized portrait of Böhmes from Theosophia Revelata (1730) Jakob Böhme (1575–1624) was a Christian mystic born in eastern Germany, near Görlitz. ... Rudolf Carnap (May 18, 1891, Ronsdorf, Germany – September 14, 1970, Santa Monica, California) was an influential philosopher who was active in central Europe before 1935 and in the United States thereafter. ... Ernst Cassirer (July 28, 1874 – April 13, 1945) was a German-Jewish philosopher. ... Engels redirects here. ... Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883) was a 19th century philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary. ... Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach (July 28, 1804 - September 13, 1872), German philosopher, fourth son of the eminent jurist Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, was born in Landshut, Bavaria and died in Rechenberg (since 1899 a district of Nuremberg). ... Johann Gottlieb Fichte Johann Gottlieb Fichte (May 19, 1762 - January 27, 1814) has significance in the history of Western philosophy as one of the progenitors of German idealism and as a follower of Kant. ... Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege (8 November 1848, Wismar – 26 July 1925, IPA: ) was a German mathematician who became a logician and philosopher. ... Erich Fromm Erich Pinchas Fromm (March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was an internationally renowned Jewish-German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and humanistic philosopher. ... Hans-Georg Gadamer Hans-Georg Gadamer (February 11, 1900 – March 13, 2002) was a German philosopher best known for his 1960 magnum opus, Truth and Method (Wahrheit und Methode). ... Jürgen Habermas (IPA: ; born June 18, 1929) is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and American pragmatism. ... ... Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (IPA: ) (August 27, 1770 – November 14, 1831) was a German philosopher and, with Johann Gottlieb Fichte and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, one of the representatives of German idealism. ... Martin Heidegger (September 26, 1889 – May 26, 1976) (IPA ) was a highly influential German philosopher. ... Max Horkheimer (front left), Theodor Adorno (front right), and Jürgen Habermas in the background, right, in 1965 at Heidelberg Max Horkheimer (February 14, 1895 – July 7, 1973) was a Jewish-German philosopher and sociologist, known especially as the founder and guiding thinker of the Frankfurt School of critical theory. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Kant redirects here. ... Friedrich Konrad Eduard Wilhelm Ludwig Klages (born December 10, 1872 in Hannover; died July 29, 1956 in Kilchberg, Zurich) was a German philosopher, psychologist and one of the founders of the graphology. ... Leibniz redirects here. ... Leo Löwenthal (* November 3, 1900, Frankfurt am Main - † January 21, 1993, Berkeley, California) was the German Sociologist of Frankfurt School. ... Karl Löwith (9 January 1897 in Munich – 26 May 1973 in Heidelberg) was a German-Jewish philosopher, a student of Heidegger. ... Herbert Marcuse (July 19, 1898 – July 29, 1979) was a German-born philosopher, sociologist and a member of the Frankfurt School. ... Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883) was a 19th century philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Sociology is the study of the social lives of humans, groups and societies. ... Marxism is both the theory and the political practice (that is, the praxis) derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ... Nicholas of Cusa Nicholas of Cusa (ca. ... Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900) (IPA: ) was a nineteenth-century German philosopher. ... Existentialism is a philosophical movement which claims that individual human beings create the meanings and essence of their own lives. ... Bernhard Philberth, independent physicist, philosopher and theologian, Munich (1927). ... Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz (September 25, 1805 - July 14, 1879), German philosopher, was born at Magdeburg. ... Franz Rosenzweig (December 25, 1886 – December 10, 1929) was an influential Jewish theologian and philosopher. ... Max Scheler (August 22, 1874, Munich - May 19, 1928, Frankfurt am Main) was a German philosopher known for his work in phenomenology, ethics, and philosophical anthropology. ... Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (January 27, 1775 - August 20, 1854) was a German philosopher. ... Moritz Schlick around 1930 Moritz Schlick ( )(April 14, 1882–June 22, 1936) was a German philosopher and the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle. ... Carl Schmitt (July 11, 1888 – April 7, 1985) was a German jurist, political theorist, and professor of law. ... Arthur Schopenhauer (February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860) was a German philosopher who believed that the will to live is the fundamental reality and that this will, being a constant striving, is insatiable and ultimately yields only suffering. ... Georg Simmel Georg Simmel (March 1, 1858 – September 28, 1918, Berlin, Germany) was one of the first generation of German sociologists. ... Ferdinand Tönnies (July 26, 1855, near Oldenswort (Eiderstedt) - April 9, 1936, Kiel, Germany) was a German sociologist. ... Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, 1993 Carl Friedrich Freiherr (Baron) von Weizsäcker (28 June 1912, Kiel – 28 April 2007, Söcking near Starnberg) was a German physicist and philosopher. ...

Politicians

Miscellaneous

• August Bebel (1840–1913), co-founder of the SPD]
• Rudolf von Bennigsen (1824–1902), founder of the National Liberal Party.
• Eduard Bernstein (1850–1932), Social Democratic leader
• Julius Curtius (1877–1948), Foreign Minister (DVP)
• Matthias Erzberger (1875–1921), Catholic Center party leader
• Joschka Fischer (born 1948), Foreign Minister and vice chancellor 1998–2005 (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)
• Hans-Dietrich Genscher (born 1927), former minister for foreign affairs (FDP)
• Jakob Grimm (1785–1863), parliamentarian
• Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), parliamentarian
• Gregor Gysi (born 1948), former leader of the Party of Democratic Left
• Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), leader of the Nazi regime, born in Austria-Hungary
• Alfred Hugenberg )1865–1951), leader of the DNVP
• Johann Jacoby (1805–1877), radical democrat in Prussia
• Karl Kautsky (1854–1938), Social Democratic leader and theoretician
• Petra Kelly (1947–1992), cofounder of the German Green Party
• Ferdinand Lassalle (1825–1864), democrat and socialist
• Karl Liebknecht (1871–1919), Socialist
• Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826–1900), co-founder of the SPD
• Rosa Luxemburg (1870–1919), left wing Social Democratic leader
• Jakob Maria Mierscheid (born 1933), virtual parliamentarian (SPD)
• Hermann Müller (1876–1931), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (SPD)
• Hans Modrow (born 1928), former leader of GDR, honorary chairman of PDS
• Walther Rathenau (1867–1922), foreign minister (DDP)
• Eugen Richter (1838–1906), liberal politician
• Gerhard Schröder (1910–1989), foreign minister (CDU)
• Kurt Schumacher (1895–1952), leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the early years of the FRG
• Baron Heinrich vom Stein (1757–1831)
• Edmund Stoiber - party leader of the CSU and minister president of Bavaria
• Franz Josef Strauß (1915–1988), Bavarian Politician (CSU)
• Ernst Thälmann (1886–1944), leader of the Communist Party of Germany during the Weimar period
• Guido Westerwelle - party leader of the liberal party (FDP)
• Clara Zetkin (1857–1933), socialist and fighter for women's rights

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Stamp Clara Zetkin, maiden name Eissner (5 July 1857 - 20 June 1933) was an influential socialist German politician and a fighter for womens rights. ...

Chancellors of Germany 1871–1945

• Gustav Bauer (1870–1944), chancellor of the Weimar Republic (SPD)
• Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1856–1921), Imperial Chancellor
• Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Imperial Chancellor
• Heinrich Brüning (1885–1970), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre Party)
• Bernhard von Bülow (1849–1929), Imperial Chancellor
• Leo von Caprivi (1831–1899), Imperial Chancellor
• Wilhelm Cuno (1876–1933), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic
• Konstantin Fehrenbach (1852–1926), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre)
• Georg von Hertling (1843–1919), Imperial Chancellor
• Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), combining legally both offices, President and Chancellor ("Führer und Reichskanzler") 1934–1945
• Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1819–1901), Imperial Chancellor
• Hans Luther (1885–1962), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic
• Wilhelm Marx (1863–1946), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre)
• Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867–1929), Last Imperial Chancellor
• Georg Michaelis (1857–1936), Imperial Chancellor
• Franz von Papen (1879–1969), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic
• Philipp Scheidemann (1865–1939), Chancellor of Weimar Republic (SPD)
• Kurt von Schleicher (1882–1934), last Chancellor of the Weimar Republic
• Gustav Stresemann (1878–1929), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (DVP)
• Joseph Wirth (1879–1956), Chancellor of the Weimar Republic (Centre)

Gustav Adolf Bauer (6 January 1870–16 September 1944) was a German Social Democratic Party leader and Chancellor of Germany from 1919 to 1920. ... Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (November 29, 1856–January 1, 1921) was a German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917. ... Bismarck redirects here. ... Heinrich Brüning on a Centre Party election poster (German Resistance Museum, Berlin) Dr. Heinrich Brüning ( ) (November 26, 1885 – March 30, 1970) was a German politician during the Weimer Republic. ... The factual accuracy of this article is Germany during the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic. ... Prince  , born Bernhard Heinrich Karl Martin von Bülow (May 3, 1849 – October 28, 1929) was a German statesman who served as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909. ... Georg Leo Graf von Caprivi de Caprara de Montecuccoli (en: Count George Leo von Caprivi, Caprara, and Montecuccoli) (February 24, 1831–February 6, 1899) was a German major general and statesman, who succeeded Otto von Bismarck as Chancellor of Germany, serving between 1890 and 1894. ... Dr. jur. ... Konstantin Fehrenbach (January 11, 1852–March 26, 1926) was a German Catholic politician who was one of the major leaders of the Catholic Center Party. ... The German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei or merely Zentrum), often called the Catholic Centre Party, was a Catholic political party in Germany during the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic. ... Georg Friedrich Graf von Hertling (August 31, 1843 – January 4, 1919) was a Bavarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Bavaria and as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1917 to 1918. ... Hitler redirects here. ... Prince Chlodwig Karl Victor zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (31 March 1819–6 July 1901) was a German statesman and Chancellor of the German Empire. ... Hans Luther (10 March 1885–11 May 1962) was a German politician and former Chancellor of Germany. ... Wilhelm Marx (January 15, 1863–August 5, 1946) was a German Catholic politician and a member of the Centre Party. ... The German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei or merely Zentrum), often called the Catholic Centre Party, was a Catholic political party in Germany during the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic. ... Prince Maximilian of Baden (Max von Baden) (10 July 1867 – 6 November 1929) was the cousin and heir of Grand Duke Frederick II of Baden, and succeeded Frederick as head of the Grand Ducal House in 1928. ... Georg Michaelis (September 8, 1857–July 21, 1936) was the first Chancellor of Germany of non-noble background. ... Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen (29 October 1879 – 2 May 1969) was a German nobleman Catholic politician, General Staff officer, and diplomat, who served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932. ... Philipp Scheidemann (26 July 1865 – 29 November 1939) was a German Social Democratic politician, who proclaimed the Republic on 9 November 1918, and who became the first Chancellor of the Weimar Republic. ...   (7 April 1882 – 30 June 1934) was a German general and the last Chancellor of Germany during the era of the Weimar Republic. ...   (May 10, 1878 – October 3, 1929) was a German liberal politician and statesman who served as Chancellor and Foreign Secretary during the time of the Weimar Republic. ... Karl Joseph Wirth, known as Joseph Wirth, (September 6, 1879 – January 3, 1956) was a German politician of the Catholic Centre Party who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1921 to 1922. ... The German Centre Party (Deutsche Zentrumspartei or merely Zentrum), often called the Catholic Centre Party, was a Catholic political party in Germany during the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic. ...

Chancellors of Germany (after 2nd World War)

• Konrad Adenauer (1876–1967), first democratically elected Federal Chancellor in Western Germany (after the second world war) from 1949 to 1963 (Christian-Democratic Union, CDU)
• Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977), Federal Chancellor from 1963 to 1966 (CDU)
• Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904–1988), Federal Chancellor from 1966 to 1969 (CDU)
• Willy Brandt (1913–1992), Federal Chancellor from 1969 to 1974 (Social Democratic Party, SPD)
• Helmut Schmidt (born 1918), Federal Chancellor from 1974 to 1984 (SPD)
• Helmut Kohl (born 1930), Federal Chancellor from 1982 to 1998 (CDU)
• Gerhard Schröder (born 1944), Federal Chancellor from 1998 to 2005 (SPD)
• Angela Merkel (born 1954), Federal Chancellor since 2005 (CDU)

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Presidents of Germany

• Friedrich Ebert (1871–1925), First President of the Weimar Republic (SPD) 1919–1925
• Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), Field Marshal, President 1925–1934
• Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), combining legally both offices, President and Chancellor ("Führer und Reichskanzler") 1934–1945
• Karl Dönitz (1891–1980), Admiral of the Fleet, after Hitler's death, President for 27 days, 1945

Presidents of the Federal Republic of Germany since 1949: This is not the Friedrich Ebert involved in the founding of the GDR, but rather his father. ... Anthem Das Lied der Deutschen Germany during the Weimar period, with the Free State of Prussia (in blue) as the largest state Capital Berlin Language(s) German Government Republic President  - 1918-1925 Friedrich Ebert  - 1925-1933 Paul von Hindenburg Chancellor  - 1919 Philipp Scheidemann(first)  - 1933 Kurt von Schleicher (last) Legislature... Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, known universally as Paul von Hindenburg (2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German field marshal and statesman. ... Hitler redirects here. ... Karl Dönitz (IPA pronunciation:  ) (born 16 September 1891; died 24 December 1980) was a German naval leader, who commanded the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during the second half of World War II. Dönitz was also President of Germany for 23 days after Adolf Hitlers suicide. ...

• Theodor Heuss (1884–1963), Federal President 1949–1959 (Liberal-Democratic Party, FDP)
• Heinrich Lübke (1894–1972), Federal President 1959–1969 (CDU)
• Gustav Heinemann (1899–1976), Federal President 1969–1974 (SPD)
• Walter Scheel (born 1919), Federal President 1974–1979 (FDP)
• Karl Carstens (1914–1992), Federal President 1979–1984 (CDU)
• Richard von Weizsäcker (born 1920), Federal President 1984–1994 (CDU)
• Roman Herzog (born 1934), Federal President 1994–1999 (CDU)
• Johannes Rau (1931–2006), Federal President 1999–2004 (SPD)
• Horst Köhler (born 1943), Federal President since 2004 (CDU)

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Politicians in East Germany

• Otto Grotewohl (1894–1964), minister president of the GDR
• Erich Honecker (1912–1994), leader of the GDR until 1989
• Egon Krenz (born 1937), leader of the GDR after Honecker
• Erich Mielke (1907–2000), head of the Stasi
• Wilhelm Pieck (1876–1960), first president of the GDR
• Günter Schabowski (born 1929), member of politburo
• Willy Stoph (1914–1999), Premier of the GDR
• Walter Ulbricht (1893–1973), leader of the GDR

This article is about the state which existed from 1949 to 1990. ... Otto Grotewohl (March 11, 1894 - September 21, 1964) was an East German politician. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Egon Krenz (born 19 March 1937) is a former German Communist politician, who briefly served as leader of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1989 before the end of Communist rule. ... Erich Fritz Emil Mielke (December 28, 1907 - May 21, 2000 in Berlin), was a German Communist. ... Logo of East Germanys Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS or Stasi) / Ministry for State Security This article is about Stasi, the secret police of East Germany. ... Wilhelm Pieck (January 3, 1876 - September 7, 1960) was a German communist, politician and president of East Germany. ... Günter Schabowski (born January 4, 1929) was an official of the SED party in East Germany, famous for accidentally beginning the destruction of the GDR border system. ... Willi Stoph (9 July 1914 - 13 April 1999) was chairman of the council of ministers in East Germany. ... Walter Ulbricht (June 30, 1893 – August 1, 1973) was a German communist statesman. ...

Personalities of the Nazi Party and Regime

• Klaus Barbie (1913–1991), the "Butcher of Lyon"
• Martin Bormann (1900 – probably 1945), nazi leader
• Eva Braun (1912–1945), Hitler's mistress and finally his wife
• Karl Brandt (1904–1948)
• Karl Dönitz (1891–1980), Admiral of the Fleet, briefly Hitler's successor as President
• Anton Drexler (1884–1942), founder of German Workers Party, which became the NSDAP
• Hans Frank (1900–1946), Governor-General of Poland
• Roland Freisler (1893–1945), infamous Nazi-judge
• Wilhelm Frick (1877–1946), Minister of the Interior
• Walter Funk (1890–1960), Minister of Economics
• Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945), Chancellor of Germany, propaganda chief for the Nazis
• Hermann Göring (1893–1946), Nazi, Reich Marshal and chief of Luftwaffe
• Rudolf Hess (1894–1987), Hitler's private secretary, later Deputy Führer
• Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942), Nazi officer, head of the Sicherheitsdienst and Gestapo
• Heinrich Himmler (1900–1945), Nazi head of the SS
• Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), Reichskanzler and Nazi leader
• Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903–1946), Heydrich's successor at the SD
• Hans Kammler, author and organiser of first Death Camps
• Wilhelm Keitel (1882–1946), Field Marshal, head of the OKW (1939–45)
• Robert Ley (1890–1945), head of the German Labour Front
• Erich von Manstein (1885–1973), Field Marshal and commander of the Eleventh Army (1941–42), Army Group Don (1942–43), and Army Group South (1943–44)
• Erhard Milch (1892–1972), Göring's second-in-command, Air Inspector General
• Konstantin von Neurath (1873–1956), Foreign Minister in the early years of the regime
• Franz von Papen (1879–1969), Deputy Chancellor in Hitler's first cabinet.
• Erich Raeder (1876–1960), Admiral of the Fleet
• Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893–1946), Nazi foreign minister
• Ernst Röhm (1887–1934), head of the SA
• Alfred Rosenberg (1893–1946), Nazi ideologist
• Gerd von Rundstedt (1875–1953), Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief East (1939–40), commander of Army Group South (1939–41), Commander-in-Chief West (1942–44 and then 1944–45)
• Hjalmar Schacht, Minister of Finance
• Baldur von Schirach (1907–1974), Hitler Youth leader
• Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892–1946), Austrian Nazi leader
• Albert Speer (1905–1981), "Hitler's architect", Minister of Armaments
• Gregor Strasser, Left-wing Nazi leader
• Julius Streicher (1885–1946), Nazi Party leader in Franconia

Nazism in history Nazi ideology Nazism and race Outside Germany Related subjects Lists Politics Portal         Nazism or National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), refers primarily to the ideology and practices of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers Party, German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) under Adolf Hitler. ... Klaus Barbie posing with the other OKW officers. ... Martin Bormann Martin Bormann (June 17, 1900 - c. ... Eva Anna Paula Braun, died Eva Hitler[1] (February 6, 1912 – April 30, 1945) was the longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and briefly his wife. ... Brandt at the Doctors Trial Karl Brandt (January 8, 1904 – June 2, 1948) was the personal physician to Adolf Hitler and headed the administration of the Nazi euthanasia programme from 1939. ... Karl Dönitz (IPA pronunciation:  ) (born 16 September 1891; died 24 December 1980) was a German naval leader, who commanded the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during the second half of World War II. Dönitz was also President of Germany for 23 days after Adolf Hitlers suicide. ... Anton Drexler (June 13, 1884 - February 24, 1942) was a German Nazi political leader of 1920s. ... Hans Frank (May 23, 1900 – October 16, 1946) was a lawyer for the Nazi party during the 1920s and a senior official in Nazi Germany. ... Judge Freisler Roland Freisler (October 30, 1893 – February 3, 1945) was a prominent and notorious Nazi German judge. ... Dr. Wilhelm Frick (March 12, 1877 â€“ October 16, 1946) was a prominent Nazi official. ... Walther Funk in the dock at Nuremberg. ... Paul Joseph Goebbels (German pronunciation: IPA: ) (October 29, 1897 – May 1, 1945) was a German politician and Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda during the National Socialist regime from 1933 to 1945. ... For other uses, see Chancellor (disambiguation). ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Hermann Wilhelm Göring ( ) (also Goering in English) (January 12, 1893 – October 15, 1946) was a German politician and military leader, a leading member of the Nazi Party, second in command of the Third Reich, and commander of the Luftwaffe. ... The Deutsche Luftwaffe or   (German: air force, literally Air Weapon, pronounced lufft-va-fa, IPA: ) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ... Not to be confused with Rudolf Hoess. ... Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942) was an SS-Obergruppenführer, chief of the Reich Security Main Office (including the Gestapo, SD and Kripo Nazi police agencies) and Reichsprotektor (Reich Protector) of Bohemia and Moravia. ... Sicherheitsdienst (SD) sleeve insignia. ... The   (contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei: “secret state police”) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( ; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS) and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and the Nazi hierarchy. ... Nazism in history Nazi ideology Nazism and race Outside Germany Related subjects Lists Politics Portal         Nazism or National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), refers primarily to the ideology and practices of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers Party, German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) under Adolf Hitler. ... SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop... Hitler redirects here. ... The head of government in Germany has traditionally been called Kanzler (Chancellor). ... Ernst Kaltenbrunner (October 4, 1903 – October 16, 1946) was a senior Nazi official during World War II. He was the highest ranking SS leader to face trial. ... Hans Kammler. ... Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (September 22, 1882–October 16, 1946) was a German field marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) and a senior military leader during World War II. // Keitel was born in Helmscherode, Brunswick, German Empire, the son of Carl Keitel, a middle-class landowner, and his wife Apollonia Vissering. ... Oberkommando der Wehrmacht OKW most notably stands for Oberkommando der Wehrmacht - the high Command of the Third Reich armed forces. ... Dr Robert Ley Dr. Robert Ley (15 February 1890 – 25 October 1945), Nazi German politician, was head of the German Labour Front from 1933 to 1945. ... Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... The German Eleventh Army (German: 11. ... Army Group Don was a German army group during World War II. Army Group Don was created in the southern sector of the Eastern Front on 22 November 1942. ... Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd in German) was a German Army Group during World War II. Germany used two army groups to invade Poland in 1939: Army Group North and Army Group South. ... Erhard Milch (left) with his brother Dr. Werner Milch, who worked as his associate defense counsel at the Nuremberg Trials. ... Konstantin von Neurath Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath (February 2, 1873 – August 14, 1956) was a German diplomat, Foreign Minister of Germany (1932-1938) and Reichsprotektor (nazi representative in the Czech puppet state) of Bohemia and Moravia (1939-1943). ... Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen (29 October 1879 – 2 May 1969) was a German nobleman Catholic politician, General Staff officer, and diplomat, who served as Chancellor of Germany in 1932. ... Erich Raeder. ... Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim von Ribbentrop (born Ulrich Friedrich Wilhelm Joachim Ribbentrop) (April 30, 1893 – October 16, 1946) was Foreign Minister of Germany from 1938 until 1945. ... Ernst Julius Röhm, also known as Ernst Roehm in English (Munich November 28, 1887 – July 2, 1934) was a German military officer, and the commander and co-founder of the Nazi Sturmabteilung — the SA. // Röhm was one of three children of Julius Röhm and his wife Emilie... The seal of SA SA propaganda poster. ...   (January 12, 1893 Reval (nowadays Tallinn) – October 16, 1946) was an early and intellectually influential member of the Nazi party, who later held several important posts in the Nazi government. ... Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt (December 12, 1875 - February 24, 1953) was a Generalfeldmarschall of the German Army during World War II. He held some of the highest field commands in all phases of the war. ... Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd in German) was a German Army Group during World War II. Germany used two army groups to invade Poland in 1939: Army Group North and Army Group South. ... Dr. Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht Dr. Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht (22 January 1877 – 3 June 1970) was a German financial expert and Minister of Economics from 1935 until 1937. ... Baldur von Schirach Baldur Benedikt von Schirach (May 9, 1907 – August 8, 1974) was a Nazi youth leader later convicted of being a war criminal. ... Arthur Seyss-Inquart Arthur Seyss-Inquart (born Arthur Zajtich, officially (German) Arthur Seyß-Inquart) (July 22, 1892 – October 16, 1946) was a prominent Nazi official in Austria and for wartime Germany in Poland and the Netherlands. ... For the son of Albert Speer, also an architect, see Albert Speer (the younger). ... Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945, standard German pronunciation in the IPA) was the Führer (leader) of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) and of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. ... Gregor Strasser Gregor Strasser (variant German spelling Straßer) (May 31, 1892, Geisenfeld, Germany - June 30, 1934, Berlin) was a politician of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP). ... Julius Streicher (February 12, 1885 – October 16, 1946) was a prominent Nazi prior to and during World War II. He was the publisher of the Nazi Der Stürmer newspaper, which was to become a part of the Nazi propaganda machine. ...

Scientists and engineers

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• Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806–1886), mineralogist, geologist
• Peter Apian (1495–1552), mathematician, astronomer and cartographer
• Manfred von Ardenne (1907–1997), physicist
• Anton de Bary (1831–1888), surgeon, botanist, microbiologist
• Johann Bayer (1572–1625), astronomer
• Karl Benz (1844–1929), inventor and engineer
• Friedrich Bessel (1784–1846), mathematician
• Hans Bethe (1906–2005), physicist
• Max Born (1882–1970), physicist
• Robert Bosch (1861-1942) industrialist
• Carl Ferdinand Braun - physicist
• Wernher von Braun (1912–1977), space engineer, rocket scientist
• Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811–1899), chemist
• Georg Cantor (1845–1918), mathematician
• Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt - neuropathologist
• Gottlieb Daimler (1834–1900), inventor and engineer
• Carl Duisberg (1861–1935), chemist and industrialist
• Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913), inventor of the Diesel engine
• Albert Einstein (1879–1955) physicist
• Hans Jürgen Eysenck, psychologist
• Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826), physicist
• Gottlob Frege (1848–1925), mathematician and logicist
• Wilhelm Siegmund Frei (1885–1943), dermatologist
• Erich Fromm (1900–1980), psychologist
• Klaus Fuchs (1911–1988), physicist and spy
• Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), mathematician

Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (December 11, 1806 – July 1, 1886) was a German mineralogist and geologist. ... Apianus on an 18th century engraving Petrus Apianus (April 16, 1495 – April 21, 1552; also known as Peter Apian) was a German humanist, famous for his works in mathematics, astronomy and cartography. ... Manfred von Ardenne (January 20, 1907 - May 26, 1997) was a German inventor. ... Anton de Bary Heinrich Anton de Bary (January 26, 1831 - January 19, 1888) was a German surgeon, botanist, microbiologist, and mycologist (fungal systematics and physiology). ... Johann Bayer (1572 – March 7, 1625) was a German astronomer. ... Karl Benz Karl Friedrich Benz, for whom an alternate French spelling of Carl is used ocassionaly, (November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg, Germany) was a German engine designer and automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile. ... Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (July 22, 1784 – March 17, 1846) was a German mathematician, astronomer, and systematizer of the Bessel functions (which, despite their name, were discovered by Daniel Bernoulli). ... Hans Albrecht Bethe (pronounced bay-tuh; July 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005), was a German-American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1967 for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis. ... Max Born (December 11, 1882 in Breslau – January 5, 1970 in Göttingen) was a mathematician and physicist. ... Robert Bosch at the age of 27 Robert Bosch (September 23, 1861 - March 12, 1942), German industrialist and philanthropist, born in Albeck near Ulm as the 11th child of Servatius and Margarete Bosch, themselves children of wealthy farmers. ... Karl Ferdinand Braun (June 6, 1850 - April 20, 1918) was a German physicist, born in Fulda. ... For other uses of von Braun, see von Braun (disambiguation). ... Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen (31 March 1811 – 16 August 1899) was a German chemist. ... Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor (March 3, 1845[1] – January 6, 1918) was a German mathematician. ... Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (June 2, 1885 - December 30, 1964) was a German neuropathologist. ... Gottlieb Daimler Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler (March 17, 1834 - March 6, 1900) was an engineer, industrial designer and industrialist, born in Schorndorf (Kingdom of Württemberg) what is now Germany. ... Friedrich Carl Duisberg ( September 29, 1861- March 19, 1935) was a German chemist and industrialist. ... This article is about Rudolf Diesel, the German inventor. ... A diesel engine built by MAN AG in 1906 Rudolf Diesels 1893 patent on his engine design A Diesel engine is an internal combustion engine which operates using the Diesel cycle. ... “Einstein” redirects here. ... Hans Eysenck Hans Jürgen Eysenck (March 4, 1916 - September 4, 1997) was a notable psychologist. ... Joseph von Fraunhofer Joseph von Fraunhofer (March 6, 1787 – June 7, 1826) was a German physicist. ... Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege (8 November 1848, Wismar – 26 July 1925, IPA: ) was a German mathematician who became a logician and philosopher. ... Wilhelm Siegmund Frei(September 5, 1885- January 27, 1943) was a German dermatologist. ... Erich Fromm Erich Pinchas Fromm (March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980) was an internationally renowned Jewish-German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, and humanistic philosopher. ... Klaus Fuchs ID badge at Los Alamos. ... Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss or Gauß ( ; Latin: ) (30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, electrostatics, astronomy, and optics. ...

H-J

• Fritz Haber (1868–1934), chemist
• Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919), physician
• Otto Hahn (1879–1968), chemist
• Felix Hausdorff (1868–1942), mathematician
• Robert Havemann (1910–1982), chemist
• Ernst Heinkel (1888–1958), Aircraft engineer
• Werner Karl Heisenberg (1901–1976), physicist
• Hermann Helmholtz, physicist
• Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894), physicist
• David Hilbert (1862–1943), mathematician
• Johann Homann (1664–1724), geographer
• Erich Hueckel (1896–1980), physicist
• Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi (1804–1851), mathematician
• Alfons Maria Jakob (1884–1931), neurologist
• Hugo Junkers (1859–1935), Aircraft engineer

Fritz Haber (9 December 1868 – 29 January 1934) was a German chemist, who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his development of synthetic ammonia, important for fertilisers and explosives. ... Ernst Haeckel. ... Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, 1913, at the KWI for Chemistry in Berlin Otto Hahn (March 8, 1879 – July 28, 1968) was a German chemist and received the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. ... Felix Hausdorff Felix Hausdorff (November 8, 1868 – January 26, 1942) was a German mathematician who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contributed significantly to set theory and functional analysis. ... Robert Havemann (11 March 1910 - 9 April 1982) was a chemist, communist and an East German dissident. ... Ernst Heinkel (January 24, 1888 - January 30, 1958) was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer. ... Werner Karl Heisenberg (December 5, 1901 – February 1, 1976) was a celebrated German physicist and Nobel laureate, one of the founders of quantum mechanics and acknowledged to be one of the most important physicists of the twentieth century. ... Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (August 31, 1821 – September 8, 1894) was a German physician and physicist. ... Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (February 22, 1857 - January 1, 1894) was the German physicist and mechanician for whom the hertz, an SI unit, is named. ... David Hilbert (January 23, 1862, Königsberg, East Prussia – February 14, 1943, Göttingen, Germany) was a German mathematician, recognized as one of the most influential and universal mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries. ... Johann Baptist Homann (1664 - 1724) of Nuremberg, Germany was a geographer and cartographer, who was instrumental in making maps of the Americas to show to Europeans, and in turn bringing Europeans to see America. ... Erich Armand Arthur Joseph Hückel (August 9, 1896 - February 16, 1980) was a German physicist and physical chemist. ... Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (December 10, 1804 - February 18, 1851), was not only a great German mathematician but also considered by many as the most inspiring teacher of his time (Bell, p. ... Alfons Maria Jakob (born July 2, 1884, Aschaffenburg/Bavaria; died October 17, 1931, Hamburg) was a German neurologist with important contributions on neuropathology. ... Hugo Junkers Hugo Junkers (3 February 1859 - 3 February 1935) was an innovative German engineer, as his many patents in varied areas (gas engines, aeroplanes) show. ...

K-L

• Theodor Kaluza (1885–1954), mathematician, theoretical physicist
• Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (1829–1896), chemist
• Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), astronomer
• Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (1824–1887), physicist
• Felix Klein (1849–1925), mathematician
• Wolfgang Franz von Kobell (1803–1882), mineralogist
• Robert Koch (1843–1910), physician
• Walter Karl Koch (1880–1962), surgeon
• Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe (1818–1884), chemist
• Leopold Kronecker (1823–1891), mathematician
• Ernst Eduard Kummer (1810–1893), mathematician
• Edmund Landau (1877–1938), mathematician
• Max von Laue (1879–1960), physicist
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), mathematician
• Justus von Liebig (1803–1873), chemist
• Otto Lilienthal (1848 - 1896), the aviation pioneer
• Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852–1939), mathematician
• Alexander Lippisch (1894–1976), aerodynamicist
• Johann Josef Loschmidt (1821–1895), physicist, chemist
• Reimar Lüst (born 1923), astrophysicist

im a fag! lalalala Headline text KKK ... Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz (September 7, 1829 – July 13, 1896) was a German organic chemist. ... Kepler redirects here. ... Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (March 12, 1824 - October 17, 1887), a German physicist who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects. ... Felix Christian Klein (April 25, 1849, Düsseldorf, Germany – June 22, 1925, Göttingen) was a German mathematician, known for his work in group theory, function theory, non-Euclidean geometry, and on the connections between geometry and group theory. ... Wolfgang Xavier Franz Baron von Kobell (July 19, 1803 - November 11, 1882) was a German mineralogist. ... For the American lobbyist, see Bobby Koch. ... Walter Karl Koch was a German surgeon (Dortmund, Germany, May 3, 1880- ? ), best known for the discovery of Tawaras node, the atrioventricular node which is the beginning of his bundle about the auricular-ventricular. ... Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe (September 27, 1818 – November 25, 1884) was a chemist. ... Leopold Kronecker Leopold Kronecker (December 7, 1823 - December 29, 1891) was a German mathematician and logician who argued that arithmetic and analysis must be founded on whole numbers, saying, God made the integers; all else is the work of man (Bell 1986, p. ... Ernst Eduard Kummer (29 January 1810 in Sorau, Brandenburg, Prussia - 14 May 1893 in Berlin, Germany) was a German mathematician. ... Edmund Georg Hermann (Yehezkel) Landau (February 14, 1877 – February 19, 1938) was a German Jew mathematician and author of over 250 papers on number theory. ... Max von Laue (October 9, 1879 - April 24, 1960) was a German physicist, who studied under Max Planck. ... Leibniz redirects here. ... Freiherr Justus von Liebig (May 12, 1803 in Darmstadt, Germany – April 18, 1873 in Munich, Germany) was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry, and worked on the organization of organic chemistry. ... Otto Lilienthal Otto Lilienthal (23 May 1848 – 10 August 1896), the German Glider King, was a pioneer of human aviation. ... Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann (April 12, 1852 - March 6, 1939) was a German mathematician, noted for his proof, published in 1882, that π is a transcendental number, i. ... Alexander Lippisch earned his PhD in 1943 at the University of Heidelberg. ... Jan or Johann Josef Loschmidt (March 15, 1821 - July 8, 1895) who referred to himself mostly as Josef (omitting his first name), was a notable Austrian scientist who performed groundbreaking work in chemistry, physics (thermodynamics, optics, electrodynamics) and crystal forms. ... Reimar Lüst (born March 25, 1923 in Wuppertal) is a German astrophysicist. ...

M-R

• (Albertus Magnus see "A")
• Ludwig Immanuel Magnus, mathematician
• Siegfried Marcus (1831–1898), automobile pioneer
• Wilhelm Maybach (1846–1929), car-engine and automobile constructor
• Wilhelm Messerschmitt (1898–1978), Aircraft engineer
• Lothar Meyer (1830–1895), chemist
• Franz Mertens (1840–1927), mathematician
• August Ferdinand Möbius (1790–1868), mathematician, theoretical astronomer
• Johannes Müller (1801–1858), physiologist
• Walther Nernst (1864–1941), physicist
• Franz Ernst Neumann (1798–1895), mathematician
• Carl Gottfried Neumann (1832–1925), mathematician
• Emmy Noether (1882–1935), mathematician
• Georg Ohm (1789–1854), physicist
• Wilhelm Ostwald, Nobel prize winning chemist, philosopher
• Nikolaus Otto (1832–1891), coinventor of the Otto cycle
• Bernhard Philberth (born 1927), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologian
• Jesco von Puttkamer (born 1933), space-scientist (NASA-Manager), engineer and author
• Max Planck (1858–1947), physicist
• Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866) mathematician
• Adam Riese (1492–1559), mathematician
• Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923), physicist

Albertus Magnus (b. ... Ludwig Immanuel Magnus (March 15, 1790 - September 25, 1861) was a mathematician who published a paper about the inversion transformation in 1831. ... Siegfried Marcus 1831-1898 Siegfried Samuel Marcus (born in Malchin, Mecklenburg, Germany, on 1831-09-18, died in Vienna on 1898-07-01) was a German – Austrian inventor and automobile pioneer of Jewish ancestry. ... Wilhelm Maybach Wilhelm Maybach (February 9, 1846 – December 29, 1929), was an early German engine designer and industrialist. ... “Car” and “Cars” redirect here. ... Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt (June 26, 1898 – September 15, 1978) (known as Willi or Willy) was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer. ... Julius Lothar Meyer (19 August 1830 - 11 April 1895) was born in Varel, at that time belonging to the duchy of Oldenburg, now part of Germany. ... Franz Mertens (March 20, 1840 - March 5, 1927) was a German mathematician. ... August Ferdinand Möbius. ... Johannes Müller von Königsberg (June 6, 1436 – July 6, 1476), known by his Latin pseudonym Regiomontanus, was an important German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer. ... Walther Nernst. ... Franz Ernst Neumann (September 11, 1798 - May 23, 1895) was a German mineralogist, physicist and mathematician. ... Carl Gottfried Neumann was a German Mathematician, born May 7, 1832 in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia) and died March 27, 1925 in Leipzig. ... Amalie Emmy Noether [1] (March 23, 1882 – April 14, 1935) was a German-born mathematician, said by Einstein in eulogy to be [i]n the judgment of the most competent living mathematicians, [...] the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began. ... Georg Simon Ohm (March 16, 1789 - July 6, 1854) was a German physicist. ... Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald (commonly just Wilhelm Ostwald) (September 2, 1853 - April 4, 1932) was a German chemist. ... Nikolaus August Otto (June 14, 1832 - January 28, 1891) was the German inventor of the internal-combustion engine. ... The four-stroke cycle of an internal combustion engine is the cycle most commonly used for automotive and industrial purposes today ( cars and trucks, generators, etc). ... Bernhard Philberth, independent physicist, philosopher and theologian, Munich (1927). ... Jesco Freiherr von Puttkamer (also spelled v. ... “Planck” redirects here. ... Bernhard Riemann. ... Adam RIES Adam Ries (1492-March 30, 1559) was a German mathematician. ... Wilhelm Röntgen Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (March 27, 1845 – February 10, 1923) was a German physicist, of the University of Würzburg, who, on November 8, 1895, produced wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that are now known as x-rays or Röntgen Rays. ...

S-V

• Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786), chemist
• Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804–1881), botanist
• Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890), archaeologist
• Christian Friedrich Schonbein (1799–1868), chemist
• Friedrich Hermann Schottky (1851–1935), mathematician
• Theodor Schwann (1810–1882), physiologist
• Hermann Amandus Schwarz (1843–1921), mathematician
• Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916), physicist
• Carl Semper (1832–1893), ecologist
• Rolf Singer (1906–1994), mycologist
• Arnold Sommerfeld (1868–1951), physicist
• Eduard Adolf Strasburger (1844–1912), German-Polish professor, one of the most famous botanists of the 19th century
• Georg Steller (1709–1746), naturalist
• William Stern (1871–1938), psychologist, philosopher
• Alfred Stock (1876–1946), chemist
• Levi Strauss (1829–1902), jeans
• Werner von Siemens (1816 - 1892), inventor, industrialist
• Max Vasmer (1886–1962), linguist
• Rudolf Virchow (1821–1902), pioneer of medicine

Carl Wilhelm Scheele Scheeles house with his pharmacy in Köping. ... Die Entwickelung der Meduse (The Development of the Medusas), in Schleidens Das Meer Matthias Jakob Schleiden (April 5, 1804 - June 23, 1881) was a German botanist and co-founder of cell theory. ... Portrait of Heinrich Schliemann. ... Christian Friedrich Schönbein (October 18, 1799 – August 29, German-Swiss chemist who is most well-known for his discovery of guncotton. ... Walter H. (Hermann) Schottky (July 23, 1886, Zürich, Switzerland - March 4, 1976, Pretzfeld, West Germany) was a German physicist who invented the screen-grid vacuum tube in 1915 and the tetrode in 1919 while working at Siemens. ... Theodore Schwann Theodor Schwann (December 7, 1810 in Neuss, Prussia - January 11, 1882, in Cologne) was a German physiologist, histologist and cytologist. ... Hermann Amandus Schwarz, born 25 January 1843 in Hermsdorf, Germany, died 30 November 1921 in Berlin, was a mathematician. ... Karl Schwarzschild (October 9, 1873 - May 11, 1916) was a noted German Jewish physicist and astronomer, father of astrophysicist Martin Schwarzschild. ... Carl Gottfried Semper (born July 6, 1832, Altona, Hamburg – died May 29, 1893, Würzburg) was a German ethnologist and animal ecologist. ... Rolf Singer (June 23, 1906 - January 18, 1994) was a German-born mycologist and one of the most important taxonomists of gilled mushrooms (agarics) in the 20th century. ... Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (December 5, 1868 in Königsberg, East Prussia – April 26, 1951 in Munich, Germany) was a German physicist who introduced the fine-structure constant in 1919. ... Eduard Adolf Strasburger (February 1, 1844, Warsaw - May 19, 1912, Bonn) was one of the most famous German botanists of the 19th century. ... Georg Wilhelm Steller (March 10, 1709 - November 14, 1746) was a Russian botanist, zoologist, physician and explorer of German origin. ... Lewis William Stern (1871-1938) was a German psychologist and philosopher born in Berlin. ... Alfred Stock (July 16, 1876 - August 12, 1946) was a German inorganic chemist. ... Alternative meaning: Claude L vi-Strauss, the French anthropologist. ... Ernst Werner von Siemens Ernst Werner von Siemens (December 13, 1816 - December 6, 1892) was a German inventor and industrialist. ... Max Vasmer (1886 – 1962), German linguist. ... [[ Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow (born October 13, 1821, in Schivelbein (Pomerania); died September 5, 1902, in Berlin) was a German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician. ...

W-Z

• Otto Wallach, physicist
• Hellmuth Walter (1900–1980), propulsion
• Felix Wankel (1902–1988), inventor of the Wankel engine
• Alfred Wegener, meteorologist
• Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897), mathematician
• August Weismann (1834–1914), biologist
• Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (born 1912), physicist
• Hermann Weyl (1885–1955), mathematician
• Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782–1867), zoologist
• Wilhelm Wien (1864–1928), physicist
• Mieczysław Wolfke (1883–1947), Polish physicist of German descent
• Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920), physiologist, psychologist
• Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838–1917), inventor of the Zeppelin
• Ernst Zermelo (1871–1953), mathematician
• Konrad Zuse (1910–1995), computers

Otto Wallach (March 27, 1847 at Königsberg - February 26, 1931 at Göttingen) was a German Chemist who won the Nobel Prize in 1910 for work on alicyclic compounds. ... Hellmuth Walter (August 26, 1900 – December 16, 1980) was a German engineer who pioneered research into rocket engines and gas turbines. ... Prof. ... Wankel Engine in Deutsches Museum Munich, Germany The Wankel rotary engine is a type of internal combustion engine, invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, which uses a rotor instead of reciprocating pistons. ... Alfred Wegeners theory of continental drift was widely ridiculed in his day Alfred Lothar Wegener (Berlin, November 1, 1880 – Greenland, November 2 or 3, 1930) was a German interdisciplinary scientist and meteorologist, who became famous for his theory of continental drift (Kontinentalverschiebung or die Verschiebung der Kontinente in his... Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass (Weierstraß) (October 31, 1815 – February 19, 1897) was a German mathematician who is often cited as the father of modern analysis. // Karl Weierstrass was born in Ostenfelde, Westphalia (today Germany). ... August Weismann Friedrich Leopold August Weismann (b. ... Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, 1993 Carl Friedrich Freiherr (Baron) von Weizsäcker (28 June 1912, Kiel – 28 April 2007, Söcking near Starnberg) was a German physicist and philosopher. ... Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl (November 9, 1885 – December 9, 1955) was a German mathematician. ... Prince Alexander Philipp Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied (1782 - 1867) was a German explorer. ... Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien (January 13, 1864 – August 30, 1928) was a German physicist who, in 1893, used theories about heat and electromagnetism to compose Wiens displacement law, which relates the maximum emission of a blackbody to its temperature. ... Mieczysław Wolfke (1883-1947) was a Polish physicist. ... Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (August 16, 1832-August 31, 1920) was a German psychologist, physiologist, and professor who is, along with William James, regarded as the father of psychology. ... For other uses, see Graf Zeppelin (disambiguation). ... Zeppelins are a type of rigid airship pioneered by German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century, based in part on an earlier design by aviation pioneer David Schwarz. ... Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo (July 27, 1871, Berlin, German Empire – May 21, 1953, Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany) was a German mathematician, whose work has major implications for the foundations of mathematics and hence on philosophy. ... Statue in Bad Hersfeld Konrad Zuse (June 22, 1910 Berlin - December 18, 1995 Hünfeld) was a German engineer and computer pioneer. ...

Sportspersons

• Adolf Anderssen (1818–1879), chess grandmaster
• Michael Ballack (born 1976), football player
• Karin Balzer (born 1938), hurdler
• Dieter Baumann (born 1965), athlete
• Franz Beckenbauer (born 1945), football player
• Boris Becker (born 1967), tennis player
• Elly Beinhorn (born 1907), aviatrix
• Stefan Bellof (1957–1985), race car driver
• Frank Biela , race car driver
• Oliver Bierhoff (born 1968),football player
• Heike Drechsler (born 1964), athlete
• Timo Boll, table tennis player
• Kai Budde (born 1979), professional Magic: The Gathering player
• Bettina Bunge (born 1963), tennis player
• Rudolf Caracciola (1901–1959), race car driver
• Ursula "Uschi" Disl (born 1970), biathlete
• Christian Ehrhoff, German Olympian and NHL hockey player currently playing for the San Jose Sharks.
• Erich Gottlieb Eliskases (1913–1997) leading chess player of the 1930s–40s, represented Austria, Germany and Argentina in international competition
• Harald Ertl , race car driver
• Jürgen Fanghänel (born 1951), boxer
• Rudi Fink (born 1958), boxer
• Birgit Fischer (born 1962), kayaker
• Sven Fischer (born 1971), biathlete
• Torsten Frings (born 1976),football player
• Marcel Goc, German Olympian and NHL hockey player currently playing for the San Jose Sharks.
• Steffi Graf (born 1969), tennis player
• Michael Greis (born 1976), biathlete
• Michael Groß (born 1964), swimmer
• Ricco Groß (born 1970), biathlete
• Georg Hackl (born 1966), luger
• Sven Hannawald (born 1974), ski jumper
• Armin Hary (born 1937), athlete
• Nick Heidfeld (born 1977), racing driver
• Peter Hussing (born 1948), boxer
• Robert Hübner (born 1948), chess grandmaster
• Reinhold Joest , race car driver and racing team owner
• Klaus Junge (1924–1945), one of the youngest German chess grandmasters
• Oliver Kahn (born 1969), football player
• Andy Kapp (born 1967), curler
• Jutta Kleinschmidt, rally driver
• Jürgen Klinsmann (born 1964), football player and coach
• Olaf Kölzig (born 1970), ice hockey player
• Louis Krages (1949–2001), racing driver who raced under the pseudonym of "John Winter"
• Philipp Lahm (born 1983), football player
• Andre Lange, Bobsledding champion
• Hermann Lang (1909–1987), Champion race car driver
• Bernhard Langer (born 1957), golfer
• Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941), the second World Chess Champion (1894–1921)
• Jens Lehmann (born 1969), football player (goalkeeper)
• Ellen Lohr, racing driver
• Klaus Ludwig, racing driver
• Sepp Maier (born 1944), football player
• Henry Maske (born 1964), boxer
• Jochen Mass, racing driver
• Lothar Matthäus (born 1961), football player
• Georg Meier (1910–1999) Motor-Cycle Racer
• Christoph Metzelder (born 1980), football player
• Ulrike Meyfarth (born 1956), high jumper
• Rosi Mittermaier (born 1950), alpine ski champion
• Gerd Müller (born 1945), football player
• Jörg Müller, race car driver
• Petra Müller (born 1965), athlete
• Patricia Neske (born 1966), figure skater
• Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (born 1966), speed skater
• Sophie Norden, mountaineer
• Dirk Nowitzki (born 1978), NBA star
• Aron Nimzowitsch (1886–1935) Latvian-Danish German chess master and chess writer
• Sylke Otto (born 1969), luger
• Claudia Pechstein (born 1972), speed skater
• Uta Pippig (born 1965), athlete
• Birgit Prinz (born 1977), football player
• Lina Radke (1903–1983), athlete
• Teodor Regedziński (aka Theodor Reger) (1894–1954) Polish chess master of German origin, fathers name was Reger
• Annegret Richter (born 1950), athlete
• Lars Riedel (born 1967), athlete
• Walter Röhrl, rally and racing driver
• Bernd Rosemeyer (1909–1938), racing driver
• Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, football player
• Max Schmeling (1905–2003), World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
• Martin Schmitt (born 1978), ski jumper
• Paul Felix Schmidt (1916–1984), an Estonian–German chess master.
• Bernd Schneider, racing driver
• Bernd Schneider,football player
• Detlef Schrempf (born 1963), former NBA star
• Rainer Schüttler, tennis player
• Michael Schumacher (born 1969), racing driver
• Ralf Schumacher (born 1975), racing driver, brother of Michael
• Harald Schumacher (born 1954), football player
• Ralf Schumann (born 1962), pistol shooter
• Bastian Schweinsteiger,football player
• Uwe Seeler,football player
• Werner Seelenbinder (1904–1944), wrestler
• Katja Seizinger, alpine ski champion
• Renate Stecher (born 1950), athlete
• Michael Stich (born 1968), tennis player
• Rolf Stommelen (died 1983), racing driver
• Hans Stuck (died 1978), racing driver
• Hans Joachim Stuck, racing driver and son of Hans
• Siegbert Tarrasch (1862–1934), chess grandmaster
• Richard Teichmann (1868–1925), leading German chess player, easily of grandmaster strength
• Toni Turek (1919–1984), football player
• Jan Ullrich (born 1973), cyclist
• Wolfgang Unzicker (1925–2006), chess grandmaster
• Franziska van Almsick (born 1978), swimmer
• Berti Vogts, football player and coach
• Rudi Völler (born 1960), football player
• Ralf Waldmann, motorcycle racer
• Fritz Walter (1920–2002), football player
• Fritz Walter (born 1960), football player
• Jens Weissflog (born 1964), ski jumper
• Kati Wilhelm (born 1976), biathlete
• Joachim Winkelhock, racing driver
• Manfred Winkelhock (1951–1985), racing driver, brother of Joachim
• Katarina Witt (born 1965), figure skater
• Sigrun Wodars (born 1965), athlete
• Erik Zabel (born 1970), cyclist
• Johannes Hermann Zukertort (1842–1888), German Polish-Jewish chessmaster

Adolf Anderssen Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen (July 6, 1818 - March 13, 1879) was a famous German chess master, one of the most renowned of the classic masters of 19th century chess. ... Michael Ballack (born September 26, 1976 in Görlitz, Saxony) is a German football player. ... Karin Balzer (born June 5, 1938) is a former East German hurdler, one of the best in high hurdles event during the 1960s. ... Dieter Baumann (born February 9, 1965) is a disgraced former German athlete and convicted doping offender, winner of 5000 m at the 1992 Summer Olympics. ... Franz Anton Beckenbauer (born September 11, 1945) is a German football coach, manager, and former player, nicknamed der Kaiser (the emperor) because of his elegant style, his leadership qualities, his first name Franz (reminiscent of the Austrian emperors), and his dominance on the football pitch. ... Boris Franz Becker (born November 22, 1967) is a former World No. ... 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Theologians, Saints, Beatified Persons

See also List of German popes Eight popes have had German ancestry, including Hadrian VI whose ancestors were from present-day Germany. ...

• Heinrich Abeken (1809–1872), theologian
• Johannes Agricola (1494–1566), Protestant reformer
• Albertus Magnus, medieval philosopher and theologian
• Eusebius Amort (1692–1775)
• Pope Benedict XVI, a.k.a. Joseph Ratzinger (born 1927)
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945), Theologian
• Johannes Bugenhagen (1485–1558) Protestand Reformer of Pomerania and Denmark, Theologian
• Rudolf Bultmann
• Alfred Delp
• Johann Eck (1486–1543)
• Matthias Faber (1586–1653)
• Adolf Harnack (1851–1930)
• Johann Gottfried Herder, poet, translator, philosopher and theologian
• Hedwig of Andech (1174–1243)
• Clemens August Graf von Galen, beatified, cardinal
• Adolph Kolping (1813–1865), beatified, priest
• Hans Küng
• Karl Lehmann
• Martin Luther (1483–1546), of the Protestant Reformation
• Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560), Protestant Reformation
• Moses Mendelssohn
• Jürgen Moltmann (born 1926), theologian
• Bernhard Philberth (born 1927), physicist, engineer, philosopher, theologian
• Karl Rahner, theologian
• Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834), theologian, philosopher
• Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), musician, physician, pastor, philosopher and theologian
• Dorothee Sölle (1929–2003)
• Edith Stein (1891–1942), saint, nun, victim of Holocaust
• Carsten Peter Thiede (1952–2004), theologian, New Testament historian, chaplain
• Helmut Thielicke, theologian
• Paul Tillich, theologian, philosopher

Heinrich Abeken (August 19, 1809 – August 8, 1872), German theologian and Prussian Privy Legation Councillor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin, was born and raised in the city of Osnabrück as a son of a merchant, he was incited to a higher education by the example of... Johannes Agricola (originally Schneider, then Schnitter) (April 20, 1494 - September 22, 1566) was a German Protestant reformer. ... Albertus Magnus (b. ... Eusebius Amort (November 15, 1692 - February 5, 1775) was a German Catholic theologian. ... Papal Arms of Pope Benedict XVI. The papal tiara was replaced with a bishops mitre, and pallium of the Pope was added beneath the coat of arms. ... Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (b. ... Dietrich Bonhoeffer [] (February 4, 1906 – April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German Resistance movement against Nazism, and a founding member of the Confessing Church. ... Johannes Bugenhagen (24 June 1485 in Wollin, Pomerania—20 April 1558 in Wittenberg, Saxony), also called Doktor Pomeranus, introduced the Protestant Reformation in Pomerania and Denmark in the 16th century. ... Rudolf Karl Bultmann (August 20, 1884 - July 30, 1976) was a German theologian of Lutheran background, who was for three decades professor of New Testament studies at the University of Marburg. ... Alfred Delp Alfred Delp (born 15 September 1907 in Mannheim; died 2 February 1945 in Berlin) was a German priest who took part in the resistance to the Nazi régime in Germany. ... Johann Eck (November 13, 1486 – February 13, 1543) was a 16th century theologian and defender of Catholicism during the Protestant Reformation. ... Matthias Faber (24 February 1586 - 26 April 1653) was a German religious writer and preacher, born in Altomünster He embraced the ecclesiastical state, and became curé of the parish of St. ... Adolf von Harnack, German theologian Adolf von Harnack (May 7, 1851 - June 10, 1930), was a German theologian and science administrator. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the 13th century saint. ... Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen (1878-1946), German count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal of the Holy Roman Church. ... Adolph Kolping ( December 8, 1813 in Kerpen near Cologne; † December 4, 1865 in Cologne) was a German Catholic Priest. ... The Reverend Father Hans Küng (born March 19, 1928 in Sursee, Canton of Lucerne), is an eminent Swiss theologian, and a prolific author. ... Karl Cardinal Lehmann (born May 16, 1936 in Sigmaringen) is a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop of Mainz and chairman of the Congregation of the German Bishops (German: Deutsche Bischofskonferenz). ... Martin Luther (November 10, 1483 – February 18, 1546) was a German monk,[1] priest, professor, theologian, and church reformer. ... Reformation redirects here. ... Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon, by Lucas Cranach the Elder. ... Reformation redirects here. ... Moses Mendelssohn Moses Mendelssohns glasses, in the Berlin Jewish Museum Moses Mendelssohn (Dessau, September 6, 1729 – January 4, 1786 in Berlin) was a German Jewish philosopher to whose ideas the renaissance of European Jews, Haskalah, (the Jewish enlightenment) is indebted. ... Jürgen Moltmann (born April 8, 1926) is a German Protestant theologian. ... Bernhard Philberth, independent physicist, philosopher and theologian, Munich (1927). ... Karl Rahner in 1975. ... Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (IPA [ˈʃlaɪəmaxÉ™]) (November 21, 1768 – February 12, 1834) was a German theologian and philosopher known for his impressive attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional Protestant orthodoxy. ... Albert Schweitzer, M.D., OM, (January 14, 1875 – September 4, 1965), was an Alsatian theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. ... Dorothee Sölle (September 30, 1929 - April 27, 2003) was a socially-engaged theologian and writer. ... Edith Stein (October 12, 1891 – August 9, 1942) was a German philosopher, a Carmelite nun, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church, who died at Auschwitz. ... Prof. ... Helmut Thielicke (born December 4, 1908 in Wuppertal; died March 5, 1986 in Hamburg) was a German theologian and the rector of the University of Hamburg from 1960 to 1978. ... Paul Johannes Tillich (August 20, 1886 – October 22, 1965) was a German-American theologian and Christian existentialist philosopher. ...

Writers

• Ernst Moritz Arndt - poet, songwriter, and patriot
• Achim von Arnim (1781–1831), poet
• Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859), writer and novelist
• Heinrich Böll (1917–1985), author
• Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956), playwright, poet
• Clemens Brentano (1778–1842), poet and novelist
• Georg Büchner, dramatist and author
• Wilhelm Busch (1832–1908), poet and satirist
• Matthias Claudius (1740–1815), poet and writer
• Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848), poet
• Michael Ende (1929–1995), author of fantasy novels and children's books
• Joseph von Eichendorff (1788–1857), poet
• Hans Magnus Enzensberger (born 1929), essayist and poet
• Theodor Fontane (1819–1898), novelist and poet
• Paul Gerhardt (c. 1606 – 1676), hymn writer
• Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749–1832), author, poet
• Joseph Görres (1776–1848), essayist
• Günter Grass (born 1927), author, Nobel Prize in Literature 1999
• Brothers Grimm, famous collectors of fairy tales
• Wilhelm Hauff (1802–1827), wrighter
• Heinrich Heine (1797–1856), poet
• Johann Gottfried Herder (1744–1803), essayist and poet
• Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), author
• Rolf Hochhuth (born 1931), playwright
• E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776–1822), author
• Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843), poet
• Ernst Jünger (1895–1998), writer, novelist
• Wladimir Kaminer (born 1967), short story writer
• Erich Kästner (1899–1974), novelist
• Daniel Kehlmann (born 1975), novelist
• Friedrich Kellner (1885–1970, diarist My Opposition
• Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811), poet, dramatist, novelist
• Brigitte Kronauer (born 1941), novelist and essayist
• Siegfried Lenz (born 1926), author
• Gotthold Lessing (1729–1781), writer
• Golo Mann (1909–1994), author, historian (second-oldest of Thomas Mann)
• Heinrich Mann (1871–1950), author (brother of Thomas Mann)
• Klaus Mann (1906–1949), author (oldest son of Thomas Mnn)
• Thomas Mann (1875–1955), author (brother of Heinrich Mann)
• Karl May (1842–1912), author
• Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914), poet
• Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777–1843), writer
• Novalis (1772–1801), poet and novelist
• Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871), writer and landscape gardener
• Wilhelm Raabe (1831–1910), novelist
• Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970), novelist
• Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), poet
• Peter Rühmkorf (born 1929), poet
• Leopold Schefer (1784–1861), writer, poet, and composer
• Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), poet, playwright
• August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845), poet, translator
• Bernhard Schlink (born 1944), author, professor of law
• Arno Schmidt (1914–1979), writer
• Theodor Storm (1817–1888), author
• Patrick Süskind (born 1949), author, screenwriter
• Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853), poet, editor, novelist
• Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935), writer, satirist
• Ludwig Uhland (1787–1862), poet, writer, playwright
• Martin Walser (born 1927), playwright and novelist
• Walter von der Vogelweide (c. 1170 – c. 1230), poet
• Gero von Wilpert (born 1933), essayist
• Christa Wolf (born 1929), novelist and essayist
• Wolfram von Eschenbach (died 1220), poet

The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Ludwig Achim (or Joachim) von Arnim (January 26, 1781 – January 21, 1831), German poet and novelist, was born at Berlin. ... Bettina von Arnim (the Countess of Arnim) (4 April 1785, Frankfurt am Main – 20 January 1859, Berlin), born as Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist. ... A monument of Heinrich Böll in Berlin Heinrich Theodor Böll (December 21, 1917 – July 16, 1985) was one of Germanys foremost post-World War II writers. ... {{dy justified his choice of form, and from about 1929 on he began to interpret its penchant for contradictions, much as had Eisenstein, in terms of the dialectic. ... Clemens Brentano, or Klemens Brentano (September 8, 1778 – July 28, 1842) was a German poet and novelist. ... Karl Georg Büchner (October 17, 1813 – February 19, 1837) was a German dramatist and writer of prose. ... Works (with the year of publication) 1864 Bilderpossen 1865 Max and Moritz 1866 Schnaken und Schnurren 1867 Hans Huckebein der Unglücksrabe 1868 Schnaken und Schnurren, part II 1869 Schnurrdiburr oder die Bienen Braun 1870 Der heilige Antonius von Padua 1872 Schnaken und Schnurren, part III 1872 Die fromme Helene... Matthias Claudius (August 15, 1740 - January 21, 1815) was a German poet, otherwise known by the nom de plume of ASMUS. Born at Reinfeld, near Lübeck, and studied at Jena. ... Annette von Droste-Hülshoff on the Twenty Deutsche Mark banknote House of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff in Meersburg (Germany). ... Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (November 12, 1929 - August 29, 1995) was a German writer of fantasy novels and childrens books. ... Freiherr Joseph von Eichendorff (March 10, 1788 - November 26, 1857), German lyricist and narrator. ... Hans Magnus Enzensberger (born 11 November 1929 in Kaufbeuren), is a German author, poet, translator, and editor. ... Theodor Fontane (December 30, 1819 – September 20, 1898) was a 19th-century German novelist and poet. ... Paul Gerhardt (c. ... Johann Wolfgang Goethe  , IPA: , later von Goethe, (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath: he was a poet, novelist, dramatist, humanist, scientist, theorist, painter, and for ten years chief minister of state for the duchy of Weimar. ... Johann Joseph von Görres (January 25, 1776 - January 29, 1848), was a German writer. ... Günter Wilhelm Grass (born October 16, 1927) is a Nobel Prize-winning German author and playwright. ... For other uses, see Brothers Grimm (disambiguation). ... Wilhelm Hauff Lichtenstein Castle Wilhelm Hauff is buried in Stuttgart, Germany. ... Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (December 13, 1797 – February 17, 1856) was a journalist, an essayist, and one of the most significant German romantic poets. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Hermann Hesse (pronounced ) (2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. ... Rolf Hochhuth (born April 1, 1931 in Eschwege) is a German author and playwright. ... ETA Hoffman Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (January 24, 1776 - June 25, 1822), was a German romantic and fantasy author and composer. ... Friedrich Hölderlin Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin [] (March 20, 1770 – June 6, 1843) was a major German lyric poet. ... Ernst Jünger Ernst Jünger, (March 29, 1895 – February 17, 1998) was a German author of novels and accounts of his war experiences. ... Wladimir Kaminer, (born July 19, 1967), is a Russian-born German short story writer, columnist, and disc jockey. ... Erich Kästner (February 23, 1899 - July 29, 1974) is one of the most famous German authors of the 20th century. ... Kehlmanns novel Measuring the World in 8 different languages Daniel Kehlmann (born January 13, 1975 in Munich) is a German language author. ... Friedrich Kellner in Kaisers army 1914 During the First World War Friedrich Kellner was a soldier in a Hessian infantry regiment fighting in the trenches in France, getting wounded for Kaiser and Fatherland. ... My Opposition (German: ) is a diary secretly written by the German social democrat Friedrich Kellner (1885 - 1970) during World War II to describe life under Nazi Germany and to expose the propaganda and the crimes of the Nazi dictatorship. ... Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (October 18, 1777 – November 21, 1811) was a German poet, dramatist and novelist. ... Siegfried Lenz (b. ... Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (January 22, 1729 - February 15, 1781), writer, philosopher, publicist, and art thinker, is the most outstanding German representative of the Enlightenment era. ... Golo Mann (27 March 1909 - 7 April 1994 Leverkusen), was the third child of the novelist Thomas Mann. ... Luiz (Ludwig) Heinrich Mann (March 27, 1871 – March 12, 1950) wrote German novels with social themes whose attacks on the authoritarian and increasingly militaristic nature of post-Weimar German society led to his exile in 1933. ... Klaus Mann at 12 years old. ... For other persons named Thomas Mann, see Thomas Mann (disambiguation). ... Karl May. ... Christian Morgenstern (May 6, 1871–March 31, 1914) was a German author and poet. ... Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué (February 12, 1777 – January 23, 1843), was a German writer of the romantic movement. ... For the German rock band, see Novalis (band). ... Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pückler-Muskau Fürst Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pückler-Muskau (en: Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pückler-Muskau) (30 October 1785 - 4 February 1871) was a German nobleman, who was an excellent artist in landscape gardening and wrote widely appreciated books, mostly... Wilhelm Raabe Wilhelm Raabe (September 8, 1831 – November 15, 1910), German novelist, whose early works were published under the pseudonym of Jakob Corvinus, was born at Eschershausen (then in the Duchy of Brunswick, now in the Holzminden District). ... Erich Maria Remarque (June 22, 1898 – September 25, 1970) was the pseudonym of Erich Paul Remark, a German author. ... Rainer Maria Rilke (4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926) is considered one of the German languages greatest 20th century poets. ... Leopold Schefer (July 30, 1784 - February 16, 1862), German poet, novelist, and composer, was born at Muskau in Lower Lusatia, and educated at the gymnasium of Bautzen. ... Friedrich Schiller “Schiller” redirects here. ... August Wilhelm von Schlegel (September 8, 1767 - May 12, 1845), German poet, translator and critic, was born at Hanover, where his father, Johann Adolf Schlegel (1721_1793), was a Lutheran pastor. ... Bernhard Schlink (born 6 July 1944 in Großdornberg) is a German writer with a legal background. ... Arno Schmidts house in Bargfeld. ... Theodor Storm (1886) Theodor Woldsen Storm (September 14, 1817 in Husum, Germany - July 4, 1888 in Hademarschen, Germany) studied and practiced law in northern Germany. ... Patrick Süskind (born March 26, 1949) is a German writer and film script author. ... Ludwig Tieck Johann Ludwig Tieck (May 31, 1773 – April 28, 1853) was a German poet, translator, editor, novelist, and critic, who was part of the Romantic movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ... Kurt Tucholsky Kurt Tucholsky (January 9, 1890 – December 21, 1935) was a German journalist, satirist and writer. ... Johann Ludwig Uhland (April 26, 1787 - November 13, 1862), was a German poet. ... Martin Walser is a German playwright and novelist. ... Imaginary picture of Walther von der Vogelweide. ... Author Gero von Wilpert was born in 1933 in Tartu (Dorpat), Estonia. ... Christa Wolf (born March 18, 1929 in Landsberg an der Warthe, Germany (currently Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland) as Christa Ihlenfeld) is one of the best-known writers to emerge from the former East Germany. ... Portrait of Wolfram from the Codex Manesse. ...

Military

• Carl von Clausewitz (1780–1831), Prussian professional soldier, military historian, and influential military theorist
• Erich von Falkenhayn (1861–1922), General,Prussian minister for War (1913–15) and Chief of general Staff (1914–16)
• August von Gneisenau (1760–1831), Prussian field marshal and chief of the Prussian General Staff (1813–14)
• Heinz Guderian (1888–1954), Military theorist and innovative General (1907–1945)
• Erich Hartmann (1922–1993), fighter pilot and air ace (1941–1970)
• Alfred Jodl (1890–1946), general, operations chief of the OKW
• Günther von Kluge (1882–1944), field marshal and commander of the Fourth Army (1939–41) and Army Group Center (1941–43)
• Erich Ludendorff (1865–1937), General and Quartermaster General (1916–18)
• Erich von Manstein (1887–1973), Field Marshal and professional soldier (1906–1944)
• Friedrich Paulus (1890–1957), General and commander of the German Sixth Army, later promoted to Field Marshal (1910–1943)
• Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the Red Baron, (1892–1918), fighter pilot and air ace
• Erwin Rommel (1891–1944), field marshal and commander of Afrika Korps (1942–43) and Army Group B (1944)
• Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916–1982), Stuka dive-bomber pilot and air ace (1936–1945)
• Gerd von Rundstedt (1875–1953), Field Marshal and famed commander (1892–1945)
• Alfred von Schlieffen (1833–1913), Field Marshall, Strategist and Chief of General Staff (1891–1905)
• Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755–1813), General and Prussian Minister for War (1808–10)
• Michael Wittman (1914–1944), SS-Captain and celebrated tank ace (1934–1944)

Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz (IPA: ) (June 1, 1780[1] – November 16, 1831) was a Prussian soldier, military historian and influential military theorist. ... For other uses, see Prussia (disambiguation). ... Erich von Falkenhayn Chief of the General Staff Erich von Falkenhayn (11 November 1861 - 8 April 1922) was a German soldier and Chief of the General Staff during World War I. Falkenhayn was a career soldier. ... August Wilhelm Antonius Graf[1] Neidhardt von Gneisenau (27 October 1760 – 23 August 1831) was a Prussian field marshal. ... The German General Staff, (Großer Generalstab, literally, Great General Staff) was an institution whose rise and development gave the German military a decided advantage over its adversaries. ... This article is about the World War II general Heinz Guderian. ... Erich Alfred Bubi Hartmann (April 19, 1922 - September 20, 1993), also nicknamed The Blond Knight Of Germany by friends and The Black Devil by his enemies, is the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial combat. ... Alfred Jodl (May 10, 1890 – October 16, 1946) was a German military commander, attaining the position of Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, or OKW) during World War II, acting as deputy to Wilhelm Keitel. ... Oberkommando der Wehrmacht OKW most notably stands for Oberkommando der Wehrmacht - the high Command of the Third Reich armed forces. ... Günther “Hans” von Kluge (October 30, 1882 – August 19, 1944), was a German military leader. ... The German Fourth Army (German: ) was a field army that fought in World War II. The Fourth Army was activated on December 1, 1938 with Field Marshal Günther von Kluge in command. ... Army Group Centre (Heeresgruppe Mitte in German) was one of three German army formations assigned to the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, code-named Operation Barbarossa. ... Ludendorff in 1918 Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (sometimes given incorrectly as von Ludendorff) (April 9, 1865–December 20, 1937, Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany) was a German Army officer, Generalquartiermeister during World War I, victor of Liege, and, with Paul von Hindenburg, one of the victors of the battle of Tannenberg. ... A Quartermaster general is the staff officer in charge of supplies for a whole army. ... Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... Friedrich Paulus. ... Red Baron redirects here. ... Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel ( ) (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) was one of the most famous German field marshals of World War II. He was the commander of the Deutsches Afrika Korps and also became known by the nickname “The Desert Fox” (Wüstenfuchs,  ) for the skillful military campaigns he... The seal of the Deutsches Afrikakorps. ... Army Group B was the name of three different German Army Groups that saw action during World War II. The first was involved in the western campaign in 1940 in Belgium and the Netherlands which was to be aimed to conquer the Maas bridges after the German airborne actions in... Hans-Ulrich Rudel (July 2, 1916 – December 18, 1982) was a Stuka dive-bomber pilot during World War II. Rudel is famous for being the most highly decorated German serviceman of the war (Hermann Göring was nominally more highly decorated, but he did not achieve his Grand Cross of... Junkers Ju 87 Dive-Bombers The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka was the most famous Sturzkampfflugzeug (German dive bomber) in World War II, instantly recognisable by its inverted gull-wings and fixed undercarriage. ... Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy and limit the exposure to and effectiveness of anti-aircraft fire. ... Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt (December 12, 1875 - February 24, 1953) was a Generalfeldmarschall of the German Army during World War II. He held some of the highest field commands in all phases of the war. ... Categories: Stub | 1833 births | 1913 deaths ... In the military systems of many countries, the Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is the professional head of that countrys General Staff. ... Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst (November 12, 1755 - June 28, 1813) was a general in Prussian service, Chief of the Prussian General Staff, noted for both his writings and his leadership during the Napoleonic Wars. ... Michael Wittmann (April 22, 1914 - August 8, 1944), during World War II, was the SS-Hauptsturmführer (SS-Captain) in the Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101, one of the most successful tank commanders in the history of warfare. ...

Others

• Rodolphus Agricola (1443–1485)
• Hugo Boss, fashion designer
• Dieter Claessens (1921–1997), sociologist
• Gudrun Ensslin (1940–1977), terrorist
• Adolf Eugen Fick, inventor of contact lenses
• Anne Frank (1929–1945), diarist and victim of the Holocaust
• Reinhard Furrer (1940–1995), astronaut
• Herschel Grynszpan
• Johann Gutenberg (c. 1390s – 1468), printer
• Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179), abbess, mystic
• August Horch (1868–1951), car designer and manufacturer
• Karen Horney, psychoanalyst
• Heribert Illig (born 1947), historian
• Sigmund Jähn (born 1937), the first German in space
• Siegfried Kracauer
• Johann Machemehl (1816–1880), forester for Annaberg, Saxony
• Michael Machemehl, a German Texan Forty Eighter
• Ulrike Meinhof (1934–1976), journalist and terrorist
• Ulf Merbold (born 1941), astronaut
• Christian Frederick Martin (1796–1867), Inventor of the steel-string guitar
• Heinrich Meyerfreund, founder of Garoto, a chocolate company in Brazil
• Carl von Ossietzky (1889–1938), journalist and pacifist
• Ferry Porsche (1909–1998), designer and founder of Porsche
• Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (born 1935), designer and member of the Porsche family
• Ferdinand Oliver Porsche (born 1961), lawyer, executive and family member of Porsche
• Ludwig Quidde (1858–1941), historian and pacifist
• Mathias Rust (born 1968), aviator who landed on Moscow's Red Square in 1987
• Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), physician, humanitarian
• Henry Shultz (1776–1851), emigrant to USA, entrepreneur
• Edith Stein (1891–1942), nun, victim of Holocaust
• Johann Tetzel (1465–1519), monk
• Ulrich Walter (born 1954), astronaut
• Alfred Weber, sociologist
• Max Weber, sociologist
• Diedrich Hermann Westermann (1875–1956), linguist
• Adi Dassler (1900–1978), founder of Adidas

Rodolphus Agricola (February 17, 1444 – October 27, 1485), was a Dutch scholar and humanist. ... Hugo Boss AG is a fashion house based in Germany, which specializes in menswear. ... -1... Gudrun Ensslin Gudrun Ensslin (August 15, 1940 - October 18, 1977) was a founder of the German terrorist group Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF), better known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang. ... Portrait of Fick Adolf Eugen Fick (born 3 September, 1829, in Kassel, Germany; died 21 August, 1901, in Blankenberge, Flanders) was a German physiologist usually credited with the invention of contact lenses. ... A soft contact lens A contact lens (also known as contact, for short) is a corrective or cosmetic lens placed on the cornea of the eye atop the iris. ... Annelies Marie Anne Frank ( ) (June 12, 1929 – early March, 1945) was a European Jewish girl (born in Germany, stateless since 1941, but she claimed to be Dutch as she grew up in the Netherlands) who wrote a diary while in hiding with her family and four friends in Amsterdam during... “Shoah” redirects here. ... Reinhard Alfred Furrer (November 25, 1940 - September 9, 1995) was a German scientist and astronaut. ... Police Photo of Herschel Grynszpan, 1938 Herschel Feibel Grynszpan (sometimes spelled in the German form Grünspan) (born March 28, 1921, died between 1943 and 1945), political assassin and victim of the Holocaust, was born in Hanover, Germany, of Polish-Jewish parents. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Illumination from the Liber Scivias showing Hildegard receiving a vision and dictating to her scribe and secretary Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen; Latin: Hildegardis Bingensis; 1098 – 17 September 1179), also known as Blessed Hildegard and Saint Hildegard, was a German magistra who later founded convents (Rupertsberg in 1150... August Horch (October 12, 1868 - February 3, 1951) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, he founded the manufacturing firm that would become Audi. ... Karen Horney Karen Horney (horn-eye), born Danielsen (September 16, 1885 – December 4, 1952) was a German Freudian psychoanalyst of Norwegian and Dutch descent. ... Heribert Illig (born 1947 in Vohenstrauß, Germany) is a German Systems analyst and the leading proponent of the so-called phantom time hypothesis which asserts that the Dark Ages did not exist and that the approximately 300 years between 614 and 911 are an invention. ... Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn (born February 13, 1937) was the first German cosmonaut. ... Siegfried Kracauer (February 8, 1889, Frankfurt am Main, Germany – November 26, 1966, New York) was a German-American writer, journalist, sociologist, and cultural critic, particularly of media such as film, as well as the urban form. ... Johann Machemehl (1816- 1880) [1], a resident of Saxony during the early 19th century, was a forester for the city of Annaberg. ... Annaberg is a district in Saxony, Germany. ... Location Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DED Capital Dresden Minister-President Georg Milbradt (CDU) Governing parties CDU / SPD Votes in Bundesrat 4 (from 69) Basic statistics Area  18,416 km² (7,110 sq mi) Population 4,252,000 (11/2006)[1]  - Density 231 /km... Michael Machemehl, a German member of the Forty-Eighters, was a notable historical figure in the context of the early German settlement of Austin County, Texas. ... German Texans are an ethnic category belonging to residents of the state of Texas who acknowledge German ancestry and self-identify with the term. ... Meinhof as a young journalist. ... Ulf Dietrich Merbold (born June 20, 1941) was the first West German and second German astronaut. ... C.F. Martin & Company is a guitar manufacturer established in 1833 by Christian Frederick Martin. ... Logo of Chocolates Garoto S.A. Chocolates Garoto S.A. is a Brazilian chocolate manufacturer. ... Logo of Chocolates Garoto S.A. Chocolates Garoto S.A. is a Brazilian chocolate manufacturer. ... Carl von Ossietzky Memorial, Berlin Carl von Ossietzky (Hamburg, October 3, 1889 – May 4, 1938 in Berlin) was a radical German pacifist and the recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize. ... Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes or gaining advantage. ... Prof. ... This article is about the auto company. ... Prof. ... The Porsche family is a prominent German family of industrials descending from the Austrian automotive pioneer Ferdinand Porsche. ... Ferdinand Oliver Porsche (born March 13, 1961 in Stuttgart) is a German lawyer and member of the Supervisory Board of the German sports car manufacturer Porsche. ... This article is about the auto company. ... Ludwig Quidde Ludwig Quidde (March 23, 1858 – March 4, 1941) was a German pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic criticism of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Quiddes long career spanned four different eras of German history: that of Bismarck (up to 1890); the Hohenzollern Empire under Wilhelm... Rust in a Moscow courtroom Mathias Rust (born 1968) is a German man known for his illegal landing near the Red Square in Moscow in 1987. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Red Square (disambiguation). ... Albert Schweitzer, M.D., OM, (January 14, 1875 – September 4, 1965), was an Alsatian theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician. ... Henry Shultz (1776 - 13 October, 1851) was a mechanical genius and entrepreneur who appeared in the United States at Augusta, GA in 1806. ... Edith Stein (October 12, 1891 – August 9, 1942) was a German philosopher, a Carmelite nun, martyr, and saint of the Catholic Church, who died at Auschwitz. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Ulrich Hans Walter (born February 9, 1954) is a German physicist/engineer and a former =DFVLR [astronaut]]. Walter was born in Iserlohn, Germany. ... Alfred Weber (July 30, 1868 in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany - May 2, 1958 in Heidelberg) was a German economist, sociologist and theoretician of culture whose work was influential in the development of modern economic geography. ... For the politician, see Max Weber (politician). ... Diedrich Hermann Westermann (June 24, 1875–May 31, 1956) was a German missionary, Africanist, and linguist. ... Adidas Stabil and a box Adidas is a German sports apparel corporation. ...

See also

• Germans of Romania
• Germans of Paraguay
• Germans of Poland
• German Americans
• List of German Jews
• List of Austrians
• List of Swiss people
• List of Alsatians and Lorrainians
• List of Austrian Jews
• List of Ashkenazi Jews
• List of people by nationality
• List of Baltic Germans