| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Konrad Adenauer |
Politician |
5-Jan-1876 |
19-Apr-1967 |
Chancellor of West Germany 1949-61 |
| Franz Boas |
Anthropologist |
9-Jul-1858 |
22-Dec-1942 |
Father of American Anthropology |
| Heinrich Bruening |
Head of State |
26-Nov-1885 |
30-Mar-1970 |
German Chancellor 1930-32 |
| Thomas Enders |
Business |
21-Dec-1958 |
|
CEO of EADS |
| Max Ernst |
Painter |
2-Apr-1891 |
1-Apr-1976 |
The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child |
| Emil Fischer |
Chemist |
9-Oct-1852 |
15-Jul-1919 |
Investigated sugars and purines |
| Carl Remigius Fresenius |
Chemist |
28-Dec-1818 |
11-Jun-1897 |
Anleitung zur qualitativen chemischen Analyse |
| Joseph Goebbels |
Government |
29-Oct-1897 |
1-May-1945 |
Reich Minister of Propaganda |
| Theodore F. Green |
Politician |
2-Oct-1867 |
19-May-1966 |
Governor and Senator from Rhode Island |
| Jürgen Habermas |
Philosopher |
18-Jun-1929 |
|
The Theory of Communicative Action |
| Ross Granville Harrison |
Zoologist |
13-Jan-1870 |
30-Sep-1959 |
Embryology and tissue culture techniques |
| Otto Heckmann |
Astronomer |
23-Jun-1901 |
13-May-1983 |
Investigated cosmic expansion |
| Heinrich Heine |
Poet |
13-Dec-1797 |
17-Feb-1856 |
Buch der Lieder |
| Walter Hess |
Scientist |
17-Mar-1881 |
12-Aug-1973 |
Brain mapping, neurophysiological methods |
| Paul von Heyse |
Author |
15-Mar-1830 |
2-Apr-1914 |
L'Arrabbiata |
| James Robertson Justice |
Actor |
15-Jun-1907 |
2-Jul-1975 |
Doctor in the House |
| Klaus Kinkel |
Politician |
17-Dec-1936 |
|
German Foreign Minister, 1992-98 |
| Robert Ley |
Military |
15-Feb-1890 |
25-Oct-1945 |
Nazi union buster, slave master |
| Justus Liebig |
Chemist |
12-May-1803 |
18-Apr-1873 |
Reformed pedagogy of chemistry |
| Karl Marx |
Economist |
5-May-1818 |
14-Mar-1883 |
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto |
| Friedrich Merz |
Politician |
11-Nov-1955 |
|
CDU Bundestag leader |
| Luigi Pirandello |
Playwright |
28-Jun-1867 |
10-Dec-1936 |
Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore |
| Julius Plücker |
Mathematician |
16-Jul-1801 |
22-May-1868 |
Analytical geometry |
| Henry Regnery |
Activist |
5-Jan-1912 |
18-Jun-1996 |
Regnery Publishing |
| Martin Richenhagen |
Business |
1952 |
|
CEO of AGCO |
| Karlheinz Stockhausen |
Composer |
22-Aug-1928 |
5-Dec-2007 |
Influential avant-garde composer |
| Sebastian Thrun |
Scientist |
1967 |
|
Stanford AI Laboratory |
| Guy Vander Jagt |
Politician |
26-Aug-1931 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1966-93 |
| Hermann von Helmholtz |
Physicist |
31-Aug-1821 |
8-Sep-1894 |
Law of Conservation of Energy |
| Aby Warburg |
Scholar |
13-Jun-1866 |
26-Oct-1929 |
Founder of the Warburg Institute |
| Kaiser Wilhelm |
Head of State |
27-Jan-1859 |
4-Jun-1941 |
Last of the German emperors |
