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Indologist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Christian Lassen | Norwegian-German orientalist (1800-1876) | Kingdom of Prussia Norway |
1800-10-22 | 1876-05-08 | Bergen | Bonn | Q84861 | |
Ernst Kuhn | German indologist, linguist, philologist and orientalist (1846–1920) | Germany | 1846-02-07 | 1920-08-21 | Berlin | Munich | Q1360586 |
actor
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Gisela Stein | German actress (1935–2009) | Germany | 1935-10-02 1934-10-02 |
2009-05-04 | Świnoujście | Mohrkirch | Q85167 | |
Dieter Dorn | German theatre director | Germany | 1935-10-31 | Leipzig | Q109514 | |||
Thomas Gottschalk | German television host and entertainer | Germany | 1950-05-18 | Bamberg | Q203806 |
anatomist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle | German physician, anatomist, and zoologist (1809-1885) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1809-07-19 | 1885-05-13 | Fürth | Göttingen | Q77130 | |
Carl Gegenbaur | German scientist (1826–1903) | Kingdom of Bavaria German Empire |
1826-08-21 | 1903-06-14 | Würzburg | Heidelberg | Q61300 |
anthropologist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Georg Friedrich Creuzer | Philologist and archaeologist | Electorate of Hesse | 1771-03-10 | 1858-02-16 | Marburg | Heidelberg | Q69685 | |
Karl Friedrich Hermann | German classical scholar (1804–1855) | Germany Holy Roman Empire Grand Duchy of Frankfurt German Confederation |
1804-08-04 | 1855-12-31 | Frankfurt | Göttingen | Q77602 | |
Karl Richard Lepsius | German archaeologist, egyptologist and librarian (1810-1884) | German Reich | 1810-12-23 | 1884-07-10 | Naumburg | Berlin | Q77231 | |
Ernst Curtius | German archaeologist and historian (1814–1896) | Lübeck | 1814-09-02 | 1896-07-11 | Lübeck | Berlin | Q61407 | |
Conrad Bursian | German academic, philologist and archaeologist (1830-1883) | Kingdom of Saxony | 1830-11-14 | 1883-09-21 | Mutzschen | Munich | Q87123 | |
Theodor Wiegand | German archaeologist (1864–1936) | Germany | 1864-10-30 | 1936-12-19 | Bendorf | Berlin | Q66092 |
architect
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Leo von Klenze | German architect and painter (1784–1864) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1784-02-29 | 1864-01-26 1864-01-27 |
Schladen | Munich | Q60163 | |
Friedrich August Stüler | Prussian architect and builder (1800-1865) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1800-01-28 | 1865-03-18 | Mühlhausen | Berlin | Q61256 | |
August von Voit | German architect (1801-1870) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1801-02-17 | 1870-12-12 | Wassertrüdingen | Munich | Q92102 | |
Heinrich Strack | German architect (1805–1880) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1805-07-06 | 1880-07-13 1880-06-13 |
Bückeburg | Berlin | Q72120 | |
Friedrich Hitzig | German architect (1811-1881) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1811-04-08 | 1881-10-11 | Berlin | Berlin | Q69102 | |
Theophil Hansen | Danish architect (1813–1891) | Austria | 1813-07-13 | 1891-02-17 | Copenhagen | Vienna | Q78638 | |
Julius Carl Raschdorff | German architect and professor (1823–1914) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1823-07-02 | 1914-08-13 | Pszczyna | Waldsieversdorf | Q69715 | |
Friedrich von Schmidt | Austrian architect (1825–1891) | Kingdom of Württemberg Austria-Hungary |
1825-10-22 1825-10-23 |
1891-01-23 | Gschwend | Vienna | Q77431 | |
Heinrich von Ferstel | Austrian architect (1828-1883) | Austria | 1828-07-07 | 1883-07-14 | Vienna | Grinzing | Q78792 | |
Georg von Hauberrisser | Austrian architect (1841–1922) | Germany Austria |
1841-03-19 1841-03-09 |
1922-05-17 | Graz | Munich | Q45399 | |
Gabriel von Seidl | German architect (1848–1913) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1848-12-09 | 1913-04-27 | Munich | Munich | Q86955 | |
Friedrich von Thiersch | German architect (1852-1921) | Germany | 1852-04-18 | 1921-12-23 1921-12-22 |
Marburg | Munich | Q75204 | |
Ludwig Hoffmann | German architect (1852-1932) | German Empire Weimar Republic |
1852-07-30 1852 |
1932-11-11 1932 |
Darmstadt | Berlin | Q71886 | |
Alfred Messel | German architect (1853-1909) | Grand Duchy of Hesse | 1853-07-22 | 1909-03-24 | Darmstadt | Berlin | Q73131 | |
Hans Grässel | German architect (1860-1939) | German Reich | 1860-08-18 | 1939-03-10 | Rehau | Munich | Q73874 | |
Theodor Fischer | German architect (1862-1938) | German Reich | 1862-05-28 | 1938-12-25 1938-10-25 |
Schweinfurt | Munich | Q61259 | |
German Bestelmeyer | German architect (1874-1942) | German Reich | 1874 | 1942 | Nuremberg | Bad Wiessee | Q91823 | |
Oswald Eduard Bieber | German architect (1876-1955) | Germany | 1876-09-06 | 1955-08-31 | Pockau | Munich | Q2036350 | |
Rupprecht Geiger | German artist (1908–2009) | Germany | 1908-01-26 | 2009-12-06 | Munich | Munich | Q76426 | |
Otto Meitinger | German architect, preservationists and president of the Technical University Munich (1927–2017) | Germany | 1927-05-08 | 2017-09-09 | Munich | Munich | Q108335 | |
Hans-Busso von Busse | German architect (1930–2009) | Germany | 1930-05-07 | 2009-11-07 | Opole | Munich | Q96545 |
art historian
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Adolf Friedrich von Schack | German poet, historian of literature and art collector (1815–1894) | Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1815-08-02 | 1894-04-14 | Schwerin | Rome | Q63876 | |
Herman Grimm | German scholar, writer (1828-1901) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1828-01-06 | 1901-06-16 | Kassel | Berlin | Q65292 | |
Carl Justi | German art historian (1832–1912) | 1832-08-02 | 1912-12-09 1912-12-10 |
Marburg | Bonn | Q77314 | ||
Georg Dehio | German art historian | Germany | 1850-11-22 | 1932-03-19 1932-03-21 |
Tallinn | Tübingen | Q896685 | |
Hans Sedlmayr | Austrian art historian (1896–1984) | Austria | 1896-01-18 | 1984-07-09 | Hornstein | Salzburg | Q79084 | |
Willibald Sauerländer | German art historian (1924-2018) | Germany | 1924 | 2018-04-18 | Bad Waldsee | Munich | Q100511 | |
Wieland Schmied | Austrian art historian, author and literary editor (1929-2014) | Austria | 1929-02-05 | 2014-04-22 | Frankfurt | Vorchdorf | Q2568682 | |
Norbert Miller | German art historian | Germany | 1937-05-14 | Munich | Q1997034 |
artist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Karl Friedrich Lessing | German historical and landscape painter (1808-1880) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1808-02-15 | 1880-01-04 1880-06-05 |
Wrocław Wrocław Pracze |
Karlsruhe | Q821537 | |
Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller | German sculptor (1842–1929) | Germany | 1842-06-08 | 1929-12-18 | Munich | Munich | Q95737 |
astronomer
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Johann Franz Encke | German astronomer (1791–1865) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1791-09-23 | 1865-08-26 | Hamburg | Berlin Spandau |
Q57294 | |
Christian August Friedrich Peters | German astronomer (1806-1880) | Hamburg | 1806-09-07 | 1880-05-08 | Hamburg | Kiel | Q62612 | |
Arthur Auwers | German astronomer (1838–1915) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1838-09-12 | 1915-01-24 | Göttingen | Groß-Lichterfelde | Q57349 | |
Hermann Carl Vogel | German astronomer (1841-1907) | Kingdom of Saxony | 1841-04-03 | 1907-08-13 | Leipzig | Potsdam | Q58812 | |
Hugo von Seeliger | German astronomer (1849-1924) | Germany | 1849-09-23 | 1924-12-02 | Bielsko-Biała | Munich | Q64481 | |
Reinhard Genzel | German astronomer | Germany | 1952-03-24 | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe | Q65807 |
beekeeper
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Karl von Frisch | German-Austrian ethologist (1886-1982) | Austria | 1886-11-20 | 1982-06-12 | Vienna | Munich | Q60060 | |
Martin Lindauer | German scientist (1918-2008) | Germany | 1918-12-19 | 2008-11-13 | Bad Kohlgrub | Munich | Q95573 |
biochemist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer | Baltic German scientist (1829-1902) | Russian Empire | 1829-11-02 | 1902-12-16 | Lestene | Munich | Q63111 | |
Emil Fischer | German chemist (1852-1919) | German Empire | 1852-10-09 | 1919-07-15 | Euskirchen | Berlin | Q70554 | |
Adolf Butenandt | German biochemist (1903-1995) | Germany | 1903-03-24 | 1995-01-18 | Bremerhaven | Munich | Q5327 | |
Robert Huber | German Nobel laureate in chemistry | Germany | 1937-02-20 | Munich | Q76623 | |||
Dieter Oesterhelt | German biochemist and university professor (1940–2022) | Germany | 1940-11-10 | 2022-11-28 | Munich | Q1222570 | ||
Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker | German geneticist, biochemist and research manager | Germany | 1941-07-26 | Frankfurt | Q108800 | |||
Franz-Ulrich Hartl | German chemist | Germany | 1957-03-10 | Essen | Q91435 |
biologist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg | German biologist (1795–1876) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1795-04-19 | 1876-06-27 | Delitzsch | Berlin | Q76549 | |
August Weismann | German evolutionary biologist (1834-1914) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1834-01-17 | 1914-11-05 | Frankfurt | Freiburg im Breisgau | Q76465 | |
Robert Koch | German physician, bacteriologist (1843–1910) | Kingdom of Hanover German Empire |
1843-12-11 | 1910-05-27 | Clausthal | Baden-Baden | Q37193 | |
Otto Bütschli | German biologist (1848-1920) | German Empire Weimar Republic |
1848-05-03 | 1920-02-02 | Frankfurt | Heidelberg | Q62669 | |
Richard Hertwig | German zoologist (1850-1937) | German Reich | 1850-09-23 | 1937-10-03 | Friedberg | Schlederloh | Q85907 | |
Paul Ehrlich | Jewish-German physician and scientist (1854-1915) | Kingdom of Prussia German Empire |
1854-03-14 | 1915-08-20 | Strzelin | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe | Q57089 | |
Carl Correns | German botanist and geneticist (1864–1933) | Kingdom of Bavaria Weimar Republic |
1864-09-19 | 1933-02-14 | Munich | Berlin | Q62096 | |
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard | German biologist (1995 Nobel Prize) | Germany | 1942-10-20 | Magdeburg | Q77174 | |||
Georges J. F. Köhler | German immunologist (1946–1995) | Germany | 1946-04-17 | 1995-03-01 | Munich | Freiburg im Breisgau | Q77160 | |
Peter Gruss | German biologist | Germany | 1949-06-28 | Alsfeld | Q99383 | |||
Patrick Cramer | German biochemist | Germany | 1969-02-03 | Stuttgart | Q107959 |
botanist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Ignaz Döllinger | German physiologist and anatomist (1770-1841) | Germany | 1770-05-27 | 1841-01-14 | Bamberg | Munich | Q67189 | |
Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold | German physiologist and zoologist (1804-1885) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1804-02-16 | 1885-04-07 | Würzburg | Munich | Q64262 | |
Hugo von Mohl | German botanist (1805–1872) | Kingdom of Württemberg | 1805-04-08 | 1872-04-01 | Stuttgart | Tübingen | Q61635 | |
Carl Nägeli | Swiss botanist (1817–1891) | Switzerland | 1817-03-26 | 1891-05-10 | Kilchberg | Munich | Q123876 | |
Nathanael Pringsheim | German botanist (1823-1894) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1823-11-30 | 1894-10-06 | Gorzów Śląski | Berlin | Q64047 | |
Simon Schwendener | Swiss botanist and university teacher (1829-1919) | Switzerland | 1829-02-10 | 1919-05-27 | Buchs | Berlin | Q115641 | |
Julius von Sachs | German botanist (1832-1897) | Kingdom of Prussia German Reich |
1832-10-02 | 1897-05-29 | Wrocław | Würzburg | Q61650 | |
Karl Alfred von Zittel | German geologist and paleontologist (1839–1904) | Grand Duchy of Baden German Empire |
1839-09-25 | 1904-01-05 | Bahlingen am Kaiserstuhl | Munich | Q61904 | |
Wilhelm Pfeffer | German botanist (1845–1920) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1845-03-09 | 1920-01-31 | Grebenstein | Leipzig | Q62767 | |
Karl Ritter von Goebel | German botanist (1855-1932) | Germany | 1855-03-08 | 1932-10-09 | Billigheim | Munich | Q62756 | |
Otto L. Lange | German botanist (1927-2017) | Germany | 1927-08-21 | 2017-08-14 | Dortmund | Würzburg | Q2039824 |
chemist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs | German chemist and mineralogist (1774-1856) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1774-05-15 | 1856-03-05 | Bavarian Forest | Munich | Q66822 | |
Eilhard Mitscherlich | German chemist (1794–1863) | Grand Duchy of Oldenburg | 1794-01-07 1794 |
1863-08-28 1863 |
Oldenburg | Berlin | Q62518 | |
Friedrich Wöhler | German chemist (1800-1882) | Kingdom of Prussia Electorate of Hesse Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel German Empire |
1800-07-31 | 1882-09-23 | Eschersheim | Göttingen | Q58575 | |
Justus von Liebig | German chemist (1803-1873) | Grand Duchy of Hesse | 1803-05-12 | 1873-04-18 | Darmstadt | Munich | Q16571 | |
Robert Bunsen | German chemist (1811-1899) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1811-03-30 1811-03-31 1811-03-03 |
1899-08-16 | Göttingen | Heidelberg | Q71031 | |
Hermann Franz Moritz Kopp | German chemist (1817-1892) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1817-10-30 | 1892-02-20 | Hanau | Heidelberg | Q65813 | |
August Wilhelm von Hofmann | German chemist (1818-1892) | Grand Duchy of Hesse | 1818-04-08 | 1892-05-05 | Giessen | Berlin | Q76360 | |
Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe | German chemist (1818-1884) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1818-09-27 | 1884-11-25 | Elliehausen | Leipzig | Q76621 | |
Max Joseph von Pettenkofer | Bavarian chemist and hygienist (1818-1901) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1818-12-03 | 1901-02-10 | Lichtenau | Munich | Q44993 | |
August Kekulé | German organic chemist (1829–1896) | Kingdom of Prussia German Reich |
1829-09-07 | 1896-07-13 | Darmstadt | Bonn | Q76784 | |
Adolf von Baeyer | German chemist (1835-1917) | German Empire | 1835-10-31 | 1917-08-20 | Berlin | Starnberg Munich |
Q57078 | |
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff | Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911) | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 1852-08-30 1852 |
1911-03-01 | Rotterdam | Berlin | Q102822 | |
Ernst Otto Fischer | German chemist (1918–2007) | Germany | 1918-11-10 | 2007-07-23 | Solln | Munich | Q44594 | |
Rolf Huisgen | German chemist (1920–2020) | Germany | 1920-06-13 | 2020-03-26 | Gerolstein | Munich | Q89087 | |
Wolfgang A. Herrmann | German chemist | Germany | 1948-04-18 | Kelheim | Q968543 |
classical philologist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Leonhard von Spengel | German classical philologist (1803-1880) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1803-09-24 | 1880-11-08 1880-11-09 1880 |
Munich | Munich | Q1270257 | |
Otto Ribbeck | German classical philologist (1827-1898) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1827-07-23 1827-07-25 |
1898-07-18 | Erfurt | Leipzig | Q75158 | |
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff | German classical philologist (1848-1931) | Kingdom of Prussia Germany |
1848-12-22 | 1931-09-25 | Markowice, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship | Berlin | Q61863 | |
Eduard Schwartz | German philologist (1858–1940) | German Reich | 1858-08-22 | 1940-02-13 | Kiel | Munich | Q85818 |
composer
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Louis Spohr | German composer, violinist and conductor | Duchy of Brunswick | 1784-04-05 | 1859-10-22 | Brunswick | Kassel | Q57226 | |
Giacomo Meyerbeer | German-French composer | Kingdom of Prussia | 1791-09-05 | 1864-05-02 | Tasdorf | Paris | Q105237 | |
Moritz Hauptmann | German music theorist, teacher and composer (1792–1868) | Kingdom of Saxony | 1792-10-13 | 1868-01-03 | Dresden | Leipzig | Q60908 | |
Ferdinand Hiller | German composer and conductor (1811–1885) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1811-10-24 | 1885-05-11 1885-05-10 |
Frankfurt | Cologne | Q213530 | |
Richard Wagner | German composer (1813–1883) | Kingdom of Saxony | 1813-05-22 1813 |
1883-02-13 | Leipzig | Venice | Q1511 | |
Joseph Joachim | Hungarian violinist, composer, and teacher (1831–1907) | Hungary | 1831-06-28 | 1907-08-15 | Kittsee | Berlin | Q159976 | |
Johannes Brahms | German composer (1833–1897) | Hamburg | 1833-05-07 | 1897-04-03 | Hamburg | Vienna | Q7294 | |
Max Bruch | German romantic composer and conductor (1838-1920) | Germany | 1838-01-06 | 1920-10-02 | Cologne | Friedenau | Q106434 | |
Josef Rheinberger | Liechtensteiner organist and composer (1839-1901) | Liechtenstein | 1839-03-17 | 1901-11-25 | Vaduz | Munich | Q365555 | |
Richard Strauss | German composer and orchestra director (1864–1949) | Germany | 1864-06-11 | 1949-09-08 | Munich | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Q13894 | |
Hans Pfitzner | German composer (1869–1949) | Germany | 1869-05-05 | 1949-05-22 | Moscow | Salzburg | Q57358 | |
Carl Orff | German composer (1895–1982) | German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany West Germany Germany |
1895-07-10 | 1982-03-29 | Munich | Munich | Q44086 | |
Wilhelm Kempff | German pianist and composer (1895–1991) | Germany | 1895-11-25 | 1991-05-23 | Jüterbog | Positano | Q159946 | |
Werner Egk | German composer (1901–1983) | Germany | 1901-05-17 | 1983-07-10 | Donauwörth Auchsesheim |
Inning am Ammersee | Q458775 | |
Günter Bialas | German composer (1907-1995) | Germany | 1907-07-19 | 1995-07-08 | Ruda Śląska | Glonn | Q314971 | |
Ludwig Hoelscher | German composer, musician and music educator (1907–1996) | Germany | 1907-08-23 | 1996-05-08 | Solingen | Tutzing | Q108009 | |
Harald Genzmer | German composer (1909-2007) | Germany | 1909-02-09 | 2007-12-16 | Blumenthal | Munich | Q565070 | |
Ruth Zechlin | German composer (1926-2007) | Germany German Democratic Republic |
1926-06-22 | 2007-08-04 | Großhartmannsdorf | Munich | Q105282 | |
Hans Werner Henze | German composer (1926–2012) | Germany | 1926-07-01 | 2012-10-27 | Gütersloh | Dresden | Q76915 | |
Wilhelm Killmayer | German composer and academic (1927–2017) | Germany | 1927-08-21 | 2017-08-20 | Munich | Starnberg | Q71245 | |
Aribert Reimann | German composer, pianist and accompanist | Germany | 1936-03-04 | 2024-03-13 | Berlin | Berlin | Q246758 | |
Klaus Doldinger | German jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and saxophonist | Germany | 1936-05-12 | Berlin | Q62961 | |||
Wilfried Hiller | German composer | Germany West Germany |
1941-03-15 | Weißenhorn | Q1413361 | |||
Wolfgang Rihm | German composer and teacher (1952–2024) | Germany | 1952-03-13 | 2024-07-27 | Karlsruhe | Ettlingen | Q77031 | |
Isabel Mundry | German composer | Germany | 1963-04-20 | Schlüchtern | Q71786 | |||
Jörg Widmann | German composer, conductor and clarinetist | Germany | 1973-06-19 | Munich | Q462746 |
conductor
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Heinrich August Marschner | German composer (1795–1861) | Holy Roman Empire | 1795-08-16 | 1861-12-14 | Zittau | Hanover | Q160063 | |
Franz Lachner | German composer and conductor (1803-1890) | German Reich | 1803-04-02 | 1890-01-20 | Rain | Munich | Q713451 | |
Robert Franz | German composer (1815-1892) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1815-06-28 | 1892-10-24 | Halle | Halle | Q561967 | |
Eugen Jochum | German conductor (1902-1987) | Germany | 1902-11-01 | 1987-03-26 | Babenhausen | Munich | Q57419 | |
Sergiu Celibidache | Romanian conductor (1912–1996) | Romania Germany |
1912-06-28 | 1996-08-14 1996-08-15 1996-08-13 |
Roman | Nemours | Q165671 | |
Georg Solti | Hungarian-British conductor (1912–1997) | Hungary United Kingdom |
1912-10-21 | 1997-09-05 | Budapest | Antibes | Q128085 | |
Wolfgang Sawallisch | German conductor and pianist (1923–2013) | Germany | 1923-08-26 | 2013-02-22 | Munich | Grassau | Q61205 | |
Colin Davis | British conductor (1927–2013) | United Kingdom | 1927-09-25 | 2013-04-14 | Weybridge | London | Q366624 | |
Horst Stein | German conductor (1928–2008) | Germany | 1928-05-02 | 2008-07-27 | Elberfeld | Vandœuvres | Q62785 | |
Carlos Kleiber | German-born Austrian conductor | Germany | 1930-07-03 | 2004-07-13 | Berlin | Konjšica | Q160706 | |
Zubin Mehta | Indian conductor | British Raj Dominion of India India United States of America |
1936-04-29 | Mumbai | Q157635 | |||
Mariss Jansons | Latvian conductor (1943–2019) | Soviet Union Latvia Russia |
1943-01-14 | 2019-12-01 | Riga | Saint Petersburg | Q158340 |
economist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Friedrich von Hermann | German economist and statistician (1795-1868) | Germany | 1795-12-05 | 1868-11-23 | Dinkelsbühl | Munich | Q91166 | |
Gustav von Schmoller | German economist (1838–1917) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1838-06-24 | 1917-06-27 | Heilbronn | Bad Harzburg | Q62833 | |
Lujo Brentano | German economist and social reformer (1844–1931) | German Empire | 1844-12-18 | 1931-09-09 | Aschaffenburg | Munich | Q62830 | |
Oswald von Nell-Breuning | German theologian (1890-1991) | Germany | 1890-03-08 | 1991-08-21 | Trier | Frankfurt | Q76702 | |
Günter Schmölders | German economist | Germany | 1903-09-29 | 1991-11-07 | Berlin | Munich | Q1561015 | |
Hans-Werner Sinn | German economist | Germany | 1948-03-07 | Brake | Q72896 | |||
Clemens Fuest | German economist | Germany | 1968-08-23 | Münster | Q100749 |
engineer
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Carl von Linde | German engineer (1842-1934) | Germany | 1842-06-11 | 1934-11-16 | Berndorf | Munich | Q61864 | |
Kurt Magnus | German scientist and engineer (1912–2003) | Germany | 1912-09-08 | 2003-12-12 | Magdeburg | Munich | Q77049 |
entomologist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Rudolf Leuckart | German zoologist (1822-1898) | Duchy of Brunswick | 1822-10-07 | 1898-02-06 | Helmstedt | Leipzig | Q55064784 | |
Bert Hölldobler | German biologist | Germany | 1936-06-25 | Andechs | Q63754 |
entrepreneur
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Wolfgang Wagner | grandson of Richard Wagner and director of the Bayreuth Festival (1919-2010) | Germany | 1919-08-30 | 2010-03-21 | Bayreuth | Bayreuth | Q60452 | |
Joachim Milberg | German engineer | Germany | 1943-04-10 | Bielefeld | Q99634 |
explorer
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall | Austrian orientalist | Austria | 1774-06-09 | 1856-11-23 | Graz | Vienna | Q89546 | |
Carl Ritter | German geographer (1779-1859) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1779-08-07 | 1859-09-28 | Quedlinburg | Berlin | Q29297 | |
Karl Ernst von Baer | Baltic-German scientist (1792-1876) | Russian Empire | 1792-02-17 | 1876-11-16 | Piibe | Tartu | Q57190 | |
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius | German botanist (1794-1868) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1794-04-17 | 1868-12-13 | Erlangen | Munich | Q77131 | |
Erich von Drygalski | German geographer (1865–1949) | Kingdom of Prussia German Reich |
1865-02-09 | 1949-01-10 | Königsberg | Munich | Q63108 |
film director
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Heinz Rühmann | German actor (1902–1994) | German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany West Germany Germany |
1902-03-07 | 1994-10-03 1994-10-04 |
Essen | Aufkirchen | Q60876 | |
Axel von Ambesser | German director, actor and author (1910–1988) | Germany | 1910-06-22 | 1988-09-06 | Hamburg | Munich | Q90069 | |
Rudolf Noelte | German film director (1921–2002) | Germany | 1921-03-21 | 2002-11-08 | Berlin | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Q104792 | |
Edgar Reitz | German film director and producer | Germany | 1932-11-01 | Morbach | Q64392 | |||
Michael Haneke | Austrian film director and screenwriter | Austria | 1942-03-23 | Munich | Q84199 | |||
Doris Dörrie | German film director, writer and film producer | Germany | 1955-05-26 | Hanover | Q77734 |
geologist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Alexander von Humboldt | Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1769-09-14 | 1859-05-06 | Berlin | Berlin | Q6694 | |
Wilhelm von Gümbel | German geologist (1823–1898) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1823-02-11 | 1898-06-18 | Dannenfels | Munich | Q96287 | |
Ferdinand von Richthofen | German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1833-05-05 | 1905-10-06 | Pokój | Berlin | Q76791 | |
Ferdinand Zirkel | German geologist (1838–1912) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1838-05-20 | 1912-06-11 | Bonn Germany |
Bonn | Q62379 |
historian
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Leopold von Ranke | German historian and founder of modern source-based history (1795-1886) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1795-12-21 1795-12-20 |
1886-05-23 | Wiehe | Berlin | Q77184 | |
Johann Gustav Droysen | German historian (1808–1884) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1808-07-06 | 1884-06-19 | Trzebiatów | Berlin | Q60217 | |
Maximilian Wolfgang Duncker | German historian and politician (1811-1886) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1811-10-15 | 1886-07-21 | Berlin | Ansbach | Q76553 | |
Heinrich von Sybel | German historian (1817-1895) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1817-12-02 | 1895-08-01 | Düsseldorf | Marburg | Q65600 | |
Ludwig Häusser | German historian, politician (1818–1867) | Grand Duchy of Baden | 1818-10-26 | 1867-03-17 | Cleebourg | Heidelberg | Q87127 | |
Wilhelm Wattenbach | German paleographer (1819–1897) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1819-09-22 | 1897-09-20 | Rantzau | Frankfurt | Q72864 | |
Konrad von Maurer | German historian (1823–1902) | Germany | 1823-04-29 | 1902-09-16 | Frankenthal | Munich | Q77626 | |
Albrecht Weber | German indologist (1825–1901) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1825-02-17 | 1901-11-30 | Wrocław | Berlin | Q72205 | |
Wilhelm Hertz | German writer (1835-1902) | Germany | 1835-09-24 | 1902-01-07 | Stuttgart | Munich | Q91161 | |
Heinrich Brunner | German historian (1840-1915) | Austria German Empire |
1840-06-21 | 1915-08-11 | Wels | Bad Kissingen | Q94701 | |
Karl Theodor von Heigel | German historian (1842-1915) | Germany | 1842-08-23 | 1915-03-23 | Munich | Munich | Q98450 | |
Ronald Syme | New Zealand born British historian and classicist (1903-1989) | United Kingdom New Zealand |
1903-03-11 | 1989-09-04 | Eltham | Oxford | Q707856 | |
Bernhard Bischoff | German philologist and palaeographer (1906–1991) | Germany | 1906-12-20 | 1991-09-17 | Altendorf | Munich | Q107815 | |
Herbert Franke | German historian (1914-2011) | Germany | 1914-09-27 | 2011-06-10 1996-10-15 |
Cologne | Q88481 | ||
Jürgen Osterhammel | German historian | Germany | 1952-06-01 | Wipperfürth | Q92287 |
historian of classical antiquity
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Philipp August Böckh | German classical scholar and antiquarian (1785-1867) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1785-11-24 | 1867-08-03 | Karlsruhe | Berlin | Q63183 | |
Theodor Mommsen | German classical scholar and historian (1817–1903) | Kingdom of Prussia Duchy of Schleswig |
1817-11-30 | 1903-11-01 1903-01-11 |
Garding | Charlottenburg | Q25351 | |
Christian Meier | German historian of ancient history and professor | Germany | 1929-02-16 | Słupsk | Q56781 |
illustrator
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Bonaventura Genelli | German artist (1798-1868) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1798-09-28 | 1868-11-13 | Berlin | Weimar | Q466131 | |
Julius Diez | German artist (1870-1957) | Germany | 1870-09-08 1870-09-18 |
1957-03-13 1957-05-15 |
Nuremberg | Munich | Q834335 |
inventor
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Walter Bruch | German electrical engineer (1908–1990) | Germany | 1908-03-02 | 1990-05-05 | Neustadt an der Weinstraße | Hanover | Q63236 | |
Konrad Zuse | German computer scientist and engineer (1910 - 1995) | Germany | 1910-06-22 | 1995-12-18 | Wilmersdorf | Hünfeld | Q60093 |
journalist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl | Writer, philosopher of volkish thought (1823-1897) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1823-05-06 | 1897-11-16 | Biebrich | Munich | Q77020 | |
Adolf Wilbrandt | German novelist and dramatist (1837-1911) | Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1837-08-24 | 1911-06-10 | Rostock | Rostock | Q67953 | |
Paul Ernst | German writer (1866–1933) | Germany | 1866-03-07 | 1933-05-13 | Elbingerode | Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing | Q72557 |
judge
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Karl Friedrich Eichhorn | German lawyer | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | 1781-11-20 | 1854-07-04 | Jena | Cologne | Q564888 | |
Karl Schnaase | German art historian (1798-1875) | Germany | 1798-09-07 | 1875-05-20 | Gdańsk | Wiesbaden | Q90230 | |
Paul Kirchhof | German jurist | Germany | 1943-02-21 | Osnabrück | Q452285 |
jurist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Friedrich Carl von Savigny | German jurist (1779-1861) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1779-02-21 | 1861-10-25 | Frankfurt | Berlin | Q76892 | |
Jacob Grimm | German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785-1863) | Electorate of Hesse Kingdom of Prussia |
1785-01-04 | 1863-09-20 | Hanau | Berlin | Q6701 | |
Karl Georg von Wächter | German jurist, judge and author (1797-1880) | Germany | 1797-12-24 | 1880-01-15 | Marbach am Neckar | Leipzig | Q91083 | |
Robert von Mohl | German legal scholar and politician (1799–1875) | Kingdom of Württemberg Duchy of Württemberg |
1799-08-17 | 1875-11-04 | Stuttgart | Berlin | Q62664 | |
Karl Binding | German jurist (1841-1920) | Germany | 1841-06-04 | 1920-04-07 | Frankfurt | Freiburg im Breisgau | Q75787 | |
Hans F. Zacher | German legal scientist (1928-2015) | Germany | 1928 | 2015-02-18 | Simbach am Inn | Starnberg | Q89698 | |
Claus-Wilhelm Canaris | German jurist and jurisprudent (1937-2021) | Germany | 1937-07-01 | 2021-03-05 | Legnica | Q1098402 |
legal historian
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Georg Ludwig von Maurer | German historian and politician (1790-1872) | Kingdom of Bavaria Greece German Empire |
1790-11-02 | 1872-05-09 | Erpolzheim | Munich | Q78126 | |
Karl Gustav Homeyer | German jurist and historian (1795-1874) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1795-08-13 | 1874-10-20 | Wolgast | Berlin | Q96595 | |
Georg Waitz | German historian for history of law and medieval studies (1813-1886) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1813-10-09 1813 |
1886-05-24 1886 |
Flensburg | Berlin | Q66936 | |
Julius von Ficker | German historian (1826–1902) | Kingdom of Prussia Austrian Empire |
1826-04-30 | 1902-07-10 | Paderborn | Innsbruck | Q84991 | |
Karl von Amira | German legal historian (1848-1930) | Germany | 1848-03-08 | 1930-06-22 | Aschaffenburg | Munich | Q72780 |
lexicographer
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Eduard Wölfflin | Swiss lexicographer and classical philologist (1831-1908) | Switzerland | 1831-01-01 | 1908-11-08 | Basel | Basel | Q116764 | |
Hermann Paul | German philologist (1846–1921) | Germany | 1846-08-07 | 1921-12-29 | Magdeburg | Munich | Q65329 | |
Adolf Erman | German Egyptologist and lexicographer (1854-1937) | Kingdom of Prussia Weimar Republic |
1854-10-31 | 1937-06-26 | Berlin | Berlin | Q61421 | |
Friedrich Kluge | German philologist and educator (1856-1926) | German Empire | 1856-06-21 | 1926-05-21 | Cologne | Freiburg im Breisgau | Q69352 | |
Kurt Sethe | German Egyptologist (1869–1934) | Germany | 1869-09-30 | 1934-07-06 | Berlin | Berlin | Q70079 |
librarian
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Friedrich Christoph Schlosser | German historian | Grand Duchy of Oldenburg | 1776-11-17 | 1861-09-23 | Jever | Heidelberg | Q67667 | |
Georg Heinrich Pertz | German historian (1795–1876) | Electorate of Hanover Kingdom of Hanover Kingdom of Prussia |
1795-03-28 | 1876-10-07 | Hanover | Munich | Q68383 | |
Ferdinand Wolf | Romance philologist from Austria | Habsburg monarchy Austrian Empire |
1796-12-08 | 1866-02-18 | Vienna | Vienna | Q85519 | |
Christoph Friedrich von Stälin | German historian (1805-1873) | Kingdom of Württemberg | 1805-08-04 | 1873-08-12 | Calw | Stuttgart | Q1084931 | |
Karl Felix Halm | German classical philologist and librarian (1809-1882) | Germany | 1809-04-05 | 1882-10-05 | Munich | Munich | Q96389 | |
Sigmund von Riezler | German historian (1843–1927) | Germany | 1843-05-02 | 1927-01-28 | Munich | Ambach | Q95553 |
linguist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker | German classical philologist and archaeologist (1784-1868) | Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt Grand Duchy of Hesse Kingdom of Hanover Kingdom of Prussia |
1784-11-04 | 1868-12-17 | Grünberg | Bonn | Q69028 | |
Immanuel Bekker | German classical scholar and philologist (1785-1871) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1785-05-21 | 1871-06-07 | Berlin | Berlin | Q77606 | |
Christian August Brandis | German historian (1790-1867) | Germany | 1790-02-13 | 1867-07-21 | Holzminden | Bonn | Q85282 | |
Franz Bopp | German linguist (1791-1861) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1791-09-14 | 1867-10-23 | Mainz | Berlin | Q76934 | |
Ludwig Döderlein | German philologist (1791-1863) | Germany | 1791-12-19 | 1863-11-09 | Jena | Erlangen | Q90236 | |
Friedrich Christian Diez | German philologist (1794–1876) | Grand Duchy of Hesse | 1794-03-15 | 1876-05-29 | Giessen | Bonn | Q64356 | |
Karl Joseph Simrock | German poet and scholar (1802-1876) | Germany | 1802-08-28 1802-02-28 |
1876-07-18 | Bonn | Bonn | Q70350 | |
Franz Miklosich | Austrian member of Empire parliament (Austria empire), lawyer and university educator (1813-1891) | Cisleithania Austrian Empire |
1813-11-20 | 1891-03-07 | Radomerščak | Vienna | Q93401 | |
Karl von Prantl | German philosopher and philologist (1820-1888) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1820-01-28 | 1888-09-14 | Landsberg am Lech | Oberstdorf | Q73210 | |
Georg Curtius | German classical scholar and philologist (1820-1885) | Lübeck | 1820-04-16 | 1885-08-12 | Lübeck | Helmsdorf | Q72861 | |
Friedrich Max Müller | German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823–1900) | Anhalt-Dessau United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1823-12-06 | 1900-10-28 | Dessau Dessau-Roßlau |
Oxford | Q60074 | |
Friedrich Spielhagen | German novelist (1829–1911) | German Empire | 1829-02-24 | 1911-02-25 | Magdeburg | Berlin | Q106603 | |
Wilhelm von Christ | German classical philologist (1831–1906) | Germany | 1831-08-02 | 1906-02-08 | Geisenheim | Munich | Q85398 | |
Hermann Usener | German classical philologist (1834–1905) | Kingdom of Prussia Duchy of Nassau |
1834-10-23 | 1905-10-21 | Weilburg | Bonn | Q63078 | |
Theodor Nöldeke | German orientalist and scholar (1836–1930) | Germany | 1836-03-02 | 1930-12-25 | Harburg | Karlsruhe | Q63458 | |
Vatroslav Jagić | Austrian professor and university educator (1838–1923) | Austrian Empire Croatia Austria Russian Empire |
1838-07-06 | 1923-08-05 | Varaždin | Vienna | Q560132 | |
Jacob Wackernagel | Swiss linguist (1853-1938) | Switzerland | 1853-12-11 | 1938-05-22 | Basel | Basel | Q124125 | |
Harald Weinrich | German classical scholar and linguist (1927–2022) | Germany | 1927-09-24 | 2022-02-27 2022-02-26 |
Wismar | Münster | Q69631 | |
Reiner Kunze | East German writer | Germany German Democratic Republic |
1933-08-16 | Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge | Q61199 | |||
Michael Krüger | German writer | Germany | 1943-12-09 | Wittgendorf | Q85931 |
mathematician
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Carl Friedrich Gauss | German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855) | Confederation of the Rhine Kingdom of Hanover |
1777-04-30 | 1855-02-23 | Brunswick | Göttingen | Q6722 | |
Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet | German mathematician (*1805 – †1859) | Germany | 1805-02-13 | 1859-05-05 | Düren | Göttingen | Q29193 | |
Ernst Kummer | German mathematician (1810–1893) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1810-01-29 | 1893-05-14 | Żary | Berlin | Q57245 | |
Karl Weierstraß | German mathematician (1815-1897) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1815-10-31 | 1897-02-19 | Ostenfelde | Berlin | Q57103 | |
Philipp Ludwig von Seidel | German mathematician, optician and astronomer (1821-1896) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1821-10-24 | 1896-08-13 | Zweibrücken | Munich | Q464 | |
Carl Neumann | Prussian mathematician (1832-1925) | Germany | 1832-05-07 | 1925-03-27 | Königsberg | Leipzig | Q77313 | |
Aurel Voss | German mathematician | Germany | 1845-12-07 | 1931-04-19 | Altona | Munich | Q775113 | |
Felix Klein | German mathematician, author of the Erlangen Program (1849-1925) | Kingdom of Prussia German Empire Weimar Republic |
1849-04-25 | 1925-06-22 | Düsseldorf | Göttingen | Q76641 | |
Ferdinand von Lindemann | German mathematician (1852–1939) | Kingdom of Hanover German Reich Kingdom of Prussia |
1852-04-12 | 1939-03-06 | Hanover | Munich | Q77203 | |
Walther von Dyck | German mathematician (1856-1934) | Germany | 1856-12-06 | 1934-11-05 | Munich | Munich | Q65180 | |
David Hilbert | German mathematician (1862–1943) | Kingdom of Prussia German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
1862-01-23 | 1943-02-14 | Kaliningrad | Göttingen | Q41585 | |
Friedrich L. Bauer | German computer scientist (1924–2015) | Germany | 1924-06-10 | 2015-03-26 | Regensburg | Q68604 | ||
Heinz Bauer | German mathematician (1928-2002) | Germany | 1928-01-31 | 2002-08-15 | Nuremberg | Nuremberg | Q112290 | |
Roland Bulirsch | German mathematician specializing in numerical analysis | Germany | 1932-11-10 | 2022-09-21 | Liberec | Gauting | Q1531022 |
medievalist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Karl Von Hegel | German medievalist and historian (1813-1901) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1813-06-07 | 1901-12-05 | Nuremberg | Erlangen | Q86130 | |
Wilhelm von Giesebrecht | German historian (1814-1889) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1814-03-05 | 1889-12-18 | Berlin | Munich | Q70320 | |
Max Lenz | German historian (1850-1932) | Germany | 1850-06-13 | 1932-04-06 | Greifswald | Berlin | Q84593 | |
Oswald Redlich | Austrian medievalist and archivist (1858–1944) | Austria | 1858-03-17 | 1944-01-20 | Innsbruck | Vienna | Q94055 |
military personnel
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Ludwig III of Bavaria | King of Bavaria (1845-1921) | Germany | 1845-01-07 | 1921-10-18 | Munich | Sárvár Castle | Q44393 | |
Ernst Jünger | German writer (1895–1998) | Germany | 1895-03-29 | 1998-02-17 | Heidelberg | Riedlingen | Q76727 |
mineralogist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Gustav Rose | German mineralogist and university teacher (1798-1873) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1798-03-18 | 1873-07-15 | Berlin | Berlin | Q64561 | |
Wolfgang Franz von Kobell | German mineralogist and writer (1803-1882) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1803-07-19 | 1882-11-11 | Munich | Munich | Q76459 | |
Paul Heinrich von Groth | German mineralogist (1843–1927) | Germany | 1843-06-23 | 1927-12-02 | Magdeburg | Munich | Q63474 |
opera singer
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Hans Hotter | German opera singer (1909–2003) | Germany | 1909-01-19 | 2003-12-06 | Offenbach am Main | Munich | Q63244 | |
Martha Mödl | German opera singer (1912–2001) | Germany | 1912-03-22 | 2001-12-17 2001-12-16 |
Nuremberg | Stuttgart | Q62964 | |
Astrid Varnay | Swedish-born American opera singer of Hungarian descent (1918-2006) | United States of America Sweden |
1918-04-25 | 2006-09-04 | Stockholm | Munich | Q254518 | |
Hertha Töpper | Austrian contralto opera singer (1924–2020) | Austria | 1924-04-19 | 2020-03-28 | Graz | Munich | Q87096 | |
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | German lyric baritone and conductor (1925-2012) | Weimar Republic Nazi Germany German Reich Germany |
1925-05-28 | 2012-05-18 | Berlin | Berg | Q77060 | |
Kurt Moll | German opera singer (1938-2017) | Germany | 1938-04-11 | 2017-03-05 | Buir | Cologne | Q61410 | |
Brigitte Fassbaender | German mezzo-soprano singer | Germany | 1939-07-03 | Berlin | Q66843 | |||
Siegfried Jerusalem | German operatic tenor | Germany | 1940-04-17 | Oberhausen | Q66131 | |||
Júlia Várady | singer | Romania | 1941-09-01 | Oradea | Q257381 | |||
Edita Gruberová | (1946–2021) Slovak-born Austrian opera singer | Slovakia | 1946-12-23 | 2021-10-18 | Rača Bratislava |
Zurich | Q235549 | |
Waltraud Meier | German soprano and mezzo-soprano | Germany | 1956-01-09 | Würzburg | Q61413 | |||
Christian Gerhaher | German singer | Germany | 1969 1969-07-24 |
Straubing | Q96162 | |||
Jonas Kaufmann | German tenor | Germany Austria |
1969-07-10 | Munich | Q62358 | |||
Diana Damrau | German soprano opera singer | Germany | 1971-05-31 | Günzburg | Q237965 |
orientalist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer | German orientalist (1801–1888) | Kingdom of Saxony | 1801-02-21 | 1888-02-10 | Bad Schandau | Leipzig | Q543081 | |
Friedrich von Spiegel | German orientalist (1820-1905) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1820-07-11 | 1905-12-15 | Kitzingen | Munich | Q77993 |
painter
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Peter von Cornelius | painter from Germany (1783-1867) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1783-09-23 | 1867-03-06 | Düsseldorf | Berlin | Q58833 | |
Albrecht Adam | German painter (1786–1862) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1786-04-16 | 1862-08-28 | Nördlingen | Munich | Q723297 | |
Johann Friedrich Overbeck | German painter, a member of the Nazarene movement (1789–1869) | Lübeck | 1789-07-03 | 1869-11-12 | Lübeck | Rome | Q169311 | |
Peter von Hess | German artist (1792-1871) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1792-07-29 | 1871-04-04 | Düsseldorf | Munich | Q388523 | |
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld | painter from Germany (1794-1872) | Kingdom of Saxony | 1794-03-26 | 1872-05-24 | Leipzig | Dresden | Q703458 | |
Heinrich Maria von Hess | German painter (1798-1863) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1798-04-19 | 1863-03-29 | Düsseldorf | Munich | Q319140 | |
August Riedel | German painter | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1799-12-25 | 1883-08-06 1883-08-08 |
Bayreuth | Rome | Q763585 | |
Moritz von Schwind | Austrian painter (1804-1871) | Austrian Empire | 1804-01-21 | 1871-02-08 | Vienna | Pöcking | Q551901 | |
Friedrich Preller the Elder | German painter and engraver (1804-1878) | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | 1804-04-25 | 1878-04-23 | Eisenach | Weimar | Q1461580 | |
Wilhelm von Kaulbach | German painter (1805-1874) | Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont | 1805-10-15 | 1874-04-07 | Bad Arolsen | Munich | Q604107 | |
Johann von Schraudolph | German artist (1808-1879) | German Empire | 1808-06-13 | 1879-05-31 | Oberstdorf | Munich | Q1405588 | |
Ernst Deger | German painter (1809-1885) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1809-04-15 | 1885-01-27 | Bockenem | Düsseldorf | Q593061 | |
Eduard Von Steinle | Austrian artist (1810-1886) | Austrian Empire Archduchy of Austria below the Enns |
1810-07-02 | 1886-09-19 1886-09-18 |
Vienna | Frankfurt | Q85077 | |
Andreas Achenbach | German artist (1815–1910) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1815-09-29 | 1910-04-01 | Kassel | Düsseldorf | Q76416 | |
Adolph von Menzel | German artist (1815–1905) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1815-12-08 | 1905-02-09 | Wrocław | Berlin | Q164961 | |
Karl von Piloty | German painter (1826-1886) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1826-10-01 | 1886-07-21 | Munich | Ambach | Q505758 | |
Arnold Böcklin | Swiss painter, draftsman, graphic artist and sculptor (1827–1901) | Switzerland | 1827-10-16 | 1901-01-16 | Basel | Fiesole | Q123071 | |
Ludwig Knaus | German artist (1829–1910) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1829-10-05 1829 |
1910-12-07 1910 |
Wiesbaden | Berlin | Q567361 | |
Ludwig Passini | Austrian narrative art and genre watercolour painter (1832-1903) | Austria | 1832-07-09 | 1903-11-06 | Vienna | Venice | Q1247346 | |
Franz Defregger | painter from Austria (1835-1921) | Austria Germany |
1835-04-30 | 1921-01-02 | Iselsberg-Stronach | Munich | Q78711 | |
Franz von Lenbach | German painter (1836–1904) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1836-12-13 | 1904-05-06 | Schrobenhausen | Munich | Q585323 | |
Eduard von Gebhardt | German painter (1838-1925) | Germany Estonia |
1838-06-13 | 1925-02-13 | Järva-Jaani | Düsseldorf | Q322440 | |
Wilhelm von Diez | German painter (1839-1907) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1839-01-17 | 1907-02-25 | Bayreuth | Munich | Q788722 | |
Hans Thoma | German painter and graphic artist (1839–1924) | German Empire Grand Duchy of Baden Weimar Republic |
1839-10-02 | 1924-11-07 | Bernau im Schwarzwald | Karlsruhe | Q678094 | |
Gabriel von Max | German painter (1840–1915) | Austrian Empire Austria-Hungary |
1840-08-23 | 1915-11-24 | Prague | Munich | Q655778 | |
Józef Brandt | Polish painter (1841-1915) | Congress Poland | 1841-02-11 1841 |
1915-06-12 1915 |
Szczebrzeszyn | Radom | Q558489 | |
Rudolf Seitz | German painter (1842-1910) | Germany | 1842-06-15 | 1910-06-18 | Munich | Munich | Q2174289 | |
Anton von Werner | German painter (1843-1915) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1843-05-09 | 1915-01-04 | Frankfurt (Oder) | Berlin | Q77324 | |
Albert von Keller | artist (1844-1920) | Switzerland Germany |
1844-04-27 | 1920-07-14 1920-01-14 |
Gais | Munich | Q567382 | |
Ludwig von Löfftz | German painter (1845-1910) | Grand Duchy of Hesse | 1845-06-21 | 1910-12-03 | Darmstadt | Munich | Q876190 | |
Adolf Oberländer | German caricaturist (1845-1923) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1845-10-01 | 1923-05-29 1923-05-30 |
Regensburg | Munich | Q363504 | |
Joseph Wenglein | Bavarian painter and professor (1845-1919) | Kingdom of Bavaria Germany |
1845-10-05 | 1919-11-18 1919-01-18 |
Munich | Bad Tölz | Q1708226 | |
Max Liebermann | German painter (1847–1935) | Germany | 1847-07-20 | 1935-02-08 | Berlin | Berlin | Q158062 | |
Fritz von Uhde | German artist (1848–1911) | Kingdom of Saxony | 1848-05-22 | 1911-02-25 | Wolkenburg | Munich | Q210201 | |
Hubert von Herkomer | British artist (1849-1914) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Kingdom of Bavaria |
1849-05-26 | 1914-03-31 | Waal | Budleigh Salterton | Q644595 | |
Hugo von Habermann | German painter (1849–1929) | Germany | 1849-06-14 | 1929-02-27 | Dillingen an der Donau | Munich | Q316819 | |
Friedrich August von Kaulbach | German artist (1850–1920) | Germany | 1850-06-02 1850-06-04 |
1920-07-26 | Munich | Ohlstadt | Q447963 | |
Heinrich von Zügel | German painter (1850-1941) | Kingdom of Württemberg Germany |
1850-10-22 | 1941-01-30 | Murrhardt | Munich | Q602549 | |
Gotthardt Kuehl | German painter (1850–1915) | Lübeck | 1850-11-28 | 1915-01-09 1915-01-10 |
Lübeck | Dresden | Q879198 | |
Gustav Schönleber | German artist (1851-1917) | Kingdom of Württemberg | 1851-12-03 | 1917-02-01 | Bietigheim-Bissingen | Karlsruhe | Q1556395 | |
Albert Edelfelt | Finland Swedish painter and illustrator (1854-1905) | Grand Principality of Finland | 1854-07-21 | 1905-08-18 | Kiala manor | Haiko Porvoo |
Q356644 | |
Leopold Graf von Kalckreuth | German painter (1855–1928) | Germany | 1855-05-15 | 1928-12-01 | Düsseldorf | Seevetal | Q315488 | |
Ludwig von Herterich | German painter (1856-1932) | Kingdom of Bavaria German Empire |
1856-10-13 | 1932-12-25 | Ansbach | Dachau | Q1875315 | |
Max Slevogt | German artist (1868–1932) | Germany | 1868-10-08 | 1932-09-20 | Landshut | Leinsweiler | Q703356 | |
Angelo Jank | German painter (1868-1940) | German Reich | 1868-10-30 | 1940-10-09 | Munich | Munich | Q536075 | |
Fritz Erler | German artist (1868-1940) | German Reich | 1868-12-15 | 1940-07-11 1940-12-11 |
Gmina Ząbkowice Śląskie | Munich | Q100750 | |
Max Feldbauer | German artist (1869–1948) | Germany German Reich |
1869-02-14 | 1948-11-20 | Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz | Oberschneiding | Q1912498 | |
Hans Hartung | French painter (1904-1989) | Germany France |
1904-09-21 | 1989-12-07 | Leipzig | Antibes | Q657402 | |
Lothar-Günther Buchheim | author, artist (1918-2007) | Germany | 1918-02-06 | 2007-02-22 | Weimar | Starnberg | Q706662 |
philologist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wilhelm Wackernagel | Swiss philologist | Kingdom of Prussia | 1806-04-23 | 1869-12-21 | Berlin | Basel | Q215353 | |
Hans-Georg Beck | German philologist, historian and theologian (1910-1999) | Germany | 1910-02-18 | 1999-05-25 | Schneizlreuth | Munich | Q91560 |
philosopher
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling | German philosopher (1775–1854) | Kingdom of Württemberg | 1775-01-27 | 1854-08-20 | Leonberg | Bad Ragaz | Q60070 | |
Wilhelm Wundt | German physician, physiologist, philosopher and professor (1832-1920) | Germany | 1832-08-16 | 1920-08-31 | Neckarau | Leipzig | Q75814 | |
Dieter Henrich | German philosopher (1927–2022) | Germany | 1927-01-05 | 2022-12-17 | Marburg | Munich | Q65987 | |
Robert Spaemann | German philosopher (1927–2018) | Germany | 1927-05-05 | 2018-12-10 | Berlin | Stuttgart | Q63338 |
physician
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert | German scientist (1780–1860) | Kingdom of Saxony | 1780-04-26 | 1860-06-30 1860-07-01 |
Hohenstein-Ernstthal | Laufzorn | Q66704 | |
Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff | German physician and biologist (1807-1882) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1807-10-28 | 1882-12-05 | Hanover | Munich | Q65283 | |
Carl Ludwig | German physiologist (1816–1895) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1816-12-29 | 1895-04-24 | Witzenhausen | Leipzig | Q61975 | |
Emil du Bois-Reymond | German physician and physiologist (1818-1896) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1818-11-07 | 1896-12-26 | Berlin | Berlin | Q76571 | |
Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke | German physiologist (1819–1892) | Kingdom of Prussia Cisleithania |
1819-06-06 | 1892-01-07 | Berlin | Vienna | Q72374 |
physicist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Georg Simon Ohm | German physicist and mathematician | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1789-03-16 | 1854-07-06 | Erlangen | Munich | Q1585 | |
Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger | Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (1795–1871) | Austrian Empire | 1795-02-05 | 1871-03-19 | Vienna | Vienna | Q78686 | |
Franz Ernst Neumann | German physicist and mineralogist (1798-1895) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1798-09-11 | 1895-05-23 | Joachimsthal | Königsberg | Q61774 | |
Carl August von Steinheil | German physicist (1801-1870) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1801-10-12 | 1870-09-14 | Ribeauvillé Alsace |
Munich | Q707106 | |
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove | German scientist (1803–1879) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1803-10-06 | 1879-04-04 | Legnica | Berlin | Q61697 | |
Wilhelm Eduard Weber | German physicist (1804–1891) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1804-10-24 | 1891-06-23 | Lutherstadt Wittenberg | Göttingen | Q76707 | |
Johann von Lamont | Scottish-German astronomer (1805–1879) | Kingdom of Bavaria United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1805-12-13 | 1879-08-06 | Braemar | Bogenhausen | Q69521 | |
Hermann von Helmholtz | German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894) | Kingdom of Prussia German Reich |
1821-08-31 | 1894-09-08 | Potsdam | Charlottenburg | Q60024 | |
Gustav Kirchhoff | German physicist (1824–1887) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1824-03-12 | 1887-10-17 | Königsberg | Berlin | Q60052 | |
Johann Wilhelm Hittorf | German physicist (1824–1914) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1824-03-27 | 1914-11-28 | Bonn | Münster | Q60428 | |
Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann | German physicist (1826–1899) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1826-10-02 | 1899-03-23 | Berlin | Leipzig | Q62108 | |
Ernst Mach | Austrian physicist and university educator (1838–1916) | Kingdom of Bohemia | 1838-02-18 | 1916-02-19 | Brno-Chrlice | Vaterstetten Haar |
Q93996 | |
Ernst Abbe | German physicist (1840–1905) | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | 1840-01-23 | 1905-01-14 | Eisenach | Jena | Q76359 | |
Friedrich Kohlrausch | German physicist (1840-1910) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1840-10-14 | 1910-01-17 | Rinteln | Marburg | Q61090 | |
Ludwig Boltzmann | Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906) | Austria-Hungary | 1844-02-20 | 1906-09-05 | Vienna | Duino-Aurisina | Q84296 | |
Wilhelm Röntgen | German physicist (1845–1923) | Weimar Republic German Empire Kingdom of Prussia |
1845-03-27 | 1923-02-10 | Lennep | Munich | Q35149 | |
Emil Warburg | German physicist (1846-1931) | German Reich Germany |
1846-03-09 | 1931-07-28 | Altona | Bayreuth | Q65466 | |
Wilhelm Wien | German physicist (1864-1928) | Germany | 1864-01-13 | 1928-08-30 | Parusnoje | Munich | Q57068 | |
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz | German physicist (1911–2000) | Germany | 1911-03-28 | 2000-12-16 | Esslingen am Neckar | Allensbach | Q91169 | |
Ulrich Grigull | German physicist | Germany | 1912-03-12 | 2003-10-20 | Galiny, Gmina Górowo Iławeckie | Q2475866 | ||
Heinz Billing | German physicists (1914-2017) | Germany | 1914-04-07 | 2017-01-04 | Salzwedel | Garching bei München | Q98042 | |
Reimar Lüst | German astrophysicist (1923-2020) | Germany | 1923-03-25 | 2020-03-31 | Barmen | Hamburg | Q73713 | |
Wolfgang Kaiser | German physicist | Germany | 1925-07-17 | 2023-10-20 | Nuremberg | Q2590142 | ||
Gerhard Ertl | German physicist | Germany | 1936-10-10 | Stuttgart | Q60066 | |||
Theodor W. Hänsch | German physicist and nobel laureate | Germany United States of America |
1941-10-30 | Heidelberg | Q71013 | |||
Klaus von Klitzing | German physicist | Germany | 1943-06-28 | Środa Wielkopolska | Q71024 | |||
Gerd Binnig | German physicist | Germany Allied-occupied Germany |
1947-07-20 | Frankfurt | Q76766 | |||
Gerd Leuchs | German physicist | Germany | 1950-06-14 | Wuppertal | Q1365650 | |||
Gisela Anton | German physicist | Germany | 1955 | Bullay | Q114944 | |||
Laurens W. Molenkamp | Dutch physicist | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 1956-08-04 | Netherlands | Q1808047 | |||
Ferenc Krausz | Austrian-Hungarian laser physicist | Austria Hungary |
1962-05-17 | Mór | Q86970 | |||
Immanuel Bloch | German physicist (b. 1972) | Germany | 1972-11-16 | Fulda | Q100694 |
physiologist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Carl von Voit | German physiologist and nutritionist (1831-1908) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1831-10-31 | 1908-01-31 | Amberg | Munich | Q76146 | |
Ewald Hering | German physiologist (1834–1918) | Kingdom of Saxony | 1834-08-05 | 1918-01-26 | Neugersdorf | Leipzig | Q64556 | |
Max Rubner | German physiologist and hygienist (1854–1932) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1854-06-02 | 1932-04-27 | Munich | Berlin | Q68697 |
poet
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Justinus Kerner | German poet and medical writer (1786-1862) | Duchy of Württemberg Kingdom of Württemberg |
1786-09-18 1812 |
1862-02-21 1843 |
Ludwigsburg | Weinsberg | Q77280 | |
Friedrich Rückert | German poet, translator, and professor of Oriental languages (1788–1866) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1788-05-16 | 1866-01-31 | Schweinfurt | Neuses | Q60644 | |
Joseph Christian Freiherr von Zedlitz | Austrian dramatist and epic poet; Bohemian nobility (1790–1862) | 1790-02-28 | 1862-03-16 | Jánský Vrch | Vienna | Q429184 | ||
Eduard Mörike | German poet (1804–1875) | Kingdom of Württemberg | 1804-09-08 | 1875-06-04 | Ludwigsburg | Stuttgart | Q63699 | |
Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen | Austrian writer (1806–1871) | Austria Cisleithania |
1806-04-02 | 1871-05-22 | Kraków | Vienna | Q78939 | |
Berthold Auerbach | German author (1812–1882) | Kingdom of Württemberg | 1812-02-28 | 1882-02-08 | Nordstetten | Cannes | Q76715 | |
Christian Friedrich Hebbel | German poet and dramatist (1813-1863) | Duchy of Holstein | 1813-03-18 | 1863-12-13 | Wesselburen | Vienna | Q57182 | |
Franz von Dingelstedt | German poet, dramatist and theatre administrator (1814–1881) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1814-06-30 | 1881-05-15 | Halsdorf (Wohratal, Germany) | Vienna | Q64370 | |
Emanuel Geibel | German poet and playwright (1815–1884) | Lübeck | 1815-10-17 | 1884-04-06 | Lübeck | Lübeck | Q77333 | |
Theodor Storm | German writer (1817–1888) | Kingdom of Prussia Duchy of Schleswig |
1817-09-14 | 1888-07-04 | Husum | Hanerau-Hademarschen | Q26993 | |
Hermann Lingg | German poet and playwright (1820-1905) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1820-01-22 | 1905-06-18 | Lindau | Munich | Q74416 | |
Alfred Meissner | Austrian writer (1822–1885) | Cisleithania | 1822-10-15 | 1885-05-29 | Teplice | Bregenz | Q77998 | |
Oskar von Redwitz | German poet (1823–1891) | Germany | 1823-06-28 | 1891-07-06 | Lichtenau | Bavaria | Q91175 | |
Joseph Victor von Scheffel | German poet and novelist (1826–1886) | Grand Duchy of Baden | 1826-02-16 1826-01-16 |
1886-04-09 | Karlsruhe | Karlsruhe | Q9082 | |
Paul Heyse | German writer (1830–1914) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1830-03-15 | 1914-04-02 | Berlin | Munich | Q76487 | |
Wilhelm Jensen | German writer (1837–1911) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1837-02-15 | 1911-11-24 | Heiligenhafen | Munich | Q77444 | |
Hans Egon Holthusen | German writer and academic (1913–1997) | Germany | 1913-04-15 | 1997-01-21 1997-01-27 |
Rendsburg | Munich | Q92510 |
politician
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg | Austrian poet and politician (1806-1876) | Austrian Empire Austria-Hungary |
1806-04-11 | 1876-09-12 | Ljubljana | Graz | Q79069 | |
Johann Caspar Bluntschli | Swiss jurist and politician (1808-1881) | Switzerland | 1808-03-07 | 1881-10-21 | Zurich | Karlsruhe | Q124094 | |
Henry Kissinger | American politician and diplomat (1923–2023) | German Reich United States of America |
1923-05-27 | 2023-11-29 | Fürth | Kent | Q66107 |
professor
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Karl Weinhold | German folklorist and linguist (1823-1901) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1823-10-26 | 1901-08-15 | Dzierżoniów | Berlin | Q104301 | |
Wolfgang Haber | German professor | Germany | 1925-09-13 | Datteln | Q984946 | |||
Peter Lerche | German jurist (1928-2016) | Germany | 1928-01-12 | 2016-03-14 | Litoměřice | Gauting | Q103650 | |
Eveline Gottzein | German professor (1931–2023) | Germany | 1931-09-20 | 2023-12-24 | Leipzig | Q1381670 | ||
Gerd Hirzinger | German roboticist | Germany | 1945-01-17 | Schwandorf | Q101005 |
regional historian
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andreas Buchner | German regional historian | Germany | 1776-11-28 | 1854-12-13 | Essenbach | Munich | Q496426 | |
Karl Bosl | German historian (1908-1993) | Germany | 1908-11-11 | 1993-01-18 | Cham | Munich | Q1730540 |
sculptor
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Christian Daniel Rauch | German sculptor (1777-1857) | Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont | 1777-01-02 | 1857-12-03 | Bad Arolsen | Dresden | Q714972 | |
Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel | German sculptor (1804–1861) | Kingdom of Saxony | 1804-12-15 | 1861-02-21 | Pulsnitz | Dresden | Q515914 | |
Friedrich Drake | German sculptor (1805–1882) | Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont | 1805-06-23 | 1882-04-06 | Bad Pyrmont | Berlin | Q514178 | |
Ernst Julius Hähnel | German sculptor (1811–1891) | Kingdom of Saxony | 1811-03-09 | 1891-05-22 | Dresden | Dresden | Q567374 | |
August von Kreling | German artist (1818-1876) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1818 1819-05-23 |
1876 1876-04-23 |
Osnabrück | Nuremberg | Q96657617 | |
Johannes Schilling | German sculptor | Kingdom of Saxony German Reich |
1828-06-23 | 1910-03-21 | Mittweida | Klotzsche | Q314567 | |
Kaspar von Zumbusch | German sculptor (1830-1915) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1830-11-23 | 1915-09-27 | Herzebrock | Rimsting | Q268977 | |
Reinhold Begas | German sculptor (1831-1911) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1831-07-15 | 1911-08-03 | Schöneberg | Berlin | Q603105 | |
Adolf von Hildebrand | German sculptor (1847–1921) | Germany | 1847-10-06 | 1921-01-18 | Marburg | Munich | Q364808 | |
Wilhelm von Rümann | German sculptor (1850–1906) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1850-11-11 | 1906-02-06 | Hanover | Ajaccio | Q2576027 | |
Max Klinger | German painter, sculptor, printmaker, and writer (1857–1920) | Germany | 1857-02-18 | 1920-07-05 | Leipzig | Großjena Naumburg |
Q44252 | |
Louis Tuaillon | Prussian sculptor (1862–1919) | Germany | 1862-09-07 | 1919-02-21 | Berlin | Berlin | Q445407 | |
Franz Stuck | German painter, sculptor, printmaker, and architect (1863–1928) | Germany Kingdom of Bavaria |
1863-02-23 | 1928-08-30 | Tettenweis | Munich | Q45006 | |
Hermann Hahn | German sculptor (1868-1945) | Germany | 1868-11-28 | 1945-08-18 | Veilsdorf | Pullach | Q828283 | |
Hugo Lederer | German sculptor (1871-1940) | German Reich | 1871-11-16 | 1940-08-01 | Znojmo | Berlin | Q455549 | |
Fritz Boehle | German sculptor and painter (1873-1916) | German Empire | 1873-02-07 | 1916-10-20 | Emmendingen | Frankfurt | Q1465764 | |
Joseph Wackerle | German sculptor | Germany | 1880-05-15 | 1959-03-20 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Q876924 | |
Bernhard Bleeker | German sculptor (1881-1968) | Germany | 1881-07-26 | 1968-03-11 | Münster | Munich | Q314150 | |
Josef Henselmann | German sculptor | Germany | 1898-08-16 | 1987-01-19 | Laiz | Munich | Q877158 | |
Hans Wimmer | German sculptor (1907–1992) | Germany | 1907-03-19 | 1992-08-31 | Pfarrkirchen | Munich | Q315485 | |
Fritz Koenig | German sculptor (1924–2017) | Germany | 1924-06-20 | 2017-02-22 | Würzburg | Altdorf | Q524205 |
singer
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Kurt Böhme | German opera singer (1908-1989) | Germany | 1908-05-05 | 1989-12-20 | Dresden | Munich | Q658343 | |
Hermann Prey | German lyric baritone singer (1929–1998) | Germany | 1929-07-11 | 1998-07-23 1998-07-22 |
Berlin | Krailling | Q61080 | |
Cornelia Froboess | German actress | Germany | 1943-10-28 | Wriezen | Q70331 |
stage actor
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Elisabeth Bergner | Austrian-German actress (1897–1986) | Austria | 1897-08-22 | 1986-05-12 | Drohobych | London | Q93711 | |
Marianne Hoppe | German actress (1909–2002) | Germany | 1909-04-26 1911-04-26 |
2002-10-23 | Rostock | Siegsdorf | Q85861 | |
Elfriede Kuzmany | Austrian actress (1915–2006) | Austria | 1915-09-29 | 2006-07-17 | Rokytnice v Orlických horách | Munich | Q1328647 | |
Doris Schade | German actress (1924–2012) | Germany | 1924-05-21 | 2012-06-25 | Bad Frankenhausen | Munich | Q98305 | |
Martin Benrath | German actor (1926–2000) | Germany | 1926-11-09 | 2000-01-31 | Berlin | Herrsching am Ammersee | Q111809 | |
Thomas Holtzmann | German actor | Germany | 1927-04-01 | 2013-01-04 | Munich | Munich | Q2424784 | |
Ruth Drexel | German actress (1930-2009) | Germany | 1930-07-14 | 2009-02-26 | Vilshofen an der Donau | Feldkirchen | Q76451 | |
Sibylle Canonica | Swiss actress | Switzerland | 1957-04-26 | Bern | Q658694 |
theatrical director
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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August Everding | German opera director (1928–1999) | Germany | 1928-10-31 | 1999-01-26 | Bottrop | Munich | Q88298 | |
Klaus Zehelein | Opera intendant | Germany | 1940-05-09 1940-09-05 |
Frankfurt | Q1745891 | |||
Katharina Wagner | German opera director | Germany | 1978-05-21 | Bayreuth | Q63907 |
theologian
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Eduard Zeller | German philosopher and theologian (1814-1908) | Kingdom of Württemberg | 1814-01-22 | 1908-03-19 | Kleinbottwar | Stuttgart | Q61862 | |
Adolf von Harnack | Baltic German theologian and prominent church historian (1851–1930) | Germany | 1851-05-07 | 1930-06-10 | Tartu | Heidelberg | Q164699 | |
Walter Künneth | German theologian (1901–1997) | Germany | 1901 | 1997 | Etzelwang | Erlangen | Q96471 | |
Wolfhart Pannenberg | German theologian (1928–2014) | Germany | 1928-10-02 | 2014-09-04 | Szczecin | Munich | Q61374 |
theoretical physicist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Max Planck | German theoretical physicist (1858–1947) | German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany Bizone |
1858-04-23 | 1947-10-04 1947-12-04 |
Kiel | Göttingen | Q9021 | |
Arnold Sommerfeld | German physicist (1868-1951) | Germany | 1868-12-05 | 1951-04-26 | Königsberg | Munich | Q77078 |
university teacher
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Friedrich Thiersch | German classical scholar | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1784-06-17 | 1860-02-25 | Kirchscheidungen | Munich | Q73076 | |
Alexander Braun | German botanist and university teacher (1805–1877) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1805-05-10 | 1877-03-29 | Regensburg | Berlin | Q62855 | |
Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher | German economist (1817-1894) | Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Hanover Kingdom of Saxony |
1817-10-21 | 1894-06-04 | Hanover | Leipzig | Q62842 | |
Rudolf Clausius | German mathematical physicist and professor (1822-1888) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1822-01-02 | 1888-08-24 | Koszalin | Bonn | Q30693 | |
Heinrich Brunn | German classical archaeologist (1822-1894) | Duchy of Anhalt | 1822-01-23 | 1894-07-23 | Wörlitz | Schliersee | Q63044 | |
Adolf Furtwängler | German classical archaeologist (1853-1907) | Grand Duchy of Baden | 1853-06-30 | 1907-10-10 | Freiburg im Breisgau | Athens | Q61423 | |
Paul Wolters | German classical archaeologist (1858–1936) | German Reich Kingdom of Prussia |
1858-09-01 | 1936-10-21 | Bonn | Munich | Q2063206 | |
Richard Willstätter | German chemist (1872–1942) | German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany Switzerland |
1872-08-13 | 1942-08-03 | Karlsruhe | Muralto | Q77072 | |
Michael Schmaus | theologian, specializing in dogmatics | Germany | 1897-07-17 | 1993-12-08 | Baar | Gauting | Q107169 | |
Maria-Elisabeth Michel-Beyerle | German chemist | Germany | 1935-08-20 | Kiel | Q1895527 | |||
Erika von Mutius | German pediatrician | Germany | 1957-05-14 | Bonn | Q6524522 |
violinist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Anne-Sophie Mutter | German violinist | Germany | 1963-06-29 | Rheinfelden | Q3374 | |||
Julia Fischer | German classical violinist, pianist | Germany | 1983-06-15 | Munich | Q77217 |
writer
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Joseph von Eichendorff | German poet and novelist (1788-1857) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1788-03-10 | 1857-11-26 | Castle Lubowitz | Nysa | Q77204 | |
Franz Grillparzer | Austrian dramatist and poet (1791-1872) | Austria | 1791-01-15 | 1872-01-21 | Vienna | Vienna | Q154438 | |
Eduard von Bauernfeld | Austrian dramatist (1802–1890) | Austria | 1802-01-13 | 1890-08-09 | Vienna | Vienna | Q78865 | |
Hans Christian Andersen | Danish writer and poet (1805–1875) | Kingdom of Denmark | 1805-04-02 | 1875-08-04 | Odense | Rolighed (Østerbro) | Q5673 | |
Heinrich Laube | German writer (1806-1884) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1806-09-18 | 1884-08-01 | Szprotawa | Vienna | Q77470 | |
Fritz Reuter | Low German writer (1810-1874) | Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1810-11-07 | 1874-07-12 | Stavenhagen | Eisenach | Q76492 | |
Gustav Freytag | German writer and politician (1816-1895) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1816-07-13 | 1895-04-30 | Kluczbork | Wiesbaden | Q58811 | |
Friedrich von Bodenstedt | German writer (1819-1892) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1819-04-22 | 1892-04-18 | Peine | Wiesbaden | Q77645 | |
Gottfried Keller | Swiss poet and writer of German literature (1819-1890) | Switzerland | 1819-07-19 | 1890-07-15 | Zurich | Zurich | Q122370 | |
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer | Swiss historical novelist and poet (1825-1898) | Switzerland | 1825-10-11 | 1898-11-28 | Zurich | Kilchberg | Q123261 | |
Wilhelm Raabe | German writer (1831–1910) | Duchy of Brunswick | 1831-09-08 | 1910-11-15 | Eschershausen | Brunswick | Q60647 | |
Hans Hopfen | Bavarian poet and novelist (1835-1904) | German Empire | 1835-01-03 | 1904-11-19 | Munich | Groß-Lichterfelde | Q104180 | |
Golo Mann | German-Swiss historian (1909-1994) | Germany Switzerland |
1909-03-27 | 1994-04-07 | Munich | Leverkusen | Q77109 | |
Hermann Lenz | German writer (1913–1998) | Germany | 1913-02-26 | 1998-05-12 | Stuttgart | Munich | Q77728 | |
Otfried Preußler | German children's books author (1923–2013) | First Czechoslovak Republic Nazi Germany West Germany Germany |
1923-10-20 | 2013-02-18 | Liberec | Prien am Chiemsee | Q44647 | |
Tankred Dorst | German playwright and storyteller (1925-2017) | Germany | 1925-12-19 | 2017-06-01 | Oberlind | Berlin | Q77468 | |
Martin Walser | German writer (1927–2023) | Bavaria West Germany Germany |
1927-03-24 | 2023-07-28 2023-07-26 |
Wasserburg | Überlingen | Q57387 | |
Brigitte Kronauer | German writer (1940-2019) | Germany | 1940-12-29 | 2019-07-22 | Essen | Hamburg | Q106606 | |
Herta Müller | German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist | Germany Romania |
1953-08-17 | Nițchidorf | Q38049 |
zoologist
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Johannes Peter Müller | German physiologist, comparative anatomist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist (1801-1858) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1801-07-14 | 1858-04-28 | Koblenz | Berlin | Q57992 | |
Albert von Kölliker | Swiss anatomist, physiologist (1817–1905) | Switzerland | 1817-07-06 | 1905-11-02 | Zurich | Würzburg | Q123528 | |
Theodor Boveri | German geneticist (1862-1915) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1862-10-12 | 1915-10-15 | Bamberg | Würzburg | Q62092 |
Misc
[edit]name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
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Friedrich von Raumer | German historian (1781-1873) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1781-05-14 | 1873-06-14 | Wörlitz | Berlin | Q70855 | |
Ignaz von Döllinger | German Catholic priest, theologian and historian (1799–1890) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1799-02-28 | 1890-01-14 1890-01-10 1890 |
Bamberg | Munich | Q62116 | |
Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl | German classical philologist (1806-1876) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1806-04-06 | 1876-11-09 | Großvargula | Leipzig | Q64632 | |
Franz Liszt | Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811–1886) | Kingdom of Hungary Austrian Empire Austria-Hungary |
1811-10-22 | 1886-07-31 | Raiding | Bayreuth | Q41309 | |
Carl Adolf Cornelius | German church historian and historian (1819-1903) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1819-03-12 | 1903-02-10 | Würzburg | Munich | Q91582 | |
Alfred von Arneth | Austrian politician (1819-1897) | Austrian Empire Cisleithania |
1819-07-10 | 1897-07-30 | Vienna | Vienna | Q78857 | |
Ferdinand Gregorovius | German historian (1821-1891) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1821-01-19 | 1891-05-01 | Nidzica | Munich | Q61425 | |
Karl Ludwig Fridolin von Sandberger | German paleontologist (1826-1898) | German Confederation German Reich Duchy of Nassau |
1826-11-22 | 1898-04-11 | Dillenburg | Würzburg | Q84736 | |
Theodor von Sickel | Austrian historian (1826-1908) | Kingdom of Prussia | 1826-12-18 | 1908-04-21 | Aken (Elbe) | Merano | Q66729 | |
Fritz von Miller | German sculptor, goldsmith and bronze caster (1840-1921) | Germany | 1840-11-11 | 1921-12-30 | Munich | Munich | Q109352 | |
Karl Krumbacher | German byzantinist (1856-1909) | Kingdom of Bavaria | 1856-09-23 | 1909-12-12 | Wiggensbach | Munich | Q61463 | |
Otto Crusius | German classical scholar (1857–1918) | Germany | 1857-12-20 | 1918-12-29 1918-12-30 |
Hanover | Munich | Q84957 | |
Edward Schröder | German professor of German studies and medieval studies (1858–1942) | German Reich | 1858-05-18 | 1942-02-09 | Witzenhausen | Göttingen | Q1293538 | |
Gerhart Hauptmann | German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 (1862-1946) | German Empire | 1862-11-15 | 1946-06-06 | Szczawno-Zdrój | Jagniątków | Q43523 | |
Konrad Lorenz | Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 | Austria | 1903-11-07 | 1989-02-27 | Vienna | Vienna | Q78496 | |
Wolfgang Clemen | German historian (1909-1990) | Germany | 1909-03-29 | 1990-03-16 | Bonn | Bad Endorf | Q2589392 | |
Ludwig Bölkow | German aerospace engineer (1912–2003) | Germany | 1912-06-30 | 2003-07-25 | Schwerin | Grünwald | Q63788 | |
Loriot | German humorist, cartoonist, film director and actor (1923–2011) | Germany | 1923-11-12 | 2011-08-22 | Brandenburg an der Havel | Ammerland (Münsing) | Q44736 | |
Benedict XVI | pope of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013 (1927–2022) | Germany Vatican City Italy |
1927-04-16 | 2022-12-31 | Birth house of Benedict XVI Marktl |
Mater Ecclesiae Monastery Vatican City |
Q2494 | |
Knut Borchardt | German academic | Germany | 1929-06-02 | 2023-02-05 | Berlin | Munich | Q1777627 | |
Peter Gülke | German musician and conductor | Germany | 1934-04-29 | Weimar | Q2075363 | |||
Harald zur Hausen | German virologist and professor emeritus (1936–2023) | Germany | 1936-03-11 | 2023-05-29 | Gelsenkirchen | Heidelberg | Q75847 | |
Paul Zanker | German classical archaeologist (born 1937) | Germany | 1937-02-07 | Constance | Q102026 | |||
Konstanze Vernon | German choreographer (1939-2013) | Germany | 1939-01-02 | 2013-01-21 | Berlin | Munich | Q123999 | |
Peter Jonas | British arts administrator (1946–2020) | United Kingdom | 1946-10-14 | 2020-04-22 | London | Q1772055 | ||
Regine Kahmann | German geneticist | Germany | 1948-10-20 | Staßfurt | Q1333312 | |||
Manfred Broy | German computer scientist | Germany | 1949-08-10 | Landsberg am Lech | Q92920 | |||
Lorraine Daston | American historian of science | United States of America | 1951-06-09 | East Lansing | Q529094 | |||
Jörg Hacker | German microbiologist | Germany | 1952-02-13 | Grevesmühlen | Q107600 | |||
Gerhard Oppitz | German classical pianist | Germany | 1953-02-05 | Frauenau | Q84919 | |||
Siegfried Mauser | German musician | Germany | 1954-11-03 | Straubing | Q114572 | |||
Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger | German historian | Germany | 1955-07-17 | Bergisch Gladbach | Q98533 | |||
Petra Schwille | German biophysicist | Germany | 1968-01-25 | Sindelfingen | Q2080329 |
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