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Indologist

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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

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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

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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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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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

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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) Germany 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 (1903–1991) 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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


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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

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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

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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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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 (1927–2013) 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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
Anne-Sophie Mutter
 
German violinist Germany 1963-06-29 Rheinfelden Q3374
Julia Fischer
 
German classical violinist, pianist Germany 1983-06-15 Munich Q77217


writer

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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

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name image description country of citizenship date of birth date of death place of birth place of death item
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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