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Profession
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Year
Abraham Robinson
Mathematician
3
1918 - 1974
Adam Weishaupt
Clergyman
20
1748 - 1830
Adelbert von Chamisso
Poet
14
1781 - 1838
Adolf Anderssen
Celebrity
1
1818 - 1879
Adolf Galland
Soldier
16
1912 - 1996
Adolf Hitler
Criminal
35
1889 - 1945
Albert Einstein
Physicist
159
1879 - 1955
Albert Schweitzer
Theologian
60
1875 - 1965
Albert Speer
Criminal
10
1905 - 1981
Albrecht Durer
Artist
11
1471 - 1528
Alexander Kluge
Director
9
1932 -
Alfred Einstein
Writer
3
1880 - 1952
Alfred Jodl
Soldier
4
1890 - 1946
Alfred Rosenberg
Soldier
11
1893 - 1946
Alva Noto
Artist
14
Angela Merkel
Statesman
38
1954 -
Angelus Silesius
Poet
2
1624 - 1677
Anne Frank
Writer
24
1929 - 1945
Anselm Kiefer
Artist
5
1945 -
Arthur Schopenhauer
Philosopher
70
1788 - 1860
Bernard Katz
Scientist
2
1911 - 2003
Bernhard Langer
Athlete
26
1957 -
Bernhard von Bulow
Statesman
9
1849 - 1929
Berthold Auerbach
Author
5
1812 - 1882
Bertolt Brecht
Poet
37
1898 - 1956
Boris Becker
Athlete
30
1967 -
Bruno Bauer
Theologian
4
1809 - 1882
Bruno Walter
Composer
3
1876 - 1962
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Mathematician
17
1777 - 1855
Carl Maria von Weber
Composer
2
1786 - 1826
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Musician
3
1714 - 1788
Carl Schurz
Revolutionary
5
1829 - 1906
Carl von Ossietzky
Activist
1
1889 - 1938
Carl Zeiss
Scientist
2
1816 - 1888
Carl Zuckmayer
Playwright
1
1896 - 1977
Caspar David Friedrich
Artist
4
1774 - 1840
Christian Morgenstern
Poet
3
1871 - 1914
Christoph Martin Wieland
Poet
4
1733 - 1813
Clara Schumann
Musician
14
1819 - 1896
Clara Zetkin
Politician
19
1857 - 1933
Claudia Schiffer
Model
9
1970 -
Claus von Stauffenberg
Soldier
2
1907 - 1944
Conrad Veidt
Actor
23
1893 - 1943
Cornelia Funke
Author
28
1958 -
Curt Siodmak
Novelist
6
David Hilbert
Mathematician
16
1862 - 1943
Denis Johnson
Writer
12
Diane Kruger
Model
16
1976 -
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Theologian
16
1906 - 1945
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Musician
26
1925 -
Douglas Sirk
Director
28
1897 - 1987
Eberhard Arnold
Theologian
2
1883 - 1935
Eberhard Weber
Musician
21
1940 -
Edith Stein
Saint
10
1891 - 1942
Edmund Husserl
Philosopher
19
1859 - 1938
Eduard Hanslick
Writer
4
1825 - 1904
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Musician
3
1915 - 2006
Emil Nolde
Artist
5
1867 - 1956
Emperor Sigismund
Statesman
1
1368 - 1437
Erich Honecker
Politician
2
1912 - 1994
Erich Maria Remarque
Writer
9
1898 - 1970
Ernst Engel
Economist
2
1821 - 1896
Ernst Lubitsch
Director
7
1892 - 1947
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Artist
1
1880 - 1938
Ernst Mayr
Scientist
14
1904 - 2005
Ernst Moritz Arndt
Poet
2
1769 - 1860
Ernst Thalmann
Politician
2
1886 - 1944
Ernst Toller
Playwright
17
1893 - 1939
Ernst Zundel
Activist
19
1939 -
Erwin Rommel
Soldier
6
1891 - 1944
Eugen Herrigel
Philosopher
5
Eva Braun
Celebrity
11
1912 - 1945
Felix Adler
Educator
27
1851 - 1933
Felix Klein
Mathematician
4
1849 - 1925
Felix Mendelssohn
Composer
5
1809 - 1847
Ferdinand Christian Baur
Theologian
4
1792 - 1860
Ferdinand Lassalle
Politician
10
1825 - 1864
Frank Wedekind
Playwright
5
1864 - 1918
Franka Potente
Actress
8
1974 -
Franz Beckenbauer
Athlete
15
1945 -
Franz Marc
Artist
8
1880 - 1916
Franz von Papen
Politician
7
1879 - 1969
Frieda von Richthofen
Celebrity
1
1879 - 1956
Friedrich Ebert
Politician
3
1871 - 1925
Friedrich Engels
Philosopher
9
1820 - 1895
Friedrich List
Economist
10
1789 - 1846
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher
168
1844 - 1900
Friedrich Schiller
Dramatist
56
1759 - 1805
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Theologian
6
1768 - 1834
Fritz Sauckel
Soldier
27
1894 - 1946
Fritz Todt
Soldier
8
1891 - 1942
Georg Baselitz
Artist
7
1938 -
Georg Buchner
Dramatist
32
1813 - 1837
Georg C. Lichtenberg
Scientist
60
1742 - 1799
Georg Cantor
Mathematician
4
1845 - 1918
Georg Hermes
Theologian
4
1775 - 1831
Georg Simmel
Sociologist
26
1858 - 1918
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Philosopher
21
1770 - 1831
George Grosz
Artist
14
1893 - 1959
Gerd von Rundstedt
Soldier
5
1875 - 1953
Gerhard Schroder
Statesman
26
1944 -
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Composer
3
1791 - 1864
Gottfried Leibniz
Philosopher
18
1646 - 1716
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Critic
14
1729 - 1781
Graham Coxon
Musician
32
1969 -
Gunter Grass
Author
3
1927 -
Gunther Grass
Author
6
1927 -
Gustav Heinemann
Politician
18
1899 - 1976
Gustav Krupp
Businessman
11
1870 - 1950
Gustav Stresemann
Politician
31
1878 - 1929
Hannah Arendt
Historian
41
1906 - 1975
Hanns Eisler
Composer
2
1898 - 1962
Hans Bender
Psychologist
8
1907 - 1991
Hans Berger
Scientist
3
1873 - 1941
Hans Eysenck
Psychologist
7
1916 - 1997
Hans Frank
Public Servant
20
1900 - 1946
Hans Hofmann
Artist
22
1880 - 1966
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Author
3
1929 -
Hans-Georg Gadamer
Philosopher
9
1900 - 2002
Heidi Klum
Model
21
1973 -
Heinrich Heine
Poet
35
1797 - 1856
Heinrich Himmler
Criminal
18
1900 - 1945
Heinrich Mann
Novelist
4
1871 - 1950
Heinrich Schliemann
Scientist
3
1822 - 1890
Heinz Guderian
Soldier
8
1888 - 1954
Helmut Jahn
Architect
31
1940 -
Helmut Kohl
Politician
9
1930 -
Helmut Newton
Photographer
14
1920 - 2004
Henry A. Kissinger
Statesman
43
1923 -
Herbert Marcuse
Philosopher
10
1898 - 1979
Herman Hesse
Author
20
1877 - 1962
Hermann Broch
Writer
6
1886 - 1951
Hermann Ebbinghaus
Psychologist
19
1850 - 1909
Hermann Hesse
Novelist
31
1877 - 1962
Hermann Oberth
Scientist
4
1894 - 1989
Hermann von Helmholtz
Physicist
15
1821 - 1894
Hermann Weyl
Mathematician
2
1885 - 1955
Hildegard Knef
Actress
2
1925 - 2002
Hjalmar Schacht
Economist
25
1877 - 1970
Horst Koehler
Statesman
12
1943 -
Immanuel Kant
Philosopher
35
1724 - 1804
Jean Arp
Sculptor
2
1886 - 1966
Jean Paul
Author
49
1763 - 1825
Johann Arndt
Theologian
8
Johann G. Seume
Theologian
5
Johann Gottfried von Herder
Philosopher
1
1744 - 1803
Johann Gottlieb Fichte
Philosopher
10
1762 - 1814
Johann Heinrich Lambert
Mathematician
4
1728 - 1777
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Theologian
29
1741 - 1801
Johann Most
Revolutionary
20
1846 - 1906
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Writer
156
1749 - 1832
Johannes Brahms
Composer
9
1833 - 1897
Johannes Kepler
Scientist
8
1571 - 1630
Johannes P. Muller
Scientist
10
1801 - 1858
Johannes Rau
Statesman
8
1931 - 2006
Johannes Tauler
Theologian
28
John Kluge
Businessman
11
1914 -
Joschka Fischer
Politician
19
1948 -
Josef Albers
Artist
31
1888 - 1976
Joseph Beuys
Artist
4
1921 - 1986
Joseph Goebbels
Criminal
4
1897 - 1945
Joseph Ratzinger
Clergyman
23
1927 -
Julius Wellhausen
Educator
18
1844 - 1918
Jurgen Habermas
Philosopher
29
1929 -
Jurgen Klinsmann
Athlete
19
1964 -
Kaiser Wilhelm
Statesman
1
1859 - 1941
Karl Abraham
Psychologist
1
1877 - 1925
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
Composer
3
1905 - 1963
Karl Jaspers
Psychologist
21
1883 - 1969
Karl Lagerfeld
Designer
24
1938 -
Karl Lehmann
Clergyman
9
1936 -
Karl Liebknecht
Politician
24
1871 - 1919
Karl Marx
Philosopher
55
1818 - 1883
Karl Philipp Moritz
Author
21
1756 - 1793
Karl Rahner
Theologian
6
1904 - 1984
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
Poet
70
1772 - 1829
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Composer
23
1928 - 2007
Kaspar Hauser
Celebrity
3
1812 - 1833
Katarina Witt
Athlete
6
1965 -
Kathe Kollwitz
Artist
8
1867 - 1945
Klaus Fuchs
Physicist
18
1911 - 1988
Klaus Kinski
Actor
32
1926 - 1991
Klaus Schulze
Composer
24
1947 -
Konrad Adenauer
Statesman
9
1876 - 1967
Kurt Huber
Professor
7
1893 - 1943
Kurt Masur
Musician
25
1927 -
Kurt Schwitters
Artist
2
1887 - 1948
Kurt Student
Soldier
4
1890 - 1978
Kurt Weill
Composer
1
1900 - 1950
Leni Riefenstahl
Director
7
1902 - 2003
Leo Strauss
Philosopher
7
1899 - 1973
Lilli Palmer
Actress
2
1914 - 1986
Lion Feuchtwanger
Novelist
12
1884 - 1958
Lotte Lehmann
Musician
4
1888 - 1976
Ludwig Borne
Writer
5
1786 - 1837
Ludwig Erhard
Politician
2
1897 - 1977
Ludwig Quidde
Critic
23
1858 - 1941
Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer
20
1770 - 1827
Lukas Foss
Composer
30
1922 -
Manfred Eigen
Scientist
4
1927 -
Manfred von Richthofen
Aviator
17
1892 - 1918
Markus Wolf
Public Servant
11
1923 -
Martin Bormann
Soldier
4
1900 - 1945
Martin Buber
Philosopher
13
1878 - 1965
Martin Chemnitz
Theologian
11
Martin H. Fischer
Author
22
1879 - 1962
Martin Heidegger
Philosopher
30
1889 - 1976
Martin Kippenberger
Artist
11
1953 - 1997
Martin Luther
Leader
49
1483 - 1546
Mary Wigman
Dancer
1
Mathias Rust
Aviator
19
1968 -
Max Beckmann
Artist
19
1884 - 1950
Max Born
Mathematician
6
1882 - 1970
Max Delbruck
Scientist
1
1906 - 1981
Max Ernst
Artist
2
1891 - 1976
Max Muller
Educator
23
1823 - 1900
Max Planck
Scientist
12
1858 - 1947
Max Schmeling
Athlete
2
1905 - 2005
Max Stirner
Philosopher
4
1806 - 1856
Max von Laue
Scientist
6
1879 - 1960
Max Weber
Economist
5
1864 - 1920
Mayer Amschel Rothschild
Businessman
2
1744 - 1812
Meister Eckhart
Philosopher
28
Michael Ende
Writer
10
1929 - 1995
Michael Fassbender
Actor
11
1977 -
Michael Schenker
Musician
23
1955 -
Michael Schumacher
Celebrity
5
1969 -
Mike Nichols
Director
3
1931 -
Moses Mendelssohn
Philosopher
16
1729 - 1786
Nastassja Kinski
Actress
28
1959 -
Nina Hagen
Musician
9
1955 -
Novalis
Poet
21
1772 - 1801
Oliver Kahn
Athlete
9
1969 -
Oswald Spengler
Philosopher
5
1880 - 1936
Otto Dix
Artist
11
1891 - 1969
Otto Frank
Celebrity
3
1889 - 1980
Otto Hahn
Scientist
4
1879 - 1968
Otto Schily
Public Servant
23
1932 -
Otto von Bismarck
Leader
26
1815 - 1898
Paul Gerhardt
Writer
1
Paul Hindemith
Musician
4
1895 - 1963
Paul Hirsch
Politician
4
1868 - 1940
Paul Tillich
Theologian
24
1886 - 1965
Paul von Hindenburg
Soldier
8
1847 - 1934
Polykarp Kusch
Scientist
12
1911 - 1993
Pope Benedict XVI
Clergyman
14
1927 -
Rainer Maria Rilke
Poet
33
1875 - 1926
Richard Courant
Mathematician
2
1888 - 1972
Richard Strauss
Composer
3
1864 - 1949
Richard von Weizsaecker
Politician
3
1920 -
Richard Wagner
Composer
14
1813 - 1883
Robert Huber
Scientist
6
1937 -
Robert Ley
Soldier
11
1890 - 1945
Robert Schumann
Composer
4
1810 - 1856
Roland Emmerich
Director
12
1955 -
Roland Freisler
Politician
2
1893 - 1945
Roy Horn
Entertainer
7
1944 -
Rudolf Arnheim
Artist
25
1904 - 2007
Rudolf Carnap
Philosopher
2
1891 - 1970
Rudolf Otto
Theologian
5
1869 - 1937
Sebastian Franck
2
Sebastian Vettel
Celebrity
32
1987 -
Siegfried Lenz
Writer
1
1926 -
Simone Signoret
Actress
5
1921 -
Steffi Graf
Athlete
9
1969 -
Tatjana Patitz
Model
2
1966 -
Theodor Adorno
Philosopher
62
1903 - 1969
Thomas Dooley
Athlete
12
1961 -
Thomas Kempis
Writer
32
Thomas Kretschmann
Actor
9
1962 -
Thomas Mann
Writer
44
1875 - 1955
Thomas Perry
Musician
28
1963 -
Ulrich Beck
Sociologist
28
1944 -
Ulrike Meinhof
Journalist
1
1934 - 1976
Uta Hagen
Actress
17
1919 - 2004
Uwe Boll
Director
25
1965 -
W. G. Sebald
Writer
4
1944 - 2001
Walter Anderson
Writer
5
1885 - 1962
Walter Benjamin
Critic
30
1892 - 1940
Walter Gropius
Architect
5
1883 - 1969
Walter Kaufmann
Philosopher
18
1921 - 1980
Walter Ulbricht
Politician
18
1893 - 1973
Walther Bothe
Physicist
10
1891 - 1957
Werner Heisenberg
Physicist
6
1901 - 1976
Werner Herzog
Director
8
1942 -
Werner Klemperer
Actor
6
1920 - 2000
Wernher von Braun
Scientist
6
1912 - 1977
Wilhelm Dilthey
Historian
20
1833 - 1911
Wilhelm Frick
Celebrity
3
1877 - 1946
Wilhelm Keitel
Celebrity
5
1882 - 1946
Wilhelm Ostwald
Scientist
15
1853 - 1932
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Educator
8
1767 - 1835
Wilhelm Wundt
Psychologist
21
1832 - 1920
Willy Ley
Writer
3
1906 - 1969
Wim Wenders
Director
32
1945 -
Wolfgang Hildesheimer
Author
3
1916 - 1991
Wolfgang Petersen
Director
2
1941 -
Wolfgang Staudte
Director
1
1906 - 1984
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