concentration camp guard and war criminal (d. 1948) 5 February – Paul Nevermann, German politician (died 1979) 7 March – Heinz Rühmann, German actor (died 1994) 18 March – Siegfried Westphal, German general (died 1982) 21 March – Gustav Fröhlich, German actor (died 1987) 2 April – Jan Tschichold, German-born typographer (died 1974) 2 August – Moshe Rudolf Bloch German-born Israeli scientist (died 1985) 13 August – Felix Wankel, German engineer (died 1988) 10 July – Kurt Alder, German chemist (died 1958) 12 August – Franz Etzel, German politician (died 1970) 22 August – Leni Riefenstahl, German film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, photographer, actress and dancer. (died 2003) 5 September – Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg, German government official and a member of the German Resistance in the 20 July Plot (died 1944) 21 October – Kurt Scharf, German clergyman and bishop of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg (died 1990) 1 November – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (died 1987) 4 November – Otto Bayer, German chemist (died 1982) 22 November – Moshe Unna, German-born Israeli politician (died 1989) 21 December – Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld, German landowner, officer, and resistance fighter against the Nazi régime (died 1944) Deaths 7 January – Wilhelm Hertz, writer (born 1835) March 11 – Friedrich Engelhorn, German industrialist and founder of BASF (born 1821) April 5 - Hans Ernst August Buchner, German bacteriologist (born 1850) April 19 Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss (Reuss Elder Line) of Greiz (born 1846) Hans von Pechmann, German chemist (born 1850) 19 June – Albert, King of Saxony, (born 1828) 5 September – Rudolf Virchow, German doctor, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician (born 1821) 26 September – Levi Strauss, German-born American businessman, founder of the first company to manufacture blue jeans. (born 1829) 7 September – Franz Wüllner, German composer and conductor (born 1832) 25 November – Ernst Schröder, mathematician mainly known for being a major figure in mathematical logic (born 1841) References Years of the 20th century in Germany Germany Germany