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10,001
Karl Litzmann
German general (1850-1936)
Male
Germany
Politician
1850
1936
10,002
Eduard Profittlich
German priest and theologian
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1890
1942
10,003
Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Duke of the Principality Grubenhagen
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1380
1427
10,004
Ivar Karl Ugi
Estonian-German organic chemist
Male
Germany; Estonia
Researcher
1930
2005
10,005
Felix Schlag
American artist
Male
Germany
Artist
1891
1974
10,006
Theodor Molien
Russian mathematician
Male
Soviet Union; Russian Empire; Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Researcher
1861
1941
10,007
Armin, Prince of Lippe
Son of Leopold IV
Male
Germany
1924
2015
10,008
Napoleon Louis Bonaparte
middle son of Louis I of Holland and Hortense de Beauharnais
Male
France
Aristocrat
1804
1831
natural causes
10,009
Gerd Michael Henneberg
German actor
Male
Germany; German Democratic Republic
Artist
1922
2011
10,010
Vasily Berkov
Director Admiralty-Shipyard of Saint Petersburg, Russia, Counter-Admiral, shipbuilder, linguist
Male
Russian Empire
Researcher
1794
1870
10,011
Horst Dassler
German businessman
Male
Germany
Businessperson
1936
1987
natural causes
10,012
Karl Bogislaus Reichert
German anatomist, embryologist and histologist (1811-1883)
Male
Germany
Teacher
1811
1883
10,013
Alexander W. von Götte
German zoologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1840
1922
10,014
Don Hong-Oai
Chinese photographer
Male
People's Republic of China
Artist
1929
2004
10,015
Arthur von Oettingen
German physicist
Male
Germany; Russian Empire
Researcher
1836
1920
10,016
Carl Joachim Classen
German classical philologist
Male
Germany
Artist
1928
2013
10,017
Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Duke of the Principality Grubenhagen
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1419
1485
10,018
Conrad de Vitinghove
33º Gran Maestro dell'Ordine di Livonia
Male
Germany
1350
1413
10,019
Arnold de Vitinghove
German military personnel
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1300
1364
10,020
John Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach
(1499-1550)
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1499
1550
10,021
Friedrich Karl Hermann Kruse
German historian
Male
Germany
Researcher
1790
1866
10,022
Lutz Heck
German zoologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1892
1983
10,023
Philipp Mißfelder
German politician (1979-2015)
Male
Germany
Politician
1979
2015
natural causes
10,024
Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg
Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (1549-1603)
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1528
1603
10,025
Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
Duke of the Principality of Grubenhagen
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1339
1383
10,026
Henry Edwards
English-born stage actor, writer and entomologist
Male
United States of America
Researcher
1827
1891
natural causes
10,027
Hugo Conwentz
German botanist (1855-1922)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1855
1922
10,028
Justus Ludwig Adolf Roth
German geologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1818
1892
10,029
Charles Griffin
Union general in the American Civil War
Male
United States of America
Military personnel
1825
1867
natural causes
10,030
Bernard II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim; Prince of Luneburg
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1432
1464
10,031
George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
German prince
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1507
1553
10,032
Georg Loeschcke
German classical archaeologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1852
1915
10,033
Johann Christoph Brotze
German artist and scholar
Male
Germany
Researcher
1742
1823
10,034
Clemens Winkler
German chemist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1838
1904
natural causes
10,035
Walter Flex
German author
Male
German Empire
Artist
1887
1917
10,036
Nicolas de Nauen
German monk and religious servant
Male
Germany
Monk
1200
1253
10,037
Heinrich LXII, Prince Reuss Younger Line
German prince (1785-1854)
Male
Germany
Politician
1785
1854
10,038
Hermann August Hagen
German entomologist
Male
United States of America; Germany
Researcher
1817
1893
10,039
Hermann Heinrich Ploss
German gynecoloigst and anthropologist
Male
German Empire; German Confederation
Gynaecologist; anthropologist
1819
1885
10,040
Kurt Plötner
SS officer and physician
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1905
1984
10,041
Otto Schuhart
German World War II U-boat commander
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1909
1990
10,042
Friedrich Stohmann
German agricultural chemist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1832
1897
10,043
Johann Baptista Baltzer
German Catholic theologian
Male
Germany
Artist
1803
1871
10,044
Adolf Mützelburg
Prussian-German writer
Male
Prussia; German Reich
Artist
1831
1882
10,045
Friedrich Heinrich von der Hagen
German philologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1780
1856
10,046
Hermann Oppenheim
German neurologist
Male
Germany
Neurologist
1857
1919
10,047
Erich Zepler
Electronics engineer, Chess problemist
Male
Germany
Athlete
1898
1980
10,048
Valerius Herberger
German theologian
Male
Germany
Researcher
1562
1627
10,049
Emil Kaschub
Nazi physician
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1919
1977
10,050
Laurentius Corvinus
German writer
Male
Artist
1465
1527
10,051
Hugo Liepmann
German neurologist and psychiatrist
Male
Germany
Psychiatrist; neurologist
1863
1925
suicide
10,052
Ernst Goldenbaum
German politician (1898-1990)
Male
Germany; German Democratic Republic
Politician
1898
1990
10,053
Hans Dobbertin
German cryptographer
Male
Germany
Researcher
1952
2006
10,054
Marita Lorenz
German who had affair with Fidel Castro
Female
Germany
Artist
1939
2019
10,055
August Lambert
German flying ace
Male
Germany
Flying ace
1916
1945
10,056
Johann Joachim Kändler
German artist
Male
Germany
Artist
1706
1775
10,057
Konrad Theodor Preuss
German ethnologist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1869
1938
10,058
Friedrich Adolph Roemer
German geologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1809
1869
10,059
Hedda Eulenberg
German translator and writer (1876-1960)
Female
Germany
Researcher
1876
1960
10,060
Christoph Ernst von Houwald
German writer (1778-1845)
Male
Germany
Artist
1778
1845
10,061
Ludwig Rehn
German physician
Male
Germany
Teacher
1849
1930
10,062
Werner Grothmann
German SS officer
Male
Germany
Businessperson
1915
2002
10,063
Friedrich Dahl
German arachnologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1856
1929
10,064
Hugo Leichtentritt
German-Jewish musicologist and composer
Male
Germany
Artist
1874
1951
10,065
Horst Stechbarth
German politician (1925-2016)
Male
Germany; German Democratic Republic
Politician
1925
2016
10,066
Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony
Titular prince of Saxony
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1896
1971
10,067
Karl von Roques
German general and war criminal during the Second World War
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1880
1949
10,068
Thorstein Veblen
American academic
Male
Norway; United States of America
Artist
1857
1929
10,069
Daisy, Princess of Pless
British socialite born in Wales
Female
United Kingdom; Germany
Nurse; socialite
1873
1943
10,070
Ludwig Jungermann
German doctor and botanist (1572-1653)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1572
1653
10,071
Alexander Büchner
French writer of German origins
Male
France; Germany
Researcher
1827
1904
10,072
Gerhard Wessel
President of the Federal Intelligence Bureau
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1913
2002
10,073
Alfred Meyer-Waldeck
German officer
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1864
1928
10,074
Janusz Dziewoński
Polish actor
Male
Poland
Artist
1890
1953
10,075
Maximilian von Herff
German SS general (1893-1945)
Male
Germany
Politician
1893
1945
10,076
Wilhelm Böckmann
German architect
Male
Germany
Architect
1832
1902
10,077
Martinus Houttuyn
Dutch botanist (1720-1798)
Male
Netherlands
Researcher
1720
1798
10,078
Otto Schniewind
German admiral
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1887
1964
10,079
William Trousdale
American general, Governor of Tennessee and Ambassador to Brazil (1790-1872)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1790
1872
10,080
Sigmund Neumann
German academic
Male
Germany
Researcher
1904
1962
10,081
Adolf Piltz
German mathematician
Male
Germany
Researcher
1855
1940
10,082
Ruth Neudeck
Female Nazi guard; supervisor
Female
Nazi Germany
Torturer
1920
1948
capital punishment
10,083
Susan Butcher
American dog musher, noteworthy as the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986, the second four-time winner in 1990, and the first to win four out of five sequential years
Female
United States of America
Musher
1954
2006
natural causes
10,084
Kauko Salomaa
Finnish speed skater
Male
Finland
Athlete
1928
2016
10,085
Walther Buhle
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1894
1959
10,086
Gustav Sorge
SS officer
Male
Germany
Politician
1911
1978
10,087
Albert von Bezold
German physiologist
Male
Kingdom of Bavaria
Teacher
1836
1868
natural causes
10,088
Yang Jun
Jin Dynasty regent
Male
China
Politician
250
291
homicide
10,089
Reimar Lüst
German astrophysicist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1923
2020
10,090
Viktor Josef Dammertz
German bishop
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1929
2020
10,091
Günter Strack
German actor (1929-1999)
Male
Germany
Artist
1929
1999
10,092
Manuel Pereira
Portuguese-Spanish sculptor
Male
Spain; Portugal
Artist
1588
1683
10,093
Lis Verhoeven
German actress
Female
Germany
Artist
1931
2019
10,094
Ludwig Engels
German chess player
Male
Brazil; Germany
Athlete
1905
1967
10,095
Heinrich Lübbe
German engineer
Male
Germany
Engineer
1884
1940
10,096
August Carl Eduard Baldamus
German ornithologist, teacher and protestant theologian
Male
German Empire; German Confederation
Artist
1812
1893
10,097
Wolf Hirth
German gliding pioneer
Male
Germany
Engineer
1900
1959
10,098
Franz von Sonnleithner
German diplomat
Male
Austria; Germany
Politician
1905
1981
10,099
Ludwig Averkamp
Catholic archbishop
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1927
2013
10,100
Erwin Planck
German politician (1893-1945)
Male
Germany
Politician
1893
1945