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10,401
Wilhelm Rein
German educational theorist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1847
1929
10,402
Cyrill Kistler
German composer
Male
Germany
Artist
1848
1907
10,403
Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen
German princess (1710-1767)
Female
Germany
Politician
1710
1767
10,404
Max Hirschberg
German lawyer and scholar
Male
Germany
Lawyer
1883
1964
10,405
Konrad Eubel
German historian
Male
German Empire
Researcher
1842
1923
10,406
Joachim Andreas von Schlick
Czech nobleman (1569-1621)
Male
Germany
Politician
1569
1621
homicide
10,407
Francesco Acri
Italian philosopher and historian of philosophy (1834-1913)
Male
Kingdom of Italy
Researcher
1834
1913
10,408
Christoph Scriba
mathematician
Male
Germany
Researcher
1929
2013
10,409
Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn
Jewish Enlightener
Male
Germany
Artist
1756
1835
10,410
Michael Weiße
theologian and hymn writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1488
1534
10,411
Martin of Cochem
German Capuchin theologian, preacher, and ascetic writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1634
1712
10,412
Alfred Merz
Austrian geographer, oceanographer and director of the Institute of Marine Science in Berlin
Male
Austria; Germany
Geographer; explorer
1880
1925
natural causes
10,413
Wilhelm Schmidt
German engineer
Male
Germany
Engineer
1858
1924
10,414
Agnes of Merania
Austrian duchess and royal consort
Female
Germany
Royal consort
1215
1263
10,415
Felice Schragenheim
Lesbian journalist, Resistance member, Holocaust victim
Female
Germany
Journalist
1922
1944
10,416
Ewald von Lochow
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1855
1942
10,417
Erich Brandenburg
German historian
Male
Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic; German Empire
Researcher
1868
1946
10,418
Paul Grawitz
German pathologist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1850
1932
10,419
Friedrich Gottlob Keller
German machinist and inventor
Male
Germany
Machinist; inventor
1816
1895
10,420
Wolf Wilhelm Friedrich von Baudissin
German theologian
Male
Germany
Artist
1847
1926
10,421
Fritz von Scholz
German general
Male
Austria
Military personnel
1896
1944
10,422
Georg Wulf
German engineer
Male
Germany
Engineer
1895
1927
10,423
Busso Thoma
German salesman
Male
Germany
Salesperson; resistance fighter
1899
1945
capital punishment
10,424
Johann Christian Wilhelm Augusti
German academic
Male
Germany
Researcher
1772
1841
10,425
Theodor Haecker
German writer
Male
Germany
Researcher
1879
1945
10,426
Rudolf Ströbinger
Czech historian, publicist and writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1931
2005
10,427
Heinrich Klüver
German psychologist
Male
United States of America; Germany
Psychologist; physiologist
1897
1979
10,428
Detlef Kraus
German musician
Male
Germany
Teacher
1919
2008
10,429
Paul Otto Radomski
SS Officer
Male
Germany
Torturer
1902
1945
10,430
Carl Rudolf, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt
German duke
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1667
1742
10,431
Alberto Mazzucato
Italian composer
Male
Kingdom of Italy
Artist
1813
1877
10,432
Otto Selz
German psychologist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1881
1943
10,433
Karl Peglau
German psychologist
Male
Germany
Engineer
1927
2009
10,434
Dorothea Catherine Countess Palatine of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
Countess of Nassau-Ottweiler
Female
Germany
Aristocrat
1634
1715
10,435
Ignát Herrmann
Czech humorist, publicist and writer
Male
Czechoslovakia
Artist
1854
1935
10,436
Pamela Wedekind
German actress (1906-1986)
Female
Germany
Artist
1906
1986
10,437
Franz Poenitz
German composer
Male
Germany
Artist
1850
1912
10,438
Ernst Georg Ferdinand Küster
German surgeon (1839-1930)
Male
Germany
Politician
1839
1930
10,439
Wilhelm von Hohenau
Prussian general
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1854
1930
10,440
Otto Eissfeldt
German theologian
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1887
1973
10,441
Georg Albert Lücke
German surgeon
Male
Germany
Teacher
1829
1894
10,442
Birger Gerhardsson
Swedish theologian
Male
Sweden
Religious figure
1926
2013
10,443
Wolfgang Helck
German egyptologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1914
1993
10,444
Ludwig Riess
German historian
Male
Germany
Researcher
1861
1928
10,445
Friedrich Ludwig Weidig
German theologian
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1791
1837
suicide
10,446
Ivan Koval-Samborskij
Soviet actor (1893-1962)
Male
Soviet Union
Artist
1893
1962
10,447
Johann Karl Wilhelm Vatke
German theologian
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1806
1882
10,448
Francesco Saverio Quadrio
Italian scholar
Male
Researcher
1695
1756
10,449
Michael Pfleghar
German film director
Male
Germany
Artist
1933
1991
suicide
10,450
Rudolph Schoenheimer
German biochemist
Male
United States of America; Germany
Researcher
1898
1941
suicide
10,451
Benno Martin
General of the Waffen-SS
Male
Germany
Jurist
1893
1975
10,452
Werner Haas
German musician
Male
Germany
Pianist
1931
1976
accident
10,453
Alice Dixon Le Plongeon
English photographer, archaeologist, traveller and author
Female
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Artist
1851
1910
10,454
Adolph Douai
American activist and newspaper editor
Male
United States of America; Germany
Journalist
1819
1888
10,455
Christian Egenolff
German printer
Male
Germany
Printer
1502
1555
10,456
Margit Nünke
Beauty pageant winner and actor
Female
Germany
Artist
1930
2015
10,457
William A. Moffett
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
Male
United States of America
Military personnel
1869
1933
accident
10,458
Walter Gericke
German military officer
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1907
1991
10,459
William Hayley
British writer (1745-1820)
Male
Artist
1745
1820
10,460
Kurt Bolender
Holocaust perpetrator
Male
Germany
Politician
1912
1966
suicide
10,461
Heini Dittmar
German aviator
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1911
1960
accident
10,462
Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld
German aviator
Male
Germany
Artist
1892
1929
natural causes
10,463
David Buckingham
Australian chemist and cricketer
Male
Australia
Athlete
1930
2021
10,464
Michael Bernhard Valentini
German naturalist
Male
Germany
Physician
1657
1729
10,465
Sitara Achakzai
Afghan women's rights activist (1957-2009)
Female
Germany; Afghanistan
Politician
1957
2009
homicide
10,466
Antonia of Württemberg
princess of the Duchy of Württemberg, literary figure, patroness, and Christian Kabbalist
Female
Germany
Religious figure
1613
1679
10,467
Heinz Krügel
German footballer-manager (1921-2008)
Male
Germany; German Democratic Republic
Athlete
1921
2008
10,468
Johann Siebmacher
German painter (1561-1611)
Male
Germany
Artist
1561
1611
10,469
William A. Burwell
American politician (1780-1821)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1780
1821
10,470
James Guyon
American politician from New York (1778-1846)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1778
1846
10,471
Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder
German politician of the CDU and Vice President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) (1933-2015)
Male
Germany
Athlete
1933
2015
natural causes
10,472
Ralf Drecoll
German high jumper
Male
Germany
Athlete
1944
2012
10,473
Claus Schilling
German physician hanged for unethical medical experiments under fascism in Germany and Italy
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1871
1946
capital punishment
10,474
Severn E. Parker
American politician (1787-1836)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1787
1836
10,475
Heinrich Seeling
German architect
Male
Germany
Architect
1852
1932
10,476
Arthur Frank Mathews
American artist (1860-1945)
Male
United States of America
Artist
1860
1945
10,477
Oswald Bumke
German psychiatrist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1877
1950
10,478
Gustav Fritsch
German anatomist
Male
Germany
Artist
1838
1927
10,479
Joachim Rumohr
German World War II person
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1910
1945
suicide
10,480
Thilo Irmisch
German botanist (1816-1879)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1816
1879
10,481
Pilar Mercedes Miró Romero
Film director, Screenwriter (1940-1997)
Female
Spain
Artist
1940
1997
natural causes
10,482
Franz Breithaupt
German SS general
Male
Germany
Judge
1880
1945
10,483
Muhammad ibn Iyas
Egyptian historian
Male
Egypt
Researcher
1448
1524
10,484
Gottfried Kolditz
German actor and director
Male
Germany; German Democratic Republic
Artist
1922
1982
10,485
Alfred Witte
German astrologer
Male
Germany
Astrologer; geodesist
1878
1941
suicide
10,486
Hans Pothorst
Danish pirate
Male
Germany
Explorer
1440
1489
10,487
Benno Erdmann
German scholar
Male
Germany
Teacher
1851
1921
10,488
Karl Proske
German musicologist
Male
Germany
Physician
1794
1861
10,489
Max Sering
German economist
Male
Germany
Businessperson
1857
1939
10,490
Karl Zöppritz
German mathematician and physicist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1838
1885
10,491
Johann Nepomuk Huber
German philosopher
Male
Germany
Artist
1830
1879
10,492
Otto Friedrich Magnus von Baudissin
German officer
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1792
1865
10,493
Jonathan Apphus
Hasmodean leader
Male
Religious figure
-201
-143
10,494
Carl Ernst Bock
German anatomist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1809
1874
10,495
Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1894
1964
10,496
Max Winkler
German nazi politician (1875-1961)
Male
Germany
Politician
1875
1961
10,497
Otto Pfleiderer
German Protestant theologian
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1839
1908
10,498
Henry IV, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg
Count of Holstein-Rendsburg and Duke of Schleswig
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1397
1427
10,499
André Bellessort
French writer
Male
France
Researcher
1866
1942
10,500
Maria Barroso
Portuguese actress (1925-2015)
Female
Portugal
Artist
1925
2015
natural causes