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10,501
Curt Wachsmuth
German classical philologist, archaeologist and historian of classical antiquity
Male
Germany
Researcher
1837
1905
10,502
Friedrich Lahrs
German architect
Male
Germany
Researcher
1880
1964
10,503
Eduard Mohr
German merchant, explorer and africanist
Male
Germany
Merchant
1828
1876
10,504
Julius Scheiner
German astronomer
Male
Germany
Researcher
1858
1913
10,505
Santiago Llaver
Argentine politician (1917-2002)
Male
Argentina
Politician
1917
2002
10,506
Mathilde Ludendorff
German psychiatrist (1877-1966)
Female
Germany
Artist
1877
1966
10,507
Johann Friedrich Unger
German printer
Male
Germany
Artist
1753
1804
10,508
Adolph Woermann
German merchant (1847-1911)
Male
Germany
Politician
1847
1911
10,509
Max Erdmannsdörfer
German musician
Male
Germany
Artist
1848
1905
10,510
Martin Heidenhain
German anatomist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1864
1949
10,511
Johann Friedrich Benzenberg
German scientist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1777
1846
10,512
Ernst Ehlers
German zoologist (1835-1925)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1835
1925
10,513
Adele Schopenhauer
German writer
Female
Germany
Artist
1797
1849
10,514
Joseph Epping
German astronomer
Male
Germany
Astronomer; assyriologist
1835
1894
10,515
Johann Georg Gichtel
German mystic
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1638
1710
10,516
Eugen Anton Theophil von Podbielski
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1814
1879
10,517
Hermann Baranowski
SS general (1884-1940)
Male
Germany
Politician
1884
1940
10,518
Alexander Tschirch
Swiss pharmacist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1856
1939
10,519
Minna Specht
German educator and founding member of the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund
Female
Germany
Teacher
1879
1961
10,520
Horst Fischer
German physician
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1912
1966
10,521
Georg Friedrich Benecke
German philologist and professor
Male
Germany
Researcher
1762
1844
10,522
Wilhelm Hartwig Beseler
German politician (1806-1884)
Male
Germany
Politician
1806
1884
10,523
Wilhelm Berger
German composer, pianist and conductor
Male
Germany
Artist
1861
1911
10,524
Barbara von Ottenheim
Mistress to German royal
Female
Germany
Mistress
1430
1484
10,525
Julius Hirschberg
German ophthalmologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1843
1925
10,526
Emil Frommel
German writer and theologian
Male
Germany
Artist
1828
1896
10,527
Fritz Hartung
German historian of modern age
Male
Germany
Researcher
1883
1967
10,528
Dorothea von Rodde-Schlözer
German scholar
Female
Germany
Salonnière
1770
1825
10,529
Hans Joachim Störig
German non-fiction author, translator, publisher (Fischer Verlag) and lexicographer
Male
Germany
Researcher
1915
2012
10,530
Friedrich Voss
German civil engineer
Male
Germany
Engineer
1872
1953
10,531
Kurt Redel
German musician
Male
Germany
Teacher
1918
2013
10,532
Hans Kornberg
British biochemist
Male
United Kingdom; Germany
Researcher
1928
2019
10,533
Princess Alexandrine of Prussia
Princess and first down's syndrome child to attend the first school for the handicapped
Female
Germany
Philanthropist
1915
1980
10,534
Wilhelm Behrens
German General and Knight's Cross recipient
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1888
1968
10,535
Reinhold Pauli
German historian specializing in the history of England (1823-1882)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1823
1882
10,536
Herbert Bauer
German officer and Knight's Cross recipient
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1919
1997
10,537
August Dieckmann
SS officer
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1912
1943
10,538
Wilhelm Hübbe Schleiden
German writer and economist
Male
Germany
Artist
1846
1916
10,539
Eduard von Bonin
German general (1793-1865)
Male
Germany
Politician
1793
1865
10,540
Petra Schelm
early member of Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF); considered an activist or terrorist
Female
Germany
Activist
1950
1971
10,541
Dietrich Peltz
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1914
2001
10,542
Friedrich Albert Zorn
German dancer and choreograph (1816-1895)
Male
Germany
1816
1895
10,543
Oscar Emil Meyer
German physicist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1834
1909
10,544
Hans Bartels
recipient of the Knight's Cross
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1910
1945
accident
10,545
Bernd Baselt
German academic
Male
Germany; German Democratic Republic
Teacher
1934
1993
10,546
Beppo Römer
German resistance member (1892-1944)
Male
Germany
Politician
1892
1944
capital punishment
10,547
Ludwig Freiherr von Leonrod
German Army officer
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1906
1944
10,548
Silvia Seidel
German actress (1969-2012)
Female
Germany
Artist
1969
2012
suicide
10,549
Carl Robert
German classical philologist and archaeologist
Male
Kingdom of Prussia; Prussia; Weimar Republic; Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
Researcher
1850
1922
10,550
Hugo Goldschmidt
German writer and musicologist
Male
Germany
Artist
1859
1920
10,551
Francis Anthony, Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
Ruling Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch
Male
Germany
1657
1702
10,552
Elizabeth of Reute
German Franciscan mystic and saint
Female
Germany
Mystic; nun
1386
1420
10,553
Ernst Mengersen
German World War II U-boat commander
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1912
1995
10,554
Friedrich Hermann Wölfert
German publisher and airship builder
Male
Germany
Publisher
1850
1897
accident
10,555
Carl Alexander Heideloff
German architect (1789-1865)
Male
Kingdom of Württemberg; Duchy of Württemberg
Artist
1789
1865
10,556
Rüdiger Bubner
German philosopher
Male
Germany
Teacher
1941
2007
10,557
Ursula Kuczynski
German politician (1907-2000)
Female
Germany; German Democratic Republic
Artist
1907
2000
10,558
Julius Elster
German physicist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1854
1920
10,559
Erich Knauf
German journalist, author und songwriter
Male
Germany
Artist
1895
1944
10,560
Alfred Dove
German historian
Germany
Researcher
1844
1916
10,561
Adele Sandrock
German actress
Female
Kingdom of the Netherlands; German Empire
Artist
1863
1937
10,562
Otto Ribbeck
German classical philologist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1827
1898
10,563
Gerhard Bigalk
German navy officer and world war II U-boat commander
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1908
1942
10,564
Franz Breisig
German engineer
Male
Germany
Researcher
1868
1934
10,565
Lotte Ulbricht
German politician (1903-2002)
Female
Germany; German Democratic Republic
Politician
1903
2002
10,566
Daniel Sennert
Physician, chemist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1572
1637
10,567
Duke Friedrich of Württemberg
German noble (1961-2018)
Male
Germany
Entrepreneur
1961
2018
10,568
Walter Kreiser
German journalist and politician
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1898
1959
10,569
Justus Friedrich Wilhelm Zachariae
German writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1726
1777
10,570
Andreas von Aulock
German General and Knight's Cross recipient
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1893
1968
10,571
Gustav Frenssen
German writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1863
1945
10,572
Herbert Kuppisch
German World War II U-boat commander
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1909
1943
unnatural death
10,573
Theophil Wurm
German Lutheran bishop (1868-1953)
Male
Germany
Politician
1868
1953
10,574
Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
American historical editor, politician and diplomat (1807-1886)
Male
United States of America
Politician
1807
1886
10,575
Johann Friedrich Karl von Ostein
Roman Catholic archbishop
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1689
1763
10,576
Carl Ebert
German actor
Male
Germany
Artist
1887
1980
10,577
Martin Elsaesser
German architect
Male
Germany
Teacher
1884
1957
10,578
Max de Crinis
German psychiatrist (1889-1945)
Male
Austria; Germany
Politician
1889
1945
suicide
10,579
Paul Verner
German politician (1911-1986)
Male
German Democratic Republic
Politician
1911
1986
10,580
Hermann Jansen
German architect
Male
Germany
Teacher
1869
1945
10,581
Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken
German admiral
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1897
1985
10,582
Hermann Neuberger
German football official (1919-1992)
Male
Germany
Athlete
1919
1992
10,583
Hans, Count von Bülow
German noble (1774-1825)
Male
Germany
Politician
1774
1825
10,584
Martin Harlinghausen
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1902
1986
10,585
Minna Cauer
German journalist, editor
Female
Germany
Journalist
1841
1922
10,586
Friedrich Max Thiersch
German architect
Male
Germany
Architect
1852
1921
10,587
Franz Abromeit
German soldier
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1907
1964
10,588
Fritz Arndt
German chemist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1885
1969
10,589
Helene Lange
German feminist, editor (1848-1930)
Female
Weimar Republic; German Empire
Politician
1848
1930
10,590
Franz Stofel
German SS non-commissioned officer, camp commander of the Kleinbodungen subcamp of Mittelbau-Dora (1915-1945)
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1915
1945
capital punishment
10,591
Johann Eberlin von Günzburg
1470-1533, German theologian
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1465
1533
10,592
August Dillmann
German orientalist
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1823
1894
10,593
Ernst Schröder
German actor
Male
Germany
Artist
1915
1994
suicide
10,594
Heinrich Bernhard Oppenheim
German politician (1819-1880)
Male
Germany
Politician
1819
1880
10,595
Paul Pörtner
German writer
Male
Germany
Researcher
1925
1984
10,596
Josef Klehr
German nazi physician
Male
Nazi Germany; German Empire; West Germany
Military personnel
1904
1988
10,597
Rosa Flesch
German Roman Catholic religious
Female
Germany
Nun
1826
1906
10,598
Kurt Wintgens
German flying ace
Male
German Empire
Flying ace
1894
1916
10,599
Jürgen Kröger
German architect
Male
Germany
Architect
1856
1928
10,600
Johann Gottlieb Walter
German physician
Male
Germany
Teacher
1734
1818