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11,101
Friedrich Christian Rosenthal
German anatomist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1780
1829
natural causes
11,102
Julius Heinrich Petermann
German Orientalist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1801
1876
11,103
Hans Wehr
German arabist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1909
1981
11,104
Julius Hart
German writer
Germany
Artist
1859
1930
11,105
Harald Deilmann
German architect
Male
Germany
Artist
1920
2008
11,106
Otto Erich Hartleben
German writer
Male
Germany
Researcher
1864
1905
11,107
Hellmut Ritter
German orientalist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1892
1971
11,108
Bernard von Brentano
writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1901
1964
11,109
Alfred Druschel
German flying ace
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1917
1945
11,110
Wilhelm Ahlwardt
German orientalist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1828
1909
11,111
Alex Möller
German politician (1903-1985)
Male
Germany
Politician
1903
1985
11,112
Fritz Hommel
German Orientalist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1854
1936
11,113
Hans Baron
German-American historian
Male
United States of America; Germany
Researcher
1900
1988
11,114
Adam Malik
3rd Vice President of Indonesia (1917-1984)
Male
Indonesia
Politician
1917
1984
11,115
Ephraim Carlebach
German rabbi
Male
Germany
Rabbi
1879
1936
11,116
Giuseppina Strepponi
Italian singer
Female
Kingdom of Italy
Artist
1815
1897
natural causes
11,117
Benjamin Schmolck
German hymnwriter
Male
Germany
Artist
1672
1737
11,118
Georg Heinrich Bernstein
German orientalist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1787
1860
11,119
Friedrich Adolph Lampe
German theologian
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1683
1729
11,120
Umar Wirahadikusumah
4th Vice President of Indonesia (1924-2003)
Male
Indonesia
Politician
1924
2003
natural causes
11,121
Adrienne Thomas
German autobiographical novelist
Female
Germany
Artist
1897
1980
11,122
Semen Bogdanov
Soviet military commander (1894-1960)
Male
Soviet Union; Russian Empire
Politician
1894
1960
11,123
Heinrich Hart
German writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1855
1906
11,124
Georg Freytag
German philologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1788
1861
11,125
Friedrich Wilhelm von Leysser
German botanist (1731-1815)
Male
German Confederation
Researcher
1731
1815
11,126
Alfred Wegener
German meteorologist, geologist and astronomer
Male
German Empire
Researcher
1880
1930
11,127
Philipp Melanchthon
German reformer
Male
Germany
Artist
1497
1560
11,128
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1906
1945
capital punishment
11,129
Rudolf Bultmann
German theologian
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1884
1976
11,130
Jochen Klepper
German writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1903
1942
suicide
11,131
Paul Gerhardt
German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1607
1676
11,132
Rudolf Alexander Schröder
German writer, translator, poet, architect, and painter (1878-1962)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1878
1962
11,133
Gudrun Pausewang
German writer
Female
Germany
Artist
1928
2020
11,134
Nicolaus Zinzendorf
German protestant religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church
Male
Germany
Artist
1700
1760
11,135
Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling
German botanist (1798-1875)
Male
German Empire
Researcher
1798
1875
11,136
Joseph Clemens of Bavaria
Duke, Roman Catholic archbishop
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1671
1723
11,137
Otto von Habsburg
German politician and Crown Prince of Austria (1912-2011)
Male
Hungary; Austria; Germany
Politician
1912
2011
11,138
Mileva Marić
Serbian mathematician and wife of Albert Einstein
Female
Switzerland; Germany; Kingdom of Hungary
Researcher
1875
1948
11,139
Karl von Spreti
German diplomat (1907-1970)
Male
Germany
Politician
1907
1970
homicide
11,140
Theodor Friedrich Ludwig Nees von Esenbeck
German botanist (1787-1837)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1787
1837
11,141
Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher (1776-1858)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1776
1858
11,142
August Grisebach
German botanist (1814-1879)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1814
1879
11,143
Christian Friedrich Lessing
German botanist (1809–1862)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1809
1862
11,144
Carl Ludwig Willdenow
German botanist (1765-1812)
Male
Kingdom of Prussia
Researcher
1765
1812
11,145
Christoffer Gabel
Danish politician (1617-1673)
Male
Denmark
Politician
1617
1673
11,146
Carl von Ossietzky
German journalist, author, pacifist and recipient of the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize
Male
Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic; German Empire
Journalist
1889
1938
natural causes
11,147
Ernst Abbe
German physicist
Male
German Empire
Researcher
1840
1905
11,148
August Wilhelm von Hofmann
German chemist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1818
1892
11,149
Wilhelm Keitel
Armed Forces High Command (Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, OKW) (1939-1945)
Male
Germany
Politician
1882
1946
capital punishment
11,150
Adam Olearius
German writer, scholar and diplomat
Male
Duchy of Schleswig; Bishopric of Halberstadt
Researcher
1603
1671
11,151
Regiomontanus
German mathematician, astrologer and astronomer (1436-1476)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1436
1476
11,152
Martin Bormann
German Nazi Party official and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery (1900-1945)
Male
Germany; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic; German Empire
Politician
1900
1945
suicide
11,153
Konstantin Thon
Russian architect
Male
Russian Empire
Teacher
1794
1881
11,154
Sybille Schmitz
German film and stage actress
Female
Germany
Artist
1909
1955
suicide
11,155
Eva Renzi
German actress
Female
Germany
Artist
1944
2005
natural causes
11,156
Anna Constantia von Brockdorff
German noblewoman
Female
Germany
Mistress; lady-in-waiting
1680
1765
11,157
J. G. Westphal
German astronomer
Male
Germany
Researcher
1824
1859
11,158
Imanuel Geiss
German historian
Male
Germany
Researcher
1931
2012
11,159
Paul May
German film director, film editor, screenwriter and film producer
Male
Germany
Artist
1909
1976
11,160
Hans Söhnker
actor (1903-1981)
Male
Germany
Artist
1903
1981
11,161
Johann Jacob Baeyer
German geodesist
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1794
1885
11,162
Marianne Hold
actress
Female
Germany
Artist
1933
1994
natural causes
11,163
Max von dem Borne
German farmer, prussian chamberlain
Male
Germany
Farmer
1826
1894
11,164
John Brahm
1893–1982; German born film and television director
Male
United States of America; Germany
Artist
1893
1982
natural causes
11,165
Eduard Zimmermann
German tv journalist
Male
Germany
Journalist
1929
2009
11,166
Alfred Vohrer
Film director, Actor
Male
Germany
Artist
1914
1986
11,167
Elga Andersen
German actress and singer
Female
Germany
Artist
1935
1994
natural causes
11,168
Erika Fuchs
German translator
Female
Germany
Researcher
1906
2005
11,169
Heinrich Gottfried Gerber
German engineer
Male
Germany
Engineer
1832
1912
11,170
Charles Bukowski
American writer (1920-1994)
Male
United States of America; Germany
Artist
1920
1994
natural causes
11,171
Leopold Kronecker
German mathematician who worked on number theory and algebra (1823–1891)
Male
Germany; German Empire; German Confederation
Researcher
1823
1891
11,172
Siegfried Lenz
German author
Male
Germany
Artist
1926
2014
11,173
Ludwig Bemelmans
Austria-Hungary-born American writer and illustrator of children's books (1898-1962)
Male
United States of America; Austria; Germany
Artist
1898
1962
natural causes
11,174
Oswald Achenbach
German artist (1827-1905)
Male
Germany
Artist
1827
1905
11,175
Andreas Achenbach
German artist (1815-1910)
Male
Germany
Artist
1815
1910
11,176
Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz
German writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1751
1792
11,177
Georg Cantor
mathematician, inventor of set theory
Male
German Empire
Researcher
1845
1918
natural causes
11,178
Ludwig Feuerbach
German philosopher and anthropologist
Male
Germany
Artist
1804
1872
11,179
Otto von Böhtlingk
German Indologist and Sanskrit scholar
Male
Germany; Russian Empire
Researcher
1815
1904
11,180
Louis Schmeisser
weapons designer in Europe in the early 1900s
Male
Germany
Engineer
1848
1917
11,181
Emil Adolf von Behring
German physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin.
Male
German Empire
Artist
1854
1917
11,182
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
German harpsichordist and composer
Male
Germany
Artist
1714
1788
11,183
Carl von Clausewitz
German-Prussian soldier and military theorist
Male
Kingdom of Prussia
Artist
1780
1831
natural causes
11,184
Johann Gottfried Galle
German astronomer
Male
Teacher
1812
1910
11,185
Rudolf Virchow
German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)
Male
Kingdom of Prussia
Researcher
1821
1902
11,186
Eva Braun
longtime companion and later wife of Adolf Hitler
Female
Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic; German Empire
Artist
1912
1945
suicide
11,187
Georges Depping
German-French historian and writer
Male
France; Germany
Researcher
1784
1853
11,188
Siegfried Kracauer
German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist (1889-1966)
Male
Germany
Artist
1889
1966
11,189
Karl Dönitz
German admiral, supreme commander of the Navy, head of state and convicted war criminal (1891-1980)
Male
Germany
Politician
1891
1980
natural causes
11,190
Clemens August Graf von Galen
German count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal, important figure in Catholic resistance to Nazism
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1878
1946
11,191
Kurt Eisner
German politician and journalist (1867-1919)
Male
Germany
Artist
1867
1919
homicide
11,192
Johann Christoph Gottsched
German author and critic
Male
Germany
Artist
1700
1766
11,193
Agnes Bernauer
Medieval German woman accused of witchcraft
Female
Germany
1410
1435
capital punishment
11,194
Johann Beer
Austrian composer
Male
Germany
Artist
1655
1700
11,195
Helmut Dietl
German film director
Male
Germany
Artist
1944
2015
natural causes
11,196
Johann Andreas Schmeller
German linguist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1785
1852
11,197
Sepp Daxenberger
German politician (1962-2010)
Male
Germany
Politician
1962
2010
natural causes
11,198
Ruth Drexel
German actress
Female
Germany
Artist
1930
2009
natural causes
11,199
Heinz Kloss
German linguist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1904
1987
11,200
Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1815
1881
natural causes