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12,401
Harry Piel
German actor
Male
Germany
Artist
1892
1963
12,402
August Giacomo Jochmus
German foreign minister and austrian Baron (1808-1881)
Male
Germany
Politician
1808
1881
12,403
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
German actor
Male
Germany
Artist
1900
1988
12,404
Karl Germer
German occultist
Male
Germany
Occultist
1885
1962
12,405
Eckart Viehweg
German mathematician
Male
Germany
Researcher
1948
2010
12,406
Justus Hermann Lipsius
German classical philologist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1834
1920
12,407
Wilhelm Blos
German politician (1849-1927)
Male
Germany
Artist
1849
1927
12,408
Karl Bernhardi
German librarian and writer (1799-1874)
Male
Germany
Artist
1799
1874
12,409
Ferdinand Fellmann
German philosopher
Male
Germany
Philosopher
1939
2019
12,410
Carl Gustav Calwer
German ornithologist and entomologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1821
1874
12,411
Reinhard Höppner
German politician (1948-2014)
Male
Germany; German Democratic Republic
Researcher
1948
2014
12,412
Wilhelm Hofmeister
German automobile designer
Male
Germany
Engineer
1912
1978
12,413
Fritz Bartholomae
German rower
Male
German Empire
Rower
1886
1915
12,414
Bernhard Stade
German theologian
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1848
1906
12,415
Heinrich von Maltzan, Baron zu Wartenburg und Penzlin
German travel writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1826
1874
suicide
12,416
Philip V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg
Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg from 1590 to 1599
Male
Germany
1541
1599
12,417
Theodor von Schubert
Russian mathematician
Male
Germany; Russian Empire
Researcher
1758
1825
12,418
Adolf Reichwein
German educator, economist, and cultural policymaker for the SPD, and resistance fighter in Nazi Germany
Male
Germany
Businessperson
1898
1944
12,419
Heinrich Reinhardt
German-Argentine chess player
Male
Germany
Athlete
1903
1990
12,420
Wilfried Böse
founding member of the German far-left organization Revolutionary Cells
Male
Germany
1949
1976
12,421
Hermann Ehlers
German politician (1904-1954)
Male
Germany
Politician
1904
1954
12,422
Burkard Wilhelm Leist
German jurist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1819
1906
12,423
Johann Bayer
German astronomer
Male
Germany
Lawyer
1572
1625
12,424
Arthur Kullmer
German General and Knight's Cross recipient
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1896
1953
12,425
Ulrich Roski
German singer songwriter
Male
Germany
Artist
1944
2003
12,426
Oskar Heil
German electrical engineer
Male
Germany
Researcher
1908
1994
12,427
Johannes Clajus
German theologian
Male
Germany
Artist
1535
1592
12,428
Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann
German entomologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1770
1840
12,429
Heinz Hilpert
German actor and director
Male
Germany
Artist
1890
1967
12,430
Ernst Bertram
German author and poet
Male
Germany
Researcher
1884
1957
12,431
Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
German natural history collector and Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Male
Germany
Politician
1736
1793
12,432
Ernst Zierke
SS Corporal
Male
Germany
Nurse
1905
1972
12,433
Irm Hermann
German actress
Female
Germany
Artist
1942
2020
12,434
Minna Herzlieb
German female publisher
Female
Germany
Publisher
1789
1865
12,435
Gerhard Hessenberg
German mathematician
Male
Germany
Researcher
1874
1925
12,436
Andreas Musculus
German theologian
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1514
1581
12,437
Heinz Hopf
mathematician (1894-1971)
Male
Switzerland; Germany
Researcher
1894
1971
12,438
Georg Wenker
German linguist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1852
1911
12,439
Joseph Ahrens
German composer and organist
Male
Germany
Artist
1904
1997
12,440
Wilhelm Weischedel
German philosopher
Male
Germany
Philosopher
1905
1975
12,441
Hermann Guthe
German theologian and orientalist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1849
1936
12,442
William the Silent
stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht, leader of the Dutch Revolt (1533-1584)
Male
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Politician
1533
1584
homicide
12,443
Peter Feit
Thai musician
Male
Germany; Thailand
Artist
1883
1968
12,444
Ludwig Elsbett
German mechanical engineer; inventor of the Elsbett Engine
Male
Germany
Engineer
1913
2003
12,445
Paul Althaus
theologian
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1888
1966
12,446
Romy Schneider
German-French actress
Female
France; West Germany
Artist
1938
1982
natural causes
12,447
Pierre André Pourret
French botanist (1754-1818)
Male
France
Researcher
1754
1818
12,448
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Austrian SS official, a major perpetrator of the Holocaust and convicted war criminal (1903-1946)
Male
Austria; German Reich
Politician
1903
1946
capital punishment
12,449
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Austrian author
Male
Austria
Researcher
1836
1895
12,450
Alban Berg
Austrian composer
Male
Austria; Austria-Hungary; Federal State of Austria; Republic of German-Austria; First Republic of Austria
Artist
1885
1935
natural causes
12,451
Georg Trakl
austrian poet
Male
Austria-Hungary
Artist
1887
1914
suicide
12,452
Joseph Schumpeter
Austrian economist
Male
United States of America; Austria; Austria-Hungary
Researcher
1883
1950
natural causes
12,453
Robert Bárány
Austri-Hungarian otologist
Male
Sweden; Austria-Hungary
Researcher
1876
1936
12,454
Julius Wagner-Jauregg
Austrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist
Male
Austria
Researcher
1857
1940
12,455
Max Perutz
Austrian-born British molecular biologist
Male
Austria; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1914
2002
natural causes
12,456
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
Austrian chemist
Male
Austria
Researcher
1865
1929
12,457
Fritz Pregl
Slovene-Austrian Nobel prize laureate and scientist
Male
Austria; Austria-Hungary; Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Researcher
1869
1930
12,458
Richard Kuhn
Austrian-German biochemist
Male
Nazi Germany; Austria-Hungary; West Germany
Researcher
1900
1967
12,459
Rudolf Steiner
Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect and esotericist
Male
Switzerland; Austrian Empire
Artist
1861
1925
12,460
Anna Freud
Austrian-British psychoanalyst & essayist
Female
Austria; United Kingdom
Artist
1895
1982
12,461
Johann Palisa
Austrian astronomist
Male
Austria-Hungary; Austrian Empire; Republic of German-Austria; First Republic of Austria
Military personnel
1848
1925
natural causes
12,462
Robert Musil
Austrian writer
Male
Austria
Artist
1880
1942
natural causes
12,463
Alfred Hermann Fried
Austrian Jewish pacifist, publicist, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Male
Austria
Artist
1864
1921
12,464
Niki Lauda
Austrian former Formula 1 driver (1949-2019)
Male
Austria
Athlete
1949
2019
12,465
Thomas Klestil
Austrian diplomat and politician (1932–2004)
Male
Austria; Nazi Germany; Federal State of Austria; First Republic of Austria
Politician
1932
2004
natural causes
12,466
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881-1942)
Male
United Kingdom; Austria-Hungary; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Researcher
1881
1942
suicide
12,467
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
First Czechoslovak president (1850-1937)
Male
Austria-Hungary; Czechoslovakia
Artist
1850
1937
12,468
Arthur Koestler
Hungarian-British author and journalist
Male
Hungary; Austria; United Kingdom
Artist
1905
1983
suicide
12,469
Roland Ratzenberger
Austrian racing driver
Male
Austria
Formula one driver
1960
1994
accident
12,470
Konrad Lorenz
Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973
Male
Austria
Researcher
1903
1989
12,471
Paul Feyerabend
Austrian-born philosopher of science
Male
United States of America; Austria
Teacher
1924
1994
natural causes
12,472
Alois Hitler
Austrian civil servant; father of Adolf Hitler
Male
Austria-Hungary; Austrian Empire
Customs officer; beekeeper
1837
1903
natural causes
12,473
Carl Ferdinand Cori
Czech Nobel prize laureate and scientist
Male
United States of America; Austria-Hungary; Czechoslovakia
Researcher
1896
1984
12,474
Hermann Oberth
Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocketry pioneer (1894-1989)
Male
Austria
Researcher
1894
1989
12,475
Ernst Gombrich
Austrian art historian
Male
Austria; United Kingdom
Researcher
1909
2001
12,476
Peter Lorre
Austrian actor (1904-1964)
Male
United States of America; Austria; Weimar Republic
Artist
1904
1964
natural causes
12,477
Ingeborg Bachmann
Austrian poet and author
Female
Austria
Artist
1926
1973
accident
12,478
Erich von Stroheim
Austrian actor and director (1885-1957)
Male
United States of America; Austria
Artist
1885
1957
natural causes
12,479
Joseph Roth
Austrian novelist and journalist
Male
Austria
Artist
1894
1939
12,480
Walter Kohn
American physicist
Male
Canada; United States of America; Austria
Researcher
1923
2016
12,481
Gustav Meyrinc
Austrian writer and translator
Male
Austria
Artist
1868
1932
12,482
Hans Asperger
Austrian pediatrician, medical theorist, and medical professor
Male
Austria
Researcher
1906
1980
12,483
Otto Weininger
Austrian philosopher and writer
Male
Austria
Artist
1880
1903
suicide
12,484
Franz Werfel
Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet (1890-1945)
Male
United States of America; Austria-Hungary; Federal State of Austria; Republic of German-Austria; First Republic of Austria
Artist
1890
1945
natural causes
12,485
Fritz Kreisler
Austrian violinist and composer
Male
Austria
Artist
1875
1962
12,486
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria
Austrian archduke, 1833-1896
Male
Austrian Empire
Politician
1833
1896
natural causes
12,487
Victor Francis Hess
Austrian physicist and Nobel prize laureate
Male
United States of America; Austria
Researcher
1883
1964
12,488
Count Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
Field Marshal of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1852-1925)
Male
Austria; Austria-Hungary
Artist
1852
1925
12,489
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist
Male
Austria
Artist
1739
1799
12,490
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher
Male
Austria-Hungary
Artist
1871
1942
12,491
Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi
Austrian politician (1894-1972)
Male
Austria; France; Czechoslovakia
Researcher
1894
1972
12,492
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Austrian conductor
Male
Austria
Athlete
1929
2016
12,493
Erich Kleiber
Austrian conductor
Male
Austria; Argentina
Artist
1890
1956
12,494
Franz Schreker
Austrian composer
Male
Austria
Artist
1878
1934
natural causes
12,495
Ludwig Ritter von Köchel
Austrian musicologist (1800-1877)
Male
Austria
Researcher
1800
1877
12,496
Viktor Ullmann
Austrian composer
Male
Austria
Artist
1898
1944
12,497
Karl Lueger
Austrian politician (1844-1910)
Male
Austria-Hungary
Politician
1844
1910
12,498
Ernő Dohnányi
Hungarian conductor, composer, and pianist
Male
Austria
Artist
1877
1960
12,499
Katharina Schratt
Austrain stage actress
Female
Austria
Artist
1853
1940
12,500
Archduke Joseph August of Austria
Archduke of Austria (1872-1962)
Male
Hungary; Austria
Politician
1872
1962