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4,301
Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden
Grand Duke of Baden
Male
Germany
Sovereign
1763
1830
4,302
Günther Blumentritt
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1892
1967
4,303
Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden
Grand Duke of Baden
Male
Germany
Sovereign
1790
1852
4,304
Edward I of England
King of England
Male
Kingdom of England
Monarch
1239
1307
natural causes
4,305
Charles, Grand Duke of Baden
Grand Duke of Baden
Male
Germany
Sovereign
1786
1818
4,306
Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim
German scientist
Male
Russian Empire; German Confederation
Researcher
1771
1853
4,307
Friedrich Paschen
German physicist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1865
1947
4,308
Georg Böhm
German composer and organist
Male
Holy Roman Empire
Artist
1661
1733
4,309
Fritz Wunderlich
German tenor
Male
Germany
Artist
1930
1966
accident
4,310
Kurt Huber
German folk song researcher, professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, member of the White Rose
Male
Germany
Teacher
1893
1943
capital punishment
4,311
Otto Georg Thierack
German politician (1889-1946)
Male
Germany
Politician
1889
1946
suicide
4,312
Hans Scholl
German pacifist, executed by Nazi Germany
Male
Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
Resistance fighter; pacifist
1918
1943
capital punishment
4,313
Johann Hermann Schein
German composer
Male
Germany
Artist
1586
1630
4,314
Johann Christoph Bach I
German composer and organist
Male
Artist
1642
1703
4,315
Julius Richard Petri
German microbiologist
Male
Prussia; Weimar Republic; German Empire
Surgeon; biologist
1852
1921
4,316
Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria
Duke of Bavaria
Male
Germany
Artist
1727
1777
natural causes
4,317
Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg
Queen consort of Denmark
Female
Denmark; Germany
Artist
1796
1881
4,318
Rudolf Hilferding
German politician (1877-1941)
Male
Austria; Germany
Artist
1877
1941
4,319
Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
Swedish prince (1700-1739)
Male
Sweden
Politician
1700
1739
4,320
Georg Friedrich Grotefend
German epigraphist and philologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1775
1853
4,321
Josef Terboven
German politician (1898–1945)
Male
Germany
Politician
1898
1945
suicide
4,322
Wilhelm Müller
German poet
Male
Germany
Artist
1794
1827
4,323
İrsen Küçük
former Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (1940-2019)
Male
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Politician
1940
2019
4,324
Franz Ziereis
German SS officer, commandant of the Mauthausen concentration camp (1905-1945)
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1905
1945
4,325
Karl Wolff
SS general and war criminal (1900-1984)
Male
Germany
Politician
1900
1984
4,326
Horst Sindermann
Prime Minister of East Germany (1915-1990)
Male
Germany; German Democratic Republic
Politician
1915
1990
4,327
Arthur Zimmermann
German diplomat (1864-1940)
Male
Germany
Politician
1864
1940
natural causes
4,328
Princess Margaretha of Saxony
German princess (1840-1858)
Female
Germany
Politician
1840
1858
natural causes
4,329
Rudolf Kempe
German conductor
Male
Germany
Conductor; oboist
1910
1976
4,330
Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg
Elector of Brandenburg
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1546
1608
natural causes
4,331
Johann Nikolaus Forkel
German musician, musicologist and music theorist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1749
1818
4,332
Rolf Stommelen
German racecar driver
Male
Germany
Formula one driver
1943
1983
4,333
Josef Harpe
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1887
1968
4,334
Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Male
Germany
Regent
1882
1945
4,335
Max Immelmann
German flying ace
Male
German Empire
Military personnel
1890
1916
4,336
Fritz London
American physicist
Male
United States of America; Germany
Researcher
1900
1954
natural causes
4,337
Franz Oppenheimer
German-Jewish sociologist and political economist
Male
Germany
Businessperson
1864
1943
4,338
Maria Anna of Bavaria
queen of Saxony (1805-1877)
Female
Germany
Monarch
1805
1877
4,339
Georg Herwegh
poet and politician (1817-1875)
Male
Switzerland; Germany
Artist
1817
1875
4,340
Hugo Münsterberg
German-American psychologist
Male
United States of America; Germany
Teacher
1863
1916
natural causes
4,341
Princess Sophie of Saxony
Saxon princess
Female
Germany
Aristocrat
1845
1867
natural causes
4,342
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg
wife of Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich of Russia
Female
Russian Empire
Consort
1830
1911
4,343
Manfred Rommel
German politician (1928-2013)
Male
Germany
Artist
1928
2013
4,344
Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters
German-American astronomer
Male
United States of America; Denmark; Germany
Researcher
1813
1890
4,345
Johannes Hevelius
astronomer
Male
Germany; Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Entrepreneur
1611
1687
4,346
Wilhelm Hauff
German poet and novelist
Male
Germany
Artist
1802
1827
4,347
Matthäus Merian
Swiss-born engraver, publisher (1593 - 1650)
Male
Switzerland; Germany
Artist
1593
1650
4,348
Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria
German ophthalmologist
Male
Germany
Physician
1839
1909
4,349
Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German Grand Duke
Male
Germany
Monarch
1851
1897
4,350
Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Prussian noble and general
Male
Germany
Monarch
1823
1883
4,351
Heinrich von Vietinghoff
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1887
1952
4,352
Peter Schreier
German tenor and conductor
Male
Germany
Artist
1935
2019
4,353
Andreas Sigismund Marggraf
German chemist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1709
1782
4,354
Paul Blobel
German SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator, convicted war criminal (1894-1951)
Male
Germany
Architect
1894
1951
capital punishment
4,355
Frederick Augustus II of Saxony
king of Saxony
Male
Germany
Regent
1797
1854
accident
4,356
Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine
Elector palatine of the Rhine
Male
Germany
Art collector
1617
1680
4,357
Reinhard Gehlen
German general, Nazi, spy
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1902
1979
4,358
Johannes Peter Müller
German physiologist, comparative anatomist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1801
1858
4,359
Hermann von Salza
Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (1170-1239)
Male
Germany
Politician
1170
1239
4,360
Maria Anna of Bavaria
Austrian archduchess
Female
Germany
Consort
1551
1608
4,361
Willi Hennig
German biologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1913
1976
4,362
Duchess Alexandra Petrovna of Oldenburg
Grand Duchess of Russia
Female
Russian Empire
Nun
1838
1900
4,363
Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange
Consort of Prince William V of Orange (1751-1820)
Female
Netherlands; Germany
Artist
1751
1820
4,364
Otto Carius
German Army tank commander
Male
Germany
Artist
1922
2015
4,365
Ludwig Senfl
Swiss composer
Male
Germany
Artist
1486
1542
4,366
Wilhelm Stuckart
German judge and politician (1902-1953)
Male
Germany
Politician
1902
1953
accident
4,367
Prince Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach
Ruler of Lithuania from 11 July to 2 November 1918
Male
Germany; Kingdom of Lithuania
Politician
1864
1928
4,368
Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern
German prince (1811-1885)
Male
Germany
Politician
1811
1885
4,369
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1886
1974
4,370
Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony
Archduchess of Austria (1867-1944)
Female
Germany
Politician
1867
1944
4,371
Johann Peter Eckermann
German poet and author
Male
Germany
Artist
1792
1854
4,372
Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony
Elector of Saxony
Male
Electorate of Saxony
Ruler
1722
1763
natural causes
4,373
Maximilian, Crown Prince of Saxony
Prince of Saxony
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1759
1838
4,374
Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German Grand Duke
Male
Germany
Sovereign
1756
1837
4,375
Wilhelm Peters
German naturalist and explorer
Male
Germany; German Empire; German Confederation
Researcher
1815
1883
4,376
Heinrich Müller
German police official and head of the Gestapo (1900-1945)
Male
Germany
Politician
1900
1945
4,377
Werner Sombart
German economist, sociologist, historian
Male
Sweden; Germany
Businessperson
1863
1941
4,378
Else Lasker-Schüler
Jewish German poet
Female
Germany
Artist
1869
1945
4,379
August Horch
German automobile engineer
Male
Germany
Entrepreneur
1868
1951
4,380
Ilse Koch
German war criminal, wife of camp commandant Karl-Otto Koch (1906-1967)
Female
Germany; Nazi Germany
Torturer; concentration camp guard
1906
1967
suicide
4,381
William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1876
1923
4,382
Andre Gunder Frank
German-American economic historian and sociologist who promoted dependency theory after 1970 and world-systems theory after 1984
Male
Germany
Researcher
1929
2005
natural causes
4,383
Engelbert Kaempfer
German botanist (1651-1716)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1651
1716
4,384
Otto von Below
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1857
1944
4,385
Julius Schreck
Nazi officer, First commander of the SS (1898-1936)
Male
Germany
Politician
1898
1936
natural causes
4,386
Ernst Hanfstaengl
Nazi businessman, art dealer (1887-1975)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1887
1975
4,387
Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg
Duke of Wurttemburg
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1732
1797
4,388
Ludwig Reichenbach
German botanist (1793–1879)
Male
German Empire; Confederation of the Rhine
Researcher
1793
1879
4,389
Ernst Chain
German-born British biochemist
Male
United Kingdom; Germany
Researcher
1906
1979
4,390
Christopher of Bavaria
King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
Male
Denmark; Germany
Artist
1416
1448
4,391
Johannes R. Becher
German writer and politician (1891-1958)
Male
German Democratic Republic; Weimar Republic; German Empire
Artist
1891
1958
4,392
Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel
German academic
Male
Germany
Geographer; explorer
1784
1863
4,393
Georg Forster
German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary (1754-1794)
Male
Republic of Mainz
Researcher
1754
1794
natural causes
4,394
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
German princess, Russian Grand Duchess, and canonized Holy Martyr; elder sister of Alexandra Feodorovna
Female
Russian Empire
Nun
1864
1918
homicide
4,395
Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
mother of Queen Victoria (1786-1861)
Female
Germany
Politician
1786
1861
4,396
Johann Georg Gmelin
German scientist (1709-1755)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1709
1755
4,397
Héctor Timerman
Argentine journalist and politician (1953-2018)
Male
Argentina
Politician
1953
2018
natural causes
4,398
Erik Erikson
American German-born psychoanalyst & essayist
Male
United States of America
Artist
1902
1994
4,399
Reinaldo Gargano
Uruguayan politician (1934-2013)
Male
Uruguay
Politician
1934
2013
natural causes
4,400
Mourad Medelci
Algerian politician (1943-2019)
Male
Algeria
Politician
1943
2019