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7,601
Hans Erasmus Aßmann
Statesman, poet (1646-1699)
Male
Germany
Artist
1646
1699
7,602
Johannes Janssen
German historian and politician (1829-1891)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1829
1891
7,603
Konrad Wolf
East German film director (1925–1982)
Male
Nazi Germany; Soviet Union; German Democratic Republic; Weimar Republic
Artist
1925
1982
natural causes
7,604
Eugen Kogon
German journalist, sociologist, professor and Holocaust survivor (1903-1987)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1903
1987
7,605
Hedwig of the Palatinate-Sulzbach
Countess Palatine of Sulzbach by birth; by marriage Archduchess of Austria and later Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg
Female
Germany
Aristocrat
1650
1681
7,606
Johann Carolus
German publisher
Male
Germany
Publisher
1575
1634
7,607
Karl Strecker
German General and Knight's Cross recipient
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1884
1973
7,608
Friedrich Christoph Schlosser
German historian
Male
Germany
Researcher
1776
1861
7,609
Alfred Müller-Armack
German economist and politician (1901-1978)
Male
Germany
Politician
1901
1978
7,610
Waldemar Magunia
SA officer (1902-1974)
Male
Germany
Politician
1902
1974
7,611
Gregor von Helmersen
Baltic German geologist
Male
Russian Empire
Researcher
1803
1885
7,612
Wilhelm Falley
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1897
1944
7,613
Hans-Joachim Bohlmann
German vandal
Male
Germany
Criminal
1937
2009
natural causes
7,614
Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt
German physician
Male
Germany
Researcher
1833
1902
7,615
Albert von Schrenck-Notzing
German parapsychologist & psychotherapist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1862
1929
7,616
Hermann zu Solms-Laubach
German botanist (1842–1915)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1842
1915
7,617
Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel
German noble
Female
Germany
1661
1683
7,618
Johann Baptist Metz
German Roman Catholic political theologian
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1928
2019
7,619
Gerhart M Riegner
Secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1911
2001
7,620
Johann Christoph Wendland
German botanist (1755-1828)
Male
German Confederation
Researcher
1755
1828
7,621
Georg Bühler
German Indologist
Male
German Empire
Teacher
1837
1898
7,622
Paul Haenlein
German aerospace engineer
Male
Germany
Engineer
1835
1905
7,623
David Friedländer
German banker and writer
Male
Germany
Researcher
1750
1834
7,624
John II
Count Palatine of Simmern
Male
Germany
Judge
1492
1557
7,625
Peter von Heydebreck
deutscher Freikorps- und SA-Führer, Reichstagsabgeordneter und Nationalsozialist (1889-1934)
Male
Germany
Politician
1889
1934
homicide
7,626
Arthur Berson
German scientist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1859
1942
7,627
Edward Fortunatus
German nobleman
Male
Germany
Ruler
1565
1600
7,628
Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken
Count Palatine of Simmern and Zweibrücken (1385-1459)
Male
Germany
1385
1459
7,629
Hans Christian Blech
German actor
Male
Germany
Artist
1915
1993
7,630
Harry Kupfer
German opera director
Male
Germany
Artist
1935
2019
7,631
Wilhelm Ebstein
German physician
Male
Germany
Teacher
1836
1912
7,632
Julius Scriba
German physician and botanist (1848-1905)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1848
1905
7,633
Friedrich August von der Marwitz
German general (1777-1837)
Male
Germany
Politician
1777
1837
7,634
Otto Mayer
German law professor (1846-1924)
Male
Germany; Kingdom of Bavaria
Lawyer
1846
1924
7,635
Karl Ludwig Sand
German murderer
Male
Germany
Student; murderer; criminal
1795
1820
7,636
Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann
German terrorist
Female
Germany
1951
1995
natural causes
7,637
Christian Albert, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Dutch Lieutenant General
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1726
1789
7,638
Paul Graebner
German botanist (1871–1933)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1871
1933
7,639
Rudolf Teschner
German chess player
Male
Germany
Athlete
1922
2006
7,640
Carl August Walbrodt
German chess master
Male
German Empire
Athlete
1871
1902
natural causes
7,641
Theodor Kirchner
German musician
Male
Germany
Artist
1823
1903
7,642
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
German art dealer and historian (1884-1979)
Male
France; Germany
Researcher
1884
1979
natural causes
7,643
Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp
Regent of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Female
Politician
1569
1634
7,644
Manuel Cardona Castro
Spanish physicist
Male
Spain; United States of America; Germany
Researcher
1934
2014
7,645
Magdalene Sibylle of Holstein-Gottorp
Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp by birth and by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
Female
Germany
Aristocrat
1631
1719
7,646
Wilhelm Hanstein
German chess player
Male
Germany
Athlete
1811
1850
7,647
Wilhelm Olbers Focke
German botanist (1834–1922)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1834
1922
7,648
John Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg
Prince of Anhalt-Dornburg
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1656
1704
7,649
Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg
German princess
Female
Germany
Aristocrat
1619
1680
7,650
Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
German duke
Male
Germany
Artist
1649
1697
7,651
Gustav Regler
German writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1898
1963
7,652
Heinrich Severloh
German soldier
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1923
2006
7,653
Max Pauly
SS Sturmbannführer who was the commandant of Stutthof concentration camp
Male
Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic; German Empire
Military personnel
1907
1946
capital punishment
7,654
Theodor Krancke
German admiral
Male
Germany
Marineoffizier
1893
1973
7,655
Hans Dorr
SS officer
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1912
1945
7,656
Günther Sabetzki
German ice hockey player
Male
Germany
Athlete
1915
2000
7,657
Ferdinand Kurlbaum
German physicist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1857
1927
7,658
Werner Hamacher
German literary critic and theorist influenced by deconstruction
Male
Germany
Translator
1948
2017
7,659
Adolf Seilacher
German paleontologist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1925
2014
7,660
Gudrun Wagner
German opera manager
Female
Germany
Artist
1944
2007
7,661
Karl Heinrich von Boetticher
German politician (1833-1907)
Male
Germany
Politician
1833
1907
7,662
Bartholomäus Ringwaldt
German poet and theologian
Male
Germany
Artist
1532
1599
7,663
S. A. von Rottemburg
German entomologist
Male
Germany
Lepidopterist
1745
1797
7,664
Peter Strasser
German aviation leader
Male
German Empire
Military personnel
1876
1918
7,665
Salomon Franck
German lawyer, scientist, poet
Male
Germany
Artist
1659
1725
7,666
Salomon Heine
German banker
Male
Germany
Banker; donor
1767
1844
7,667
Woldemar, Prince of Lippe
sovereign of the Principality of Lippe
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1824
1895
7,668
Richard Mühlfeld
German clarinettist
Male
Germany
Clarinetist
1856
1907
7,669
Gregory of Tours
Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours
Male
France
Researcher
538
594
7,670
Friedrich Theodor von Frerichs
German pathologist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1819
1885
7,671
Wolfgang Danne
German pair skater
Male
Germany
Athlete
1941
2019
7,672
Helmut Bantz
West German gymnast
Male
Germany; West Germany
Artist
1921
2004
7,673
Wilhelm von Bezold
German scientist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1837
1907
7,674
Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
German noble
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1712
1757
7,675
Walther Kranz
German classicist and educationist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1884
1960
7,676
Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Jena
German noble
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1675
1690
7,677
Otto Karl Berg
German botanist (1815-1866)
Male
German Confederation
Researcher
1815
1866
7,678
Princess Leopoldine of Baden
Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Female
Germany
Consort
1837
1903
7,679
Paul Erdmann Isert
German botanist (1756-1789)
Male
Denmark
Researcher
1756
1789
7,680
Oskar Fried
German composer and conductor
Male
Germany
Artist
1871
1941
7,681
Frederick Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1679
1746
7,682
Heinz Lammerding
German general
Male
Germany
Engineer
1905
1971
natural causes
7,683
Hermann Joseph Klein
German astronomer
Male
Germany
Astronomer; meteorologist
1844
1914
7,684
Nathan Adler
Kabbalist
Male
Germany
Rabbi; christians jehovah’s witnesses
1741
1800
7,685
Luise Aston
German writer, editor
Female
Germany
Artist
1814
1871
7,686
Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe
German prince (1868-1945)
Male
Germany; Czechoslovakia
Politician
1868
1945
7,687
Dieter Kottysch
German boxer
Male
Germany
Athlete
1943
2017
7,688
Karl Joel
German philosopher
Male
Germany
Teacher
1864
1934
7,689
Johannes Baader
German architect, writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1875
1955
7,690
Eduard Devrient
German opera singer
Male
Germany
Artist
1801
1877
7,691
Helma Sanders-Brahms
German film director, screenwriter, and film producer
Female
Germany
Artist
1940
2014
natural causes
7,692
Johann Andreas Stein
German maker of keyboard instruments
Male
Germany
Artist
1728
1792
7,693
Theodor Hartig
German forestry scientist, entomologist and botanist (1805-1880)
Male
German Empire; German Confederation; Confederation of the Rhine
Researcher
1805
1880
7,694
Hans Ernst Karl, Graf von Zieten
Field Marshal of Prussia
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1770
1848
7,695
Johannes Thienemann
German ornithologist
Male
Germany
Ornithologist
1863
1938
7,696
Peter Rühmkorf
German writer (1929-2008)
Male
Germany
Artist
1929
2008
natural causes
7,697
Johann Andreas Naumann
German naturalist
Male
Germany; Holy Roman Empire; German Confederation; Confederation of the Rhine
Ornithologist
1744
1826
7,698
Andreas Silbermann
German organbuilder
Male
Kingdom of France; Electorate of Saxony
Organ builder; musical instrument maker
1678
1734
7,699
Grethe Weiser
German actress
Female
Germany
Artist
1903
1970
accident
7,700
Max Bauer
German artillery expert in the First World War
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1869
1929
natural causes