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8,301
Christian Friedrich Hornschuch
German botanist (1793-1850)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1793
1850
8,302
Johann Gottfried Schnabel
German writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1692
1750
8,303
Johann Franck
German poet and hymnist
Male
Germany
Artist
1618
1677
8,304
Wilhelm Sauer
Organ builder
Male
Germany
Organ builder; musical instrument maker
1831
1916
8,305
Gustav Schreck
German composer, music educator, and choirmaster
Male
Germany
Artist
1849
1918
8,306
Georg Friedrich Creuzer
Philologist and archaeologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1771
1858
8,307
Toussaint de Charpentier
German scientist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1779
1847
8,308
Johann Caspar Aiblinger
German composer
Male
Germany
Artist
1779
1867
8,309
Theodor Leber
German ophtthalmologist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1840
1917
8,310
William II, Margrave of Meissen
second son of Margrave Frederick the Severe and Katharina von Henneberg
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1371
1425
8,311
Nikolaus Becker
German poet
Male
Germany
Artist
1809
1845
8,312
Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1798
1869
8,313
Adam Grünewald
SS officer (1902-1945)
Male
Germany
Politician
1902
1945
8,314
Karoline Jagemann
German opera singer
Female
Germany
Artist
1777
1848
8,315
Charles de Steuben
French painter (1788-1856)
Male
France; Germany
Artist
1788
1856
8,316
Johann von Dallwitz
German politician (1855-1919)
Male
Germany
Politician
1855
1919
8,317
Wolfgang Heine
German politician (1861-1944)
Male
Germany
Politician
1861
1944
8,318
Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg
German patron of the arts of Russian birth
Female
Russia; Germany
Artist
1915
2006
8,319
Heinrich Müller
German Lutheran theologian and hymn author
Male
Germany
Artist
1631
1675
8,320
Wilhelm Bölsche
german author and editor
Male
Germany
Artist
1861
1939
8,321
Paul Ogorzow
German serial killer
Male
Germany
Spree killer
1912
1941
8,322
Georg Sabinus
German writer and diplomat
Male
Germany
Artist
1508
1560
8,323
Rudolf Brazda
German concentration camp survivor
Male
France; Austria-Hungary; Czechoslovakia; Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Manual worker
1913
2011
8,324
Georg Friedrich von Reichenbach
German scientific instrument maker
Male
Germany
Engineer
1771
1826
8,325
Maurice of the Palatinate
Count Palatine of the Rhine, Royalist of the English Civil War
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1620
1652
accident
8,326
Augustin Theiner
German Oratorian priest and scholar
Male
Germany
Researcher
1804
1874
8,327
August Zehender
SS General
Male
Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic; German Empire
Military personnel
1903
1945
suicide
8,328
Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1810
1900
8,329
Michael Kühnen
German neo-Nazi leader (1955-1991)
Male
Germany
Politician
1955
1991
natural causes
8,330
August Breithaupt
German mineralogist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1791
1873
8,331
Henryk z Wierzbnej
Polish bishop
Male
Poland; Germany
Religious figure
1300
1319
8,332
Heinrich Kühn
Austrian photographer
Male
Austria; Germany; Australia
Artist
1866
1944
8,333
Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel
Margrave and co-ruler of Brandenburg
Male
Germany
Ruler
1275
1308
8,334
Elisabeth of Nuremberg
German queen
Female
Germany
Aristocrat
1358
1411
8,335
Siegfried Günter
German aircraft designer
Male
Germany
1899
1969
8,336
Daniel Ernst Jablonski
German theologian
Male
Germany; Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Religious figure
1660
1741
8,337
Germaine Krull
German photographer
Female
France; Kingdom of the Netherlands; German Empire
Artist
1897
1985
8,338
Robert Wartenberg
American neurologist
Male
United States of America; Germany
Teacher
1886
1956
8,339
Gerhard Wahrig
German linguist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1923
1978
8,340
Hans Joachim Alpers
German writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1943
2011
8,341
Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
Margrave of Baden-Durlach
Male
Germany
Ruler
1560
1604
8,342
Carl Bechstein
German piano maker
Male
Germany
Piano maker; musical instrument maker
1826
1900
8,343
Gunther Plüschow
German explorer
Male
Germany
Artist
1886
1931
accident
8,344
Theodor Ziehen
German neurologist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1862
1950
8,345
Heinrich Ahrens
Philosopher, jurist (1808-1874)
Male
Germany
Politician
1808
1874
8,346
Karl Dietrich Bracher
German historian and political scientist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1922
2016
8,347
Otto Wilhelm Madelung
German surgeon
Male
Germany
Researcher
1846
1926
8,348
Ernst Maisel
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1896
1978
8,349
Franz Georg Philipp Buchenau
German botanist (1831-1906)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1831
1906
8,350
Hermann Zabel
German dendrologist (1832-1912)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1832
1912
8,351
Georg Franz Hoffmann
German botanist (1760-1826)
Male
Russian Empire
Researcher
1760
1826
8,352
Paul Amman
German botanist and physician (1634-1691)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1634
1691
8,353
Lucas Osiander the Elder
German pastor
Male
Germany
Artist
1534
1604
8,354
Richard Semon
German zoologist
Male
German Empire
Researcher
1859
1918
suicide
8,355
Dietrich von Müller
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1891
1961
8,356
Hans Sennholz
Austrian School economist
Male
Germany
Artist
1922
2007
8,357
Julius von Soden
German colonial officer (1846-1921)
Male
Germany
Politician
1846
1921
8,358
Rudolf Spanner
German physician
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1895
1960
8,359
Artur Dinter
German writer and Nazi politician (1876-1948)
Male
Germany
Artist
1876
1948
8,360
Bernard Altum
Priest and scientist
Male
German Empire; German Confederation
Researcher
1824
1900
8,361
Karl Bähre
German water polo player
Male
Germany
Athlete
1899
1960
8,362
Friedrich Hornemann
German explorer
Male
Germany
Explorer
1772
1801
8,363
Kurt Neumann
American film director
Male
United States of America; Germany
Artist
1908
1958
natural causes
8,364
Helmut Sick
ornithologist
Male
Brazil; Germany
Ornithologist
1910
1991
8,365
Friedrich Schlemm
German anatomist
Male
Germany
Teacher
1795
1858
8,366
Julius von Verdy du Vernois
German general (1832-1910)
Male
Germany
Politician
1832
1910
8,367
Bruno Bräuer
German general
Male
Germany
Paratrooper
1893
1947
8,368
Klaus Köste
East German gymnast (1943-2012)
Male
Germany; German Democratic Republic
Artist
1943
2012
natural causes
8,369
Ernst Ising
German physicist
Male
United States of America; Germany
Researcher
1900
1998
8,370
Carlos Thompson
Argentine actor
Male
Argentina
Artist
1923
1990
suicide
8,371
Dorothea Binz
German supervisor at Ravensbrück concentration (1920-1947)
Female
Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic
Prison warden; torturer; concentration camp guard
1920
1947
capital punishment
8,372
Carlo von Erlanger
German ornithologist and explorer
Male
German Empire
Ornithologist; explorer
1872
1904
8,373
Victor Capesius
Concentration camp pharmacist, Nazi war criminal
Male
Germany
Physician
1907
1985
8,374
Claire Waldoff
German singer
Female
Germany
Artist
1884
1957
8,375
Georg Lunge
German chemist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1839
1923
8,376
Eusebius Amort
German Roman Catholic theologian
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1692
1775
8,377
Ulrich von Türheim
writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1190
1250
8,378
Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels
Roman Catholic archbishop
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1708
1784
8,379
Werner Peters
actor (1918-1971)
Male
Germany
Artist
1918
1971
natural causes
8,380
Eric Muhsfeldt
SS officer (1913-1948)
Male
Germany
Politician
1913
1948
capital punishment
8,381
Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn
Roman Catholic cardinal
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1676
1743
8,382
Cuno of Praeneste
Catholic cardinal
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1050
1122
8,383
Bodo von Borries
German physicist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1905
1956
8,384
Christian Hülsen
German architectural historian
Male
Germany
Researcher
1858
1935
8,385
John Louis II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
German prince
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1688
1746
8,386
Rolf Rendtorff
German biblical scholar
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1925
2014
8,387
Franz Georg von Schönborn
Catholic bishop
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1682
1756
8,388
Hans von Tschammer und Osten
German sports official and Nazi politician (1887-1943)
Male
Germany
Politician
1887
1943
natural causes
8,389
Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German duke
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1725
1778
8,390
Wilhelm Taubert
German pianist, composer and conductor
Male
Germany
Artist
1811
1891
8,391
Prince John August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
German prince, member of the House of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1704
1767
8,392
Hans von der Groeben
German politician (1907-2005)
Male
Germany
Politician
1907
2005
8,393
Karl Fischer
German chemist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1901
1958
8,394
Elisabeth of Lorraine
French princess
Female
Germany
Aristocrat
1574
1635
8,395
Heinrich Gottfried von Mattuschka
German botanist (1734-1779)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1734
1779
8,396
Henry Frederick, Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Count of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1625
1699
8,397
Princess Amalie of Saxony
German composer and writer
Female
Kingdom of Saxony
Artist
1794
1870
8,398
Johann August Ephraim Goeze
German entomologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1731
1793
8,399
Hans Kahle
German journalist and head of police (1899-1947)
Male
Germany
Artist
1899
1947
8,400
Andreas Heckmair
German ski mountaineer
Male
Germany
Artist
1906
2005