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9,101
Jakob Arjouni
German author, born 1964
Male
Germany
Artist
1964
2013
natural causes
9,102
Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz
Count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadtholder of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe (1574-1632)
Male
Netherlands; Germany
Politician
1573
1632
9,103
Claire Goll
writer and journalist
Female
France; Germany
Artist
1890
1977
9,104
Franz von Waldeck
Prince-bishop
Male
Religious figure
1488
1553
9,105
Enno Louis, Prince of East Frisia
Frisian prince
Male
Germany
Politician
1632
1660
9,106
Gottfried Michaelsen
German pirate
Male
Germany
Privateer; pirate
1360
1402
9,107
Albert von Le Coq
German brewery owner and wine merchant
Male
Germany
Researcher
1860
1930
9,108
Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty
German poet
Male
Germany
Artist
1748
1776
natural causes
9,109
Kaspar Olevianus
German Reformed theologian
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1536
1587
9,110
Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen
Germanic noble
Male
Germany
Aristocrat
1060
1090
9,111
Peter Petersen
German educationist
Male
Germany
1884
1952
9,112
Henry, Margrave of Frisia
German nobleman
Male
Germany
Ruler
1055
1101
9,113
Irmgard Keun
German writer
Female
Germany
Artist
1905
1982
natural causes
9,114
Emil Pfeiffer
German doctor (1846-1921)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1846
1921
9,115
Lucie Mannheim
German actress and singer
Female
Germany
Artist
1899
1976
9,116
Clara Viebig
German writer
Female
Germany
Artist
1860
1952
9,117
Ellen Auerbach
German photographer
Female
United States of America; Germany
Artist
1906
2004
9,118
Hans Wollschläger
German writer
Male
Germany
Researcher
1935
2007
9,119
Alois Pfeiffer
German politician (1924-1987)
Male
Germany
Politician
1924
1987
9,120
Erna Morena
actress
Female
Germany
Artist
1885
1962
9,121
Raimund Harmstorf
German actor
Male
Germany
Artist
1939
1998
suicide
9,122
Rudolf Mosse
German Jewish publisher (1843-1920)
Male
Germany
Publisher
1843
1920
9,123
Christian Geist
German composer and organist
Male
Sweden; Germany
Artist
1640
1711
9,124
Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen
German noblewoman
Female
Germany
Aristocrat
1696
1726
9,125
Friedrich Ladegast
German pipe organ builder
Male
Germany
Organ builder; musical instrument maker
1818
1905
9,126
Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten
German poet
Male
Germany
Artist
1758
1818
9,127
Heinrich Rubenow
German politician (1400-1463)
Male
Germany
Politician
1400
1463
9,128
Hedwig Dohm
German feminist and writer
Female
Germany
Artist
1831
1919
9,129
Ernst van Aaken
German sports physician and athletics trainer
Male
Germany
Athlete
1910
1984
9,130
Adam Massinger
German astronomer
Male
German Empire
Astronomer
1888
1914
9,131
Wilhelm Lorenz
German astronomer
German Empire
Researcher
1886
1918
9,132
Sebastian Knüpfer
German composer
Male
Germany
Artist
1633
1676
9,133
Fritz Suhren
SS Officer and politician (1908-1950)
Male
Germany
Politician
1908
1950
9,134
Ernst Förstemann
German historian, archivist and librarian
Male
Germany
Researcher
1822
1906
9,135
Johann Friedrich Rochlitz
German writer and historian
Male
Germany
Artist
1769
1842
9,136
Karl Hoffmann
German naturalist
Male
Kingdom of Prussia
Physician
1823
1859
natural causes
9,137
Ludwig Lange
German architect (1808-1868)
Male
Germany
Artist
1808
1868
9,138
Hans Victor von Unruh
Prussian and German politician (1806-1886)
Male
Germany
Politician
1806
1886
9,139
Louise Otto-Peters
19th-century German feminist, poet, and writer, editor
Female
German Empire
Artist
1819
1895
9,140
Eduard von Grützner
German painter and professor of art (1846-1925)
Male
Germany
Artist
1846
1925
9,141
Georg Müller
Catholic bishop
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1951
2015
9,142
Gerhard Unger
German opera singer
Male
Germany
Artist
1916
2011
9,143
August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof
German miniature painter, naturalist and entomologist (1705-1759)
Male
Artist
1705
1759
9,144
Ferdinand Heine
German ornithologist
Male
Germany
Ornithologist
1809
1894
9,145
Juan Gundlach
German scientist
Male
Germany; Cuba
Researcher
1810
1896
9,146
C. L. Lehmus
German mathematician
Male
Germany
Researcher
1780
1860
9,147
Helmut Poppendick
SS officer
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1902
1994
9,148
Friedrich Leybold
German naturalist (1827-1879)
Male
Germany
Researcher
1827
1879
9,149
Albrecht von Hagen
German politician (1904-1944)
Male
Germany
Politician
1904
1944
capital punishment
9,150
Herman Schalow
ornithologist
Male
Germany
Banker; ornithologist
1852
1925
9,151
Clément Janequin
French composer
Male
France
Artist
1472
1550
9,152
Johann Friedrich Cotta
German businessman and politician (1764-1832)
Male
Germany
Politician
1764
1832
9,153
Alfons Demming
German bishop
Male
Germany
Religious figure
1928
2012
9,154
Theo Mackeben
German composer and conductor
Male
Germany
Artist
1897
1953
9,155
Gustav Krukenberg
German general (1888-1980)
Male
Germany
Politician
1888
1980
9,156
Adolf Mayer
German agronomist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1843
1942
9,157
Heinrich von Achenbach
German writer and politician (1829-1899)
Male
Germany
Artist
1829
1899
9,158
Friedrich Ruge
German admiral
Male
Germany
Researcher
1894
1985
9,159
Joseph Kastein
German writer
Male
Germany
Artist
1890
1946
9,160
Theodor Detmers
Naval captain
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1902
1976
9,161
Gustav Weil
German orientalist
Male
German Empire
Researcher
1808
1889
9,162
Gerhard Lamprecht
Film director, Screenwriter
Male
Germany
Artist
1897
1974
9,163
Alfred Neumann
German writer
Male
United States of America; Germany
Artist
1895
1952
9,164
Carlos Rasch
German writer
Male
Germany; German Democratic Republic
Artist
1932
2021
9,165
Carl Bezold
German orientalist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1859
1922
9,166
Käte Strobel
German politician (1907-1996)
Female
Germany
Politician
1907
1996
9,167
Charlotte von Ahlefeld
German novelist
Female
Germany
Artist
1781
1849
9,168
Amalie Schoppe
German writer, editor
Female
Germany
Artist
1791
1858
9,169
Sigrid Hunke
German writer and SS personnel
Female
Germany
Artist
1913
1999
9,170
Oscar Blumenthal
German playwright
Male
Germany
Athlete
1852
1917
9,171
Hieronymus Münzer
Humanist and physician
Male
Germany
Artist
1437
1508
9,172
Peter Carl Bouché
botanist and gardener
Male
Kingdom of Prussia; German Confederation
Gardener
1783
1856
9,173
Hermann Junker
German egyptologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1877
1962
9,174
Paul Richard Heinrich Blasius
German physicist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1883
1970
9,175
Harry Lehmann
German physicist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1924
1998
9,176
Christian Gottlieb Jöcher
German lexicographer
Male
Germany
Researcher
1694
1758
9,177
Johannes Noviforensis
Czech politician (1310-1381)
Male
Germany; Bohemia
Artist
1310
1380
9,178
Friedrich Alexander Buhse
German botanist (1821-1898)
Male
German Empire; German Confederation
Researcher
1821
1898
9,179
Franz Heinrich Ludolf Ahrens
German philologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1809
1881
9,180
Sigfrid Henrici
German general
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1889
1964
9,181
Winfried Freudenberg
Last person to die escaping from East Germany
Male
Germany; German Democratic Republic
Engineer
1956
1989
9,182
Eduard Baltzer
German vegetarian and Evangelical clergyman (1814-1887)
Male
Germany
Artist
1814
1887
9,183
Christoph Meiners
German philosopher and historian
Male
Researcher
1747
1810
9,184
August Michaelis
German chemist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1847
1916
9,185
Joseph Furttenbach
German architect
Male
Germany
Researcher
1591
1667
9,186
Hermann Weller
German philologist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1878
1956
9,187
Johannes Buxtorf
German Calvinist theologian
Male
Switzerland; Germany; canton of Basel
Religious figure
1564
1629
9,188
Berthold Laufer
German academic
Male
United States of America; Germany
Teacher
1874
1934
9,189
Erich Schmidt
American archaeologist and photographer (1897-1964)
Male
United States of America; Germany
Researcher
1897
1964
9,190
Julius von Mohl
German and French orientalist
Male
France; Germany
Researcher
1800
1876
9,191
Robert Heinrich Wagner
German Nazi politician (1895-1946)
Male
Germany
Politician
1895
1946
9,192
Walter Assmann
German general and Knight's Cross recipient
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1896
1964
9,193
Georg Fabricius
German poet, historian, and archaeologist, 1516-1571
Male
Germany
Researcher
1516
1571
9,194
Gustav Embden
German chemist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1874
1933
9,195
Franz Altheim
German historian
Male
Germany; Nazi Germany; Weimar Republic; German Empire
Researcher
1898
1976
9,196
Joachim Albrecht Eggeling
German SS general (1884-1945)
Male
Germany
Politician
1884
1945
suicide
9,197
Max von Schenkendorf
Prussian poet, song-writer and soldier
Male
Germany
Artist
1783
1817
9,198
Wilhelm Homberg
Dutch alchemist
Male
Germany
Researcher
1652
1715
9,199
Joachim Ritter
German philosopher
Male
Germany
Researcher
1903
1974
9,200
Gerd-Paul von Below
German general and Knight's Cross recipients
Male
Germany
Military personnel
1892
1953