Famous People
This index of names includes people from the German-speaking countries who have played a significant role in world history in the areas of politics, science, the arts, and technology.
A-B-C | D-E-F | G-H-I | J-K-L | M-N-O
P-Q-R | S-T | U-V | W-X-Y-Z | Links | Index
A-B-C
- Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967) First chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
- Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915)
- Arminius (Hermann der Cherusker)
- Nadja Auermann (1970- )
- Andreas Baader (1943-1977) of the infamous Baader-Meinhof gang.
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- Karl Baedeker (1801-1859)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
- Peter Behrens (1868-1940)
- Karl Benz (1844-1929) and Gottfried Daimler (1834-1900)
- Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898)
- Willy Brandt (1913-1992)
- Wernher von Braun (1912-1977)
- Charlemagne (Karl der Große, 742-814)
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D-E-F
- Adolf (Adi) Dassler (1900-1959) German inventor, entrepeneur
- Ruth Dreifuss (1940- )
- Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) German artist
- Rudi Dutschke (1940-1979)
- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
- Elisabeth (1837-1898), better known as Sisi.
- Erik H. Erikson (1902-1994)
- Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit (1686-1736)
- Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)
- Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
- Anton Fugger (1493-1560)
For famous FILM PEOPLE see
The German-Hollywood Connection
G-H-I
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
- Steffi Graf on our Sports Page
- Günter Grass (1927- ) Nobel Prize-winning author
- Walter Gropius (1883-1969) German architect
- Johannes Gensfleisch zum Gutenberg (ca. 1397-1468)
- Gunther von Hagens (1945- ) German anatomist, artist
- Peter Handke (1942- ) Austrian novelist and playwright
- Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
- Werner Karl Heisenberg (1901-1976)
- Hermann der Cherusker (Arminius in Latin, ca. 18B.C.-19A.D.)
- Alfred Herrhausen, director of Deutsche Bank killed in terrorist car-bomb attack in 1989
- Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857-1894)
- Roman Herzog (1934- )
- Martina Hingis on our Sports Page
- Andreas Hofer (1776-1822)
- E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776-1822)
- Erich Honecker (1912-1994)
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000)
J-K-L
- Helmut Jahn (1940- )
- Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961)
- Franz Kafka (1883-1924)
- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
- Karl der Große (Charlemagne)
- Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)
- Henry A. Kissinger (1923- )
- Paul Klee (1879-1940)
- Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)
- Robert Koch (1843-1910)
- Helmut Kohl (1930- ) Former German Kanzler (1982-1998)
- Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980)
- Karl Lagerfeld (1938- )
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)
- Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896)
- “Mad” Ludwig II (King of Bavaria, 1864-1886)
- Martin Luther (1483-1546)
M-N-O
- Ernst Mach (1838-1916)
- Thomas Mann (1875-1955)
- Karl Marx (1818-1883)
- Karl May (1842-1912)
- Ulrike Marie Meinhof (1934-1976)
- Lise Meitner (1878-1968)
- Phillip Melanchthon (Phillip Schwartzerd, 1497-1560)
- H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)
- Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854-1899)
- Franz Johann Mesmer (1734-1815)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
- Thomas Nast (1840-1902)
- Richard Josef Neutra (1892-1970)
- Helmut Newton (1921-2004)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
- Georg Simon Ohm (1789-1854)
P-Q-R
- Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
- Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827)
- Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911)
- Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886)
- Erich Maria Remarque (Remark) (1898-1970)
- Paul Julius Baron von Reuter (Israel Beer Josaphat, 1816-1899)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (René Karl Wilhelm Johann Joseph Maria Rilke, 1875-1926)
- John (Johann) August Roebling (1806-1869)
- Erwin Rommel (Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, 1891-1944) The “Desert Fox.”
- Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923)
- Mayer Anselm Rothschild (1743-1812)
- Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976)
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
S-T
- Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
- Claudia Schiffer (1971- )
- Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)
- Max Schmeling (1905-2005)
- Helmut Schmidt (1918- )
- Gerhard Schröder (1944- ) Elected German chancellor in September 1998.
- Carl Schurz (1829-1906)
- Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
- Heidi Simonis (1943-)
- Alexander Spoerl (1917-1978)
- Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865-1923)
- Rita Süßmuth (1937- )
- Edward Teller (1908- )
- Gerhard Thiele (1952- )
- Kurt Tucholsky (1890-1935)
U-V
- Walter Ulbricht (1893-1973)
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969)
- Gunther von Hagens (1945- ) German anatomist, artist
- Wernher von Braun (1912-1977)
W-X-Y-Z
- Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
- August von Wassermann (1866-1925)
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)
- Carl Zeiss (1816-1888)
- Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917)
- Konrad Zuse (1910-1995)
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